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thepunkpanther · 1 day
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30 BELOW FEST: character week — Lieutenant Harding Welsh
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kseniayahz · 3 days
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miss fraser 🤲💍
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allofthebeanz · 3 days
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Beanz's F/K Fic Rec
These are just some of the wonderful stories for the ship that I need to share with everyone!
Believe You Me by sperenza
This manages to be so bittersweet in less than 2000 words
and you shall receive by flownwrong
Pretty underwear and FEELINGS
Neither Out Far Nor in Deep by Arwyn
Yes, hello, nonbinary Fraser is so wonderful. A short but sweet piece
You're Not Supposed to Say Its Name! What are You, an Idiot?!? by preetkiran1016
This is a crossover with Supernatural, and don't worry, if you only watched the first seasons like me (and don't remember much), this one is super fun because it takes place in one of the first episodes, where CKR made an appearance! It's a lot of fun, I'd highly recommend it if you miss some old school spn with your fave ds characters
grace, streets by easystreets
A look into if Ray and Fraser were women. Please, read this for butch lesbian Ray.
Hats & Heads by queenklu
This is such a sweet quest story that I always sigh wistfully thinking about it. The dogs are super cute in here and there's a secret under Fraser's hat ;)
The Thrill of the Chase by Viridian5
Ray tries to cheer Fraser up... but not the way you're thinking ;)
Mangy Dog by sperenza
The parallels between Dief and Ray are so good, you will not be disappointed by Fraser raising baby Dief
A Dare's a Dare by sperenza
Ray takes Ms Fraser out on a date... there is also the promise of sexy times in the GTO
Hanged Man by sperenza
My first due South fic I ever read and it's so fucking good. Made me fall in love with the show again and finally kicked my ass into watching the third and fourth seasons. Basically, Ray and Fraser are fuckbuddies but they can't just be that, can they? Angsty in all the right ways, please give it a go if you have time for a good long read
Sing Me a Love Song by queenklu
Ray likes it when Fraser sings to him. Very sweet
Wildly Bizarre Boundaries by Ride_Forever, verushka70
This story addresses how Fraser's trauma from Victoria affects his intimate relationship with Ray.
Transcanada by 2corbies
Trans Benton Fraser!!!
Naked by arrow (estefee)
A pwp but so many emotions
Stay by knightandgale
A little self promotion ;) If you like quest fics where these two idiots gotta huddle for warmth, i recommend you check it out!
There are so many more, perhaps I'll make a part 2...
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marley-manson · 11 hours
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The wolf license at the end of Diefenbaker's Day Off is such a good Ray/Fraser thesis statement moment.
Fraser asks if Ray can get him one early on in the episode. Ray is like "Yeah, yeah, sure, leave it to me," while distracted by a basketball game at a bar, and Fraser's request isn't even entirely clear with the way he phrases it. Fraser can tell Ray's distracted and clearly thinks Ray's response is perfunctory rather than genuine.
The plot of the episode unfolds and this isn't brought up again until the end of the b-plot where Dief is caught by the dog catcher, and Ray presents the license right in time to save Dief. "Well he's mine now, because you sure as hell don't have a wolf license." "In fact, he does." <3
And Fraser's sheer delighted disbelief is just perfect. "I only asked you once, and you got it." "Of course I got it, you asked me for it, right?" It's not even a question for Ray, Fraser asked him to do something so it gets done. He 100% meant that "yeah yeah leave it to me" at the bar even if it didn't sound like it.
Like in terms of setting up their characters and the dynamic between them it's perfect. Ray is someone whose actions belie his words and tone. Not only will he do anything for Fraser, it's obvious to him that he would. He pays attention even when he doesn't seem like he is, he cares, and if Fraser asks him for a favour, that favour gets done, like basic cause and effect.
And Fraser is someone who's never had a person who was there for him the way Ray is. He's largely defined by the way his father put his job over his family and was never there for him, raised by his strict grandparents even though his dad was alive and well. As an adult he's a loner and a fish out of water, not just in Chicago but even back in the Canadian north, where his colleagues still saw him as an oddball.
He asks Ray for this favour not actually expecting it, especially not after one conversation. He expects to have to cajole Ray for a wolf license, or get one himself. But Ray gets it for him after one off-hand comment, and the framing of the license as episode bookends, as well as Fraser's reaction, make it very clear how deliberate this dynamic is as a significant aspect of their relationship and sets it up for further exploration down the line in episodes like North and Vault.
Honestly it's almost like Fraser starts making up for lost time in being able to depend on someone, the way he asks Ray for things after this, and relishes Ray's responsiveness lol. Like there's a joke about it in Chicago Holiday a few episodes later, when Fraser slyly says, "Sometimes when you stand still the world comes to you," as Ray brings him something he'd forgotten. Fraser takes to Ray's unwavering support like a duck to water.
Honestly it's no wonder I was immediately hooked when I happened to catch the last five minutes of Diefenbaker's Day Off way back in the day.
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rupertgayes · 1 day
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How would you pitch watching Due South to someone who doesn't know it?
THE PREMISE: mountie from the northern reaches of canada goes to chicago to avenge dead dad (also a mountie), gets into buddy-cop shenanigans with a detective. said detective leaves the show in season 3 and gets replaced by another detective, shenanigans continue to ensue. there's also a dog. he's very cute.
THE PITCH: honestly, after being in the spn fandom and having most of popular culture awash with prestige shows (that are not spn, but like spn are typically dark and gritty and like killing characters off too) and having most of the popular media landscape try to cover their collective asses by having an aloof, 'you-can't-make-fun-of-this-because-we're-not-taking-it-seriously-ourselves' air, it was truly refreshing to sit down with a close friend of mine and check out this show.
i'm being completely serious when i say there's a certain je ne sais quoi about this show. is it because it's from the 90s? perhaps. is it because it's canadian? maybe. i wasn't even alive when this show first started airing and i'm not a media analyst. it basically takes the premise of the dudeley do-right cartoon and asks 'okay, but what if that was like, a real guy?' and fucking runs with it to the wildest heights. it's a comedy, but it's also so bizarre in some ways that it makes it a truly unique treat to watch. i love psych and brooklyn 99 for having a comedic procedural aspect, and neither of them are comparable in whatever it is that due south is doing.
there's honestly a lot of heart and soul in the entire show, and it has the ability to shift from just being comedic to having drama, mystery, and moments that pull at your heartstrings. it's a show that you can enjoy on the surface as a fun episodic show with fun characters and fun moments, but it also lends itself quite well to extrapolating on the characters, their motivations, etc. (and by etc i'm also including any shipping you might want to do).
i won't say it's a paragon of DEI, but again, i think it has a level of earnestness which makes any slip-ups it does have something i can kinda view with indulgence, versus shows that are making the same (or worse) mistakes 20+ years after this show already ended. these characters are treated with a level of dignity and respect, and i think overall the characterization is pretty consistent - there are some shifts happening between seasons 1-2 and 3-4, but i feel like it has more to do with budgets, a change in creative team, etc., versus writers not 'getting' certain characters.
there's also a lot of memorable episodes, scenes, bits. i think the latter seasons are more campy (my favorite) and some eps from s1 and 2 make for legitimately some great television. even the more mid episodes have something worthwhile, too. some of my fave moments in no order:
fraser (the mountie) saving and talking to? a rat in a strip club
also him going to a leather club
twice
and meeting a mountie in a latex version of his red serge uniform
using a tarp as a parachute
mafia egg conspiracy
aliens??
due south but make it silence of the lambs a little bit
performance arsonist
lake pirates? ghost ship?
also why are most of the major bad guys here doing some form of environmental crime? get your captain planet on ig, i'm into it
also fellow cops can also be bad guys. acab ig??
sick muscle cars eric kripke himself would've enjoyed. sometimes they get set on fire tho
due south but make it to wong foo thanks for everything
fraser running away from women so he doesn't have to kiss or interact with them
way too much time in closets, in general.
fellas is it gay to ask your new partner of one week maybe to pretend he's a woman so he can decide if he finds you attractive
there are red ships and green ships but no ships like partnerships :)
and to reiterate about the dog: there's a dog who's half wolf and all deaf and fraser can talk to him 'because he (the dog) reads lips'
his dead dad shows up too sometimes
anyway, it was really nice to watch this show for the first time, there are still moment i scream-laugh at because they're just so ridiculous and i'd never catch any other moments like that in any other show. i definitely see why there's still active fans for it thirty years later. there's also some wild shipping fodder here, which is at least partially why there are still fics getting written for these guys today. destiel if the cw weren't cowards etc etc. when i watched the finale, i cried tears of joy because while i'd miss the characters, they got an ending that actually seemed to fit, instead of it being a rush job, which is not unique to spn but, you know.
also you can watch it for free on youtube rn.
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mortmere · 15 hours
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Ray Kowalski has a real turtle, and then he has this carved wooden turtle sculpture that's seen in Spy vs Spy and Ladies' Man. It's a very particular type of turtle sculpture, but I don't know the origin (yet?). You can find many of these (similar shape, often different color or size than Ray's) for sale mostly in the US. Sometimes they're described as Mexican, so they might have been souvenirs from Mexico (but Ray has his before his poncho-buying trip!). The oldest I've seen look like they could be from the 40s or 50s, but then again there are very new-looking ones that are made somewhere in Asia. Whatever the origin, the turtle sculpture is a lovely detail in Ray's apartment. And Dief and the turtle are getting along just fine. :)
Here are detail photos of a very similar turtle. At their best, these turtles have a very happy expression, and this is definitely one of those lucky ones!
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syrupmap · 13 hours
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I'm going to get everything out of this scene so here's more
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Please pay attention to the tongue action here ^
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pigtailedgirl · 1 day
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Lol SassyInkPen's awesome fanvid.
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liminalmemories21 · 1 month
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Apparently there's going to be a Law & Order: Toronto, and I really desperately need them to make the world's most niche joke and have a detective from Chicago who came to Toronto on the trail of the killers of his father, who stayed - for reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture - because In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime; and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories.
This is a post that will make sense to . . . I think actually literally nobody on my feed, but is nonetheless really entertaining. I promise.
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jedusaur · 2 months
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I know I'm 25 years late to the party but I'm finally watching Due South and this is the hardest I've laughed in MONTHS
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bakanokiwami · 1 year
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TOP 10 TV SHOW FANDOMS ON AO3 BASED ON NUMBER OF FANWORKS, SINGLE CATEGORY VERSION (2009-2022)
If you want to see the TV Show bar chart with the multi-category fandom tags included, please check this post.
To make these bar chart race, all series titles in the TV Show Category on November 29 (or the closest date to it) of every year were copy-pasted from Wayback Machine to Google Sheets, rearranged according to number of fanworks, manually filtered for fandoms belonging in only one category and then inputted to Flourish to turn into a bar chart race.
Locked fanworks aren't included in the count because Wayback Machine can’t view those, only Ao3 users can.
Jossverse was in the top 10 from 2010-2017 (Top 2 in 2010 and 2011). In 2018, it was removed from the TV Show fandom list and works tagged with it show up in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV) instead so I’ve excluded it from the bar chart.
Thanks for understanding and hopefully I didn’t mess up anywhere! 🙏
ETA: About Doctor Who: Doctor Who actually has 2 tags with ranked higher (Higher than Doctor Who (2005) even) on the list. Unfortunately, they were both multi-category tags: Doctor Who & Related Fandoms was also in the Other Media category thanks to the Doctor Who (Big Finish Audio), and the other tag Doctor Who was also in Books & Literature thanks to Doctor Who - Various Authors. You can see them rank in the top 10 TV Shows multi-category bar chart race linked above.
About Stargate: The Stargate - All Media Types tag is actually interesting because unlike most All Media Types tags, it’s only listed in the TV Show category. That’s why it still turned up in this list. This might just be a lack of tagging its other categories (like Books & Literature) on AO3, however. Now that I checked its subtags, it actually had at least 2 Book & Literature only subtags: Stargate Atlantis: Legacy Series - Various Authors and Stargate SG-1 - Various Authors. So it probably should not have been in this bar chart race. Apologies for the oversight.🙏
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ds30below · 1 month
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30 BELOW FEST: celebrating 30 years of due South
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What Is 30 Below?
On April 23rd, 1994, a certain television movie aired in Canada. The rest is 30 years of amazing, rich and lovely history — still going in 2024.
30 below is a fest to celebrate this anniversary, run by @flownwrong. Whether you’ve been here from the get-go or just joining the fun — this fest is for you. Let’s spread the love for the wonder that is due South!
info —
🐢30 below will run from March 11th (The Eleventh Of March!) until April 23rd (the pilot airing date!)
🐢each of 7 weeks will have a theme, complete with prompts to help you get going; themes will go up on February 18th
🐢you are free to use any, all or none of the prompts and themes! they are optional and are here to inspire, not restrict
🐢this event accepts any contributions:
all fanworks: meta, art, gifsets, photo or video edits, fanmixes, fic, rec lists… anything you feel inspired to create!
community interaction: comments, shout outs, liveblogging, asks, etc — don't forget to post about what you got up to so we can all share the joy!
🐢contributions will be reblogged all throughout the fest, and you're never too late — the whole year is anniversary year!
🐢it's preferred that you post your themed contributions during the corresponding week, but you're welcome to share whenever!
🐢please mention the fest (@ds30below) and tag your post #ds30below so i can share it! I will be tracking the main #due south tag as well.
❗note that if you're reblogging something as a contribution (e.g. responding to meta), you'll need to mention @ds30below in your reblog, since it won't show up in the tag search.
🐢if you're not on tumblr, post wherever you're comfortable and let me know! (flownwrong on DW, emotionalrisotto on discord, ask/message here)
🐢you can also submit your contributions using the submit button on this here blog
— knock yourselves out, and happy 30th birthday to our favourite show!
🐢themes & prompts
🐢helpful resources
🐢navigation
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eaion · 5 months
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DUE SOUTH S03E02 - Eclipse
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cricketcat9 · 1 year
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Paul Gross,
then and now
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riverlight82 · 13 days
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Back in the day I saved a bunch of random photos, so—lo these many years later, let's all admire how hot Callum Keith Rennie was.
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singlecrow · 6 months
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sometimes I think I want a list of things people know/do/say because they were in a specific fandom at a specific time and never shall anything else explain it. Like everyone who isn't Canadian who can say "The year was 1778!" and then sing all of Barrett's Privateers.
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