no, ma, the butcher does not respect me

[schmerica]

If -- right this minute, no time to think, choose right now -- I had to decide to change one thing about "Call of the Wild," it would be Frannie's ending. Because, honestly, I pretty much love most of CotW (even the really, really stupid bits) and my main reaction is one of joy.

But, Frannie. Oh, Frannie. Frannie totally has a fucking arc, is the thing -- because, yeah, lusting for Fraser, blah blah blah, but the thing is that Frannie's goal, Frannie's one major desire, is consistent throughout the series. Frannie wants to do things; Frannie wants to better herself; Frannie wants respect. "Vault" is my favorite episode of hers for a reason; it's not put better anywhere than it is there.

And CotW even wraps up the Fraser obsession bit nicely, showing her letting him go, ready to move on, finally. And the idea of her wanting to be a cop is totally set up, first in "Odds", and then in "Hunting Season" -- which, dude, second-to-last episode; how much easier could it have been to use the connections already there in the series for her epilogue? That's basically what they did for Huey and Dewey, after all.

In conclusion: FRANNIE *heart*.

Comments

[hobbledehoy.livejournal.com]

I believe you are in league with the butcher.

[serrico.livejournal.com]

Aw, Frannie. My ultimate Frannie scene is in 'Heaven and Earth', when Ray confronts her about whether she slept with Fraser; it's this perfect showcase of Frannie's idealism and fantasy and courage not only to try to get what she wants but to simply *want*. And afterwards, in the hall with Fraser, her awareness of however much truth there was behind Ray's cynicism.

It's a damn good Ray scene, too. And a scene in which Fraser's presence behind the mirror was used to *great* effect.

But yes, Frannie rocks. *sigh* Nostalgia...

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

*sigh* She's just awesome, man.

[kijikun.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah Frannie I always thought got the short end of it in the wrap up. I wasn't overall fond of Turnbull's ending either but...*G* ah the power of fics where we can choice to ignore certains parts of the ending. :)

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Hee, I didn't even think about Turnbull. I suppose the difference for me is just that I have no investment in Turnbull as a character, and for Frannie, I really do.

[zerl.livejournal.com]

Ah, but in my (admittedly warped) mind, she went off to the Middle East with Thatcher, came back, and *then* had eight children for her. And lived happily ever after! I mean, six immaculate conceptions? What else can it mean? :)

No, really, Frannie is also a favorite for me, and her ending left me wondering how that fits, too. Along with ASA Kowalski's. Why the hell Vecchio??

I thought maybe things happened in S4 episodes I hadn't watched, but reading your post, hmm. Maybe not.

...Oh, BTW, hi! (Waves sheepishly -- okay, maybe a little too late for that.) I'm Zerlina. Mostly lurking, but I love your stories! Especially I enjoyed A is for Apple. And Don't Say the Word, and... Okay, pretty much all of the ones I've read so far. Thank you for the reading joy you give us! :)

[zerl.livejournal.com]

Eight? No, that was six children. Oops. I can't even count! XP

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Actually, though it doesn't particularly have any basis behind it either, I love Stella/Vecchio. I think it's totally adorable.

Consistency? Me? Ha.

[zerl.livejournal.com]

*g* Such is love.

My Vecchio-loving friends all hate that ending, because obviously Stella is not good enough for him (nobody but the Mountie is! :-) and I'm over here in the corner going, "But Stella can't be happy with Vecchio! How is he any better than RayK!?"

LOL. No, it's not logical.

[brooklinegirl.livejournal.com]

awwww! Yay! Frannie love. You know, tehre are way too many people who just don't get the Frannie love. It's sad. And you're right, I'd like a different ending for her. *sighs* There should be a frannie-centric challenge. we could all write AUs for post-COTW frannie.

[serialkarma.livejournal.com]

What? How can you not get the Frannie love?

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

I don't know how, but there are people who manage. *sad*

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

The thing is that I've only just realized that, like, I've been using "Frannie popping out babies" as really, really easy shorthand for post-CotW, and now I'm kind of annoyed with myself about it. Sigh.

FRANNIE.

[fanaddict.livejournal.com]

I thought it was weird too - not so much the babies thing as the immaculate conception thing, though. At the time I wondered if the actress was pregnant and so it was kind of a meta-joke for the her. I have no idea if that's true though.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

That's the rumor that I've heard, generally, yeah.

[axiom_of_stripe]

see, i like to spin it where "immaculate conception" is clearly what catholics with a sense of humor would call artifical insemination, right? so frannie found herself a nice girl -- maybe elaine or thatcher -- and knocked her up and had to work really hard to get herself promoted to lieutenant quickly in order to support all those kids....

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

I like your version a lot.