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

[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.