la la la DEATH and DESPAIR

[schmerica]

Keeping up with my bizarrely morbid streak -- since my last viewing of the Pilot, I am now strangely intrigued with the idea of a story where, after Call of the Wild, Fraser has stayed up in the Northwest Territories and Ray has gone back to Chicago. Until, of course, Ray dies and Fraser has to go to Chicago and bring his killers to justice -- with all the deliberate parallels of the pilot, of course, la la la investigating, la la la Fraser versus everybody else, etc. Only I think Ray Kowalski's ghost could show up a lot earlier than Bob Fraser's did, because I'd want it to be a slash story, and I don't think this Fraser and RayK would have actually had a relationship. There could be lots of subtext-filled pre-slashy flashbacks on Fraser's end, too!

If only I could, you know, do plot or length of any sort. Sigh.

(On rereading, I realize this sounds very slightly similar to Kowalski is Bleeding, but it really wouldn't be; I think it's just the "stubborn Fraser" and "investigating" things that make it sound that way, but really, those are relatively basic elements.)

I also think there should be more stories where Fraser and Ray's really, really bad habits of wandering off to do dangerous stuff in different states and/or countries without informing anybody of anything gets them into trouble. Or just Fraser doing it to Ray. One of these days, he's going to end up naked in Wisconsin without money for a payphone, and then what is he going to do?

Comments

[serialkarma.livejournal.com]

One of these days, he's going to end up naked in Wisconsin without money for a payphone, and then what is he going to do?

1-800-COLLECT, duh

[imkalena.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but Wisconsinites aren't stupid -- they *know* better than to leave a perfect specimen like Fraser naked to the elements. Long before Ray gets there, probably long before Fraser can even FIND a working pay phone, someone (or several someones) will have taken him home to warm him up, and he'll never be heard from again.

[lalejandra.livejournal.com]

Dial down the middle!!

Hah.

I just realized that's from another collect call commercial, but i cannot for the life of me remember which one. 1800callatt?? that seems likely. *g*

[serialkarma.livejournal.com]

Hee! Yeah, I think it's 1-800-CALL-ATT.

Can't you just see it now? Ray picks up the phone and is all, "yeah?" And the operator's like, "You have a collect call from Benton Fraser, will you accept the charges?" And Ray's like, "Only if he dialed 1-800-CALL-ATT! Because I'm not paying extra to rescue him from being naked in Wisconsin AGAIN."

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

And Ray's like, "Only if he dialed 1-800-CALL-ATT! Because I'm not paying extra to rescue him from being naked in Wisconsin AGAIN."

Heeeeeeeeee.

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

Dude - I think the 1-800-CALL-ATT ads have Carrot Top as the spokesman. Now that is a pairing, Benton Fraser and Carrot Top.
Color me frightened.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Heeeeee. You think Fraser would go the logical way, rather than somehow convincing a passing motorist to let him borrow ill-fitting clothes and beginning to just, like, hike all the way back?

[serialkarma.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't know, I think Fraser watched those 1-800 commercials with Alyssa Milano way more carefully than Ray ever realized.