oh, how i love arctic exploration history

[schmerica]

On the first night around the fire, Fraser tells him more about Sir John Franklin.

"Wait," Ray says, "wait a minute, did you say food poisoning? And then they were eating each other? Ugh, that's gross, Fraser."

On the second night around the fire, Fraser tells him about the Greely Expedition.

"Hey," Ray says, "do you have any stories that don't involve cannibalism? How come you didn't tell me any of this before the adventure? Hey, were you luring me up here to eat me? That's not buddies."

On the third night around the fire, Fraser tells him about Elisha Kane, Charles Francis Hall, John Ross, and more and more and more names that Ray's never heard of.

"Fraser," Ray says, "I am sick to death about hearing about people freezing and starving and getting trapped in the ice and floating on the ice and hiking and eating candles and bootlaces and being all noble and stupid. Don't you know any happy stories?"

Fraser looks thoughtful.

"When I say adventure," Ray says, "I don't mean death and destruction and all this stuff. I mean an adventure. That's a whole different thing."

"Ah," says Fraser.

"Don't 'ah' me," says Ray.

"No, no," says Fraser, "I do understand the point you're making, I believe."

"You do?" says Ray.

Fraser kisses him on the mouth, and Ray pulls him closer through all their thick layers.

Later on the third night, Fraser tells him quiet things that nobody but the two of them need to know.

"See, Fraser, this," says Ray, "isn't this a better adventure? Nobody has to freeze to death and nobody starts nibbling on each other and nobody's living on an ice floe."

"Well," says Fraser, "not yet, anyway."

Ray says, "You suck."

Comments

[raveninthewind.livejournal.com]

Bwahaha! Fraser is so annoying, but you can't help but love him.

[copracat]

"Well," says Fraser, "not yet, anyway."

Ray says, "You suck."

hee hee hee hee!

But you, you Miss Pearl_O, you do not suck!

[sockich.livejournal.com]

This is absolutely wonderful! Just a perfect thing to start the day with. Thank you.

[olympia-m.livejournal.com]

lolol

what a wonerfully funny story! I love the last line so, so much! And Ray's ideas about adventure and Fraser's understanding and his grim, grim stories :) Wonderful!

Thank you :)

[liviapenn.livejournal.com]

This is so very beautiful. And yes, that's Fraser's idea of romance. "Not yet, anyway."

(On a non-related note, this is why I think Rodney is so whiny. He's CANADIAN. He KNOWS how these great, inspirational scientific expeditions inevitably end! In TEARS. And eating your own bootlaces.)

[kindkit.livejournal.com]

I love it. Fraser's idea of fun stories . . . oh dear. But it's so perfectly Fraser. Those were probably the bedtime stories of his youth.

Later on the third night, Fraser tells him quiet things that nobody but the two of them need to know.

*melts* That's just gorgeous.

[layniek.livejournal.com]

Heh. I'm working on a project involving putting together a collection of books on arctic exploration, and I was just posting all those names in my LJ. (On the assumption that no one else would have any idea who I was talking about.) Fraser would totally start telling those stories on the adventure.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

hahahahahah!

[c-regalis.livejournal.com]

Ah, that's lovely. Thank you.

[foreverdirt.livejournal.com]

Heeh! Utterly charming.

[akite.livejournal.com]

Ray says, "You suck."

"Not yet, Ray" Hee!

[estrella30.livejournal.com]

*giggles*

"I am sick to death about hearing about people freezing and starving and getting trapped in the ice and floating on the ice and hiking and eating candles and bootlaces and being all noble and stupid. Don't you know any happy stories?"

aww - poor Ray! He doesnt know yet that Fraser knows NO happy stories.

*snugs*

[serialkarma.livejournal.com]

Hey, were you luring me up here to eat me? That's not buddies

Hee!

[grey853.livejournal.com]

I think it's time Ray teaches Ben some happy stories to add to his collection of grim ones. Ben's got some serious catching up to do and Ray's just the guy to help with that. Thanks for sharing.

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

*hugs ficlet*

[mondschein1.livejournal.com]

Later on the third night, Fraser tells him quiet things that nobody but the two of them need to know.

AWW. Just. You know. Fuzzy glow-y feelings, there. *wanders off to be fuzzy someplace*

::adore::

[kormantic.livejournal.com]

Ah, Ray.

[peter-neverland.livejournal.com]

No nibbling?! What do you mean no nibbling!? How can it be an adventure without nibbling?

Nicely done.

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

Freakin' genius. girl.

[kijikun.livejournal.com]

Dude that rocks. So very much.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Hee. In a way, it's hard to tell who's more annoying, really -- him and Ray would *both* drive me crazy.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

But you, you Miss Pearl_O, you do not suck!

*beams* Thank you, my dear!

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Hee. I'm very glad you liked it!

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

And yes, that's Fraser's idea of romance. "Not yet, anyway."

Hee. YOU NEVER KNOW, Livia! Anything could happen!

(On a non-related note, this is why I think Rodney is so whiny. He's CANADIAN. He KNOWS how these great, inspirational scientific expeditions inevitably end! In TEARS. And eating your own bootlaces.)

Hee hee hee hee. I think this is a BRILLIANT theory.

Also, the worst part is, I don't even know if they have bootlaces on Atlantis. They might have to end up just eating computer parts instead, which are MUCH less tasty.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

They're awesome stories; I love arctic exploration. It's just that, yeah, they all happen to be much with the excitement and hypothermia and death-defying odds.

*grins* I figured I could get away with sneaking in my big mushy squishy line in my little fic about cannibalism jokes.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

I just -- man, I find Arctic exploration to actually be a completely fascinating subject, and I was reading about it way before I got into due South -- so that, like, the first time I saw CotW I was all "OOH, the Franklin expedition!!!" And it has always amused me the details Fraser didn't mention there. I just began reading Bruce Henderson's True North last night, and it was reminding me of all those things.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

*curtsey*

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Thank you -- I'm glad you liked.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

*winces* Oh, bad pun.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

I think Fraser probably has lots of happy stories that end with the people being dead. You know, and then they went to heaven blah blah blah whatever. And Ray would be all "that is not happy. they are DEAD." And Fraser would be all defensive and "It's a sort of happiness!"

*snuggles you back*

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

*giggles* That is honestly my favorite link in the entire thing. I'm a dork.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you -- I'm glad you liked it.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Hee. Like I said to kindkit above, I felt justified in hidng my big squishy melty loveydovey center in the story, since it got to be surrounded by cannibalism jokes.

Re: ::adore::

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

*giggle* Indeed.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Well, there's good nibbling, and then there's "Wow, your ear is looking mighty tasty about now" nibbling, you know?

Thanks.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[mondschein1.livejournal.com]

JUST LIKE WILLY WONKA.

Um.

Yes. I'm going to go hide my fried brain for a couple of days.

[dirty-diana.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeeeeeeee!

(sleepy and wordless)

[lorem_ipsum]

:D

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Hee, yay.

[starfishchick]

"Hey," Ray says, "do you have any stories that don't involve cannibalism? How come you didn't tell me any of this before the adventure? Hey, were you luring me up here to eat me? That's not buddies."

*dies of JOY and RAY-LOVE and a million other good things*

When I write my DS archeaology AU, I am totally linking back to this.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Heeeeeee. YAY.

[dzurlady.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Ray says, "do you have any stories that don't involve cannibalism? How come you didn't tell me any of this before the adventure? Hey, were you luring me up here to eat me? That's not buddies."
I saw a link to this over at dS recs, and came over. Aww! *melts* And I love the dialogue.

[xanphibian.livejournal.com]

*big grin* I love this so, so much.