frasers and vecchios

[schmerica]

Fraser/Vecchio I have enjoyed recently:

+ The Eskimo Thing by Merryish
+ Conviction by China Shop
+ Hard Candy by Aerye

I read this pairing so rarely that I'm always surprised how well it works for me when I do find a story I really like. It's never going to be a pairing I see, particularly, but it can be quite charming and warmly snuggly in the same way as the show.

(Plus, it has a bazillion times more canon support than Ray/Ray, so THERE.)

Looking at the screencaps from Vault and thinking about those early scenes has me thinking about the Fraser-Vecchio and Fraser-Frannie and Frannie-Vecchio relationships some more, too. It's such an interesting contrast and balance there -- and they do the family relationships so well, because Ray and Frannie really seem like brother and sister; you can see it in how they relate to each other and the things they have in common, too. The Vecchios are loud and brash and emotional and just external; everything they have hangs out, nothing's played close to the chest, ever. It's all right there. So the contrast there makes Fraser seem even more internal than he would, otherwise -- layer upon layer, not lying ever, but more than he seems, private in ways that neither of the Vecchios would ever be. (Of course, for Fraser's that not a family trait at all; you'd certainly never describe Bob that way.)

(Hahaha, Kovsky, this is where I would link you to the Fraser/Frannie/Ray Vecchio threesome cliche fic, but I won't now, because I do not think you would appreciate it!)

Comments

[mondschein1.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I think Ray plays some things close to the chest. Like, seriously -- the way he was handling Victoria? At least, around Fraser? That wasn't exactly blunt. Sure, he yelled at OTHER people. He doesn't say much when he's hurt, but of course we all immediately know when he's seriously upset because he isn't bitching. And then when he tries to not be angry -- like he was in The Deal, because he thought there was no point to being angry -- it ends up backfiring.

I dunno. I'd say RayV is positively reserved, as compared to -- oh, I dunno. The OTHER Ray.

Well. He's easier to read than Fraser, anyway.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

I dunno. I'd say RayV is positively reserved, as compared to -- oh, I dunno. The OTHER Ray.

It's weird with RayK, actually, because I think the contrast breaks down a little in the later seasons -- there's some of that between RayK and Fraser, but I think the comparisons and connectiosn they're going for is almost just as strong, with the emphasis on their loneliness, somehow. I don't think the scenes like RayK dancing alone at the end of Strange Bedfellows, or crying at the end of TLM, or sitting in the hospital hallways or the campfire in CotW would have gone anything like that if it was Ray Vecchio.

*mulls thoughtfully*

[annakovsky.livejournal.com]

Hahahahaha, I like how you're mentioning me in like every post now.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Ha, I know, right? It's just that the subjects of so many of my posts lately have coincided with opportunity to mock you!