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!)

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