Due South shipping meta!

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I know many of you are waiting for more Star Trek meta, particularly the TMP novel analysis (IT'S TAKING SO LONG BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO MISS ANYTHING), but I've been toying with some Due South meta for a while and finally I decided to just post it already, even though it's not the fanciest thing ever and gets rambly. Also, you may notice that this

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Re: From Tortiecat

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I respect your opinion and you're quite eloquent with it. I'm often baffled by the Ray Wars because, well, I was never in them and only found out about this show in 2008, so that colors my perspective a LOT.

The only thing I have to really disagree with is Fraser risking RayV's cover by flirting with Kowalski. First of all when an actor says flat out like Paul Gross did that the "new guy" is sexy and the slash fans will love him, not to mention the gag reel where there's all kinds of innuendo being thrown around, you simply can't say it wasn't at least jokingly put in for fun. As for blowing cover, the show is ludicrous in itself. I mean, think of all the people RayV met during his lifetime. Did they tell each and every single one about the undercover assignment? Clearly someone from, say, Ray's high school will know in an instant that RayK is not RayV, and so if you want to get technical, they're risking RayV's cover every damn day. That's what makes the show hilarious, that it has its own logic and, frankly, if you've ever had a crush, it's fucking impossible not to flirt with them and Fraser (as evidenced by Victoria) is not immune to matters of the heart. Of course I don't think any relationship would happen until well after the series and I don't think any overt flirting happens in front of others, just in private.

Now whether Fraser is actually flirting with RayK is up for debate and I can certainly see how others don't see it like I do. But I don't think this particular argument can be made.