FRASER/RAYK vs. and FRASER/RAYVTonight, I was reading a F/V/K story for the very first time - the Rays together just doesn't turn me on - and I made this stupid revelation that I probably, subconsciously had already made but it really startled me nonetheless
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And to get back to what you were saying, I love the campfire scene where Ray K tells Fraser that he'll go back and partner with Vecchio. I remember first watching the episode and thinking that that was what was going to happen, because when Fraser told Ray about his father and Frobisher being partners even across a great distance and without seeing each other for months, they still knew they were partners, I thought that he was comforting Ray K. Actually, he's totally talking about him and Vecchio, telling Ray K that he doesn't need to partner with Vecchio because they'll always be BFFs. Truthfully, it makes more sense that's he's talking about Vecchio. Fraser and Ray K are so flip floppy with their partnership that they still question it. In the episode before the finale Ray K asks if they're still partners and Fraser responds with the infinitely slashy, "If you'll have me." If they're still questioning their relationship, how can Fraser comfort Ray K and say that they'll be partners forever. Nope, he can say that about him and Vecchio, because they have a long-lasting friendship that was never really ever in question and doesn't need to be because it's a simple relationship, friendship. But with Fraser and Ray K it's complicated because there's something much deeper and more at stake. Fraser can outright tell Ray K that he believes in him and that they're friends, but then he can shuffle his feet and respond, "If you'll have me," not to mention their getting back together awkward/happiness on the Good Ship Mountie after Mountie on the Bounty. So Fraser never intended to go back to Chicago, and was addressing the partnership with Vecchio at the fire, both of them having a classic case of miscommunication.
Good lord I've meta'd, lol, and I know you won't mind which is awesome. They are so my shared OTP (they're tied with Kirk/Spock, but you gotta give them props for sharing first place because of how much fucking evidence and history there is for K/S.)
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OMFG I love this, haha. I didn't look at it this way until now and I can't believe I didn't! Because RayK never addresses the fact that Fraser might stay in Canada, because at least Fraser is still his in that respect and that's a hurdle he can overcome. But not being Ray Vecchio is the one he struggles with the most. OH GOD.
So Ray says, "I'm not sure if you - " and then what? WHAT? I love our show.
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