For me, V/K and F/V/K spring from the same place: a desire for the boys to realize who they are, what they want, and the sort of fairytale happy ending(s) we used to believe in when we were innocents.
V/K is almost a no-brainer: these two guys are presented as polar opposites, but deep down, they are the same. They both became police officers partly due to their relationships with significant people in their lives (Vecchio and his dad; Kowalski and Stella). They both had choppy beginnings as officers (Kowalski's shown in 'The Ladies' Man, Vecchio's in 'The Duel') and as detectives had roadblocks to discovering who they were in those roles (Vecchio's Armani fixation and Kowalski's penchant for undercover) which actually worked against that goal in many ways. It isn't until they meet Fraser that they start to evolve into their own (Vecchio actually living/playing the Armani lifestyle while undercover, Kowalski pretending to be Vecchio but finding himself in that persona). They fell in love with the same woman, they fell in love
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No, not really. I like good angst and can appreciate the fics that are darker or without happy endings, but fics where the Rays pair up and stay together only to get over Stella or Fraser (though as a device to get them together, I am all for it) and feel lucky they have anyone in their lives works against their self development, which to me is a big part of how I see them.
I think the OT3 ones in that theme may spring out of Fraser's quirks and seeing him as the odd one out: RayV always felt he 'owed' Fraser, for the shooting, for his friendship, what have you, but I think RayV might simply have had his first adult, reciprocal relationship, and that feeling of 'owing' Fraser was actually RayV being willing to do anything for someone who was, for once, not a family member. Adding Fraser to an existing Ray/Ray dynamic for reasons akin to 'I owe him' or pity does not make sense to me and I think that is simplest reason F/V/K fics of that bleak tone just fail.
F/K/V: a threesome based on love that I can believe in, contrary to most of these fandom trios.
These three have deep emotions and tangled histories, and I love it when an author makes me feel like the story could be future canon, or a closely related alternate reality.
V/K is almost a no-brainer: these two guys are presented as polar opposites, but deep down, they are the same. They both became police officers partly due to their relationships with significant people in their lives (Vecchio and his dad; Kowalski and Stella). They both had choppy beginnings as officers (Kowalski's shown in 'The Ladies' Man, Vecchio's in 'The Duel') and as detectives had roadblocks to discovering who they were in those roles (Vecchio's Armani fixation and Kowalski's penchant for undercover) which actually worked against that goal in many ways. It isn't until they meet Fraser that they start to evolve into their own (Vecchio actually living/playing the Armani lifestyle while undercover, Kowalski pretending to be Vecchio but finding himself in that persona). They fell in love with the same woman, they fell in love ( ... )
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What do you make of the "this is the best we'll get" tone from some of the stories out there? Does that fly with you?
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I think the OT3 ones in that theme may spring out of Fraser's quirks and seeing him as the odd one out: RayV always felt he 'owed' Fraser, for the shooting, for his friendship, what have you, but I think RayV might simply have had his first adult, reciprocal relationship, and that feeling of 'owing' Fraser was actually RayV being willing to do anything for someone who was, for once, not a family member. Adding Fraser to an existing Ray/Ray dynamic for reasons akin to 'I owe him' or pity does not make sense to me and I think that is simplest reason F/V/K fics of that bleak tone just fail.
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These three have deep emotions and tangled histories, and I love it when an author makes me feel like the story could be future canon, or a closely related alternate reality.
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