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Ray Vecchio Squee Party
From now through the weekend (or 'til all the guests go home) I'm hosting a RayV squee party, for Ray Vecchio from Due South! Come on in!
Rules:
1. No RayK or pairing bashing. Fans of all Rays are welcome, with the understanding that the emphasis is on RayV love this time around.
2. I've put up some top-level threads (linked below) but feel free to start your own thread at any time. Want to have a meta discussion about the ghosts in the show, talk in detail about a specific episode, or add a thread for a pairing I didn't mention? Go ahead and make your own! I'll update the list of top-level threads periodically as new ones are added.
3. Linking is fine -- encouraged, even! The more the merrier.
Also notice there is a newbie Q&A thread for people who aren't familiar with the show. If you'd like to ask questions without risking a bunch of spoilers, you can do so here! (DW version) This is also the place for general questions, if you have any.
That's it! Have fun!
Threads:
General show discussion/squee: LJ | DW
Pictures & gifs: LJ | DW
Recs: LJ | DW
Commentfic prompts - Gen: LJ | DW
Commentfic prompts - Fraser/RayV: LJ | DW
Commentfic prompts - other RayV pairings (OT3 welcome): LJ | DW
Quotes: LJ
Episode Rewatch reaction posts: LJ
Vecchiofest info, links, & some recs: LJ
Some more vid recs: LJ
And another fic rec: LJ
Newbie Q&A thread: LJ | DW
No spoilers here, just answers to your questions, such as "which episodes should I watch first?" or "I like [x] in my shows, does Due South have [x]?"
Episode rewatch:
You can watch episodes at vidzi.tv, Youtube (Season 1 playlist; all seasons playlist), or buy it on Amazon (where it is currently only $9.99 for the whole thing!).
Episodes for rewatching:
(You can watch some, all, or none of these.)
1. The pilot
2. 1x17, "The Deal"
3. 1x20-22, "Victoria's Secret" parts 1 & 2, and "Letting Go" (3-parter)
4. 2x01, "North"
For first-time viewers, 1x10, "The Gift of the Wheelman", is also recommended before watching "North", as it sets up a few things that are important in the latter episode. "North" is basically an h/c episode extraordinaire, but it DOES rely on a certain amount of character context.
Guys, feel free to put up threads for some or all of these, if you get to it before I do!
Rules:
1. No RayK or pairing bashing. Fans of all Rays are welcome, with the understanding that the emphasis is on RayV love this time around.
2. I've put up some top-level threads (linked below) but feel free to start your own thread at any time. Want to have a meta discussion about the ghosts in the show, talk in detail about a specific episode, or add a thread for a pairing I didn't mention? Go ahead and make your own! I'll update the list of top-level threads periodically as new ones are added.
3. Linking is fine -- encouraged, even! The more the merrier.
Also notice there is a newbie Q&A thread for people who aren't familiar with the show. If you'd like to ask questions without risking a bunch of spoilers, you can do so here! (DW version) This is also the place for general questions, if you have any.
That's it! Have fun!
Threads:
General show discussion/squee: LJ | DW
Pictures & gifs: LJ | DW
Recs: LJ | DW
Commentfic prompts - Gen: LJ | DW
Commentfic prompts - Fraser/RayV: LJ | DW
Commentfic prompts - other RayV pairings (OT3 welcome): LJ | DW
Quotes: LJ
Episode Rewatch reaction posts: LJ
Vecchiofest info, links, & some recs: LJ
Some more vid recs: LJ
And another fic rec: LJ
Newbie Q&A thread: LJ | DW
No spoilers here, just answers to your questions, such as "which episodes should I watch first?" or "I like [x] in my shows, does Due South have [x]?"
Episode rewatch:
You can watch episodes at vidzi.tv, Youtube (Season 1 playlist; all seasons playlist), or buy it on Amazon (where it is currently only $9.99 for the whole thing!).
Episodes for rewatching:
(You can watch some, all, or none of these.)
1. The pilot
2. 1x17, "The Deal"
3. 1x20-22, "Victoria's Secret" parts 1 & 2, and "Letting Go" (3-parter)
4. 2x01, "North"
For first-time viewers, 1x10, "The Gift of the Wheelman", is also recommended before watching "North", as it sets up a few things that are important in the latter episode. "North" is basically an h/c episode extraordinaire, but it DOES rely on a certain amount of character context.
Guys, feel free to put up threads for some or all of these, if you get to it before I do!
General show discussion/squee
Re: General show discussion/squee - How did you find the show?
I'm going to get this party started by asking everybody to wax nostalgic about how you found the show! Are you a relative newcomer to it, or a fan from way back? Were you actively involved in the fandom, or just a viewer? Did you go through the Ray Wars(TM)? XD
I have actually been watching the show on regular network TV since the pilot! I was still a teenager, living at home, back in the days when there were no spoilers (unless you could maybe catch a sneak peek on a talk show or in a magazine) or DVDs. You had to watch shows from week to week -- if you missed something, you'd have to catch it on reruns or not at all.
... all of which is leading up to the fact that I still remember what an absolute NIGHTMARE the elapsed time between "Victoria's Secret pt 2" and "Letting Go" was to suffer through in real time. Checking the episode guide on Wikipedia, it looks like it was only a month. I thought it was the entire hiatus, looking back on it! RAY SHOT FRASER AND THAT WAS THE END! Augh!
(I don't think cliffhangers were quite as common back in those days, either, so it wasn't something you expected.)
How about you guys?
Re: General show discussion/squee - How did you find the show?
Re: General show discussion/squee - How did you find the show?
I mainlined the show one winter about five or six years ago when we had a long period of being snowed in -- work being cancelled, etc. Which was utterly perfect as a backdrop for watching it!
Then I inhaled all the fic I could find. I love all of it. I definitely swing both Rays. For some reason I was not moved to write it, but I adore it and am so glad it's still so active. Thank you for doing this.
Re: General show discussion/squee - How did you find the show?
I hope all of my fandoms will still have as much love and activity as dS does 20 years on.
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(Man, I'm realizing now I did way more of that when I was younger-- looking at the world around me and thinking how my TV shows relate to it. I still do it some, of course, but it was more... immediate/present when I was a kid? Not sure if that's the right word to describe it.)
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Pictures & gifs
Re: Pictures & gifs
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Recs
Re: Recs
These are the RayV vids I know about. Does anyone have more?
You Can Call Me Al by
(I recall sdwolfpup likes RayV and has several other vids including him; however, I can't find a comprehensive list of their vids. Their Due South tag also includes fic and reactions and so forth; worth going through if you want to find more RayV fan stuff!)
Ordinary Day by scribe - RayV + Fraser: http://archiveofourown.org/works/748024
Roll to Me by Sandy and Nicole, remastered by
Re: Recs
There's an amazing Vecchio vid that premiered at Bitchin' Party last year, Big Man on Mulberry Street? I think? And I'm just blanking on who made it and where to find it, but it's hugely popular so I'm sure someone can provide a link!
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And thanks for the tip on the vid -- I'll look for it! :)
I imagine there's a ton of dS stuff from the '90s that isn't online at all, at least in any readily accessible format.
Re: Recs
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It's all RayV - when he's in Vegas and trying to deal with that. It's angsty.
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Prompts - Gen
Gen prompts in this thread -- see below for pairing threads!
Prompts - Fraser/RayV
Prompts - Other RayV pairings
Newbie Q&A thread
This is also the place for any general questions you might have.