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luzula ([personal profile] luzula) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2008-11-01 10:31 am
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Death-defying by Keerawa (R)

Hello, I’ll be reccing due South for November. Due South is the fandom of my heart. &hearts The quality of the writing is incredible, and the people in the fandom are smart, generous, talented and welcoming to newcomers. (And of course, the canon is nothing to sneeze at either.) I'm mostly a Fraser/Kowalski kind of girl, but I promise to provide some variety.

Fandom: DUE SOUTH
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Length: 15.700 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] keerawa
Author Website: Keerawa's fan fiction and vids
Why this must be read:
Once I started, I just couldn't stop reading this story, and it touched me so much that it made me cry. It's a long AU where Fraser is a contract killer, and Ray Kowalski is a cop whom Fraser takes as a hostage. Considering Fraser's ethical principles in canon, it may sound far-fetched to turn him into a killer, but [livejournal.com profile] keerawa changes his history so that it feels entirely natural. And being Fraser, he's picky about what jobs he takes on.

I really admire the plotting here: canon events are changed and woven into the story in a natural way. But the thing that touches me most is the connection that Fraser and Kowalski make. There is sexual attraction, yes, but that's not the heart of it--it's kind of like the deep bond of loyalty between warriors in Greek mythology.

Death-defying

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