O'Leary's Hotel by J Hardin

[doodlesinsand.livejournal.com]

 Hey, all, I'm doodlesinsand, aka Mission, and I'll be driving the due South van this month! Like some of you, I'm sure, I vaguely knew due South as a child and have since returned to it and fallen in love with it all over again. I've been reading fic for quite awhile but only recently became anything you would call "active" in the dS fandom (mainly on tumblr).
 I've got some pretty big shoes to fill and I'll try to get a good mix of older and newer fic, but if you have any friendly advice feel free to drop me a message.

Fandom: DUE SOUTH
Pairing: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski
Length: 17,266 words
Author Website: http://www.squidge.org/dsa/cgi-bin/search.cgi?Author=J%20Hardin&SortBy=3&SortOrder=1&NumToList=0
Why this must be read: This fic takes the magical realism of due South and runs with it, carefully twisting it into actual fantasy without ever abandoning the Chicago that due South is set in. It fits in wonderfully with the mythology of the show, dialing the fairytale elements of due South up to eleven and yet still somehow staying very true to the characters as they are. I wouldn't technically call this a crossover, but in some ways it feels as though it is one, because the OCs are so well crafted and their backstories are so well thought-out. KellieM has informed me that this is, in fact, a crossover. Sorry for the confusion!

O'Leary's Hotel

Comments

[ride-4ever.livejournal.com]

Yay new crack_van driver for dS!

How did you find this writer? An older fic and writer of which I'd never heard! And I have just now read the fic...and wow is it made of win!

[doodlesinsand.livejournal.com]

Haha, well, I'm a HUGE crossover fan, and the crossover section on squidge is actually fairly limited (and this was included in it, though like I said, I wouldn't really call it a crossover), sooo...it was actually one of the very first fics in the fandom that I read.

I KNOW IT'S SO WONDERFUL I'M SO GLAD I GOT TO REC IT

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

It actually is a crossover, you just have to know what it's crossing with, which is Charles de Lint's urban fantasy novels. This has long been one of my all time favorite Due South stories, I am so glad you recced it!

[doodlesinsand.livejournal.com]

Ah, well, I've read some (maybe two or three?) of Charles de Lint's books, quite a while ago, and I didn't recognise any of the characters, etc, though I definitely could see how she drew inspiration from it, so I just assumed that it wasn't really what I would call a crossover--but if you say it is I'll trust you! I have to go to class pretty soon but I'll go back and fix my review this evening. Thanks for letting me know!
Hurray! I'm glad you're glad! :)

[mizface.livejournal.com]

Excellent rec - I adore this one (hard not to when you cross the magical realism of dS with deLint)! Looking forward to seeing what else you pick this month :)

[doodlesinsand.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Ahhh, I hope I live up to expectations!