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Control by Kass (NC17)
Fandom: DUE SOUTH
Pairing: Ray Kowalski/Benton Fraser
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kassrachel
Author Website: http://www.trickster.org/kass/
Why this must be read:
So - sigh. I wanted to get to all twelve recs I'm allowed this month, but I think I'm only going to have time for three more which will bring me to nine total. Bad estrella, no biscuit.
Anyhow, my last three recs are going to be for three classy ladies, and three wonderful stories. They are the first three DS people I ever corresponded with, and I'm going to rec them in the order I emailed them, and for the story that prompted that email.
I first came to DS on the trail of some of my very favorite TS authors, and for reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture, I've remained, attached...
Yeah. You know the schpiel.
Anyway, Kass is the author of one of my very favorite TS stories which is Running Away. (And look! It's Two recs in one!) (Lord - I'm going to be kicked off of crack van, I know it.) After I'd pretty much exhausted my interest in TS, I started poking around the DS stories of some of my favorite authors.
The first story I read by Kass was Control.
Control is a story, told from first-person Fraser pov, and spans the relationship of Fraser and RayK from the very beginning of their partnership, through and just a little past Mountie on the Bounty.
By telling a story from Fraser's pov, we get to know so many things about Fraser as a person, and we get the added bonus of seeing RayK through Fraser's eyes. I love stories that are written this way, because again, by the time RayK shows up, we kind of have a feel for Fraser as a person, so his confusion with RayK and who this new person is, sort of mirrors our own.
Control goes deep into Fraser's ideas and beliefs. It shows how he feels about Ray, but also, why it is that he refuses to do anything, or act on any of those feelings.
By the time we reach MotB, Fraser has this to say:
There was so much I wanted so desperately: for the transfers never to have been offered, for everything to have stayed the way it was. More than that, I found myself wishing I had taken the risk which had made itself apparent to me the day we met--but now it was too late. Everything I said came across wrong. I charmed Captain Smithers, I got the crew of the Henry Allen singing sea chanties, but every word I said to Ray earned a scowl.
Lines from the American poet Robert Frost ran circles around my head, rhythmic like the ship's rocking on the water. "Some say the world will end in fire/ Some say in ice...."
Ice is neat, crystalline. Ice is familiar. The Inuit celebrate the advent of winter because with the sea ice comes the possibility of transportation across the frozen bays.
Fire is unpredictable. Fire can't be trusted. And I never realized how bereft I would be without its warmth. When Ray's countenance froze, it was as though I had lost my sun.
God - just...
Wow. Amazing writing, amazing feel of Fraser and what goes on in Fraser's head. And ultimately, when Fraser does let some of that control slip...well, the end result is all he, and us as readers could possibly hope for.
Control is a wonderful and real DS story, as are all of Kass's stories. Plus, there's the added bonus that Kass is one of the nicest, classiest women around. Take some time today and reread Control, then spend some time rereading the rest of her page. It'll be a very wise investment of your time.
Control
Pairing: Ray Kowalski/Benton Fraser
Author on LJ:
kassrachelAuthor Website: http://www.trickster.org/kass/
Why this must be read:
So - sigh. I wanted to get to all twelve recs I'm allowed this month, but I think I'm only going to have time for three more which will bring me to nine total. Bad estrella, no biscuit.
Anyhow, my last three recs are going to be for three classy ladies, and three wonderful stories. They are the first three DS people I ever corresponded with, and I'm going to rec them in the order I emailed them, and for the story that prompted that email.
I first came to DS on the trail of some of my very favorite TS authors, and for reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture, I've remained, attached...
Yeah. You know the schpiel.
Anyway, Kass is the author of one of my very favorite TS stories which is Running Away. (And look! It's Two recs in one!) (Lord - I'm going to be kicked off of crack van, I know it.) After I'd pretty much exhausted my interest in TS, I started poking around the DS stories of some of my favorite authors.
The first story I read by Kass was Control.
Control is a story, told from first-person Fraser pov, and spans the relationship of Fraser and RayK from the very beginning of their partnership, through and just a little past Mountie on the Bounty.
By telling a story from Fraser's pov, we get to know so many things about Fraser as a person, and we get the added bonus of seeing RayK through Fraser's eyes. I love stories that are written this way, because again, by the time RayK shows up, we kind of have a feel for Fraser as a person, so his confusion with RayK and who this new person is, sort of mirrors our own.
Control goes deep into Fraser's ideas and beliefs. It shows how he feels about Ray, but also, why it is that he refuses to do anything, or act on any of those feelings.
By the time we reach MotB, Fraser has this to say:
There was so much I wanted so desperately: for the transfers never to have been offered, for everything to have stayed the way it was. More than that, I found myself wishing I had taken the risk which had made itself apparent to me the day we met--but now it was too late. Everything I said came across wrong. I charmed Captain Smithers, I got the crew of the Henry Allen singing sea chanties, but every word I said to Ray earned a scowl.
Lines from the American poet Robert Frost ran circles around my head, rhythmic like the ship's rocking on the water. "Some say the world will end in fire/ Some say in ice...."
Ice is neat, crystalline. Ice is familiar. The Inuit celebrate the advent of winter because with the sea ice comes the possibility of transportation across the frozen bays.
Fire is unpredictable. Fire can't be trusted. And I never realized how bereft I would be without its warmth. When Ray's countenance froze, it was as though I had lost my sun.
God - just...
Wow. Amazing writing, amazing feel of Fraser and what goes on in Fraser's head. And ultimately, when Fraser does let some of that control slip...well, the end result is all he, and us as readers could possibly hope for.
Control is a wonderful and real DS story, as are all of Kass's stories. Plus, there's the added bonus that Kass is one of the nicest, classiest women around. Take some time today and reread Control, then spend some time rereading the rest of her page. It'll be a very wise investment of your time.
Control
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(Or - you know - write me porn *g*)
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::smooch::
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Glad you liked the rec!
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Dude, me, too!! That, and
Uh, did I have a point? Hmm. Didn't think so. Oh, yeah! I don't think I've read this one, and I *really* like Kass, so yay rec!!! I need something new to read.
(because that folder full of fics I just DL'd isn't enough, obviously.)
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