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Jul. 1st, 2009 at 10:20 PM

...I picked up the complete series of Due South some months ago. Like every Canadian with a serious lack of cable in the 90s, I had seen a few episodes when it was airing but I haven't watched it since my slash-reading/writing debut in 2003.

*ahem*

I didn't see the appeal for the first ten or so episodes, then clued into the whole "two Rays" thing and skipped forward to season three, when Callum Keith Rennie takes over. Hot DAMN.

I may be mainlining some dS fic. This is typical of me; everyone and their dog is sort of gradually drifting from SGA to more active fandoms like ST:Reboot or Merlin or what have you, while I'm diving headfirst into a fandom that's, oh, over a decade old.

Go me! *fists in air*

Mood: enthralled

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cesperanza wrote:

Jul. 2nd, 2009 04:37 am (UTC)

Fifteen years, actually *g*--first fanfic was archived in 1994. But it's a great fandom and it's never been a dead fandom! --Speranza, your friendly Due South Archivist!

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toomuchplor wrote:

Jul. 4th, 2009 10:40 pm (UTC)

Yay! I owe you about 15 feedback emails, BTW, I've been devouring your DS fic like nobody's business and I'm too busy flailing with joy to stop in between stories and send properly typed out flailing stuff.

In case I do fail ultimately in the real proper feedback -- I just have to tell you that the flexibility of your prose style BLOWS MY MIND. Your narrative voice is crystal clear for both Fraser and Ray, and what's more, your whole approach to story-telling is amazingly distinct from how you write in SGA. (And still, of course, wonderful in both arenas.) When I grow up I want to be a real writer like you, okay? *clings*

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thingswithwings wrote:

Jul. 2nd, 2009 05:29 am (UTC)

totally go you! due South (and RayK) are fabulous, and always deserve new admirers. Anyone diving in to due South fic for the first time should read everything

cesperanza wrote in the fandom - but then, I'm sure you found all that on your own. It's great stuff. Mostly this comment is to say YAY DUE SOUTH!

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toomuchplor wrote:

Jul. 4th, 2009 10:41 pm (UTC)

I'm still working my way through Speranza's stuff, and a couple other ex-DS SGA writers, and it's all SO GOOD. I am having way too much fun.

YAY DUE SOUTH INDEED.

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catmoran wrote:

Jul. 2nd, 2009 12:02 pm (UTC)

Hey, dS is a classic! And there's nothing wrong with learning about the classics. :-P

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toomuchplor wrote:

Jul. 4th, 2009 10:42 pm (UTC)

That's right, I'm totally, uh -- getting a thorough grounding in, uh. The classics! Yes!

*dives back into fic*

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eledhwenlin wrote:

Jul. 2nd, 2009 02:31 pm (UTC)

But dS fandom is still going strong. :)

For your reading pleasure I recommend http://ds-recs.livejournal.com/ and http://community.livejournal.com/ds_recsredux/

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toomuchplor wrote:

Jul. 4th, 2009 10:43 pm (UTC)

Thanks for the links!

(I didn't mean to say DS wasn't active, just that -- like SGA these days -- it's not the hotbed of activity it once was!)

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dossier wrote:

Jul. 2nd, 2009 08:55 pm (UTC)

heh. i fell into dS backwards. started with the fanfiction (probably from some crossover or another), and it wasn't until years later that I got to see all of them. It was strange, because normally I despise being spoiled to the point of becoming a hermit.

Enjoy! DS has great stories!

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toomuchplor wrote:

Jul. 4th, 2009 10:43 pm (UTC)

Hee! I'm having lots of fun, hurray!

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abbylee wrote:

Jul. 3rd, 2009 04:55 am (UTC)

Make sure you skip back and watch "Victoria's Secret". It is fascinating. And fandom thinks so too, so it will help you contextualize a lot of stories.

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toomuchplor wrote:

Jul. 4th, 2009 10:44 pm (UTC)

I will do that, yis. Actually, I think one part of that two-parter may be one of the eps I caught back in the day b/c I do have vague memories of the plotline with Victoria Metcalf and the poetry and the snowstorm and all that. But still, memory needs refreshing, yes.

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October 2009