The Great Uke-Off of '07, part two

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And now the fun begins.

For lo, in this round, I have paired all of the previous ukes with other ukes, and all the semes with other semes (with the addition of Riku x Sora from Kingdom Hearts, because I accidentally messed up the numbers). Because all of you bastards are completely unable to pick between Gojyo and Hakkai,* I put Hakkai as uke because Thrud says that's cannon (in Saiyuki Gaiden, currently unavailable in English).

So, see what you think. I encourage discussion of this, particularly with pairings in which people don't know one of the two characters, and have questions.



Round one

[Poll #1112368]


[Poll #1112369]

Voting is now closed, thank you much! Go vote on today's!

I have to say, some of these pairings are just fun.

Grin.

*Quite correctly, in my opinion

Comments

Re: Belated Discussion

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I realize that Kowalski is the preferred Internet pairing, and from what I know of the later seasons of the show, that is canon. Apparently, the tasty tidbits of homo-eroticism in the last two seasons (the Kowalski seasons) were deliberate. I found this on IMDB in the Paul Gross (Fraser) page:

"Admits to 'including hints of homoeroticism' in the final series of Due South. He is quoted as saying that his new co-star Callum Keith Rennie was incredibly sexy and that the new series would be very homoerotic"

And as both Callum Keith Rennie (Kowalski) and Paul Gross are active in the Canadian Queer Film industry, I suspect there was real chemistry between those two actors.

However, there were more than enough hints and beautiful moments in the first two seasons to sustain my slashy fantasies about Vecchio and Fraser, though they were more understated. Actually, I think I prefer pairings where it works VERY well either way. You could read Fraser/Vecchio as just really close friends, and brothers in arms. Or you could read them as romantically in love and frustrated by a society in which love between men is not so easily allowed to grow beyond best friends. Or simply confused by their love for each other, because society doesn't so much allow for men to fall in love unless they know they're gay to begin with.

Also, I have to agree with apintrix in just liking the first two seasons better, so my overall preference for him has more to do with the show than with the fic I have read. In my opinion, the writing of the show in the first two seasons (the Vecchio seasons) was better, so the real Vecchio's character benefitted enormously from that. Also, the actor playing him is a bona fide American, which I feel worked better for the show, which was originally supposed to be a culture-clash comedy with hints of the supernatural (like Northern Exposure). Finally, I just personally find the true Ray Vecchio funnier and sexier. He's balding, Italian, has an unnatural affection for his 1971 Buick Riviera, and the most beautiful hands. Oh, I'm all aquiver now!

In case you're interested, this is the site from which I have found all my Fraser/Vecchio smut fic. I'm linking you straight into the Fraser/Vecchio section:

http://www.squidge.org/dsa/archive/pairingFV.html