due South/Jurassic Park snippet: "Anachronism"

[luzula]

Title: Anachronism
Fandom: due South/Jurassic Park crossover
Characters: Fraser and Kowalski and velociraptors (gen)
Rating: G
Prompt: response
Length: 286 words
Summary: "Wait, they have feathers?" Ray said, his voice low. "They didn't have feathers in the movie."
Notes: Written for dsc6dsnippets. Back during the alphabet challenge in December, lamentables gave the alternate prompt "velociraptors" for the letter "v", and I didn't have time to write something for it back then, but apparently it's stuck in my head.

If velociraptors appeal to you, I recommend Up Close and Personal, by Sheila_Snow. It is basically 40,000 words of platonic Alan Grant/velociraptor kidfic, and it is awesome. No, I am not kidding (and it's not crackfic, either).


"Wait, they have feathers?" Ray said, his voice low. "They didn't have feathers in the movie."

Shifting his grip on the tree branch, Fraser looked down at the small group of velociraptors moving warily through the brush below them. "Well, that was rather a sensationalistic movie--I suppose they stuck to popular conceptions. Or perhaps the CGI just wasn't up to feathers."

"So what else is wrong about it?"

"We don't know yet."

"But they're bloodthirsty beasts, right? Killers."

"They're predators, yes, and dangerous. We shouldn't make the mistake of being sentimental, but they're not monsters, just wild animals. I read an interview with Alan Grant--the real one, that is--saying that he'd criticized the movie's dramatization from the start..."

"Hey, look at that!" Ray pointed down.

Below them, the group of raptors had stopped, turning their heads from side to side in quick, bird-like motions.

"Can they hear us?" Ray whispered.

Fraser gave a loud "Hey!"

In response, the raptors tightened their formation, and cautiously headed for the tree. "They weren't the biggest predators around," Fraser said.

"Yeah, I'm not sorry the T-Rexes all died," Ray muttered. "Also not sorry this tree is so tall."

Fraser looked down at the raptors. He met the eye of one, a smaller individual with a red crest along its head. It cocked its head, making a chittering noise.

"Hi there," Fraser said. It chittered back--definitely more intelligent than the average bird.

He thought of Dief. For thousands of years, wolves had been hated and feared. They'd taken sheep and cattle, but very seldom humans.

But wolves were adapted to this ecosystem, and raptors weren't. They were something new, and he wondered what their place would be.

Comments

[sineala]

This is awesome.

[luzula]

Thank you! : )

[mizface]

This is fascinating! Love that Fraser's wondering about how they're going to fit in.

And thank you for the link - I haven't read that one in years, and loved it!

[luzula]

Thanks! Yeah, I figured that would be a Fraser kind of approach to it.

And yeah, that fic just pushed some of my buttons--it's the same buttons that are pushed by the kind of werewolf fic I like, I think.

[seascribble]

This is so awesome! Because, well, velociraptors! And Fraser comparing them to Dief, and wondering how they're going to fit into the ecosystem; such a perfectly Fraser-ish train of thought.

Oh, and thank you for linking to the other story because I cannot wait to read that.

[luzula]

Thanks! I'm glad it was Fraser-like--I thought for a while of what the point of connection would be between Jurassic Park and due South, before I could write it.

That story is awesome, and I hope you enjoy it! I remember first reading it and squeeing to my boyfriend about it all the time while reading.

[brigantine]

*facepalm* Of course Fraser yells - and draws attention to himself and Ray in the tree - to see if the velociraptors can hear him. Of course he does...

[luzula]

Well, I think he made sure they were in a high tree with no branches at the bottom first... And possibly brought water and food, so they could wait them out? Proper preparation, after all. : )

[exbex]

I love how the characters are in this new situation; it really highlights certain aspects about them.

[luzula]

Thank you! : )

[hazelwho]

I love Fraser's thought process here - investigating and understanding and thinking about adaptation to the ecosystem. But, oh man, Ray, what the hell did the Mountie get you into this time?? *facepalm*

[luzula]

Hee. Yeah, Ray was probably skeptical of this idea, but still let himself be talked into it... *g*

And thanks! : )

[ride_4ever]

Pitch perfect. This is exactly Fraser being Fraser. And exactly Ray being in another wildly bizarre and potentially dangerous Fraseresque situation.

[luzula]

Heh, thanks! Velociraptors, of course Fraser wants to investigate them.

[keerawa.livejournal.com]

Color me intrigued! Fraser connecting with one of them in that way, and thinking of Dief, makes me wonder...

For more velociraptor fun, I have to recommend Kryptaria's <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/series/22641>Intellect and instincts</a> series, featuring were-velociraptor John Watson.

[luzula]

Thanks! Yeah, it was interesting to connect it to Dief--that's what made the story in my head, and also the idea to read the Jurassic Park movies as unreliable narration (or rather, to read them as dramatized based-on-a-true-story).

And thanks for the link!