Podfic recs + some due South meta thoughts

[luzula]

1) I posted podfic recs for Amplirecathon. Check out all the other recs, too! I have downloaded so much new stuff the last two weeks.

2) In my ongoing but very slow due South rewatch, I've reached "We Are the Eggmen". And wow, I've forgotten how good that episode is (well, except for the Ray V subplot with the lottery ticket). I love Meg here! There are none of the cringeworthy elements that make their occasional appearance in S3/4. There's Cloutier and the sexual harassment, and Meg and Fraser talking about that, and then they go do action stuff together. And I also love the egg guy and his devotion to his chickens. I am just entirely delighted by this episode.

3) After reading Dira Sudis' psychically-bonded-wolves-in-the-military series, I am wondering what could be done with that in due South (yes, I know petra wrote it already, but it was set in Monette/Bear's original world, not in the modern day). I mean, obviously the RCMP would have bonded wolves, and Dief is bonded to Fraser. But aside from that, I can't figure out what the angle would be. Hmmmm. This is similar to my thoughts on a His Dark Materials AU for due South. I mean, it's obvious that Dief would be Fraser's daemon, but I can't figure out what one would do with it besides that.

OTOH, I do someday intend to turn Dief into a dragon and write a Temeraire AU, and I know exactly what I want to do with that.

And while I'm talking about AU:s, do go and answer sage's poll about a due South AU challenge!

Comments

[luzula]

Oh, hmm, in which AU? Not sure it fits into either of the ones in the post? But I agree that's a cool idea--I've seen it done (the fic had Ray K/human!Dief, though I haven't read it) and it would be interesting to have more of it.

And hi! : )

[princessofgeeks]

Well, I didn't have an existing AU or crossover in mind; you mentioned Dief being bonded to Fraser, which made me ask, as a wolf?

Or would Dief periodically turn into a human? Like a werewolf would?

Not being familiar with Dira's fic, since I don't know the crossover fandom, I wasn't sure. I generally don't read werewolf fandoms. So this is all new to me, but anything Due South is always intriguing, and I adore Dief in wolf or human form!

[luzula]

Ah, okay. Dira's fics are a crossover with "A Companion to Wolves" by Monette and Bear, and the worldbuilding there is basically a Viking kind of world with warriors psychically bonded to wolves, and they all fight against trolls. And when the wolves go into heat and mate, the men are pulled along by that and have sex, so there's a built-in slash factor. Kind of like psychic-wolves-make-them-do-it? Dira's modern-day fusion is that everyone in the military is bonded to a wolf who fights with them.

But yes, I do love the idea of Dief being a were-human, as well!

I do like werewolf fics, but often what I want out of them isn't what other people want from them, so I often start reading a werewolf fic and then go "oh, hmm, this one isn't for me".