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desireearmfeldt and I chat-watched some due South last night: first Good For the Soul and then The Deal (apparently we were in the mood to watch Fraser being beaten up by mob bosses). And at the end, we couldn't quite figure out the differences between Fraser's approach in the two eps. In Good For the Soul, he's all about The Principle Of The Thing, and forges ahead by himself until the rest of the department comes around and helps him. In The Deal, he lets Ray Vecchio deal with it in the end by beating up and shaming Zuko, without criticizing Ray for it--not a tactic that would seem to fit Fraser's principles, even with an opponent who doesn't play fair himself. Or does Fraser do something like that somewhere else in canon? Maybe he doesn't protest because this is all mixed up in Ray's childhood/family issues, and it's some sort of deal-with-your-personal-demons-one-on-one thing?
2) I have been making my slow way through Band of Brothers, on account of how the due South AU Horseshoes and Hand Grenades seems like it's inspired by BoB a lot (or at least by the same bits of history), and I imprinted hard on that fic. Sadly, I'm not connecting with BoB the way I connected with Generation Kill, which seems like a natural series to compare it to. GK focused more on a small group and their interactions, and BoB focuses more on one person per episode, and the former worked much better for me--I'm having a bit of trouble keeping track of everyone on BoB. Although to be fair, I had already imprinted on GK via fic when I watched it, so that might have an effect, too.
seascribe and desireearmfeldt and I chat-watched some due South last night: first Good For the Soul and then The Deal (apparently we were in the mood to watch Fraser being beaten up by mob bosses). And at the end, we couldn't quite figure out the differences between Fraser's approach in the two eps. In Good For the Soul, he's all about The Principle Of The Thing, and forges ahead by himself until the rest of the department comes around and helps him. In The Deal, he lets Ray Vecchio deal with it in the end by beating up and shaming Zuko, without criticizing Ray for it--not a tactic that would seem to fit Fraser's principles, even with an opponent who doesn't play fair himself. Or does Fraser do something like that somewhere else in canon? Maybe he doesn't protest because this is all mixed up in Ray's childhood/family issues, and it's some sort of deal-with-your-personal-demons-one-on-one thing? 2) I have been making my slow way through Band of Brothers, on account of how the due South AU Horseshoes and Hand Grenades seems like it's inspired by BoB a lot (or at least by the same bits of history), and I imprinted hard on that fic. Sadly, I'm not connecting with BoB the way I connected with Generation Kill, which seems like a natural series to compare it to. GK focused more on a small group and their interactions, and BoB focuses more on one person per episode, and the former worked much better for me--I'm having a bit of trouble keeping track of everyone on BoB. Although to be fair, I had already imprinted on GK via fic when I watched it, so that might have an effect, too.
