Fraser/Vecchio

Pairing
Pairing:	Benton Fraser/Raymond Vecchio
Alternative name(s):	Fraser/RayV, F/V
Gender category:	Slash, M/M
Fandom:	due South
Canonical?:	No
Prevalence:	Popular
Archives:	Just The Fics, Ma'am; due Slash
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Fraser/Vecchio (F/V) is the due South slash pairing of Benton Fraser and Ray Vecchio.

This was the couple that got me into writing slash. The characters had such wonderful chemistry, and they acted so jealous whenever the other would look at a woman that slash seemed... well, natural. Ray mortgaged his house for Fraser, for crying out loud, and Fraser put his life on the line for Ray more than once.

F/V Fandom

F/V was the original slash pairing in the fandom, but it went through a period of decline with the introduction of Ray Kowalski, eventually leading to the Ray Wars, as the F/V and F/K fans battled it out for which Ray was the 'real' Ray, and which one was worthy of being the OTP.

During the post-war cooling off period, the F/V pairing increased in popularity, and is once again a popular pairing.

Example F/V Fanworks

Fanfiction

• One Man's Kink by Mallory Klohn
• The Vigil Series by Elaine Walker and Mitch Hudson (kidfic where Ray and Fraser raise Fraser's child by Victoria)
• Due North, a Five Things series of AUs by LemonLashes
• A Goose Pimple or a Scar by Pearl-o (for Due South Seekrit Santa 2006)
• The Eskimo Thing by Merry
• Negotiations and Love Songs by Brynn McK
• Duet for Three Stooges by Kit Mason
• A Passing Feeling
• Nesting by acer canadensis
• Can I Help You Get Out of That? by Bernice.
• Spandrel by Basingstoke
• Lessons in Seduction by Elaine Walker
• The Spelling Lesson by A.C. Chapin
• Stripped by Ashinae
• Someone You Know by Midge Knight
• O My Chevalier by M'lyn
• Mutual Assent by Mary Bernadette Underhill
• International Relations by Adrienne
• Mor Mear! by Karen Rossi
• The Rightness of It by T'Mar
• Half of Heaven by Renny Ramos
• Hold On to Yourself by Elaine Walker
• I Won't Fear Love by Elaine Walker

Fanart

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

• Don't cry by nicholya-arden

Vids

• Roll to Me by the Media Cannibals, a lovely buddy slash vid.
• Full of Grace by Morgan Dawn & Justine Bennett Gorgeous and wrenching 'explanation' for why Ray Vecchio left at the end of 2nd season.
• Satellite by SDWolfpup

Zines

• Pure Maple Syrup, a long running series of Fraser/RayV anthology fanzines, edited by Julien, agented by Kathy Resch
• True South by Manna LaDroit
• Two and Twogether, published by IIBNF Press
• Morgan Dawn's list of Fraser/RayV zines. The same data is also stored here on Fanlore.

Meta

• Fraser and Ray as a *real* couple. by Mitch Hudson (2003 or before)
• Alone they’re incomplete, but together they’re better than they are separately, ^{Archived version} by wynterhawk at ship_manifesto (Oct 2004)
• Benton Fraser and Ray Vecchio - an old married couple, ^{Archived version} posted by aingeal8c to ds_meta (12 March 2004)
• Newbie Meta, ^{Archived version} discussion in ds_closet about who tops in fanfic (15 June 2009)

Example Art Gallery

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  Art from Two by TACS (1996)

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  Art from Dog Tales at High Moon by Anja Gruber (1996)

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  Art from A Mountie Always Gets His Man by Anja Gruber (1997)

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  Art from Thank You Kindly by Suzan Lovett (2000)

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  Cover art from Even Steven #3 manip by Shar (2004)

F/V Mailing Lists

• Two Axes
• Bindlestitch

Archives

• Just The Fics, Ma'am [1] (the Two Axes archive)
• Fraser/Vecchio fanworks at Archive of Our Own
• Fraser/Vecchio podfics at Audiofic Archive

Link Sites

Aingeal's site Armani and Serge featured a list of F/V fic sites, including:

• Lady Ana's site Plenty of decent reading material here.
• Laura Mason's fanfiction Check out Laura Mason's Due South Page, good stuff.
• Anam's DS fic Fun to be had here.
• The Fiction Pattern: Pita Patter's DS fiction. A nice mix of stuff
• Slash Priestess' due South site So much to read here stories, ficlets, drabbles...