Frankie Drake/Mary Shaw
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| Pairing: | Frankie Drake/Mary Shaw |
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| Gender category: | F/F, femslash |
| Fandom: | Frankie Drake Mysteries |
| Canonical?: | No |
| Prevalence: | Popular |
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Frankie Drake/Mary Shaw is a femslash pairing in the Frankie Drake Mysteries fandom. While the size of the fandom generally means there are only a small amount of fanworks or social media discussions, Frankie/Mary is the most popular pairing in fanworks.
Canon
Mary Shaw works as a Morality Officer and uses her access to police investigations and files to help Frankie Drake in her investigations. Mary also admires Frankie as a role model or mentor, both professionally and personally.
Fandom
The fandom for the pairing exists almost entirely on Archive of Our Own, with the occasional post discussing the pairing on Tumblr and Twitter.
Fans of the pairing often play off of Mary’s canonical admiration for Frankie, which can be overt even in canon, and reinterpret it as a crush. Sometimes, in fanworks, Mary is very aware of her crush and keeps it to herself (which is in-fitting with the laws and period-typical homophobia of the canon setting) whilst in others she is unaware that her feelings for Frankie go beyond admiration and friendship until there is an inciting event.
Meanwhile, Frankie is often headcanoned as bisexual or pansexual and polyamorous, based on some canonical events and dialogue. She is almost always the more confident of the pairing, and frequently already aware that Mary is crushing on her (though there are a small number of works that have Frankie being unaware as well).
Most fanworks are canon compliant or canon compatible.
Fan Commentary
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Common Tropes and Fanon
Example Fanworks
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Fanfic
- Soft Serve by KaceBox. As the clock approaches Midnight, Frankie receives a visit from Mary whose feet are tired, leading to eventful moments in Frankie's apartment.
- Mistletoe and Missed Leads by allmilhouse. After cracking a difficult case and standing under the mistletoe, Frankie can’t not kiss Mary.
- Tickling the Ivories by AXEe. Some Mary/Frankie introspective smut
Fanart
Fanvids
Other Fanworks
Meta
Archives and Communities
- Frankie Drake/Mary Shaw tag at AO3