Deke
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| Fraser/Kowalski Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Deke |
| Author(s): | Rhi Marzano |
| Date(s): | |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | due South |
| External Links: | online at AO3 |
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Deke is a Fraser/Kowalski story by Rhi Marzano.
Reactions and Reviews
Did you know there was another Hockey AU (or more of an AR) out there? Another delightful and fun hockey AU? [1] In this story only Ray Kowalski's life is different - it diverged during the infamous bank robbery incident when he was a kid and instead of being motivated to become a cop he is motivated to play hockey. And after a decade of playing he meets a certain Mountie through teammate Mark Smithbauer and the rest is history. I like how this story takes the time to show what Ray has gone through before he meets Fraser and how that both prepares him but also scars him. Ray is still undone by love. I love Ray's rapid-fire thoughts, wise mouth, and fast fist because it rings true, only now his bad guys are on the other teams and all his poetry is hockey metaphors. [2]
Best FF That Will Make You Want to Eat Cake. A Decorated Cake. Or, OK, One Specific Decorated Cake. Or Maybe It's Just Me Who Wants That. Deke, by Rhi Marzano, aka rhiko. Due South, Ray Kowalski/Benton Fraser.
Two authors I love share a dS site (this one, in fact), and of the nine stories there, four are AUs. And these are good AUs, AUs I have long admired. So picking just one was, you know, challenging; I finally went with this because it's got hockey. And we all need more hockey AUs. I mean, OK, yes, dS has more hockey than your average fandom (Although why other fandoms don't have much is an unsolved mystery. Who doesn't want to see Ron Weasley play goalie? Or Bobby Drake as center-forward in what has to be his natural habitat? Or Beecher and Keller suddenly playing for the same team? (Hockey team.) I hear all of you chorusing, "We don't want to see that," but you are wrong. Every fandom needs hockey. Even ones that are, technically, set prior to the invention of the sport.) Also, I'm beginning to think that NHL hockey may survive only in fan fiction AUs, so I'm doing my part to encourage fangirls everywhere to get to know hockey. (And then come explain it to me, because I've never met a team sport I understood.) You say hockey is not enough to convince you? Give up now, kiddo, because I've got lots more reasons you should read this. Like, for example - Fraser is still the canonical Fraser. Blending an AU-type character and a canon(ish) character is not easy, but Rhi does it with great panache. And you like panache, don't you? Plus, I find myself actually liking Smithbauer in this one, which is like a miracle on the ice. Also, there's cake. [3]
Well. Ok then. I read a due south hockey AU and enjoyed it :oI’m not into hockey at all and usually prefer sticking to canon with dS fics (with exceptions now and then, but as a general trend….)
but this was genuinely good and interesting and it didn’t really matter if I understood the hockey bits or not :) it was pretty great and plenty funny and hot ;) I like <3[4]
References
- ^ The reccer may be referring to Hawks and Hands.
- ^ 2005 rec at Crack Van
- ^ rec by thefourthvine at Slashy Nominations 112: Like -- But Oh! How Different!, March 16, 2005
- ^ "March 14, 2015 Tumblr post". Archived from the original on 2023-01-03.