due South Author Profiles

Author: viridian5
Website/link to fic: The Green Room Version 3.0, DSA and AO3.
Fanlore page: It's right here
First DS fic posted: July 1999
Full disclosure: I'm a long time fan.
Pairings: Fraser/RayK, Fraser/Kowalski/Turnbull
Style and strengths: A prolific author, viridian5 belongs to the first wave of due South/C6D authors. Her stories involve themes and observations on the show and its characters in ways that still echo to this day. The majority of her fics are written from Ray Kowalski's POV with lots of IC voice. They show us some of the many ways he loves Fraser , his impatience at being partnered with him and some insight as to his loneliness and insecurities. While the majority of the fics are slash or pre-slash with happy endings, there are a few that end on a more ambiguous note: with either Fraser or RayK wanting each other but not acting on their feelings. In addition, viridian5 is also a fan of AUs; she displays an amazing talent within that genre (especially with the Other Lives, Things Once Linked series.)
Other DS/C6D activity: She's also written several Hard Core Logo (Joe Dick/Billy Tallent) and Twitch City (Newbie/Curtis, Newbie/Curtis/Hope) fics.

Some favourites

The Thrill of the Chase (PG, F/K though it could also be read as pre-slash or even gen, one-shot) It's late and Fraser's being moody. RayK steals the Sacred Stetson. This is a fluffy story that wouldn't be amiss in an actual episode of the series.
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Hungry (mild R, F/K, short) A ficlet set at a White Castle drive-thru in which RayK invents new words, Fraser admonishes Dief for wanting junk food and the boys end up at the world's longest stake out.
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Tea & Insanity (Fraser/Kowalski/Turnbull, NC-17, medium length). The first entry for the "Tea for Three" series, RayK goes out to a tea salon with Fraser and Turbull, is propositioned by both and ends up figuring out a few things about everyone involved. One of the things that make this one of my favourite fics ever is how Fraser, Rayk AND Turbull are on the same level when it comes to both their relationship and the sex. What's even cooler is that Fraser and Turnbull have a lot of the sympatico that was show in the S3 episode "Asylum". Also worth noting is that the sequel (Tea & Diplomacy) has a bratty!Fraser who is both infuriating and very Alpha.
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The Company of Wolves (PG, F/K of a sort, AU, short) Wolf!Fraser meets another one of his kind in this truly original ficlet. What makes it such a treat to read is how Fraser and RayK are very much themselves even though both of them are literal wolves. It also has a beautiful and hopeful ending that brings a smile to my face.
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I Should Be On Television (Twitch City, Newbie/Curtis, NC-17, short) In this metafic, Newbie and Curtis talk about due South, Fraser, the Rays, which one of the Rays Fraser would go to bed with and why. Worth a read because of their observations on the many Diefs throughout the run of the series.

( An excerpt )