ext_1235 ([identity profile] thefourthvine.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] thefourthvine 2004-05-09 11:23 am (UTC)

Actually, I love first-person Fraser, even though it is, you're right, much rarer than first-person Ray (which I also love; I'm such the FF slut, I guess). I think authors are, overall, less comfortable using Fraser's voice, whether it's because he's Canadian, or because he's somewhat formal and pedantic, or because he's a freak (your theory).

Anyway, here are some stories with first-person Fraser:

A Box of Pictures (http://pearlo.illuminatedtext.com/fiction/box.htm), by Pearl-O. Warning: character death story. A good Fraser voice, and the single most touching, saddest dS story I've read. The last line is a killer.

Could, Would, Will (http://www.ravenswing.com/~bas/slash/touch.html), by Basingstoke. This is a short F/*V*k, and I really like the way she does Fraser's voice here.

For Now (http://www.livejournal.com/users/estrella30/38586.html), by Estrella. I think this is an excellent use of Fraser's voice, right here. We get a real look inside Fraser's brain.

Four Virtues (http://www.trickster.org/speranza/Virtue.html), by speranza. This is speranza showing us her auctorial dexterity; Fraser's is only one of the voices she uses here. And it's good, of course.

Housekeeping (http://trickster.org/res/housekeeping.html), by Resonant. This is Resonant's auctorial dexterity story; she flips back and forth between Fraser and Kowalski and makes it look easy.

Merry Go Round (http://www.trickster.org/speranza/Merrygo.html), by speranza. Again. This is one of the longest uses of Fraser's voice in first-person that I've seen.

Scrabble (http://www.trickster.org/speranza/Scrabble.html), by speranza. Again again. And this is the ultimate dexterity story, because she gives you both voices simultaneously for the entire story. Yow.

And, arg, I have more, but squidge.org is acting up and we have to go do the Mother's Day thing. Hope you enjoy these! Fraser's voice is worthy of our love, yes it is.

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