#ray vecchio

[ds30below]

30 Below: Go Wild! (April 22-∞)

And finally we arrive at the actual anniversary date!

This week's only goal is to do whatever your heart desires. There are no prompts. 

Think of it as amnesty period, if you'd like. Only there's still no deadline and no pressure! The whole year is anniversary year. You're never too late. The AO3 collection is open indefinitely and I will be sharing everything tagged #ds30below or mentioning @ds30below.

Your mod herself is going to catch up on participation after fest proper ends, feel free to follow her example :)

❗Note that if you're reblogging something as a contribution (e.g. responding to meta), you'll need to mention @ds30below in your reblog, since it won't show up in the tag search.

Happy anniversary, my friends!

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#due south #ds30below #benton fraser #ray kowalski #ray vecchio #mod post

[kseniayahz]

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#due south #benton fraser #ray vecchio #ray kowalski #due south diefenbaker #diefenbaker #due south dief #rayv #rayk #due south rayk #due south rayv #fraser x rayv #fraser x rayk #rayv x fraser x rayk #due south art #due south fanart

[gayvecchio]

  That man, I think I've seen him before.

#due south #benton fraser #ray vecchio #fraser/vecchio #ray kowalski #fraser's big dorky smile :))) #he's so happy to see rayv again!

[eaion]

DUE SOUTH (1994-1999)

#due south #duesouthedit #tvedit #benton fraser #fraser/rayv #paul gross #david marciano #my gif #yes this is the pair of that other gifset :) #benton fraser/ray vecchio #ray vecchio

[thegoodthebadandtheart]

you're in my seat.

#due south #benton fraser #ray vecchio #a #f/v

[thepunkpanther]

@ds30below's 30 BELOW FEST: character week RAY KOWALSKI & RAY VECCHIO in DUE SOUTH (1994-1999) (3/?)

#due south #duesouthedit #ds30below #ray kowalski #ray vecchio #raysquared #*

[bisexualdawnsummers]

Benton Fraser and Ray Vecchio in due South 2.18 "Flashback"

#due south #ray vecchio #benton fraser #fraser/rayv #fraser x ray v #alt title for this ep: the love story of benton fraser and ray vecchio #tvedit

[paulgrossaddict]

Compilation of promos

published in magazines or TV guides in the 90s.

Sources are tumblr, fcbk ,geocities and pinterest...

if you have any other...

@ds30below

#due south #due south promo #due south promo guides tv #ds30below #benton fraser #ray vecchio #ray kowalski #diefenbaker

[canyourfavesurvivecastledracula]

ok would Ray Vecchio survive? (I'm thinking no) What about Fraser?

Ray Vecchio my beloved...

Oh, Ray. Everyone hates Ray so much. I don't even think the townspeople would help him because he's just that obnoxious. On the other hand he survived his own abusive father and his own house full of maneating girlies (sorry Francesca...). He's also an Italian American with a Catholic mother who works in a job where he gets shot at - crucifix nothing that boy is wearing a scapular. (Although since I'm being very hard-line about sacred items vs holy symbols I'm not sure how far down the sliding scale of harmless jewelry to Literally God a scapular would fall. Hmm.) He also probably arrives thoroughly garlic infused, so that's an advantage.

On the other hand, Ray Vecchio is a little rat of a man and we know Dracula can command rats. He's also a City Boy through and through, not at home in the great outdoors. He is not going to be happy about All Those Wolves (one deaf half-wolf is more than enough). If he makes it as far as the Jon-a-Thon he's going to be having a real bad time. The one comfort is that there's no way for the Riv to get scratched or blown up.

The thing about Ray Vecchio is... he's a born loser. And in this case that might be a real advantage for him, because I think he will be able to recognize pretty quickly that Dracula is a fight he will lose. Ray can and does get cocky, but in a mean little way, driven by his own insecurities and the fact that everyone beats him down all the time. But when faded with a superior foe he's more likely I think to be underconfident. RayK needs someone to take care of him, but RayV needs someone to take care of, a reason to step up. Castle Dracula is not going to give him that, but that's fine, because stepping up in Cstle Dracula gets you killed.

The more I think about it, the more I think he'd react almost exactly like Jonathan Harker, only more depressed/this might as well happen. He'll be a coward in all the right places. But for the psychological stuff, what can Dracula do to him that he doesn't already get from his own dad? Actually the best (possibly only) way to get Ray Vecchio out the window is for his Horrible Ghost Dad to be standing there telling him he can't do it. But also the thought of being trapped forever with three more overbearing sisters is going to be a strong motivating factor towards Literally Anything Other Than That. (Ray loves his family. He's a good boy. But once is enough).

And tell me that calling for help out the window only for the people in the courtyard to point and laugh isn't exactly the sort of thing that happens to Ray all the time. Also uggggghhhh I'm imagining the running to the door to save the baby and finding it locked scene with Ray (in his shirtsleeves like in the Duel) and it's making me sad because he would...

The main issue that's still plaguing me is that Jonathan Harker is a sweet innocent young man who activates everyone's protective instinct on sight, and is therefore tons of fun to slowly break over the course of months, and Ray Vecchio is a depressed divorced cop with the worst dress sense the 90s could produce and a personality like a rat whom everyone hates. Is he going to be nearly as fun to torment? Is Dracula going to be caught dead in one of his horrible suits? Can Dracula, being a supernatural entity, see the Ghost? How does that change the equation?

Ray Vecchio is born to suffer, and the longer he goes the more suffering there is for him. So I am going to say that actually, Detective Raymond Vecchio can survive Castle Dracula.

That or he disappears after the first month and is replaced by a blond Pole who attempts to gaslight Dracula into thinking nothing has happened

#due south #ray vecchio #my italian stallion #cops #detectives #italians

[ds30below]

30 BELOW FEST: celebrating 30 years of due South

What Is 30 Below?

On April 23rd, 1994, a certain television movie aired in Canada. The rest is 30 years of amazing, rich and lovely history — still going in 2024.

30 below is a fest to celebrate this anniversary, run by @flownwrong. Whether you’ve been here from the get-go or just joining the fun — this fest is for you. Let’s spread the love for the wonder that is due South!

info —

🐢30 below will run from March 11th (The Eleventh Of March!) until April 23rd (the pilot airing date!)

🐢each of 7 weeks will have a theme, complete with prompts to help you get going; themes will go up on February 18th

🐢you are free to use any, all or none of the prompts and themes! they are optional and are here to inspire, not restrict

🐢this event accepts any contributions:

all fanworks: meta, art, gifsets, photo or video edits, fanmixes, fic, rec lists… anything you feel inspired to create!

community interaction: comments, shout outs, liveblogging, asks, etc — don't forget to post about what you got up to so we can all share the joy!

🐢contributions will be reblogged all throughout the fest, and you're never too late — the whole year is anniversary year!

🐢it's preferred that you post your themed contributions during the corresponding week, but you're welcome to share whenever!

🐢please mention the fest (@ds30below) and tag your post #ds30below so i can share it! I will be tracking the main #due south tag as well.

❗note that if you're reblogging something as a contribution (e.g. responding to meta), you'll need to mention @ds30below in your reblog, since it won't show up in the tag search.

🐢if you're not on tumblr, post wherever you're comfortable and let me know! (flownwrong on DW, emotionalrisotto on discord, ask/message here)

🐢you can also submit your contributions using the submit button on this here blog

— knock yourselves out, and happy 30th birthday to our favourite show!

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#due south #ds30below #benton fraser #ray vecchio #ray kowalski #mod post

[kseniayahz]

miss fraser 🤲💍

#due south #benton fraser #ray vecchio #due south rayv #fraser x rayv #due south fanart #due south art #due south fraser #screenshot redraw #redraw #artists on tumblr

[gayvecchio]

Ray Vecchio in due South: 1.10 - "The Gift of the Wheelman"

#ray vecchio #due south #david marciano #90s shows #90sedit #oh ray :( #i love this little scene #it tells us so much about ray v and his past #just a few lines of dialogue that informs so much about his character and the kind of father he had #it's just really deftly done i think idk

[pigtailedgirl]

Ray Vecchio.

A cinnamon bun character with a covering glaze of 100% sass, sarcasm, and willful stubborn grumpy ignorance.

And nerd. Did I mention I love all the nerds of Due South!

This isn't your bad guy or jerk. I refuse interpretations that forgo the soft heart underneath that makes the character.

Dude was this soft little boy that had his hope and dreams of what it means to be a good man beat out him by his father and example. Had all the harsh realities of people's lives letdown to muddle through. And you know what his mantra and overall reaction to these lessons is? His core refrain of action, again behind or with the glaze, throughout the series and his life? Try again anyway. Keep dreaming of better. Even when angry and afraid and down.

At heart, he never quits trying to be better. Even if he doesn't know what it is; See the bad examples. Or project feeling it; See bad experiences.

He wants his classic car, pool night with the guys, and a shortie pajama wearing girlfriend who bakes him muffins at Christmastime.

Hee sorry couldn't resist.

He wants loyalty, and respect, and love foremost. The real and honest stuff. To have. To give.

He has wanted to be a cop since childhood, because it's his base impression of a hero. As he references while doing the actual weird and miserable part of the job in the dumpster. Instead of trying to live up to an example like Fraser 's relation to his Dad, it's seeking an example in opposite, but it's the same virtues wanted; Cops are the good guys, they save the day, they help.

The interior meat of him, and to understand the character, you have to realize the fronts he puts up to cover the fear and hurt, the anger at the world, that tells him none of his wants or dreams or this seeking are worthy or achievable. So you get vexed and cankerous and ignorant Ray. But it's clearly a response and a defense. Which doesn't make it goals or good of course, hence he's in the gotta learn better position, in the fool and prove wrong position most times. It's not supposed to be free from critique, more is kinda of there to be, but it does make him layered when you can plainly see that's not his heart or wants either and that he works as a character with that balance of division in him.

To me it's a perfect balance. A humanity and emotional character that you can relate to on either end. The dreamer or screw-up. Cause that feels like a reality.

Ray Vecchio is the everyman of the series. Don't poison that one and keep it a happy series.

The saddest thing or line of his character struggle is the worry or to confirm he isn't worth having those basic wants or fulfilling them. That he'll give in or get given up on. That the outer projection of negative will just be a final reality for him or the outside. Letting his grump or the awful aspects view of the world win or beat him, essentially argues the realities of that is more powerful than DS's hopeful magical realism...and I go ah no!

Because the joy of doing good and helping and overcoming he gets from being with Fraser is a way better reward than glitz or external rewards, even as it's the most challenging too.

Because it's the more self-fulfilling. That reward of the soul.

#welp #f/v #ray vecchio #due south #benton fraser #i just marge simpson still think they neat ok #ray is not bad to be cankerous #fraser isnt bad to be mountie perfect #they have flaws #they make it better challenging each other in the good way #you can't take either to the extreme end of scale #because weird and perfect fraser is annoying and unreal and jerkish scary weird not his magical self #is caricature #and i feel so is a beaten or bad guy or jerk ray v #or a ray who never overcomes and gets wrong rewards #anywhos #character meta #due south meta #ds30below

[allofthebeanz]

Figured out what the dynamic is between Fraser and RayV: instead of 'both of them think of the other guy as the sidekick' it's 'both of them think the other guy is the stray cat they found'

#due south #benton fraser #ray vecchio #the fondness the responsibility over the other the explaining tone like 'don't eat plastic' or 'the birds on the tv aren't real' #beanz rambles

[thepunkpanther]

DUE SOUTH (1994-1999) as suggested by you

#due south #duesouthedit #ok here is the first one thank you all for all the suggestions- you'll notice i didn't use all of them #because that would probably be impossible to do but they gave me so many ideas for different sets similar to this one #(and some that are not so similar) that i can do in the future #i just really wanted to make a set that encapsulates why the show is and was so beloved #so i hope i achieved that and that it is cohesive enough and thank you so much for your help with it #fraser/kowalski #fraser/rayk #benton fraser #ray kowalski #ray vecchio #paul gross #callum keith rennie

[bisexualdawnsummers]

Benton Fraser & Ray Vecchio + Closets

#due south #ray vecchio #benton fraser #fraser x rayv #fraser/rayv #dsedit #hey look i made a thing #frayv #paul gross #david marciano #catherine bruhier #elaine besbriss