#Due South

[variousqueerthings]

the really embarrassing thing about getting into due south right now is that im usually out there banging the drum for the over-50s sexiness. cobra kai may be heading into evermore nonsensical climes but you cannot deny an abundance of middle-aged and older man. mash veered youthful but by the end of it alan alda and loretta swit were solidly in their mid-40s. doctor who is full of middle-aged and upwards people to go ham over. my partner is out there watching a german soap opera just to see one hot guy who's now 72 and here i am imagining little scenarios with people in their early-to-mid 30s??? what have i become???????

every once in awhile ive gotta watch something with 60+ paul gross to remind myself that im still okay.

[mortmere]

Good for the Soul

(Stacked Rewatch/Timestamp Roulette Art Challenge)

The other Christmas episode! I could've worked on this a bit more, but it's getting late and I'm happy enough with it as it is. Oil pastels on grey-blue paper, a little over 2 hours. (Fraser progress pics under the cut.)

Left: Lol I have zero idea where this is going and it feels like ages since I touched my oil pastels and I've probably forgotten how to mix skin colors - oh dear, this can't end well.

Right: I have zero idea how I got here, but it was fun! (<- the best feeling)

(Fraser's eyes are rather big because I was struggling to get the details in with unsharpened pastel sticks - his head is about 10 cm/4 inches high, so it was a complete hit and miss!)

[petymology]

For one thing, in that 'igloo next door' conversation, he's got to be thinking, "Everyone believes I've never met a woman who was dishonest and cold. If they only knew."

A jealous concerned Ray Kowalski in Odds  ↳ Due South 4.06

[gjdraws]

local artist succumbs to head cold, proceeds to draw several self indulgent things

edited to add detail bc thanks for nuthin tumblr (I added these on mobile so apologies if quality is iffy)

[systematic-and-somehow-tragic]

Due South - Ray's Shirt from the Pilot! :D

Men's Collection, Timney-Fowler for go > SILK

all image descriptions use right and left as if wearing the shirt

many more photos below...

Front - close ups

Back - close ups

Collar

Sleeves

Buttons

Inside

[elljayvee]

rewatching due South while knitting, and damn, this show had a killer soundtrack.

[blueniverse42]

A while ago, I found this pic, and then came across this on TV tropes:

Leslie Nielsen, who played Sgt. Buck Frobisher, was the son of a Mountie in real life. During his first appearance on the show, he took Paul Gross aside and told him that he was lacing his boots incorrectly and then proceeded to teach him the proper way for a Mountie to tie his shoes.

I find the whole quote extremely endearing (and also vividly Canadian).

P.S. If you want to see more Due South stuff, go check out the fest for the 30th anniversary! There's a lot to see! @ds30below

[jedusaur]

I know I'm 25 years late to the party but I'm finally watching Due South and this is the hardest I've laughed in MONTHS

[eaion]

DUE SOUTH S03E02 - Eclipse

[sammaggs]

I have never been an RPF girlie in my life but.

BUT

It’s the story about how Callum decided to take the role for me—how they went to a bar and he flipped a coin, and when it came up wrong Callum suggested tossing it again.

Which sounds like kind of funny at first, but as a writer and a fic writer and someone who spends a lot of time thinking about these two idiots, consider that the following likely occurred:

Paul had been negging Callum (who was, per interviews, desperate to do well for him) about how he wasn’t sure he could handle a series regular role

Almost at the drop-dead moment, Callum still indecisive, Paul takes Callum to a bar, where they sit and get beers

Callum, a consummate weirdo (affectionate), decides he’s going to leave it to chance and flip for it

When it comes up tails - what? I mean, think about the situation as it plays out. He realizes how much he wants it? He gives Paul that flirtatious shit-eating little grin and says “Best two out of three?”

I’m sorry but to me the chances that these two were fucking is like 100%.

THERE’S SO MUCH STUFF LIKE THIS IN CONTEMPORARY INTERVIEWS IT IS ACTUALLY NUTS okay that’s all

4x02 Easy Money | Caught

Extremely difficult to convince me to interpret the chain of events here as anything but the following:

- Fraser knows Ray is distracted making coffee, taking the opportunity to stare at his butt

- Fraser LICKS HIS LIPS

- Ray glances over at him to find him staring

- Fraser’s head snaps up IMMEDIATELY to look Ray in the eyes like usual

Paul Gross I just want to talk

[gayvecchio]

It recently occurred to me that one of my fave feel good/comfort movies, Big Eden, could be included as part of C6D because it stars Eric Schweig who was in the due South pilot.

Big Eden is a sweet film about a gay man who returns to his small hometown in Montana to take care of his ill grandfather, and pretty much the whole town then proceeds to play matchmaker between him and the local general store owner, Pike (Eric Schweig).

This film means a lot to me as Native/Indigenous representation is hard to come by, and queer Native/Indigenous rep even more so. I highly recommend it to any dS/C6D fans, and anyone in general, who wants to watch a lovely queer romance.

[liminalmemories21]

Apparently there's going to be a Law & Order: Toronto, and I really desperately need them to make the world's most niche joke and have a detective from Chicago who came to Toronto on the trail of the killers of his father, who stayed - for reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture - because In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime; and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories.

This is a post that will make sense to . . . I think actually literally nobody on my feed, but is nonetheless really entertaining. I promise.

[thepunkpanther]

"Does this conversation seem strangely familiar to you?" "Oddly, yes." @ds30below's 30 BELOW FEST: canon appreciation week DUE SOUTH x BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID

[sammaggs]

4x08 Good for the Soul | Obedient

When you have to call off your guard dog like

[mortmere]

"The Sea Wolf"

A scene from an imaginary naval adventure, featuring the Royal Navy officers Fraser and Kowalski and the courageous sea wolf Diefenbaker who has (again) saved the day. Wolves are very good swimmers btw, unlike Ray. 

I had long planned some kind of due South Age of Sail AU picture with Fraser and RayK, just to get them into these uniforms. My original plan was, of course, to let the boys kiss (in a more tropical setting!), but the good boi Diefenbaker wanted to be in the center of things and all Fraser gets now is wolf kisses.

The uniform style is based on the later seasons of the Hornblower TV series.

[systematic-and-somehow-tragic]

I wonder if this shirt Ray wears at the beginning of Diefenbaker's Day Off was also timney-fowler, it looks kinda similar to this timney-fowler shirt (a style that seems to be described as "floral baroque")

fanart inspired by the vibrant shirt Ray is wearing at the start of Diefenbaker's Day Off