History YMMV / DueSouth

* TheWoobie: Ray Kowalski's attractiveness tends to result to fangirls making him injured, sick, emotionally troubled or a victim of past child abuse, even though the series shows that both Fraser and Ray Vecchio had far worst childhoods, and both Fraser and Ray Vecchio were seriously injured and hospitalized during the show, while Kowalski was not.

** And F/K fanfic is often GayAesop, with Ray Vecchio and others being the disapproving homophobe(s) who need learn a lesson

* YaoiFangirl: Almost all of the fanfiction written today is Fraser/Kowalski, or has Fraser/Kowalski in the background. Het and pure gen stories used to be more popular.
** And F/K fanfic is often GayAesop, with Ray Vecchio being the disapproving homophobe who has to learn a lesson (and is often written by F/K shippers who hate RayV)

* HoYay (which the show's writers were ''quite'' well aware of, especially by the time Ray Kowalski showed up. Two words for you: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I3TdsLwM3Q buddy breathing]]")
** In fact during the lead up to the third season Paul Gross, who had just become the producer in addition to playing Fraser, commented that the slashers would love Kowalski ('He's sex on legs') and the pair's relationship. They weren't just aware of the HoYay, they played along with it.
*** Hell, it ended with them ''riding into the sunset together''.
*** It was also acknowledged by Gross at some point that because the show's third season wasn't going to air in United States, they could ramp up the {{Ho Yay}}.

** That's because the stories are written by immature girls who don't understand that dS is wonderful without slash!

** In fact during the lead up to the third season Paul Gross, who had just become the producer in addition to playing Fraser, commented that the slashers would love Kowalski ('He's sex on legs' and the pair's relationship. They weren't just aware of the HoYay, they played along with it.

**** Where is the interview that has Paul Gross saying this? In the only interview I've seen with him that mentioned slash, he didn't know what it was until the interviewer showed him a slash story, and then he found slash to be ridiculous, so it's highly unlikely he "ramped up the HoYay." Please stop telling lies about the show!
*** I really haven't seen any source that shows that the HoYay was deliberate in the third and fourth seasons, or that the writers were aware of it. That's just speculation from those who like F/K.

** That's because the stories are written by immature girls who don't understand that dS is just as wonderful without slash!

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* FanDarlings: Fraser and Ray Kowalski, who receive the most squeeing and are in most of the fanfics. They've even recently been included as a "background" romantic couple in fics in which they aren't the main characters.

*** I really haven't seen any source that shows that the Hoy Yay was deliberate in the third and fourth seasons. It's just speculation from those who like F/K.

*** I really haven't seen any source that shows that the Hoy Yay was deliberate in the third and fourth seasons. It's just speculation from those who slash Fraser and RayK.

** [[{{CSI NY}} Stella Bonasera is a bank robber!]] (Or Dr.Hansen from 'Providence').

** [[{{CSI NY}}Stella Bonasera is a bank robber!]] (Or Dr.Hansen from 'Providence').

** That is correct an unloaded gun would still be seen as illegal under Chicago law. However as a RCMP Officer he would be permitted to carry a loaded firearm in the States. Fraser should have been well aware of this considering his familiarity with all the laws.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Also HilariousInHindsight: Fraser's partner is replaced by a [[BattleStarGalactica cylon]], and [[OnlySaneMan he's the only one to notice]].