miss punk rock star of stage and screen. FIC: Being Ray Vecchio [dS, Ray K gen, PG-13] : comments.
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I think this scenario departs from canon just a bit, but you definitely get away with it. Chicago cops have to have 60 college credits, for example. So he has to have stuck it out a little longer. (I'm not sure you can convince me that Ray is a July baby! I think he gets Callum's birthday all the way. That restless energy is totally Virgo. He's certainly not a Leo. You could maybe make a case for Cancer, though I'd say he's more likely Cancer moon like CKR. But hey...who else but me will even care about this stuff. *is a dork*)
The detail on Chicago is fabulous. Every time I read something of yours now I get more determined to see Chicago. The part that's outside the terminal at O'Hare. :) I can definitely see Chicago-love as part of Ray K. Way more than of Ray Vecchio. I'm not sure why. But it just fits. The detail on Ray's life is fabulous too. Having to fix his glasses with tape because a bully beat him up. Not wanting to see the ugliness too clearly. Oh, Ray. It makes me just want to hug him. :)
Anyway. I'll say again. Beautiful, beautiful writing.
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i kind of like the idea of ray taking night classes to finish up the credits he needed to go to the academy; i used to live upstairs from a cpd shift supervisor, and you can sit for the entrance exam without having those credits, as long as you get them before you finish the academy, so there's always that option for ray. :) and i know nothing about astrology so i can't speak to ray being a typical virgo, but i thought there was ... well, chicago julys are long and hot and the city sort of hums with this restless energy that it doesn't always have during the rest of the year, and ray born in that month just made sense to me. but, you know, that's just me.
thank you so much for these lovely commentsl i'm so glad you enjoyed this.
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Oh, that makes sense. Yes, see, I do think this is fine as a complete story. Maybe you left some cues in there somewhere that reflect your indecision at the time. It's really very fine to end with his taking the Vecchio gig.
(And darn--I have a WIP with the very same title that I started during the undercover challenge at ds_flashfiction and didn't finish. I'll change the title. :)
i kind of like the idea of ray taking night classes to finish up the credits he needed to go to the academy; i used to live upstairs from a cpd shift supervisor, and you can sit for the entrance exam without having those credits, as long as you get them before you finish the academy, so there's always that option for ray. :)
Oh, I love that. That little detail has been bugging me in my own work. Okay if I use the idea?
and i know nothing about astrology so i can't speak to ray being a typical virgo,
Like I said, I'm a dork, no one else will care, and the stuff with the fire hydrant, etc., is terrific.
chicago julys are long and hot and the city sort of hums with this restless energy that it doesn't always have during the rest of the year, and ray born in that month just made sense to me. but, you know, that's just me.
No, I get that; you're right; it totally works in the story. It's just that with a little astrology background, I've been wondering about his birth chart and how he might express that, and wondering about his birthday (since we know the one date it isn't is May 28. Like I said. Dork. Sorry. :)
Anyway, I lovelovelove Ray, and your work always brings the Ray love closer (and the Chicago love), so I adore your writing.
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Oh, I love that. That little detail has been bugging me in my own work. Okay if I use the idea?
oh, gods, of COURSE. i'll probably never use it in anything myself, and i'd love to see it go to a good home. i used to sit in the laundry room and pick my neighbor's brain about the real details of the cpd, and i've never used any of them. (although i did consider applying to take the exam for the academy for a while, but never did.) i'd love to see the stuff i learned get used.
and thank you, thank you, thank you, again. :)