Thanks for asking! I think this is one of those cases where talking is better than silence, so, um, prepare for length.
You've seen what I've done with Wilby, so that's one way to go. Well, two ways, actually, but I figure the second one would be easier as there is more source material. Making it completely AU would involve quite a different tack from what I've done so far though, so it's challenging, but definitely possible.
I also had this random classic fantasy setting idea some weeks ago, about Ray K being some sort of old bard kind of character who tells stories about the adventures of his youth at the tavern fire on cold winter nights. The idea being to retell the relevant parts of due South as a fantasy story (this involves figuring out what the relevant parts are and whether to take it as a classic "a stranger comes to town" tale or put a romance spin on it or what). It's grown since I first thought about it though and there's various ways this one could go. He could actually tell the story, or the tavern could just be a framing device, or the story of Ray and Fraser could be a legend that's been told in various ways through the ages... I don't know. I just really like the idea of old Ray and stories at the fireplace. (I blame "Likely Story".) And I should probably figure out what happened to Fraser in this 'verse, because Ray on his own is a sad kind of concept.
There's a couple other ideas that I'm kind of flirting with at the moment, but these are the ones that I've got the farthest with so far. Any comments welcome :)
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You've seen what I've done with Wilby, so that's one way to go. Well, two ways, actually, but I figure the second one would be easier as there is more source material. Making it completely AU would involve quite a different tack from what I've done so far though, so it's challenging, but definitely possible.
I also had this random classic fantasy setting idea some weeks ago, about Ray K being some sort of old bard kind of character who tells stories about the adventures of his youth at the tavern fire on cold winter nights. The idea being to retell the relevant parts of due South as a fantasy story (this involves figuring out what the relevant parts are and whether to take it as a classic "a stranger comes to town" tale or put a romance spin on it or what). It's grown since I first thought about it though and there's various ways this one could go. He could actually tell the story, or the tavern could just be a framing device, or the story of Ray and Fraser could be a legend that's been told in various ways through the ages... I don't know. I just really like the idea of old Ray and stories at the fireplace. (I blame "Likely Story".) And I should probably figure out what happened to Fraser in this 'verse, because Ray on his own is a sad kind of concept.
There's a couple other ideas that I'm kind of flirting with at the moment, but these are the ones that I've got the farthest with so far. Any comments welcome :)