A drinking question

[icepixie]

I don't drink, and consequently know nothing about alcohol. Thus, I put this to those who do: Fraser, Thatcher, and either RayV or RayK (I haven't decided yet) walk into a bar. What do they order? Water for Fraser, I know, but what about the other two?

(This has nothing to do with taking advantage of the fact that dS and Cupid are both set in Chicago during roughly the same span of years. Nothing at all. *whistles innocently*)*

Still working on the Yukon one, BTW. After 4,500 words, Fraser and Thatcher are finally setting off on the dogsledding trip that's the whole point of the fic. Er. They kept wanting to talk, and then there were of course awkward silences and half-finished sentences, and a dead body plays a rather large part in the whole thing, so that had to be dealt with...

I'm really not making anyone want to read this fic, am I?


* And yes, I realize that in all likelihood I'm the only person on the whole internet who would want to read such a thing, but writing for one's own pleasure is a worthy purpose, right? Right.

Comments

[ladysorka]

RayK is definitely a beer drinker. He is a beer man. And I can also see Fraser nursing a beer, provided that he is a) off duty, b) out of uniform, c) with people he trusts, and d) nursing one the whole night.

But I'm not quite positive on the other two, honestly.

[ladysorka]

Thinking about it, I see RayV (and Stella) as a wine drinker, but that's not something you really get in bars. Maybe shots?

And Thatcher, I bet, orders a beer when she wants to be "one of the boys" and a froofy fruity mixed drink when she doesn't.

[icepixie]

Thinking about it, I see RayV (and Stella) as a wine drinker, but that's not something you really get in bars.

Thank you for answering my question before I'd even asked it. ;)

Maybe shots?

Shots of...?

And Thatcher, I bet, orders a beer when she wants to be "one of the boys" and a froofy fruity mixed drink when she doesn't.

Somehow she doesn't strike me as going for froo-froo stuff in any part of her life, but it wouldn't ping me as terribly out of place if I read it, I guess. I think it probably would depend on her mood at the time. FWIW, this is set the evening after a long, irritating day in court or something. (I need her to be in the Mountie uniform purely so my "The British are coming!" joke will work. *g*)

[ladysorka]

I'd almost bet that RayV would drink Scotch or gin or something - a "higher class" of hard liquer. He probably doesn't drink mixed drinks, unless it's something really basic like a gin and soda (which is just gin diluted with carbonated water, basically). Definitely not tequila or vodka. Or, for that matter, a martini.

And in that scenario, I'd almost have Thatcher ordering a cosmopolitan, or something - which is basically a martini with cranberry juice. Sort of the "I'm relaxed and being me" drink instead of the "I am one of the boys!" drink or the "Despite the uniform I am, in fact, female!" drink.

[icepixie]

RayV with Scotch or gin...I can do that. Thanks.

And in that scenario, I'd almost have Thatcher ordering a cosmopolitan, or something - which is basically a martini with cranberry juice. Sort of the "I'm relaxed and being me" drink instead of the "I am one of the boys!" drink or the "Despite the uniform I am, in fact, female!" drink.

Ah. Okay, that makes sense. I can definitely see her with that last statement running through her head. *g*

[icepixie]

I seem to remember Fraser saying something about how he never drinks, except when there's a toast to the Queen involved, though? Hrm. Either way, he's in uniform in this scene, so it'll be non-alcoholic for him.

But I'm not quite positive on the other two, honestly.

Things mixed with gin seem to be a popular choice in fic for RayV. I have no idea if this is plausible or not. For Thatcher...I'd think something incredibly plain and conventional, like a glass of wine, or maybe a beer.

But really, I know nothing about alcohol, so I could be way off. (Can you even order wine in a vaguely-but-not-really-Irish-themed bar/pub, I wonder?)

[ladysorka]

Yeah, but growing up where Fraser did, with the people Fraser grew up with, I'm... not entirely sure "beer" would fall under alcohol in that scenario. Beer is more... the beverage of choice.

I mean, I can't see him drinking hard liquer, or even wine. But beer? Yeah, I can see Fraser drinking beer.

And you can get wine in most bars, it's just going to be really, really bad wine that a true wine drinker wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole. The kind that comes out of a box.

[icepixie]

Fraser and beer: Huh. That's really interesting. It never would've occured to me, either. (Down here, everything from beer to make-you-go-blind proof moonshine is generally put in the "Don't drink it; it's bad for you and will disrupt your moral compass" category, with no consideration given to amounts of alcohol in different types of drink.)

And you can get wine in most bars, it's just going to be really, really bad wine that a true wine drinker wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole. The kind that comes out of a box.

Good to know! Thank you.