Yeah, the field is wide open for what happens to these characters in the future. Although I'm not sure there's no character arc whatsoever on the show...there are core traits that don't change, but there's no confusing the Fraser who arrived in Chicago with the one from later seasons, IMO. What I think is really interesting about Fraser in particular is that you can...I guess decide how much significance to give various facets of his character? For example, I think he's a hell of a lot less naive than he often appears, and he wears the Socially Clueless Mountie Mask in order to avoid topics of conversation that make him uncomfortable, like women or sex or whatever. But there are moments when he appears very much aware of what he's pretending to not understand, like the ending of "Mask," when Meg realizes he's playing dumb for her benefit about her liaison with the crooked art director, or in "Eggmen" when he suggests that she's had to "deflect" attention from male superiors. However, there's always the question of how much is the mask and how much is genuine, as well as the question of why he avoids these topics in the first place.
And at the end of the series, I think it's possible to make a case for him going back up north, staying in Chicago, moving to another city, getting out of the RCMP entirely (if we assume he was stuck in his father's shadow and only got out from under it in COTW), or a zillion other things, because those seeds are all in his character, and we're never explicitly told which to give the most weight to. (Even in the ending as shot: how long does his adventure with RayK last? What happens after? Has he quit the RCMP or is he just on a leave of absence?)
tl;dr: I agree. :D
He's so cute and organized.
He really is. Awww.
Haha, the Paul Gross Awesome Field! Yeah, he tends to be my favorite of anything I see him in, and that may be why. (Although I haven't found myself having more problems with male protagonists than I do female ones. I mean, I have problems with some--hi, Sheridan--but I haven't noticed any kind of gender-based pattern.)
But I am rather fond of him, and you write him in a way that plays up whatever it is that I find so likeable.
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Date: 2011-02-01 08:37 pm (UTC)And at the end of the series, I think it's possible to make a case for him going back up north, staying in Chicago, moving to another city, getting out of the RCMP entirely (if we assume he was stuck in his father's shadow and only got out from under it in COTW), or a zillion other things, because those seeds are all in his character, and we're never explicitly told which to give the most weight to. (Even in the ending as shot: how long does his adventure with RayK last? What happens after? Has he quit the RCMP or is he just on a leave of absence?)
tl;dr: I agree. :D
He's so cute and organized.
He really is. Awww.
Haha, the Paul Gross Awesome Field! Yeah, he tends to be my favorite of anything I see him in, and that may be why. (Although I haven't found myself having more problems with male protagonists than I do female ones. I mean, I have problems with some--hi, Sheridan--but I haven't noticed any kind of gender-based pattern.)
But I am rather fond of him, and you write him in a way that plays up whatever it is that I find so likeable.
Aw, thank you. :)