Recs this vid liek whoah

Vid rec: sdwolfpup's due South vid "You Can Call Me."

Because... because it's Ray V., and Ray K., and Fraser, and the relationships of same, and it's fabulous, and it speaks so effectively of who Ray V. is, and who Ray K. is, and how they see Fraser, and how Fraser sees the world. And the Ray V. verse made me so incredibly happy (me: yes! yes! he's just like that! why do people ignore that about him?) that then when the Ray K. and Fraser verses were awesome I was just... yay. There are no words for my yay.

Seriously, I was pretty hooked by the intro, and then by about, oh, ten seconds in, with "why am I soft in the middle now," that was it, because I have such a soft spot for this Ray V. The rest of his life is so hard. And his dad. And Frankie. And the badge. AND. *fangirls*

This is a song I'd never have thought of for due South. But! "If you'll be my bodyguard," and "angels in the architecture," and "I want a shot at redemption," and "a man walks down the street," and "he says, why am I short of attention?" and "who will be my role model, now that my role model's gone?" Brilliant.

Go watch it, and then read minnow1212's analysis of the last verse, and heresluck's squee.

No, I don't want to finish my reading -- how'd you guess?

Hi, Geoff Pullum! Fancy meeting you in a silly story about a mother banning adjectives.

Yep, apparently someone overheard a woman telling her son "we do not use adjectives," and of course it ended up on Language Log.