{"id":10447,"date":"2018-04-08T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2018-04-08T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=10447"},"modified":"2018-03-27T09:29:26","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T16:29:26","slug":"sylum-information-due-south-and-the-rays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-information-due-south-and-the-rays\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylum Information: Due South and the Rays"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I am taking this opportunity to answer the question that has been on a few people’s minds since we updated the Wiki a couple of years ago.<\/p>\n

The Due South fandom, even after all these years, still has fandom wars over Ray V. vs Ray K. \u00a0Personally I think any fandom type war is stupid, but there it is.<\/p>\n

When Sylum started, I had originally chosen Ray Vecchio. \u00a0I knew the character, and had begun the workings of a storyline for him. \u00a0I had stopped watching Due South after he left, having not liked how the transition played out between the two Ray characters.<\/p>\n

I admit in the beginning, I was probably a bit too lax about giving in to other writer’s suggestions for the Sylum series. \u00a0One of them was switching to Ray Kowalski, because he was the ‘best Ray’, as it was put to me. \u00a0Considering they offered to write the back story for him and Benton – I was willing to change it.<\/p>\n

Cue ten years later.<\/p>\n

Benton’s history developed, making him much older than his original 200 years. \u00a0And with those changes, what he needed in a Mate changed too. \u00a0By this time the person who had originally convinced me to change the character, left the list, and any stories they had been working on were left behind. \u00a0No chances of editing or updating.<\/p>\n

As I worked on the New Wiki, I took the time to think about a lot of the characters: why they were there, who they were connected to, and chances of stories ever being written. \u00a0I also took control over a lot of earlier storylines that gotten added\/changed that I really didn’t want.<\/p>\n

Hence Greg and Gil being de-Mated.<\/p>\n

Changing the Riddick Twins.<\/p>\n

Reorganizing House and Wilson to make more sense.<\/p>\n

And we saved Diego!!<\/p>\n

Putting Ray Vecchio back as Benoit’s Mate was another big change.<\/p>\n

I know there is still a lot of grumbling over that change, and I get it – we all have our favorite pairings.<\/p>\n

But I don’t<\/strong> appreciate the \u00a0passive aggressive comments that have been sent to me over it.<\/p>\n

If this change upsets you that much, I can assure you that there is no one forcing you to stay. \u00a0I’m dealing with enough problems in my life, and \u00a0the last thing I need is someone bitching at me over a character.<\/p>\n

So now you know the background for the switch in Ray’s.<\/p>\n

In reality it was me actually putting it back to the way it was originally intended.<\/p>\n

And as I do actually like<\/strong> Ray Kolwaski, and never had anything against him, he was rescued and found \u00a0a home in Tallikut with Jeremiah.<\/p>\n

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I am taking this opportunity to answer the question that has been on a few people’s minds since we updated the Wiki a couple of years ago. 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