rarepairexchange | 2023 Ship Promo Post!

We know most of you have been looking forward to this post, so without further ado, here's your chance to share what you love about the rare ships you've nominated and will either request and/or offer! Some of the rare ships in the tagset belong to rare canons. If you're someone who loves trying new canons or is currently on the hunt to become obsessive about something else, this is a great post for you!

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Canon: Cracker (UK TV)

Ship: Stuart Grady/Bill Preece (aka Bill Nash)

Media: Television (one freestanding two-episode arc)

A summary of the canon: Cracker was a British drama series about a criminal psychologist that aired from 1993 to 1995. While the show serially followed the main character's personal dramas, cases were episodic and generally contained to two-part or three-part arcs.

"Best Boys" part 1 and 2 (03x04 and 03x05) can be watched independently for the story of the intense but doomed romance between Grady, a lonely and repressed army veteran turned factory foreman played by Liam Cunningham, and his charming but troubled teenage employee, Bill, played by John Simm. Bill quickly gets through Grady's defences, but the affair just as quickly crosses from a regular bad idea to an out-of-control downward spiral when a confrontation with Grady's homophobic landlady leads to murder followed by an increasingly unhinged crime spree.

What do you love about this ship?: The chemistry between Grady and Bill, and the tragic potential. These are two damaged and unfulfilled people finding each other, connecting unexpectedly and passionately, and then having everything go wrong for them when maybe things could have been good.

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Fix-its and other happier AUs, more optimistic takes on the ending, or a focus on their better moments together.

Content warnings: The episode contains graphic scenes of violence and a child in peril. It ends with Bill being shot by police (fatally, it's strongly implied). Grady is 35 and Bill is 17, although Bill is portrayed by an actor in his mid-20s.

A Bill/Grady Picset
(note: includes a hostage situation and a non-graphic image of Bill's shooting)

2023 Ship Promo Post!

Cracker (UK TV) - Stuart Grady/Bill Preece