gensplosion | Entries tagged with character death

FANDOM: BABYLON 5
FIC LINK: The Quiet Ones.
AUTHOR LINK:

Amatara
RATING/WARNING(S): G | ( canonical character death )
WIP?/WORD COUNT: ficlet | ~ 990 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Regent Virini, Londo Mollari

FIC SUMMARY: The life and death of Regent Virini - one of the quiet ones history is bound to forget.

RECCER'S NOTES: This is such a wonderful character study. The background Amatara made up for Virini makes so much sense, it becomes my headcanon. I'd love to read more about him.

ozqueen

FANDOM: Scooby Doo
FIC LINK: The Road This Far Can't Be Retraced
AUTHOR LINK:

silverpenlight
RATING/WARNING(S): R | violence, character death
WIP?/WORD COUNT: complete | 3,500
MAIN CHARACTERS: Velma Dinkley, Scooby Doo, Daphne Blake, Fred Jones, Shaggy Rogers

FIC SUMMARY:

Velma saved them in the end. She knew she did, she wasn't shy about it. Her research gave them machetes, chainsaws and shotguns, garlic and holy water, silver bullets. She was the first one to take aim and squeeze off four shots, the last one taking the zombie right through the forehead and knocking him down hard before he could take a bite out of Fred's arm. She took the knife, the kitchen knife they'd found in Fred's apartment and the only one they had then, and she cut off the head and shot it one last time, spraying blood and brain across the asphalt of the road where they'd stopped for a bathroom break.

RECCER'S NOTES:

I don't even know what to say about this fic. It made me squirm (because it's violent and a bit gross) and also I teared up, and also it's SCOOBY DOO. Velma is forced to become a different person in an apocalyptic world, and it's just brilliant. The character building and the tension and fear is all so wonderful. I love darker spins on childhood classics, and this is one of my all time favourite examples.

thady

FANDOM: Stargate: Atlantis
FIC LINK: 5 ways to go crazy without trying.
AUTHOR LINK:

bratfarrar
RATING/WARNING(S): PG-13 | dark
WIP?/WORD COUNT: ficlet | ~ 590 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: team

FIC SUMMARY: see title.

RECCER'S NOTES:

Creepy and realistic, perhaps even more because it's easily imaginable. I could easily see this happening were SGA a darker show.

thisbluespirit

FANDOM: Blake’s 7
FIC LINK: On the Far Shore
AUTHOR LINK:

Clocketpatch
RATING/WARNING(S): PG | References to death, the afterlife, spoilers
WIP?/WORD COUNT: 4126
MAIN CHARACTERS: Oleg Gan, Zen, Slave, Jenna Stannis, Cally, Vila Restal, Roj Blake, Del Tarrant, Dayna Mellanby, Soolin, Servalan

FIC SUMMARY: Nothing is needed but good company

RECCER'S NOTES: This is a hauntingly unusual and beautiful post-series fic (so, if you don't know B7, beware, spoilers ahoy). The evocative descriptions of the setting, the way it slowly unfolds as to what this is, and the author’s characterisations, particularly of Zen and Slave in unfamiliar forms is wonderful. It does have some brief mentions of two marriages, but that’s not the focus of the fic at all, and it really is too good to omit.

thisbluespirit

FANDOM: Once Upon A Time
FIC LINK: And Swallow Up the Rest of Me
AUTHOR LINK:

AstroGirl
RATING/WARNING(S): Teen | Character death, AU
WIP?/WORD COUNT: 567
MAIN CHARACTERS: Killian Jones | Captain Hook, Rumplestiltskin | Mr Gold

FIC SUMMARY: Captain Hook achieves his life's goal.

RECCER'S NOTES: So, I was trying to work out which of AstroGirl’s OUaT fics to rec, and then decided not to settle for one but to go for two brief but excellently sharp ficlets, this first one exploring the inevitable consequences of what would have happened to Hook if he’d got what his revenge – something that didn’t seem to have crossed his mind…

FANDOM: Once Upon A Time
FIC LINK: The Better to Hold You With
AUTHOR LINK:

AstroGirl
RATING/WARNING(S): Teen | Canon character death, mentions of blood/violence
WIP?/WORD COUNT: 694
MAIN CHARACTERS: Widow Lucas | Granny

FIC SUMMARY: She's only ever wanted to keep her granddaughter safe.

RECCER'S NOTES: And this one powerfully fills in what Granny was thinking during “Red-Handed”. AstroGirl fully captures her character and deepens it in a way only implied by canon, as Granny regrets her mistakes.

thisbluespirit

FANDOM: Sapphire and Steel
FIC LINK: Daisy Bell
AUTHOR LINK:

usernamegoeshere
RATING/WARNING(S): Teen | Canon-typical horror, ghosts, death
WIP?/WORD COUNT: 32,278 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Sapphire, Steel, Silver, Diamond, Radium, Original Characters

FIC SUMMARY: In 1979, Sapphire and Steel arrive at the Howard Street Hospital to investigate a time break. They have a chance encounter with the receptionist, Daisy. In 1999, Diamond, Radium, and Silver arrive at the Howard Street Hospital to investigate a time break. They have a chance encounter with the receptionist, Daisy.

RECCER'S NOTES: Sapphire and Steel is the most beautifully weird TV show I have ever encountered (as one TV guidebook described it: “There are many ways of holding a TV audience... Total lack of explanation is not supposed to be one of them.”) and also one of the most interesting fandoms for fic, as authors each try in their own way to interpret those mysteries and transpose that sense of otherness in the mundane to their writing, and nobody does it quite the same way, so I’m hoping to rec some more S&S before I’m done here.

Anyway, this fic one of the best examples - it’s marvellous, long, plotty, completely true to canon-weirdness (if you can say such a thing) and sharply characterised, with every bit of Sapphire-Steel-Silver interaction a delight. Plus – always a huge bonus for me – not only does it include Silver but it brings in some additional ‘operators’ from the opening credits, and explores just how strange they might be. And if you don’t know the series, but you like exploring the weirdness of time or enjoy ghost stories, why not give it a try? It’s a glorious fic and you really won’t know any less than those of us who have watched the canon, honest…

thady

FANDOM: due South
FIC LINK: Understood.
AUTHOR LINK:

arrow00
RATING/WARNING(S): PG | (tertiary) character death, illness
WIP?/WORD COUNT: one-shot | ~ 3,430 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Benton Fraser, Ray Kowalski

FIC SUMMARY: Fraser found his mouth strangely locked. He should offer to go with Ray. But Fraser didn't want to—God, he did not want this, did not want to have to watch Ray go through even a part of this.

RECCER'S NOTES:

This is a story that transforms something that can happen to all of us – the illness of a family member – into a wonderful and intimate story.

For all those serious issues it doesn't get over-bearing or soppy, and RayK and Fraser are beautifully in character. Whether you actually ship them or not, this story shows their friendship wonderfully. This is a story that I will carry with me.

thady

FANDOM: Discworld/Torchwood
FIC LINK: With a Smile.
AUTHOR LINK:

marginaliana
RATING/WARNING(S): G | canon character death
WIP?/WORD COUNT: ficlet | ~ 300 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: DEATH, Owen Harper

FIC SUMMARY: The first time Owen died he made a friend.

RECCER'S NOTES:

This works so well as a crossover, I love DEATH's and Owen's interaction. For such a short story there are so many fun one-liners.

isabelquinn

FANDOM: Lost, The West Wing
FIC LINK: Seven Tomorrows
AUTHOR LINK:

falseeyelashes
RATING/WARNING(S): R (character death, dark themes, brief sexual content). Spoilers through to the end of season 2 of Lost, no specific West Wing spoilers.
WORD COUNT: 7991
MAIN CHARACTERS: Jed Bartlet, Leo McGarry, Josh Lyman, CJ Cregg, Donna Moss, Toby Ziegler, Sam Seabourne, Jack Shepherd, Kate Austen, Ben Linus, James Ford, Mr Eko, Sayid Jarrah, John Locke… more, probably.

FIC SUMMARY: It took seven days to shape the world. There are seven seals of the apocalypse. And it takes seven, seven events, seven days, seven years, seven, to bring the world to its knees. Planes are meant to crash and nukes are meant to detonate. Men are meant to kill and buildings are meant to fall. Fate is real, fate is a religion and a man not named Henry Gale is its only prophet. He's counting to seven.

RECCER'S NOTES: This fic is very dark and very angsty and very, very well done. The writing style has a hypnotic sort of lilt to it, which feels appropriately dreamlike as the world becomes more and more nightmarish. The descent into darkness and despair is beautifully paced.

It was posted in August 2006, back when the bulk of Lost hadn't yet aired, so it goes 100% AU from the season 2 finale onwards. It also has some background het ships, but they are in absolutely no way a major part the fic.

isabelquinn

FANDOM: The Hunger Games
FIC LINK: The End of the World
AUTHOR LINK:

FernWithy
RATING/WARNING(S): Violence, T+
WORD COUNT: 116, 395 (just for part 1)
MAIN CHARACTERS: Haymitch Abernathy, Maysilee Donner, Mr. Mellark, Mrs. Everdeen, Haymitch's Girl

FIC SUMMARY: Sixteen-year-old Haymitch Abernathy has plenty to worry about - a sick mother, a decrepit house, an empty larder. The last thing he's worried about is the Capitol's choice to double the number of Games tributes in a Quell year...

RECCER'S NOTES: This is the opposite of the fic I recced earlier today (it is neither short nor sweet: it's long and dark), but I love, love, love this fic. I'm not often keen for multichapter epics, I'm usually more inclined towards oneshots, but this one is absolutely an exception. The world building is incredible, the characters (both canon ones and OCs) feel completely real, and I can't quite put my finger on what it is about the writing, but it's just perfect.

thady

FANDOM: Babylon 5
FIC LINK: Matters of Faith (The Ouroboros Bridge)
AUTHOR LINK:

bessemerprocess
RATING/WARNING(S): PG-13 | ( spoiler )
WIP?/WORD COUNT: one-shot | ~ 2,530 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Susan Ivanova, Delenn

FIC SUMMARY: The noble Ivanova was known as the Strong, for she was strong in heart and in mind, in body and in faith.

RECCER'S NOTES: This story is a remix of

Beatrice_Otter's Faith in Three Movements, which is a wonderful story too.

Matters of Faith (The Ouroboros Bridge) is a great character study of Susan Ivanova. She is fleshed out here, and when I read the story I could see the Ivanova I saw on the show, and how she grew.
It is also an interesting look at faith and religion, and how she saw it and how it shaped her life.

ozqueen

FANDOM: James Bond
FIC LINK: Iterations
AUTHOR LINK:

rheanna
RATING/WARNING(S): G | character death
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 2396
MAIN CHARACTERS: James Bond, M

FIC SUMMARY: Bond keeps dying in service, and they keep bringing him back; every time they do, he has a different face.

RECCER'S NOTES:

Oh, wow. This is so intense and creepy. It's such a clever idea, and

rheanna writes it so well. Even if you're not fully familiar with the Bond franchise, I would recommend this.
Bond's mission starts to consume him, and the intensity during his search for answers will stay with you past the end of the fic. So so so good.

icecheetah

FANDOM: Kuon/Fatal Frame
FIC LINK: To See the Flowers Spread and Spring
AUTHOR LINK:

elwing_alcyone
RATING/WARNING(S): General/Major Character Death
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete/1509
MAIN CHARACTERS: Utstuki (Kuon), Hinasaki Miku(Fatal Frame)

FIC SUMMARY: A meeting on a mountainside.
Notes:
For no_true_pair. Prompt: there are no strangers under cherry blossoms. Title pinched from Sir Orfeo.

RECCER'S NOTES: It's a sweet little fic based after the end of Fatal Frame, and a couple of centuries after Kuon. It has spoilers for the endings of both. Miku makes an unexpected friend.

Also, sorry if this appears twice. I hit return while editing tags and it published before it was ready.

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Entries tagged with character death

Babylon 5: The Quiet Ones, by Amatara.

scooby doo: the road this far can't be retraced, by silverpenlight

SGA: 5 ways to go crazy without trying, by bratfarrar.

Blake's 7: On the Far Shore by Clocketpatch

Once Upon a Time: And Swallow Up the Rest of Me & The Better To Hold You With by AstroGirl

Sapphire & Steel: Daisy Bell by nemo_the_everbeing

DS: Understood, by Arrow.

Discworld/TW: With a Smile, by marginaliana.

Lost/The West Wing: Seven Tomorrows

The Hunger Games: The End of the World

Babylon 5: Matters of Faith (The Ouroboros Bridge), by bessemerprocess.

james bond: iterations, by rheanna

To See the Flowers Spread and Spring

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