Yuletide recs #2: Die Hard

[cimorene]

The most promising new fandom this year - fairly productive overall and even more productive at Yuletide!

• Nearly Indestructable. A fantastical au reimagining of the whole movie turned on its head with Matt an undercover spy. Great fun and fast-paced, and sort-of preserves characterisation in a fascinating way. And the dynamic of Matt's attraction to John, and the saving, is sort of inside-out too...



• No Sleep Til Brooklyn. Matt's POV just post-movie, this one introduces a much more serious knee injury than is usually postulated and with the vivid pain and angst associated, makes itself rather grittier than the fandom norm. Really good. And refreshing, too; with the angst, you see a bit more of Matt.



• Upgrade. Matt wants to install Linux on John's computer. LINUX. and John McClane! Ahahhahahahahahha.

And here's a non-Yuletide bonus I read yesterday:

Epiphany by healingmirth, a classic 12 Days of Christmas clichéfic with an amusing and awesome beginning. A bit rushed towards the end, though.

Comments

[sherrold.livejournal.com]

It's New Year's, so now I can thank you for the rec for Nearly Indestructable: and thank you so much for not laughing at the typo in the *title*; my excuse is that I got the idea for the story about 6 hours before the archive closed, and was still thinking of a title as the countdown clock was hitting zero.

makesmewannadie just posted a DieHard rec list, if you're interested:
http://norah.livejournal.com/388803.html

[myystic.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the rec!