The Rabbit, by mochisquish (PG)
Fandom: TRON
Pairing: gen, Quorra-centric
Length: 1,424 words
Author on LJ: mochisquish
Warnings: Spoilers for Legacy. Multiple derezzings.
Why this must be read:
Fanfic tends to focus on the “Little Mermaid” aspects of Quorra’s personality: her curiosity about the Users’ world, her guilelessness, her cheerfulness. This one doesn’t.
She threw her weight to the side and her foot went down, scraping against the road like fire as the lightcycle turned on a dime. Her disc flew from her hand, decapitated the first unlucky soul, ripped through the shoulder of another before returning safely. She threw it again but they were gaining fast, and only one was derezzed before the others closed the gap and she was left stranded, awaiting her disc to return.
Quorra leapt from the lightcycle, drew her staff in cautious battle pose. Two charged towards her on their bikes and she made quick work of them with single powerful strikes that flung them onto the ground. The rest approached by foot with spears pointing towards her, reminiscent of Roman soldiers in the books she’d read, the pictures she’d seen.
One detached from the group, got too close and was sent backwards with a kick to the stomach. The Black Guards stomped forward more quickly and Quorra turned to grab her lightcycle but knew the opportunity had passed.
She sized them up, kept arms guarded in front of her, searched desperately for any hole in their formation. Another grabbed at her and she twisted her arm around his own to push him off. When one went down, another took his place, until she was surrounded by a barrier of black and orange.
Here is the Quorra who “intervened” on the Lightcycle Grid, who sprang between Sam and the Black Guards, who was willing to face Rinzler alone if it bought her friends some time; who studied patience under Kevin Flynn, but never fully absorbed the lesson; who may be a little too ready to die for her cause.
This story is an excellent character study and an exciting action sequence. mochisquish writes a hell of chase scene, and her fight descriptions are sharp and clear.
“ The Rabbit”
Pairing: gen, Quorra-centric
Length: 1,424 words
Author on LJ: mochisquish
Warnings: Spoilers for Legacy. Multiple derezzings.
Why this must be read:
Fanfic tends to focus on the “Little Mermaid” aspects of Quorra’s personality: her curiosity about the Users’ world, her guilelessness, her cheerfulness. This one doesn’t.
She threw her weight to the side and her foot went down, scraping against the road like fire as the lightcycle turned on a dime. Her disc flew from her hand, decapitated the first unlucky soul, ripped through the shoulder of another before returning safely. She threw it again but they were gaining fast, and only one was derezzed before the others closed the gap and she was left stranded, awaiting her disc to return.
Quorra leapt from the lightcycle, drew her staff in cautious battle pose. Two charged towards her on their bikes and she made quick work of them with single powerful strikes that flung them onto the ground. The rest approached by foot with spears pointing towards her, reminiscent of Roman soldiers in the books she’d read, the pictures she’d seen.
One detached from the group, got too close and was sent backwards with a kick to the stomach. The Black Guards stomped forward more quickly and Quorra turned to grab her lightcycle but knew the opportunity had passed.
She sized them up, kept arms guarded in front of her, searched desperately for any hole in their formation. Another grabbed at her and she twisted her arm around his own to push him off. When one went down, another took his place, until she was surrounded by a barrier of black and orange.
Here is the Quorra who “intervened” on the Lightcycle Grid, who sprang between Sam and the Black Guards, who was willing to face Rinzler alone if it bought her friends some time; who studied patience under Kevin Flynn, but never fully absorbed the lesson; who may be a little too ready to die for her cause.
This story is an excellent character study and an exciting action sequence. mochisquish writes a hell of chase scene, and her fight descriptions are sharp and clear.
“ The Rabbit”