A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: A Multifandom Comment Fic Meme
Have you seen a hot photo at Sex is Not the Enemy and you wish there were a fic to go with it? Is there a still from your favorite series that needs a story to accompany it? Do you have a vast stockpile of pictures of outer space that would make amazing back drops for a sci-fi story? Well, this is your place! You're invited to post an
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Alice sits down in the middle of the desert, where she can watch the mountain for the first sign of the satellite she has to avoid. Has to, if she wants to stay out of Umbrella's eye.
The sun has scorched the earth around her, cracks forming semi-regular almost-pentagons fading off into the distance, a giant-sized jigsaw puzzle viewed from table-level.
She shifts her rifle on her shoulder, gaze catching on the fading sunlight just on the western horizon. No clouds here, no leftover filth in the air to redden the sky, just pale peach and almost blue, striations in the sky all the way up to almost night-dark at the point where she'd have to tip her head back on her neck to see.
She's grown accustomed to solitude, to the necessity of it, to protecting herself and protecting humanity from herself. She thinks of Spence, who brought about his own downfall; she thinks of Rain and JD and Kaplan and One, caught in the wrong place at the very wrong time; she tries not to think about what happened to Matt or wonder how Jill or Carlos are doing because thinking about the living will just bring her loneliness. And loneliness is a lure back to civilization -- or whatever's left of it.
She rises from the dirt, collecting a handful after dusting off her leggings, and sets out to the north, away from the satellite's path.
What made her stronger has also killed her.
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And, honestly, although I love them dearly I'm not sure how much is there to recommend the Resident Evil movies. They're Zombie movies, and there are several Bad Ways to Die in them, certainly; Alice is the focal character but a lot about her is also about the Male Gaze (and, well, Milla Jovovich, so I will admit there's a fair amount of ogling on my part, too) -- but she's also kick-ass and at least in the first two movies refuses to be subordinate just because she's a woman (something she and Rain [Michelle Rodriguez] have in common).
Actually, the first movie is in some ways a lot about "looking at."
I may be overthinking this.
As always, your descriptions are amazing, and I love your last line.
Thank you so much!
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