Plot-bunnies: action flicks

[marbleglove]

I have a couple of action flick type fics that I'd like to see:

(1)
In several recent action movies there have been these chase scenes which take place through apartment complexes. I'm not talking about the hallways or public areas either, they go through windows and kitchens and living rooms and bedrooms and all, disturbing various families.

Comments

[lita_of_jupiter]

I always wondered in those films why didn't any of the residents suddenly point a gun at the agents and accuse him of breaking and entering.

I would adore to see it especially if they went through the apartment of the poor grad student who is only there on a dig and the two chaser and chasee disappear... Bond goes to question and suddenly finds out his old mentor is there... which is not good for him as he was only supposed to see the guy in another 30 years for the new student centennial check up

[marbleglove]

Exactly! Bond gulps nervously, and Adam raises an eyebrow, and everyone else looks confused.

The problem with those scenes is that they assume that only the main characters (good or bad) are seriously dangerous. It implies that the world is a lot simpler than it really is. Coincidences do happen, more often than not, and they can get you into all sorts of trouble when you are acting like the big bad and then stumble across someone else who is that much more dangerous than you and you've just pissed them off.

[lita_of_jupiter]

yes! we must have the eyebrow of doom!

and Bond would just say something like "have you seen a white male, tall..."
and Adam (or what name he would be using) would interrupt and say: " about 6.3, brunette with a birthmark on his right hand and a scar on his left brow?"

"Uhm, yes "

"Nope, doesn't ring a bell"

To which Bond would reply, "okay then" and when questioned later just say that he had from a reliable source that that men was not someone to be pissed of and that agent 005 and his target were very likely dust in the wind...

While thinking that "Matthew" really did look well, and maybe the original M might have a point about retiring... those new agents don't know the dangers that the world really presents

and i agree the guys are chasing rooftops in Mexico city there is a chance that he is going to get into a gang's apartment or crash a game of poker he really didn't want to interfere

[marbleglove]

Heh. And M would question his report and generally be deeply suspicious. Bond would finally cave enough to say, Look, it doesn't have to do with national security unless we make it, and we should really write off 005 as having died from stupidity. M would consider this and nod, because she didn't get to the position she was at by provoking unnecessary conflicts, and sometimes you just had to trust in your agent's discretion

from You-Know-Who

[anonymous]

You should check out the old swords and sorcery stories of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, by Fritz Lieber

Re: from You-Know-Who

[marbleglove]

I have been intending to read those books for years but they've gotten buried in my to-read list. Thanks for the reminder. And that does sound like a perfect scene.

[kethrua]

Have you read Cornered Rat by Rhi? Alex Kryeck accidentally chooses Conner MacLeod's house as a good place to break into while hiding from the cops. http://rhi.moonlit-eyrie.com/stories/corneredrat.html
She writes a lot of dangerous people coincidentally encountering other dangerous people and maybe realizing it or maybe not.

[kethrua]

I should probably mention it's slashy, I don't know if you care.

[marbleglove]

I don't care, but probably a good idea in general.

[marbleglove]

I have read that and I loved it! So very, very good. And I'm glad you reminded me of it because it does perfectly meet the need I had for a dangerous person accidentally running through another dangerous' person's residence.

At this point I'm so used to casually dropping by her website to look for updates that I haven't gone and reread my favorites in a while.