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Freeport by Maldoror (NC-17)
Fandom: GUNDAM WING (fandom summary)
Pairing: Duo Maxwell/Chang Wufei
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maldoror_gw
Author Website: a little piece of gundam wing or Gundam Wing Addiction
Why this must be read:
Because aside from being great fanfiction, it's also an amazing sci-fi story, and showcases some very talented world-building.
Maldoror creates an unsettling post-war world, one where Endless Waltz, and the rosy picture of peace it left us with, never happened. Instead, the Earth Sphere Unified Nation is plagued by terrorism and continuing economic crises in the worst-hit areas. Crime and drug addiction are rampant, and relentlessly cheerful television programming serves to pacify the population.
In AC 200, Wufei is working for the Preventers. He's less than pleased when his newest mission requires the cooperation of his wartime ally, Duo, an occasional petty smuggler. Duo is the Preventer's entry into Freeport, an independent colony renowned for its shipbuilding---and its unsavoury reputation for criminal activity. Wufei is prepared to blend in with a crowd of smugglers, drug dealers, and pirates...but Freeport turns out to be unlike anything he was expecting....
"You mean... " The import of the conversation was finally dawning on Wufei. "You mean I might actually have to use a sword on Freeport?!"
"Yup. Well, no, hopefully not, but if we get into a fight-"
"People fight with swords?!"
Duo looked at him steadily, his eyes searching. "Wufei... just how much research did you do on Freeport?"
Freeport is slash, but for most of the story it reads more like gen. It's long (34 chapters), with an engrossing, tightly-woven plot. And it's even surprisingly funny in places.
Freeport
Pairing: Duo Maxwell/Chang Wufei
Author on LJ:
maldoror_gw Author Website: a little piece of gundam wing or Gundam Wing Addiction
Why this must be read:
Because aside from being great fanfiction, it's also an amazing sci-fi story, and showcases some very talented world-building.
Maldoror creates an unsettling post-war world, one where Endless Waltz, and the rosy picture of peace it left us with, never happened. Instead, the Earth Sphere Unified Nation is plagued by terrorism and continuing economic crises in the worst-hit areas. Crime and drug addiction are rampant, and relentlessly cheerful television programming serves to pacify the population.
In AC 200, Wufei is working for the Preventers. He's less than pleased when his newest mission requires the cooperation of his wartime ally, Duo, an occasional petty smuggler. Duo is the Preventer's entry into Freeport, an independent colony renowned for its shipbuilding---and its unsavoury reputation for criminal activity. Wufei is prepared to blend in with a crowd of smugglers, drug dealers, and pirates...but Freeport turns out to be unlike anything he was expecting....
"You mean... " The import of the conversation was finally dawning on Wufei. "You mean I might actually have to use a sword on Freeport?!"
"Yup. Well, no, hopefully not, but if we get into a fight-"
"People fight with swords?!"
Duo looked at him steadily, his eyes searching. "Wufei... just how much research did you do on Freeport?"
Freeport is slash, but for most of the story it reads more like gen. It's long (34 chapters), with an engrossing, tightly-woven plot. And it's even surprisingly funny in places.
Freeport