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crack_van2009-09-05 09:54 am
perdiccas.livejournal.com) wrote in crack_van2009-09-05 09:54 am
Downpour by cruiscin_lan (R)
Fandom: HEROES
Pairing: Mohinder/Sylar
Length: 1,843
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cruiscin_lan
Author Website: Fic Masterlist
Why This Must Be Read: I love virus!AUs. I love dark and jaded Mohinder. I love writing so evocative, you can feel the despair of the characters, left alive in a post-apocalyptic world. Downpour combines all three into a gut wrenching character study of Mohinder and Sylar.
It also has, hands down (in my opinion), the best Mohinder characterisation in a fic that I've seen in a long, long time. He's utterly human, raw flaws and all, and at its heart, that's what makes Downpour so compelling for me.
Excerpt:
It was a horrible kind of day, made even more horrible when the shadow of a familiar figure emerged from the alleyway as Mohinder hurried past. Mohinder recognized the silhouette instantly from the corner of his eye.
"Sylar," he muttered, the closest he could come to a greeting. His voice was low and husky from disuse - as were his feelings towards Sylar. At one time, Mohinder would have been moved to embrace the other man. At another, he would have wanted to hit him in the face, to rend him mercilessly with his own hands. Now, beaten down by the world falling apart around him and out of touch with humanity, even his own, the only feeling Mohinder could muster up enough to feel was annoyance. Sylar's sudden presence was no more important to him than that of an irritating insect. Mohinder took in Sylar with a sidelong glance, thinking that he even looked the part - his skin was gaunt and pale, drawn taut over the angles of his bones, lending his appearance an insectile, skeletal quality.
Downpour
I also highly recommend the remix, Behind Clouds, Sun Shines (The Legends Remix) bybrighteyed_jill, a wonderfully atmospheric Heroes/I Am Legend fusion.
Pairing: Mohinder/Sylar
Length: 1,843
Author on LJ:
cruiscin_lanAuthor Website: Fic Masterlist
Why This Must Be Read: I love virus!AUs. I love dark and jaded Mohinder. I love writing so evocative, you can feel the despair of the characters, left alive in a post-apocalyptic world. Downpour combines all three into a gut wrenching character study of Mohinder and Sylar.
It also has, hands down (in my opinion), the best Mohinder characterisation in a fic that I've seen in a long, long time. He's utterly human, raw flaws and all, and at its heart, that's what makes Downpour so compelling for me.
Excerpt:
It was a horrible kind of day, made even more horrible when the shadow of a familiar figure emerged from the alleyway as Mohinder hurried past. Mohinder recognized the silhouette instantly from the corner of his eye.
"Sylar," he muttered, the closest he could come to a greeting. His voice was low and husky from disuse - as were his feelings towards Sylar. At one time, Mohinder would have been moved to embrace the other man. At another, he would have wanted to hit him in the face, to rend him mercilessly with his own hands. Now, beaten down by the world falling apart around him and out of touch with humanity, even his own, the only feeling Mohinder could muster up enough to feel was annoyance. Sylar's sudden presence was no more important to him than that of an irritating insect. Mohinder took in Sylar with a sidelong glance, thinking that he even looked the part - his skin was gaunt and pale, drawn taut over the angles of his bones, lending his appearance an insectile, skeletal quality.
Downpour
I also highly recommend the remix, Behind Clouds, Sun Shines (The Legends Remix) by
brighteyed_jill, a wonderfully atmospheric Heroes/I Am Legend fusion.