ext_14620 ([identity profile] kaydeefalls.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2009-11-10 05:19 pm
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and chaos is luck by falseeyelashes

Fandom: BAND OF BROTHERS
Pairing: ensemble gen
Length: 50 sentences
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] falseeyelashes
Author Website: LJ fic tag
Why this must be read: Written in the familiar style of 50 prompts, one sentence per prompt, except the prompts really don't matter here. The author does a fantastic job of summing up everything heartbreaking and wonderful about the show, and the non-linear, fractured storytelling imposed by the style perfectly captures the splintering chaos of warfare. Just beautiful.

Bravery can be realized in the strangest of moments, almost as though by accident – the unfurling of a parachute, the endless rat-a-tat-tat from a machine gunner, the snap of a branch in the pale shadows of the moonlight, the exploding shell from behind, the sight of blood, the slip of it, the taste, the blood, yes, the blood, the –

Guarnere’s hands latch beneath Toye’s arms and he pulls, hard.


and chaos is luck

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