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Entry tags:
A New Promise, Transitions, and Going Home by Grey (PG)
Fandom: MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
Pairing: None
Length: Long (three stories, each at least three parts on blackraptor)
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: The authors' stories listed on Blackraptor
Why this must be read: Maybe because this is the best portrayal of pre-teen and adolescent boys you will ever read in this fandom, outside of the Regents AU. Or because it bags a lot of clichés and actually attempts to depict life as a foster child realistically. Though the boys are looked after by people who seem fairly decent, it isn't their family and they don't have a home. There's also the fact that seven year-old JD is one of the best things I've ever seen in my life. This author must either have a slew of children or work with them or something because she added all these little quirks and details that were so perfectly kid-like, from JD's inability to grasp the concept of time to Ezra and Vin getting a choice to do whatever they want for two hours and picking skee ball and nothing but skee ball.
So, yes. In this AU, the Seven are all current or former foster kids between the ages of seven and twenty. As the boys start to age out, they come up with a plan to keep from having to leave their little brothers behind, a plan that they each find cause to regret once or twice along the way. The trilogy is beautifully written, even apart from the fabulous characterization. You really feel for the boys and the circumstances they live in. My only complaints are that Chris is a bit too patient and there isn't nearly enough Nathan to make me happy.
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Pairing: None
Length: Long (three stories, each at least three parts on blackraptor)
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: The authors' stories listed on Blackraptor
Why this must be read: Maybe because this is the best portrayal of pre-teen and adolescent boys you will ever read in this fandom, outside of the Regents AU. Or because it bags a lot of clichés and actually attempts to depict life as a foster child realistically. Though the boys are looked after by people who seem fairly decent, it isn't their family and they don't have a home. There's also the fact that seven year-old JD is one of the best things I've ever seen in my life. This author must either have a slew of children or work with them or something because she added all these little quirks and details that were so perfectly kid-like, from JD's inability to grasp the concept of time to Ezra and Vin getting a choice to do whatever they want for two hours and picking skee ball and nothing but skee ball.
So, yes. In this AU, the Seven are all current or former foster kids between the ages of seven and twenty. As the boys start to age out, they come up with a plan to keep from having to leave their little brothers behind, a plan that they each find cause to regret once or twice along the way. The trilogy is beautifully written, even apart from the fabulous characterization. You really feel for the boys and the circumstances they live in. My only complaints are that Chris is a bit too patient and there isn't nearly enough Nathan to make me happy.
Vin sat cross-legged on the other bed, watching as J.D's face registered confusion, then fear, then relief as he recognized Vin, and then an aching disappointment, all in rapid-fire.
The younger boy gazed at him, pulling a lock of hair toward his mouth and sucking on it for a moment before releasing it.
"I'm still here."
Vin lowered his chin. "Yeah."
J.D. nodded and sat up, his features flat. "'Cause I thought maybe I wasn't."
Vin pursed his lips and then smiled a little, moving to the other bed. He sat beside J.D. and put an arm around his shoulders. "Get dressed, and I'll tell you a secret."
J.D. looked at him. "What kind of secret?"
Vin stood and moved to the red canvas suitcase Mrs. Evans had packed J.D.'s things in. He crouched down and lifted the lid. "What do you want to wear?"
J.D. stood behind him, looking, and then pointed. "Yu-Gi-Oh. What secret?"
Vin pulled the t-shirt out of the suitcase and handed it to J.D. "After breakfast, we're gonna have an adventure."
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