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Tiger Hunt by X-Parrot (T/PG-13)
I don't know how you get a van running on paddles to spin out, but I think I did. Doing my best to get back up to cruising speed!
Fandom: ONE PIECE
Pairing: None, gen
Length: ~65k
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
xparrot
Author Website: X Never Marks the Spot
Why this must be read: Guys, this is X-Parrot fic. THE original action/adventure/angst/Sanji-and-Zoro-are-Starsky-and-Hutch author (well ... as far as I can tell, anyway.) In fact, this is the author that got me to being a One Piece fan for keeps, though not with this particular fic, if only because it wasn't finished at the time. That honor instead goes to Seven Deaths. (But I digress.)
I always find it impressive when an author manages to finish an epic fic with style, especially when there is a gap of five years between the major body of the work and the final few chapters, like here, in Tiger Hunt. It was a surprise and also an absolute joy to see it finish out after so long, yet the ending doesn't seem like it was rushed or forced.
This fic is filled with suspense as the crew finds themselves pitted in a desperate struggle of survival against one of their strongest members. It's also the fulfillment of the massive, aborted, captain-vs-first-mate clash only half-realized in Luffy and Zoro's early-on canon tangle (one that was, at the time, brought on by Luffy's mistaken conclusions). Only in this fic, Zoro also means to pick this fight—or thinks he does, anyway. Despite the immensely powerful element of having these two inseparable companions so at odds, X-Parrot doesn't neglect the other crew members as they race to right the situation before one or more of them end up dead. Zoro turned against the crew is perhaps not the most "original" theme out there, but some tropes are popular for very good reason, and when I think of that sort of plot, this is the first example my mind jumps to, without exception.
For anyone who might have been in fandom some years ago and remembers reading this when it was first being posted—don't hesitate! The ending is everything you were ever waiting for!
Tiger Hunt
Alternate link: AO3
Fandom: ONE PIECE
Pairing: None, gen
Length: ~65k
Author on LJ:
xparrotAuthor Website: X Never Marks the Spot
Why this must be read: Guys, this is X-Parrot fic. THE original action/adventure/angst/Sanji-and-Zoro-are-Starsky-and-Hutch author (well ... as far as I can tell, anyway.) In fact, this is the author that got me to being a One Piece fan for keeps, though not with this particular fic, if only because it wasn't finished at the time. That honor instead goes to Seven Deaths. (But I digress.)
I always find it impressive when an author manages to finish an epic fic with style, especially when there is a gap of five years between the major body of the work and the final few chapters, like here, in Tiger Hunt. It was a surprise and also an absolute joy to see it finish out after so long, yet the ending doesn't seem like it was rushed or forced.
This fic is filled with suspense as the crew finds themselves pitted in a desperate struggle of survival against one of their strongest members. It's also the fulfillment of the massive, aborted, captain-vs-first-mate clash only half-realized in Luffy and Zoro's early-on canon tangle (one that was, at the time, brought on by Luffy's mistaken conclusions). Only in this fic, Zoro also means to pick this fight—or thinks he does, anyway. Despite the immensely powerful element of having these two inseparable companions so at odds, X-Parrot doesn't neglect the other crew members as they race to right the situation before one or more of them end up dead. Zoro turned against the crew is perhaps not the most "original" theme out there, but some tropes are popular for very good reason, and when I think of that sort of plot, this is the first example my mind jumps to, without exception.
For anyone who might have been in fandom some years ago and remembers reading this when it was first being posted—don't hesitate! The ending is everything you were ever waiting for!
Tiger Hunt
Alternate link: AO3