medie: queen elsa's grand entrance (Vin Tanner)
medie ([personal profile] medie) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2005-02-25 02:27 am

Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Mady Bay (unrated. Probably R-ish)

Title: Wrong Place, Wrong Time
Fandom: The Magnificent Seven
Pairing: not really
Author On LJ: Not that I know of.
Author Website: Don't know of one.
Why this must be read:

Well, it's ATF AU again which is always a blast but it's slightly diabolical too. A few years after M7 went off the air, Eric Close (who played Vin on M7) landed a role in a Jerry Bruckheimer pilot for a series called "Without A Trace". The character, Martin Fitzgerald, is as far from Vin as one can get and still have the same face. Straightlaced, born into an affluent and influential family and as buttoned down and clean cut as one can get the key to the fun is, of course, he still has the same face. And when one considers the contrasts between Vin and Martin then thinks of the M7 ATF AU which puts Vin in a Federal job...

The crossover potential is too damn good to pass up. Mady uses this to her advantage in the story when Vin Tanner goes missing.

Twice.

This one is a good case story, a good mix of the two shoes, and the wink wink nudge nudge of the resemblance is played up for all it's worth. It's an absolute treat to read.

Wrong Place, Wrong Time (hosted at the Blackraptor archive I mentioned in the Overview)