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makoyiTitle: Burn Anything But Children (Or, Five People Hit Girl Did Not Kill)
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mellish
Fandom: Kick Ass
Genre: General
Length: Short (Words: 2,445)
Warnings: Violence, Cursing, Child Soldier/Vigilante
Author's Summary:
Post-movie. Ordinary is a difficult thing to swallow. Mindy tries to deal.
Review:
A story about a hero trying to learn to be normal again - it's possibly my favorite theme in fanfiction (I've recc'ed several in SPN and Narnia fandoms already). This is a tiny fandom but I love Mindy (aka Hit Girl) as a character. She is admirable because of how capable she is as a badass heroine but also a very tragic character because the path she's had to walk to make her that hero has undoubtedly left her pretty twisted and she certainly has not had the kind of upbringing a little girl deserves (though her father was probably mentally ill to the point of not being culpable, her upbringing was abusive in ways she doesn't even understand). Mindy in canon is a (dark) hero in the driven, powerful, take-no-prisoners, almost sociopathic sort of way that reminds me a little ofburntcopper 's Narnia fic, National Service (that I recc'ed here). I love Mellish's writing style here too because it works so well for the character.
Five People Hit Girl Did Not Kill (on AO3)
Author:
Fandom: Kick Ass
Genre: General
Length: Short (Words: 2,445)
Warnings: Violence, Cursing, Child Soldier/Vigilante
Author's Summary:
Post-movie. Ordinary is a difficult thing to swallow. Mindy tries to deal.
Review:
A story about a hero trying to learn to be normal again - it's possibly my favorite theme in fanfiction (I've recc'ed several in SPN and Narnia fandoms already). This is a tiny fandom but I love Mindy (aka Hit Girl) as a character. She is admirable because of how capable she is as a badass heroine but also a very tragic character because the path she's had to walk to make her that hero has undoubtedly left her pretty twisted and she certainly has not had the kind of upbringing a little girl deserves (though her father was probably mentally ill to the point of not being culpable, her upbringing was abusive in ways she doesn't even understand). Mindy in canon is a (dark) hero in the driven, powerful, take-no-prisoners, almost sociopathic sort of way that reminds me a little of
Five People Hit Girl Did Not Kill (on AO3)