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Title: With One Eye Open
Fandom: Aliens
Pairing: gen, Ellen Ripley/Dwayne Hicks
Categories: AU, drama, canon fix-it, yuletide recs
Length: Medium (2,775 words)
Warnings: n/a
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Medie
Review:
I am a sucker for post-Aliens AUs/fix-its, and this fic pushes all my buttons. Following their escape from the xenomorphs, Ripley is taking no chances, and makes sure that all of their little crew--Hicks, Bishop, Newt, and maybe even Jonesy--make it through. This is the ending the characters deserved and earned. Each of the survivors makes a contribution; there's a reason that Ripley (with her determination and smarts) and each of the others made it to safety. I love to imagine Ripley and co. continuing on their adventures in space as a crafty, paranoid and vigilant family.
With One Eye Open
ETA: de-anoned author information 1/1/12
Title: With One Eye Open
Fandom: Aliens
Pairing: gen, Ellen Ripley/Dwayne Hicks
Categories: AU, drama, canon fix-it, yuletide recs
Length: Medium (2,775 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:
medie / medieAuthor Website:
Review:
She's still waiting, but she'll be damned if that's all she's going to do.
I am a sucker for post-Aliens AUs/fix-its, and this fic pushes all my buttons. Following their escape from the xenomorphs, Ripley is taking no chances, and makes sure that all of their little crew--Hicks, Bishop, Newt, and maybe even Jonesy--make it through. This is the ending the characters deserved and earned. Each of the survivors makes a contribution; there's a reason that Ripley (with her determination and smarts) and each of the others made it to safety. I love to imagine Ripley and co. continuing on their adventures in space as a crafty, paranoid and vigilant family.
With One Eye Open
ETA: de-anoned author information 1/1/12
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Comments
Coping Mechanisms by Rustler: He catches Ripley’s hand in mid-arc. It’s shaking, more with anger, he realizes, than fear. He brings her cigarette to his own mouth for a drag, and she lets him. They’re connected now.
Far Across the Stars by Lizzen: Aliens/Alien3 AU - Ripley and Hicks wake up to a new and different world. This is what the third movie should have been. Features Ripley, Newt & Hicks
Long Live the Queen by
Subtle Salvation by Abyssinia: Corporations come and go, as do wars, but the monster always lurks under your bed. How Ripley's story didn't end (AU after the second movie).
You could also try out the AO3 Ripley/Hicks or Aliens tags, though I've only read the ones mentioned above.