FIC: Picture Drabbles I [Tron (Legacy), Misc]
A collection of 100-word drabbles based on - surprise, surprise - pictures, all of which came my way via tumblr. Thanks to ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
infiniteviking for starting this off!
Title: Beck, Crumpled at Tron’s Feet
Author: Omnicat
Unofficially Adapted From: Charlie Bean & co’s Tron: Uprising.
Spoilers & Desirable Foreknowledge: Up until episode 12, “We Both Know How This Ends”.
Warnings: None.
Characters & Pairings: Tron & Beck
Author’s Note: Enjoy!
“Everything – everything but my name,” he murmured, and finally looked from the data projected over the disc clenched in his hands to the body crumpled at his feet, its eyes blank, void of everything that had once made it Beck as fiery tones seeped further and further into the circuits.
Once was an oversight; twice meant he was compromised.
Energy regulation defective, self-repair offline, patch acceptance and compatibility restricted, combat subroutines diminished – how could he have been so foolish as to think, even for a moment, that his ability to detect Clu’s malware hadn’t been the first thing to go?
PSAN: The implied other time this happened is pure conjecture, but I will be very surprised if “The Stranger” is not about Beck discovering that he’s not Tron’s first attempt at training himself a replacement. That said, I expect to be jossed by the end of the week. Let's call this drabble AU either way.
Post-airing of “The Stranger” edit: THERE, WHAT DID I TELL YOU? XD
Title: Roy’s Sad Little Smile
Author: Omnicat
Unofficially Adapted From: Joseph Kosinsky & co’s Tron: Legacy, Kurt Mattila & co’s Tron: The Next Day, and the Flynn Lives ARG.
Spoilers & Desirable Foreknowledge: Tron: Legacy and general knowledge of Roy’s part in the Flynn Lives ARG and The Next Day.
Warnings: None.
Characters & Pairings: Sam & Roy, mention of Alan & Lora
Author’s Note: Enjoy!
It was halfway through dinner that Sam noticed he wasn’t the only one staring; that while his eyes kept wandering between Alan and Lora, wondering whether they still fought over his dad’s absence sometimes, wondering which one of them would notice first, Roy was watching him.
Maybe it was just those tired old dog eyes of his, but he looked like he’d been watching for a while. And maybe it was the stubborn-wearied-stubborn loyalty in them, so different from Alan’s steadfast faith and Lora’s wistful acceptance both, that made Roy the one to quietly, brokenly ask.
“He’s dead, isn’t he?”
Title: Glowing Fiber-Optics Bedding
Author: Omnicat
Unofficially Adapted From: Joseph Kosinsky & co’s Tron: Legacy.
Spoilers & Desirable Foreknowledge: All of the above.
Warnings: None.
Characters & Pairings: Quorra x Sam
Author’s Note: Enjoy!
“Programs have beds?”
“You’ve known that since your first visit.”
“Given everything I’ve seen since, I figured the hideout had them for the sake of dad’s sanity. Like the pig and string beans.”
“Nope, they’re for sleeping. And interfacing.”
“Sleeping?”
“What else?”
He eyed the luminous bedding. “With the lights on?”
“Sam. Do you want a dissertation on the complexities and energy drain of compressing centuries of memory to a manageable file size while retaining a fully rounded personality or a practical demonstration of the bits and the bytes?”
“Uh.”
“Rhetorical question. Just say ‘take me, Quorra, hack me hard’.”
Title: Bruce Boxleitner with his boston terrier, Mike
Author: Omnicat
Unofficially Adapted From: Steven Lisberger & co’s Tron and Joseph Kosinsky & co’s Tron: Legacy.
Spoilers & Desirable Foreknowledge: All of the above, though nothing specific.
Warnings: None.
Characters & Pairings: Tron & Marvin
Author’s Note: Thanks towinzler for (unwittingly) inspiring this interpretation!
“You are the ugliest creature I’ve ever laid eyes on,” Tron told the ‘dog’ fondly. “If we’d crossed paths in my system, I’d have beaten you into stand-by mode and taken you apart one function at a time, to see what makes a bug like you tick.”
Marvin cocked his head, whuffed.
“Things are different where I’m from, you know. It’s not an ecosystem full of biodiversity. You’re either program and ally, or bug and foe.” A stern look, then he grinned and mussed Marv’s ears. “But you’ve been tamed. You fight for the Users. And that makes us allies.”
Title: Quorra, Stuck in the Family Reunion of Aaawkward
Author: Omnicat
Unofficially Adapted From: Joseph Kosinsky & co’s Tron: Legacy.
Spoilers & Desirable Foreknowledge: All of the above.
Warnings: None.
Characters & Pairings: Quorra x Sam, Alan & Lora
Author’s Note: Enjoy!
“– computer program, you said, not sister!”
Sam’s face was red as a Recognizer. “That’s ’cause she’s not –”
“I am. If Alan and Lora are like your parents, then I must logically be like your sister. Why do you insist on being inconsistent?”
Alan quieted, suddenly teary-eyed. Lora smiled.
“That’s very sweet, but be careful who you tell that to. Brothers and sisters don’t usually kiss like... that.”
“So, Kevin...” Alan stammered. “He didn’t fornicate with a computer?”
“No.”
“But Sam does,” Lora quipped.
“With a program,” Quorra corrected brightly.
Lora took in Sam and Alan’s expressions and promptly cracked up.
infiniteviking for starting this off!Title: Beck, Crumpled at Tron’s Feet
Author: Omnicat
Unofficially Adapted From: Charlie Bean & co’s Tron: Uprising.
Spoilers & Desirable Foreknowledge: Up until episode 12, “We Both Know How This Ends”.
Warnings: None.
Characters & Pairings: Tron & Beck
Author’s Note: Enjoy!
“Everything – everything but my name,” he murmured, and finally looked from the data projected over the disc clenched in his hands to the body crumpled at his feet, its eyes blank, void of everything that had once made it Beck as fiery tones seeped further and further into the circuits.
Once was an oversight; twice meant he was compromised.
Energy regulation defective, self-repair offline, patch acceptance and compatibility restricted, combat subroutines diminished – how could he have been so foolish as to think, even for a moment, that his ability to detect Clu’s malware hadn’t been the first thing to go?
PSAN: The implied other time this happened is pure conjecture, but I will be very surprised if “The Stranger” is not about Beck discovering that he’s not Tron’s first attempt at training himself a replacement. That said, I expect to be jossed by the end of the week. Let's call this drabble AU either way.
Post-airing of “The Stranger” edit: THERE, WHAT DID I TELL YOU? XD
Title: Roy’s Sad Little Smile
Author: Omnicat
Unofficially Adapted From: Joseph Kosinsky & co’s Tron: Legacy, Kurt Mattila & co’s Tron: The Next Day, and the Flynn Lives ARG.
Spoilers & Desirable Foreknowledge: Tron: Legacy and general knowledge of Roy’s part in the Flynn Lives ARG and The Next Day.
Warnings: None.
Characters & Pairings: Sam & Roy, mention of Alan & Lora
Author’s Note: Enjoy!
It was halfway through dinner that Sam noticed he wasn’t the only one staring; that while his eyes kept wandering between Alan and Lora, wondering whether they still fought over his dad’s absence sometimes, wondering which one of them would notice first, Roy was watching him.
Maybe it was just those tired old dog eyes of his, but he looked like he’d been watching for a while. And maybe it was the stubborn-wearied-stubborn loyalty in them, so different from Alan’s steadfast faith and Lora’s wistful acceptance both, that made Roy the one to quietly, brokenly ask.
“He’s dead, isn’t he?”
Title: Glowing Fiber-Optics Bedding
Author: Omnicat
Unofficially Adapted From: Joseph Kosinsky & co’s Tron: Legacy.
Spoilers & Desirable Foreknowledge: All of the above.
Warnings: None.
Characters & Pairings: Quorra x Sam
Author’s Note: Enjoy!
“Programs have beds?”
“You’ve known that since your first visit.”
“Given everything I’ve seen since, I figured the hideout had them for the sake of dad’s sanity. Like the pig and string beans.”
“Nope, they’re for sleeping. And interfacing.”
“Sleeping?”
“What else?”
He eyed the luminous bedding. “With the lights on?”
“Sam. Do you want a dissertation on the complexities and energy drain of compressing centuries of memory to a manageable file size while retaining a fully rounded personality or a practical demonstration of the bits and the bytes?”
“Uh.”
“Rhetorical question. Just say ‘take me, Quorra, hack me hard’.”
Title: Bruce Boxleitner with his boston terrier, Mike
Author: Omnicat
Unofficially Adapted From: Steven Lisberger & co’s Tron and Joseph Kosinsky & co’s Tron: Legacy.
Spoilers & Desirable Foreknowledge: All of the above, though nothing specific.
Warnings: None.
Characters & Pairings: Tron & Marvin
Author’s Note: Thanks to
winzler for (unwittingly) inspiring this interpretation!“You are the ugliest creature I’ve ever laid eyes on,” Tron told the ‘dog’ fondly. “If we’d crossed paths in my system, I’d have beaten you into stand-by mode and taken you apart one function at a time, to see what makes a bug like you tick.”
Marvin cocked his head, whuffed.
“Things are different where I’m from, you know. It’s not an ecosystem full of biodiversity. You’re either program and ally, or bug and foe.” A stern look, then he grinned and mussed Marv’s ears. “But you’ve been tamed. You fight for the Users. And that makes us allies.”
Title: Quorra, Stuck in the Family Reunion of Aaawkward
Author: Omnicat
Unofficially Adapted From: Joseph Kosinsky & co’s Tron: Legacy.
Spoilers & Desirable Foreknowledge: All of the above.
Warnings: None.
Characters & Pairings: Quorra x Sam, Alan & Lora
Author’s Note: Enjoy!
“– computer program, you said, not sister!”
Sam’s face was red as a Recognizer. “That’s ’cause she’s not –”
“I am. If Alan and Lora are like your parents, then I must logically be like your sister. Why do you insist on being inconsistent?”
Alan quieted, suddenly teary-eyed. Lora smiled.
“That’s very sweet, but be careful who you tell that to. Brothers and sisters don’t usually kiss like... that.”
“So, Kevin...” Alan stammered. “He didn’t fornicate with a computer?”
“No.”
“But Sam does,” Lora quipped.
“With a program,” Quorra corrected brightly.
Lora took in Sam and Alan’s expressions and promptly cracked up.