Rabbit Heart

[tempusfrangit]

Prompt: from eudaimon The end of the world as narrated by a teenager. Who survives along with them? :O
Format: HBO series.
Theme Tune: Rabbit Heart (Raise it up) by Florence & The Machine

The world ends at three thirty on a Wednesday afternoon.

When Rabbit finds herself stranded and alone in a dangerous city, a group of teens take her in as they try to make their way out of the city and back home. Up against food shortages, riots, selfish idiots and flesh eating grown ups the kids have to find a way out before the city literally swallows them up.

It's time to put childish games away. It's time to grow up.




The Gang
Our unlikely survivors and heroes.

Rabbit (Lily Young) played by Elle Fanning
“I can do it! I’m ten, I’m not a baby and you’re all too big. So why not me?”


Elissa (Elissa Jones) played by Mischa Barton
“We can’t just leave her here, she’s just a kid. We’re not grown ups, we look after each other, right?”


Peter (Peter Little) played by Luke Pasqualino
“Just because the world has ended doesn’t mean you can go around pissing on the streets you twat!”


Xander (Alexander Court) played by Corbin Bleu.
“No, no way. We said no outsiders, no grown ups, no fucking kids Lis. Forget it, I’m out not if she’s coming with us.”


Em (Emma March) played by Emanuela de Paula
“Get over yourself you’re not my type. Oh, well that. Got you to do my share of the work didn’t it?”


Beth (Beth King) played by Antonia Thomas
“Do I have to do everything around here? I fucking hate zombies!”


The Terrible Two (as named by Carter. Alice denies all knowledge of this name.)
Fighting their way into a city to find Alice's kid sister.

Alice (Alice Young) played by Dakota Fanning
“We’ll find her, you and me against the world just like old times yeah?”


Carter (Will Carter) played by Rupert Grint
“Alice is... Alice is sort of wonderful but I mean she’s my best mate. You can’t fancy your best mate. There are rules. I think.”

The Grown Ups
Those who started it, those who will end it.

Rose (Dr. Rosaline King) played by Thandie Newton
“I was working on a cure before... but all my research is at the hospital and that’s just too dangerous. You’re just kids.”


Lew (Lewis King) played by Chiwetel Ejiofor
“Get in the bloody car before I smack all of your bloody arses. Fucking kids, never learn do you? Come on this isn’t a day trip at the beach!”


Flo (Dr. Florence Weiss) played by Emma Thompson
“We were just trying to help! We were only trying to help people not... We never thought that this would happen.”


Charles Knight (Charles Knight current PM) played by Bill Nighy.
“Do you think I’m an idiot boy? Do you not think I understand the implications of what I’ve just done? People, my people slaughtered but there would be more, don’t think there wouldn’t if I let them live.”

Comments

[eudaimon.livejournal.com]

Oh, man. I love this. I could see myself watch this. Or reading it, maybe.

[butterflysteve.livejournal.com]

I lost it the first time, I clicked DO NOT SAVE instead of SAVE so I had to go back and fix. So, I think some things have changed but not much like once I added Em in that changed the pairings for me and there was going to be a tea boy that Charles ranted at but for now he can be unnamed Tea Boy.

And I had such fun writing this out and casting it and thinking of pairings and who they all are and everything. It might be something I just play around with, write or something.

[violet_quill]

I would so watch this. :D

[butterflysteve.livejournal.com]

Ha, thank you. I'm putting together a playlist right now because I'm feeling a wee bit inspired and want to write about Alice and Carter wandering about in absolute empty wilderness. And then writing about the kids stuck in the busy, overrun and dangerous city. And well Bill Nighy.

[violet_quill]

I really need to do this meme.

Um.

I surrender!

You know, if you have any ideas. :-p

[butterflysteve.livejournal.com]

A dark fantasy (angels/vampires/demons/werewolves/etc) set in the 1940's during the war.

[violet_quill]

Oh, win.

Am totally going to recycle Felicia Day for this one.

[butterflysteve.livejournal.com]

TEN POINTS TO HUFFLEDORESLYTHERCLAW!

Mmmm James would still like to do unspeakable things to her.

[violet_quill]

oh man I'm so bummed they didn't get around to that before it fizzled, heh.

She's more bummed than I am. :-p

You know in my quest to update my icons I totally need a Felicia icon! *gets on that*

[butterflysteve.livejournal.com]

No doubt James charmed her into bed. Letting her spend all her time in his library, casually brushing against her and then a kiss or two. After all he's a smooth bastard like that. He'd even be nice to her afterwards, after all he was always in it for the long con not the short one.

Me too. Makes me sad.

[thisbluespirit]

This sounds like fun. Kind of like a TV 'Gone' but considerably more entertaining... :-)

[butterflysteve.livejournal.com]

Oooh whats Gone?

I still need to let you know who the murderer is don't I? I'm cruel.

[thisbluespirit]

I thought you'd probably have seen it about - Michael Grant's novel in which a town finds itself isolated and everyone over 15 has just 'gone'. I haven't read the rest of the series, but it was interesting. So I don't know whether it was the end of the world, or the real world was still out there and all, but your brief synopsis had a fleeting similarity. :-)

YES. YOU ARE. *looks hopeful*

[butterflysteve.livejournal.com]

I've never read that. Mmmmm intriguing, I was just desperately hoping it wasn't too much like The Tribe. Do you remember that, that New Zealand show they used to have on five about kids? Loved that show.

I'll do a Murder in the Library Update/special this week.

[thisbluespirit]

It's one of the more recent YA popular books, but I enjoyed it anyway. I was a bit unsure how grim it was going to get later on, so haven't checked out the later titles since, but kind of Lord of the Flies meets Heroes with added apocalypse or something. ;-)

Oohhh... :-D (Although I'm wondering... do I want to know? Loved the idea of it all and those characters so much... but just the thing for a winter evening!!! Go ahead, please.)