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1. Swept Away: A Novelization by unreliable_prosateur

   Fandoms: Swept Away - The Avett Brothers/Logan  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   07 Nov 2024

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Big Brother & Little Brother (Swept Away)
   • Little Brother/Mate (Swept Away)
   • Mate (Swept Away)
   • Little Brother (Swept Away)
   • Big Brother (Swept Away)
   • Captain (Swept Away)
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Shipwrecks
   • I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping
   • Threats of Violence
   • Retelling
   • POV Third Person
   • POV First Person
   • a tuberculosis ward fucking sucks
   • Not A Fix-It
   • forgiveness for being a genuinely bad person
   • Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Character Death
   • the captain gets character development this time
   • this whole fic is a spoiler
   • a fucked up healthcare system post ww1
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • Okay maybe a little comfort
   • big brother being the best brother
   • a lot of references to the bible
   • Brotherly Love
   • lord is that you
   • Where's Waldo but its with Avett Brothers song lyrics
   • This show shouldn't be closing and I am going to use this tag as a protest

   Summary

   When a violent storm sinks their whaling ship, the four surviving souls—a young man in search of adventure, his big brother who has sworn to protect him, a captain at the end of a long career at sea, and a worldly first mate who has fallen from grace—each face a reckoning: How far will I go to stay alive?

   Now dying in a tuberculosis ward, Mate is haunted by the ghosts of the other three men he shared the dinghy with. Resigned to die he finds a confidant in a nurse who may need to hear his story just as much as he needs to tell it. Once again faced with a reckoning, what will Mate reveal about his past to illuminate his dwindling life, and will he ever see outside of the ward again?

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   This is an interpretation of the Broadway musical, full of Avett Brothers lyrics, both from the show and from songs not included, its purpose is to flesh out this short and stunning musical through my singular perception of the characters fascinating motivations.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   40,391

   Chapters:

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