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   smoke signals as a cry for help by gumsneaker

   Fandoms: The Thing (1982)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Major Character Death
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   20 Feb 2021

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • R. J. MacReady
   • Childs (The Thing)
   • Nauls (The Thing)
   • Fuchs (The Thing)
   • Background & Cameo Characters
   • Canon-Typical Behavior
   • < except without alien and so and such forth
   • Post-Canon
   • Canon Compliant
   • MOSTLY. but the most hopeful version of it
   • Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Minor Original Character(s)
   • not worth being tagged...
   • Canonical Character Death
   • Past Character Death
   • i'm not tagging the other men from the outpost even though they're mentioned
   • (this is because they are dead)
   • (sorry)
   • Speculation

   Summary

   MacReady claws out of the Antarctic winter with nothing to show for it but a few other lives, a box full of remains, and a job.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   17,698

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   58

   Kudos:

   125

   Bookmarks:

   27

   Hits:

   2,147

   Bookmarked by omog

   28 Jun 2025