Michael Der Alte
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Joined 06-03-13, id: 4765466, Profile Updated: 06-04-13

Name: Michael

Nationality: American (of French and German descent)

Place of Birth: Cambridge, MA, USA

Date of Birth: February 16, 1990

Education: BA in History and American Studies

Location: Dublin, Ireland (Since November 2012)

Languages Spoken: American English (Mother language), French (C1 Level), German (C1), Italian (B2), Spanish (B1), Russian (Starting)


Welcome, wilkommen. The very first thing people get to know about me is that I have a wide collection of interests. Friends usually come to look at my room coming out with puzzled faces wondering about what the hell is one or another thing, where the hell on earth could I have got that, how and why, but let's get briefly through it.

Main interests:

Writing: ça va sens dire. My author's influences for fiction are pulp novelists like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, adventure writers like Clive Cussler, war writers like Sven Hassel, western-themed like Cormac McCarthy.
Reading:After the already named fiction authors I enjoy reading Detective Fiction classics like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, fantasy like J.R.R. Tolkien or the more commercial George R. R. Martin, the last works of Stephen King, classics like E. A. Poe and H. P. Lovecraft, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, non-fiction like works of philosophy, history, archeology and literary critics.Music:It depends on the mood, I can shift from Jazz to Blues, from Elvis to Led Zeppelin and beyond. If Beethoven told Tchaikovskij the news, it should have been that Manowar tributed Nessun Dorma to Opera buffs.Movies: I don't have a favorite genre, I'm quite elastic, it depends on the story. I loved westerns and adventure as a kid, John Ford and Indiana Jones made many of my saturday afternoons. I was more on crime and war movies in my teens, Clint Eastwood's 'Dirty' Harry Callahan should have carried out the investigations in 'The Night of the Generals'. Historical movies were important in my growth as much as Star Trek, even if I think even Lawrence of Arabia would have been scared watching The Invasion of the Body-Snatchers. Not to forget I'm a non-US movies aficionado, I think Kurosawa-san would have kicked most of today's director's asses.
TV Shows:HBO shows are the only reason why I'm still a subscriber. Historical ones like Band of Brothers (Lots of then-great actors), The Pacific, Rome, The Boardwalk Empire, Deadwood, The Sopranos is the definitive mafia, The Wire is THE crime show, fantasies like Carnivàle and Game of Thrones made me skipping a few hours sleeping, nothing compared to what I lost watching Twin Peaks. Picard over Kirk, Eleven over Ten and I still wonder if Sam Beckett will ever leap back home.Video Games: In Sam Fuller's own words: "What is the hook? It's the STORY. S-T-O-R-Y." Any game with a decent storyline worths the hours you lose on it, but Metal Gear saga is more than a simple game. Total War is good for brain.
Sports:I'm a Bostonian for life. Don't dare spit out a single word about Yankees or Lakers, you might get an arrow to the knee. So, I'm a proud Red Sox, Celtics, Patriots and Bruins fan. Soccer (football for non-Americans) is a gentlemen's game played by hooligans, rugby is pretty the other way round. FC Bayern is not a team, it's family pride as well as Man U.Other activities:Historical reenactor, licensed warhawk pilot, damn the time for not allowing me to practice martial arts, riding bikes or taking everything seriously, apart from being an avid collector.
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Maverick's Down by Cielag reviews
An engagement with the enemy has left Maverick's Corsair crippled and heading straight for a dense, tropical forest. Iceman is the first to arrive at the scene. [[WWII au]]
Top Gun - Rated: K+ - English - Friendship/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,500 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 15 - Follows: 6 - Published: 4/16/2013 - Complete
Back in the Air by Cielag reviews
Recently released for normal flying duties, Iceman wants to take to the skies, but the squadron is concerned that their comrade may not be ready just yet; a sentiment that Ice is desperate to disprove to Viper. [[WWII au]]
Top Gun - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,014 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 1 - Published: 4/15/2013 - Complete
It's Only Camouflage by Cielag reviews
After a gruelling mission, Viper tasks his squadron with covering the Corsairs with netting for protection, but Maverick has other plans in mind; an oversight that might prove dangerous for one member of their team. [[WWII au]]
Top Gun - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,984 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 2 - Published: 4/14/2013 - Complete
Sharpe's Legend by Blackadder VII reviews
Sequel/Prequel to Sharpe's Doctor; The Doctor and Amy Pond travel to India 1802 where along with Sergeant Richard Sharpe they get embroiled in a Raja's deadly scheme. With an old foe at there backs, will Sharpe and the Doctor be able to save the day? The wonderful cover image designed by BlueNeutrino!
Crossover - Doctor Who & Sharpe Series - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 14 - Words: 20,236 - Reviews: 21 - Favs: 15 - Follows: 12 - Updated: 1/22/2013 - Published: 6/8/2011 - 11th Doctor
Little Secrets by Flame.of.Ishval reviews
Colonel Lard is doing his best to deprive the Black Sheep of even the most needed parts to repair their aircraft, so chief mechanic Andy Miklin agrees to head over to Espritos Marcos with a box of the Black Sheep's best booze to wheel and deal with the supply sergeant. When Miklin returns with the parts, however, weird things start happening on Vella La Cava.
Black Sheep Squadron/Baa Baa Black Sheep - Rated: K - English - Humor/Suspense - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,948 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 1 - Published: 1/21/2013 - Complete
So long, Doug by Flame.of.Ishval
Jim Gutterman stood in the operations' shack on Vella La Cava and stared at the small black speck on an aerial photograph of nearby Kolombangara island. A speck that he knows were the remains of Doug Rafferty's Corsair and, by extension, of Doug Rafferty himself. It just didn't seem right that the boy would never get a proper funeral.
Black Sheep Squadron/Baa Baa Black Sheep - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,369 - Favs: 1 - Follows: 1 - Published: 12/28/2012 - Complete
Nothing Ever So Final by Flame.of.Ishval reviews
It's January 3, 1944, and the Black Sheep's luck has run out on a raid over Rabaul. How will Jim Gutterman, the squadron's second in command, cope with the loss of Pappy?
Black Sheep Squadron/Baa Baa Black Sheep - Rated: T - English - Drama/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,374 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 2 - Published: 12/20/2012 - Complete
A Change? by QuickieContest reviews
Blonde Wig. Check. Blue Contacts. Check. Slutty dress. Check. Only way to impress I guess?
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 408 - Reviews: 14 - Favs: 8 - Follows: 6 - Published: 3/5/2011 - Bella, Edward - Complete
The Mark of Hope by Cielag reviews
Doc Roe lands himself in a precarious position when he finds himself counseling an injured Luftwaffe pilot in a medical tent, against the wishes of wounded Allied soldiers.
Band of Brothers - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,545 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 19 - Follows: 2 - Published: 12/30/2010 - E. Roe/Doc - Complete
The Ashes of Iwo Jima by Ock50 reviews
Retelling the events of the Battle of Iwo Jima from the American and Japanese perspectives. Inspired by MoH Pacific Assault, Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima. I do not own any of the MoH games or either of the movies listed above.
Medal of Honor - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 13 - Words: 13,614 - Reviews: 20 - Favs: 13 - Follows: 3 - Updated: 8/22/2009 - Published: 7/25/2009 - Complete
The Treasure of Tarbok by Cielag reviews
After reuniting with Major T.E. Lawrence, Indy sets out to help locate a rumored munitions dump in the Turkish-held city of Tarbok yet finding the weapons cache may prove to be more costly than either Indy or Lawrence thought. c.1917//Palestine
Indiana Jones - Rated: T - English - Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,755 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 1 - Published: 4/15/2009
Passing the Torch by Mayhem Managed reviews
A missing moment from Valhalla Rising. After his battle with the Fokker, Dirk Pitt encounters an old man not so different from himself.
Crossover - Indiana Jones & Clive Cussler - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 628 - Reviews: 17 - Favs: 15 - Follows: 2 - Published: 3/31/2007 - Complete
Grace Under Pressure by Tique reviews
The seduction of Mitchell Laurio from Mystique's point of view.
X-Men: The Movie - Rated: M - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,180 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 5 - Published: 3/20/2004 - Raven/Mystique