Comments | ana_grrl: Firefly fic: Water in one hand (Mal/Simon, crew, PG-13)

ana_grrl

Firefly fic: Water in one hand (Mal/Simon, crew, PG-13)

Jun 17, 2006 09:21

Title: Water in one hand
Pairing/Characters: Mal/Simon, crew (post-movie)
Rating: PG-13
Words: About 5500
Summary: Terraforming is a precise business.
Notes: greenapricot requested Mal/Simon and some kind of end of the world thingy. Happy early birthday!! I couldn't work in zombies (darn), but I think this might qualify as an ending ( Read more... )

mal/simon, firefly fic, long, apocalypse

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Re: woosh! ana_grrl June 17 2006, 16:46:53 UTC

:D Thank you for the amazing comment!

And in the middle of all the tension, it was perfect to have a little Mal/Simon as relief to the starkness of everything else.

*relief* I'm so glad you said so, I can't even tell you how much. I wondered if it seemed a little incongruous and didn't work with the rest of the story, and I'm so, so happy that it fits.

I love that you're willing to consider disaster, even befalling our heroes.

I love disaster stories, especially if they're apocalypse-y or post-apocalpyse-ish. I have a problem, I know *g* And sometimes I think maybe it's a little too grim, but then again, the Firefly 'verse was grim sometimes.

And now I'm suddenly hankering for a Firefly/Dune crossover.

Oh, wow, yeah! That would be shiny cool.

Thanks again!

Re: woosh! darksybarite June 18 2006, 06:00:39 UTC

And now I'm suddenly hankering for a Firefly/Dune crossover

I would literally shake into a thousand pieces if such a thing were to pass! Just the thought of Mal's snark in the face of THE KWISATZ HADERACH makes me giggle lots :>

On a related sidenote, I've always thought that the Companion's Guild and the Bene Gesserit had many similarities...

rinalin June 17 2006, 17:04:55 UTC

Oh.

It took me a few minutes to gather my thoughts...incoherent though they be.

I really adore your Mal. He waits and he watches and he pulls through. For as long as he can. The shower scene was hot and...forgive me, but romantic. In that way that...I don't know. I can't explain, but it just was.

I drink up everything you write. Really just beautiful, fantastic work.

ana_grrl June 17 2006, 17:12:29 UTC

.forgive me, but romantic

:) Thanks! You know, I originally planned it as a very smutty scene, but then I ended up wanting something a little less explicit, and I'm really happy you liked it and thought it romantic.

Really just beautiful, fantastic work.

You say the nice things that make me feel shy and happy! Thank you.

rinalin June 17 2006, 17:18:06 UTC

*giggles* I feel like I repeat Beautiful over and over and over again.

I really should haul out my thesaurus.

ana_grrl June 17 2006, 17:22:00 UTC

*blush*

That thesaurus is handy, isn't it? I seriously overuse some words and sometimes have to beat myself over the head with alternatives, lol.

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luvmax1 June 17 2006, 17:05:14 UTC

You didn't need the zombies, that was so scary and powerful all on it's own. You really have a knack for the "end of the world" fics, has anyone ever told you that before?

ana_grrl June 17 2006, 17:10:43 UTC

You really have a knack for the "end of the world" fics, has anyone ever told you that before?

*g* Thanks! I have a bit of an obsession with these theme, I have to admit. Perhaps that makes me a bit a grim??

I'm really glad you enjoyed it! I'm going to try zombies next, just for the heck of it.

luvmax1 June 17 2006, 17:15:38 UTC

You don't strike me as a grim person, just a talented one with some interesting ideas. My favorite fic of yours is "Pieces Tossed Aside", and I sure hope liking it so much doesn't make me grim. Sometimes, you just want to read (or write) something a little different, that doesn't have rainbows and puppies and happy endings. Human nature, I guess.

Looking forward to the zombies, though.

ana_grrl June 17 2006, 17:20:39 UTC

*g* I'm glad I don't come across as grim.

rainbows and puppies and happy endings

I do like puppies, though, I have to admit. They are so cute! And they like to frolic! lol.

I am really glad that you liked this. I really enjoy writing these kinds of stories (and reading them), and it thrills me to pieces that you've enjoyed this (and Pieces Tossed Aside too, which I loved writing).

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squarked June 17 2006, 17:23:41 UTC

Fantastic.

ana_grrl June 17 2006, 17:25:57 UTC

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

lvs2read June 17 2006, 18:29:05 UTC

What everyone else has already said. *points up* I can always count on you for superb fics about the dark side of the 'verse. *shivers* Although this one wasn't quite as grim as PTA, it has its own level of starkness. Fascinating look at a bureaucracy too caught up in its own power, instead of the people it should be protecting. And thanks for the little bit of M/S! *g*

ana_grrl June 17 2006, 19:20:16 UTC

Hi!

Fascinating look at a bureaucracy too caught up in its own power, instead of the people it should be protecting.

Oh, yay! It's fantastic that you liked this. This is the first time I've tried something like this, with the bureaucracy notes and so on. And they were really fun/interesting to write [I tried to be as pedantic as possible for some of them, lol]. Anyway, thank you so much for letting me know you liked that aspect!

And thanks for the little bit of M/S!

*g* Thank you for reading :D