Comments | femslash06: Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (Firefly, River/Kaylee)

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Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (Firefly, River/Kaylee)

Apr 04, 2006 17:52

Late, yes, but with permission. In any case though, heartfelt apologies for making you wait.

Title: Unique Forms of Continuity in Space
Author: tremblingmoon
Recipient: puppetoflove
Fandom: Firefly
Pairing: River/Kaylee
Rating: PG
Words: 1328

( She’s not supposed to be there and she knows and she doesn’t care because Serenity speaks a language as large as she is. )

Comments 22

wisdomeagle April 5 2006, 00:54:31 UTC

I... this... you... wow. Brain explodes with goodness. This is just so good, the language, the characterization, everything... I love it.

she thinks how she likes that Kaylee takes the world at face value

Yes. That's them exactly. Oh.

tremblingmoon April 5 2006, 02:20:31 UTC

Oh, and thank you so much for your incredibly generous comments! Now I know that River and Kaylee are hard, really hard, but I think I love them anyway.

taskir April 5 2006, 02:02:55 UTC

This was a really interesting read.

tremblingmoon April 5 2006, 02:18:09 UTC

Thanks.

sheepfairy April 5 2006, 02:39:22 UTC

Oh, I really loved the lyrical quality of your writing - it's especially well suited to writing river. And I also really like how they connected over Serenity.

tremblingmoon April 5 2006, 20:20:55 UTC

Thanks! Yeah, River sort of wrote herself it seems. Funny how that happens. ;)

luxemburger April 5 2006, 04:59:48 UTC

That was beautiful and sweet.

Thank you.

tremblingmoon April 5 2006, 20:21:23 UTC

And, thank you. :)

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tremblingmoon April 5 2006, 20:32:50 UTC

Thanks, Heather. I really appreciate such thoughtful feedback! This started out as a Kaylee/Inara story (at least that was what it was supposed to be in my head, if you can believe it), but then I realized that I was unwittingly writing in this a free-flowing prose style that seemed much more River-appropriate and once I got the idea of River/Kaylee out of my head I couldn't make it go away. And yes, the story was meant to be more shippy than it is, but I have difficulty creating sexual or romantic attraction/chemistry where I just can't see it in canon. But what I do see between River and Kaylee on the show is a kind of affinity that perhaps even they don't quite see or understand. So I went with it. Now that I've broached the realm of Firefly, I really would like to write more. And you make an excellent point about POV--since Kaylee is my favorite, I'd love to write something from her perspective. For some reason, though, that seems very daunting right now; I don't know what I'd do with all that clarity of thought!