Fic: susurrus (Firefly)

[hopeful_fiction]

susurrus \su-SUHR-uhs\, noun:
A whispering or rustling sound; a murmur.

Sequel to Bower.

crew, AU, PG-13

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Comments

[angstslashhope]

I was all expecting something nice and happy and then, NO, I did not get that.

well, like i said, this has been playing itself out in my head for a while... like, if they were left there long enough, would it really be possible for them to go back? would they want to go back? it strikes me that they'd reach a point of being there where survival would depend on *not* constantly assuming they're about to be rescued. they'd adapt to the point that going back would be impossible. and would they be all that happy to see Serenity, anyway, after they'd been left there? it's not like they need her to survive any more, why would they welcome her?

So, is that what they're calling it these days?? Also, Simon might get pissy.
(oh, I am lame. LAME).

In that case, you are not the only lame one. like i said, i have thought about this a LOT. *whistles innocently* liek, one of the things that made me write Bower in the first place was the concept of what that kind of environment would do to River - and i figured it would be better for her than being aboard a space ship, in constant movement, under constant threat. I figure she'd be getting a bit healthier in an environment like this, regardless of lack of drugs etc, even if she were still crazy. she wouldn't be sick-crazy so much. a place like this could strip away complications, and *cough* delusions of civilization. it would even simplify the relationship between the brute swagger/delicate sensibilities some. And liek, if they were there long enough and simon was getting enough to satisfy his, er, carnal needs, i'm sure an older, boreder, stabler River would be getting to a point were she was sick of not having anything that weren't run on hydro-power twixt her nethers. And then my brain descends into weirdass the blue lagoon-esque places until I have to go "hah, uh, get on with writing the damn thing before it gets TOO insane", and then when I write it it's only got bits and hints of this entire world and dynamic that's mapped itself out in my head, because i've decided to tell it from Kaylee's pov because there's no other way to do it without getting too ridiculous.

but, um. anyway. that was long. i am obviously also quite LAME.

[ana_grrl]

it's not like they need her to survive any more, why would they welcome her?

Because her crew would increase the gene pool? *snerk* Anyway, yes, I agree that they might not want to go back, particularly if their lives were somewhat stable on the ground. Perhaps on the edge, and hard work, but stable. It's also possible that they all went a little crazy. And (this is shocking) crazy people don't think like normal folk. They have all kinds of wacky priorities.

I can see them being all isolation-crazy. But also stable. Just the little oxymorons, really. I like the ambiguity in your fic about this.

Also, I agree with you that for River, routine and fresh air might work to minimize her wacky days. At the very least she would have fewer people around her, and so would be less influenced by all their myriad thoughts.

And liek, if they were there long enough and simon was getting enough to satisfy his, er, carnal needs, i'm sure an older, boreder, stabler River would be getting to a point were she was sick of not having anything that weren't run on hydro-power twixt her nethers. And then my brain descends into weirdass the blue lagoon-esque places until I have to go

ARGH!! MY EYES! and OW! My BRAIN!

and hee! run on hydro-power!

Like I said, I enjoyed the Kaylee POV. It left so much open to interpretation, and I like it when things aren't all wrapped up tidily. It could be fun to try writing other snippets of this world from other POVs, just looking at bits and pieces of the rest of it that you've thought about. Not that I'm, you know, asking. Not at all.

i am obviously also quite LAME.

Why? Does your foot hurt?
Oh god. Just hit me. Because I clearly need to be put out of my misery here.

[angstslashhope]

ARGH!! MY EYES! and OW! My BRAIN!

ahah, i didn't mean it in an incesty sense. just in a GODDAMMIT I MUST RUT WITH SOMETHING BECAUSE I AM ON A FREAKING DESERT ISLAND AND I HAVE NEEDS, DAMMIT sense. And because i kind of like thinking of how Simon would react at River suddenly deciding for her own self that Jayne might have a bit of something she wants too. And also how Jayne would react at that. and, er, then my brain realises it has just cut off the branch it's sitting on and i crash down in a bit pile of AU.

Oh god. Just hit me. Because I clearly need to be put out of my misery here.

I'm just gonna take you on a niice shuttle ride...

also, hrm, more snippets. will think on it.

[ana_grrl]

ahah, i didn't mean it in an incesty sense.

Oh. OK then.

But still! River/Jayne! I am sullied! SULLIED with these mental images. But then again, yeah, it would be so unfair for her to never get any. Especially if Jayne and Simon were um, making magical music together? Oh, let's face it. More like rutting the night away.

And also how Jayne would react at that

Hee. And Er. I've got images. And thoughts.