Comments | leven_kemal: Fic: The Question at Hand

leven_kemal

Fic: The Question at Hand

Feb 16, 2009 14:02

Characters: Wash, Mal, and Zoe
Rating: PG
Warnings: A little fisticuffs.
Words: ~3000
Disclaimer: You know and I know these people belong to Joss.

Summary: Set early pre-series. It's Unification Day. A captain, his first mate, and his new pilot walk into a bar...

A.N.: Written for 2by2fics. Prompts: Themed #01 (Sinful): Gluttony & Table #04: Villain.

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zoe, mal, wash, fanfiction, firefly

Comments 13

sugar_fey February 16 2009, 23:47:02 UTC

This fic made me squee hysterically. It's a great slice of life because it's so full of life, if that makes any sense. You always make the 'verse into a completely believable 360 degree world. Everything is so detailed, and the details seem so matter-of-fact and 'normal' for their context. I love it!

At that point, however, the scheduled date - not just the day, but the hour and minute - of his approaching freedom burned far more fiercely in his brain. For the second, he'd been out in the Oort Cloud ice trawling

Wash backstory! Backstory for Wash!!!! Fantastic. You're a terrible tease, though- I want to know where Wash was imprisoned, what side he was on, how long he was there, how he wound up ice trawling... You must write more fic on this subject!

Wash had wondered if maybe the guy were sly

That line nearly made me spit my tea all over the keyboard. I wondered the same thing, Wash.

And that unreadable self-containment had him hooked tighter than a magnetic grapple.

Techy pilot talk about sexual attraction! *air guitar*

So, ( ... )

leven_kemal February 17 2009, 23:26:02 UTC

Wash backstory! Backstory for Wash!!!! Fantastic. You're a terrible tease, though- I want to know where Wash was imprisoned, what side he was on, how long he was there, how he wound up ice trawling... You must write more fic on this subject!

Well, I have four more pieces planned for my Wash-Mal 2by2 story arc, and there'll be some of my Wash backstory ideas in those. I'm actually a little nervous about that, because I don't want anyone to think that I think they're anything other than notions I'm playing with. :) I'm always interested in seeing what other writers come up with.

So many people write him off as a weak little coward, when the series shows several times that this is not the case. I'd love to know more about Wash's combat history, because I have a theory that he's actually far more proficient with firearms than he likes to let on.Preach it, sister! When I read fics where Wash is useless in a fight, it makes me grind my teeth. Hello, did you not watch Train Job? As for guns, he held his own with Zoe and Jayne in War ( ... )

missnyah February 17 2009, 12:10:01 UTC

Wow. This was really fantastic. I love just how complete you've made the world in a single scene. The completeness of the Firefly "verse" is what made me love the show. You've kept it up, maybe bettered it...

leven_kemal February 18 2009, 00:01:40 UTC

Firefly has a very dense, textured backdrop, both culturally and visually, doesn't it? Sometimes I watch it just to look at what's happening behind the main action, the scenery and the background characters. I'm really glad I managed to put some of that across in my writing. Thank you.

hoperomantic February 18 2009, 04:58:26 UTC

That was the point of him. Ahhh, I love Wash. A very nice a well written story, I liked it very much. Thank you for sharing.

leven_kemal February 18 2009, 07:59:03 UTC

I'm rather fond of the guy myself. :) I'm glad you enjoyed the story. Thank you for letting me know you did.

ncb1 February 18 2009, 04:58:29 UTC

Wow,fantastic story. I love back story of any kind, but Wash. I love the guy and the way you wrote Zoe, Mal also,

leven_kemal February 18 2009, 08:04:53 UTC

Thank you! It really is a lot fun to look at a character and the little pieces you do know about him or her, then at their 'verse and its history, and try to back-track a plausible backstory based on your own take on that character.

inkvoices February 19 2009, 00:06:08 UTC

Yay, Wash fic! *dances*

I love your Wash-Mal interactions, that hum with the kind of tensions that shows the two aren't ever entirely comfortable with each other and yet manage to work together smoothly. It's fantastic.

Plus, you know, the language, style, dialogue, everything sugar_fey said etc *grins*.

But just allow me to wallow in the wonderfulness that is Wash in this fic - a Wash that on the outside has few words in the face of a fight. To anyone not privy to his inside voice he's just kind of sitting there and then moving out the way and not saying much, but then there's this complex inner dialogue you have going on, full of wry observations and it becomes apparent that Wash might seem a bit slow on the uptake and out of it because he's too busy observing and thinking about what's happening. I love that, because he's such a fantastic pilot he's got to have brains, has to be far from stupid ( ... )

leven_kemal February 23 2009, 01:39:53 UTC

Thank you! I'm pleased you enjoyed it. :)

Yes, this is a follow on of A Question of Gravity. In that one, I had Mal looking at Wash while Wash dealt with something he was good at, a tricky flying situation. And in this one, I had Wash looking at Mal while he dealt with something *he* is good at, a fight. :) And sort of what they learned about each other in those situations, and what, of what they experience, which might lead them to be willing to continue their relationship, if only the working one of captain & pilot.

It wasn't until you went through what he might look like from the outside that I realized that he really only said two things in the bar, and one of them was "Um." :) Thank you for reflecting that for me. And thank you for the long, thoughtful review.