Fic: Shone a Light and Called It a Star (Firefly, Mal/Jayne)

[mosca]

First: femslash06. Because one woman is sexy, but two women are double sexy.

And now, the thing where two men are also double sexy.

Title: Shone a Light and Called It a Star
Fandom: Firefly
Pairing: Mal/Jayne
Rating: NC-17
Spoilers/Continuity: Takes place during and after SerenitySummary: Jayne's mind ain't been settled since they left Miranda, and this

Comments

[mosca]

I've been in fandoms where I could write a direct Romeo and Juliet parody and it would completely go over the reader's heads.

Dude, tell me about it. I, um, there was one fic where I quoted William Carlos Williams? I think I can leave the rest to your imagination.

Largely because good feedback is what fuels writers and I don't want you to ever stop writing these two.

Okay, I'm the only person in fandom that's not true of. Fueled by my own ambition and impossible standards, I am. But I do appreciate thoughtful feedback.

you still managed to convince the reader that it was Jayne's thoughts and views we were seeing

Thank you. I try to strike a balance, you know? I've had long circular conversations with my betas that go, "Change it to this word." "But Jayne doesn't *know* that word." With Jayne in particular, I think a big part of it is staying within his vocabulary, his frame of reference. And that's true for everybody: I read fic where Simon is dropping "ain't"s and f-bombs, and I get the same feeling.

I think you overcompensated just a little with Heron

Yeah, I played it a little safer than I might have.

Someday, deeply friendslocked, I will post the story where Jolene, Ralley, Roxanna, and Heron meet. And any other OCs I pick up along the way.

I've seen other stories, set many years in the future, where all of the same crew is still on Serenity and generally they don't ring true to me.

Me neither. I feel like I keep saying this over and over, but life in the Fireflyverse is nasty, brutish, and short. I will never write a sequel to "Alphabet" because I assumed, when writing it, that at least one of them dies within a few years of the ending. I was amazed to glean from the feedback that not everyone else inferred this.

Besides, Joss is notorious for cycling characters in and out. On BtVS, the Scooby Gang changed every year, and there were often character deaths involved in those changes.

I've gotten the impression, in the past, that you were not a big fan of Wash, although this is based only on instinct and nothing I read.

I'm very fond of Wash, and I wrote a trio of sweet little Zoe/Wash fics last year. I'm extremely wary of other Wash pairings -- it's very hard for me to get past my fondness for Zoe/Wash, not least because it reminds me of my RL partnership. But as is true with many things, I will make exceptions for writers I like.