Firefly - Giselle (16/?)

[green_amberjade]

Title: Giselle
Fandom: Firefly/Serenity
Disclaimer: I do not own.
Beta-Reader: Thanks go to the amazing revdorothyl.
Character/Pairings: Jayne/River
Rating: R
Warnings: Post BDM, Violence of the Reavers and Blue Hands variety.
Notes: The prequel to Little Girl Lost, taking place after Miranda is exposed, and three years before Gabriel Tam sets out to find

Comments

[goddessofbirth]

Ah...how shall I wax poetic about this latest and cute as crap entry into this story? Jayne with the friendship bracelet. Jayne waiting for River to heal physically and emotionally before stepping up the relationship. River taking Jayne off guard with the whole 'intercourse' thing. River dressing up and taking Jayne off guard. Jayne's JT getting involved...Jayen appreciating the advantage of her reading...Jayne denying the whole love thing...

Yeah, all that stuff.

Plus the darker revelations about Jayne's abusive father...

OH, also loved the whole 'River taking advantage of Jayne's backwater upbringing' LOL!

[green_amberjade]

Have I ever told you how much I love it when you wax poetic? ;)

This was just a fun chapter to write as it was just looking at both Jayne and River as they get over what happened on Ariel. Jayne's accepted that River is going to be a part of his life and he wants her there (and he most certainly does not have any warm, fluffy feelings regarding her so you can just stop that line of thought right there and... -- see how easy it is for me to start writing in Jayne POV? It truly is my weakness). And then, there's River who is refusing to act like the victim, which of course is what Jayne lo -- likes about her ;)

Yeah - Jayne didn't have a really happy childhood in this story, but since he can't change it, there's really no use moping and whining about it. Unless River is taking advantage of his backwater upbringing to make him want to run for the hills screaming "WITCH!" Then, it's perfectly okay if Jayne bitches about his childhood.

[alana1079]

Oh, Chapter 16, I have anticipated you so.

This chapter made me grin like a goofy fool. Especially at lines like this:

She’d tied the other bracelet around his wrist before covering it with his leather brace, saying something about how he was her best and favourite secret out of all the others, and she had many. His heart did not start beating faster when she said that. It didn’t. She’d patted his cheek fondly.

That's me grinning like a fool at the image of River looking at Jayne fondly, you know, because he lives in denial and it's a cute look for him. Jayne did have a River sized hole in him, but he's all better now, right? Poor little River had a Jayne sized hole, which is a much harder space to fill seeing as how Jayne's so darn big.

Still smiling, by the way. Loved this chapter. It's great to have your pretty words again.

[green_amberjade]

Deepest apologies my friend. It would have been out sooner, except I realized only just last week that I'd been writing Chapter 17 instead.

I'm glad you enjoyed it so much. I had a lot of fun writing this chapter since it was just filled with Jayne and River acting like a couple of dorks/children.

Poor Jayne, he really does like living in denial - he thinks that it makes him look more badass. ;)

Jayne did have a River sized hole in him, but he's all better now, right?

I'm not sure if he's all better yet, but he's getting there through both helping River and through his relationship with her. I'll be exploring some more of Jayne's own past in future chapters, as well as a oneshot detailing his relationship with Vera to further explore his own dark side. I think that that will help to show that Jayne needs River (a real purpose) just as much as River needs him.

Again, really glad you enjoyed it! :D

[miere85]

So glad that you finally updated ! More soon please.

[green_amberjade]

About time, right? lol ;)

I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for reviewing. :)

[vt_browncoat]

Great as always. I loved the part about Jayne dropping the crate on Mal's foot. I could so see that happening.

I also must confess. I inadvertently copied one of your story titles for my own. I kept wondering why "Little Girl Lost" stuck in my craw. Reading you story today reminded me.

My apologies.

Brian

[green_amberjade]

LOL! Thank you. I think that it's because I can see Jayne doing stuff like that so easily that he's become my favourite.

No apologies needed - I actually got the title from the Pretty Deadly contest for the River-centric section, which is entitled "Little Girl Lost". I saw that title and instantly a fic was born. (P.S. I'm looking forward to seeing where you go with your own story!)

[revdorothyl]

One of the many things I love about this chapter is that Jayne is 'deeply shamed' on behalf of Jubal Early and the whole bounty-hunting profession, based on how poorly Early had performed against the Tams. Jayne has a lot of well-founded professional pride, and it's so discouraging to see how standards have fallen now that he's no longer an active practitioner.

(I can only imagine that the Hunter brothers would feel equally dismayed by such piss-poor attention to the fine art of bounty-hunting . . . but I suppose sloppiness is only to be expected when someone with Early's psychotic and sadistic tendencies goes into the profession -- his own inner kinks get in the way of his professionalism.)

[green_amberjade]

Poor Simon - he gets no respect for helping his sister to defeat Early. Instead, it is automatically assumed by Jayne (and the Hunters) that Early had to be incredibly stupid to be taken in by the Tam Siblings.

I bet you anything that the first thing Jayne does after the lovefest part of the family reunion is out of the way (the part where they beat each other up because they're all too manly to admit that they love each other or to hug), and when they've sat down for drinks is to tell the Hunter brothers about Jubal Early. Naturally, the Hunters will be shocked and appalled, which will lead to the three boys describing how they would have done it, right in the hearing of everyone else.

[revdorothyl]

Naturally, the Hunters will be shocked and appalled, which will lead to the three boys describing how they would have done it, right in the hearing of everyone else.

Oh, that would be brilliant! Do you see that as an interlude, or part of a chapter? :)

[green_amberjade]

I think it would probably have to be an interlude as the Hunters always seem to steal the show - something I've discovered while working on Chapter 17. You let one loose for a second, and all of a sudden there's barely any room left for Rayne.