It's an idea which has been knocking about for a while in the back of my brain, and having to finish it (or at least one installment of it) for the Finish-a-thon gave me the impetus I needed to get off my arse and actually think things through. I'm intending that there are going to be a series of these (written as and when, I'm afraid) involving the search to get Avon reunited with the Liberator. Having actually finished this story gives me a good kick onward, and a couple of reusable villains to pull out later in the piece (which is always useful).
This is excellent, and I like Dina a lot - kick-arse Aussie in space, yay! I guessed she was a woman before you revealed it because I noticed how cleverly you were concealing her sex when Avon was in the hold talking to her over the comms. :-) I love all the details you drop in like her past as a slave, how much time has passed since 'Serenity', and her unusual security codes for Della.
I hope you continue writing in this universe. I want more Dina, Della, and Avon.
And that is how it should be! In my default SF universe, one's sex (or race, or skin colour) just don't matter; one's abilities do. Dina is a wonderful character. I'd have liked a small hint about what she looked like though--short, tall, skin and hair colour--so I could create a picture of her in my mind. I'm very visual and at the moment, she's average height and fairly blocky with short light-brown hair.
I am delighted there'll be more.
I chose post-Serenity because it was a time which was nice and easily explicable.
I've started in on the next installment already, and there's a bit more description of Dina in there. To be honest, I'm not really a visual person, so if I specify something about a character, it's because there's a plot reason. I shall have to think up some kind of plot reason for Dina's physical appearance to be described by either character.
Hmmm.... excuse me, there's a plot bunny nibbling my ankles with a suggestion for a further installment. Or something similar.
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Oh damn... I'll have to keep writing. Don't you hate it when that happens? ;-)
But Avon only wishes he could get away from me so easily...
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It's an idea which has been knocking about for a while in the back of my brain, and having to finish it (or at least one installment of it) for the Finish-a-thon gave me the impetus I needed to get off my arse and actually think things through. I'm intending that there are going to be a series of these (written as and when, I'm afraid) involving the search to get Avon reunited with the Liberator. Having actually finished this story gives me a good kick onward, and a couple of reusable villains to pull out later in the piece (which is always useful).
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I hope you continue writing in this universe. I want more Dina, Della, and Avon.
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And that is how it should be! In my default SF universe, one's sex (or race, or skin colour) just don't matter; one's abilities do. Dina is a wonderful character. I'd have liked a small hint about what she looked like though--short, tall, skin and hair colour--so I could create a picture of her in my mind. I'm very visual and at the moment, she's average height and fairly blocky with short light-brown hair.
I am delighted there'll be more.
I chose post-Serenity because it was a time which was nice and easily explicable.
And you don't have to fit in with canon!
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Hmmm.... excuse me, there's a plot bunny nibbling my ankles with a suggestion for a further installment. Or something similar.
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