Prompt 69 Fic: Mr. Shiny Candles Takes On Captain Tight Pants

[ubiquirk]

Title: Mr. Shiny Candles Takes On Captain Tight Pants
Author: ubiquirk
Rating: PG13
Word Count: 620
Prompt: 69 - Shindig
Characters: Firefly Ensemble
AN: The gang gangs up on Mal about having a shindig.  Set between Firefly and the BDM.

“Ooo, can we get a cake this time? A real one? I mean, after all, the last one we had ended up a fiery blob of chocolate

Comments

nice...

[saschia]

And I like River's remark about unbirthdays. Is that from the song by Mad Hatter? ("Statistics prove, that you've 1 birthday every year...")

Re: nice...

[ubiquirk]

Thanks! I'm very happy you like it! That phrase was inspired by Alice in Wonderland, but I don't think it's a direct quotation.

[ozma914]

Great!

“If you don’t celebrate the un-birthdays, you must, therefore, celebrate the birthday.”

That part just made it for me!

[ubiquirk]

Thanks! It's wonderful to hear you enjoyed the fic! And it just seemed that River and the clever word-play insanity of Alice in Wonderland go together.

[ozma914]

Can you imagine a retelling of Alice in Wonderland, with the Firefly characters playing various parts and River as a less than sane Alice?

[ubiquirk]

Ack! You're giving me ideas (that I won't work for the ficathons I'm doing).

[spiralleds]

Hee! What a hoot!

[ubiquirk]

Thanks! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

[rebcake]

This was wonderful. You nailed the voices beautifully. Zoe was especially great, with all those "sirs". I'd do whatever she asked, I'm sure.

[ubiquirk]

Thanks! I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed it and the voices - esp Zoe!

[firefly124]

I absolutely love this. River's one line just makes me smile. And you caught the voices so well. Even in the places where you didn't put any speech attributions, you can tell who's talking.

[ubiquirk]

Thanks! I'm so very happy you like it and think the voices are in character! I have a soft spot for giving the crew moments of joy since they often have it so rough.