ARCADIA

Yay! Chapter three is up. I'm kind of impressed with myself, posting two days in a row. The writing is going faster than I anticipated (*knocks on wood*). Before I post any more, there are a few things I should say. When I imagined this story, my intention was to have flashbacks to both Mal and Inara's pre-Serenity lives (this was implied in the description of the fic). However, for various reasons (well, two reason really 1-Mal's story is not as developed as I wanted it to be, and 2-this fic is so long already...), I've decided just to focus on Inara's story. Eventually, the flashbacks will reveal my take on why Inara left Sihnon and just how she ended up on Serenity. I spent a long time yesterday looking through unofficial Firefly/Serenity timelines. It seems that the general consensus is that Inara left Sihnon the same year she started renting a shuttle on Serenity. In my story, Inara leaves a bit before that. If any one has issues with that… sorry, I guess. I’m keeping this story as true to canon as I can, but I am just a lowly fan fic writer… :-) I'm really have fun writing this fic and I'm really enjoying hearing whay you guys think of it. Hopefully, I'll have chapter four up soon (expect a bigger gasp then between ch 2 and 3, though). If anyone has a question or whatever, feel free to ask here... Peace.

LEAFLYNX

I was out checking out my local bookstores, and guess what I found? HotTopic is selling Serenity tshirts in their stores. Thank you to everyone for the welcome aboard :smile:

RHYIANAN

I wasn't going to use this feature because I already have a blog that I write in fairly regularly at another site. However, I can't say this in my other blog. I'm home. This last year has been hell. Moving away from relatives and friends and living on campus, where I knew almost nobody. Add that to the fact that I have a hard time making friends and loneliness is pretty much complete. I recently told a close friend that I don't miss specific people, I just miss people in general. Knowing that I'm somewhere with people that can take me at face value. Feeling like I belong. There's nowhere here that gives me that. Except this little corner on the 'net between no and where. I can joke around and have fun without anyone judging me, without any fear. Everyone is so friendly here.

PRETTYPRETTY

So, I really only heard of Firefly in 2005. I am a new fan. I am really, really envious of long term browncoats who got to ride the excitement wave. Because this is depressing. I just read Joss's comments on the CW rumor, and although I didn't believe the rumor, his reply seemed to be snarky and bitter. Not the "We'll do whatever it takes to keep flying" Joss we once knew. At least, the one that gave such a passionate speech to spread the word about Serenity. So, the little TV show that could became the big movie that didn't, and even though the movie made it's money back, and is a cult underground hit, we have nothing to hope for. No light at the end of the tunnel. We are out of Gas. Maybe Joss feels turned upon by his fans, that we somehow let him down by not getting enough people to see the Movie. Maybe he is tired of people criticizing his decision to axe Wash. (For the record, I was devestated to see him go, but I understood why he did it the minute I saw the darts hit Kaylee's Neck, the Bullit hit Simon's MANLY STOMACH, and when River got Reaved.) Maybe he is just bummed that although his shows routinely deliver rabid fans, this one got axed. I don't know what made him give up. But I distinctly feel that he has. Maybe he and the cast sat down together and were like "Ok, time to let go." But I guess fighting lost causes against all sane odds was what made the show special. I just keep waiting for a sly smile from Mal, like he knew he;d be back all along. This site has become depressing. whine whine whine. That's me whining. Michele

CEDRIC

A friend of mine sent me this email through the site that is selling my band's Firefly-tribute CD: "Thank you for making this album. Since you converted me to the browncoats Cedric, I went on to convert all myfriends in Olympia, and everywhere they went (Tulsa, OK - San Diego, CA - Port Townsend, WA - Spokane, WA - Los Angeles, CA - Chapel Hill,NC - Alexandria, VA) they carried firefly on their back to spread to more people. I may never know how many people you've influenced, but thanks." Talk about making my day.

CSERENITY

Howdy

CSERENITY

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GORBISHUN

Earlier today, sometime around noon, an odd feeling started creeping its way into my gut. I‘d been cleaning my bedroom, at the time, and was able to make use of my amygdala (mine happens to be intact) and get back to work. A few hours later the feeling resurfaced, stronger this time. Again I was able to push it away, but not as easily (I had to get out an old mirror—previously obtained from the alley by my house—break it and arrange the pieces into an artistic design). It worked. At least, for a while. I couldn’t arrange pieces of a broken mirror all day; I have a life, don’t I? Then the feeling came back and made me wonder. It kept growing, and growing, distracting me from whatever I did, gnawing at my insides. Sometimes I get feelings like this that are due to a lack of activity (if I sit around all day watching meaningless TV, or I do something else that deactivates brain activity for to long). Usually I just get my lazy self up and do something more... more meaningful. This wasn’t the case. Different feeling. Around 8:00, in the evening, the feeling was getting out of hand. I decided to just plop down and watch a Firefly episode. Funny thing is, as I got the DVD, set everything up, and decided on which episode (OMR), the feeling began to recede. At the end of the episode (just after Mal finds out that Inara kissed his wife) I was sitting on the couch laughing up puke when I realized the feeling was gone. It had retreated unnoticed during the ecstasy of the ‘vers. I came here, wrote this, and now I’m wondering if I should watch [i]Objects in Space[/i]. Is this scientifically considered an addiction?

DESIREEMORTE

I'm new here. Still feeling my way around the site. Be patient with me!!

MPHILLIPS

Well it's sunday morning and I just got done reading everyons comments on my stuff...shiny. You all esp. liked the "My ride" drawing..me too..Tell you what, I ever win the lottery, I swear I'm gonna build my house to look just like the Ship..And you are all invited to dinner..wont be much, probably just protien in all the colors of the rainbow...and maybe some mudders milk...:0) PS keep the requests comming I enjoy hearing what you all want to see me try.....

JAYRO

[b]COUNTDOWN: 8 DAYS TO SERENITY R2 DVD LAUNCH[/b] Where have all the ideas gone? I've been brainstorming my second fanfic for a week now, but I'm still not certain where it's going. I feel short on creativity... though since I generated the whole of 'New Prospects' in the space of three-and-a-half weeks, maybe I'm still all written out from that. Whereas 'New Prospects' had a very linear timeline - necessarily so, since I wrote it one chapter after another - I want this next 'fic to jump around a little more, a la 'Out of Gas', so having a clear plot structure set in place will be all important. That's the plan, anyway. I even have the first few pages drafted, but it all feels quite rough, and I'm not sure where to take it. I know only that it's going to be set during the Firefly series canon, will see our BDH go to a mining moon, and will revolve primarily around River and Simon. Ah, well. Think I'd better watch a few episodes and see if they give me any inspirations. Some people seem to be able to conjure 'fics out of thin air - I'm not one of them, and it's mighty frustrating! :banghead:

SERENITYSHADOW

It was unusually cold yesterday so I was getting good reception on the UPN network. Low and behold "Roseanne" was on and I got to wondering if Joss had done some writing on that particular episode. Though I never got around to watching the credits I sort of became lost in John Goodman's consistently hilarious performance. Did any one ever see the episode where the Connors go bowling? My stomach hurt. Because I laughed. So hard. Not because I was doing sit ups. :biggrin:

KAYNA

Okay, I've seen lot's of stuff on here about people being in love (or at least lust) with the verious actors from Firefly but I have a confession to make. Here goes. I am in love with Captain Malcolm Reynolds. Not Nathan Fillion (although he is nice). Captain. Malcolm. Reynolds :blush: You heard me! I'm in love with Mal as played by Nathan Fillion. So there! Ha! Tune in next time for a blog that's not about this :biggrin:

SHINYTALENT

Ok so at the same time as my friends around the world are getting verse-shattering news to despair over I'm getting the best news of my LIFE. Hence the title of my blog but I'm focussing on the good- the shiniest of the shiny actually. Well my 21st is at the end of March and naturally as it is my 21st- the last of your birthday's that your family really truly cares about- and my Grandparents called me and said that they had $6000 to give me for my birthday- to contribute to my trip. Can you guys believe it??? Don't I have the shiniest grandparents in the Verse?? This is a *huge* weight off my shoulders and I want to thank all of the coats who have been helping me out with advice and encouragement. It means so much to me, especially when I've been feeling so lost. Thanks everyone, have a Shiny Week!!