Just Believe
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Mid-BDM. A take on what the crew was thinking during Mal's speech. My first ever Firefly fic, so please read and review!
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 2848 RATING: 9.0 (G) SERIES: FIREFLY
“This report is maybe twelve years old. Parliament buried it, and it stayed buried till River dug it up. This is what they feared she knew.“
Inara wrapped her arms around herself as a shiver ran through her body, though she knew the gesture was futile in nature. The chill she felt at the moment had little to do with the temperature in the room, but in fact was a type of inner cold that filtered deep into her veins, tightening its grip and refusing to be shaken. It filled her with the unyielding truth that in one relentless moment, her entire world had been shattered. Her training as a Companion meant that Inara was a woman who exceeded many with her extraordinary levels of patience and tenacious composure, but wei da de ren ci de pu sa , right now it took every bit of her strength and self-control to stop herself from collapsing to the floor and sobbing her heart out.
Inara had grown up supporting unification simply because she had had faith that it would result in a better life for everyone. The Independents’ issues with Alliance control had never warranted cause for concern for her personally - she worried more about the state of peace, if any, that could be achieved, given the horrific impact of the war. But the Alliance had triumphed, and awarded her the civilised life that she’d always wanted and felt a part of; she saw a vast improvement in the quality of life available, and she had been proud. There had been no reason to distrust them - until now. Now her world was spinning and all Inara felt was betrayal, horror, and especially fear - fear that this was simply the beginning.
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“And they were right to fear, cause there’s a universe of folk that are gonna know it too. They’re gonna see it.”
Never had Wash felt such a strong urge to crack the tension in the room with an inappropriately timed bad joke - apart from flying the ship like a wu mo ban de ying juan gu guai de jia shi de ji ji , it was kinda what he did. But even he could spot his limits (although som
I have to add, thought that this:
>But then again, maybe not. Jayne took a big ol’ swig from his bottle, as if to emphasise his point, before sliding it over to Simon who accepted it without a grimace or a second glance - Mal took into account that he had just spoken for the entire crew, and not a-one of them seemed inclined to disagree.
was my favourite part. That simple gesture between Jayne and Simon is so telling (and I saw the movie before the series). It has always stood out. I think it's my favourite moment in the movie, and perhaps my second favourite in the whole of Firefly.
You can't take the sky from me
No technical errors, bad spelling, bad punctuation, none of the stuff even experienced fan fic writers do.
Nothin' to find fault with.
Welcome to the party, glad you decided to come out and share your toys. Keep it up.
I especially loved the plot device of having each BDH think on Mal's speech up to that point and their own feelings about what was gonna happen...what they were signing themselves up for...what they were assuming they would die for eventually:)
BEB
I like how every line of Mal's speech triggers a particular character's thoughts, and each one was well placed and spot on.
Can't wait to see what else you might have up your sleeves... :)
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