THE SHINY FRONTIER
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Humorous one-shot. Though it’s set in the framework of a Castle story, this is really more of a Firefly story, with Firefly references flying heavy and thick. At SuperNovaCon, Rick Castle is mistaken for the actor who played Captain Mal Reynolds on Firefly.
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 4508 RATING: 9.0 (G) SERIES: FIREFLY
THE SHINY FRONTIER
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Humorous one-shot. Though it’s set in the framework of a Castle story, this is really more of a Firefly story, with Firefly references flying heavy and thick. At SuperNovaCon, Rick Castle is mistaken for the actor who played Captain Mal Reynolds on Firefly.
After watching Castle 5x06, "The Final Frontier," I couldn't help but feel that part of the story was missing. There were not enough overt references to Firefly, IMHO. Here is the missing scene, from when Beckett tells Castle that there's been a murder at the SuperNovaCon, to the time they enter the crime scene. Slightly AU for Castle; canon for Firefly. You don't have to be a Castle fan to read this, but you'll probably laugh more if you are.
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"To Jonathan Frakes…best regards, Richard Castle," he wrote. "And … here you go," Castle said with a smile, handing over the copy of Storm Season he had just signed.
"Thanks. I'm your number one fan," the man replied, and Castle had to believe it. Commander Riker was wearing an "I (heart) Richard Castle" T-shirt!
"Well, thanks for coming." He shook his head. How far they fall. He didn't look up at the next fan before he asked, "All right, where do you want it?"
"Could you sign my chest?"
He jerked his eyes up in surprise, to meet those of Katherine Beckett.
"Wow," she laughed. "That actually caught your attention."
"What are you doing here?" he asked in a low voice, eyeing the line of fans snaking away from his table.
"You'd know if you answer your phone."
"Listen, if you want your very own signed copy of Storm Season I'd be happy to arrange a private signing."
"Cap your pen, Castle. There's been a murder here."
Castle was all ears. "What, here at SuperNovaCon?"
"Mm-hmm."
"Shiny!"
"And just how many sci-fi westerns have there been?" Beckett countered.
"Anyway, about that actor," Castle continued, skirting the issue,
I laughed. Very nice, I like it.
Although Morena and Jewel weren't at that convention. But hey, I guess it could still work for the episode.
Bytemite--could have been cameos, could have been costumed fans. You probably noticed the abundance of fans dressed as Kaylee and Jayne.
BDH42--thank you!
Nutluck--thanks. The next story is coming along very well. It's turning out to be longer than I anticipated, but it's also going to have more suspense and action than I anticipated as well, so I guess that's good. I'm working on my first edit of the draft, about 2/3 through it, but I keep thinking of scenes that need to be added. Once I get it put together in readable form, I'll send it off for beta, then revisions, and then, I'll begin posting again.
"You can't take the sky from me!"
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