Not a Pretty Myth
Saturday, April 8, 2006
Five things that never happened to River Tam.
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 2392 RATING: 9.0 (PG13) SERIES: FIREFLY
Title: Not a Pretty Myth
Author: Kari (meinterrupted AT livejournal DOT com)
Rating: Adult, general
Characters: River, Simon, Gabriel & Regan Tam, Mal
Pairing: Hints of River/Simon, but nothing explicit
Spoilers: None. This is all completely AU.
Word Count: 2700; individual ficlets range from 450-600 words
Warnings: Some indirect discussion of abuse and rape. Character death. Slight incestueous overtones. Dark like whoa.
Disclaimer: So very not mine.
Summary: Five things that never happened to River Tam.
Author’s Notes: This is a series of AU ficlets based around the song by . The full lyrics are posted at the end. Further explanations of the mythologies follow the story. Many thanks to michmak for the awesome beta. i am not a pretty girl that is not what i do i ain't no damsel in distress and i don't need to be rescued River slipped silently through the all too familiar halls. Her footsteps made almost no sound, and she unconsciously avoided the creaky spots she and Simon had identified as children. She paused, pressing herself tightly against the wall. She listened with her ears and her mind, and when she was certain no one was awake, she continued on her quest. She stopped at the door of her parents’ room, which was slightly ajar, as always. She eased it open, freezing at the squeak of the hinges. She silently cursed herself for not doing a more thorough investigation of house; she’d wrongly assumed memory would serve well enough. When, after several minutes, she didn’t hear anything more from the room, she slid in the cracked door. Once inside, she padded to the window and closed the curtain, shrouding the room in near-complete darkness. She waited another moment until she was certain the cou Medea
and i love the poem at the end.
10/10
How River might have been but for rescue, they made me shiver!
I'm a complete literary nerd, so homages like this make me very happy.
My, those Greeks certainly were an "up" bunch, weren't they? ;)
firekat: The poem is actually a song, and it's even better to music. Ani DiFranco is awesome.
bookaddict: Myths are like my crack. And River/Myth is my OTP. ^_^
Ana: Nerds are good! Especially literary ones! And oh, the Greeks. A strange bunch of people, really, but they had some great stories.
~kaynara
Have to say though, I really enjoyed "Medea," "Clytemnestra" and "Electra" because a) they don't have River dying from the abuse the Academy did to her (better to gain revenge/justice than give in to the torture); and b) they look at probable missions to ensure that she (River) cannot be recognized accidentally and that the Independants are nipped in the bud a second time round.
Great stuff! Would really like to see more of this kind of fic from ya;)
BEB
Grimlock: Oh, I love DA too. But when they moved it to Fridays, I was working at a movie theatre and thus didn't see the second season. Boo. Anyway, I never really planned to taken any of these past a one-shot; involved AUs aren't really my thing. If you'd like to, though, run with it! Just shoot me a link. ^_^
BEB: Thanks! I'm really intrigued by what they were training River FOR. I mean, we've seen what they trained her TO DO, but why do they need a genius psychic assassin? It's an interesting thought...
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