So... what's your ship?
POSTED BY: Jacqui
UPDATED: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 04:33
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You know, I've been thinking a fair bit on the fanfic posted at this site and there's a trend here.
The majority of the fics here are canon, staying closely to the show.
There doesn't seem to be much in the way of Non Canon Pairings. I mean, other than Jaylee (there's a *huge* amount of Jaylee fic at this site, not that I'm complaining, mind, I like this trend), plus a few Mal/Simon, Jayne/Simon, Jayne/River fics that I've seen.
There are nine people on that boat and that makes for more than four or five pairings.
Now, what's the consensus on all the other pairings? I know they're out there, because other firefly fanfic sites have it in droves.
The slash fic alone is prodigious.
There's very few f/f fic (I've posted Kaylee/River in "Adam's Rib"), but I haven't really seen any other, say Kaylee/Inara, Inara/River, Zoe/Kaylee, etc... And only slightly more m/m fic.
Is there something preventing people posting these fics here?
Would the CSI 'ship be acceptale? For instance? Simon/River pairings aren't that uncommon on other sites.
Just feelin' out the waters here.
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"Your toes are in the sand."
"And your head's up your..."
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My ship is Serenity.
I also do Mal/River.
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I'm writing an extended Mal/River, based pretty much on the last scene of the movie (River: I like to hear you say it. Mal: Love keeps her in the air...), plus the revelation of Miranda scene (Mal: (I'm betting my crew's life on the theory that you're a person). That makes a great deal of sense to me--they're the two most broken characters, and Mal, having laid everything on the line repeatedly for River, is bound to have quietly gained her trust.
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I hear ya, Jacqui, and you're right. Very little girl-on-girl here. Don't know why, because it's out there on other fanfic sites. I did read your K/R in Adam's Rib and liked it, actually, though not my cuppa.
Here's my admittedly hung-up view on it: I just don't get het up over girl parts. Strictly a hetero, but that also means I'm liking boys to boys. Alas, weird but true.
J? I don't know of any other Firefly fanfiction sites. Are you willing to provide links to 'em? I mean, the goodies on this site are wondrous, but, like, there are MORE?
Please post 'em here or hit me at Four-foot-hair@hotmail.com.
Oh, and Belac? I am DYING to read your Mal/River fic. Agree wholeheartedly with your view that River's bound to have found an appreciation for the good captain lately. Thought that myself. Type furiously, will ya?
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Originally posted by ItsaWash:
Here's my admittedly hung-up view on it: I just don't get het up over girl parts. Strictly a hetero, but that also means I'm liking boys to boys. Alas, weird but true.
Yeah, I understand. I'm het, I read het, but I also read f/f. I don't get that excited by m/m. Boy parts... I don't know, doesn't really float my boat.
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J? I don't know of any other Firefly fanfiction sites. Are you willing to provide links to 'em? I mean, the goodies on this site are wondrous, but, like, there are MORE?
Yes, there are. The Firefly Glow archive is probably the best I've found. It's got a lot of the fic that's here, but also heaps more...
http://firefly.populli.org/
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"He's hurting a woman, he really *is* a bad guy... and I wouldn't call him a gentleman."
- Kyle, 9, watching 'Serenity'.
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Thanks for the tasty link, J.
On the unusual pairings, you got me thinking. There's at least one hetero pairing that nobody has touched yet, and I'm percolating something to put out there. I'll letcha know when it's nearly ready to serve. One thing I do know, it's gonna smack of the kink.
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I'm very much canon Simon/Kaylee, as well as Mal/Inara... but I have read some Jayne/River that I've enjoyed and that's not canon... lol
Dunno much about firefly fic archives really, I just come onto here, cause there's something new every day.
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"Joss, if you kill him now I'll stuff a compression coil up your ass sideways!"
~ Kaylee, "Serenity in 2000 words or less"
Kaylee's the perfect woman!
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Originally posted by misskitten:
I'm very much canon Simon/Kaylee, as well as Mal/Inara... but I have read some Jayne/River that I've enjoyed and that's not canon... lol
Dunno much about firefly fic archives really, I just come onto here, cause there's something new every day.
I definately agree with you. I'm a canon shipper, what can I say? I'm mostly Simon/Kaylee, but I also like Mal/Inara and Wash/Zoe.
~A message from Serenyty~
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Originally posted by Jacqui:
You know, I've been thinking a fair bit on the fanfic posted at this site and there's a trend here.
The majority of the fics here are canon, staying closely to the show.
There doesn't seem to be much in the way of Non Canon Pairings. I mean, other than Jaylee (there's a *huge* amount of Jaylee fic at this site, not that I'm complaining, mind, I like this trend), plus a few Mal/Simon, Jayne/Simon, Jayne/River fics that I've seen.
There are nine people on that boat and that makes for more than four or five pairings.
Now, what's the consensus on all the other pairings? I know they're out there, because other firefly fanfic sites have it in droves.
The slash fic alone is prodigious.
There's very few f/f fic (I've posted Kaylee/River in "Adam's Rib"), but I haven't really seen any other, say Kaylee/Inara, Inara/River, Zoe/Kaylee, etc... And only slightly more m/m fic.
Is there something preventing people posting these fics here?
Would the CSI 'ship be acceptale? For instance? Simon/River pairings aren't that uncommon on other sites.
Just feelin' out the waters here.
I get most of my fic from LiveJournal, where there are a lot of non-canon shipping communities.
I personally favor Mal/Simon and Mal/River. I like River/Simon, but only if it's purely emotional. Graphic CSI is just too squicky for me.
"it has some sweet character deaths -- I mean moments!" - Joss Whedon
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I love the most obvious ones: Simon/Kaylee, Mal/Inara, Zoe/Wash, and, for some strange reason, I absolutely adore the Rayne ship.
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"No, Cap'n, I think it's shiny!"--Kaylee, o'course.
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Inara/Kaylee always seemed a likely pairing to me. Inara's doing Kaylee's hair for her; Kaylee's intrigue at Inara w/ the state-official (not to mention Inara's openness to women).
"I'll be in my bunk" -Jayne
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