Do's and Don'ts for a good Firefly/Serenity fic?
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UPDATED: Sunday, September 24, 2006 00:15
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I've only read a few but...
For heaven's sake, let Mal win once in a while!
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I just had to jump in here and disagree with the general concensous that Mal and Kaylee have a more father/daughter relationship than a sibling-like one.
What daughter would tell her father his pants showed off his backside? A younger sister might be more able to get away with something like that without it being creepy.
Also, the love and awe Kaylee has for Mal is very younger-sister; especially for a much older brother. I know my brother and I had a similar relationship.
Another thing a daughter wouldn't be likely to do would be to tell her father "Tell that to Inara" or something similar. But a pissed-off younger sister? Oh yeah!
Anyway, excellent thread, it's nice to get a lot of different takes on things.
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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
I just had to jump in here and disagree with the general concensous that Mal and Kaylee have a more father/daughter relationship than a sibling-like one.
What daughter would tell her father his pants showed off his backside? A younger sister might be more able to get away with something like that without it being creepy.
Also, the love and awe Kaylee has for Mal is very younger-sister; especially for a much older brother. I know my brother and I had a similar relationship.
Another thing a daughter wouldn't be likely to do would be to tell her father "Tell that to Inara" or something similar. But a pissed-off younger sister? Oh yeah!
Actually, I can definitely see a daughter say these things to her father. The pants comment, obviously. It's not a come-on, just an observation, and their relationship is not exactly father-daughter, but carries certain aspects of it. In particular, if the hypothetical brother you mention is much older, it already blurs some lines from "normal" sibling relationships, taking away from the relative equality there toward a more superior-status/little girl worship scenario, which can also be the case with father/daughter relationships.
And Kaylee's comment about Inara is a very good example of her breaking out of that adoring, passive role. She never ever defied Mal in the series. Complained, yes. Openly challenged, no. In the movie, she does. She's growing up, drawing lines. If you imagine Inara as the estranged mother figure, it's very easily something a rebelling teenager would say to her father, too. Hell, an adult woman, as well, if the situation applies.
Errr, which is a lot of arguing to defend an opinion that's down to personal perception anyway. *g*
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But. Still. Puppy!
Heh, I agree. Have to be a beagle too, preferably black-market.
Also, I'd like to echo the Captain Daddy thing. It always makes me read it again just to make sure they'd really put it in there. Possibly Daddy, or Captain, though either is still not what she usually does (in fact, I usually don't hear her saying people's names in conversation at all), but certainly not Captain Daddy.
I think too many people get Jayne all wrong. They try to have him way too simple or way more complex than he really is. He's really not entirely stupid, but he ain't smart either. Keeping that balance is hard, but essential.
Who knows, maybe someday I'll get a fanfic of my own out, and ya'll can yell at me for my own problems.
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