Dear River,

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UPDATED: Thursday, December 21, 2006 20:00
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Dear River,

You do not know me. I live at the far edge of space, on a rock you probably never even heard of. And I'm, overall, truly content subsisting in virtual obscurity. Today, however, I want to make a small exception. I want to reach out to you, on this the occasion of your birthday, because I simply want to share with you that you have enriched my life immensely.

I want you to know I was there for the duration. I've seen bits of how you grew up, as a child; I saw you play with Kaylee in the day; and when the sun went dark, I was also there when you threw up on Simon's bed. I've seen you crouched up in a corner, and I was proudly present when you first danced again since so long.

You are the one found broken. In many ways, I am too. I won't bore you with those details; suffice to say that, because of you, I'm the one who's becoming whole now. Does that seem right to you? Probably not. I'm babbling like a moonbrain, I know it. I just want you to know that, not in spite of your brokenness, but rather because of it, you have taught me to function like a real human. I now know for certain what I always suspected: that so-called weakness is a strength; and that Love is truly the only driving force in the 'verse.

"No touching" you said on that day. What irony, ain't it, that you single-handedly probably touched more people than you ever dreamt possible.

Anyways, on this festive day I thought it a good idea to make a special point of telling you all these things, out-loud. We'll see how far a man's words really carry. But I believe any signal sent in Love needs no boost; rather, Love IS the boost. So, I'm confident that, one way or the other, my words will reach you; and that when they do, that they will find you happy and safe.

Happy Birthday!

- One of those you touched.


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"Mei-mei, everything I have is right here." -- Simon Tam

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Summer Glau, River
Of light, shine upon our crew
On Serenity

Forgot your birthday
Vestigial mode of time
Din’t get you anything.


My signature...Rhae.

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There is something oh-so-creepy about all this...

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Originally posted by Causal:
There is something oh-so-creepy about all this...

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Over on the other board, the serenitymovie.org board there is a group of us on a crew who just love Nathan Fillion. We call ourselves Nathan Appreciators and we're quite active.

Before Flan ( what became the awesome B3!) we talked about giving Mr. Fillion something. Two of our members came up with the idea of giving him a Book filled with our memories, opinions, and appraisals of his work. We found ourselves also wanting to include what we felt about him as Mal.
For it was as Mal for the most part that Mr. Fillion touched us so. It came about that there were many pages in the Book. Some individual, some art from Mike Phillips and Kayna and some essays by a couple of our very talented writers in our bunch. Both essays addressed Nathan as Mal... and we talked among ourselves constantly about not being over the top about it. Yet we kept being drawn back to the need to let Nathan know that he'd touched us with his portrayal of Mal, that Mal had had some impact upon our lives.

Some folks worked awful hard to Save Wash when it was learned he died in the BDM. I saw a girl cry in the theater when Wash died as if she'd lost a member of her family. Joss' genius I believe.

What I'm trying to say is that these characters in some cases bring something to some peoples real lives. Some of us have been helped to be better people by this fandom and that's directly related to being affected by a certain character.
Joss made us feel like they were family, or like they are our friends. I don't find it odd at all that someone would express that. During a time of trouble in my life, Mal helped me thru that.

We all look to literature and movies and song to inspire us, to help us see more clearly or to learn something. These stories IMHO aren't any different. The characters touch our lives--- I believe Joss meant them to.





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Originally posted by FollowMal:
What I'm trying to say is that these characters in some cases bring something to some peoples real lives. Some of us have been helped to be better people by this fandom and that's directly related to being affected by a certain character.
Joss made us feel like they were family, or like they are our friends. I don't find it odd at all that someone would express that. During a time of trouble in my life, Mal helped me thru that.

We all look to literature and movies and song to inspire us, to help us see more clearly or to learn something. These stories IMHO aren't any different. The characters touch our lives--- I believe Joss meant them to.

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Well put, Followmal. The crew of Firefly/Serenity touches each of us in a different way. The crew is a part of our family and we truly care about them.





King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Thank you Penguin...yes, they are family.

When River snatches the roll from Jayne's plate, it brings me back to my childhood when I sat around a big oval table with my brothers and Mom and Dad and we all dove in to my Mom's cooking with relish and speed. ( I had to be speedy, competition you know! )

That galley is home in that moment, for many of us here.

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I'm alright.

"Battle of Serenity, Mal. Besides Zoe here, how many-" "I'm talkin at you! How many men in your platoon came out of their alive".

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Originally posted by Causal:
There is something oh-so-creepy about all this...

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