Rayne Lovers and Haters
POSTED BY: crystalkei
UPDATED: Sunday, June 14, 2009 16:41
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Originally posted by mal4prez:
It seems like there should be a fantasy fic classification or something.
i don't know who maintains the board - but i firmly believe the blue sun room should be an AREA - with seperate rooms for types of stuff. i realise that a lot of writers don't like their work to be simply classified - we all admire whedon for his genre busting after all - but still... it would be useful for those with specific tastes (or a sudden whim) to be able to pic from FireFluff/FireFly/Ship/Slash and caboodal. ALSO and quite importantly - google searches could hit here more easily - attracting new folk to the verse - be it lovers of maverick, bonanza, sci-fi, again with the fluff, etc. even - deep sigh - scratches stubble with bazooka - rayne. gawd help us. I'm with RivenFlan on that one.
some kind of a furnace.
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Originally posted by Mobbex:You are better at dying
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And I don't think Joss ment for his wonderful creation to end up as a love-boat with a slightly different setting that other love-boats. Joss didn't do that in the show, or the movie, so why do you people assume that it would have happened?
Thank god! Do you mind if I use this quote in my sig?
Not at all, Mobbex. Go right ahead.
"The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds, given adequate vaccuuming systems." -River
"It's just an object. It doesn't mean what you think -River
Bwaa!
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Thanks for the complement, if it was meant as a complement, Platonist. Though that description suprises me, seeing as all the people around me that have seen Firefly/Serenity describe me as Kaylee/River, or like River was pre-Acadamy.
Oh well. You learn something new every day.
And sorry if I don't have a reconizeable point- I tend to do that 
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"The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds, given adequate vaccuuming systems." -River
"It's just an object. It doesn't mean what you think -River
Bwaa!
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Done! *cheers*
EDIT: yes, I like adding unreasonably large images to my sigs 
I just can't abide Rayne. Or River/anybody. Or Jayne/anybody. That just doesn't make sense. And I don't think Joss ment for his wonderful creation to end up as a love-boat with a slightly different setting that other love-boats. Joss didn't do that in the show, or the movie, so why do you people assume that it would have happened? ----Riverflan
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I have no real problem with Rayne if the author can pull it off. Unfortunately, 99 percent of the time, they can't. At least not up to my standards (i'm picky like that). I've found that most fics featuring a River pairing just aren't very good. There are a couple Mal/River ones that I thought were decent, but they were the exception to the rule.
I generally like the really uncommon pairings like Mal/Kaylee, Mal/Zoe, or Wash/Anyone-but-Zoe mainly because of the novelty value, but also because there have been some good ones that i've read.
Also, I like Mal/Inara if it's still in that snarky pre-romance stage (otherwise, it's just not that interesting). For a really good story featuring (though not revolving around) really good snarky Mal/Inara, you should check out ScrewtheAlliance's story arc. His fics "Kaylee's Lament" (28 chapters), "The Treasure of Lei Fong Wu" (90 chapters), and "Unfinished Business" (in progress, currently 20 chapters) are horrendously long, but incredibly well written, with the most in-character, humorous portrayals of the BDHs I've seen outside the show and BDM.
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"I refuse to submit,
To the god you say is kind.
I know what's right, and it is time,
It's time to fight, and free our minds!
Our spirits were forged in snow and ice,
To bend like steel forged over fire.
We were not made to bend like reed,
Or to turn the other cheek!"
- from the song "Thousand Years of Opression" by Amon Amarth
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I used to like Rayne (when i was a brand new, pink cheeked Browncoat) and had only seen the BDM. Now, I just don't see it at all. I read a few fics and while they were well written, they just didn't grab me. The only aspect of that pairing I would ever slag is the sometimes rudeness of the shippers. I mean, it's just fanfic.
I much prefer Jayne and River interaction that's just them being them. It never fails to crack me up. A lot of the time it's the same with Mal and River (but that's just because I haven't found a really good, believable Mal/River yet. 
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And even more then that I like independant!River. Like a big story of her developing post BDM would be just delicious with no pairing or only hints of pairing.
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"You know that's gonna fall off."
-----Nathan Fillion (to me while drunk)
How are ships unlike food?
1. If you try it and don't like it, you don't have to do it again.
2. You can have as much as you want, when you want.
3. Cravings can be very specific.
I mean, hello it's not as if there's 'ship police?
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If you're looking for a fic that portrays River independant of "any ships" and empowered by her own potential try "Broken Wings" by Leiasky.
It is post Miranda and IMHO very close to Joss's vision for who and what this character is and what she will be capable of.
It is a sequel, but starts here:
http://fireflyfans.net/sunroomitem.asp?i=17638
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Mobbex: Would you mind too terribly if I stole your sig pic for my custom Avatar? That pic is really cool. I'd appreciate it 
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"The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds, given adequate vaccuuming systems." -River
"It's just an object. It doesn't mean what you think -River
Bwaa!
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Originally posted by RiverFlan:
Mobbex: Would you mind too terribly if I stole your sig pic for my custom Avatar? That pic is really cool. I'd appreciate it
Oh absolutely not! Go for it!
I just can't abide Rayne. Or River/anybody. Or Jayne/anybody. That just doesn't make sense. And I don't think Joss ment for his wonderful creation to end up as a love-boat with a slightly different setting that other love-boats. Joss didn't do that in the show, or the movie, so why do you people assume that it would have happened? ----Riverflan
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Done! *cheers!*
Edit: Cool. All of my previous entries have gotten my new avatar! I didn't know that would happen.
Thanks!
"The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds, given adequate vaccuuming systems." -River
"It's just an object. It doesn't mean what you think -River
Bwaa!
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