Yay! Honest to God, this is the first post-Serenity fic I have ever seen that deals with the immediate aftermath of the movie (ie, Simon's owies). I love it! I've always been a fan of h/c and you deal with Simon's pain well - both his and the rest of the crew, especially Kaylee.
I know! I'm surprised with how little people write about this part in the timeline. I'm so very glad you like it, I was worried it was too angsty, too h/c, so I am overjoyed to hear that's what you like!!
back before all the masks got ripped off and everything had to be wrapped in bandages instead.
That line... pure poetry. Heartwrenching.
I'm not generally into Jayne/Simon, but this was great. Simon existing in a fog after Serenity is entirely believable and...somehow beautiful in you words.
Jaynedepth. it's a particular kind of crudeness that means stuff. known for making certain core doctors immensely irritated at the fact that spitting might quite possibly have come to mean the same thing as a sonnet or dissertation, and he knows it.
I'm glad my *cough* subtlety came through in the story. Thank*you* for the feedback!
known for making certain core doctors immensely irritated at the fact that spitting might quite possibly have come to mean the same thing as a sonnet or dissertation, and he knows it.
By 'immensely irritated', do you mean 'bizarrely and incongruously turned-on'? I have this image in my head of Simon jerking off after having watched Jayne do something crude yet emotionally depth-ful. Er. Like Book, I have a smutty mind.
By 'immensely irritated', do you mean 'bizarrely and incongruously turned-on'?
fuck yes! i mean, getting-hot-and-bothered and knowing it and being irritated because of it and being completely in denial even whilst jerking off after a particularly succint crudity.
kater tater! thankyou for the feedback, it means a lot to me. i had a bit of difficulty with this story, as i kinda feel like i got the h/c bug out in my early days of LOTR FPS, but there's not really anything different that you can do with these guys at this point, is there?
*squishies* thankyou so much. I'm glad you like it.
Oh wow. Oh Simon. Everyone is hurting so badly and he can't fix any of it.
Your Jayne/Simon is a thing of godlike amazingness, but I can't help the twinge I feel for Kaylee. I like her so much, and she just gets shafted. Oh well, she is in the fine company of the many thousands of women whose ONETRUECRUSHOMG turned out to be gay.
I'm going to readthis later, but its surreal seeing 'cicatrix' in a fic... espeically a slash fic! I originally got the cicatrix in my screen name from an alterna-verse buffy slash fic series YEARS ago! :D
I enjoyed this a lot, even though I don't actively read Jayne/Simon. Someone else who doesn't do a lot of J/S recced it and I took a peek since I trust her opinions. Glad I read it -- you've got a great writing style and a good, strong Simon voice/feel. I especially loved the immediately-after-the-movie take you had. I've written and read lots of post-Serenity fics but this one feels the most connected, in a sense. Everyone is hurt, and there is this fog that they're all moving through and you captured it really well.
I also think it's incredibly interesting/telling that although River and Kaylee make cameos neither Mal, Zoe nor Inara do. Anyway, I didn't expect to enjoy this and here I am with a long review, heh. Go figure, huh? :)
Thankyou for the great feedback! I think I would have gone for a broader scope and included more of the rest of the crew had I not been rushing it to get in for the ficathon ;D That said, I was aware of that as I was writing too, though, and felt that it was a very internal-simon piece (and erg, i know that isn't the right word, but my brane is broke) that didn't leave a lot of room for a lot more people without drawing it out over many thousands more words ;)
It's always an ego boost to hear people enjoying my stories though they don't 'ship my pairings! could you tell me who recced it?
::turns head, whispers:: Beautiful, melancholy, they faced the truth & they lived. All that needed to be said, wounds from choices made & the lies they told themselves. Desire, taciturn & immediate, a final release. Joss, it coulda' been this way.
Enough cliched ramblin' from me, words fall to my heart. Pretend I just said 'Loved it, a LOT!'
I read this AAAAAAAAGES ago and just skulked, thought it was great and said nothing :-/
I've just read it again. And your characterisation is perfect, as usual, at the risk of sounding repetitive, and your writing is beautiful, and their post-Serenity pain ("To bury 'em there" gahhhh) is so very sad. And this whole paragraph: '“You ain’t right,” Jayne says...' is so terribly hot. Mmmhmm.
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A present for me!
And the Simon/Jayne scene...*melts*
Thank you for a great fic!
*happily goes off to reread*
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glee. happy ficathon! :D
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That line... pure poetry. Heartwrenching.
I'm not generally into Jayne/Simon, but this was great. Simon existing in a fog after Serenity is entirely believable and...somehow beautiful in you words.
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Thanks for the lovely feedback.
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Oooh, I love that line. It is so crude but also shows some Jayne depth.
Hmmm. Like this too. Desentitized by Jayne. Not just his fingers. Yay fic! Thank you!
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Hahhah, icon yay!
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I'm glad my *cough* subtlety came through in the story. Thank*you* for the feedback!
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Yep.
By 'immensely irritated', do you mean 'bizarrely and incongruously turned-on'? I have this image in my head of Simon jerking off after having watched Jayne do something crude yet emotionally depth-ful. Er. Like Book, I have a smutty mind.
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fuck yes! i mean, getting-hot-and-bothered and knowing it and being irritated because of it and being completely in denial even whilst jerking off after a particularly succint crudity.
er.
yes.
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In the infirmary? In the half-light? With the possibility of Jayne just walking in at any moment? That's what you mean, right??
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yep.
oh simon. you so
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And River saying, "You should close your door," with that 'you're an idiot' look she does so well. Yep.
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I might have sniffled a little while reading this.
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*squishies* thankyou so much. I'm glad you like it.
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Your Jayne/Simon is a thing of godlike amazingness, but I can't help the twinge I feel for Kaylee. I like her so much, and she just gets shafted. Oh well, she is in the fine company of the many thousands of women whose ONETRUECRUSHOMG turned out to be gay.
Beautiful work.
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yep, that just about sums it up! heh.
my fic is godlike? thankyou! kaylee does get a wee bit shafted in this (so to speak) but yeah, it's less about what kind of parts she has, i think ;)
but yes, GAY.
thankyou :)
(PS. nice to see you again!)
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This is not, of course, what Kaylee will tell herself.
GAY. In your infinite wisdom you have made it so. *genuflects*
(Ah, yeah. I died temporarily. :D And when I came back, my brain was gone. BECAUSE FIREFLY ATE IT. OH GOD.)
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I also think it's incredibly interesting/telling that although River and Kaylee make cameos neither Mal, Zoe nor Inara do. Anyway, I didn't expect to enjoy this and here I am with a long review, heh. Go figure, huh? :)
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It's always an ego boost to hear people enjoying my stories though they don't 'ship my pairings! could you tell me who recced it?
Thanks again :)
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Beautiful, melancholy, they faced the truth & they lived. All that needed to be said, wounds from choices made & the lies they told themselves. Desire, taciturn & immediate, a final release. Joss, it coulda' been this way.
Enough cliched ramblin' from me, words fall to my heart. Pretend I just said 'Loved it, a LOT!'
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I've just read it again. And your characterisation is perfect, as usual, at the risk of sounding repetitive, and your writing is beautiful, and their post-Serenity pain ("To bury 'em there" gahhhh) is so very sad. And this whole paragraph: '“You ain’t right,” Jayne says...' is so terribly hot. Mmmhmm.
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thankyou for the lovely feedback... this story was tricky to write, but it turns out people kinda like it!
I think there should be more immediately-after-Serenity fic.
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