I'm late to the party, but I'll make up for it with the adoration. This is fantastic. Let me count the ways:
1. The Tams-go home premise just begged to be written, and you executed it wonderfully, from the strained interactions between children and parents to sketching in the details of Simon & River's life before it fell apart. The descriptions of the house and Simon's room spoke volumes.
2. The Mal/Simon/River character dynamics are wonderful. I like the shift in knowledge/power between Mal and Simon once they're on his home territory and seeing Mal discombobulated.
3. Each character is wonderfully drawn. River is a hoot. Simon is ... so quintessentially Simon-y, in all his stuck-up and self-sacrificing glory. And Mal -- there's something so fundamentally lost about Mal, even post-movie, that you capture so well.
4. The ending twist. Unexpected and yet exactly in character. I love stories that reverse the power dynamic between Mal and Simon, and I am especially love stories that let Simon earn some kind of victory after the nuclear test site fate/the Alliance made of his life.
Thankyou so much for the wonderful feedback! and late to the party, pish! the door is always open for people who can shower me with praise ;D
thankyou for identifying a whole bunch of things i was trying in particular to write about. this is my first mal/simon but i have quite a thing for their power dynamic - i'm really very glad, beyond words, that that came out in this story.
thankyou again :) feel free to friend, of course!!
Well, thank *you* for writing the story. I'm amazed you were able to put some many different things into one story and still have them fit to together.
I too think the dynamics between Mal and Simon are fascinating, so I'm really glad you were able to explore them in this story.
Though my internet time is kind of spotty these days, I'm looking forward to reading what you have to say, in fic and otherwise.
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1. The Tams-go home premise just begged to be written, and you executed it wonderfully, from the strained interactions between children and parents to sketching in the details of Simon & River's life before it fell apart. The descriptions of the house and Simon's room spoke volumes.
2. The Mal/Simon/River character dynamics are wonderful. I like the shift in knowledge/power between Mal and Simon once they're on his home territory and seeing Mal discombobulated.
3. Each character is wonderfully drawn. River is a hoot. Simon is ... so quintessentially Simon-y, in all his stuck-up and self-sacrificing glory. And Mal -- there's something so fundamentally lost about Mal, even post-movie, that you capture so well.
4. The ending twist. Unexpected and yet exactly in character. I love stories that reverse the power dynamic between Mal and Simon, and I am especially love stories that let Simon earn some kind of victory after the nuclear test site fate/the Alliance made of his life.
Thanks so much for this story.
P.S. Mind if I friend?
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thankyou for identifying a whole bunch of things i was trying in particular to write about. this is my first mal/simon but i have quite a thing for their power dynamic - i'm really very glad, beyond words, that that came out in this story.
thankyou again :) feel free to friend, of course!!
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I too think the dynamics between Mal and Simon are fascinating, so I'm really glad you were able to explore them in this story.
Though my internet time is kind of spotty these days, I'm looking forward to reading what you have to say, in fic and otherwise.