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Since I started using del.icio.us, I went a little bit mad with the power and gobbled up oodles of fic at once. I am keeping track of the stuff i enjoy here, but so i feel more productive, here is a list of stories you ought to read:

Her Majesty by executrix (Wash(/)Simon, crew)
jolly good fun. executrix has a wonderful turn of phrase, makes me chortle out loud in glee.

White Rose, Silver Needle by Polly Burns (Mal/Simon, Mal/Jayne, Wash/Simon, Zoe/Inara, Kaylee/Inara, Kaylee/River)
excellent use of language - to manipulate, not just ornament, if that makes sense. very clever.

A Quiet Game by Runaway Scrape (Wash & Simon)
a lovely short story that comes together beautifully. very perceptive.

A Good Walk Spoiled by executrix (crew)
see above comments about the author's cleverness. this is so much fun, it really captures the benny hill-esque but also snarky humour the show really glowed with. I love it.

Like Describing the Alphabet by Mosca (Jayne/Mal)
possibly this story should go at the top of the list. jayne/mal isn't even a pairing i usually favour, but the characterisation in this is just *excellent*. it makes their relationship not merely believable, but quite strong with the way the author constructs and remains faithful to it. a fabulous read!

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[hanarobi.livejournal.com]

I was already seriously behind in preparing for the beginning of the semester (which starts Monday) and then you have to go and post this list. So of course I had to start reading. "Like Describing the Alphabet" has eaten up hours of my time and made me incredibly happy and satisfied. Content. It is just brilliant. The tone and the characterizations are spot on and the way she has Jayne figuring out what it means to love Mal and how that is different from what it means to Mal to realize he loves Jayne...it was absorbing. Exactly what I needed. Thanks for the rec.

And I owe you an e-mail response to your e-mail to me. I'll get around to it soon. Hope you are doing well.