Because I find myself consulting these whenever I write; here they all are in one place for my convenience and yours :)


’Geography’

( ’The Worlds of the Alliance’ educational chart )


Serenity

( cross section map of Serenity )


Lexicon

Consequence Free: Chinese translations from Firefly
Very quick & easy list of the Chinese used in the episodes, their translations, quote where they’re used, suggested spellings & pronounciations. Listed in alphabetical order.

Firefly Chinese Pinyinary
If you want to go into more depth with the Chinese, use more unique phrases, look up translations that occur outside the show.

Cortex Lexicon at FireflyWiki.org
A dictionary of both slang and technical terms used in the Firefly ‘verse.


Also see FireflyWiki.org for episode scripts, timelines, and background on a range of other things in the ‘verse (technology, medicine, weapons, & more).


The writing and the sharing of fic

the_cortex
Links to fanfiction posted on a day-to-day basis.

fireflyslash
The main slash community for the fandom.

ff_fanfic
The main fanfic community - for slash, het, gen, whatever you like.

ff_friday
Fic writing challenge community, for the participating in and posting of a weekly challenge.

Firefly’s Glow Archive
Fanfiction automated archive covering all genres also (slash, gen, etc). A lot of the fic here was posted when the show was first airing.

If you’re after inspiration, Still-Flying.net has wonderfully extensive pic/screencap galleries.


Generally useful sites for writing

I always end up at Thesaurus.com/Dictionary.com when I’m writing.




Suggestions for things to add to this post are very welcome at all times. Feel free to link this where you think it might be useful.