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Wait my Dissolution by sullensiren (PG-13)
Fandom: FIREFLY
Pairing: Gen
Length: 2971 words
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sullensiren
Author Website: Fic Journal at IJ
Why this must be read: This is a chilling story about Simon getting his hands on a copy of the surveillance videos made during River's counseling sessions at the Academy (it helps to have seen the session 416 tapes, but it's not necessary to follow the story), and his subsequent efforts to understand and repair the damage done to River. This is set pre-movie but post-series, in that uncomfortable space after "Objects in Space" and "Ariel" but before the watershed events on Miranda. River is not entirely a girl anymore, andsullensiren does an excellent job of finding a really authentic and captivating voice for that odd mixture of laughing child, brilliant young woman, and cold weapon that makes up the inside of River's mental landscape. Simon's guilt and horror also come through with heartbreaking clarity, especially as he comes to better comprehend exactly what happened to his sister, and I love the complexity of his feelings here. The relationship sullensiren paints between the Tam siblings is very layered and real and and fundamentally loving, and all the more devastating in the ways it (and they themselves) has been damaged because of that.
Wait my Dissolution
Pairing: Gen
Length: 2971 words
Author on LJ:
sullensirenAuthor Website: Fic Journal at IJ
Why this must be read: This is a chilling story about Simon getting his hands on a copy of the surveillance videos made during River's counseling sessions at the Academy (it helps to have seen the session 416 tapes, but it's not necessary to follow the story), and his subsequent efforts to understand and repair the damage done to River. This is set pre-movie but post-series, in that uncomfortable space after "Objects in Space" and "Ariel" but before the watershed events on Miranda. River is not entirely a girl anymore, and
sullensiren does an excellent job of finding a really authentic and captivating voice for that odd mixture of laughing child, brilliant young woman, and cold weapon that makes up the inside of River's mental landscape. Simon's guilt and horror also come through with heartbreaking clarity, especially as he comes to better comprehend exactly what happened to his sister, and I love the complexity of his feelings here. The relationship sullensiren paints between the Tam siblings is very layered and real and and fundamentally loving, and all the more devastating in the ways it (and they themselves) has been damaged because of that. Wait my Dissolution