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Mosaic in Broken Time by twistedchick (PG-13)
Fandom: FIREFLY
Pairing: Mal/Jayne, River/OFC
Length: 3343 words
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twistedchick
Author Website: just her lj
Why this must be read: There is something simply elegant about the sparing grace of this story. It packs a lot of meaning and voice and imagery into every last syllable, until the whole thing feels ripe and full. There's a nice vein of lyricism running through the language, too, which I always love to see. My favorite aspect, though, has got to be the utterly outstanding River voice; it is absolutely, perfectly her. Also, bonus points for making Book's hair almost a character unto itself.
On the rim planets they say the spirit stays with the body for three days after death. Sometimes, maybe, that happens out there. Where I've been, it's faster than that, and slower. Some people are gone at once.
Some never leave.
Serenity's heart purrs strong and happy, and she doesn't have any ghosts that I've seen. Most places have one or two, but they don't bother me.
Kaylee's the heart. Captain's the brain. Wash is the lungs.
I don't want to talk about bodies any more. Inara and Zoe are bookends for books that don't live on the same shelf, but they do. But not for Book. He has his own shelf.
Mosaic in Broken Time
Pairing: Mal/Jayne, River/OFC
Length: 3343 words
Author on LJ:
twistedchickAuthor Website: just her lj
Why this must be read: There is something simply elegant about the sparing grace of this story. It packs a lot of meaning and voice and imagery into every last syllable, until the whole thing feels ripe and full. There's a nice vein of lyricism running through the language, too, which I always love to see. My favorite aspect, though, has got to be the utterly outstanding River voice; it is absolutely, perfectly her. Also, bonus points for making Book's hair almost a character unto itself.
On the rim planets they say the spirit stays with the body for three days after death. Sometimes, maybe, that happens out there. Where I've been, it's faster than that, and slower. Some people are gone at once.
Some never leave.
Serenity's heart purrs strong and happy, and she doesn't have any ghosts that I've seen. Most places have one or two, but they don't bother me.
Kaylee's the heart. Captain's the brain. Wash is the lungs.
I don't want to talk about bodies any more. Inara and Zoe are bookends for books that don't live on the same shelf, but they do. But not for Book. He has his own shelf.
Mosaic in Broken Time