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A Change In The Wind by FayJay (R)
Fandom: FIREFLY/PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
Pairing: Gen
Length: 7,727 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pandarus
Author Website: just her lj
Why this must be read: This is what the pilot episode of Firefly would have looked like in the PotC 'verse, with just a bit of Tam Lin thrown in for extra flavoring. What's amazing is how seamless this crossover is, and how completely FayJay makes it all work. The voices are perfectly in-character, yet shifted just enough to be appropriate through the lens of PotC. All the landmarks of canon are still there, but FayJay reinterprets them brilliantly to fit with PotC (and Tam Lin) canon as well. To top all that off, this is a wonderfully inventive tale with sparkling dialogue, sharp characterizations, and a shiny plot.
Tam looks over at River, and then back at Mal. “It isn't my intention to bring any trouble down on your head, Captain,” he says, uncertainly.
“Ah, but there's a gap between intention and results, isn't there, my friend?” Mal fixes his gaze upon the young Doctor, as if he hopes to somehow plumb the depths of his soul. “You want to take us into deep waters, unknown waters, and you want to take us to tangle with Tia Dalma. That, Dr Tam, is trouble with a capital T.”
“Oh,” says the Doctor, looking suddenly very young. “I – I see. I hadn't really thought of that.”
“Indeed.” Mal shakes his head. “Jayne, throw him overboard.”
“Captain!”
“Cap'n', don't joke like that!”
“Cap'n, I'm sure you didn't mean...”
“Now, just a minute, can we talk about this before we start murdering people for no good reason?”
”No!” yells Mal, over the clamour of voices in the little cabin. “This is not a democracy!”
“Actually, Cap'n, it kind of is,” points out Master Frye, sounding apologetic but quite firm. “We voted for you, same as we voted for Zoe here. Democratic-like.”
“Well, yes, that's true, but – look, Zoe agrees with me, don't you?”
“Not sure that I do, Cap'n,” says Zoe, and the Sailing Master gives her hand a squeeze.
“Seems to me we could use a Ship's Doctor, and if little River here is as clever as he says, she might be useful to have aboard. You are looking for a new First Mate.”
“Oh, don't even – what is this, a rebellion? A mutiny? Are you mutinying on me, Master Frye?”
“No, Cap'n. 'Course not. I'm just refusing to do what you say.”
“Mister Book?”
The Boatswain rubs his chin thoughtfully. “I think he seems like a brave, if somewhat foolhardy, young man. And he certainly has skills that would be most useful on board 'Serenity'. I think we should take a vote on it.”
“Jayne?”
“Oh, I'm with you, Cap'n. Let's throw him to the sharks. Seems a pity to waste the girl, though.”
“...somehow that was less reassuring than it might have been, Jayne. I find myself suddenly not wanting to be on my own side.” Mal draws a breath, and looks at the members of his crew arrayed in the cabin. “We could open this up to the Able Seamen, and take a vote, or I could just agree that you're all a bunch of feckless, romantic idiots with the self-preservation instincts of a day-old chick.”
A Change In The Wind
Pairing: Gen
Length: 7,727 words
Author on LJ:
pandarusAuthor Website: just her lj
Why this must be read: This is what the pilot episode of Firefly would have looked like in the PotC 'verse, with just a bit of Tam Lin thrown in for extra flavoring. What's amazing is how seamless this crossover is, and how completely FayJay makes it all work. The voices are perfectly in-character, yet shifted just enough to be appropriate through the lens of PotC. All the landmarks of canon are still there, but FayJay reinterprets them brilliantly to fit with PotC (and Tam Lin) canon as well. To top all that off, this is a wonderfully inventive tale with sparkling dialogue, sharp characterizations, and a shiny plot.
Tam looks over at River, and then back at Mal. “It isn't my intention to bring any trouble down on your head, Captain,” he says, uncertainly.
“Ah, but there's a gap between intention and results, isn't there, my friend?” Mal fixes his gaze upon the young Doctor, as if he hopes to somehow plumb the depths of his soul. “You want to take us into deep waters, unknown waters, and you want to take us to tangle with Tia Dalma. That, Dr Tam, is trouble with a capital T.”
“Oh,” says the Doctor, looking suddenly very young. “I – I see. I hadn't really thought of that.”
“Indeed.” Mal shakes his head. “Jayne, throw him overboard.”
“Captain!”
“Cap'n', don't joke like that!”
“Cap'n, I'm sure you didn't mean...”
“Now, just a minute, can we talk about this before we start murdering people for no good reason?”
”No!” yells Mal, over the clamour of voices in the little cabin. “This is not a democracy!”
“Actually, Cap'n, it kind of is,” points out Master Frye, sounding apologetic but quite firm. “We voted for you, same as we voted for Zoe here. Democratic-like.”
“Well, yes, that's true, but – look, Zoe agrees with me, don't you?”
“Not sure that I do, Cap'n,” says Zoe, and the Sailing Master gives her hand a squeeze.
“Seems to me we could use a Ship's Doctor, and if little River here is as clever as he says, she might be useful to have aboard. You are looking for a new First Mate.”
“Oh, don't even – what is this, a rebellion? A mutiny? Are you mutinying on me, Master Frye?”
“No, Cap'n. 'Course not. I'm just refusing to do what you say.”
“Mister Book?”
The Boatswain rubs his chin thoughtfully. “I think he seems like a brave, if somewhat foolhardy, young man. And he certainly has skills that would be most useful on board 'Serenity'. I think we should take a vote on it.”
“Jayne?”
“Oh, I'm with you, Cap'n. Let's throw him to the sharks. Seems a pity to waste the girl, though.”
“...somehow that was less reassuring than it might have been, Jayne. I find myself suddenly not wanting to be on my own side.” Mal draws a breath, and looks at the members of his crew arrayed in the cabin. “We could open this up to the Able Seamen, and take a vote, or I could just agree that you're all a bunch of feckless, romantic idiots with the self-preservation instincts of a day-old chick.”
A Change In The Wind