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Brought to the Edge and Always Crossing the Lines by edenbound (PG-13)
Fandom: FIREFLY
Pairing: Gen
Length: 19,024 words
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edenbound
Author Website: just her lj
Why this must be read: This is a Simon-centered AU based on what might have happened if he had failed to rescue River from the Academy. Overall, this is an angsty and regret-filled story, all sharp-edged and only sometimes leavened with comfort. Also, there's a major character death. It's easy to tip over the edge from dark into maudlin, but this story never does that. For all the harshness in edenbound's vision, the angst is not fetishized or overwrought, but real and human and totally plausible. This version of Simon is more than a little heartbreaking to see, but in a way that feels honest to his character and the situation he finds himself in. The plot and detail-work are compelling, and the voices are good as well, especially for Simon and Mal.
It didn't take long for there to be more videos. Now they had her, Simon thought, they couldn't resist using her. It was noticed, even noted in the news sources that were generally Alliance-friendly. How the enemies of the Alliance were dying out like flies.
It didn't take a genius, although Simon was one, to imagine what the leaders of the resistance were thinking. River was more than just some object of pity, now. She had to be a priority, because they had to get her before she got them. Eventually the Alliance, or whoever held her leash, would work their way down the list to the leaders of the resistance.
Simon wondered for a moment what would happen to River when all the current enemies had conveniently disappeared, but it didn't take a genius to work that out, either. There'd always be some enemy. Someone would get hold of her and use her on the Alliance itself, perhaps, emptying it from the inside to facilitate a quick move up. If the resistance got hold of her --
Simon had always liked to think the best of people.
Brought to the Edge and Always Crossing the Lines
Pairing: Gen
Length: 19,024 words
Author on LJ:
edenboundAuthor Website: just her lj
Why this must be read: This is a Simon-centered AU based on what might have happened if he had failed to rescue River from the Academy. Overall, this is an angsty and regret-filled story, all sharp-edged and only sometimes leavened with comfort. Also, there's a major character death. It's easy to tip over the edge from dark into maudlin, but this story never does that. For all the harshness in edenbound's vision, the angst is not fetishized or overwrought, but real and human and totally plausible. This version of Simon is more than a little heartbreaking to see, but in a way that feels honest to his character and the situation he finds himself in. The plot and detail-work are compelling, and the voices are good as well, especially for Simon and Mal.
It didn't take long for there to be more videos. Now they had her, Simon thought, they couldn't resist using her. It was noticed, even noted in the news sources that were generally Alliance-friendly. How the enemies of the Alliance were dying out like flies.
It didn't take a genius, although Simon was one, to imagine what the leaders of the resistance were thinking. River was more than just some object of pity, now. She had to be a priority, because they had to get her before she got them. Eventually the Alliance, or whoever held her leash, would work their way down the list to the leaders of the resistance.
Simon wondered for a moment what would happen to River when all the current enemies had conveniently disappeared, but it didn't take a genius to work that out, either. There'd always be some enemy. Someone would get hold of her and use her on the Alliance itself, perhaps, emptying it from the inside to facilitate a quick move up. If the resistance got hold of her --
Simon had always liked to think the best of people.
Brought to the Edge and Always Crossing the Lines