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crack_van2011-10-28 10:48 am
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Simple by Hope (G)
Fandom: FIREFLY
Pairing: Simon/Kaylee (barely)
Length: ~1K words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
hopeful_fiction
Author Website: (or a link to where more of their fic is archived) AO3
Why this must be read: In this, well, simple character study, Kaylee meditates on what she wants in life and on Simon. Hope paints a clear picture of Kaylee as a whole person, not just the endlessly cheery manic pixie dream girl fandom (and, to an extent, canon) often depicts her as.
She figures she don't really have to think about much, as long as she's happy then things are going well. If she ain't happy, then she's just got to do whatever it takes to get back there again. Her body knows this, and her heart knows this. She's learned to trust her instincts, they always know what's best for her.
She figures Simon's instincts got messed up somewhere along the way, probably from all the training at being proper he got when he was a kid. Even River deals better in the black than he does, like all her manners got stripped away with whatever the Alliance had been doing to her brain. She's not like Jayne, though, as if she never had proper learning. It's like she knows how she's meant to behave, but she just don't care. She's beyond it. Sometimes Kaylee wonders what it would be like if Simon had been stripped away like that. Sometimes she thinks maybe that would be better.
Simple
Pairing: Simon/Kaylee (barely)
Length: ~1K words
Author on LJ:
hopeful_fictionAuthor Website: (or a link to where more of their fic is archived) AO3
Why this must be read: In this, well, simple character study, Kaylee meditates on what she wants in life and on Simon. Hope paints a clear picture of Kaylee as a whole person, not just the endlessly cheery manic pixie dream girl fandom (and, to an extent, canon) often depicts her as.
She figures she don't really have to think about much, as long as she's happy then things are going well. If she ain't happy, then she's just got to do whatever it takes to get back there again. Her body knows this, and her heart knows this. She's learned to trust her instincts, they always know what's best for her.
She figures Simon's instincts got messed up somewhere along the way, probably from all the training at being proper he got when he was a kid. Even River deals better in the black than he does, like all her manners got stripped away with whatever the Alliance had been doing to her brain. She's not like Jayne, though, as if she never had proper learning. It's like she knows how she's meant to behave, but she just don't care. She's beyond it. Sometimes Kaylee wonders what it would be like if Simon had been stripped away like that. Sometimes she thinks maybe that would be better.
Simple