Firefly Drabble: Family

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Title: Family

Fandom: Firefly

Author: badly_knitted

Characters: Mal, Simon

Rating: G

Spoilers: None

Summary: Mal explains to Simon why they have to rescue Jayne.

Word Count: 100

Written For: doreyg's prompt Firefly, Any, "'Ohana" means "family." "Family" means "no one gets left behind." at fic_promptly.

Disclaimer: I don’t own Firefly, or the characters. They belong to their creators.

A/N: I always said I would NEVER write Firefly. Well, never again. Much as I love listening to it, dialogue for this show is a nightmare to write. I tried my best.

“We go in, get Jayne, get gone. Got it?”

“I have a question.” Simon. Figured. “Do we have to rescue him?”

“Yes, and we’d do the same regardless which of us got caught. Ohana. Family. That’s us. Means nobody gets left behind, not even Jayne, much as I reckon there’s times we’d all like to do it anyways. We stick together, makes us stronger. Any one of us alone, we got nothin’. Together, we got somethin’ worth fightin’ for. Each other. Us and this ship, that’s all there is ‘tween us and the black. It’s more ‘n most folks got.”

The End

Comments

[timelordshines.livejournal.com]

I know nothing about the fandom but I like the drabble.

My boyfriend watches firefly so I thought I might have an inkling as to what was going on, or at least recognise the characters but instead it just made me realise how much I blank out when made to watch it! :-)

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Thank you!

It's one of my favourite shows - I love all the characters and the whole Western in space vibe, I just wish it hadn't been cancelled. The movie, Serenity', is still my favourite movie ever.

[milady-dragon.livejournal.com]

Oh, that was great! You have the voices down, I could hear Mal in my head as I was reading this.

Although I can't quite blame Simon for asking.

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Jayne can be a pain at times, but I love him anyway, lol!

Thank you. I had to watch clips and read transcripts to work out how Mal would phrase his reply. It takes me so much research to just write a drabble I'd never get anywhere trying to write something longer. I adore Firefly (Serenity is my favourite movie), but it sure is hard to write!

[lilyrose225.livejournal.com]

Ahh! *squees* Oh Simon, you sweet little thing. I know Jayne tried to sell you out, but really, you've all changed since then.

You did a great job with the voices~ Why did you stop writing this fandom [if you don't mind me asking]?

(err... hello again? XD I'm finally taking a break from school... it's insane here...)

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I didn't 'stop' writing it, this is the only thing I've ever written for Firefly, it's just so hard to get the dialogue right, it's so distinctive. Writing one drabble took hours of watching clips and reading transcripts before I felt able to tackle it. It's unlikely I'll ever make another stab at it - I admire people who can just write it, especially if they can write River! I adore the show, but it's probably the hardest thing to write just because the way they talk is so unique.

Thank you!

LOL! Life has a habit of getting in the way, doesn't it!

[lilyrose225.livejournal.com]

Ahh, that makes sense, why I've never seen anything else for it in your fic list. XD

I think you did a really good job capturing the heart of the show; they may have bad beef and hard times, but in the end the crew is all each of them has.

In any case, it feels good to reconnect again with you guys in TW and all the other places I go on the 'net. I know for sure it's going to be tough balancing school (first semester junior year of college--supposedly, the most difficult!) and my new research without going [more] insane, but I'm looking forward to the challenge!

(Of course, I'm also looking forward to breaks and weekends and sleep. *cries* I remember sleep fondly. I know 8:40 really isn't that early to have class, but it sure feels it four days of the week!)

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Classes at 8.40 in the morning would have KILLED me, even when I was young and thought nothing of working all day and getting to bed late, then getting up early. These days, 8am is too early to get out of bed, even though I do.

Thanks! I miss Firefly, I wish it hadn't been cancelled.

Good luck with college! Ah, to be young... I DO NOT miss school of any kind in the slightest. In still have nightmares about it over 30 years later. *shudders*

[lilyrose225.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I love learning, but I hate school sometimes. *frowns* For some reason, teachers have this need to interrupt learning with tests...

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Teachers need to check sometimes that people are learning and not just sitting there I guess.