Oops, my personality is showing... ([info]elismor) wrote in [info]ff_friday,
@ 2003-08-22 12:56:00
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Relics
It's not like there was a lot of room on Serenity to keep a collection of anything but memories, mind. But she had a few treasures stashed away in their bunk.

A pearl hairpin that was once her great grandmother's and was sharp enough to be lethal in close quarters. A coin from earth-that-was, given to her by her father when she left home--golden and bearing the image of a woman who lead an expedition to an ocean, once. The shell casing of a bullet that Mal had dug from her thigh.

A washer, given as an engagement ring.


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[info]sphinx81
2003-08-22 11:37 am UTC (link)
"A washer, given as an engagement ring."

Do you mind if I go "Squeee!"? Because that? Was cute as hell. Good ficlit

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[info]elismor
2003-08-22 11:45 am UTC (link)
I'm not sure I've ever made anyone squee before.

Cool! :-)

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[info]shyday
2003-08-22 03:52 pm UTC (link)
this is quite brilliant - you truly have a gift for fitting so much into so few words. each one of those items, only given a sentence of description each, says volumes about the person who holds them dear. pared down but not at all sparse. excellent.

thank you.

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[info]elismor
2003-08-23 04:22 pm UTC (link)
Thank YOU for the praise. :-)

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[info]trisana_mcgraw
2003-08-22 05:55 pm UTC (link)
*swoons* Perfect Zoe, calm yet with hidden affection. Great choice of items and their meanings to her, especially the last one. So cute!

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[info]elismor
2003-08-23 04:23 pm UTC (link)
Thanks. I wondered about the...something of Wash giving a washer as a ring, but I couldn't think of what else would work, really. :-)

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[info]defender82
2003-10-06 09:22 pm UTC (link)
Came to this from Tara's coretex.. Perfectly conceived, beautifully executed, spare and elegant. I am envious.

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[info]elismor
2003-10-07 05:55 am UTC (link)
Wow....high praise. Thank you. :-)

Pardon my ignorance, but what is Tara's cortex?

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[info]defender82
2003-10-07 07:53 am UTC (link)
Tara (LJC) has a fanfiction rec page where she reviews and recommends fanfiction from all over the net. I have found her choices uniformly excellent, as you might expect from such a gifted writer. Here is the link: http://fireflyrecs.diaryland.com/ At the bottom of the page you can review all her prior recs back to the beginning. Enjoy.

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[info]thespatz
2003-12-30 08:35 pm UTC (link)
I also came here through Tara's Cortex recs, though it's been quite some time since you wrote this. The last line is so perfect, and the idea of a washer engagement ring is brilliant. Zoe and Wash have always kinda flown their marriage by the seat of its pants, and that ring makes all kinds of sense to me. The other objects fit Zoe as well: elegance and violence and strength in one small paragraph. Lovely.

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[info]elismor
2003-12-31 06:48 am UTC (link)
What lovely compliments! Thanks so much...and I'm glad you found your way here. :-)

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(Anonymous)
2006-05-17 10:12 pm UTC (link)
I can't get on newsletters of anyone because I'm on library computer!

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