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meridian_rose1 fic (300 words) and 2 icons for landsofmagic March Madness Challenge all featuring River Tam from Firefly. There are no direct warnings but River's been experimented on in the past as scientists sought to awaken new abilities in already gifted teenagers, leaving her to be or at least seem insane for much of the show's season as her brother tries to help her heal and the crew find themselves running from the people responsible, leading to the events of the movie, Serentity.
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Hope in the Darkness (300 words) by meridian_rose
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Firefly
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: River Tam
Additional Tags: Sibling Love, Hope, Madness, Psychic Abilities, Character Study, community: 100fandoms-dw, Other characters mentioned - Freeform, community: landsofmagic
Summary:
For the 100fandoms prompt 32 Hope
At AO3 or below the cut
River isn't crazy, not as most would understand it, though it seems that way.
It's just that she's seen beyond what humans usually can or should see.
(Perhaps that is insanity of a sort.)
In awakening her new psychic abilities the scientists have opened her mind beyond its limits.
Everything is within and without, endless and terrifying. Too much to handle.
It's all she can do sometimes to blurt out pertinent facts, blunt declarations that scare people. Though Simon doesn't scare, just gets sad.
Simon isn't afraid. Simon will help her. Simon will find a way to let her take control once more.
She'll never be the same, but she will one day be able to use her talents rather than be used and abused by them. No more raving about possibilities but clearly articulating the potential futures.
She knows this because she's glimpsed it, in the darkness of pain and terror that sometimes overwhelms her, a bright spark of hope.
(Is hope insanity? Perhaps sometimes. But she clings to it like a life raft.)
Despite it all, she sees the same hope in Simon's eyes, kept alive by his love and determination.
She sees hope in Mal, as damaged as she is in many ways, but still flying.
She sees hope in Kaylee, who constantly strives to do more and who is compassionate beyond what might be expected of the engineer to a bunch of smugglers.
She sees hope in Book, with his own haunted past and quest for redemption.
She sees and feels hope in Serenity, the ship a beacon of light amongst the black, a home for the disparate crew, a vessel that may play a part in the shape of things to come.
She can't explain all this but she sees it, feels it, knows it.
landsofmagic March Madness Challenge all featuring River Tam from Firefly. There are no direct warnings but River's been experimented on in the past as scientists sought to awaken new abilities in already gifted teenagers, leaving her to be or at least seem insane for much of the show's season as her brother tries to help her heal and the crew find themselves running from the people responsible, leading to the events of the movie, Serentity.Icons
Fic
Hope in the Darkness (300 words) by meridian_rose
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Firefly
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: River Tam
Additional Tags: Sibling Love, Hope, Madness, Psychic Abilities, Character Study, community: 100fandoms-dw, Other characters mentioned - Freeform, community: landsofmagic
Summary:
River isn't truly mad, is she? River reflects on what has been done to her and her hope for the future with her devoted brother and a surprisingly welcoming crew. For the landsofmagic March Madness challenge and the Dreamwidth 100fandoms prompt "hope"
For the 100fandoms prompt 32 Hope
At AO3 or below the cut
River isn't crazy, not as most would understand it, though it seems that way.
It's just that she's seen beyond what humans usually can or should see.
(Perhaps that is insanity of a sort.)
In awakening her new psychic abilities the scientists have opened her mind beyond its limits.
Everything is within and without, endless and terrifying. Too much to handle.
It's all she can do sometimes to blurt out pertinent facts, blunt declarations that scare people. Though Simon doesn't scare, just gets sad.
Simon isn't afraid. Simon will help her. Simon will find a way to let her take control once more.
She'll never be the same, but she will one day be able to use her talents rather than be used and abused by them. No more raving about possibilities but clearly articulating the potential futures.
She knows this because she's glimpsed it, in the darkness of pain and terror that sometimes overwhelms her, a bright spark of hope.
(Is hope insanity? Perhaps sometimes. But she clings to it like a life raft.)
Despite it all, she sees the same hope in Simon's eyes, kept alive by his love and determination.
She sees hope in Mal, as damaged as she is in many ways, but still flying.
She sees hope in Kaylee, who constantly strives to do more and who is compassionate beyond what might be expected of the engineer to a bunch of smugglers.
She sees hope in Book, with his own haunted past and quest for redemption.
She sees and feels hope in Serenity, the ship a beacon of light amongst the black, a home for the disparate crew, a vessel that may play a part in the shape of things to come.
She can't explain all this but she sees it, feels it, knows it.
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Date: 2019-03-04 06:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-03-05 12:45 pm (UTC)