Firefly Ficlet: In the Wrong Hands

[alianora]

Title: In the Wrong Hands
Author: alianora
Rating: PG
Summery: No one asks a knife if it would rather be a flower





She is made to be a weapon and her lines are smooth and strong.

She is steel and sinew and bone and can take out a number of men without any significant damage to herself.

She is made to be a weapon, and she is good at what she does.

When the captain fires her, sends her spinning, he does it because she is a weapon, and he can use her to save other lives.

When Jayne turns her off, hand on the back of her neck as he grunts out words in a language he doesn’t speak, he does it because he doesn’t trust any weapon without a safety.

When she cries, after, clutching at his arms, she does it because she doesn’t know how to stop.

She is a hair trigger gun with silver bullets inside, and no one asks a knife if it would like to be a flower.

She is made to be a weapon, and her fingers are twitching.

Bang.

END

Comments

[magelette.livejournal.com]

There's a quote about how the strongest steel has to go through the hottest fire in the forge, with a retort of, "well, no one asked the fucking sword if that's what it wanted to be." That's what this reminds me of. Brilliant as usual. :)

[aliaspiral.livejournal.com]

ohh, i want that quote in full, if you happen to find it again.

and thank you. :)

this started out differently than where it ended up, so i have to go back and write the original intention at some point too.

[magelette.livejournal.com]

I think it was somewhere in one of Diane Duane's Door Into... books. I'll check when I get home (gay threesome with a fire elemental, that's all I can say.)

[aliaspiral.livejournal.com]

ive never actually read those..any good? i mean, besides the gay threesome, are they any good?

[magelette.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed them. They're kinda crack books, because people tend to bounce from partner to partner, and the world is decently cool if insanely small. She's only written the first three. The fourth is due out eventually. I'd definitely say they're worth reading, especially since the characters all grow on you.

And yes, the gay threesome.

[aliaspiral.livejournal.com]

hmm..i shall have to check them out at some point then.

and remix has been sent to you.

[penelopeblack.livejournal.com]

Oh, awesome. You right the best ficlets. :D

[aliaspiral.livejournal.com]

thanks!

[penelopeblack.livejournal.com]

*headdesk* I meant "write" of course. This would be what happens when I don't get enough sleep. ;)

[aliaspiral.livejournal.com]

lol! i knew what you meant!

[rinalin.livejournal.com]

*loves your icon*

Beautiful. Really. And heart rending. The dichotomy (or however it's spelled) between Jayne and Mal is... *snuggles River*

and no one asks a knife if it would like to be a flower.

*dies*

[aliaspiral.livejournal.com]

icon by literarylemming and yes, is gorgeous.


and thank you, was attacked by the bunny at lunch, and had to deal with it RIGHT THEN.

[rinalin.livejournal.com]

Hee. The little Jayne/Whip prompt I gave you has attacked me now.

Just... guh. I must write it now. Only I have a meeting tonight from 7pm to like 9 or 10.

[aliaspiral.livejournal.com]

im glad that it attacked you, as i was at a loss for what to do with it. ill still try, but i cant wait to see what you come up with.

and ack. yucky! long meeting!

[rinalin.livejournal.com]

*grumbles* I'd rather write!

I think a job went wrong. And Mal is forced to pit his best fighter against the contact's best fighter. In a kind of duel type thing.

I just have this image of Mal standing over Jayne's shoulder. "Not the sword."

And everyone will think he's gonna lose, because, who thinks whip?!

[aliaspiral.livejournal.com]

HEE!

of course, now im thinking of Indiana Jones and the Lost Ark, where the big guy jumps out and swings his sword around theaterically, and Indy pulls out his gun and shoots him.

Jayne would so totally do that.

[winkingannie.livejournal.com]

Very lovely.

You know what else is vaguely Rayne? Wingtip!
*is waiting patiently...sorta*

[aliaspiral.livejournal.com]

THHUPT! :)

next part of Wingtip is at beta. i hope to have it back and posted sometime tonight.

[lindentree.livejournal.com]

When Jayne turns her off, hand on the back of her neck as he grunts out words in a language he doesn’t speak, he does it because he doesn’t trust any weapon without a safety.

Fantastic.

[aliaspiral.livejournal.com]

thanks!

[neroli66.livejournal.com]

You constantly amaze me with how much feeling and depth you can put into so few words, beautiful!

[aliaspiral.livejournal.com]

aww. thank you, what a lovely compliment!

[neroli66.livejournal.com]

You have such a lovely style, I wish I could type coherant feedback all the time for you. ;-)

[chrkya-ler.livejournal.com]

So beautifully written.

[aliaspiral.livejournal.com]

thank you!

[fairandbright.livejournal.com]

Very nice! Had to read it twice, because my brain has problems with symbolism, but when I got it, I thought how very amazing this was. :)

[aliaspiral.livejournal.com]

lol, i wish my brain would STOP with the symbolism. it gets so carried away!

thanks for reading!

[aestheticjunkie.livejournal.com]

Every word of this is beautiful.

[aliaspiral.livejournal.com]

thank you! what a lovely compliment!

[ceslas.livejournal.com]

When she cries, after, clutching at his arms, she does it because she doesn’t know how to stop. It is official, I love your River very, very much! And I agree with your assessment of her place on Serenity post-BDM.. hard to figure what she would be...