firefly fan test

Let me test my fannishness!

There is a show called Firefly. I'm sure I've seen references to it on my Flist. If I've seen references to it on my Flist, there must surely be fanfic.

Without checking any of it, totally blind, I'm going to hazard some guesses as to popular pairings, based solely on a look at one picture.

Those in the Firefly know: could you comment?? It would be fun to see to what extent I can predict OTPs. *g*

Those in the Firefly non-know (like me): Join me and have a go yourself! Look at the pic first without seeing what I guessed, and do your own guessing. *g*

( firefly pic )

Oooh. This was fun. *rubs hands in anticipation of commentage*

I'll wait for your lovely remarks, and then I'll do some fic-searching to falsify my hunches, *g*.

Oh, I do miss having a fandom in the throes of first passion. Currently, I'm sort of coasting on edges, and SGA seems a bit fallen asleep (true?).

love icon meme

Who else is love?

pseudomonas me scripsit anno 2005

how to be a fan without canon

And I am an expert at this! *cackles* (Those who know me will remember those occasions whereon I fanoned shamelessly, wallowing in blissful ignorance of canon. Also those moments where I spun whole backstories out of one single black-and-white passport photo (John Noble!) OR one oral mention, with no pic whatsoever (April Bingham!).)

Firefly: My fantasy continues.

Note: Read this post after you read my first firefly fan test post. Then you can join in the guessing fun. And understand what I'm going on about, *g*.

Impatiently, I googled. And found out that one of the characters ( spoilered )

which may explain the paucity of fic.

I went to two comms, ff_fanfic which has mostly gen or het (I can't tell, I only read the Pairings) and another one called fireflyslash. From the Pairings given in the Headers and from perusing around 40 entries, I gleaned the following:

( popular slash pairings in firefly -- according to government-sponsored incredibly detailed and elaborate research )

Also, now I am convinced I have to write Mal/Wash fic, without knowing anything more than their names and these two pictures. Oh, and apparently Mal is a Captain (and we all know how fast fandom goes ga-ga over a military man: Colonel Sheppard, Captain Jack, Commodore Norrington -- no matter how pacifist we may be irl, when it comes to these ranked guys, we swoon), and Simon is Dr Simon (it seems that next to an officer, we love an educated man best: Dr McKay, Dr Zelenka, and, er, Dr Who).

( Two firefly pics )

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Wash/Mal quickie ficcie:
"Oh, Captain."
"Fuck, oh, yes, Doctor."