Do I believe in destiny? Yes. I do. To an extent.

I believe people make their own choices. You chose to obey the law, or you chose not to. You chose to pull the trigger, or you chose to walk away. You chose to duty over...everything else, or you chose....everything else. You can't blame your mistakes on fate or say 'The Devil made me do it' because ( Read more... )

I most certainly believe in second chances...if someone deserves a second chance.

Saffron, or Bridget, or whatever her name really is? She'll never get a second chance from this crew, not after what she very nearly got away with, and I highly doubt we'll see her shadow cross into Serenity anytime soon. Not after the way her last attempt to swindle ( Read more... )

[locked]

It's a common, very human emotion. We've all felt it before. We've been jealous of what other people have, or of things other people have done. And whether we want to admit it or not, in some way we've probably been jealous of every person we consider a friend.

I'm jealous of Kaylee. She never ceases to amaze me, how she can find the beauty ( Read more... )

The majority of human beings tend to be very...free with the word 'trust.' I suppose a good way to put it is that it is much easier to use the word as noun than it is to use it as a verb. Of course, there are many different levels of trust; you may know with complete certainty that you can trust someone with a possession, or a task, but could you ( Read more... )

Inara leaned against the rails of the walkway and watched with an amused smile as Jayne, Kaylee and River took on Zoe, Mal and Simon in one of their infamous games of what appeared, to the untrained eye, to be a sport. What sport it was meant to be was anyone's guess. Jayne grumbled like a five year old about being stuck with 'the ruttin' women', ( Read more... )

"I swear, 'Nara. I seen ya after ya just woke up and without yer makeup on an' all, but I dunno if I ever seen ya lookin'...well...green."

"Not so loud," Inara whispered, lifting her head just enough to peek over at Kaylee. "...Am I truly?"

"Well..." Kaylee exchanged a glance with Zoe and fought not to laugh. "Yeah."

Inara groaned softly and laid her ( Read more... )

[locked from the crew of Serenity]

Hatred. That's not an emotion one should indulge often, and should never be indulged lightly on those rare occasions it applies. 'I hate you/him/her' are not words that should be tossed out hastily. Generally, I don't use them at all.

Very few people in my lifetime have I ever hated. I couldn't bring myself to hate ( Read more... )

((based on a scene deleted from "Serenity", but one that could be read about in the movie novel and was included in the complete script which can be found in the "Serenity" Visual Companion.))

Tears were rolling down her face in a warm, steady stream. She tasted the salt at the corners of her lips, and made no move to wipe her cheeks--what would be ( Read more... )

Never let it be said that Inara Serra did not try her damnedest to get away from Malcolm Reynolds.

Once she'd declared to him her intent to leave, she'd done her best to find a suitable place to settle. Somewhere other than Sihnon; she couldn't go back there, though Mal suggested it once, and watched her carefully with those impassive, bruise ( Read more... )

[locked very, very tightly from everyone and everything...at least for now.]

Captain Reynolds,  Malcolm,  Mal,

There's so much on my mind that I scarcely know where to begin.

Which is strange, isn't it? Considering how little we so often claim is between us?

I have always heard that the pen is mightier than the sword. And yet also that actions speak ( Read more... )