moth

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Figured it's about time I made an intro post, so here!

- Moth

- he/him (trans man)

- here be Firefly edits, analysis, and random side bits (Firefly characters as songs, animals, etc) that are a mix of character analysis and headcanons

- edits can be found under #mothman edits

- I'm writing a rewrite of the series at the moment which can be found here!

- I'm autistic, so please keep that in mind when interacting with me!

- I ship malsimon and kaynara mainly, and I don't ship saylee and malnara (no hate to those who do, obviously!! I just won't post about them much, if at all)

- I'm Australian and I do like incorporating that into my headcanons and such, so feel free to ask questions if you're unfamiliar with, like, an animal or something

- asks are always welcome!! I love talking about this show and will take any chance to do so

- if I had to pick a favourite character, it'd probably be Simon, Mal, River, Zoë, Wash, Kaylee, or Jayne... so basically I can't pick a favourite character lmao

I think that's it but lmk if there's anything else I should add!

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Sean Maher (from some 2004 promo shoot with no apparent photographer credited)

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and the rest of the boys from what is clearly the same shoot!

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Kaylee and kaynara edited to Silk Chiffon by MUNA and Phoebe Bridgers. The sapphics of all time <33

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tam siblings // ribs by lorde

it feels so scary, getting old

warning for suicidal ideation as a theme at one point!

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Malsimon edited to When It's Raining by Borderline

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How did Nathan Fillion not fall in love on set

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What was the "spickey" (space hickey)?

Intentional makeup intending to show bruising from River's throat chop

Accidental real bruise from a take where Summer actually throat chopped him

Actual hickey

Other

Voting ended on3h

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many such cases

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River edited to Run Rabbit by Mollie Elizabeth. It felt very fitting

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Moth how is the crew doing in Tomodachi Life?

OH I'VE BEEN COMPLETELY FORGETTING TO UPDATE YOU ALL!!!!!!

Mal, Simon, and River moved in together, so their household is now The Reynolds-Tams.

I think that's the only plot update, so here are some out of context highlights.

(is that what they call it nowadays.......)

And here's a news story I thought was funny:

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Chapter 4 of To Attack Someone by Surprise from a Hidden Place is live!!

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we needed another ball episode where inara wears the chotronoelle glacial macaron dress and escorts kaylee, who wears the chotronelle citronade dress...

and then they kiss. that's it that's the idea

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I feel like there's something to be said for the concept of Jayne being scared of Mal but Simon not being scared of Mal. And it's mostly because while Mal is stern with Jayne, he is very gentle with Simon for no apparent reason once they get the punching out of the way.

Jayne sees Mal as this ruthless intimidating guy who manipulated him so well Jayne probably didn't even realize he'd been poached until he was sitting in his brand new bunk thinking wait a minute, wasn't I the one who had the gun? Mal snaps at him and sends him away from the dinner table like a misbehaving child. He can cow Jayne with a stern look. He demonstrates violence in front of Jayne that clearly scares him and is not afraid to nearly kill him. And Jayne also has context of other smugglers and other crews! The stuff Mal does then must be pretty scary even in the smuggler world and he seems to be able to intimidate contacts without too much trouble.

But to Simon this is a guy who punched him twice and then offered him a safe place to live. Mal praises Simon's quick thinking, tells Simon's bully to knock it off, risks serious legal consequences by hiding him in plain sight, delivers discipline with a gentle hand on his shoulder and a sarcastic smile, lets him bitch and talk back, and teases him but still ensures he's as safe as possible. And Simon has no context, aside from speculation on whatever underground group rescued River, but even that was a secretive group operating in the Core, not Rim smuggling. It would likely be a pretty different culture.

Anyway I think it's funny if Simon doesn't know that he just happens to be liked by a prominent smuggler and instead he thinks that this is the norm. And he doesn't even get a wakeup call when they work with some other smuggler crew because the other crew is like damn this guy talks like he can fight. better not risk it.

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My trans Mal and Jayne headcanons edited to Sweet Cis Teen by Dazey and the Scouts.

DISCLAIMER ☝️☝️‼️‼️‼️☝️☝️‼️‼️‼️☝️‼️ LARGE IMPORTANT MASSIVE DISCLAIMER‼️‼️‼️

This edit is not intended to justify Mal and Jayne's objectively misogynistic/generally shit behaviour, nor is it intended to demonise any women. It aims to explore where that behaviour may come from, not to excuse it. I don't care what they've been through they shouldn't've said that!!! But it's fascinating to explore why they said it, beyond "cishet man largely written by cishet men is misogynistic for shits and/or gigs". Ok disclaimer over enjoy the edit