#malsimon

[tamsiblings]

[homosexual--mothman]

This could also apply to Zoë and Wash I think (Wash being the one asking of course) but it more or less actually happened for malsimon in the show, so I had to

[wateronagreasefire]

Firefly Textpost Meme 135

[parallelfallout]

Does anyone see my vision. Can anyone hear me. Are you picking up what I am putting down.

[bedazzled-applesauce]

if i had a nickel for every time i found an old man yaoi ship that 1) featured one “simon”, 2) takes place in outerspace 3) featured a war veteran from the loosing side of a war against a global superpower, and 4) in which both participants are extraordinarily traumatized by what’s happening in the past, present, and future i’d have TWO nickels! which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice??

[jaynestownn]

Ariel posting again

[mistandshcdow]

malsimon in every episode of firefly pt. 4 & 5 shindig/safe

pointless analysis of how firefly (the series) ships mal and simon from a textual and meta-textual perspective

part 4: shindig

contains no malsimon scenes (PAIN) but there is one thing to report on:

“the captains a good fighter, he must know how to handle a sword”

this man is just making shit up and assigning skills to mal that he absolutely does not have 😭 this is what the kids call glazing. simon is also the first person to suggest they go rescue him so there’s that and it could mean nothing

also simon saying “you’re hurt” the moment mal walks back into serenity…just something to think about.

part 5: safe

okay well we are starting off this crazy episode with a bang with MALSIMON SHOULDER TOUCHING! is it condescending and mean spirited? YES. is it still physical contact? YES!

“right…i’m sorry if she tipped anyone off about your cunningly concealed heard of cows” - simon drinks haterade every day and it’s the best thing about him. this causes mal to put his arm around him, which is definitely the reaction anyone would have in that situation…surely…

home and belonging is a huge theme in this episode, and it’s something simon struggles with immensely. we see flashbacks to his family’s gaslighting and eventual total shunning. simon had a great life set up for himself, a place where he belonged and could make a difference, and he gave it up for his sister. now both of them are unwanted by everyone but the law.

mal tells simon that serenity won’t leave without him and river, something that simon repeats later in the episode — right before he sees serenity take flight. simon believes that the crew has abandoned them, that MAL has abandoned them. this gives more weight to his honestly suicidal actions towards the end of the episode.

“the doctor could be called a lot of things, coward wouldn’t be one of them” - mal has so much respect for simon it actually irritates him

when inara tells mal he knows where he can find a doctor, he immediately jumps to ranting about simon. seems like he’s occupying quite a bit of brain space???

big damn heroes is a great scene for many reasons, but my favourite part is mal cocking his gun to “yeah, but she’s our witch.” not only is he claiming river as one of their own, but he’s fighting for her as she is, fucked up, disruptive, magical. that both of the tams are liabilities, but ones mal is willing to deal with, because they’re family.

“yeah, but you don’t even like me.” (sounding lowkey disappointed)

“you’re on my crew. why are we still talking about this?” — mal is spelling out to simon that he belongs here, that serenity is home. mal was always going to come back for the tams, both out of moral obligation and, by my reading, because of something he doesn’t even have words for between him and simon.

the episode ends with a literal family dinner!!! they are home!!!

[rosesmith13]

got someone to watch Firefly with me yaaaaay re: Ep 1

okay I missed the entire serenity valley and salvaging cargo bit on my first watch, mal kissing his cross necklace ads a Lot to his later convo with book about religion damn

*simon just standing there* *OMINOUS MUSIC*

"hey you" "hey you", baby, mei-mei, KAYLEE x INARA is soooo real to MEEEE

i love my captain *kisses mal on the cheek* hey guys I think this crew is just a kaylee harem in disguise

now i can see how dodson was going hard on the bumbling young nice idiot act

getting lubed up for a dandy city boy

#can mal punch jayne at least once

jayne is so alpha to MEEEEE (omegaverse freak) the above comment could def be read as possessive jealousy and he always has to push back against mal and paraphrased that guy shot kaylee why haven't I gotten to kill him yet ?!

simon is such a smartass thank u for punching him mal that one was deserved

everyone calls river pretty !!

simon should be more beat up and bloody PLease also i wanna knaw on his forearms

simon inara hiiii

mal getting testy about simon being in her room Down Boy yeesh

the book inara is compelling (not necessarily in a ship way)

ilyu sniper jayne

simon's jaw ticking looking back at kaylee wanting to help her in the engine room ! (mostly bc she's his patient tbh) but taking river with inara

simon asking mal about his wound is probably an automatic im dr guy thing but. could also be an olive branch or desperate attempt to show his worth to get to stay, but eh he seems quite confused that they get to stay

"Are you always this sentimental?" ok. so r u gonna fuck or what (I understand the interest in them more now post the movie +this)

edit: also of course must note simon's dramatic run to the infirmary when mal says she died