I like that very much. It was short yet tied together the themes from V for Vendetta with Firefly. A very interesting take that I found rather bittersweet.
Review By [Gaeriel] • Date [18 Aug 06] • Not Rated
The whole V thing just seems sorta... tacked on. The cannibalized bits don't really serve any purpose but to make it count as a crossover (story-wise, not site-wise), and I imagine that if similar dialogue had been used and the story posted that way, nobody would have ever thought twice.
Comments from author:
Maybe so. Still, the parallelling of themes struck me as interesting, and it seemed to make sense: every few hundred years, another kick in the seat of the pants delivered to the government.
Read it as purely Firefly if you like, but I didn't want to have River using such similar dialogue without crediting it. I certainly didn't just "tack those bits on" to make it count as a crossover.
Review By [JoeHundredaire] • Date [18 Aug 06] • Rating [3 out of 10]
Review By [Bobboky] • Date [18 Aug 06] • Not Rated
Review of chapter "The V in River" from MarcusRowland
Review:
Unusually coherent for River.
Nice to see someone doing something with V for Vendetta, there ought to be a lot more fanfic than there is.
Comments from author:
River always struck me as the sort of person who'd use quotes from other people to express herself when having trouble articulating her own thoughts, and a lot of her dialogue here *is* quotes. I thought it made sense, especially after Miranda when she's finally solidifying her sense of self.
I agree that there should be more V fanfic; I suppose people just don't feel equal to tackling such an idea-driven movie. I'm not sure I could manage one set in the V timeline; here, the themes just struck me as similar enough that a parallel could be drawn.
Review By [MarcusRowland] • Date [18 Aug 06] • Not Rated
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