Closing Notes (7-29-12)
Looking at the publishing date, it really doesn't seem like it's been over two years since I started writing this story. For those of you who have kept up on this throughout the entire process: I'm very sorry!
This is pretty much my sendoff for Captain Reynolds and the crew of Serenity, and I guess it took so long because I didn't want it to end. Firefly was the basis for the first fanfic I ever wrote on this site (five years ago... dang), so it's fitting that Take the Sky might be one of my last. I've tried to get inside the heads of these characters as much as I possibly could, and I hope the results were favorable. I know I had a blast writing this. An absolute blast.
I'm not getting paid to write this (obviously!), so really, I'm just writing these stories for people to enjoy. If you did enjoy the story, leaving a review or sharing the story helps me out an immeasurable amount. If you didn't like the story, I'd still like to hear why you didn't! I love constructive criticism, positive and negative; to any writer, it's practically currency.
So, again, I hope you had a good time, and that the characters were at least a little close to how they were portrayed in the show. That was my main concern - first and last.
As always, thanks to everyone who gave this story a shot, with special thanks to Mister Buch for the constant encouragement, my hometown friend for his perpetually invaluable feedback (he knows who he is), and Dark Shaddow for reminding me why I started this story in the first place!
And, of course, thanks to Joss Whedon and the cast/crew of Firefly for creating an amazing show that I still manage to get lost in.
Keep to the stars, Browncoats!
-knight