Thoughts in Space
Author Notes
I'm uploading these notes just to give myself a place to put anything if I decide the status on this fic changes and I decide to add more to it. I can also use this spot to post replies to any reviews I get.
I wanted to say that the third chapter didn't turn out anything like I imagined it while I was writing the first two chapters. I actually felt I kind of went off in a totally different direction then I originally wanted to so I hope it ended up coming out alright. I wanted to originally have them sitting quietly and let everyone get to see their thoughts as they sat together but when I was writing it I wanted more interaction between them and then I felt the ending gave the story a little something to smile at and really that's all I was going for with this entire fic. Mostly to get myself back into the writing mood and something that was a quick and easy read. Anyways if you've made it this far I thank you for reading it and I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it.
Update: I've decided to change the status of the fic to In Progress and add something else to it. I'll most likely do this in an additional two chapters. I'm not sure how long till I'll be ready to post them I have a busy week at work and finals soon but I'll make an effort to get at least the first new chapter up before weeks end.
Tentatively titled More Thoughts it will be different then the first three chapters because I'm going to explore what a River/Mal pairing might mean for the rest of the crew. So don't expect a lot of River/Mal in that chapter beyond mentioning of it. I'm doing this partly because I think I'd be interesting and partly so that I can get a little experience writing from the other characters points of view, in case I decide to write a long fic.
Now before there are any groans or moans….the fourth chapter will be called After Thoughts and will focus on River and Mal again, and the way things will progress for them. I also intend to let it slip exactly what happened with Mal and the mystery of the purple lipstick.
Now, Yes, that means I'm not going to straight out give a definite answer one way or another until I've fully decided, partly to be evil and partly because as I said before when I started writing chapter three it was nothing like I envisioned it so I don't want to make any promises about what will happen so that I don't disappoint.
Lastly, I will say that when I wrote chapter three of the fic I really didn't have any question on how he got it on him. It wasn't until I had a friend read it before posting that she said to me, "So did they kiss or did she just put it on him…." And it got me thinking about it, so I changed a few words here and there to let there be a little mystery before I answer it in chapter five :P
Sorry to be evil, but I promise I won't leave you in suspense forever.
Update2 (4-10-06): I've got a couple emails saying there are some issues with my uploaded chapter. I think it's more an issue of the way I updated the chapter and not with the chapter itself. Instead of uploading the new chapter and moving it to chapter "4" and author notes to the bottom I replaced the author notes with chapter 4 and reuploaded the notes to being last. Unfortunately, this may take FFnet an hour or two to get the proper stories loading. It was a mistake on my part and I can only blame my lack of sleep for not doing it correctly. So if you're having that problem I should be fixed by morning. If it's not I will try to do it properly and hopefully it will work right. Sorry, I'll try not to mess it up when I upload the next part of More Thoughts.
Responses:
Knock knock: In truth the fic isn't really about much of the crew except for Mal and River. While I brought up members to give a little more sense of progress and time in the world, and in the third chapter I thought the ending gave it more a little lighthearted comedy the story was more a focus on feelings and thoughts of the two more then anyone else. Because if those two don't even know how they feel about one another, or at least don't know how to express to one another how they do feel, it's unlikely the rest of the crew has much of an idea either. I have decided to add a little more to the fic and explore the crew's feelings though so you should get your wish.
Samantha: Thanks, I'm glad you liked the last chapter also. I'm just glad that my randomness didn't hurt the overall feel of the story. As far as me writing more Mal/River well like I said in the updated notes I'll be adding a non-Mal/River thoughts chapter and then I'll go back to them and give them another chapter to let things develop. So check back again hopefully sooner rather then later I'll get it posted. As far as a new entirely new fic, I haven't got anything immediately planed but I really enjoyed writing this so I wouldn't rule out something else and I really do love the Mal / River dynamic even if it doesn't seem to be the most popular on here hehe, dare to be different I guess.
Gwenfrewi: Well Happy Birthday first! I'll have to hold off on my free gift for telling you exactly how it took place because I'm going to be evil and leave you in suspense a little longer while I write a little more. Promise though when the next two chapters are done there will be no doubt how it got on his lips
Donna Lynn: Thanks for reviewing all chapters! It's nice to see your feelings on the story as things progress. I also like a more mature River, while I think part of her charm is some of the innocent things she doesn't necessarily think about, I also think that she has been through to much to be childlike all the time. And also I know we all love the surefire almost cocky Mal I like to make him a little unsure of things and force him to look more into himself. Anywho, like I said I'll be adding more and I'll give a for sure answer on how the lipsticks got there but for now I'm going to be a tease and leave the question there for now.