The Five Things Challenge!

[blue_bells]

The 'Five Things' Challenge!

Comment on this post with a 'five things' prompt for one of the fandoms listed below and I will answer with five alternate responses to the prompt, e.g. "Five People Rodney Banned From His Lab" (Stargate Atlantis), "Five Times Batman Called on Nightwing for Help" (Batman), "Five Things Gabriel Misses of Heaven" (The Prophecy), etc.

As this is very experimental, five prompts will be available per fandom -- if this works well the number might expand the next time around. Lurkers welcome, I don't have to know you if you'd like to request something. You can request as many as you like, so long as it's still available on the list.

Five Prompts Fandoms (bolded numbers next to fandom name indicate how many prompts are taken):

[+] X-Men (movie!verse) [5]
[+] Batman (movie!verse) [5]
[+] Hellboy (movie!verse) [4]
[+] The Prophecy [3]
[+] Superman Returns [2]
[+] Pirates of the Caribbean [2]
[+] Heroes [1]
[+] Supernatural
[+] Stargate (Movie)
[+] Stargate SG-1
[+] Stargate Atlantis
[+] Firefly/Serenity [3]
[+] Tekken

It's like offering myself up as a lamb to the slaughter.... I'm electing trascendenza as my human shield.

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Firefly: 5 Meals They Shared

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1) The evening after they left the Shepherd in Haven, Kaylee found herself alone in the kitchen. She leaned against the counter and studied the storage lockers slotted along the wall. Her eye settled on Shepherd's compartment and she sighed.

River startled her with a sweet offer to assist with that meal's preparation and though Kaylee was heartened, she felt doubly reassured when Simon materialized from River's shadow to loan another pair of hands.

She wasn't so lonely after that.


2) This dry spell had to end. They hadn't settled or found a decent job in two months and Mal was getting awful tired of Jayne using the snap of his protein sticks to annoy Simon over the table. This crew needed a real meal and Jayne mightn't make half so much noise if his face was full of real food.


3) It was almost night as they settled round the crackling charm of the open fire, Serenity nestled against the cliff at their backs. Wash had insisted to hunt for a change ("For the adventure!") and the planet's reputation for delectable wild life was irresistible with Zoë and her shotgun at his side. The crew was for the most part not in favour, but the notion tickled the Captain's fancy, so he gave them his blessing. Zoë and Wash returned to camp two hours later with seven rabbits, two large birds and some kind of serpent. It was another hour before someone relented to clean them (Bless Kaylee's initiative and Jayne's higher priority of hunger) and it was dark by the time the meat was finally being passed round the circle. Inara had mysteriously produced her own salad from no-one-knew-where.


4) "One on the side, three out back," Zoë took one of the rice crackers from the tin she passed to the Shepherd. Book poured a few of the crackers into his palm as he glanced around the plaza to assess Zoë's observation.

"I say we do it," Jayne muttered, "Ne'er mind Bors an' his men, won't be here in time." He grabbed a fistful when Book offered him the tin.

"We do that and we risk them raising the alarm if more of 'em see us. Turn their three into twenty and the Captain's still in there." Zoë nodded at the watchtower, dirty and rusted, but at the perfect observational vantage on the plaza's high left.

"I'm confident I can occupy their attention long enough for the two of you to do your business." Book straightened the lapel of his Shepherd's robes and rested his bible against his chest. He smiled benignly at his companions and Jayne snickered, cocked his sawn-off in anticipation.

"I understand this is a tense moment, but if you have the chance, could you pick up more of those crackers?" Wash's voice crackled through their comm pieces. "Simon's looking round the ship now, but we're pretty confident River and Kaylee took the last case to one o' River's nooks - "

Zoë cleared her throat. "Not now, Husband."


5) Inara bowed in her seat by the table's head. "We were honoured to receive your invitation, Senator."

Senator Imil basked in her charm. "Inara, you are disarming, as always. No, the honour is mine, to receive Captain Reynolds and your fine crew after resolving the troubles on my estate." The Senator raised his glass to Mal at the other end of the table. "To new friends!"

Mal laughed awkwardly and tried not to notice Kaylee slapping Jayne's hand away from one of the steaming platters. Wash bounced in his seat, his wife the picture of poise beside him as River murmured something hushed in her ear and Simon was too busy frowning at Jayne to notice. Book squeezed River's hand with a smile, bringing her attention back to their host as Mal cleared his throat and tried for his most genuine smile. He raised his glass. "To friends!"

"Friends!" the crew chorused and clear note of crystal clinked over their feast.

Re: Firefly: 5 Meals They Shared

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1) Aww, poor Kaylee. She takes it the hardest of them all (or, well, shows it the most) when someone leaves, doesn't she? I also think you nailed the Kaylee/River dynamic here; Kaylee is affectionate towards her, but wary at the same time.

2) ...Jayne using the snap of his protein sticks to annoy Simon over the table.

Hee! That is such a Jayne thing to do. I also like how he's used as a barometer for how the crew is doing.

3) Oh, God, this one is perfect! "For the adventure!" is just so perfectly Wash. *hugs him and his adorable self* And Kaylee having the initiative is so like her; she's so very down-to-earth and practical, and Jayne's hunger overcoming, hahaha. And Inara's secret salad stash! You really nailed everything I love about their group interactions in this one :D

4) LOL. Rice crackers for the win. And Zoe's line at the end, *grins*. I also love Book's voice in this one; very spot-on. You captured his easy calm confidence very nicely.

5) *melts into a happy puddle* Aaaaaah, you write the ensemble so well. I knew you'd do great things with this prompt. *loveslovesloves* I just loves me a big happy Firefly family. :D

Re: Firefly: 5 Meals They Shared

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I know, Kaylee's the explicit heart of the ship, she loves them all and she's maybe the one that everyone has no issue with. But, she's still got bite and I find her charming.

lol @ Jayne as the crew's barometer!! I... I ♥ Jayne. He's so tactless and endearing, sometimes well-intentioned and I love it when he puts the crew before himself because he's always been about numero uno. Plus, he and Simon are the reason I started watching the show when I saw the interaction on "Aerial" while channel-surfing. Jayne/Simon am yes.

I miss Wash! [tears] I tried to diversify the scenarios, rather than have five samples of sitting around the table on Serenity, and I liked the notion of them having the unlikely opporunity to relax around a campfire like ordinary folk who *don't* have to stay under radar. Inara's salad may be cliched, but I wanted SOMEONE to have a sensible lust for vegetarianism at that time. Companions are so resourceful, no? 'Cept don't think they'd share. o0;

Haha I leap at any opportunity I get to 'ship the canon married couple (otpotpotpyay!), AND I LOVES ME SOME RICE CRACKERZZ!

Aw, thank you! To me, Firefly means Family. Dysfunctional, layered, but persistent; I'm glad you enjoyed! :}

Re: Firefly: 5 Meals They Shared

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Jayne/Simon is fun. :D I hadn't actually considered them too much until stumbling on some fic by ana_grrl, but now I'm starting to really see their appeal.

Oh, gah, I miss Wash soooo much. And reading Post-Serenity fic DOES NOT HELP AAAAAH.

I think if anyone would be the vegetarian, it'd be Inara, and she is so utterly resourceful. I think it's the only way she managed to stay on a ship like Serenity. *g*

OMG RICE CRACKERZZ! I was eating them today and dying of delicious. I can see it now: a Firefly wrestling match in the cargo bay, all of them out for blood, and the prize... RICE CRACKERZ, BABY!

Yes, family, that is exactly what I love about the ensemble, too. And you wrote it so well! ♥