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ASARIAN

"I can win this!"
Friday, February 17, 2006

I decided to give the "River and burning swing" scene a swing. Very difficult theme, though. How do you capture River's innocence lost at that swing? And still have something artistic to say. You tell me! I felt a certain thrill thinking not just of the losses of our dearest River, but of how she came out victorious in the end. So, short of having her machete away at Reavers, I took the theme from Objects in Space, where's she playing a game with Kaylee, and did a sort of premonition/memory of Miranda thing with it, only to add the ever sweet "I can win this!" words. The view is kinda panoramic, what with the surface of Miranda and all, to get that planetary feel between the two blue objects. The usual caveat applies: I'm doing this because I Love River, and find myself in need of expressing that, in any which way I can think of.


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Friday, February 17, 2006 7:05 AM

NUCLEARDAY


ooh shiny!
I'm trying to type something nice and constructive to say, but I'm still just stuck looking at this...

... yeah, still staring... So I'll just say it again. Very shiny! ;p

Friday, February 17, 2006 7:12 AM

GYPSYLIFE


Extremely shiny! Your best yet. I can tell you have been playing around and are realizing that you aren't restricted to borders etc....I'm so proud....*tear* you had better keep this up!!!

Friday, February 17, 2006 7:43 AM

SHINYTALENT


Wow, that's all I can say,
Asarian you are a total genius- nothing in the verse can hold you back, and I'm sure River would adore it.

Friday, February 17, 2006 8:47 AM

KOMELION


Wow. You did a good job on that.

Friday, February 17, 2006 11:58 AM

MALACHITE


That rocks!

Friday, February 17, 2006 12:03 PM

MIRAMEL


oh, wow- thats just great. defanitly one of the better renderings of that scene thus far

Friday, February 17, 2006 12:11 PM

MINIME


Nice. Very nice.

You are an artist.

Friday, February 17, 2006 2:24 PM

ASARIAN


Hehe, shinytalent, no one's has ever called me a "total genius" yet. :) And that's cute to hear. But that you'd say you're sure River would adore it, that just makes me curl up inside for child-like joy and pride. :) It's probably one of the most endearing things anyone has ever said to me!

Friday, February 17, 2006 3:05 PM

KAYNA


Very shiny. There is just so much to say about River isn't there.

Friday, February 17, 2006 3:29 PM

ASARIAN


Kayne, yes, there's so much to say about River! That's why I try my hand at "art" a bit too; cuz otherwise I would just keep talking about River, and I would never ever stop. :)

Friday, February 17, 2006 5:37 PM

FOLLOWMAL


Wow, you are getting quite good at this!
This is some amazing stuff here!
Great way to channel some of that love you have for River, making lovely pics of her.

Friday, February 17, 2006 6:38 PM

SHADOWCHILD


I love it!!!!!!!!!!! Need I say more?

Saturday, February 18, 2006 8:12 AM

ASARIAN


Hey Anonymous (216.199.4.103),

I really enjoyed your contribution in my blog. Your story about cave people was very funny and equally to the point. :) You're right: posters that like are drawn by and marketed for teenage boys! And miramel was right, too: her face was probably heavily digitally edited and I shudder to call her River even.

Thank you also for the link to more River fanvids! :) As I just said to ShadowChild, consider Asarian's first Law of non-diminishing returns: there's no such thing as too much River! :)

About that "hauntingly powerful shot of River looking at the burning swing," I tried to do something with it; hope you like it. With what everything River had to go through, I am, in the strictest sense, not sure that it represented the end of innocence, per se, so much as it marks the end of illusion. What had been premonitions and/or memories of Miranda up until that point, suddenly became an undeniable reality for River. Like the scene is trying to tell us: all possible doubt River might have had about the possible gruesomeness at Miranda, really went up into smoke there. A Kaylee devotee, I venture to speculate, might find the same symbolism in the picture of the dead little boy, and Kaylee's expression along with it.

Hey, if you have more ideas for themes, just let me know. :) Just River stuff, of course.

P.S. I really hope you'll be able to get your own FireFly account soon; then I can return the favor, and write something nice back in your blog, for a change. :)

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 1:42 PM

STEAMER


I would have to look long and hard to find a more meaningful Firefly image (and I probably wouldn't succeed, at that). Excellently composed and evocative.


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