History Fanfic / ForwardPeptuck

* DropTheHammer: Mal gets a [[ActorAllusion "lucky sledgehammer"]] in Mosaic. It periodically gets reused.

* CatchPhrase: Used as part of TheReveal whenever the author is being deliberately obfuscating about a character's identity, said characters being [[spoiler: The Operative and Jubal Early.]]

* WretchedHive: Sirroco Station, called that by name thanks to Wash being a ''{{Star Wars}}'' fan.

** Jayne kills a [[spoiler: Hand of Blue]] using a ''[[ImprovisedWeapon bedpan and scalpel.]]'' And for the rest of the series, he [[ManOnFire keeps on]] [[IShallTauntYou fighting dirty]] [[StuffBlowingUp whenever possible]].

** ManOnFire
* [[AliensMadeThemDoIt Inducers Made Them Do It]]: [[spoiler: River]] and [[spoiler: Jayne]] in "Charity."

* RefugeInAudacity: Jayne [[spoiler: ''[[ManOnFire sets himself on fire]]'']] to save the rest of the crew.

* RetIrony: Played with in the "Charity" chapter "Bastion." One of the mercs named Willis Gardner had decided he didn't like the job and would be leaving after this mission. [[spoiler: We only learn his name and this information because River is reading his mind as she's killing him.]] This is less to establish sympathy for the character, and rather to set up the OutDamnedSpot moment mentioned above.

* ShipTease: the author has hinted at both River/Mal and River/Jayne.
** It isn't helped by the fact that the author both openly ships River/Jayne and has no objections to River/Mal. The author is steadfastly neutral in the ShipToShipCombat within the ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' fandom.

** And then [[spoiler: subverted. River and Jayne actually ''do'' start making out, but this is because Inducer One-One-Nine is apparently distracting River from noticing her by making her focus on Jayne.]]
*** Except that [[spoiler: Induced feelings don't go away. They stay. So from now on, River and Jayne are going to feel a lot of lust for one another]].
*** And also, according to [[spoiler: Katie]], [[spoiler: Inducers can't generate emotions that aren't already there, hey can only enhance ones that already exist.]]
*** "Hunt" has a small scene where River stops to look at Jayne, and he makes her feel, ahem, ''warm''.

** ShowerOfAngst: River's OutDamnedSpot moment in "Charity."
** ShowerOfLove: Jayne and Ashley in "Condor"

* OneWordTitle: The title of the series as a whole, as well as most of its "episodes", such as:
** Condor
** Mosaic
** Charity
* OutDamnedSpot: River has one of these following the brutal fight with Ott's pirates at the end of "Mosiac."
** In "Charity," it is shown ''why'' she has this reaction. [[spoiler: Whenever she kills someone in close-combat, River is exposed to a full blast of both their emotions and their personal history, both of which are immediately cut off when they die in a manner that is apparently deeply disturbing.]]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4099993/1/Forward Forward]]'' is a {{Doorstopper}}-length OriginalFlavor {{Continuation}} ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' fanfic written by Peptuck, the same author behind ''FanFic/TiberiumWars'' and ''Fanfic/{{Renegade}}''. It is partially an alternate universe fic, as it {{Retcon}}s several major character deaths in ''Film/{{Serenity}}'', but otherwise remains true to the ending of the movie. The story follows the crew of ''Serenity'' as they continue on, and have to struggle with the enemies they've made and new ones that appear, while the Alliance struggles to remain in control.

Also has a [[ShoutOut/{{Forward}} Shout Out]] page.

* ShoutOut/ ActorAllusion: [[ShoutOut/{{Forward}} Countless.]] The author ''loves'' these.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4099993/1/Forward Forward]]'' is a {{Doorstopper}}-length OriginalFlavor {{Continuation}} ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' fanfic written by the same author behind ''FanFic/TiberiumWars'' and ''Fanfic/{{Renegade}}''. It is partially an alternate universe fic, as it {{Retcon}}s several major character deaths in ''Film/{{Serenity}}'', but otherwise remains true to the ending of the movie. The story follows the crew of ''Serenity'' as they continue on, and have to struggle with the enemies they've made and new ones that appear, while the Alliance struggles to remain in control.

The primary characters of the story are Mal and River (the latter of whom [[AuthorAppeal the author admits is his favorite character]]), and the story spends a great deal of time exploring both of their mindsets, pasts, and moral quandries. The story does not yet involve a non-canon pairing, though the author has confirmed that the story ''will'' have a later pairing involving River and as-yet-unnamed character.

* FiveManBand: The Six Rifles
** BigBad: The Cossack (Alexi Konstantine)
** TheDragon: The American (Andy)
** TheBrute: The Brit and the Frenchman (Gustav) share this role
** EvilGenius: The Mongol
** SixthRanger: The Syrian

* BarBrawl: Opens with one, as a direct result of Jayne's NiceHat.

** [[spoiler: Then it's called into question when Katie is outed as an Inducer, since she outright states that she was manipulating those feelings in Zoe because she wanted a mother. Of course, Inducers can't do anything with feelings that aren't already there, so she likely does have those tendencies; they were just being driven UpToEleven by Katie.]]

* UpToEleven: Part of the OriginalFlavor is due to the series upping a characters already inherent and memorable traits even more.
** Inducers have the capacity to do this to human emotions and feelings, aplifying and controlling them to the point where people act completely irrationally around them.

* SuddenlySexuality: Subverted in Mosiac, where River has a brief lesbian makeout session. However, it turns out that River ''doesn't'' like girls, but she was drunk and confused, and there are hints at other, darker reasons behind the incident, relating to River's past at the Academy.

* ElectricBoogaloo: Deliberately referenced by the author, who admits that "Business" is [[spoiler: essentially the premise of "War Stories" with different characters and the use of the Alliance and the Hands of Blue.]] "Adrift" is [[spoiler: essentially the premise of "Out of Gas" with Reavers, the Alliance, and Simon nearly dying.]] "Silver" is [[spoiler: essentially the premise of "Trash," only with Lieutenant Womack, the Operative, and River's combat trainer from the Academy thrown in.]]

* BadDreams: Wash periodically has nightmare about [[spoiler: his time in a POW camp during the war]]. River also has consistently unpleasant dreams that are often mixed in with horrid memories of the Academy. Mal has bad dreams about all of the horrible things he's experienced or been forced to do over the course of his career.

* BookEnds: The beginning of "Charity" opens with Zoe waking up to find Wash crying in his sleep, and comforting him from his BadDreams. The end of "Hunt" features Wash doing the same to Zoe after the emotional wringer she's been through.

Notable for strong characterization, believable character development, and a wide, overarching plot arc. General consensus among the reviewers has that the story captures the ''Firefly'' essence very well, with many of the reviewers comparing the writing favorably to Creator/JossWhedon's own.

* RealityEnsues:
** When the [[ArrogantKungFuGuy martial arts master]] charges the girl with the revolver, guess who wins?
** When River is on the ground and being chased by pirates in a spacecraft, [[spoiler: the backwash from their thrusters hits her, picks her up, and slams her into a boulder, apparently breaking her legs and leaving her immobilized.]]

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler: Colonel Lee Obrin, Mal and Zoe's former commander.]] Mal accuses him of being [[NotSoDifferent no different from the Alliance]] due to the way he regards River as a weapon/strategic asset instead of a person, as well as the fact that he believes they have to teach people the "correct" way to think.

* NotSoDifferent: River accuses Inducer One-One-Nine of being no different than the Academy's agents. This causes some consternation [[VillainousBreakdown on One-One-Nine's part.]]

* ForWantOfANail: Both [[spoiler: Wash and Book survive]] because of this. [[spoiler: Wash instead turned in his chair toward Zoe while speaking his FamousLastWords, and thus the spear only sliced across his chest instead of impaling him.]] In [[spoiler: Book's case, WordOfGod is that Simon got there first instead of Mal, and just barely saved Book from death.]]