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Kaylee Frye
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Kaywinnet Lee "Kaylee" Frye |
| Occupation: | mechanic |
| Relationships: | romantic interest in Simon Tam |
| Fandom: | Firefly, Serenity |
| Other: | Played by actor Jewel Staite (who later played Dr. Jennifer Keller in SGA). |
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Kaylee Frye is a major character on the Joss Whedon show Firefly and its subsequent movie Serenity. She is the ship's mechanic. She has a canonical intuitive understanding of engines and a love of strawberries.
Shipping
During the duration of the television show, she's depicted as being in an UST situation with Simon Tam. (At the end of the film, the tension is finally resolved.) In fanworks she's often paired with Simon, with ship's captain Malcolm Reynolds, or with Inara Serra.
| Person | Ship |
|---|---|
| Simon Tam | Kaylee/Simon |
| Inara Serra | Inara/Kaylee |
| Jayne Cobb | Jayne/Kaylee |
| River Tam | Kaylee/River |
| Malcolm Reynolds | Kaylee/Mal |
Kaylee-centric Fanworks
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Fanfiction
- Lex Talionis ff.net Link by LJC, An old enemy exacts revenge. Warnings for sexual violence. (2003)
- Hands, a gen sestina by Kass. Kaylee's always been good with her hands. From the first time she touched an engine, she knew how to make it run true... (2009)
Fanvids
- Engines Make Me Hot (Kaylee's Song) edited by chinareds54, song by Lauren Fairweather (2009)
Meta
- No Power In the 'Verse Can Stop Me, 2006 essay on Kaylee by grav_ity, written for Idol Reflection
Kaylee-centric Communities
- oh_so_shiny, a Kaylee fan community on LiveJournal
- kayleestill, a icon community
External Links
- Kaylee Frye tag at Archive of Our Own
- Kaylee character filter at FanFiction.Net
- Kaylee Frye character section at Wikipedia
- Kaywinnet Lee Frye character page at The Firefly and Serenity Database