Mal/River

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Pairing
Pairing: Malcolm Reynolds/River Tam
Alternative name(s): Maliver
Gender category: Het
Fandom: Firefly
Canonical?: No
Prevalence: Mid
Archives: Mal/River (LJ comm)
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Mal/River is the pairing Malcolm Reynolds and River Tam in the Firefly fandom.

Controversies

  • Mental illness and consent: Like all ships featuring River Tam, there are small portion of fans that think she cannot properly consent, due to her mental instability. Most, however, agree that River can handle herself and that to assert that she can't is rather infantilizing.

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