BORNTOFLY

WARNING. THIS IS A WHINGE. Sent all sympathy to me. I can't go to Supernova, because as I like to so put it "My parents suck." Being 18 in Australia means I can drink, smoke, buy knives. My parents are cool with that (not that I smoke or buy knives, but Tequila is my friend). What they are decidedly NOT cool with is me going to Sydney (I live about 2 and a bit hours by car away) for a day. Stubborn oldies that they are. All I wanna do is go down there, see Summer Glau and get her autograph, buy some swag and meet some fellow Browncoats. I WAS gonna sneak out, but I have no moolah for the train ticket, let alone anything else. I'd need a loan for it. They have no problemo loaning me money for anything else (DVD's, games, books, etc) but for something I REALLY want to go to? Nope, sorry but 'no can do'. It's not like I've ever NOT payed them back. As far as I'm concerened the only thing worse than a favour, is a favour involving money, so I make it a thing to make borrowing it a last resort, and paying it back a first priority. If I can't go, I might pop down to the local book store and spend my meager funds on the 'Serenity Official Visual Companion'. However, if anyone feels so unfunnily, incredibly, amzingly, tremdedously, stupendously, horrifically generous, maybe pick up some swag for me? I know that's an outragous request (believe me, I know more tha you think), but I'm desperate. I'm not asking for much, just small stuff. and I will of course, pay you for it. IF you feel like being a saint, then contact me, my msn is amorphicbeing at hotmail dot com and my myspace is

GOINGTOTHESPECIALHELL

I've been a browncoat from the start. Waaaay back just after the turn of the millenium. I watched. Alone, in my apartment. Everyone I knew at hte time, unaware of the magic that came on the screen. Disjointed as it was, I thought I was already behind on the show so I watched as often as I could (taping episodes so that I could catch it better during another run through) when it was cancelled, I felt like I was the only person in the world who was infuriated. I wrote literally hundreds of letters, to fox then universal then to several companies begging them to pick up the rights to the show. Then I heard murmurs of others fighting this fight, but my life at the time prevented me from ever getting in contact with anyone like myself, A browncoat. So I carried on, And serenity was released and my heart soared. I felt like we had finally won. Just a bit more and we'd be sailing in the clear...And all of it reminded me of serenity valley. and I feared that our fight would parallel the real browncoats. We could catch glimpses of a happy future but it would not come.. flash forward another year after serenity. And I showed my girlfriend of two years firefly (as my tapes had long since disintegrated into dust) on DVD which I had only recently found and was quickly purchased. She loved it from the first moment (she is a film student, and adored the time and effort so obviously put into the show) and every episode she raved about its production quality and the characters and story. And then she asked me why it was cancelled. and i couldn't give her a good reason. In the interim of fighting for this show's revival, the idea of being alone as a fan slowly eroded my will to fight. Who was a fighting for if I was so alone? So I scoured the 'verse looking for others like me, and I stumbled across this place. Lordy, all that time feeling alone and everyone was moments away. I had fought alone, terribly alone only to find out years later I wasn't alone, That I wasn't insane for loving a show that emphasized character and interaction over action. And while there was plenty of action. it was the characters who in fluid discussion dealt with everything from death to abandonment. And it was astounding how much was covered in such a short time. And I felt it needed more. Joss showed masterful skill with firefly. to me it exceeded his previous work. because while it was sci-fi. It was completely grounded in reality. And that amazed the hell outta me. I'm glad to know I'm not alone. I'm glad you all held the line together when I had no idea that you were there. I'm glad you're still fighting as hard as I, and in many cases even harder. I'm glad now, I can help co-ordinate ways to save that which makes us what we are. Browncoats. Something I will be forever. :blast: Because try as they might No one will take the sky from me.

COSMICFUGITIVE

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TRINITYTAO

i dont care how many times i see this movie (and its a lot) i just love it and i still cry when book and wash die its just the most awesome flick never gets old (even though i can quote it right along with the dialog) there SOOO needs to be a sequel just had to share :biggrin: