FIREFLY: THE VIRTUAL SEASON
POSTED BY: kayleeholic
UPDATED: Monday, January 27, 2003 00:33
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I agree . I don't think Simon would let any thing a happen to his sister or Kaylee because he cares for them both. His sisterly feelings for River and then feelings for Kaylee he doesn't yet understand him self.
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Doesn't Joss Whedon have a home page? I guess the closest thing is the main Firefly site at Fox.
Reason I ask is that if that since the show is cancelled and seems to be a virtual "hot potato" with any network approached to take on the effort to reestablish it on the air-waves, why dont' we ask kind Mr. Whedon to post his show bible? You know, the guuide by which the episodes were developed and written.
It's a long shot, but it may give us more of the detail bits about the universe and "mythology", as it were, to fill in the gaps. Basically, the way I see it, we all seems to know the characters really well, but we have no idea about the environs and setting in which they can roam.
Anybody got any ideas in this regard?
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Originally posted by Moondoggy:
I agree . I don't think Simon would let any thing a happen to his sister or Kaylee because he cares for them both. His sisterly feelings for River and then feelings for Kaylee he doesn't yet understand him self.
I agree here. I could see him looking at Mal and then turniong himself over before he'd let any of the crew get shafted. Simon seems to have this innate hypocratic oath thing going to the extent that he applies it to anyone he comes accross. Remember the folks that kidnapped him? As asoon as he found out they had sick, he forgot all about them abducting him and banging him on the head and all. Guy's too nice...
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Maybe the idea was to , us, the viwers, make -up there, main people in the story, backgrounds, At least the background we don't know good enought..
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Sarah, usually they call me Saint for short, although some slipstreamers used to just shorten it to "SoC." 
I'm workin' on the flashbacks, but i tend to avoid voicing things for fear that i'll ruin it (although i have little ideas about how things go, and i like reading other people's thoughts).
definitely more Wash/mal friction needed.. but i think to some extent, Wash has figured out that Zoe's not in love with mal (although it seems some fans haven't). But yes. I'm sure htings will flare up from time to time.
You're my newest hero for your devotion to Wash/zoe fan fiction. I look forward to reading your proposal flash back.
agh.. calculus is definitely NOT as fun as Firefly.
~*Saint of Cheese*~
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The proposal flashback fic is stalling out. I have no good ideas. Wash needs to be the vulnerable one, I think, and I'm just not seeing it clearly. Or at all.
As for Simon/Kaylee in the rest of this thread, I think it would be very dramatic for there to have to be a moment where he had to choose. Perhaps one while he was still in Kaylee's arms or something. Of course, he'd get saved at the end, the cavalry would ride in, whatever. But we'd still have that moment of tension wherein we watched Simon start to make a choice. Then, that moment creates a whole new arc. How does River react and continue to act? How does Kaylee? Does it further solidify Simon's trend toward becoming an actual crew member or does it do more to hold him in limbo?
Further, you have to add Jayne to that mix. I think that (and perhaps this opinion is too influenced by some of the fic out there) Jayne has feelings for Kaylee, deeply repressed though they may be. There's an arc. Then, if Jayne is in any way evocative of those feelings, be they subliminal or otherwise, that creates Mal tension. Yet another arc. It's a whole Kaylee arc.
I wandered off the Wash/Zoe reservation. But interesting to think about.
Sarah
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Speaking of fanfic, I wandered over to a site, and it was 90% NC-17 stuff! The most disturbing to me was the NC-17 Jayne/Simon pairings. Considering that I am in lust over Simon, this was almost as traumatic as the cancellation!
But I have to keep an open mind about these things, I just wish there was a warning before I read it....
Anyway, I don't see Jayne getting moon-eyes over anyone. He might secretly feel protective of her, but not all gushy and stuff.
Anyway, if anyone wants, I can consolidate our ideas into a word doc (this might be too big for a fanfic) and email everyone for their input and stuff. Any takers? I am really asking permission to take everyone's idea and smoosh it together. If I was able to put it on the fanfic area, everyone's name would go on this.
(edited because I didn't want to put 2 posts back to back)
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Lost Angel
WASH: Psychic, though? That sounds like something out of science fiction.
ZOE: We live in a space ship, dear.
WASH: So?
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I haven't heard anything from anyone, so I'm going to do this anyway, and just email you guys. Feel free to delete it if this is too bad, or too hurtful.
Please remember, I will do my best (which isn't much) and all of your ideas will be respected. I have always considered writing therapy for me, and if there was a time I needed therapy, this is it.
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Lost Angel
WASH: Psychic, though? That sounds like something out of science fiction.
ZOE: We live in a space ship, dear.
WASH: So?
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I think that the ideas found here are excellent but would suggest that you consider not forcing so much into one episode. Have one episode focus on a derelict transport ship that the crew comes across. Simon and Kaylee make there way to the ship to help the crew out. Simon goes because there are sick and injured on the ship. Kaylee has gone to the ship because the engine is damaged and about to explode. When the unthinkable happens and the ship does explode the rest of the crew must spring into action to rescue the survivors. With Kaylee in the engine room the epicenter of the explosion the crew should fear her dead at the end finding her grasping to life.
Episode two could be a Jubal Early story in while delivering the survivors of the doomed ship to a planet Jubal finds them and has his alley conversation with Mal.
As for the ship becoming hijacked by someone the only one I can see gaining access to the ship and stilling it would be Badger and his gang. Adding this to the Early episode could be interesting. Especially if River, Simon, Wash, and Zoe are the only ones onboard the ship when Badger takes over. How do they outsmart Badger and his gang? How do they save the seemingly stronger characters Mal, Book, Inara, and Jayne? Not that Zoe isn’t strong but if she is out of it and Wash Simon and the un lucid river have to get them out of the situation that would be classic.
Badger should not be gray but should be the pure evil, sadistic little man that Joss Whedon made him out to be.
Oh by the way I would love to help out in the FireFly Virtual Season writing department.
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Sounds cool. Email me a copy, please?
And I agree with you on spreading it out, but Badger seems less evil than self-serving and amoral.
Sensou
Sweet is love when all is sane
Sweet is death to end the pain
Cruel is death when all is well
Cruel is love when all is hell
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