favourite romantic firefly moments?

POSTED BY: iamzoe
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IAMZOE

Friday, May 20, 2005 4:14 PM

I've seen some of the good threads about people's favourite firefly moments - funniest, etc. - but, as a show with a few couples / romances, I was wondering, what are people's favourite romantic moments?

(Can you tell I went to a wedding last weekend?! And this weekend I have to work to make up for the time off, so I'm looking for cheerful stuff to read about.)

My favourite moment is with Zoe and Wash, of course: the conversation they have in 'Heart of Gold' about having children. It's a funny 'romantic' moment maybe, but I think it's a conversation only a happy couple could have - and I think Zoe and Wash are one of the few really realistic couples I've seen in a TV show. Plus, it's kind of sad as it's one of those jolts out of the series: you see that they could be living completely differently, that losing the war really could have meant losing a whole way of life. It really made me notice that I believed in the characters as existing first and their situation second too, if that makes sense.

So, any other romantic favourites?

SHAMBLEAU

Friday, May 20, 2005 4:47 PM

Well, Mal and Inara's almost-breakthrough moment at the end of HOG comes to mind. It was so intense! But since it ends with Inara leaving, I don't know if that's the kind of romance you mean, since it's more of the "Love hurts" variety.

I'm also fond of the little moment in OIS when Mal touches Inara's face where Early hit her, and Inara is so overwhelmed by the feelings that that brings up, she can't back away fast enough.

MANWITHPEZ

Friday, May 20, 2005 4:49 PM

I absolutely love in Jaynestown with Stitch threw Simon in the dirt, and Kaylee went to him...The little "Honey" she said breaks my heart every time...I think that's when she became my favorite female character on the show...

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

IAMZOE

Friday, May 20, 2005 4:53 PM

oh, 'love hurts' romantic moments should definitely be included! Romance with a bit of sadness... there must be a word for that.

CHANNAIN

Friday, May 20, 2005 5:14 PM

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Originally posted by iamzoe:
oh, 'love hurts' romantic moments should definitely be included! Romance with a bit of sadness... there must be a word for that.

I believe that's known as "tragedy" or British miniseries - one or the other.

The moment in OiS when Kaylee asks Simon if there isn't anything on Serenity that he doesn't feel glad of. He gives her that LONG look, reaches out and just about touches her when Book walks through.

Simon's so much better off romantically if he doesn't try to use words. Much more a man of action.

Also at the end of OiS when Mal and Inara are talking and he tries to take a closer look at her lip. He touches her, she gets him to stop, there's a look - brief, but LOADED - and she leaves.

She's like Cinderella, always running away. Mal wouldn't exactly be text book prince charming, but he does have his moments.

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PSYCHICRIVER

Thursday, May 26, 2005 4:26 PM

Mine has to be in "Serenity" Part 2, when Mal tells Inara to go to her shuttle and take the passengers and she says no, and he puts his hand on her shoulder, and that was intense...

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Summer Glau to me - "You are so photogenic."

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THATWEIRDGIRL

Thursday, May 26, 2005 4:59 PM

Mine is in Jaynestown.

When Simon wakes up, there is a brief moment when Simon is content to be holding Kaylee in his arms...then he realizes Mal is towering over him and the moment is lost to 'I'd never...'

Sigh.

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0REAVER0

Monday, June 6, 2005 5:41 AM

um...who can forget wess Higgins and Inara i mean those crazy kids had passion

The morphed into a man also

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AMYGDALA

Monday, June 6, 2005 8:26 AM

Of the 'love hurts' variety (sort of):

There's a moment in 'bushwhacked' when Inara is kind of complimenting Mal after he decides that those bodies can get a proper funeral. It's so beautifully done - his eyes soften just a little as she begins speaking, then when she's done they're empty again. It's like that exchange reminds him of the huge gulf between them.

Okay, not all that romantic. But affecting, all the same.

SHEWHOHATHAPEN

Monday, June 6, 2005 10:54 AM

Of the Awwwww variety:

In The Message while Simon and Kaylee are in the "alien" booth, Kaylee is looking at the cow fetus as she talks about how it's sweet because it never even saw the light of day and now it's in show business, while Simon is staring at her with this look of just complete and unguarded adoration on his face. So sweet. I always think, if only Kaylee could have seen the way that he was looking at her just then, she probably would never have gotten angry at him again. Maybe. :)

In War Stories when Zoe comes to get Wash and Mal from Niska when she first walks into the room Wash is completely out of it and starts frantically saying, "No, no, run, run" at her. Adorable. Zoe's so kickass, but Wash worries about her so much anyway.

My absolute favorite will always be drunken!Simon telling Kaylee that she's pretty especially when she's covered in engine grease. And before Jaynestown it was very, very clear how much Kaylee liked Simon, but Simon plays everything so close to the vest that you couldn't entirely be sure about whether or not it was mutual. But the way that he gets this dreamy look on his face and just starts waxing on about it just brings it home. He thinks that she's especially pretty covered in engine grease. He not only noticed but he gave it more than a little thought. I just love that sweet confirmation that, yes, Simon is so into her.

Of the Love Hurts variety:

The end of Heart of Gold, the way that Inara starts to break just a little as she turning around after she tells Mal that's she leaving. So sad.

Also, in this section, Inara's breakdown in Heart of Gold kills me in general, but as she's crying she sort of pulls herself together for a moment, just a moment, but she just can't hold it and she bursts into sobs again. Breaks my heart.

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