Firefly came to mind today when...
POSTED BY: Channain
UPDATED: Friday, July 18, 2003 16:23
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thanks to all the fabulous responses, the "What made you think of Firefly..." thread is taking a Gawd-awful time to load (116 posts--phew!), so we're starting fresh.
This is the thread where you can tell your Firefly-influenced experiences and not get that look that says your best friend/family member thinks, "You're half a bubble off'a plumb, and that's for sure and for certain." spouses and/or significant others are exempt from that look, I reckon--they already know how strange you are.
Maniacnumberone put it into clear perspective just recently:
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Originally posted by Maniacnumberone
I have been thinking about what makes me think about Firefly, and I came to the conclusion that I make myself think about Firefly. I mean sure, I have people who talk about it with me in the course of my day, and I come here to get my fix. But it seems to be a conscious decision. I decide to think about Firefly, then I do it, and in the course of doing it I come here usually and get Firefly-overstimulation. It used to seem like I was the one in control of whether I thought about Firefly, instead of it being in control of me. Fortunately though, I thought about Firefly a lot of the time. I think about it a lot differently now. I think of abstract aspects of it besides what I used to think about. I used to think mainly just about the plot, but that seems to have faded away with the absence of new episodes. Now I think about it as a stand-alone piece of work, that can be studied as a fragmented whole. There is much to look at and argue about. The fact that there is so much stimulus here on FFF is usually overwhelming...
by the way "You're half a bubble off'a plumb, and that's for sure and for certain," is from Quigley Down Under, and if it doesn't fit in Firefly, i dunno what does.
"I'm still flyin'...that's enough." ~ Mal
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How can I argue with myself? I guess I can try. Dang it Maniac, you liar. Everything makes you think about Firefly, don't try to deny it.
No, no, I swear I am sticking by my original response. I am in control.
No, yer not.
Yes, I am. And stop telling me I'm not. Who are you anyway?
I'm your alter ego, crazy man. Which me are you?
I'm the other one.
oh.
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Who's winning?
I can't really tell, they don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.
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Originally posted by ManiacNumberOne:
How can I argue with myself? I guess I can try. Dang it Maniac, you liar. Everything makes you think about Firefly, don't try to deny it.
No, no, I swear I am sticking by my original response. I am in control.
No, yer not.
Yes, I am. And stop telling me I'm not. Who are you anyway?
I'm your alter ego, crazy man. Which me are you?
I'm the other one.
oh.
Hee!
*Mr. Fluff bites Maniac's crazy alter ego*
Ack! Bad Mr. Fluff! What have I told you about biting intangible beings!
Don't listen to her Mr. Fluff! Bite! Bite!
*Mr. Fluff bites Melee's alter ego*
Ow! Not ME goddamnit!
Hah! Take that!
*Mr. Fluff decides he's going schitzo and runs into a wall*
Mr. Fluff! *picks up dazed mongoose* Now look what you did!
Me?! I got BIT and now it's my fault!?
GYAAA! *jumps on her alter ego*
OW! Damnit! NO BITING! OW! I said NO BITING!
*catfight ensues*
*Mr. Fluff, now perfectly ok, watches with amusement*
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Hee hee! You guys are nuts!
One of the girls I work with is in the Army Reserve. Her unit got activated a couple months ago. After training in Indiana, they were told they weren't needed after all, and they just got back in town. She stopped in to say hello and one of the other carriers said "Hey I thought you were going to bring me an ear!"
From the weird looks I got, I guess they all thought I laughed a little too long about that one...
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Originally posted by ManiacNumberOne:
How can I argue with myself? I guess I can try. Dang it Maniac, you liar. Everything makes you think about Firefly, don't try to deny it.
No, no, I swear I am sticking by my original response. I am in control.
No, yer not.
Yes, I am. And stop telling me I'm not. Who are you anyway?
I'm your alter ego, crazy man. Which me are you?
I'm the other one.
oh.
and now my little voice is saying, "Self--these people are even crazier than you first thought."
of course, if we weren't then Haken would be here talking to himself too, wouldn't he?
it's pouring with rain here right now, and for some odd reason I'm finding myself imagining what rain would sound like on Serenity's hull.
"I'm still flyin'...that's enough." ~ Mal
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when my math teacher said something "blahblah blahblah...not so much."
"Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?" -Wash
"I told him to sit down," -Simon
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I am glad I could remind everyone of the madness that resides within.
No your not!
Yes, I am - be quiet you.
I have as much to say as anybody.
Hey! nobody wants to hear your rantings.
dang.
Hey - one of me just realized that turning on the internet, in general, makes me think of Firefly - how wierd.
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Who's winning?
I can't really tell, they don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.
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Originally posted by ManiacNumberOne:
Hey - one of me just realized that turning on the internet, in general, makes me think of Firefly - how wierd.
Not so weird. I turn on my computer, my wallpaper is Mal and my computer plays the "space monkeys" wave. I log on the net and this is always the first site I visit when I log on. So, I can relate to you on this........
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I should just make this site my homepage. I visit it first when I log on too. I guess I haven't due to the other people who use my computer. I suppose I shouldn't worry about them though, I should just do my own thing!
I sometimes think about the internet only as a means of getting my Firefly fix.
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Originally posted by ManiacNumberOne:
I sometimes think about the internet only as a means of getting my Firefly fix.
somehow, I'm thinking there's no possible way you're alone on that one. as for my own self, I play the Firefly theme at least once every time I sit down at the 'puter at home. doing it right now, in fact. can you hear it?
on a recent episode of Enterprise, Capt. Archer was taken captive by an alien bounty hunter. aside from the tiny skew toward Objects in Space (this guy wasn't nearly as abstract as Early), the reason for the bounty hunter to take Archer was because he wanted the money the Klingons were willing to pay. why? to get his freighter back. Listening to him talk so fondly about a spaceship that it even reminded my sister of Mal and how much affection he had for Serenity.
"I'm still flyin'...that's enough." ~ Mal
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