Wondering what sort of fans Firefly attracts?

POSTED BY: Ruthie
UPDATED: Thursday, July 26, 2007 21:16
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KENWOOD

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 9:54 PM

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Originally posted by canttakesky:

Any other libertarians here?

I was a Libertarian but then I developed an interest in politics.

Later,

ME.

Don't look back, som'thin' might be gainin' on ya.
Who let the pigs play poker?
Evo Shander was right!

SARAHETC

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 10:34 PM

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Originally posted by maguinan:

Forget the libertarians, are there any libertines here?

-maguinan

That's right...I went there.

Where maguinan goes, I follow.

I don't know that I'm so much a libertine, but I talk a big piece.

I'm 26 and married and didn't realize I was a sci-fi geek until Firefly came on and people started giving their geek vitae and I saw people just like me. Kind of. I'm a TNG...X-files variety geek who is just now discovering Heinlein and his peeps.

I'm trained as an historian, so the frontier aspect of Firefly is what really appeals to me beyond powerfully drawn characters and stories. I often think that Firefly is (or should have been) the first science fiction available on a mass-consumption basis to actually explore the construction of human civilization and culture. Further, it's progressive without being idealized and utopic. If utopic is even a word.

Sarah

I'm a dying breed who still believes, haunted by American dreams. ---Neko Case

EMBASSY

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 11:07 PM

I'm 40, male, married with three kids, and I have been accused of being a rocket scientist (but I try not to act like it). When people ask me what I do I tell them I design aircraft. Or that I empty coffee cups and fill up wastebaskets, which when you think about it is better than having the opposite work. Before that I was in the Air Force and graduated from the AF Test Pilot School in the late 1980s.

I got into Firefly as a Buffy-come-lately fan, having succumbed to the quill of Joss when FX started their reruns about a year and a half ago. But I've always liked SF, having been exposed to Heinlein and the like at about age 12. I also like 19th century English and Russian literature, which makes me officially weird.

In Firefly, I like the depth and complexity of all the characters. They seem like people I'd know. And the whole notion of finding a place in a world that doesn't want you all that much, that appeals.

KAYTHRYN

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 11:09 PM

Hi Ruthie, welcome to our own little corner of no and where.

Okay, I wasn’t planning on spewing my life’s story until I read this…

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Posted by Channain:
as a Gemini, I'm all about variety.

(Best ditsy voice) Cha! Girlfriend! My Gemini sista! I must tell all now!

(Normal voice) Whoa, that was scary. Well, I’m a 19 year old Gemini gal from Ohio and, sadly, a lowly college student. Of what you may ask… well I don’t rightly know yet. Thinking of something along the lines of biological anthropology or fine arts, just anything that doesn’t include some form of math. I’ve tried my hand at converting fans, but no luck so far. Last time I checked I was one of only two FF fans in Ohio, Lerxst being the second one.

Never really enjoyed but a handful of shows set into the future-- yes, I remember watching a little Voyager to see Harry Kim, and whatever Star Trek was before that to see Picard‘s handsomely bald head-- but that’s about it. I’m much more interested in stories that aren’t all clean and fancy with crazy gizmos and instant cures or food. I love witty dialogue, new takes on old played out ideas, and I absolutely love, love, love, love shows that make you think. Shows that you have to pay at least some attention to, shows that have depth, that don’t lost all of their interest after you’ve seen them once, and, above all, shows that don’t play fake laughter in the background to tell the sheep when they should all laugh because they can’t figure the jokes out for themselves!

Yeah, Firefly is good.

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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle

MSCKAREN

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 11:21 PM

Ruthie,

We're definitely close in age and taste. I'm 43, female. Started my SF love affair with Heinlein and Asimov. Loved them and Whedon for great characters put into interesting "realities".

Single, Floridian, Lib Dem, also catless (telling distinction).

Oh, and "Mr. Winky"? Now THAT'S creepifying.

"Appears they've canceled the show and we're still here. What does that make us?"
"Big damn junkies, Sir!"
"Ain't we just."

LORA

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 11:53 PM

By the time Firefly hit the air last fall, I was disillusioned with TV -- I had pinned some high hopes on Enterprise with what I hoped would be 2 strong female leads. I was reading in my bedroom, at the other end of my house and James, my husband, was guffawing and yelling for me to come watch this new show. I was being stubborn. Then, I heard a strained male voice quietly say "Whatever happens, Zoe, remember that I love you." Didn't really register that part, until I heard a woman's voice say "Sir?" then the man again, "Because you're my wife." Listening on purpose now, I heard the husky woman's voice, "Right, Sir. Honey." I had to know what was going on. From then on, I was hooked.

I am 28 going on 18. Zoe inspired me to start referring to my husband as such ("James is my companion and we happen to be married" really was hard to say by way of introduction) and I do want to be Zoe when I grow up. My role models for as long as I can remember have been Morgaine Angharan (one of C. J. Cherryh's), Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver's character in Aliens -- read the books before I ever saw the movies), and Hazel (the lead rabbit in Watership Down). If you haven't read that book and you are on this forum, you need to. Hazel is a great leader without consciously being a great leader. Ignore the fact that Richard Adams claims his characters are rabbits: think of them as explorers and rebels wearing really warm brown coats, looking for a place to be free. Moorcock, Heinlein, Aspirin, Tolkien and Lackey populate my bookshelves and my imagination. SF bridging into Fantasy with far-out technologies and swordfights and amazing mental powers of all sorts. Only since meeting James have I watched many movies. He thinks my education has been sorely lacking. I think that SF is where the truly creative souls can communicate freely with those of us who are in a position to bring their ideas about.

By way of demographics, I am an engineer, currently in the Navy, making typical young engineer pay. I like DVDs -- bought the player specifically for Firefly DVDs and will buy several copies of the official set when they come out. (MOVIES! My husband loves movies and I take him to about 1 per week. Yes, we saw the new Matrix movie -- we think it was a dirty trick to get us to pay twice to see the rest of the story -- X-Men 2, twice, Hulk, Finding Nemo, and Daredevil are the ones I remember most readily from this spring.)

Forgive me, I digress. At least I'm not talking about Succatash and his foray into girls' underpants.

Our true colors do shine through, don't they? I think we actually bring a certain respectability to the psychotic lowlife community. (If you haven't seen Shindig yet, belay my last.)

Well met, Ruthie!

"Is there any way I'm gonna get out of this with honor and dignity?" Zoe, War Stories

SUCCATASH

Wednesday, June 25, 2003 1:05 AM

I would like to apologize to Ruthie and everyone for being inappropriate.

Here's Ruthie, new to FireflyFans, and I ruin her thread and act stupid. What was I thinking?

Sorry, Ruthie. I'm actually quite normal most of the time. Well, half the time. Welcome to the neighborhood.

- Succatash

DRAKON

Wednesday, June 25, 2003 1:46 AM

utopia is a word and probably one of the most accurately labeled political concepts out there. It is greek for "no where"

"My kind of stupid"

ARCHER

Wednesday, June 25, 2003 2:03 AM

In summation, one of the finer collections of minds, educations, and diverse viewpoints that I've come across on the net.

With the exception of Maniac, Succatash and myself, they're even mature.

As Miss Sarah says, all ya'll are awesome.

There ain't nothin' I can't overcome or come to know. So lay your heavy load down on me, strip everything I have away. I am not your prisoner, I am not afraid.

WANTMORE

Wednesday, June 25, 2003 2:19 AM

Demographics is a word I am very much disliking these days. Before demographics, good TV was left on long enough to take a breath. Not no more, by God! Rip it off so we can have more luh-suh (being mindful of small children here) than we can stand up in and still see sky.

Science fiction & fantasy - Asimov, McCaffery, Ellison, Bradbury, Heinlein, etc. - have been in my book case for a very long time, along with C.S. Forester, Jane Austen, Val McDermid, John LeCarre and piles of others.

I am a human being, of occasional sound mind, been around long enough to just barely remember the launch of Sputnik. I love good writing, am absolutely ga-ga about good dialogue and interesting characters, and swoon at the thought of wit and the odd bit of biting sarcasm. Love Firefly cause it fits right in.

Thanks for the interest, Ruthie! I wish I had TiVo. Due to a VCR death in the family, I have only 6 episodes on tape (Wah!)

-Wantmore

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