The Confederacy

POSTED BY: christhecynic
UPDATED: Friday, January 13, 2006 15:19
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AURAPTOR

Friday, January 13, 2006 6:17 AM

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Originally posted by Bowie:
yeah, and known as red legs. :)

One of the only things I dislike about Serenity is the lack of economic hazards the war leaves in its wake. Everyone seems rich and happy, except the outlaws, who are, ah, outlaws....

2 things to remember about the war. One, it's been several years since the war was over when Firefly takes place. ( 6 Years, I believe ) Second, since it was the Outer or Border planets which were fighting for independence, much of the war was likely fought on their turf. Since the Core planets were a) where most of the technology and resources resided and b) less likely to have seen any actual fighting, there was less of an impact.

Just as in the War between the States ( Civil War, to you Yankees) the South was devestated, so were the planets that had fought to gain their independence.

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

BROWNCOAT1

Friday, January 13, 2006 3:18 PM

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Just as in the War between the States ( Civil War, to you Yankees) the South was devestated, so were the planets that had fought to gain their independence.

Thank you! It so aggrivates me when people call the War Between the States the misleading "Civil War".

A "civil" war is a conflict between two factions fighting for control of the same government, which is clearly not the case in the War Between the States.

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WOBBLYWARRIOR

Friday, January 13, 2006 3:19 PM

There is a lot of talking about how the Rebels dressed during the Civil War. Most of what I have seen seems to jive with what I know about uniforms during the war--I am a civil war fanatic who hangs out with reenactors. At the beginning of the war, both Union and Confederacy were were using Blue and Gray uniforms. By the end of the war though, the Union was using exclusively--probably with some obscure exceptions--the dark blue uniforms they would keep until the beginning of the twentieth century for every state in the Union while the Confederacy had something of a Multiform--anything from comandeered Union uniforms to rags. The South was entirely broke by this time. But in terms of Firefly and Serenity, that is neither here nor there.

If you want to see some of what believe was the inspiration for Malcolm Reynolds, go to any of the myriad American folk music sites and read the anti-Yankee song "I'm a Good old Rebel." Wheedon only mentions "Killer Angels" as immediate inspiration, but his background has me believing that he has a much more thorough knowledge of the culture and mythology that grew up around the Lost Cause. He has got to know William Faulkner's novels among other things. The difference is, though, we all know, or at least think we know, what secession and the war were about--slavery in one respect or another--and we do not have even the vaguest idea about what percipatated the war between the independent faction and the alliance. That would be heck of a shiny subject for someone to write a piece of fiction on.

Wobbly Warrior

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