Everything is not what it seems, I've discovered a horrible truth
POSTED BY: agirlyman
UPDATED: Sunday, March 5, 2006 23:38
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Nah. Doesn't work for me. Or at least, it doesn't apply to me.
My life does not feel particularly different since Firefly -- or rather, what has changed has nothing to do with a TV show.
Firelfly is not the first show I've totally flipped over, or the first one I've visited message boards for, or even the first one cancelled prematurely (though it may hold the speed-record there). I'm sure it won't be the last in any of the categories, either --as I've recently fallen for Battlestar Galactica, though I havn't hit their message board yet, and they're thankfully not cancelled - yet.
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
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Correction, the *condescending* Oracle shtick.
Snotty superiority complexes aside, it was a great analogy.
:^)
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Originally posted by agirlyman:
Sorry I didn't hold your widdle hands, and blow your snotty little noses. I thought it would be more fun to sit back, and let you figure it out on your own.
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Hmmm, coz I thought Firefly, according to Joss was: "How a big evil government affects the little guy"
And the revelation is a bit ambiguos considering Joss said he never writes 'hidden messages' in any of his work.
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I guess I was alot like that captain was suppose to be, bitter, uncaring, and angry. All work and no play was making "Agm" a very dull, but pissed off boy.
"Firefly, has slapped me in the face, run me through a gambit of emotions"
That is not a little thing
AM I NOT MERCIFUL?!?!?!?
Tee Hee
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What if it changed you for the better rather than the worse?
Is Joss really then Blue Sun or the Alliance?
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
You should never give powers to a leader you like that you’d hate to have given to a leader you fear
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All of us were like River, before firefly. Going through life, minding our own beeswax, then somebody comes along, invades our brains, and changes us forever. Same technique different results, hence we are "Browncoats", and River is a "Weapon". Get it? Got it? Good. If not I would be happy to explain the "chain of command" to ya.
AM I NOT MERCIFUL?!?!?!?
Tee Hee
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Yes I understand you're analogy, it is not complex. I'm questioning it.
Please, explain the Chain of Command to me.
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
You should never give powers to a leader you like that you’d hate to have given to a leader you fear
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Quote:Gamut. The word you're looking for is gamut.
Originally posted by agirlyman:
"Firefly, has slapped me in the face, run me through a gambit of emotions"
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I don't disagree on any particular point.
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The Chain of command
"It's the chain I go get, and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin command here"
AM I NOT MERCIFUL?!?!?!?
Tee Hee
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Very nicely put, but I don't think it in anyway explains what girlyman meant in his post or what's going on in his head, if anything (/me ducks and hides). I agree with JoneStein.
AGirlyMan: This is not meant to be condescending, but I make no apologies if you feel it is.
The English language is meant to communicate with people. Sure, we all have fun making clever points and watching people's faces contort in confusion (actually, the reaction I usually get is "you're a fucking retard," but I'm special). But let's be serious here. Starting a post with four different seemingly disconnected ideas will confuse anyone and everyone. It's not clever. Your follow-up posts are even worse. It's like you're a little imp dancing with glee that people can't see your hidden genius, and then you refuse to explain yourself.
You end up explaining your superficial analogy, which I expanded up and you denied. That was meant to show you if you carried your own thought through all the way, you'd realize how superficial you were being. (If you feel that was hypocritical, at least marvel how I managed to string my ideas together in a single coherent thought process).
My point is not to embarrass you, if I could send you a private message I would have. My point is to make you think of what your trying to say before you say it. Communicate clearly, it's what the language is used for.
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Originally posted by DanielFyre:
I get what you're trying to say and I think everyone else is taking it far too literal. When I read the first post I knew what you meant and got the sly sarcasm behind it...at least I view it as slight sarcasm at any rate I agree with you that Joss can in fact be compared to blue sun and us to river. Consider this people: When you see a leaf on the wind do you not get a bit sad? There are a whole list of those on another thread, but my point is life...and things like leaves remind us of the verse. They are our "fruity oaty bar commercials" that stimulate us to be reminded of something we've experienced because that something was in fact so profound for some of us that it can't be forgotten or ignored. That is what I at least got out of the post. Feel free to rip me a new one now if you wish.
-Dan
Ain't that just shiny?
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