Converting others- the second best entertainment

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FOLLOWMAL

Saturday, March 18, 2006 1:13 AM

Well, now IndyBlues, a "good Browncoat" needs a browncoat to wear and that is something I'm qualified to do something about.

I'm this ships supply clerk and I have a browncoat in my storeroom

*rummages around and throws some stuff out of the way... Kaele and Dog13000 must have been in here....ah here it is......*

*hands IndyBlues a browncoat*

Hope it fits and we're proud to have you with us.

Welcome home.

And .... yea it is like crack isn't it -g-

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

PERSEPHONE736

Saturday, March 18, 2006 1:41 AM

Can I have a browncoat? :)

FOLLOWMAL

Saturday, March 18, 2006 1:47 AM

Awww, of course you can Persephone736... how did we miss you?

* goes back to storeroom and finds one that fits perfectly*

There you are!

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

PERSEPHONE736

Saturday, March 18, 2006 2:01 AM

Yay! I am happy now, thanks FollowMal!

INDYBLUES

Saturday, March 18, 2006 2:15 AM

Thank you FOLLOWMAL!

*'Blues tries on (slightly)used Browncoat*

Ahh, fits like a glove...Shiny!
Glad to be aboard.

'Blues

LYNXCAT

Saturday, March 18, 2006 2:44 AM

Hello, also completely new - my husband and I saw Serenity before FF and he kept telling me we should pick up the tv show it was based on. I kept thinking it was a show from the 70's or something because he told me it was an 'old show'. I am completely unsettled that he thinks a few years is old because I'm nearing 30 here.

If he'd only clarified that NATHAN was in the series as well, he may have seen me buy it for us a bit earlier- not simply because I like him- but because I would have been able to find it in the store! As it was, I was looking right at it and my brain was just not firing.

Anyway- as soon as I could, I released them to my mom. my favorite conversion moment is more of an attitude: her constant disgust at it not being allowed to continue. And her quote which was "I wish I'd known they'd needed me."

Now, everything she sees on tv, she compares to FF and laments at how stupid people are. I mean... EVERY show- good shows! just not fabulous heart-captivating shows.

We bought her her own set just to show solidarity to the show. We're thinking of buying some backup sets too.

Otherwise I have a hard time trying to convert people because I love it so much, I am too emotionally attached to their responses. I.E. if they don't adore it... how can I still love them? Its safer to keep it hidden lest I end up alone and anciently old in two years.

FOLLOWMAL

Saturday, March 18, 2006 2:58 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by lynxcat:

If he'd only clarified that NATHAN was in the series as well, he may have seen me buy it for us a bit earlier- not simply because I like him- but because I would have been able to find it in the store! As it was, I was looking right at it and my brain was just not firing.

Anyway- as soon as I could, I released them to my mom. my favorite conversion moment is more of an attitude: her constant disgust at it not being allowed to continue. And her quote which was "I wish I'd known they'd needed me."

Now, everything she sees on tv, she compares to FF and laments at how stupid people are. I mean... EVERY show- good shows! just not fabulous heart-captivating shows.

We bought her her own set just to show solidarity to the show. We're thinking of buying some backup sets too.

Otherwise I have a hard time trying to convert people because I love it so much, I am too emotionally attached to their responses. I.E. if they don't adore it... how can I still love them? Its safer to keep it hidden lest I end up alone and anciently old in two years.

Well, I love your Mom's quote... I always wish that too.

And the thing about Nathan being in it....yea, that's my favorite part.

I do suggest having more than one set... I can't be without mine. I like to have a loaner set, although some of the suggestions on this board about only loaning the 1st disc and then when they are hooked suggesting that they buy their own.. well that's been tempting.

Don't like much other tv either... because nothing compares to Firefly. And I have had a few friends who didn't LOVE Firefly like me and I've had to struggle not to judge them about it.

Welcome to the joy and pain that is Firefly addiction.

Oh, since you're new, you'll be needing a browncoat... I usually hand new folks their browncoat..

*hands Lynxcat her very own browncoat*

Ok, you're all geared up.
Someone will likely come along and offer you strawberries and all kinds of goodies.

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

LYNXCAT

Saturday, March 18, 2006 7:54 AM

Aww thanks for the coat! I'm truly honored. In fact, I will hence forth think of my favorite brown coat as.... my browncoat.

While I let my mom borrow Serenity, my husband and I ordered it on Pay-per-view to make sure it was getting hits.

It is joy and pain isn't it? Especially because theres always that hope that there will be more... so I can't just try to come to terms with this being it.

AH but back to converting others... it can be a way to appreciate elements that didn't strike us the same way the first hundred viewings. My mom immediately loved Zoe for her absolute loyalty and complete coolness- no nonsense. Which is a lot like her. And suddenly my respect for Zoe soared. I'd always loved her but seeing her from someone else's perspective revealed a new level.

Thanks for the welcome!

ALGAE

Thursday, March 30, 2006 4:19 PM

My best conversion story is with my parents. My father rarely ever sits through movies because they don't hold his interest. He came 15 minutes into the pilot (serenity) and watched the rest with no comment. My mother watched them with me and I left Saturday night at 9:00 PM for an early appointment. She said she would watch maybe 1 or 2 more before going to bed, but when I called the next day she had stayed up until 3:00 AM Sunday morning to watch the rest of the 6 episodes she hadn't yet seen. It was nice to see that even with older folks it is an excellent series.

I seen you without your clothes on before. Never thought I'd see you naked.

LADYSERENITY

Friday, March 31, 2006 12:09 AM

I recently,like this past week had the oppourtunity to convert someone and I dove right in. My friend is 16 and from Pennsylvainia. She came up here to Vermont to stay with me for a week. We hung out inbetween my going to work and my classes. So one night we're sitting in my livingroom and I bring up Firefly. See I had been going on about it when I went to visit her in November. So I pop the DVD in and we watch Serenity parts one and two. I knew it was going well when she laughed at the jokes and when Kaylee was shot her gasp of horror was the genuine kind we all have when we are really into something good, you know. She was practically rolling on the floor from Wash's "This land" bit. SHe fell in love with SImon almost instantly. After that episode we let the credits roll and then I paused for a moment, waiting for her reaction. Then she turns to me with a huge grin and says "Don't stop there play the next one!" So that was that. I loved watching her reactions to the show and all the characters, it was like watching it again for the first time. It felt like this initiation into the world of the Browncoats for my dear friend. It was intersting that she really didn't like Mal at first. While in my case he was my favorite instantly. I love everyone but my favs are Mal, Kaylee and Simon. And River rules. So it is certainly an experience to convert others or even just share the 'Verse with them. After the series which we watched all of them in like two and a half days, I put in Serenity the BDM. Afterwards she walked around my apartment all the next day saying "I can't believe Wash is dead" She almost cried. She was on the edge of her seat and frantic when the crew is behind the blast doors and the Reavers are coming at them. Like her, when I first saw the movie I was sure most of them would die. Who knew how far Joss would go? So once again it is a great thing to convert and introduce the 'Verse of Firefly to the great vast numbers who are missing out on something truly Shiny.

Lady Serenity

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