A rose by any other Name?

POSTED BY: LootZee
UPDATED: Sunday, October 22, 2006 13:04
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TRAVELER

Saturday, October 7, 2006 4:21 AM

A firefly is a wonderous insect with its tail glowing in the night. I does not sting or bite. So most people feel no danger from them and are attracted to their light. Thus Serenity attracts all sorts of people. From Kaylee who is the kindess person in the verse to Jayne who is looking for a haven that will bring him quick cash and maybe some women along the way. Once inside, whatever reason that attracted them is forgotten as they become a crew. It started with Mal. He took one glance at this vessel and no other ship was worthy. Zoe could not believe he paid money for such a run down Fei Go. But she stayed, even if it was just to be with Mal. Then the others followed. Serenity kept picking them up. Serenity really is the tenth character in the series.

The show could have been called Serenity, but that was name Mal choose. Firefly describes the type of vessel. Its glowing tail when it goes to full thrust. The first episode made a point of showing us this tail right away when they run from the Alliance vessel. I like how Jayne says, "lets moon em" in that scene. Gotta love Jayne.

So I'm going out on a limb here and saying Joss wanted to make the ship a home where the passengers feel safe and a sense of wonder that this insect provides. And fireflys are like that.

Has anyone ever asked Joss if he came up with name firefly and then designed the ship to look like the insect or did they design the ship and realize it looked like a firefly? I'll have to check the interviews and see if he mentions that.

In one episode when Wash is trying to convince Zoe to see the planet, but she hates the core planets and refuses to leave the ship, Simon tries to tell her about some of the sites on the planet. He mentions a luminescence lake. Well that is what the firefly insect uses to produce their light. Their tails are luminescent. I believe the episode was "Ariel".

Well as always I ramble. But you people keep bringing up the most interesting topics.

I aim to ramble
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YINYANG

Saturday, October 7, 2006 4:24 AM

I think the ship design came first. And, it's always nice to read a good ramble.

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TRAVELER

Saturday, October 7, 2006 4:35 AM

Yinyang, you always say the nicest things.

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WHIMSICALNBRAINPAN

Saturday, October 7, 2006 5:05 AM

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Originally posted by Adamwankenobi:
Or perhaps... Serenity?

When Fux was airing it I called Firefly Serenity many times by mistake.

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RAINSTICK

Sunday, October 22, 2006 10:41 AM

"firefly" has a very nice ring to it, but i have to say it doesn't say much about the show. it's not very descriptive and it doesn't make people say, "well, that sounds interesting, I'm gonna see that". "Firefly" might as well be some kind of Nature documentary on insects to the uninitiated.
"Nothin' in the 'Verse" would sound much more like a Scifi series. Or maybe "The Rim-Runners", or simply "Serenity" or to be more descriptive "Spaceship Serenity".

FOLLOWMAL

Sunday, October 22, 2006 1:04 PM

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Originally posted by DonCoat:
Possible alternative names for Firefly:

The Black (as in, take me out to)

My favorite thus far.

But!! "Would a rose by any other name" ......? as the title of this thread says....

I remember when my daughter brought a young man who had grown up in L.A. to visit us one summer, we drove back to our sleepy little town in southwest Missouri from Tulsa, OK ( where their plane had landed) on the Will Rogers Turnpike. On the border between Missouri and Oklahoma used to be a place they called the Buffalo Ranch.. right there where we turned off we drove past field after field of planted crops... and the air above them all were just filled with fireflies. It was beautiful and the young man, very city, very street exclaimed... "What are those?" his voice just filled with wonder. He went out every evening he was here and looked at them and the stars.

I think Firefly ( despite the drawback that it didn't exactly explain what our show was...) is the perfect name... I feel that exact same wonder when I watch it.

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