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Favored Activities Shown in Firefly

POSTED BY: Knibblet
UPDATED: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 07:31
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ANKHAGOGO

Monday, February 9, 2004 11:57 PM

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Originally posted by LyraLyon:
I always assumed that River's clothes were flung together from the stuff that the other women had on board.

I did think of that,simply because she doesn't have that many clothes, but then me & my friend were trying to decide who donated what and it turned into a whole, way too involved thing.

Because we're dorks.

"But she was naked! And all...articulate!"

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ANKHAGOGO

Tuesday, February 10, 2004 12:01 AM

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Originally posted by Steve580:
My favorite activity was ... I guess what they were all doing at the end of OiS, spare Simon and his medics. Kaylee and River playing marbles, Jayne and Book working out as they talked...Early floating through space awaiting his inevitable asphyxiation...
-Steve

Actually, Kaylee and River are playing jacks -- I completely don't remember the rules, but I used to play jacks when I was little. Hardly any kids play it anymore, and I did like that they were.

Helpful hint: don't leave jacks lying in the carpet. Ever. It's worse than stepping on upside-down legoes.

"But she was naked! And all...articulate!"

AERRIN

Tuesday, February 10, 2004 1:20 AM

I absolutely adore it anytime members of the crew are just sitting around and being normal - when Kaylee's teasing Simon or Simon's telling medacad stories or Zoe and Mal are sharing 'war stories' or Book and Jayne are razzing each other...

To me, it's these 'normal conversation' scenes that really set up the relationships between characters, and I love them. Lovelove.

SHINY

Tuesday, February 10, 2004 1:32 AM

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Originally posted by Aerrin:
I absolutely adore it anytime members of the crew are just sitting around and being normal - when Kaylee's teasing Simon or Simon's telling medacad stories or Zoe and Mal are sharing 'war stories' or Book and Jayne are razzing each other...

To me, it's these 'normal conversation' scenes that really set up the relationships between characters, and I love them. Lovelove.

Me too! My favorite is when River steals the bread from Jayne's plate. Priceless!

RIVER
Purple elephants are flying.
MAL
Good. Thanks for the update.

SAINT JAYNE

Tuesday, February 10, 2004 4:19 AM

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Originally posted by Shiny:
Me too! My favorite is when River steals the bread from Jayne's plate. Priceless!

What? Which episode? I always thought those two were a bit too friendly.

BECKINSALE

Tuesday, February 10, 2004 5:23 AM

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Originally posted by Saint Jayne:
Quote:
Originally posted by Shiny:
Me too! My favorite is when River steals the bread from Jayne's plate. Priceless!

What? Which episode? I always thought those two were a bit too friendly.

Goin' on memory here. That would be "Safe." It's at the very end.

One of the cutest scenes ever, imo.

KRYSTOPHER

Monday, February 16, 2004 6:38 PM

Let's see... I liked the dancing they were doing in 'Safe' that just looks like so much fun!! I also thought the basketball game looked fun. I mean, Jayne picked Kaylee up and put her on his shoulders... 'Nough said...

I also thought that ball was fun, once you got past the snobby brats... and the dresses... hate dresses... Course Inara was so pretty in that dress. And Mal was so handsome *sighs*

Anyway... what else... like someone else said, just living in the gorram ship is enough for me. I liked Wash's little dinosaur game: 'And we shall call it... this land.' I thought that was funny.

Another thing, I'd like to try fencing, looks quite painful though ;)

~~~
Watch your steps in the dark and beware of where you wander, because you do not want me to appear behind you in a dark, deserted alley way...

KINGOFKOINS

Monday, February 16, 2004 6:45 PM

The card game seemed pretty cool. And yes, living of Serenity.

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It's sickening how comforting the privacy of the mind can be.
"Bible's broken; contradictions, false logistics. Doesn't make sense." - River
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EARTHTHATWAS

Monday, February 16, 2004 8:43 PM

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Originally posted by flametree:
The card game was good.
I think it may be a mixture of cards and marjong.

I havn't played marjong in many years but the "plum" flow card rang a bell.

I Believe the game was called "Tall Card" and I think I found the rules at http://www.average-bear.com/wiki/index.php/TallCard however I cannot vouch for the authenticity of these rules.

(Quoting above link)

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Long Pai (Dragon Cards) follows Draw Poker rules unless otherwise stated.

6 suits (Plum, Peach, Orange, Apple, Apricot, Banana) of 12 cards (72 cards).

Ranks: 1-8 spots, Ace can be high or low. Face Cards: Tortoise, Unicorn, Phoenix, Dragon (The Ssu-ling "Heavenly Beasts" of Chinese myth)

In addition to the 72 regular rectangular cards there are 6 round cards called "Tall cards" one for each of the 6 suits.

The Dealer shuffles the regular cards and the player to the right of the Dealer shuffles the Tall cards.

The Tall card for that hand is revealed after everyone antes up. After the first round of betting, players can discard and draw up to 3 cards OR the face up Tall card can be claimed by a player instead of a discard/draw.

Claiming the Tall card allows the cards in one's hand, that are of the same suit as the Tall card, to become wild in rank. If the option goes around and the Tall is not claimed, the Dealer is forced to claim the Tall.

Another round of betting takes place and surviving players still in the game reveal their hands with the highest ranked hand taking the pot.

(One interesting thing to note is that "5 of a kind" is a possible hand in Long Pai, since there are more than 4 suits.)

Wa-da-tah!

FLAMETREE

Wednesday, February 18, 2004 7:31 AM

I just love complicated cards games.

I wish I could get together with some like minded firefly fans and sit around and play cards and / or mahjoong.

If nothing else firefly has reminded me how much fun it used to be.