Ramblings on Serenity
POSTED BY: Trickster
UPDATED: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 19:03
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Okay, these are half nonsensical, but it's how I've done it for every other fandom I've ever been in. Might as well stay try to form. 
The show won me over the second I saw Mal, Zoe and Jayne playing Chinese checkers in the middle of a bar.
The window regenerated itself, or something. Dude, I waaaant that window.
A note on Kaylee: I will always see her as Becca from Flash Forward. That being said, I'm making it a point not to refer to her as Becca.
Religiosity? I love new words.
Aw, Kaylee's got a crush on Simon. It's cute. She's a very Willow character, too.
"Were there monkeys?" It's official, I love Mal. I think he's my perfect guy. This should give you a little bit of insight to me...
Crow? Every time I heard his name, I kept thinking of the little yellow guy from Mystery Science Theater. Now there's a crossover I didn't need in my head...
The scene with Inara and Book (?) in the kitchen? I want those chairs. I want IKEA to carry those chairs so I can buy them.
Total number of shipper couples: so far just Mal/Inara. I need to see more with Kaylee and Simon first. Mal and Inara are already just working the angst.
"Sir, I think your brain is missing." Another thing about Joss' shows. I need to watch on closed captioning just so I can see the lines when I'm too busy laughing.
Jayne's got that kinda Southern/Western accent type thing going, and I like it. Of course, seeing as how I'm really susceptible to accents, I am now thinking with it. I want to drop off all the ends of my words and say "Gorram it" all the time. I need to learn Joss-ese; don't think things like "Gorram" won't be popping into my vocabulary.
They shot Jayne! I'm not even positive I like Jayne much yet, but I did get all spazzy that they shot him.
I love this show, if only for the use of dusters.
Look! Wash has screen time!
River's kind of creepy. I have no idea what's going on with her, but yeek.
"Right. Sir. Honey." I really like Zoe. I like how adaptable she is. Give her a suggestion and she just works with it.
"Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?"
When Jayne just passes out, I love Kaylee's reaction. She's nothing but pleased with Simon. Okay, maybe I'm shipping a little.
Can I look like Inara? Please?
Wash and Zoe get screen time *together*! For two seconds.
"Darn."
And it looks like Conan O'Brien is one of the guys out to get River. Which, by the way, the "come in two, hands of blue" thing she was saying is now stuck in my head to the tune of "Tea for Two."
All in all, I love this show. I wish they'd aired the actual pilot first, though, because I was a little confused. Nothing in the promos was actually in the episode, so you know River's the girl in the box but you don't really know what happened with that or what's going on. I also was lucky enough to know the characters' names beforehand, otherwise I'd be lost. But from what I've seen of the characters, of the plot, of the dialogue, etc., I think I'll stay a fan after watching.
Natalie
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Great post. And as for shippers, I've got my eye on Jayne-Kaylee! 
-MBS
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Hey, I've got my eye on Inara/Kaylee, but that's just me.
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Originally posted by GreyBard:
Hey, I've got my eye on Inara/Kaylee, but that's just me.
I've so far managed not to slash the show yet, but I did see inklings...
Natalie
"Drunks are fun."
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Loved it. I've already got a hopeless cush on Kaylee. All the characters were great, and I actually chuckled several times. I'm not a big chuckler. Favorite lines:
Mal: Got time to work on my hair?
Zoe: Shiny. (I am so using this word now!)
The whole exchange at the end between Mal and Crow.
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Originally posted by Trickster:Quote:
Originally posted by GreyBard:
Hey, I've got my eye on Inara/Kaylee, but that's just me.
I've so far managed not to slash the show yet, but I did see inklings...
Hey, Mal saw the slash there. "Servicing the crew?" And there was that whole "Do you do this with many of your customers?" thing. At first I just thought, "Hey, it's a female bonding thing. Next scene they'll be going to the bathroom together." But the dialogue hinted at a little more bonding than I had in mind.
But hey, I mean, I couldn't really blame Inara for choosing Kaylee anyway.
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Originally posted by CharlieBlue:Quote:
Originally posted by Trickster:
I've so far managed not to slash the show yet, but I did see inklings...
Hey, Mal saw the slash there. "Servicing the crew?" And there was that whole "Do you do this with many of your customers?" thing. At first I just thought, "Hey, it's a female bonding thing. Next scene they'll be going to the bathroom together." But the dialogue hinted at a little more bonding than I had in mind.
But hey, I mean, I couldn't really blame Inara for choosing Kaylee anyway.
"We could experiment"? Hello? Anybody think she was really talking about hair?
As for slashing the boys, I think Mal/Simon is far more than an inkling at this point. "You should have let me do this sooner." With Mal all half shirtless. Mmmhmm. I don't think it even counts as subtext, that sounded like full on text to me.
And of course there's always the possibility of Jayne/Simon. Love/hate relationships are always interesting. "I think I can handle him." Sure, Simon, if you say so. But I'd rather see Jayne settle down with a sweety like Kaylee. I know, I know, but if I can't have him its gotta be Kaylee.
And damn you Trickster, I wasn't gonna ship this show!
"I was gonna get me an ear, too." - Jayne
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Quote:Undoubtedly Inara swings both ways -- kind of a job qualification. But I think Inara would not want to pair up with one of the crew. Two many complications when you have "clients" coming and going like that.
Originally posted by GreyBard:
Hey, I've got my eye on Inara/Kaylee, but that's just me.
Besides, it's pretty obvious that Mal and Inara have fallen for each other really hard. That's why they're always bickering: actually having sex would screw up their business relationship, so they sublimate and conceal the sexual tension with rudeness and pointless arguments.
Wonder if the others notice? It might be like the early stages of the Willow/Tara thing, where the fact that the two were in love was obvious to everyone -- except those very close to them.
JOSH, WHERE'S MY CHECK???!!!
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Originally posted by GreyBard:
Hey, I've got my eye on Inara/Kaylee, but that's just me.
AAaaaaaaaaaaaaay-men!
Although I doubt they'd spend *two* hot ensemble members on a same-sex relationship...
I root for Inara and any woman... oh, Inara...
meow!
Pandora
"Computer games don't affect kids negatively; I mean if Pac-Man affected us
as kids, we'd all be running around darkened rooms, munching magic pills and
listening to repetitive electronic music."
-Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc.
1988
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