Unpopular Opinions

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6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, June 24, 2007 3:25 PM

Wow... thanks for jumping on the grenade Crow. Could be my narsicisism, but I thought she was talking about me there.

If it was you, don't feel so bad. I think she was just pissed at me and I'm not an easy target. Not to say you are of course..... no offence intended.

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." http://www.myspace.com/6ixstringjack

RIVERDANCER

Sunday, June 24, 2007 4:12 PM

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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Do I even know you, where you feel you can justify saying something like this? I have no idea who you are... I don't even recognize your screen name.

I'm a huge lurker. Sometimes I come out and play when I've got an opinion that hasn't been expressed and/or think someone is being a bit of an ass. Most of the time I just read through the threads. So no, you don't know me. But I know you pretty well. I've observed you pushing people's buttons and then playing the 'you have no right to attack me' card since before I signed up for an account here. You play the martyr. The pity party is implied, not overt.
Just thought I'd clarify.
You pushed buttons, and I'm not for one second fooled into thinking you're too dense to understand how. Sometimes you come off as a bit paranoid and reactionary, but you aren't stupid. (there, see, I do give you some credit) Even if you might not have meant to do it initially, you have enough logic and language skills to figure out why it might have come across as offensive to those of us who aren't mind-reading geniuses, and then you continued to push. So stop saying you're being straw-manned. Like I said, doesn't work on me.

TUJIAOZUO

Sunday, June 24, 2007 4:28 PM

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TuJiaoZuo, don't worry about not having every resource and reference book of Firefly. I'm sure you'll be that obsessed in no time
The fact is, while Joss and Co. have a penchant for kind of springing surprises on the audience, a lot of what would have happened was just tentative anyway, and could ahve changed at any time. That's the whole tragedy.
You're new? Welcome to the 'verse

Thanks.

And I think what happened with my Mal Inara comment is that I really worded it wrong. So of course sleeping on it made me come up with the right words. What I was trying to say is that they'd never get together in that put their differences aside and being an official couple sense. I can see them sleeping together, but in the sense that when they're done they kind of enjoy the bliss for awhile but in the end they pull back and go 'what just happened?'. And then awkwardness would insue. I don't know if that helps any, but that's what I was trying to say. Articulation eludes me from time to time lol.

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Originally posted by RiverDancer:
Anyway, moving to the actual subject, I'm kind of shocked at how many people seem to violently dislike Simon. He's always been one of my favorite characters. He's selfless and noble, and being so smart in some areas and so moronic in others makes him pretty amusing. I relate to him for that, too, because I've known so many stupid smart people. Med students who couldn't get their heads around why the economy was considered bad, lawyers who couldn't make casual conversation with a stranger to save their lives, professors who knew nothing outside their field of study, and who bored anyone they talked with to tears. It's common and it's funny. Also doesn't usually come paired with the will to sacrifice anything for anyone, which is what really makes me love Simon. There's great nuance to his character, and Sean Maher plays it out with astounding grace and amazing chemistry with most of the cast.

I completely agree with you there, he's one of my favorites as well for all of the points you just mentioned. In fact why I like him so much is because I'm apart of a family of 'Simons'. Brilliant people, tops in their class, but the family curse is lacking common sense lol.

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Well, I admit to being a novice in the martial art department, having studied formally only eight different styles of gung-fu and karate over a short span (Thirty years), so pardon me if I say that THIS martial artist had NO problem WHATSOEVER with the idea that a 98 lb girl with psychic ability to know the intent, if not the precise physical moves to be employed, of her attackers, combined with the ability to block out ALL distraction makes for a very believable martial scenario. She simply employed my lifelong martial code: don't get in the path of an oncoming strike, and never hit a man with a closed fist (especially if you can hit 'im with other stuff).
Her Combat Tai-Chi was most impressive, from an entertainment POV.

Wow, well I certainly can't argue with you there. I didn't study Tai-Chi (Tea Kwon Do) and my knowledge is tiny compared to yours

Ash
*resumes lurking*

6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, June 24, 2007 4:34 PM

Oh... you are good.....

Tell me you're not as attracted to me as I am by you right now.

Edited to add: I did ask you for an apology..... maybe you haven't read that far?

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." http://www.myspace.com/6ixstringjack

RIVERDANCER

Sunday, June 24, 2007 4:48 PM

Heh... I'm probably not, but it's hard to stay tetchy at you for that.

And I saw. Mutual respect and all that. I did say I gave you credit, right?

6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, June 24, 2007 4:53 PM

Don't worry... after time I tend to grow on you... lol

Yes. I read everything you said, and I've never been mad at you for a moment. I'm sure that feeling's not mutual, but then again, I'm the weirdo here.

Edited to add: Admitedly, I had to look up the word "tetchy".... little did I know, it meant "touchy", which is what I accediently thought you had meant to type originally.

BTW.... Tetchy was the word of the day on March 13th, 2003... according to Dictionary.com. HOORAY!!!

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." http://www.myspace.com/6ixstringjack

RIVERDANCER

Sunday, June 24, 2007 4:59 PM

Tetchy and mad aren't really the same thing. No worries.

*edit* Heeheehee, I've loved the word tetchy ever since I heard Mal say it.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, June 24, 2007 5:02 PM

That's cool... and totally understandable. Most people I know here are mad at me for one reason or another.......

Not cause I'm a troll of course, but because I can refute arguments and get under skin with my undoubtedly un-troll-like behavior

EDIT: I've only watched the show through one time in all the time I've been a fan. I don't remember that part, but I'm bound to, next time I watch it, now that you've mentioned it

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." http://www.myspace.com/6ixstringjack

MAL4PREZ

Monday, June 25, 2007 3:18 AM

OK, my super secret unpopular opinion that's so unpopular to my very own self that I try to stay in denial...

I'm actually glad this lovely show was cancelled because I never would have gotten into writing fanfic on a show that hadn't ended super young, and while six more years of episodes would have been hella entertaining, writing has been been a damned near life changing experience for me.

OMG!! Sacrilege!!!!

BTW - there are no unpopular opinions here that I can't see the point of (annoyance with Simon, Kaylee, and Inara mostly) but that's that beauty of fic - those can all be explained away, if you give these characters the right background and the right future. At least, I think so.

BTW #2 - 6string, you have such potential, and then you go on these rants that, I'm sorry to say, make you sound like such an ass. Man - don't do that! I'm so close to thinking you're really cool. Quit getting in the way! (Should I put a kissy emoticon thingy here or a knife in the head? Ah hell - you decide what my tone is.)

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LEXAN

Monday, June 25, 2007 6:10 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Charmed (which I'm fully aware is not Joss, but I always considered them to be marketed to the same demographic

The shows aren't comparable...at all... whatsoever. I don't even think the genres can be seen as similar because they're used so differently...

But I guess this is the unpopular opinions thread...

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