Would a New Firefly/Serenity Work With Only Seven Crew-Members?

POSTED BY: Schism
UPDATED: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 16:40
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RALLEM

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 1:23 PM

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You're right and I apologize for my confrontational stance earlier.

The Browncoat community continues to impress me with the quality of folk this fandom attracts. I'd likewise apologize for any piss-y-ness in my response.

At some point these things come down to taste.
I feel betrayed by authors who kill characters for effect.
Some folks enjoy the storylines that grow out of those losses. While I understand that, I feel the original premise of the show, (the loss by the Independents to the Alliance), is enough loss and challenge to overcome for our plucky band of good-guy criminals.

Now, where was that "souless dork" post...:-)

I understand how you could feel betrayed by the loss of a character for effect, but I think that is the author's right & responsibility to do so, and I really cannot think of another way I would want a character to be taken away.

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BYTEMITE

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 3:02 PM

Hi and welcome, Stinkbug!

The only problem I can see with taking on new passengers (or really, any more crew) is that River and Simon are probably still fugitives (the Operative said their troubles wouldn't be over yet) with a 100,000+ credit price tag. And Mal's not overly known for trusting people.

But, there could be ways around that, so it's not outside the realm of possibility. And it would bring them some coin/fill in a needed role. I'm not against new characters, per se'.

SCHISM

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 3:55 PM

They rent the other shuttle!

Someone Mal used to know, and thus he trusts.

This guy is impressed that they're harboring fugitives.

This guy rents the shuttle for some of his own work.

What they start to realize, and what Mal tries to turn a blind eye to, is that he's using it to smuggle drugs, or some form of cargo that Serenity normally wouldn't handle.

The others don't like it because;

a) it's wrong. wronger than normal smuggling

b) it could bring MORE unwanted alliance attention.

Mal doesn't like it either, but he turns a blind out because;

a) loyalty

b) the coin he brings is just too damn good

Now THERE is a source of conflict.

BYTEMITE

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 4:40 PM

Ooh, that is intriguing.

Drugs could work, but gun-running would possibly be even better... Because if necessary, the crew could potentially use those. And this guy's contacts, if they needed something particularly good and illegal. Plus it could tie into post-Miranda unrest, if any, and bring up the question of whether the crew should lie low or support any resistance movement.

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