Imponderables- Stylish Comeback
POSTED BY: MsA
UPDATED: Thursday, September 27, 2012 20:31
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OK folks let's not lose this thread...
Old thread here
http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=2&t=50328
Ponder- what is the best thing, for you, about Fireflyfans.net?
For me it was meeting not only some of the best friends I've ever had ( and getting a chance to spend time with them at Dragon Con) but meeting my husband was the best part of here.
If it hadn't been for this place I would never have met my husband. We lived in different states and had very different lives with no chance of them intersecting.. and then we made friends here, met, fell in love, and now have a great life and a beautiful son:)
To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.
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I just like the community. It seems like a vast majority of browncoats are very warm and friendly people. I haven't ever been a part of a fan community that is as respectful and welcoming as the browncoats are.
Second to that is because of fff.net I found out about the prescreenings in time to get in on the one in Austin. Nathan and Ron showed up. That was such an awesome event.
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I'm so glad we have a new thread, that old one was too long.
My favorite thing about fff.net is getting to talk to fun nice people. Byte got me coming here a year ago and I've thoroughly enjoyed myself. Its also fun to learn from each other about things too, sure RWED is a place where most of us aren't going to drastically change our minds, but we can still learn from each other and I will admit that my opinions on some things have been better informed by being there, and yes, there has been a little bit of change.
In life I care about people, relationships of all sorts are what makes life worth living.
"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya
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I think browncoats definitely win as best fandom ever! To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
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So, here's a ponder for ya. What do you think of people who have best friends turn into arch nemesisses? I have a couple friends who have each done this twice. It seems really strange to me. They go from being the bestest of friends to hating each other and of course blaming the other person for some horrible thing they did.
Would you be worried about being their friend? What would you think about their romantic relationships? Personally I'd be worried if I were in a relationship with someone like that. I've seen bitter divorces before. I wouldn't want to get caught up in one.
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I'd agree Zeek. It's not a concern if they have a falling out with one friend. That happens. But falling out with multiple friends to the point of hatred... that says you have problems with people. To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
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Its odd in real life, I mean we've all seen it in books and stuff, but when real people do it it seems weird. But maybe it shouldn't because love is a strong emotion and so is hate, so one could be swopped for the other because they are both intense.
The slightly creepy thing about it is that there's a piece of me that can see myself doing that if the conditions were right. I love very intensely, if someone has the title of best friend from me it means I love them very much and with great intensity, so maybe that intensity could be shifted. I don't know about hate though, I've never really hated anyone, but I've dispised a couple. Its something I try not to do though, dispise, but the older I get the more potential for hate I see in myself and it is sort of scary.
A good historical example. Temujin (Genghis Khan) had a blood brother Jamuqa, the two of them loved each other intensely, swearing bloodbrotherhood three times in their young adult lives, this is a big committment because it holds until one of you dies. Then fortunes turned, they both became ambitious, they both sought to widen their sphere of control and influence and in this process became rivals and even enemies, fighting in battles against each other. In the end Jamuqa's men betrayed him to the future Khan, a crime which Temujin punished promptly because no one likes a betrayer, no matter whose side they are on. Then Temujin took Jamuqa and they talked long, Temujin said they could start over (a very unGenghis like thing to offer), that their love for each other could be stronger than any of the trouble they'd had with each other. Jamuqa declined and asked to be killed in the honorable way of the time, because he would always be a thorn in his anda's side, he would always be the thing holding Temujin back from his destiny of Great Khan.
So that's the best story I know of best friends becoming enemies. Can you tell I have crushes on both of them?
"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya
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I haven't been on FFF.net for very long... but i'd have to say that it's a place that i can go to to talk about firefly
EDIT: And have people totally understand what i'm talking about... even more-so than i do
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Locust- You're back!!!! What have you been doing?
HUGS
Ooh nice historical example Riona:)
Mostly people are complicated, but I'd steer clear of anyone who can stay friends with people To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.
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