Dead or Alive? The thread that decides it once and for all.
POSTED BY: Wishimay
UPDATED: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 23:13
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Quote:Wash can be brought back with infinitely superior technology indistinguishable from magic per a story here on Fireflyfans.net www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=5185
Originally posted by pennausamike:
I'll remind you that Joss already saw fit to do a take-back with Dobson,
who got shot in the HEAD with a pistol that dropped a horse in one shot.
So yes, it can happen in Firefly,
for infinitely inferior story development reasons.
The Joss Whedon script for "Serenity," where Wash lives, is
Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Oh boy. I don't like that Wash was killed in the movie, but I don't like magical solutions, or time-warp re-winds or whatever. I'd rather have him come back, quite frequently, in dreams, flashbacks, and in people's memories. So lots and lots and lots of Wash, please, but he's still dead. (Same for Book.)
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Dead.
Anything else would cheapen his sacrifice and undo a part of what the BDM did for us.
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Originally posted by ebfiddler:
Oh boy. I don't like that Wash was killed in the movie, but I don't like magical solutions, or time-warp re-winds or whatever. I'd rather have him come back, quite frequently, in dreams, flashbacks, and in people's memories. So lots and lots and lots of Wash, please, but he's still dead. (Same for Book.)
Wash was the comic relief.
Fond remembrances of the dead guy aren't really all that funny.
Not magic; Wash can be returned to the Firefly story using already established in the 'verse tech:
Put Wash in River's cryo-box to take him home for burial. Along the way, Simon informs the crew that the same medical tech that produced Tracy's hopped up internal organs ("million credit meat" in Tracy's words) are accessible at Government research facilities. Using a bit of improvisation and Book's ident card, they sneak Wash in place of a politico who bumped a deserving recipient (ala PA's governor Casey who bumped everybody down the list for his transplant). Alliance bashing, witty dialog and some gunplay ensues.
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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
Dead.
Anything else would cheapen his sacrifice and undo a part of what the BDM did for us.
All the ending of the BDM did for me was piss me off,
so, yeah, I don't mind if that gets undone.
Plus you can't cheapen a cheap shot.
All Wash did was get a spear thru the chest while he sat reciting poetry
instead of getting the heck out.
His NOBLE contribution was his piloting that saved the crew;
his ignominious death was unrelated to his noble actions.
Mike
My Firefly/Serenity Collection:
http://fireflydvd.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3541
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Awww, come on. There's another thread for the bickering, all you had to do was "dead" or "alive". 
I can't imagine what it's like actually living with some of you *facepalm
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Originally posted by pennausamike:Quote:
Originally posted by ebfiddler:
Oh boy. I don't like that Wash was killed in the movie, but I don't like magical solutions, or time-warp re-winds or whatever. I'd rather have him come back, quite frequently, in dreams, flashbacks, and in people's memories. So lots and lots and lots of Wash, please, but he's still dead. (Same for Book.)
Wash was the comic relief.
Fond remembrances of the dead guy aren't really all that funny.
Actually, the flashbacks and memories and dreams can be quite comic. At least I have found that to be the case in my fanfic. ;-) Wash is still Wash, and he's still funny. :-)
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Originally posted by Wishimay:
Awww, come on. There's another thread for the bickering, all you had to do was "dead" or "alive".
I can't imagine what it's like actually living with some of you *facepalm
..."living with" is a relative term... Perhaps if you used the past tense?
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