JUSTSERENITY

Hi! I just got back from seeing Serenity. I spoke to someone I assume is on this site cause they told me about it and about the series, on my way home I went to Best Buy and they had 1 copy of Firefly left and I am currently watching the series as I type this and I have to say I can see why everyone loved Wash, he's so sweet and funny! I was off today so I went to a movie and I had seen the previews of this one and thought it be cool to see and it was! I plan to see it again with a friend who also wants to see it on Friday! Bye for now! I'm currently watching "Jaynestown"

AELIN

WASH!!!! Nooooooo!!! And that's all I'm gonna say about that. *sniff*

REYNOLDS

I'm just waiting for my Firefly DVD's to get here. I have seriously checked my UPS tracker 20 times in the past 10 minutes. Sad? Possibly. Worth it? Absolutely.

MALLICE

I have an idea for one, but I just don't know if I will ever get to writing it. :disappointed:

MANTICHORUS

The hero is cornered, about to die when, BANG! The crew member who seems the most self-serving at times shoots the villain just in the nick of time. "Good shot." The hero compliments. "I was aiming for his head." The other replies. No, not [i]The Train Job[/i], but a Blake's 7 episode, [i]Orac[/i], written and broadcast in 1978. In this case, the titular hero, Roj Blake, is almost shot by Commander Travis, who has a blaster in his left arm (which he fairly blames Blake for), when Kerr Avon shoots Travis in said hand. When I saw this first over the summer, my reaction was, understandably "Huh." So, is this just a coincidence, or did Joss and Tim make an homage in [i]The Train Job[/i] to another cult sci-fi show?

SHOTSTARFIREFLY

I saw Serenity opening day and got the DVD the same day. I cant believe I missed out on this series when it first came out! Hopefully joss will drop what he is doing and bring us another season and a sequel!!!!!!!!!!! Will post a Fanfic soon and Hello to all the browncoats out there in the verse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

REALLYKAYLEE

So y'all here it is. The first of my five college essays. I've still got to par it down by four words but the truth is i've just knocked it down from 674 to 504 in 15 minutes. I'm so sick and tired of it i really don't know what does and doesn't make sense if you don't know me. I will get you a pony and a plastic rocket if you comment. “Shakespeare is a lot like sex.” I lifted my head from my cheddar whale induced stupor and looked at the guest lecturer. Dr. Paul Menzer had not only captured my attention; it seemed as though everyone in the room was exchanging significant glances, some of the bolder students commenting to each other with looks that would make any mother blush. I swallowed the remainder of my non-conformist goldfish at their jests and laid my head on my Complete Works of William Shakespeare and glanced around the room. It was easy to be impressed. In a room like that it’s hard to think that you’re something special. After three weeks of intensive Shakespeare work and communal everything, these people had showed me the best in myself. They all have unique personalities that shine whether you were reworking a scene or flouncing about the downtown area of Staunton, VA. More than anything they helped me challenge the code. In a sense, the stage directions that help a performance run smoothly. But now is the time to defy those directions and question just who wrote them. Next time your cue reads, “exit right” just as someone with a totally different perspective enters left; I challenge you to stay on for a beautiful exchange of world-views that could shape your own opinion. Share the spotlight on occasion and you will find the beauty of discovery and a new meaning for a well-rehearsed scene. The side in people I look to is always the one that convinces me that there is good in everyone. That shiny side that isn’t afraid to holler to the rice-cakes from four aisles down. Along with this big heart for love comes an appreciation and trust in those I admire. My parents both went to UVA and my hope since I learned to talk far from the rolling hills of Charlottesville Virginia was to graduate with a degree from this university. Whenever I discover a new facet about my personality like a love for theater or an attraction to education I find the greatest delight in learning of UVA’s ability to foster that development. Growing is what I do best. To me growing does not mean making excuses for your former knowledge, it means living with the hope that one day it will all fit together. The beauty in changing is that everything around you is changing too. You know, life should be more like Shakespeare camp. Living with an appreciation for each other’s gifts and an undying desire to bring out the best in people. Life. It’s a lot like Shakespeare. The first time you live it you’re always looking up the hard parts, apologizing, and afterwards you wonder, “So what was that all about?” My challenge is a simple one. Live a life that doesn’t make you wonder the point of it all, one that requires no apologies and takes joy in looking up the hard parts. After all, growing doesn’t mean you have to lose yourself, just explore the stage directions.

SKYSCRAPER

The article that spawns my following rant:

LIMINALOSITY

SPOILERS! REGULAR SPOILERS AND LURKING VIRAL SPOILERS Please read no further unless that's what you're looking for * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * So, the Operative. I think he is one of Joss' more convoluted and subtle monsters. He seems to me to share quite a few character traits with Jubal Early, without seeming as bare wires crazy as Early. His zeal is on a par with Early, but it seems the Operative functions within something more like a self-created religious ethic, built of elements gleaned from military theory and Christianity. I have a theory, surprise, surprise. In the scene in the training house between the Operative, Inara and Mal, the Operative tells Mal he can't make him angry, and I think that's a sham. He presents himself as though he is as completely calm and in control of his emotions as he is of his physicality (as well as implying that he among all others is without sin). I saw him as very emotional and arrogant from his delivery of a couple of lines in his first scene: 1. the tone he uses when he asks the doctor 'do you know what your sin is?' seems very much like a disappointed and condesending parent to me, and 2. in his delivery of the last line in that sequence 'where are you hiding, little girl' the words 'little girl' fairly drip with venom. I think he's acting like a guy who's trying to be something he's not. Also take a look a his face when the guys on his ship tell him they are reading 7 signatures (from the 7 crybabies the crew launch as they leave orbit - and by the way, why wasn't it 8 signatures?) I don't think his rage and pride are ramping up throughout the film so much as they are being brought closer and closer to the surface until the moment when he shoots Mal in the back. That's the act of a complete coward, but it was pretty clear to me that he had totally lost any remaining shred of control over his emotions when the Reavers showed up and he yelled 'summary fire!' BTW, what do you think his sin was? I'm voting for Grumpy, I mean Pride.

LIMINALOSITY

SPOILERS! REGULAR SPOILERS AND LURKING VIRAL SPOILERS Please read no further unless that's what you're looking for * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * So, the Operative. I think he is one of Joss' more convoluted and subtle monsters. He seems to me to share a few character traits with Jubal Early, without seeming as bare wires crazy as Early. His zeal is on a par with Early, but it seems the Operative functions within something more like a self-created religious ethic, built of elements gleaned from military theory and Christianity, and maybe other sources I haven't recognized. I have a theory, surprise, surprise. In the scene in the training house between the Operative, Inara and Mal, the Operative tells Mal he can't make him angry, and I think that's a sham. He presents himself as though he is as completely calm and in control of his emotions as he is of his physicality (as well as implying that he among all others is without sin). I saw him as very emotional and arrogant from his delivery of a couple of lines in his first scene: 1. the tone he uses when he asks the doctor 'do you know what your sin is?' seems very much like a disappointed and condesending parent to me, and 2. in his delivery of the last line in that sequence 'where are you hiding, little girl' the words 'little girl' fairly drip with venom. I think he's acting like a guy who's trying to be something he's not. Also take a look a his face at the companion training house when the guys on his ship tell him they are reading 7 signatures (from the 7 crybabies the crew launch as they leave orbit - and by the way, why wasn't it 8 signatures?) This is all pretty early on, he hasn't spent an hour with Mal yet. I don't think his rage and pride are ramping up throughout the film so much as they are being brought closer and closer to the surface until the moment when he shoots Mal in the back. That's the act of a complete coward, but it was pretty clear to me that he had totally lost any remaining shred of control over his emotions when the Reavers showed up and he yelled 'summary fire!' BTW, what do you think his sin was? I'm voting for Grumpy, I mean Pride.

ANGELICANGEL

Can I request a Beta Reader for my fic? I plan to work on it some more and then repost it as soon as I am finished. You can email me at fireflyfan2@yahoo.com