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Please stop scaring Nathan

POSTED BY: Zeek
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ZEEK

Friday, March 4, 2011 3:26 AM

This is one of the reasons I didn't like the campaign to buy Firefly for Nathan. He made one little offhand comment and some fans went crazy.

http://www.backstage.com/bso/news-and-features-features/king-of-the-ca
stle-1005053882.story?pn=1

Quote:
Back Stage: You recently made news by saying if you won $300 million, you would buy the rights to "Firefly," which started a fan campaign online. What does Joss think of your plan?

Fillion: Oh, my God, listen: It makes me scared just to say something nice about "Firefly" when people then say, "Let's gather money." Please, don't send money. I made an offhanded comment about "Wouldn't that be great?"

(note: quote is from page 2 of the article)

If you want Nathan to keep talking about Firefly in interviews then back off. I'm sure Browncoats can show some patience and restraint if we all try just a little.

BYTEMITE

Friday, March 4, 2011 6:16 AM

Yeah, kinda figured we'd freak out the norms on this one. At least it was pretty funny for about a week, but now I feel bad.

But >_> He really didn't see this coming?

Our actors are cute. We must shelter their poor dear innocence. (actually not sarcastic)

CHANNAIN

Friday, March 4, 2011 1:04 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Zeek:
This is one of the reasons I didn't like the campaign to buy Firefly for Nathan. He made one little offhand comment and some fans went crazy.

So serving up a little "I told you so" ?

Quote:
Originally posted by Zeek:
If you want Nathan to keep talking about Firefly in interviews then back off. I'm sure Browncoats can show some patience and restraint if we all try just a little.

Well, now Nathan knows; there are some serious "Brownies" among the Browncoats.

Lesson learned. No more bandwagon jumping for me. I'll just go back to my quiet little non-canon Firefly RP and sigh wistfully over Nathan's Tweets. Situation normal...

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INVADERCHAT

Friday, March 4, 2011 1:27 PM

Yeah, I gotta admit this whole thing embarrassed me a little, I stayed way back.

SISTER

Friday, March 4, 2011 1:48 PM

Awww..never be embarrassed by passion; it's a good thing! (IMHO)

CHANNAIN

Friday, March 4, 2011 1:56 PM

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Originally posted by Sister:
Awww..never be embarrassed by passion; it's a good thing! (IMHO)

It is a good thing, but it has to be very very very ... very carefully wielded.

And be prepared to get smacked on the hand for it. For every passionate person, there's a curmudgeon waiting under a bridge.

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ZEEK

Friday, March 4, 2011 2:19 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Channain:
So serving up a little "I told you so" ?

Yep and I'm seriously considering that we should have a facebook page or something for browncoats to "like" that says something like "we are here waiting for Firefly to return, but we WILL NOT join any campaign to bring back the show unless it is supported by Joss, the actors, writers or someone officially associated with Firefly/Serenity." Just so we can all show our support without having to be scary.

CHANNAIN

Friday, March 4, 2011 2:32 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Zeek:
Yep and I'm seriously considering that we should have a facebook page or something for browncoats to "like" that says something like "we are here waiting for Firefly to return, but we WILL NOT join any campaign to bring back the show unless it is supported by Joss, the actors, writers or someone officially associated with Firefly/Serenity." Just so we can all show our support without having to be scary.

Then rock on with your bad self.

But what I said about the hand-smacking goes for you too. If you're prepared to take what you dish out - and you dished out well enough that I seriously considered asking Haken to cancel my membership here - don't do it.

The only thing that might possibly be more voracious than a parent protecting a child is a fan protecting their genre, and as has been proven - and personally observed by me in the real and virtual environments - none are more vicious than Browncoats.

Present company included.

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ZEEK

Friday, March 4, 2011 2:41 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Channain:
Quote:
Originally posted by Zeek:
Yep and I'm seriously considering that we should have a facebook page or something for browncoats to "like" that says something like "we are here waiting for Firefly to return, but we WILL NOT join any campaign to bring back the show unless it is supported by Joss, the actors, writers or someone officially associated with Firefly/Serenity." Just so we can all show our support without having to be scary.
Then rock on with your bad self.

But what I said about the hand-smacking goes for you too. If you're prepared to take what you dish out - and you dished out well enough that I seriously considered asking Haken to cancel my membership here - don't do it.

The only thing that might possibly be more voracious than a parent protecting a child is a fan protecting their genre, and as has been proven - and personally observed by me in the real and virtual environments - none are more vicious than Browncoats.

Present company included.

Yeah people can complain about patience all they want. I've got thick skin.

And I was never upset with you posting about the campaign. I was upset about the campaign itself. Unless you were the anonymous creator of the campaign I guess.

CHANNAIN

Friday, March 4, 2011 2:51 PM

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Originally posted by Zeek:
And I was never upset with you posting about the campaign. I was upset about the campaign itself. Unless you were the anonymous creator of the campaign I guess.

If I was organizing a campaign, you'd know it was me.

The problem with this form of communication media, though, is that a general attack against a campaign can feel like a personal attack against the one launching the campaign. Or in some cases blithely supporting it.

When you're not upset with the person, you should probably say so. I figured it out, but as has been stated ad nauseum and so far mostly by me, others won't be quite as analytical.

Everyone's skin is thick, right up until it isn't. Choose your battles wisely.

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