Firefly characters you DON'T like

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Not a problem! Welcome to the board. I'm surprised you liked the LotR thing, most people don't agree about movie Arwen.

As for Celtic... Me and Riona, well, she's pretty much Irish and I'm from a long line of Scots. It happens.

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Many good points, Oredraven. I'm sure all characters are relative. Christina sure did a good job on the whole "Character you love to strangle." I often wonder if he wouldv'e tried to humanize her eventually or no...Can't go perpetuating the notion some womenfolk can't be saved *gasp*

I wonder what the 'Merican Public would pick for characters if they could pick 'em...Oooh wait, it's called "Unreality Shows"....
Nevermind.

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There aren't really any characters I inherently dislike.

Most of the time I don't enjoy a character it has to do with the writing about and around them. Atherton and Rance Burgess are cardboard cutouts with no depth. (WHAT were they thinking?) Tracey's death lacks drama because it's written around a huge (and recurring) plothole: Mal refrains from making a simple verbal explanation about his plans.

II utterly understand why people find aspects of River dubious, and she IS certainly a Jossian trope of the highest order. But I love her character in spite of it because Summer Glau just sells the stunted 14-year-old girl inside her, as well as the pain involved in her struggle. Where I found Buffy to be a whiny annoyance, River's tragedy is very real and relatable.

There is no one on the crew I truly dislike, either. Book is the least interesting because he is kept deliberately opaque. If anything, issues I have arise only from writing and unaddressed hypocrisies.


This is refreshing. :) I like dumping on the mistakes of the show and not being able to come up with a truly unlikeable character is a nice reminder than Joss is just damn good at creating them.

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I kind of hedge on Atherton - he's not a very original villain like Saffron or Jubal Early, but on the other hand I like that there's all these subtle hints that he's actually a sociopath. He has this charming facade that even manages to trick a companion with extensive training in psychology, but he's possessive, likes to control people, thinks of them as objects to further his social standing, and also clearly enjoys skewering his rivals in duels.

Atherton is kind of like a gigantic warning about what to be on the look-out for, but it's not done in a heavy-handed way. Which is a more realistic look at what a person like that would actually be like.

Rance on the other hand is the same exact character but without the superficial charm or subtlety.

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See, I would have adored subtle. But apart from the wave it's really more like a sledgehammer or misogyny and objectification, which is what bothered me. It makes Inara look incompetent, which can't be what they were going for.

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One of the winning qualities was that even the villains were, if not likable, interesting and entertaining. I think Joss has always realized that quality baddies are important. Saffron, Badger, Niska and Jubal are all excellent examples.

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I'm with ECGordon. Rance Burgess has to be my all time most hated character.
Even outside the Firefly verse. The same actor played a demon in Supernatural and I sure didn't like him much there either.

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Originally posted by FollowMal:

I'm with ECGordon. Rance Burgess has to be my all time most hated character.
Even outside the Firefly verse. The same actor played a demon in Supernatural and I sure didn't like him much there either.

http://www.kidsneedtoread.org

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THAT'S where I knew him from!!!!!

Thanks. I had been trying to figure out why I recognized old yellow eyes... (granted, I could have checked IMDB...)

And yeah, I suppose he'd get my vote as least favorite FF character, too.




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Originally posted by Storymark:

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Originally posted by FollowMal:

I'm with ECGordon. Rance Burgess has to be my all time most hated character.
Even outside the Firefly verse. The same actor played a demon in Supernatural and I sure didn't like him much there either.

http://www.kidsneedtoread.org
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THAT'S where I knew him from!!!!!

Thanks. I had been trying to figure out why I recognized old yellow eyes... (granted, I could have checked IMDB...)

And yeah, I suppose he'd get my vote as least favorite FF character, too.




Excuse me while I soak in all these sweet, sweet conservative tears.

"We will never have the elite, smart people on our side." -- Rick "Frothy" Santorum

"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"

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He does a lot of those evil characters and he's GOOD at it.
Yup, Ole Yellow Eyes, who started it all with Sammy.

*sigh* Sammy

Edited to add: Is there a Supernatural thread around here?

http://www.kidsneedtoread.org

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