Firefly Fans are better People. Why? by Stillshiny

We just are. That's why.

Mal-licious

Co-Holder of the Red Bell from Hell

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Friday, March 18, 2005 12:45 PM

ZEEK

Cause we gots taste!

I mean really Firefly does draw a pretty witty and intelligent crowd. It's a good place to start for building a community.

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Friday, March 18, 2005 1:05 PM

MONTANAGIRL

Because we are so...very...pretty.

Packer fans welcome.
All others tolerated.

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Friday, March 18, 2005 2:40 PM

AUROTER

...because it's enough to be still flying

______________________________
you can't take the sky from me

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Friday, March 18, 2005 5:21 PM

CALHOUN

...cuz

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Friday, March 18, 2005 5:46 PM

KAYSKY

Because we're a special sorta folk.

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Saturday, March 19, 2005 1:02 AM

EMMA

coz we're the next link in the evolutionary chain

and we have big smiles

I really should get me a sig

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Saturday, March 19, 2005 3:06 AM

RAVERN

Nice an` subtle there Joss. Suffer for your art, mate. Still you got your baby in the air, now watch her fly.

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Saturday, March 19, 2005 4:15 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Oh, I get it! That's why.

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

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Saturday, March 19, 2005 5:54 PM

YOSAFFBRIG

Aim to Misbehave

We'll be with you til the day you die.....

We're all sarcastic and ironical; other fans...not so much

We understand the importance of swearing in Chinese

We may say 'Shiny" but we really like it gritty.

Our Captain wears tight pants his own self

We get to say "Damn" whenever referring to our favorites (BDH, BDM)

...and how cool is it to throw a SHINDIG rather than an ordinary meetup or party.

-Kessa/YoSaffBrig

"No power in the 'verse can stop me"

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Sunday, March 20, 2005 12:22 PM

PERIDIDDLE

We don't CARE if you didn't see the show when it first came out. This makes us very accepting, it does.

We're a kind of smart fandom.

We don't mind horses in space.

We're rather diverse...which leads to plenty of real-life connections and differences.

Our Big Damn Leader (Joss) has never let us down.

And we can kill you with our brains. (Does that make us better, or just more powerful?)

"Bwaa...it's kind of a warrior...strikes fear into the hearts of..."

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Sunday, March 20, 2005 12:39 PM

ANOTHERFIREFLYFAN

Firefly seems to attract a smart, witty group of people.

Also, this is one fandom that has a lot of really attractive girls ;)

Keep flying

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Sunday, March 20, 2005 4:27 PM

THATWEIRDGIRL

It's a lot easier to swear in Chinese than it is Klingon.

Quote:
Originally posted by AnotherFireflyfan:
Also, this is one fandom that has a lot of really attractive girls ;)

*assumes he must be speaking of Mal Mistress Most High and her followers*

I can't speak for the other womenfolk, but this isn't my only geek obsession....

www.thatweirdgirl.com
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Can we not revel in our cyber-love?

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Sunday, March 20, 2005 5:34 PM

ANOTHERFIREFLYFAN

Quote:
Originally posted by thatweirdgirl:
It's a lot easier to swear in Chinese than it is Klingon.

Tis true. I'm actually learning Chinese because of Firefly.

Quote:

I can't speak for the other womenfolk, but this isn't my only geek obsession....

Girls like that are too far and few between. I really appreciate all you Browncoat girls.

Keep flying

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Monday, March 21, 2005 11:56 AM

BADGERSHAT

Why?
Because we ruttin say so!

--Jefé The Hat

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--Don't bother trying to predict, figure out, second guess, criticize, or suggest anything that comes from the mind of Joss Whedon, for you shall usually be wrong, and shall find out the Truth and Purpose in due time.
(This is the Truth of Whedoning)

"I like smackin 'em"--Jayne

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Monday, March 21, 2005 4:40 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by thatweirdgirl:
Quote:
Originally posted by AnotherFireflyfan:
Also, this is one fandom that has a lot of really attractive girls ;)

*assumes he must be speaking of Mal Mistress Most High and her followers*

(Mal-Licious assumes this as well)

Mal-licious

Co-Holder of the Red Bell from Hell

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Tuesday, May 3, 2005 4:01 PM

Important people don't do field work.

Hey...I can't wait to see our Big Damn Movie, but I'm not gonna start waiting in line now, to see a movie in September. That runs the chance of a newscrew standing around, taking shots of you that end up on the news while half of humanity points and cries...WHAT A DORK! I leave that to fans of "other" films.

When I got to this site, I found a shiny painting of Kaylee...then another one of Mal. I went to the profile of the one that did 'em. Channain. In one of her flylogs was a listing for an inactive thread called "Ten Things I Learned From Watching Firefly". I know a couple of people who have stayed at this site just because of that thread...See...Firefly fans are like an onion.

Not many fandoms out there condone making fun of the product of their desires...We actually look forward to it...See the many parodies and especially Caption Tightpants on this very site. Not only do we run our favorite show in the ground, we laugh while we do it!

Browncoat sounds better than Trekkie or Trekker, or whatever the hell they're calling themselves now.

Witness the Browncoat in the Boston area who let two someone's have two of his advance screening tickets at face value instead of placing them on eBay and making a tidy sum. Touched I am...right down to my pants!

I'll be back to this one with some more...That was fun! Something else about Firefly that I love...Its fun...not obsession! At least, it doesn't feel that way...That could just mean there's something wrong with me.

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

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Tuesday, May 3, 2005 4:12 PM

TECHIECL

Cause we're so damn generous

Just mailed a check to the Al Wooten Heritage Center (Ron Glass's charity) for $75 from a SouthEastern Browncoats fundraiser at MomoCon

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Dogbert: Try not to think of yourself as an organic pain collector hurtling towards oblivion

Dilbert: Too late...

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Wednesday, May 4, 2005 3:21 AM

FANTASTICLAUGHINGFAIRY

Coz we all love Firefly. and we're just great.

...and we will call it...this land...

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Wednesday, May 4, 2005 4:43 AM

BECSTHEBEAST

cos we're intersting

'forgive my rudeness. i cannot abide useless people'

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Wednesday, May 4, 2005 4:56 AM

GREENFAERIE

Um, this is getting to be a great big group hug.

While that's nice and all, and I'm sure MOST "Firefly Fans are better People", I never was comfortable with anyone saying they were better than anyone. I'm not trying to turn a hose on this love-fest, but seeing as how some of "us" have acted in a pretty lame manner (regarding the theater threats) I felt I had to say sumpin'. After all, the only thing we really have in common is a love of Firefly/Serenity. While that says something about who we are, it makes no one of us better'n anyone else. But it might mean we are better than we used to be.

Hugs and kisses,

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Wednesday, May 4, 2005 8:44 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by GreenFaerie:
...I never was comfortable with anyone saying they were better than anyone....

Just the ones we're better than.

BTW, I'm not convinced the threats were even made by a Browncoat. It sounds like it was someone who is just like "that" in every aspect of their lives: demanding, selfish, insensitive, sociopathic, etc. NOT the definition of a Browncoat, by far.

Mal-licious

"Let's go be bad guys."

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Wednesday, May 4, 2005 8:55 AM

Important people don't do field work.

It might have been a scalper...I mean, we were given so few details about the "threat". But, in the end, it doesn't matter if even My Mother did it, the result is the same.

And, I don't think I've read anything in this thread to the notion that we think we're better than anyone else. If Browncoats want to give themselves a big group hug, why not let them?

I have been a fan of many other shows...Buffy? When I tried talking to most of them, all I got was a bunch of girls fawning over James Marsters. Dragonball Z...hands down, the rudest fans as a general group I've ever had the displeasure of meeting. The X-Files...They were detached, it seemed. Browncoats seem to have just the right level of involvement to keep from seeming annoying while still reaching out to others, because we have a product that we loved when it was presented to us, and we want others to see it, abbreviated as it may be. But, I've never seen another Browncoat try to force the issue. And, the only Browncoat that I've seen be truly rude (I won't name him, but his net handle starts with an L) was over at the official site. Any time someone new to the world of Firefly comes in their chatroom, he immediately starts cursing and telling them to leave and such. He did the same to me, and even though I had explained to him that I was a fan from long ago and far away, and in fact had been a member of that board since its very beginning, he only got worse. I won't go into his behavior on the day the trailer was shown, but it was deplorable.

I don't think we're claiming, with this thread, that "We're better than" anyone. Just better...you know, good. And, its the truth. Not so much myself, but I know I like the people here (Unfortunately, this applies mostly to this site, and not others), and it seems the more actively you participate with them, the more they warm up to you. But, they are always gracious from the start.

I like your little avatar gif thingy, by the way, GreenFaerie. If that's what you see when you drink Absinthe...sign me up!

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

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Wednesday, May 4, 2005 9:05 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by manwithpez:
I don't think we're claiming, with this thread, that "We're better than" anyone.

I was!

Quote:
Just better...you know, good.

Are you trying to say "gooder?"

Mal-licious

"Let's go be bad guys."

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Wednesday, May 4, 2005 9:06 AM

THATWEIRDGIRL

Quote:
Originally posted by Malicious:
Quote:
Originally posted by GreenFaerie:
...I never was comfortable with anyone saying they were better than anyone....

Just the ones we're better than.

Right. We are better. Right? Mistress? We are better aren't we? I thought we were. *twg mumbles something about jerks, PepsiMilk, and grey goose and then heads to work*

www.thatweirdgirl.com
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Can we not revel in our cyber-love?

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Wednesday, May 4, 2005 9:15 AM

Important people don't do field work.

Oh well, that blows the hell out of the "diplomatic solution".

I was trying to say gooder...but, you know, words and all...

Much like Simon's description of Kaylee: "Pretty...pretty." Browncoats are good...good.

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

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Wednesday, May 4, 2005 9:22 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by thatweirdgirl:
Right. We are better. Right? Mistress? We are better aren't we? I thought we were. *twg mumbles something about jerks, PepsiMilk, and grey goose and then heads to work*

Confidential to TWG:

You and I are, anyway.

Mal-licious

"Let's go be bad guys."

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Wednesday, May 4, 2005 10:47 AM

If by 'better' you mean that we try to entertain eachother, be thought provoking, and generally rattle the cage a little, then, yeah. We are better. Have you seen other sci-fi sites?

Example: "Kitt could beat StreetHawk one on one!"

"Yeah, LOL, every time!"

Not funny, no analysis, and who the hell ever watched 'StreetHawk', anyway?!!(hey, I was a kid, man!)

Better than other dorks who watched StreetHawk Chrisisall

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Wednesday, May 4, 2005 10:56 AM

Important people don't do field work.

Automan could beat the shit out of KITT and Streethawk any day of the week!

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

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Wednesday, May 4, 2005 11:20 AM

KITT would pull the plug on Automan! Ha, then Desi Arnaz,Jr. would have to go it alone!!!

Not that he ever saw Automan Chrisisall

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Wednesday, May 4, 2005 11:28 AM

Important people don't do field work.

Manimal could kick the crap out of those vehicles...I don't care if the doctor from St.Elsewhere's voice comes out of it or not!

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

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Wednesday, May 4, 2005 11:40 AM

HOWDYROCKERBABY1

Quote:
Originally posted by montanagirl:
Because we are so...very...pretty.

Packer fans welcome.
All others tolerated.

I second that notion

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
MAL: This is my scrap of nowhere. You go on and find your own.
SAFFRON: You can't just leave me here, on this
lifeless piece of crap moon...
MAL: Sure I can.
SAFFRON: I'll die.
MAL: Well, as a courtesy, you might start
getting busy on that, cause all this chatter ain't doin' me any kindness.

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Wednesday, May 4, 2005 11:44 AM

HOWDYROCKERBABY1

because we ain't stone killers. We're cuddly like Jayne.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
MAL: This is my scrap of nowhere. You go on and find your own.
SAFFRON: You can't just leave me here, on this
lifeless piece of crap moon...
MAL: Sure I can.
SAFFRON: I'll die.
MAL: Well, as a courtesy, you might start
getting busy on that, cause all this chatter ain't doin' me any kindness.

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Wednesday, May 4, 2005 12:32 PM

Mr. Terrific could take Manimal on a bad day (as long as he had his energy pills)!

Reachin' pretty far back for that one Chrisisall

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Wednesday, May 4, 2005 12:36 PM

'Cause we're gregarious and loquacious.

Chrisisall remembers that word thread from a while back.

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Wednesday, May 4, 2005 12:54 PM

Important people don't do field work.

Like Mr. Smith the superintelligent orangutang couldn't handle Mr. Terrific...

Look that one up!!! I actually watched this show...

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

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Wednesday, May 4, 2005 1:02 PM

Manwithpez wins. I never saw Mr. Smith, although in lookin' it up, I sorta remember seein' ads and deciding not to watch it.
But- I did actually see Mr. Teriffic on tv! How a 4 year old can memorize a theme song is beyond me (yes, I can still actually hum it!).

Guess I'm older than I look Chrisisall

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Wednesday, May 4, 2005 1:06 PM

'Cause we can go on and on 'bout really old, stupid, weird shows no one else remembers (or admits to rememberin').

Mr. Smith my ass Chrisisall

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Wednesday, May 4, 2005 1:16 PM

STILLSHINY

So...it's interesting to see where this thread has carried us. My original intention was to actually play off the "things I've learned from Firefly" idea. (If ya haven't seen the top 21 things I learned from firefly shirt it's at my shop)

What I was reaching out for in this thread was how has Firefly effected the way you act as a person? I mean amongst ourselves we can make our inside jokes. But I've seen changes in my own personal attitude. A greater faith in people, a stronger desire to not give up even though life throws every possible curve at you. I feel like my family is like my crew, and I'll take down anybody who says or does anything to harm them.

I say Firefly Fans are better people because of the life ideals we have gained from this show. So as I now hijack my own thread.

How has being a Firefly Fan made you a better person?

not to mention I now got this groovy group of friends all over the world who I interact with every day, just because of a TV show. (be it the greatest TV show I've ever seen & the greatest fanbase I've ever been a part of.

Oh yeah, almost forgot...Automan so rocks!
as for obscure tv references - Misfits of Science, Riptide, The Master, Bring em Back Alive.

Check out my shop! Firefly & LOST products.
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"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn." --Joss

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Thursday, May 5, 2005 11:38 AM

Stillshiny, The Master ROCKED! Van Cleef and Van Patten, if memory serves. Demi Moore guest starred in a few. I don't know 'bout nowadays, but in my memory it was surely a fun show.

Firefly made me realize that there are still artists who care about entertainment out there, and that I'm not a 'Don't make 'em like they used to' dude( no, they make 'em better!).
I don't know how it changed (or is changing) me as a person, I only discovered Firefly in late Feb. of this year (I must reek of newbie to most of the Browncoats), but I'll tell ya, bein' on this site has made me a better speller and a faster typist!!!

Well, now that I'm thinking on it, discovering that there are people who are passionate about such a quality show, friendly and articulate ( and gorram hi-larious on occasion), not to mention loaded with manners and such, has been very encouraging to my spirit, as world events and general negativity have pecked at me some over the past few years. I guess now that I think about it, I'm actually a measurably happier person due to Firefly.

Thanks sincerely, Joss.

Here's your thread back Chrisisall

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Thursday, May 5, 2005 12:22 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
...friendly and articulate ( and gorram hi-larious)...

(Mal-Licious modestly pooh-poohs this)

Pshaw, I'm not THAT funny, am I?

Mal-licious

"Let's go be bad guys."

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Friday, May 6, 2005 3:12 AM

Honey, you take the prize at hi-larity. That amalgam reply still gits me.

Zoid and Manwithpez aren't bad either Chrisisall

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Friday, May 6, 2005 3:21 AM

Important people don't do field work.

Bring 'em back Alive...Huh? Bruce Boxleitner? I think I remember seeing it once...It was no Tales of the Gold Monkey, though...And neither of them was Voyagers, but, what are you gonna do?

(Yeah, weren't you trying to steer this thread away from obscure TV references?)

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

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Friday, May 6, 2005 3:27 AM

I guess this is an integrated thread, We can do the old show thing, AND tell how Firefly has affected us as people.
So, Manwithpez, Stillshiny wants to know...

Never missed a Voyagers [-geek-] Chrisisall

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Friday, May 6, 2005 3:38 AM