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Originally posted by meimeimeg:
Very cool. I may have to send this link to my friend. She refuses to watch Firefly, using all manner of excuses ("I don't have time" being the main one, although she seems to have plenty of time to keep up with anime into the wee hours of the morning.) I think she thought the previews for Serenity looked stupid. Anyway, she's a big Cowboy Bebop fan, so maybe showing that the two shows are similar in a lot of ways might work. Worth a try =)

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Originally posted by Zoesbackup:
Impressive assessment. I have never been an anime fan, although from everything that I have read about "Cowboy Bebop" I am going to have to change that.

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I definitely agree with the "Invisible Writings," in the end there really is nothing new under the sun. Even so, I have to mention that there are huge parallels between the female characters of Firefly and practically every female character that Robert Heinlein ever created, with touches of Dagny Taggert thrown in for good measure. The strong woman who is a deadly fighter and does not feel the need to parade or hide her sexuality is the mainstay of all of Heinlein's novels. The concept of the companion is also straight out of his "Time enough for Love," which has a character whose occupation is prostitute which has become a respected and much sought after career. Heinlein's "prostitutes" are almost exactly like the companions of the 'verse both in training and philosophy.

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I am not so certain about the comparison of the Bene Gesseret of Dune, although it has been quite a while since I read it, sexuality wasn't the foundation of their profession, political control and supernatural powers were. They used prostitution as a means to extend that political power.

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