Many of you have said that turning on 'Firefly' or 'Serenity' feels like coming home... by QuietSerenity

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Many of you have said that turning on 'Firefly' or 'Serenity' feels like coming home...

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Monday, August 14, 2006 12:56 PM

So I'm curious, which scene makes you feel the most like you've come home? I absolutely feel the same way...when I have a bad day at work, I play a Firefly episode in my head while people are talking at me, and then just pretend I'm listening.

There are many scenes that are obviously meant to make you feel that way, playing ball in "Bushwhacked", and the dinner at the end of "Safe." I think, however, that I really respond to the part in "Bushwhacked" when everyone is getting moved to the Alliance ship, when Kaylee says "But Captain, did you hear what that purple-belly called Serenity?" And he just responds with "Shut up!" It sounds more like how a brother would say it, and it always gets a little smile.

Thoughts?

Mal: You know, you ain't quite right.
River: It's the popular theory.

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Monday, August 14, 2006 12:59 PM

DARKFLY

Maybe when Mal hugs RIver at the end in Objects In Space or at the end of Safe.

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Monday, August 14, 2006 1:05 PM

MISSTRESSAHARA

Excuse me Darkfly, Mal never hugged River. Mal hugged Kaylee in Ariel, it was spontaneous, somthing Nathan did himself. He caught River in OIS when she flew down from Early's ship. Simon hugged River in Safe when he told the villagers to light the pyre. Just needed to clear that up.

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Monday, August 14, 2006 1:06 PM

FUTUREMRSFILLION

The scene where Mal is walking down the stairs and he touches Kaylee;s hand.

Jayne sitting outside the infirmary when they are working on Kaylee.

The looks that pass between Mal and Zoe, Wash and Zoe, River and Simon.

Book loading a weapon to help save Mal and Wash.

Pretty much all of it!

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Monday, August 14, 2006 1:11 PM

DARKFLY

Sorry my mistake but catching somebody & hugging look pretty similar in space.

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Monday, August 14, 2006 1:13 PM

NVGHOSTRIDER

In general it all feels like home. Can't go hardly a week without watching an episode or the BDM.

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Monday, August 14, 2006 1:24 PM

YINYANG

You were busy trying to get yourself lit on fire. It happens.

When Mal hugs Kaylee in "Ariel." Oh, and when Mal makes a joke like this: "See, this is a sign of your tragic space dementia. All paranoid and crotchety. Breaks the heart." Or, anytime Mal and Inara fight.

And, hearing "The Ballad of Serenity" gives me warm fuzzies, too.

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Monday, August 14, 2006 1:25 PM

BIGDAMNTEXAN

I'm gonna weigh in on this one and say "out of gas".
At the end when he asks "ya'll gonna be here when I wake up" then flashes to when he found Serenity.

You know pretty much how Mal feels about his crew and espescially his ship.

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Monday, August 14, 2006 1:31 PM

DIVINEST

Quote:
Originally posted by bigdamntexan:
I'm gonna weigh in on this one and say "out of gas".
At the end when he asks "ya'll gonna be here when I wake up" then flashes to when he found Serenity.

You know pretty much how Mal feels about his crew and espescially his ship.

That was exactly what I was thinking.

There was also the "Shindig" episode. It says a lot about how Mal views his crew. He calls Inara a whore constantly, yet he would die for her, and for anybody else on the crew.

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Monday, August 14, 2006 1:45 PM

BIGDAMNTEXAN

Yeah, exactly.
but he'd lay down his life for any of them,even Jayne.

"Mercy is the mark of a great man"

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Monday, August 14, 2006 1:48 PM

DIVINEST

He really would. I was watching the deleted scenes, and what Zoe said about him having lost his trust, I don't believe is true. Think about what he said to Saffron/Yolande (WHY?!)... He has a crew who trust each other. And in the main, I think it's because of Mal, and the trust they have in him.

No power in the 'verse can stop me

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Monday, August 14, 2006 1:55 PM

BIGDAMNTEXAN

no your right about that.
though I think that he is tortured because of the war in Serenity Valley and that trust only extends to those on his ship who-- dare I say have proven themselves to him

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Monday, August 14, 2006 1:58 PM

DIVINEST

Yeah, it took him a while with Simon and River, but it's obvious from the little "conversation" him and Jayne had at the end of Ariel, that he considered them to be his crew.

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Monday, August 14, 2006 2:06 PM

BIGDAMNTEXAN

Yeah, awesome show --still have a hard time believin' they took it off the air

makes me want to drop kick Fox off this planet and let think happy ,happy thought's

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Monday, August 14, 2006 2:10 PM

DIVINEST

I'd never even HEARD of it before my fella put me in front of it. I've been hooked ever since, we've even got two more people hooked, about to be a third, seeing as I'm seeing my best friend soon.

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Monday, August 14, 2006 2:26 PM

TRAVELER

First scene that popped into my head is the start of "Out of Gas" when their all laughing at Book's story. They were all there, well Wash finally showed up, and it was family.

Traveler

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Monday, August 14, 2006 2:26 PM

BIGDAMNTEXAN

My Dad turned me on to it right after the BDM came out on dvd while on vacation in Oregon to see them.
I saw it at a walmart--looked good and the rest was history- I had to find more when I ran across FF, BEEN LOVING IT EVER SINCE
not many conversions though -- I did manage to get my neihbor-- she loves it to

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Monday, August 14, 2006 2:29 PM

DIVINEST

I know what you mean. Me and a really good mate were watching it at the same time, texting each other about what we thought of the episodes, because she'd not seen it before. I quote here: "I thought this would be crap, but it's brilliant!"

The thing which I think makes it so appealing is that there is something about pretty much all of the characters you can relate too. :-)

Me and Sam (girl I work with) have alloted characters to us and the others at work, based around which we are reminded of.

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Monday, August 14, 2006 2:30 PM

DIVINEST

Quote:
Originally posted by traveler:
First scene that popped into my head is the start of "Out of Gas" when their all laughing at Book's story. They were all there, well Wash finally showed up, and it was family.

Traveler

Yeah, that is very true. It's the one which shows most clearly their closeness, and how tight knit the group is.

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Monday, August 14, 2006 2:36 PM

BIGDAMNTEXAN

To be truthful , that whole episode I love cause you get to how everyone around him get's "knitted" into his life,crew & family
the whole thing makes you feel good

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Monday, August 14, 2006 2:38 PM

DIVINEST

Makes me cry every time. I've seen it about 4 times now, which considering I don't have a DVD player, and only watched it for the first time about a month or so ago...

No power in the 'verse can stop me

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Monday, August 14, 2006 2:46 PM

NCBROWNCOAT

All those scenes mentioned and any scene around that table. It's the family gathering place.

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Monday, August 14, 2006 2:50 PM

BIGDAMNTEXAN

Yeah, even though they might bicker and fight they always manage to come together

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Monday, August 14, 2006 2:51 PM

DIVINEST

It is, something I feel somewhat jealous about. Probably why I love the show, it's what I've always wanted.

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Monday, August 14, 2006 3:01 PM

GORRAMREEVERS

I second many of the above for the Homey-Feeling of FF, but would add this:

In "Safe", when Simon looks up at his River tied to the fire-wood, she's saying some River-babble like "Posts to make holes".....and he knows exactly what he is to do, he willingly walks up into the fire-wood, puts his arms around his sister, and says "light it". And the look on his face when River says "....time to go...."

Either that, or anytime the Reavers Feast

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Monday, August 14, 2006 3:50 PM

GIRLASKEW

Oooh, good question. On a bad day, I default to OMR. It's the episode where I really fell in love with the show, especally Mal. There is also the Mal Greatest Hits List. I'm gonna look nuts, but here goes.
"None of it means a damn thing." from OIS
The end of Ariel when he's talkin' to Jayne.
Dancing with Inara in Shindig.
Heart of Gold, the bit from doin' the deed with Nandi onward to the end. My heart breaks for him every time Inara says shes leaving.
The Mean Old Man thing in the pilot.
As much as I love the 'Verse all over, I am a Mal fan in the end.
I do have issues, but I enjoy them!

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Monday, August 14, 2006 4:12 PM

PROXIEME

That's a great description of what watching FF is like.

I can't put my finger on it, but it's true.
I love it all.

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Tuesday, August 15, 2006 3:01 AM

DARKFLY

May I suggest something not from Firefly or even Serenity actually it's not even a scene.The thing which makes me feel like I've just come home is coming to this forum & talking with all my fellow Browncoats cause we get on so well with each other,we are in fact like one big family sharing our thoughts,questions,answers,ect.

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Tuesday, August 15, 2006 3:20 AM

MAGDALENA

"No power in the 'verse can stop me!"

WOW Darkfly - that is so awesome! And so true! As soon as I read what you say about the FFFfamily as I refer to them... I mean...US!! I thought - now that is so true! We bond over the show but we are so much a part of one another's lives that we share much much more than just Firefly observations - check out the imponderables thread any time!!

For me, regarding the show, there are so many little moments that create the whole feel. I loved the show the moment Kaylee kissed Mal and said "I love my captain" and the look he throws to Jayne! I was home from that moment on...

When River returns to Serenity at the end of Objects in Space I think of a father holding out his arms so his toddler can take her first steps to him. It's kind of symbolic of River's growth in the show and I am sure we'd have noted that had we been allowed to see the next 6-&-a-half-years of Firefly...

Dinner at the start of Out of Gas - the warmth, laughter, family-ness
Zoe laughing at Shepherd Book when he is bewildered at why River hides from his hair (well her tone of voice says she's laughing on the inside)
Jayne picking up Kaylee & carrying her to the engine room in Serenity
Almost any moment with Simon & River including when she says "I threw up on your bed..." & he smiles wryly and says "That's my sister"
Moments between Wash and Zoe - the chemistry of those two is palpable - I want a relationship that good!
Mal's face when he knows what he has to do is going against his & Wash's instict and love for Zoe - but he steps forward, pins Wash to the wall and orders him to go to the bridge even though Zoe might be dying...
Jayne's awkwardness when he doesn't know what to say - that always betrays the fact that he cares what the other person thinks of him. His look after Simon saves the patient in recovery's life, and knows that he is already on the path to betrayal of him... (tears me up that one!)
The fact that Mal looks like he could cry when he says to Inara "you spin me around.... I wish you was any place else but here..." in the BDM

I could go on - but I have life to live...

Love you all though my shiney-Firefly-family-people! - Magdalena x x x

"I love my Captain!"

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Tuesday, August 15, 2006 5:05 AM

CYBERSNARK

Wash's dinos on the pilot console in "Serenity."

Simon and Kaylee in the crew lounge in "OiS."

The whole lounge area, actually. It just reminds me of a family living room. Coupla mis-matched carpets, a tattered sofa, a coffee-table, some easy-chairs, a metal chair from somewhere, the bookshelves built into the bulkhead, the kitchy pole-lamp. . .

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Tuesday, August 15, 2006 5:25 AM

JOSSISAGOD

What scene makes me feel like I'm coming home, when I turn on Firefly/Serenity? Probably Mal's line to Simon, at the end of Safe, "Chow's in ten, no need to dress." As well as the following dinner sequence.

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