The NEW newb Welcome Mat thread... by Wishimay

bumpitty
After an old one got bumped by the troll.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014 7:07 PM

Dun is a troll? I mean he has a lot of incoherent days and "lost mah glasses" can't see to type days, but I wouldn't call him a troll...

More "leprechaunish" than troll, but they're both green, so I can see why you're confused...

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Thursday, July 17, 2014 5:49 AM

Sorry. Saw his threads in troll country and conjured him a robo spammer.

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Thursday, July 17, 2014 12:11 PM

MOLLBUNNY

No power in the verse can stop me

Ok so I'm new but I love the show but I confess don't know what a bump is or a troll but hey if you need the Jayne song sung in a pinch I'm ur girl lol

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Thursday, July 17, 2014 1:25 PM

TWOBYTWO

Ok let's try this again!

Heyo! Somewhat new here. FYI a "bump" isa post in a discussion thread that is meant to drive the thread up to the top of the forum menu.

A troll is a despicable creature that posts inflammatory comments in a forum thread with the sole purpose of eliciting an emotional response. Do not give in to the urge to try to correct the troll. Just warn your fellow Browncoats, and back away slowly. Oh...don't ever make eye contact neither...

Har har har! Mine is an evil laugh!

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Thursday, July 17, 2014 1:25 PM

TWOBYTWO

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Thursday, July 17, 2014 5:23 PM

Welcome Mollbunny! Where ya from? Got a favorite episode or scene?

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Saturday, July 19, 2014 4:36 PM

CAPTAIN_COOPER

...by my pretty dim sum bonnet, I will end you...

Ni hao!

I've been a huge Firefly fan since the first days of the series, but never got involved in the fandom during the heydey years, mostly because I was nose-deep in Real Life and couldn't risk falling down the shiny, shiny rabbit hole!

A couple of months back now, a good friend was visiting from far-out-of-state, and got to commiserating with me and my hubby about how much we loved our respective Firefly table-top campaigns, and how much we missed them once they were over. That somehow progressed to a general carping about how we'd never seen Firefly fandom go the route of early Trek 'zine fandom -- the whole "create a ship/create a crew/write and draw about their adventures for the club 'zine" routine -- and how if we'd ever seen a Firefly group like that, we would have begged, pleaded, and sold our firstborns to join. Well... the thoughtworm got firmly planted... and we wound up doing just that -- we've created our own ship, our own crew, and now we're writin' & drawin' about their adventures.

It feels kinda strange to go this OC Firefly direction, so many years after the series and film! But we're having a blast with it -- a turtle-paced blast. :)

I'd really love to find a willing beta reader (or two! or three!), and would love to share 'Verse world-building-detail resources with other writers... Some of us involved in this are detail-wanks and really enjoy the fiddly-little details, so I'd love to have other fans to bounce ideas off of, and to help me keep my own fics sounding like they take place in the 'Verse.

(Like... the question I've been fretting over the most the past week: who does a Firefly refuel? Gaming resources and the Serenity pilot say it's a fuel cell system, but the Serenity Blueprints look like a liquid fuel system...)

Captain Bet Cooper,
Firefly Transport Jin Dui

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Monday, July 21, 2014 5:02 PM

Welcome Captain Cooper! Looks like you've started a new thread about your ship, so I'll go visit on that one.

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Monday, July 21, 2014 9:26 PM

Welcome!

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 10:31 AM

LUDS

Mercy is the mark of a great man. Guess Im just a good man. Well, Im all right.

Hello,

nice to have found this place. Only discovered Firefly late last year. Bought the DVD box for my Dad... and well... you can imagine the rest.

Have only just finished watching the series the second time, so looking forward to the next one, I'm sure I've missed some moments.
(that, btw, is the sign of a good show... when one's looking forward to the 3rd viewing. not many of those around)

Anyhow.. just wanted to say ev'nin' to all, hope you all have a good time.

Best
Luds

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 4:33 PM

Welcome aboard LUDS!
I still look forward to my hundred somethingth viewing.

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 6:18 PM

SCATHAC

Aw, Wishimay, I wish I had a needy one. This one will not give kisses... but he will give head butts... Oh well, you say Potato, I say "Ouch, my nose!"

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 7:35 PM

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Originally posted by Scathac:
Aw, Wishimay, I wish I had a needy one. This one will not give kisses... but he will give head butts... Oh well, you say Potato, I say "Ouch, my nose!"

He'll make a fine Klingon one day though

Mine may still be living in the basement when she's 40 o.O

Welcome to all the new people's, sorry I've been too busy to write a proper welcome (and I admit- a wee bit unmotivated lately here in the mid-summer doldrums)

I'll just set out the Ice-planets and a stack of Virtual Browncoats(don't worry- you can put them on in a couple months

), then, and scuttle back behind the bar.
Enjoy!

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Thursday, July 24, 2014 12:55 PM

LUCKYJACK

Well if there's a new newb mat out, guess that's a sign to join up (again). Hello all! I'm an aerospace student/intern, looking to turn some of this fantasy into reality.. A certain ship of a certain class of transport has been inspirational, as you can imagine..

No worries, wishimay! This ice planet looks to be delicious.. if I could.. just.. get a piece of it..

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Thursday, July 24, 2014 1:31 PM

CAPTAIN_COOPER

...by my pretty dim sum bonnet, I will end you...

Hey! Look! She's poured us some drinks! Xie xie!

And howdy howdy to LuckyJack! Glad to see you here!

Captain Bet Cooper,
Firefly Transport Jin Dui

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Thursday, July 24, 2014 5:32 PM

Welcome aboard LuckyJack!

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Friday, July 25, 2014 8:12 PM

DUN

nods head

Nods head ,see you around.

You buy this ship, treat her proper, she'll be with you for the rest of your life.

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 5:38 PM

bumpity

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Thursday, August 7, 2014 7:11 AM

LEAFBLOWER

Hi, Guess I'm a newbie... never thought of myself as that before.. always a first I spose lol...been a fan a long time and I still keep watching the series now and again.. loved the film too when it came out I was like "Yeah!.. now I can see what happens to everyone)...not sure if I should stand and talk about my life at this point (though I think most of you will fall asleep during it.. not very exciting lol)...am a big sci-fi geek anyway.. love most sci-fi stuff...am going to comic con in Glasgow and MCM Con too.. am thinking of dressing up.. and have finally put most of my "costume" together...took a while and I still haven't completely finished....hey ho.. hope to speak to some of you soon.. TC.. Leaf xx

Here's tae us, wha's like us, damn few and they're aw deid!

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Thursday, August 7, 2014 12:17 PM

Welcome!
What's your costume of?

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Thursday, August 7, 2014 5:23 PM

Welcome aboard Leafblower!

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Sunday, August 10, 2014 10:14 PM

SARIEVA

Hiya! Just finished a Firefly marathon weekend by watching the fan documentary. Always makes me sad that I missed out on all that fandom. I'm one of those that found Firefly 10 years too late when a Browncoat gifted me the DVD box set and said "you've got to watch this!" Best and worst gift ever, since I watched and became hooked, knowing there would be no more episodes. But alas, i am hooked. The documentary made me wonder if the fan forums were still active...so here I am!

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014 2:47 PM

CHALK

Shiny!

Hi everyone!! Discovered the delights of Firefly all too late, back in 2008 or so... Nevertheless, being all in the United Kingdom of Europe and that (boy, I'd love to be king of all Londinium and wear a shiny hat...) there's not been much to miss! Most the best stuff goes on in the US, as far as I can see! I'm so jealous of you guys :O
Anyway, don't mind me, imma just go play in the engine room.
Have a shiny day!

Jayne's face when he's threatened by River and her brain

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014 3:06 PM

Meh, most of what I watch is on the BBC these days

Sherlock is SOO much fun!

Seems most intelligent people are looking for something different than what comes standard. Maybe if we could all trade a little culture the world would be a pretty cool place?

Well, welcome aboard, new people! Watch out for the terrifying space monkey, we rounded up all but one of them. Still gets loose from time to time, but not to fret

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014 4:44 PM

Welcome aboard Sarieva and Chalk! Enjoy yourselves.

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Thursday, August 21, 2014 5:44 PM

bumpity

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Wednesday, September 3, 2014 3:56 PM

BARTAP74

I just signed up today. I work for a non-profit in NYC and I've been a Whedonite from the beginning (well, the Buffy beginning). I adore Firefly and I think at this point I own at least 2 different editions of the show and 3 of the movie.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2014 4:57 PM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

Welcome, bartap, glad to have you with us.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2014 7:21 PM

Welcome!

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Monday, September 29, 2014 5:25 PM

Well hi there and thank you for the kind welcome. Ill wipe my boots at the door and come on in if you'll have me? Long time fan, recent joiner of this site. Hoping to find some like minded folk to chat with :-)
Any other Irish folk in here?

...you cant take the sky from me

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Monday, September 29, 2014 6:43 PM

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Originally posted by SHINY_AISLING:
Well hi there and thank you for the kind welcome. Ill wipe my boots at the door and come on in if you'll have me? Long time fan, recent joiner of this site. Hoping to find some like minded folk to chat with :-)
Any other Irish folk in here?

...you cant take the sky from me

Welcome aboard!
Of Irish descent, or residing in UK?

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Tuesday, September 30, 2014 1:46 AM

Welcome!

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Tuesday, September 30, 2014 12:41 PM

MALINGER

Greetings!

Joined a week or so ago. I've been involved with SF fandom since the mid-'80s, but never much Firefly stuff.

I never saw the show in its original run. (I heard that it was in the making and I was interested in seeing it, until I caught one of the promos. We didn't have Fox anyway, and the FF promos gave me no desire to try to get it.)

After the show premiered, I heard reports that it was unusually good and different from the rest. For the most part, I ignored such reviews, having heard pretty much the same thing a few years earlier about "Farscape" -- a show that, although better than most, I still found somewhat lackluster.

When the movie came into existence, the series went on my "I really have to watch that series someday before someone gives me spoilers" list. Watching the series didn't come to pass until a couple years later when I caught an episode rerun on Science Channel, thought "Kinda simplistic with a really transparent formula, but yeah, not too bad at all", then watched another one and thought "Okay, hooked now. . .I gotta see all of these and in the correct order!". I shut off the TV (with some difficulty), ordered the complete series and movie on Bluray, and anxiously waited for their arrival.

I got a bit burnt out on it, though, having watched through all the episodes several times and also all the special features. A couple months ago, I watched through again. Then, recently, I caught Done the Impossibleon Netflix (which then gave me the itch to watch them all yet again) and that got me thinking it was high time I took another peek at FF fandom.

So here I am.

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Tuesday, September 30, 2014 4:22 PM

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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Quote:
Originally posted by SHINY_AISLING:
Well hi there and thank you for the kind welcome. Ill wipe my boots at the door and come on in if you'll have me? Long time fan, recent joiner of this site. Hoping to find some like minded folk to chat with :-)
Any other Irish folk in here?

...you cant take the sky from me

Welcome aboard!
Of Irish descent, or residing in UK?

Not sure what you mean? But I'm Irish and living in ireland , not the uk :-)

...you cant take the sky from me

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Tuesday, September 30, 2014 6:29 PM

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Originally posted by SHINY_AISLING:
Quote:
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Quote:
Originally posted by SHINY_AISLING:
Well hi there and thank you for the kind welcome. Ill wipe my boots at the door and come on in if you'll have me? Long time fan, recent joiner of this site. Hoping to find some like minded folk to chat with :-)
Any other Irish folk in here?

...you cant take the sky from me

Welcome aboard!
Of Irish descent, or residing in UK?

Not sure what you mean? But I'm Irish and living in ireland , not the uk :-)

...you cant take the sky from me

Hey, thanks for the lesson in government. I had been under the impression that the United Kingdom included Ireland, but apparently it only includes Northern Ireland (if no dispute is assumed). I didn't even know there were currently 2 Irelands. Well, that certainly puts some of history into different perspective for me.

I did not mean to insult you. You must be from Republic of Ireland. That was what I had meant - some folk in America of Irish descent state that they are Irish - and it is one of the most vociferously claimed, defended, and celebrated cultural identities about - and not just on St. Patrick's Day. But you are still in the country, on the other side of the pond.

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Wednesday, October 1, 2014 11:46 AM

didnt think i was giving a lesson in governments at all! we are very different countries on two separate islands. i am most certainly not British (not that there is anything wrong with that). I am Irish born and bred, and looking for other browncoats in Ireland.
happy to be here.

...you cant take the sky from me

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Wednesday, October 1, 2014 6:45 PM

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Originally posted by SHINY_AISLING:
didnt think i was giving a lesson in governments at all! we are very different countries on two separate islands. i am most certainly not British (not that there is anything wrong with that). I am Irish born and bread, and looking for other browncoats in Ireland.
happy to be here.

...you cant take the sky from me

Are you saying Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland are on 2 different islands? Or is your local terminology for United Kingdom not include Northern Ireland?

I think I did see some CSTS activity in Ireland, have you gone to one yet?

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Thursday, October 30, 2014 5:40 PM

in my opinion ireland is one island (the north included) britain is a separate island. the uk government may control the 6 counties contained within what is known as northern ireland but the people are still irish by blood.

...you cant take the sky from me

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Tuesday, November 4, 2014 4:46 PM

bumpity

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Tuesday, December 9, 2014 6:31 PM

bumpity

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014 7:53 AM

DUN

nods head

Bejasus,never thought I'd witness a history lesson in this thread.Anyway howya,welcome.there's a few who appear now and again.Wishy's got some in her (tips my hat),myself I'd be a plastic paddy

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014 11:57 AM

Hey all! Been circling this site for a while, and have finally been able to get on here!! I'm a part time philosophy instructor/ author who's been a fan since '02 and Fox screwed the pooch. How's everyone doing this festive time of year? :)

~chexcentaur

Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: You think she'll hold together?
Zoë: She's torn up plenty, but she'll fly true.
Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Could be bumpy.
Zoë: Always is.

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014 2:13 PM

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Originally posted by SHINY_AISLING:
the people are still irish by blood.

You should probably know that a genetic study five years ago determined that there is no significant genetic difference between the Irish and the English.
Just sayin'

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014 2:36 PM

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Originally posted by chexcentaur:
I'm a part time philosophy instructor/ author . How's everyone doing this festive time of year? :)

Well, welcome Chex! You sound like you'd be a good candidate for the RWED threads where there is much spirited debat...oh who am I kiddin'... Yeah we have a tendancy to argue there. It's my experience that authors tend to enjoy that

So (*warning*) annoying question.... Are you published? And if so, what general topics?

As to "festive"... well, I'm not religious. So it's just another day here. Except colder and shorter.

There's a closet full of "virtual browncoats" down the hall to the left if you need a little warmth. Try one on and sit a spell!

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014 5:18 PM

DUN

nods head

Welcome chex.Wishi;wash your mouth out,if you said that over here major meow.

You buy this ship, treat her proper, she'll be with you for the rest of your life.

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014 5:49 PM

Welcome aboard Chex. Since you've been lurking around, where is you favorite deposit of posts?

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014 8:30 PM

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Originally posted by Wishimay:
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Originally posted by chexcentaur:
I'm a part time philosophy instructor/ author . How's everyone doing this festive time of year? :)

Well, welcome Chex! You sound like you'd be a good candidate for the RWED threads where there is much spirited debat...oh who am I kiddin'... Yeah we have a tendancy to argue there. It's my experience that authors tend to enjoy that

So (*warning*) annoying question.... Are you published? And if so, what general topics?

Wishimay-

Thanks for the warm welcome! I'm so glad to be here!! As to your question about whether or not I'm published, the answer is yes...soon to be anyway. :) I have a book coming out within the next year about Firefly and Philosophy. Instead of it being a compilation philosophy/ pop culture book, I've written this one myself. I've been studying and compiling it for about 7 yrs. now, digging through all types of philosophies and little details of FF/ Serenity so I'm pretty proud of it. The manuscript is due on 12/15 (which just happens to be my bday)...I can't wait! :)

~chexcentaur

Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: You think she'll hold together?
Zoë: She's torn up plenty, but she'll fly true.
Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Could be bumpy.
Zoë: Always is.

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014 8:31 PM

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Originally posted by dun:
Welcome chex.Wishi;wash your mouth out,if you said that over here major meow.

You buy this ship, treat her proper, she'll be with you for the rest of your life.

Hey Dun,
Thanks for the welcome!

~chexcentaur

Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: You think she'll hold together?
Zoë: She's torn up plenty, but she'll fly true.
Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Could be bumpy.
Zoë: Always is.

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014 8:38 PM

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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Welcome aboard Chex. Since you've been lurking around, where is you favorite deposit of posts?

Jewelstaitefan-

I love reading the discussions of the episodes and the scripts. The attention to and the dissection of details is something my family and I do all the time. We love watching the episodes, but I think discussing them can be just as compelling.

~chexcentaur

Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: You think she'll hold together?
Zoë: She's torn up plenty, but she'll fly true.
Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Could be bumpy.
Zoë: Always is.

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014 11:01 PM