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Originally posted by Artemis:
1. It seems that the most accepted version of the patch is "point down". Is that right?

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Originally posted by Peulsar5:
Just for clarification--are you meaning point up for the whole triangle patch itself and thus point down for the star in the middle, or vice-versa?

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Originally posted by citizen:
Triangle point up, Star point down.

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Originally posted by TimTam:
Does anyone know that the differences in the colours of the patch mean? I've seen a green, black, and gold boarder. I figure they are rank specific, but does anyone know what rank each means? Thanks.

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Triangle point up or point down?

I did a lot of research into the patch question.

I know the fans have talked about it and,
as with all fictional universes,
an internal logic system has been generated to explain things.

3 things sell me on the triangle point-down idea;

1. The Lt code is printed to read correctly with the patch in this orientation.

2. Anytime a 5 point star is used in military decoration, it is always one point up, two points down.

3. Mal is the only one with an upside down patch.

The scene was shot on location on days which were full of special effects and extras. I believe Mal's upside down patch is a simple costume department error.

These things happen.

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Originally posted by bluesuncompanyman:

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Originally posted by citizen:
Triangle point up, Star point down.

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For my part, I believe the star should point DOWN. I came to this conclusion when I learned about an elderly painter who once wished to extract a work he painted in his youth from the Louvre museum in Paris to correct flaws. He was told no. The reason was that his finished work was now considered "perfect" by the world community and any work done to it, even by the creator himself, would be considered vandalism. To me, Firefly exists in the same way. The patch was sewn star point down. This is a fact. 2 canon battles display it this way. Furthermore, an extra runs by in Du-Khang showing another patch on another coat which further seals the matter into canon.

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Originally posted by citizen:
The visual companion shows point down for patches on their own, but it also shows that the patches are point up on the shoulder of the Independent soldiers.

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Originally posted by LiLi:

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Originally posted by citizen:
The visual companion shows point down for patches on their own, but it also shows that the patches are point up on the shoulder of the Independent soldiers.

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It shows it point up on Mal's coat, which was then explicitly stated by the designer to be an error. I've seen a lot of fan theories come up as to why Mal would wear it upside-down, such as it being a sign of distress or of mourning, but the fact of the matter is the costuming department just got it wrong, The patches were designed to be point down, star right-side up.


Facts are stubborn things.

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Originally posted by citizen:
The visual companion shows point down for patches on their own, but it also shows that the patches are point up on the shoulder of the Independent soldiers.

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