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Originally posted by akredhead:
I'm making my way through the box of episodes...savoring them...
Today I watched Out of Gas and I started crying halfway through...and of course at the end...
Anyone else have this reaction or am I just all hormonal and such?
Seeing Mal stumble around and looking so poorly...I said out loud, "Poor baby!" And to see him sacrafice so much...it just hurt...
And then end of the episode...just made me wish I had a group of people who would love me that much...

Sometimes...being a fan...hurts...you know?

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Originally posted by akredhead:
I'm making my way through the box of episodes...savoring them...

Today I watched Out of Gas and I started crying halfway through...and of course at the end...

Anyone else have this reaction or am I just all hormonal and such?

Seeing Mal stumble around and looking so poorly...I said out loud, "Poor baby!" And to see him sacrafice so much...it just hurt...

And then end of the episode...just made me wish I had a group of people who would love me that much...

Sometimes...being a fan...hurts...you know?

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Originally posted by akredhead:
To see such a good man...suffer...it was too much...

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Originally posted by Grounded:

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To see such a good man...suffer...it was too much...

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Let's be honest...
Mal ain't that good

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Originally posted by DonCoat:
Oh, sweet Buddha.

If the suffering in OOG made you cry, you'd better have a good friend with you when you watch War Stories.

Just a word to the wise. (And welcome, in case I didn't say that elsewhere.)


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I'm pointin' right at it!

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Originally posted by FloralBunny:
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Take two episodes and call us in the
morning:
"Our Mrs. Reynolds" and "Trash."

Most of us love Mal one way or another.
Maybe not to the boo-boo kissing extent
(I'll not offer to speak for males as I
ain't one of 'em) but we care for the
guy.

He's our Captain, after all.

And he's so very, very shiny.

bun
~2006~Firefly Summer~2006~
==We aim to exponentiate==
-------Hide the rum!-------

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Originally posted by embers:
this is such a powerful episode,
it covers so much back story on our BDHs
it threatens our Captain and the ship
and Mal's final line to the crew...
'will you still be here...'
(I should look up the exact words)

such an incredible episode!
(I must go rewatch it again now)

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Originally posted by akredhead:

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Originally posted by FloralBunny:
Most of us love Mal one way or another.
Maybe not to the boo-boo kissing extent
(I'll not offer to speak for males as I
ain't one of 'em) but we care for the
guy.

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Well now I feel silly...

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Originally posted by akredhead:

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Originally posted by FloralBunny:
Most of us love Mal one way or another.
Maybe not to the boo-boo kissing extent
(I'll not offer to speak for males as I
ain't one of 'em) but we care for the
guy.

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Well now I feel silly...

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Aww, don't feel silly. There's a lot of us who love him in that "boo-boo kissing" way.

OoG - my very favorite episode. It is so much fun to see folks experience the episodes for the first time. Thank you so much for honestly sharing your impressions.

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Ain't. We. Just.

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Originally posted by Lissa37:

Re: Mal -- I think he's a good guy, deep inside. Oh, he's tough, and he does some bad things, but... still! You gotta love him. Besides, he does a lot of good things, too.

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Originally posted by FloralBunny:
Well now, red, what's all this feeling
silly? You're having your chain yanked,
your tears jerked, and your guts ripped
out by masters of their trade.

I came home one afternoon and found my
young daughter sitting on the sofa,
snurfling ferociously. In her lap was a
book her grandmother had given her.
Raising a red-nosed face at me she asked,
"Why am I sitting here crying about a
stupid fictional DOG?"

I like to try to remember that when I
see something on my SereniFly discs and
tear up once more in some tomfool Pavlovian
fashion over something I've seen so many
times I could *quote* it.

They make you love them, then shoot them,
and someone's puppy.

Evil, evil, evil.
Give in to it. Good for your sinuses.
Great banner, BTW.
ð¿ð

bun
~2006~Firefly Summer~2006~
==We aim to exponentiate==
-------Hide the rum!-------

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Originally posted by SpaceAnJL:
Fictional weeping - "Look, Raist, bunnies..." Or the bear in 'The Last Battle'. Or Boxer...

It's the mark of great writing that you get so involved.

OoG is one of my favourites. Just the backstory, and that look on Mal's face at the end when he's looking at Serenity.

Always wondered her backstory, and what Harbatkin named her...

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I cried at so many points in Firefly/Serenity I can't count 'em.
It's unnatural if ya DON'T!

Welcome to the 'Verse(es).

Also sensitive Chrisisall

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Originally posted by SpaceAnJL:
Fictional weeping - "Look, Raist, bunnies..."

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Originally posted by akredhead:
I wish you knew how much finding this fandom means to me right now...

I'm visiting my hometown for over a month and it has been a really unhappy experience...I don't know anyone here anymore...I'm lonely...my mom is a drunk...

I miss my home...I miss my friends...my kitty...and just for s&g (sh!ts & giggles) I bought firefly...and then to see this episode..it was like..."YES THAT'S WHAT I WANT IN MY LIFE!!!"

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Originally posted by akredhead:
I wish you knew how much finding this fandom means to me right now...

I'm visiting my hometown for over a month and it has been a really unhappy experience...I don't know anyone here anymore...I'm lonely...my mom is a drunk...

I miss my home...I miss my friends...my kitty...and just for s&g (sh!ts & giggles) I bought firefly...and then to see this episode..it was like..."YES THAT'S WHAT I WANT IN MY LIFE!!!"

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Come to think of it, I too was going through a rough time right around the time I picked up Firefly. Somehow, four moves in 6 months and a death in the family counts as stress, right? I think it was the family dynamic and the idea of being free and independent that made me fall in love with the series. Even though they faced a rough life, they made the best of it.

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Originally posted by xitwound117:
Good god! This whole thread is so... womanly.

Well, before I go puke in disgust, I will add some credibility to this thread: I am a heterosexual male who is usually unaffected emotionally by movies. But Firefly gets me several times. Out of Gas had me genuinely worried and on the edge of my seat, completely captivated, despite the fact that when I was watching the episodes I had already seen the movie. That's good writing and acting for you.

But the most emotional part is Objects in Space, when River is saying she'll go with Early. When she's upset about the crew's distrust of her, and that one strings piece comes in... wow. I got choked up, and that's saying alot.

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Originally posted by tasia:
This has been my fave episdoe of the series. Seeing how everyone became a part of the crew.

I love the part with Kaylee!!!

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Originally posted by xitwound117:
But the most emotional part is Objects in Space, when River is saying she'll go with Early. When she's upset about the crew's distrust of her, and that one strings piece comes in... wow. I got choked up, and that's saying alot.

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