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UPDATED: Thursday, April 7, 2011 08:52
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011 1:15 PM

SHINYHAPPYJAYNESTOWN

Hey all,

First off, I'm new, so just thought I'd wish you all a friendly 'howdy'!

Secondly, I'm studying Firefly for my university degree - a part of this is exploring fan appreciation; if at all possible, I would love to know the reasons why you guys love the show so much.
It can be anything you want: the themes of the show, Mal's razor wit, your secret crush on Jayne, your not so secret crush on Inara - literally anything!

Cheers guys!

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011 1:35 PM

ECGORDON

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

If you have to ask you must not know too much about Firefly.

I've said this several times. Even though Firefly was set 500 years in the future, in another solar system, and tells the tale of people who live on a space ship, it is the most realistic and believable depiction of normal people coping with all the hell that life throws at them that I have ever seen. There has to be at least one of the characters (if not more) that everyone can identify with.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011 1:56 PM

RIONAEIRE

Beir bua agus beannacht

Howdy new friend!

Well I watched Firefly on the recommendation of one of my best friends and my dad. I was drawn to it because River is touched in her wits and I've always cared about people who are different in that way, brain differences of varrying types etc. And I loved Simon because he is her caregiver, he looks after her and does really well, especially considering he has so little experience in that particular field, surgery he knows, but brain differences and looking after someone who has them, not so much, but he's willing to do whatever he has to in order to see that River is well cared for and safe and doing as well as possible.

And of course I got attached to all the other charactors too, I love that their is a Christian charactor on TV that can kick arse, I'm a Christian myself so I could really identify with Book, wanting to do the right things but also being very human at the same time, with obvious imperfections. And Kaylee's so fun and Jayne is so ... Jayne and Mal's so interesting and Zoe is so loyal etc.

Firefly actually helped me cement what I want to do with my life. I watched in my senior year of college for the first time and so when I graduated I'd figured out what my dream job would be and I'm aiming towards it. I want to own a group home someday, hire staff and we'll look after folk with certain mental health differences or certain developmental differences, aka touched folk. Right now I work at my local NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) chapter as the resource person as well as at a couple of day centers, teaching singing and so forth. I always knew I wanted to do something vaguely along these lines but I didn't really know what, I toyed with being a social worker etc. But I figured it out partly because of Firefly, watching Simon care for River, seeing how people who need looking after need caregivers that recognize their talents and strengths as well as their care needs.

May sound cheesy but its true.

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011 3:18 PM

JENJEN

not to fret!

My reasons are very similar to ECGORDON's.

It's amazing how a show can be set in a place that doesn't exist, in a time not yet here, and in a spaceship that's not quite all explained in the workings of, yet still feel so real. The characters were written with true-to-life personalities, only aided by seemingly impossible abilities or situations. It's the bit where the sci-fi touches the realism that really seals it for me. That and my not-so-secret crush on Jayne. ;)

Plus, I love analyzing characters. There's just so much to do with this series; I have yet to see an end to the possibilities! I adore it with all my heart. So much wit, such heart, such trial and tribulation. This show is a dream to me.

"Shiny!"

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011 4:19 PM

BYTEMITE

Hey there.

Crushes: Oh jeez. I first used to relate to Mal, still do, but since then I've developed a massive girl crush on Inara. We're talking Kaylee levels of "Ain't she PRETTY?!"

*cough*

Anyway. Really I was drawn by the message of the show and the family feel, the character interactions that way.

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011 6:19 PM

RIONAEIRE

Beir bua agus beannacht

From a physical attractiveness standpoint I'm drawn to Mal. But I would choose Simon for a mate, because he has a lot of atributes that I seek, common goals and interests etc. Mal's hottness will fade with time, but Simon will still be Simon.

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011 6:27 PM

JOURNEY

Two words - Space Western. I love that. Firefly sees life as difficult, but it keeps flying anyways. The scars of living affect all of the characters, but they don't stop them. That is the whole sub-culture of Firefly. Star Trek always felt to manufactured, to clean. Firefly is gritty; it feels more real. Yeah, I fell in love with all of the characters and identify a bit with all of them...that just part of it being well-written and acted. But it was the setting that hooked me.

I'll admit it was also the Chinese cussing.

Dinozombies!

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011 6:52 PM

BYTEMITE

Yeah, some people thought the asian-fusion elements were out of place or not done well, but I actually found the idea that America/England and China eventually end up dominating the world in the future pretty interesting.

And it does make for a very unique setting.

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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 1:29 AM

DREAMTROVE

Welcome.

I like anything where the characters represent rebellion and the authority is essentially evil. Firefly does this better than most. Farscape is up there with it.

Star wars doesn't do it for me on this front: The authority is cartoonishly evil, and the rebels are moralistic. When your rebels are moralistic, they start to become the authority again.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 3:45 AM

BYTEMITE

^Yep, that was the message I was meaning. Though if it weren't for the warm and cozy family vibes working together and struggling to make a living together, I'm not sure the show would've been near so engaging.

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Thursday, April 7, 2011 8:52 AM

HAWKEYE117

Boston, MA: Producing Pure Awesome since 1630!

Hello ShinyHappyJaynestown,

I'm a relatively recent addict to the Firefly drug as well.

In response to your question (warning gets a little off-topic):

I actually saw the movie Serenity before I watched Firefly, so it was a little backwards for me. In addition, there was about a 2 year span between when I saw Serenity and when I started watching Firefly. I think what initially hooked me were two things, the ship Serenity and the music; both of them were so beautiful that I just couldn't pull myself away. The movie grabbed me from that first scene where they start in close on the Serenity logo and then pull away and do a flyby of the ship; after that, I was glued to my seat.

I think I avoided watching the show right away for two reasons:
1) I was unsure that a TV show could affect me the way the BDM had.
2) I knew that Firefly had been canceled extremely early in its run, so I was worried... well basically that I would love it, and therefore be destroyed by the brevity of it's existence.
When I finally watched the show, Fear #1 was immediately thrown out the window, somewhere between "Makes us mighty" and "I'm not a grandpa", I fell in love. That left Fear #2, and I have to say that it has been assuaged somewhat. I am still upset with how short Firefly's tv run was, mainly because there was obviously so much more story to be told. But I have found that the end of Firefly's tv run was not the end of her existence, that she lives on through the passion of her fans.

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