I'm just speachless

POSTED BY: Mc1csmo
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MC1CSMO

Saturday, February 25, 2006 9:22 PM (P)

OK, let me preface this by saying that I'm new to Firefly, a latecomer, and I'm even more sad by this fact than that fact that I've fallen so hard into it's world only to find that it's not running, and had such a short life at that.

I'm sure you vet's who've championed the cause and built the community have heard it before, but I don't have a better outlet than you folks, so here I am. I'm long winded, so please bear with me, and those of you who read it all - you get a cookie.

I've followed Whedon's works for some time. I was a huge Buffy fan, and recruited many to the club. I hated how the critical world didn't quite 'get it' even though it was simply one of the best shows on tv at the time (oh...not hard to accomplish, but every now and then a real gem comes along). I thought it went on too long and appreciated it when the show finally ended, in the way you feel content with your favorite meal - it's a wonderfull experience during the journey, and something to sit back and appreciate after you are done. I followed with Angel and stuck it out as the show struggled and evolved, and got stronger. I was upset at it's end, but more so because I knew this was the end of the 'Buffy-verse.'

And then Firefly...I'd heard of it, and planned to watch, almost entirely because Whedon was at the helm. To my dismay, I never did. I intended to await for the cd's to come out, catch up and jump back in. What a mistake!

I'd heard there was a movie, so naturally my thoughts were - OK, this will be around a bit. How wrong I was. I get the dvd's, and start watching. I didn't get half way thru, and got the movie too, but learned that the series had been cancelled. No - I haven't been on a deserted island (I'll insert a witty Lost reference, as soon as I can come up with one), but suffice to say, I've been out of touch, and now I jump in midstream to the joy of a new Joss Whedon creation, only to learn it's GONE!

I watched each one, then the movie (to say I was shocked by the deaths of key characters is an understatement), and now I find myself empty at the fact that this great experience is limited to an incomplete season and a movie that I would rather have seen been 2-3 years more of the show (I have to imagine it would have been more expensive than more episodes, but the entertainment industry is more complicated than that).

I want more, and I can't see how more will come. I watched every option on the disks - and you can just see how the cast and crew loved the show. Oh it's simply unfair!

I know far better than to wonder if it will come back, if that were possible, it would already be so. I also know that the best of efforts have been made by the fans, and I wanted to express my solidarity with you all, and my appreciation that such efforts are made.

It wasn't the last episode, and from commentary, they all knew the show was done, but the slow-motion coffin scene, it was so fitting, and I can see why it was made as a symbolic goodbye to the show. I watched it again, after learning it, and it truly brought tears to my eyes.

Like many great works of art, they are flawed or incomplete. Firefly made me laugh out loud, cry, and in the end wish I could go back in time to when it was fresh, new, and to have joined those who, though knowing it's creator's genius, were just discovering his newest invention themselves.

I may have missed the boat, but I'm greatful to have joined, however late.

CITIZEN

Saturday, February 25, 2006 9:35 PM (P)

Similar to my experience, theres always fan fiction to tide you over, I think some novels are also on the cards.

Take a look at the Virtual Firefly project at www.stillflying.net

More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
You should never give powers to a leader you like that you’d hate to have given to a leader you fear

CHINDI

Saturday, February 25, 2006 9:47 PM (P)

I feel your pain....mc1csmo... that is pretty much how I felt/feel too.. but I DO believe there will be more and I do believe Joss will find a way to make it interesting and full of Joss-i-ness...

in the meantime.. thank the gods for the DVDs... imagine if there weren't any... shudder shudder....

and in the meantime.. join us here where we hold the line til Mal and Co. get back..

Chindi

COPILOT

Saturday, February 25, 2006 10:00 PM (P)

We laughed we cried and now we hold the line.

An I carried such a torch

AURAPTOR

Saturday, February 25, 2006 10:11 PM (P)

Very nice post. Thanks for taking the time and might I add - Welcome! Because of DVDs, your situation is as bitter sweet as it is common. Contrary to your experience, I was in on Firefly from the start. It's the REST of the Whedon 'verse that I go revisit, in total, to feel what so many fans went through their 1st time around. See, I went through the same thing w/ Angel as you did w/ Firefly. Even though TNT was showing reruns of Angel, in its proper episode order I wanted to see EVERYTHING. Not just the show, but the commentary, deleted scenes....Thanks NetFlix! ( To date, I've left much of the Buffy series for later exploration )

Anyway..stick around. It's fun here.

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. - Joss

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

DINKY

Saturday, February 25, 2006 10:22 PM (P)

A lot of people feel the exact same way after watching the series. Then they wind up here.

Welcome :).

"Th3re !s n0 spo0Ne." -The Matricks

THEINCOMPARABLENOTION

Saturday, February 25, 2006 10:39 PM (P)

I can relate to this experience as well, as I was introduced to Firefly just a few weeks ago, after watching Serenity. The show instantly enthralled me, there's this profound insight into the characters that appeals to me. In addition to the many other aspects of the show which invoked this vehemence in me for this series.

But Firefly transcends a mere series, it's a living, breathing entity; it's a candid view of people, rife with genuine emotions and convictions which completely envelop you. I still have a lot of questions concerning the cancellation of the series, and some as to why it hasn't resurfaced in the past on perhaps another network. If one were to assess the remarkably large sales of the Firefly DVD's, it would seem fairly evident that it would be a lucrative venture to adopt the series. Moreover, the vehement fan community, who's more passionate than Browncoats? (nobody)

CHRISTHECYNIC

Sunday, February 26, 2006 12:43 AM (P)

Welcome here, we're weird.

We have heard it before, though no two stories are exactly the same, but that doesn't mean we don't want to hear it again.

Whenever someone comes here I make sure I say a couple of things.

One is that you need to have faith and go out there and introduce people to the show. We can have more, Joss has said that he'll do his part, he's said he wants to see it continued and is still working towards more. However at the moment it isn't up to him, it's up to DVD sales.

If more people become fans, buy the DVDs, and convert still more, we can have more. You won't have missed the boat, you'll have helped it launch again.

-

The other thing is very simple, we've all been drawn together in a way that non-fans just don't understand. We're family, and you're one of us now, welcome home.

CARTOON

Sunday, February 26, 2006 2:04 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Mc1csmo:
those of you who read it all - you get a cookie.

Okay. I looked long and hard for a cookie (the aforementioned, promised one), but, much to my dismay -- nothing. Not even a crumb.

Ain't right to promise a cookie when no cookie is forthcoming.

Seriously, welcome and grab a browncoat -- just not mine (watches coat closesly in a room where cookies are promised but not delivered)...

We all seem to have felt the same thing... utter joy at discovery of this verse, then aching despair at the fact that there is no more.

"I can't!! Too much hair!"

THEINCOMPARABLENOTION

Sunday, February 26, 2006 2:25 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by cartoon:
Quote:
Originally posted by Mc1csmo:
those of you who read it all - you get a cookie.

Okay. I looked long and hard for a cookie (the aforementioned, promised one), but, much to my dismay -- nothing. Not even a crumb.

Haha, "promised one," for some odd reason that just seemed a bit humorous to me.

Oh...i'm the only one?

Typical.

OLDFOGEY

Sunday, February 26, 2006 3:26 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Mc1csmo:
...I'm even more sad by this fact than that fact that I've fallen so hard into it's world only to find that it's not running, and had such a short life at that.

Yeah, instant heartbreak. Scale of 1 to 10, it was about a 9 for me. Major ouch. But it's already fading, down to about a 4 or 5 now. However the total preoccupation/obsession isn't going away. At the risk of sounding all whiney & pesky, here's the link to our network mailing address thread again -
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=17937
I'm hoping *everyone* will write letters because it just feels to me like we have this little window of opportunity right now while the DVD sales are good. Also writing to the networks helps dispel some of that awful sadness that comes from helplessly watching something you love leave forever. Ouch. Got meself back up to about a 6 there, must watch DVD now.

FOLLOWMAL

Sunday, February 26, 2006 3:35 AM (P)

What Chris and all the others said. And....

I sorta hand out virtual browncoats..Cartoon is guarding his so we'll have to get you one for your ownself...

*digs in storeroom and pulls out a shiny new browncoat for Mc1cmso*

Welcome to our happy home. We are most glad to have you!

Cookie? I get a cookie? Woot!

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

DAVESHAYNE

Sunday, February 26, 2006 4:13 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Mc1csmo:
I want more, and I can't see how more will come.

The odds were really stacked against us to get the movie but we hung in there and hoped and we got our movie. Is it perhaps an uphill battle to get more in the face of the disapointing box office? Yes, but we get more and more people falling in love with our ship and her crew every day and all of them want what you and I want - more. And with a little luck and a lot of perseverence Serenity will fly again.

I say we though I personally only discovered the 'Verse in the month before the movie came out. But there were Browncoats before me that didn't give up hope and to honor them I won't give up hope now. There will be more Serenifly, either as movies or a resurected series - this I believe. Certainly there will be more comic books (Dark Horse already has those in the works) and novels are also being written.

In the meantime we hold. We hold till Serinity comes back.

David

"A lot of people are asking me, you know, what exactly is Firefly? It's a tv show you morons!" - Joss Whedon

CHRISTHECYNIC

Sunday, February 26, 2006 4:24 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by daveshayne:
I say we though I personally only discovered the 'Verse in the month before the movie came out.

You don't need to say that, you're one of us now and that's all that matters. You'd be just as much a part of we if you only found the 'verse today or if you were somehow a fan before the first episode aired.

Never forget that. (Though I don't think you are.) And all new people, thread starter and others, the same goes for you.

We're in it together.

Quote:
But there were Browncoats before me that didn't give up hope and to honor them I won't give up hope now. There will be more Serenifly, either as movies or a resurected series - this I believe.

I do as well. Keep believing.

Quote:
In the meantime we hold. We hold till Serinity comes back.

Well said.

I mean that, there's a reason I quoted the post more or less in its entirety.

Very well said.

CANTONHEROINE

Sunday, February 26, 2006 4:36 AM (P)

Welcome aboard!!
Don't matter that you're new here - just that you ARE here. We are all in the same boat, so to speak, and man, do we love that boat!

Love is what keeps her in the air.

-----

"Now somethin' about that is just downright unsettlin'."

DAVESHAYNE

Sunday, February 26, 2006 4:47 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by christhecynic:
Well said.

I mean that, there's a reason I quoted the post more or less in its entirety.

Very well said.

Thank you.

David

"A lot of people are asking me, you know, what exactly is Firefly? It's a tv show you morons!" - Joss Whedon

CARTOON

Sunday, February 26, 2006 4:49 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by FollowMal:
I get a cookie? Woot!

Whoah!! Just a minute!!

How does FallowMal get a cookie and I don't?!?!?

FLORALBUNNY

Sunday, February 26, 2006 5:21 AM (P)

Settle down, 'coats...
Here's a little box of strawberries for you. Let's put them in the middle of the table and share them around. ::-)

bun
-- bastards singed my turtle --
----- why's the rum gone? -----

NOSADSEVEN

Sunday, February 26, 2006 5:44 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by cartoon:
Quote:
Originally posted by FollowMal:
I get a cookie? Woot!

Whoah!! Just a minute!!

How does FallowMal get a cookie and I don't?!?!?

Maybe your browser's not set up to accept them...

~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ain't. We. Just.

AERIN

Sunday, February 26, 2006 5:56 AM (P)

Live vicariously through new fans. I swear it helps! Convert all your friends and family, while reading each weekly post my a new Browncoat who is simultaneously in love and devastated. This is our own little support group. The people here are friendly and wonderful!!!

Jayne: I once hit a guy in the neck from 500 yards with a bent scope. Don't that count upstairs?
Book: Oh, it'll be taken into consideration.
Jayne: You made that sound kind of ominous.

KWICKO

Sunday, February 26, 2006 7:18 AM (P)

Quote:
I know far better than to wonder if it will come back, if that were possible, it would already be so.

Patience, GrassHoppa... Don't *wonder* if it will come back; KNOW that it will. It might not be back this year, or even next year, but it WILL be back. The Star Trek faithful waited a good 10 years to get their Big Damn Movie, and that led to ever more movies and TV spinoffs. Star Wars fans waited longer than that to get our prequels... and we probably shouldn't have bothered.

Mark my words: Serenity WILL fly again! Until then, we hold, and we never, ever lay down arms. You think we're beaten? We're just getting started. Our numbers may be small, but we ARE mighty, and we've already done the impossible once. No reason to conjure we can't do it again.

Mike

PS: You owe me a cookie. I'm putting that down on my List.

PPS: Just kiddin' ya about the cookie. There isn't really an emoticon for sarcasm, so that might not have been clear. And I don't really have a List... Hmmm... Item number one on The List: Make a List. ;)

A baby seal walks into a club...

AFTERGLOW

Sunday, February 26, 2006 8:20 AM (P)

MC1: My BF lent me his DVDs and they sat on my shelf for about 3 months...then I watched them. In the space of 2 days. (This is a tired and familiar story to others on the site: just play along nice, OK?) Now he realizes the fan he's created. He merely liked the series and thought that I (a serious sci-fi fan) would like to "check this out".
Ooh, little did he know.
I, too was disappointed very much to know that the story "ended" there, but then the movie came out and it was so shiny!!!
Now, I want more story. Maybe I'm just a greedy Browncoat...
Anyhoo, you're not alone in coming in late (I just got hooked back in May of '05) but it seems to me that nobody has that "You're just jumping on the bandwagon" feeling.
If you're a Browncoat because you saw the show in it's run on FOX, shiny!
If you're a Browncoat because you saw the DVDs, shiny!
If you're a Browncoat because you saw "Serenity" and wanted to know more, shiny!
We're all just folk here.
Everyone I've met here has been friendly and helpful and no disagreements have come to anyone touching metal.
Well, been wanderin' a bit. You'll fit right in.
Chow's in ten...no need to dress...

AUSSAY

Sunday, February 26, 2006 12:45 PM (P)

Great post MC1CSMO

I am just new here too. Where I live, by the time the series was shown, the news of its imminent cancellation was already known.

I loved Buffy and Angel, and was gutted when they ended, especially Angel since it was really starting to produce some great episodes, best end to a series ever though.

Anyway the show never really ended up being shown and I hestiated buying the DVD until recently. I bought the DVD and saw the movies and have been captured in the unvierse of Firefly. But Im glad fansites like this help keep the imagination and hope alive rather than just let a great show unfairly die

FOLLOWMAL

Sunday, February 26, 2006 3:14 PM (P)

There are just so many new and shiny Browncoats... I'm lovin' it!

Welcome Aussay we are so glad to have you join us too. As you can see from this one thread we are a friencly bunch.

*hands Aussay a browncoat*

We're sharin' strawberries... looks like, but I'm still holdin' out for a cookie!

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

DECKROID

Sunday, February 26, 2006 5:12 PM (P)

Here is my .02 for ya:

Yes, Firefly may be gone, but it still lives on in us, the fans. And to any Nay Sayers out there, if this were such a dead horse, why would there be Flanvention II planned for December?

What's Flan II?!?

Why Flan II is the sequel to Flanvention I, which was held this past December. A Convention for Firefly/Serenity fans the world over to converge in Burbank, California (use expedia.com) to spend a weekend with the cast and crew of Firefly/Serenity.

Nathan, Adam, Alan, Badger, and YoSafBrig have signed on to be there and I am sure others will sign on.

On a different note, being shocked that Joss kills off main characters? I may have not gotten into the whole Buffy thing, but I did start watching Angel and got a shock when Doyle was killed off in, like, the 3rd episode. Joss kills folks off. Its a key element to keep the series fresh, at least in my mind. I kept waiting for someone on Firefly to get bumped off... and I think we would have seen it, if allowed to go on. But that's a topic for another post.

Oh, and this is just my own pet peeve, so please forgive my ranting:

As to the whole Firefly On Demand post, forget it. Anyone who sends money in hopes of getting an episode here and there is kissing good money goodbye. That post is inteded to bilk you out of $$$$, pure and simple. It is insulting, aggravating and just plain stupid. I know that Joss has come out and said he doesnt know Ace Underhill, but this idea is still being kicked around in chat and posts...

DAVEC5

Sunday, February 26, 2006 5:45 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Mc1csmo:
Firefly made me laugh out loud, cry, and in the end wish I could go back in time to when it was fresh, new, and to have joined those who, though knowing it's creator's genius, were just discovering his newest invention themselves.

I may have missed the boat, but I'm greatful to have joined, however late.

This is such a common thread, a thread that ties all fans of the series and movie together. Seems like we've lost a close friend, in fact 9 or 10 counting Serenity..... I have enjoyed the work of Joss Whedon since the first episode of Buffy - right through Firefly and Angel, all excellently different than anything i've ever seen on the small screen. It may be true that genius is often under appreicated, I know in the case of Friefly some tv exec was doing way too much blow to realize what they had. They cancelled one of the most innovative programs to come along in a while....
But, as long as there are fans that love the series it will continue, even if only as a fan site and place to tell tales of the great adventure. Just like the crew that became family on Firefly, the community of fans is like a family as well and it seems to me that our numbers are growing - i have to believe that some day our voices will be heard and 'the powers that be' will give Firefly the attention it deserves.

Until then.....i would really like to see some of the cast of Firefly in other works....i would pay just to see Jewel Staite eat strawberrys.... so if anyone knows of something that these actors are doing now, please let me know...

sorry - i was carried away - But WELCOME MC1CSMO to the club, and please hang around...we can use all the browncoats out there to keep the dream alive.

dc

GRIMJACK21502

Sunday, February 26, 2006 6:08 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by daveshayne:

In the meantime we hold. We hold till Serinity comes back.

David

Wow that seems really familiar...

We will hold...we hold till Mal gets back.

"And once you're gone, you can never come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black"
-Neil Young

OTMA

Sunday, February 26, 2006 6:11 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by FollowMal:

There are just so many new and shiny Browncoats... I'm lovin' it!

Well, here's another one! I saw the movie opening day, but it was the series on DVD that really pulled me in.
I always looked at the big shiny ships in the SF series, but I never thought I'd actually get on one, not the way the really serious fans do. I guess I was just waiting for the right one to come along.
"You're gonna come with us! . . .You like ships. You don't seem to be looking at the destinations. What you care about is the ships. And . . .mine's the nicest." -Kaylee
She was talking to Book, but she could have been looking right out through the screen and talking to me.
And she was right.

GRIMJACK21502

Sunday, February 26, 2006 6:19 PM (P)

Welcome aboard OTMA!

FollowMal will be along directly with your shiny brown hued coat (I'd give it to you myself...but she lashed my backside something fierce the last time I got into her storeroom without permission...and no matter what she tells you there were only THREE strawberries when I got there...but I digress).

It's a good thing you're gonna come with us...our board is the nicest!

We will hold...we hold till Mal gets back.

"And once you're gone, you can never come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black"
-Neil Young

FOLLOWMAL

Sunday, February 26, 2006 6:20 PM (P)

Yea it does GrimJack...I'm glad to be seein' you often again. in answer to your response to Dave...

And what's this re: backside lashing?!!! Ummmm, not me, I'm all nice an' such, I'd never be upset like that! * mortified face, you have to imagine my mortified face*

STRAWBERRIES! SO that's what happened to my gorram strawberries!

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

GRIMJACK21502

Sunday, February 26, 2006 6:23 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by FollowMal:

Yea it does GrimJack...I'm glad to be seein' you often again.

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

The feeling is mutual comrade

We will hold...we hold till Mal gets back.

"And once you're gone, you can never come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black"
-Neil Young

FOLLOWMAL

Sunday, February 26, 2006 6:31 PM (P)

And so there is, Otma and believe you me I'm so pleased to see you! We love the stories, the shiny stories folks tell us of falling in love.

I think you have it... Serenity is the only ship I've ever seen that if I had any chance in the world of getting on, I'd do it. In a heartbeat.
Thus my name, I'd follow Mal into Hades.

Welcome home, my friend! I'm the supply clerk... and I'm really not as ornery as GrimJack says... as our subsequent posts show and you are needin' to be outfitted with your very own browncoat!

*rummages around, moving stuff over and muttering "must tidy up the place one of these days... too many new folks to enjoy though, so it'll have to wait" and finally! pulls a shiny new browncoat out of the boxes and hands it to
otma*

You are gonna love it here. Post often, we love conversation. We're all just holdin' the line, now you have your gear, well you'll have line duty too.

Someone will be along directly to offer you some food I reckon. Our chief cook, Kaele seems to have been busy with shore leave or such the last couple of days... but there's protein in every color of the rainbow, so help yourself.

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

JAYNESBUNKWOMAN

Sunday, February 26, 2006 6:45 PM (P)

Wow, i feel so at home here...

I was introduced to firefly last summer and the DVD set was viewed in record time - work suffered but I didn't care! Then counted down until opening day of the movie. That saw me through for awhile.

Recently I have needed a fix, watched the movie for the nth time, watched the series again, picked up a few new lines (Jayne to Mal; during Out of Gas flashback - " not as deceiving as a low down, dirty.. deceiver)

I surfed the web and found you guys. Fellow browncoats! Watched from a distance, read some threads and now here I am. I've never joined a fan forum, never posted a damn thing to any web site before. Yet here I am, with you. Don't feel like I'm out in the black, all alone anymore.

Just can't get enough.

I'll be in my bunk

FOLLOWMAL

Sunday, February 26, 2006 6:56 PM (P)

As well you should, Jaynesbunkwoman ( love your name, by the way!)!

Welcome home! You'll be needin' a 'coat and your gear.... follow me....

* finds a browncoat in jaynesbunkwoman's size and hands it over*

There you are! You are already one of us... never forget that.. love does that... but now you get to dress like the rest of us!

Post often, help yourself to chow and we're glad you are here.

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

GRIMJACK21502

Sunday, February 26, 2006 7:05 PM (P)

Welcome JaynesBunkWoman!

You almost brought a tear to my eye with your comment about being alone in the Black...because I felt the same way **wipes corner of eye when he thinks no one is looking**...stupid Space Dust.

Like FollowMal said above...from now on (and even before we met you) you are NEVER alone, and if you find yourself unable to run or crawl...well you know the rest.

Happy to have you aboard...when you're ready join us on the line...and don't shoot till you see the color of their coats.

We will hold...we hold till Mal gets back.

"And once you're gone, you can never come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black"
-Neil Young

FOLLOWMAL

Sunday, February 26, 2006 7:08 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by GrimJack21502:
...and don't shoot till you see the color of their coats.

I love that part, GrimJack.

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

GRIMJACK21502

Sunday, February 26, 2006 7:16 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by FollowMal:
Quote:
Originally posted by GrimJack21502:
...and don't shoot till you see the color of their coats.

I love that part, GrimJack.

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

Thanks...you just keep a handin' out them coats, so as we can tell friend from foe

We will hold...we hold till Mal gets back.

"And once you're gone, you can never come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black"
-Neil Young

SAMEERTIA

Sunday, February 26, 2006 7:20 PM (P)

Welcome home to all the new Browncoats!
Wow, what a warm shiny thread. Made my day reading through it all.

Nothing much to add except that I wasn't smiling earlier, but I'm smiling now.

I, fortunately, have never had the "alone in the black" experience. I was converted late (a Serenity convert) to the cause, and discovered rather suddenly that ALL of my friends had known and loved Firefly since the beginning. I now accuse them of holding out on me.

The number of Browncoats is growing at an exponential rate. How much longer can we be denied?

GRIMJACK21502

Sunday, February 26, 2006 7:31 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by SameErtia:

The number of Browncoats is growing at an exponential rate. How much longer can we be denied?

Alone we are but one rifle...together we are Legion.

Soon SameErtia...just a bit longer

Oh...and keep smiling

We will hold...we hold till Mal gets back.

"And once you're gone, you can never come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black"
-Neil Young

DAVESHAYNE

Sunday, February 26, 2006 7:32 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by afterglow:
MC1: My BF lent me his DVDs and they sat on my shelf for about 3 months...then I watched them. In the space of 2 days. (This is a tired and familiar story to others on the site: just play along nice, OK?)

A familiar story yes. But not one we ever get tired of hearing.

David

"A lot of people are asking me, you know, what exactly is Firefly? It's a tv show you morons!" - Joss Whedon

DAVESHAYNE

Sunday, February 26, 2006 7:35 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by GrimJack21502:
Quote:
Originally posted by daveshayne:

In the meantime we hold. We hold till Serinity comes back.

David

Wow that seems really familiar...

We will hold...we hold till Mal gets back.

Well I never made any claim to originality; though I was thinking more of FollowMal's sig when I wrote that. Still I think it says it all - whoever get's the credit for it.

David

"A lot of people are asking me, you know, what exactly is Firefly? It's a tv show you morons!" - Joss Whedon

GRIMJACK21502

Sunday, February 26, 2006 7:37 PM (P)

That would be Joss Whedon

We will hold...we hold till Mal gets back.

"And once you're gone, you can never come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black"
-Neil Young

DAVESHAYNE

Sunday, February 26, 2006 8:34 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by GrimJack21502:
That would be Joss Whedon

Well... um... yeah.

David

"A lot of people are asking me, you know, what exactly is Firefly? It's a tv show you morons!" - Joss Whedon

JAYNESBUNKWOMAN

Monday, February 27, 2006 12:05 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by GrimJack21502:
Welcome JaynesBunkWoman!

You almost brought a tear to my eye with your comment about being alone in the Black...because I felt the same way **wipes corner of eye when he thinks no one is looking**...stupid Space Dust.

awwww shucks Grimjack21502 , what a sweetie I just love all you browncoats out there

and Vera will stay holstered 'till the captain says shoot

I'll be in my bunk

MC1CSMO

Wednesday, March 1, 2006 5:12 AM (P)

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MC1CSMO

Wednesday, March 1, 2006 5:15 AM (P)

WOW.....as I said in the title....I'm Speechless. I didn't expect this response.

Dons his shiny new Browncoat....considers how it will look when broken in

Much obliged FollowMal, I'll wear it with pride. No true Browncoat would do less. And thank you all for the incredible welcome, and welcome as well to my fellow 'new browncoat's' I guess I should have considered a cuter name for my board-handle, but this one has been with me for some time. Can't be overly creative all the time. I'll just have to learn to say 'Aint' a bit more, yes..that'll do.

OH! And just so no one thinks I renege on promises...

passes out a cookie to all who finished reading his original post. They are Chocolate-chips - baked by my wife. I might be needing a coat for her too, we've even got a jr 'BC' on the way ;)

I sure do hope we see Serenity fly again. Books, comics, great stuff and it's one way for it to live on well beyond it's current shelf life. There were dozens and dozens of novels in the span of time that kept the spark alive from the end of Trek's run in the 60's, along with conventions galore, animated shows and plenty of fan supported events, scripts and such (There's even currently a series being privately funded and filmed...and of pretty good quality. These 'new episodes' are a revival of the original series), so I know it won't end as long as there's a community of this kind. Boy does it appear to be a strong one, I'm just amazed.

Still, I'm a purist, and I won't ever be satisfied till it's new by JW and has the original cast (those that are left that is). That might be awfully hard, in the short term at least. However, that never-say-die attitude, and keeping the spark alive means that there'll be hope. I'm extremely heartened to read that JW also plans to not let it lay and end as it has. It's never easy to get these things going again once they've stalled. Small screen means we get gratification near weekly, and that's the best for fans of a series like this. I also feel it works a bit better in serial format than in the movies. Serenity the movie just felt like a two part episode to me, all shown at once with out commercials (thankfully). The small screen suits this show so much better.

I'm rather thinking we'll get periodic motion picture installments though, which means longer lag between and a greater need to statiate the thirst for returning to re-live the tv episodes...oh if only there were more. Even 3 full seasons and there'd be a chance for regular viewing in syndication! Not even a full one, it just hurts, really hurts. At least there are the dvd's but still...too few.

See I've got enough knowledge about the industry to be dangerous (to myself? yeah, that's it) and I know that once many of these relative unknown (and gifted) actors start working again (someone mentioned that a few have already jumped onto other projects - bravo for them!), it's hard to get all those stars aligned again, no matter how much they loved the time they spent working on the show, it's a real world, and they need to pay the rent. Some are likely to rise in their profession, perhaps even really break out, which means more commitments, and a harder time getting everyone on the same timetable. It complicates things, more so than I'm portraying.

I like to think that the specialness will overcome that though. See...ensambles that just click, that work, that fit from the start...they don't come around all that often. The sidewalks of the industry are littered with the corpses of great concepts and even well written ones, but that crashed and burned, in some cases (like this one) long before they were given half a chance. But every once in awhile, something gels. Not only is the writing crisp, witty and of the nature that truly compliments the viewer's intelligence (and that is rarer still), but the actors just work. They seem like the parts were written FOR them, before they even landed the roles.

That's how I look at Firefly/Serenity. It's one of those cosmic events were if you real

FLORALBUNNY

Wednesday, March 1, 2006 5:54 AM (P)

Oh, my gosh! I was out in my shuttle when I got a wave that the strawberries were all gone. Where are all these people coming from? So very glad to see you here.
(Puts a big bowl of fresh berries out on the table "for questioning" like the buffet in "Shindig")

bun
-- bastards singed my turtle --
----- why's the rum gone? -----

BROWNCOATGHOST

Wednesday, March 1, 2006 11:30 AM (P)

Count in another new -- and late -- volunteer to the Browncoats from the Great White North. It was just my luck that I happened to read the religion thread first, and I've already managed to prove myself quite weird as well. Such a homey feeling.

Unlike some, I had extremely spotty exposure to Joss's prior works, mostly due to several years spent stuck with peasantvision. It didn't help that, although some friends raved about the likes of Buffy and Angel, I'd known said friends to be of questionable taste in chosen entertainment, which further put me off seeing what the gorram 'ell they were babbling about. Oi, before you feed me to PMSing Reavers, you would have questioned their recommendations too had you known them!

In truth, my link to Joss comes through Nathan Fillion, for not only am I from his corner of the 'verse, but his mom was my high school English teacher -- no, really, she was, my hand to god! She was the best one I had, too, and that's a lot of teachers. Once, in her Classroom That Was during a Macbeth session, Nathan stuck his head in the door to ask her something. His visit was very brief as (I think) he was on his way back to LA, and after he'd left she told us what manner of work he was doing while trying unsuccessfully to hide how proud she was. Part of me could barely conceive at the time of someone only three years older than myself already doing acting work; the other part was mildly annoyed he'd interrupted a fascinating discussion and wanted to get back to the business of murdering people. The encounter left some manner of imprint on me, because from then on I'd watch something on TV if I happened to catch his name in the credits; though part of it was out of respect for his wonderful mom, part of it was also out of curiosity to see how he was doing. Man, he looked so gorram different bald in Saving Private Ryan. *snerk*

Where does Firefly come into this? For a year and some, I'd heard the series' name, drifting about on occasion like a leaf on the wind, but nothing at all on the content itself, not even so much as a vague description. Then Serenity came out and a number of acquaintances possessed of far better taste were SQUEEing over the experience. Now, the mentions of the series had me faintly curious by this time, and when I heard nothing but universally favorable reviews of Serenity -- definitely an anomaly in itself -- I finally decided to watch the series first, courtesy of a friend who was more than happy to rewatch her DVDs with me. I admit I don't see many movies or shows because I'm very, very picky and tend to find a lot of what's on nowadays disgustingly predictable, trite, recycled and ho-hum. (Call me a snob, but I'm quite serious.) I figured what the hell, let's give this Firefly thing a chance to disappoint me.

Humped, just like that. This was roughly a month ago.

The bitch of it all is that I was actually at the San Diego Comic-Con last year when they were screening Serenity for the 5000 or so loyal Browncoats who'd crammed into the viewing hall. Even had I known what the rutting fuss over this fool movie was all about, I wouldn't have been able to go see it because I was working at another exhibitor's booth on the dealers' floor for the entire con's duration, trying to establish some business connections. I succeeded in my endeavors, but gorram it, had I known but a year earlier...!

Oh well. I'm here now. Hope y'all will forgive me for such lapses. I'm beginning to think it was an Alliance plot to scramble the signal so it'd just be static by the time I got it.

*offers fresh strawberry cookies*

THOUSANDCUTS

Wednesday, March 1, 2006 1:50 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by christhecynic:
Welcome here, we're weird.

We have heard it before, though no two stories are exactly the same, but that doesn't mean we don't want to hear it again.

Whenever someone comes here I make sure I say a couple of things.

One is that you need to have faith and go out there and introduce people to the show. We can have more, Joss has said that he'll do his part, he's said he wants to see it continued and is still working towards more. However at the moment it isn't up to him, it's up to DVD sales.

If more people become fans, buy the DVDs, and convert still more, we can have more. You won't have missed the boat, you'll have helped it launch again.

-

The other thing is very simple, we've all been drawn together in a way that non-fans just don't understand. We're family, and you're one of us now, welcome home.

Hello fellow BrownCoats...i recently became a member of this amazing site...i jus would like to say...you guys are the best, you are so considerate and friendly...the above post nearly choked me up, when you said 'welcome Home' that put a smile on my face...im 19 and have been into firefly only after the release of Serenity..its apart of my life now...I am proud to say, i am a BrownCoat...Take care everybody :)

"May be on the losing side...Still not convinced it was the wrong one"

MAL4PREZ

Wednesday, March 1, 2006 2:20 PM (P)

I want in on this warm fuzzy thread!

Has anyone else been watching the number of people registering? (Put your mouse over the users name and look at the number on the address it connects to) We just got to 18,000 a few weeks ago and now we're getting to 18,750!

So several hundred people a week are fanatic enough to hunt down this web site and actually register on it. This has got to be a smallish fraction of the total new fans, included lurkers and non-internet-ers. Think of how many new fans there are out there total!

It really is good stuff. We'll get our show back, one way or another!

I brewed some fresh coffee, have a cup and toast the positivity!

m4p

Ask Dr. Science ... he knows more than you do.
"I have a Master's degree ... in science!"

GRIMJACK21502

Wednesday, March 1, 2006 2:21 PM (P)

Browncoatghost & ThousandCuts welcome aboard soldiers!

FollowMal will be along directly to cover those shoulders with an symbolic Browncoat (officially you both have ALWAYS been Browncoats...but like me you didn't know it till you saw Serenity fly).

This board/ship consists of all manner of people but the underlying quality of them all lies with belief.

Everytime we see new reinforcements arrive, the closer we get to having Captain Mal and the rest of our friends back.

Take a seat, have something to eat, and get to know the rest of the crew...and when you're ready meet us on the line.

...and don't fire to you see the color of their coats.

We will hold...we hold till Mal gets back.

"And once you're gone, you can never come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black"
-Neil Young

THOUSANDCUTS

Wednesday, March 1, 2006 2:50 PM (P)

Thank you very much for the welcome GRIMJACK21502
how are you today?
It is great to be a BrownCoat...all you people are awsome!!

"May be on the losing side...Still not convinced it was the wrong one"

CARTOON

Wednesday, March 1, 2006 3:06 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Mc1csmo:
passes out a cookie to all who finished reading his original post. They are Chocolate-chips - baked by my wife.

(just finds a plate of crumbs)

Okay. I suppose you think this is funny?

GRIMJACK21502

Wednesday, March 1, 2006 3:30 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by ThousandCuts:
Thank you very much for the welcome GRIMJACK21502
how are you today?
It is great to be a BrownCoat...all you people are awsome!!

"May be on the losing side...Still not convinced it was the wrong one"

I'm doing well comrade and still holding...thanks for asking.

You're on the right side now...eat, drink, Recruit, and be merry

We will hold...we hold till Mal gets back.

"And once you're gone, you can never come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black"
-Neil Young

THOUSANDCUTS

Wednesday, March 1, 2006 3:33 PM (P)

^^
Thats good to hear...Take care of yourself...i must go to work hahaha...talk to you all later :)

"May be on the losing side...Still not convinced it was the wrong one"

V

Wednesday, March 1, 2006 3:35 PM (P)

I too am a latecomer to the scene, and also share the sediment of missing out on a great show when it was on the air, only to see the Movie, then retroactively go back and see the series. And to that I say damn, I missed some fine television back there.

OLDFOGEY

Wednesday, March 1, 2006 3:37 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by cartoon:
Quote:
Originally posted by Mc1csmo:
passes out a cookie to all who finished reading his original post. They are Chocolate-chips - baked by my wife.

(just finds a plate of crumbs)

Okay. I suppose you think this is funny?

*backs away slowly, hiding chocolate-covered fingers behind back*

MC1CSMO

Wednesday, March 1, 2006 4:48 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by oldfogey:
Quote:
Originally posted by cartoon:
Quote:
Originally posted by Mc1csmo:
passes out a cookie to all who finished reading his original post. They are Chocolate-chips - baked by my wife.

(just finds a plate of crumbs)

Okay. I suppose you think this is funny?

*backs away slowly, hiding chocolate-covered fingers behind back*

Woah, there partner, one to a customer, till I can get the misses to whip up some more. She's a fine woman, but she'd tar my hide if I had her baking all day. We share chores and frankly I don't want cause to up my already considerable load ;)

*looks back at the prettiest lady he's ever seen, trying on his crisp new Browncoat*

Sigh....like much of everything else I got, it's part hers....looks like I'll be needing a replacement. FollowMal? If you all aim to get more cookies, I'm gonna be needing a new one. *Blush*

'I aim to misbehave'

GRIMJACK21502

Wednesday, March 1, 2006 5:05 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by V:
I too am a latecomer to the scene, and also share the sediment of missing out on a great show when it was on the air, only to see the Movie, then retroactively go back and see the series. And to that I say damn, I missed some fine television back there.

Hail and well met comrade!

There aren't any latecomers...you are here now, and that's all that matters.

Make no mistake, we are in a dog fight to get our crew flyin' again, but with the reinforcements coming by the shuttle-load...well we can give them one hell of a fight.

V, sit back and take it all in...these people are the best you'll find in all the 'verse, and when you're ready, join us on the line.

...but don't fire till you see the color of their coats.

We will hold...we hold till Mal gets back.

"And once you're gone, you can never come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black"
-Neil Young

OLDFOGEY

Wednesday, March 1, 2006 5:46 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Mc1csmo:
Woah, there partner, one to a customer, till I can get the misses to whip up some more.

I only took one. Promise. Honest! The chocolatey stuff all over my hands was from a highly nutritious low-calorie chocolate-coated breakfast bar that went real well with the cookie. It's just, that was like you know, the last cookie. So I felt kind of responsible.

Chocolate-covered Browncoats R Us.

KAELE

Wednesday, March 1, 2006 6:11 PM (P)

Browncoatghost & ThousandCuts, and V.

Three new recruits sneaking in right under my nose. Has GrimJack been showing you 'round the ship? Don't believe what he says about me. It's all lies. Well, most of it's lies. Ok maybe only one or two lies.

Since the promotion, FollowMal's been sharing the workload with me and I've been helping myself liberally to her store of pics of the Cap'n. Cause, you know, he needed them for something...

ANYWAYS

*heads to the back of the storeroom and opens a box or two*

Here we are!

*flips the wrinkles off of three neat and crisp browncoats and hands them out one by one*

We're glad to have the reinforcements. Recruits have been pouring in daily and we're handing out these things like there's no tomorrow!

If you're hungry, Char sui and some rice is on the table in the galley. Grab a plate and don't be shy.

Kaele
AIM - Dewlanna
YID - jedi_kaele

GRIMJACK21502

Wednesday, March 1, 2006 6:25 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Kaele:

Three new recruits sneaking in right under my nose. Has GrimJack been showing you 'round the ship? Don't believe what he says about me. It's all lies. Well, most of it's lies. Ok maybe only one or two lies.

Shucks...I'm as honest as they come...well, that is if by 'honest' you mean opportunistic

But for all our new crew members, I'll preach a little of the gospel truth...

If you want two examples of true 'Verse hospitality, make sure you look up Kaele and FollowMal everytime you log on...they make this board a better, shinier place.

...and they keep me from being a real curmudgeon.

We will hold...we hold till Mal gets back.

"And once you're gone, you can never come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black"
-Neil Young

VTBROWNCOAT

Wednesday, March 1, 2006 6:52 PM (P)

Really, there's only two kinds of people in the world.

Those who are Browncoats.

And those who are not Browncoats......yet.

MC1CSMO

Wednesday, March 1, 2006 7:46 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by VTbrowncoat:
Really, there's only two kinds of people in the world.

Those who are Browncoats.

And those who are not Browncoats......yet.

I'm bettin that them Alliance pukes and especially those Reavers are exempt from that statement. Otherwise, I'm happy to agree.

'I aim to misbehave'

FLORALBUNNY

Wednesday, March 1, 2006 9:17 PM (P)

Strawberries and cookies all gone again?
*surveys crumb-y plate and pile of strawberry tops*
Here's a re-supply of berries, and for the choc-a-holics I made a chocolate cream cheese dip for the berries.
*back to the shuttle to scout out more berries*

bun
-- bastards singed my turtle --
----- why's the rum gone? -----

JAYNESBUNKWOMAN

Thursday, March 2, 2006 2:10 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by FloralBunny:
Here's a re-supply of berries, and for the choc-a-holics I made a chocolate cream cheese dip for the berries.
-

Strawberries AND Chocolate???

This verse justs gets better n better!

Thanks Bun!! I got some mudders milk here i can share with the gang *places pitcher of MM on table* Lemme see here - now i know you got mugs somewhere, I'm kinda new here so don't know where ya keep the goods *opens and closes cupboards doors searching for mugs* A-HA there they are! *places frosty mugs on table* Help yer'self everyone!!

JBW

I'll be in Jaynes bunk

BROWNCOATGHOST

Thursday, March 2, 2006 2:49 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by GrimJack21502:
Browncoatghost & ThousandCuts welcome aboard soldiers!

Thank you kindly! I look forward to my tour of duty.

Quote:
Originally posted by Kaele:
Browncoatghost & ThousandCuts, and V.

Three new recruits sneaking in right under my nose. Has GrimJack been showing you 'round the ship? Don't believe what he says about me. It's all lies. Well, most of it's lies. Ok maybe only one or two lies.

Since the promotion, FollowMal's been sharing the workload with me and I've been helping myself liberally to her store of pics of the Cap'n. Cause, you know, he needed them for something...

ANYWAYS

*heads to the back of the storeroom and opens a box or two*

Here we are!

*flips the wrinkles off of three neat and crisp browncoats and hands them out one by one*

We're glad to have the reinforcements. Recruits have been pouring in daily and we're handing out these things like there's no tomorrow!

If you're hungry, Char sui and some rice is on the table in the galley. Grab a plate and don't be shy.

*slips into the new coat and sighs contentedly* Aaaaah...sooo much better now. Thank you muchly, Kaele. And gorram, but you know how to feed a new recruit. Yummm.

Oo, those strawberries reminded me. Look what I got, and gorram, but they cost me. *displays small sackful of fresh kiwis and real whipped cream* You don't want to know what that 猴子的睾丸 Badger wanted for them, but it's a wonder what bargains a new hat can encourage.

FOLLOWMAL

Thursday, March 2, 2006 3:30 PM (P)

Did Kaele give your wife a Browncoat too, Mc1csmo?

This thread is so delightful I lost track whether that detail was taken care of by my second in command of the storeroom. If not, here ya be

*shakes out another browncoat and proudly hands it over* if you've shared yours with her, then heres one for you...

We are so happy to have you here and I know you will find this a happy home. This thread is proof!

Thanks to Kaele for filling in for me while I was indisposed ( read: taking care of RL stuff) and GrimJack for being our point man. He knows how to rally the troops... makes me get all excited like.

Thanks to Bun for the delicious strawberries... yum. And choc. chip cookies are my fave and tell your wife, Mc1csmo that her cookies are fine !

OldFogey... choc. bkst. bar? Oooo Kkkkk. LOL

I love our ship, it's the best in the 'verse!

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

FOLLOWMAL

Thursday, March 2, 2006 3:37 PM (P)

I like a clever Browncoat... you are a fine addition to our ranks, BrowncoatGhost. Glad to see that Kaele got you a 'coat. Not so sure on the liberal helping herself to the pics of the Cap'n. I think that promotion has gone to that girls head. And why exactly would our cap'n be needin' pics of his ownself? Hmmm, me thinks Kaele needed some for her ownself. Must remember to ask her about this.

I read your thread additions over on the making a Firefly religion thread and I must say, BrowncoatGhost, Mrs. Fillion taught you English well. You are quite talented with words. I can't help but hope that perhaps you might pen us some fanfic to ease our weary waiting as Browncoats?!

And kiwi.... quite a purchase.. you ARE a clever Browncoat. A new hat for trade... I like that.

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

FOLLOWMAL

Thursday, March 2, 2006 3:40 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by GrimJack21502:
But for all our new crew members, I'll preach a little of the gospel truth...

If you want two examples of true 'Verse hospitality, make sure you look up Kaele and FollowMal everytime you log on...they make this board a better, shinier place.

...and they keep me from being a real curmudgeon.

We will hold...we hold till Mal gets back.

GrimJack... you are gonna have me blushin'! No I mean it. Dunno about Kaele, she's so ornery, can she really blush? But I'm almost there.

Have I told you lately how proud I am to have you here with all of us, keeping us focused and being point man? Well, I believe I just did and I mean it. You make our home a shinier place too comrade.

Thank you!

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

FOLLOWMAL

Thursday, March 2, 2006 3:45 PM (P)

Kaele, I must say you are doin' a fine job as assistant storeroom clerk.... you haven't missed a one of these new recruits... really you are doin' great......

I'm sorta in a quandary here, as I don't wanna gripe when I couldn't have done without you...but there's this little matter of some missin' pics. How come is it everytime I leave you in charge of the storeroom, my Mal pics are rifled thru and mussed up? Now availing your ownself of lookin' at them... well, that is irresistible and understandable. But there are a few missin' pics, and did I read that the Cap'n wanted some for himself? Are you sure about that fact... cuz I figger he'd a asked me about that...

I'm sure you'll fill me in on this when you report?

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

KAELE

Thursday, March 2, 2006 3:55 PM (P)

*bats eyelashes*

Well, gee, FollowMal, you'll have to go ask the Cap'n his own self about that one.

*snaps fingers*

But you know, darn it all, he's off on a meetin'. Right nasty creatures they are too, should be no more'n a few hours. Cap'n will get them all sorted out.

In the meantime, I'll just...go...check...and see if he's done with those pics...

*runs*

~Kaele

FOLLOWMAL

Thursday, March 2, 2006 4:04 PM (P)

* smiles indulgently*

That girl is always in a hurry.... looks sideways at everyone else....*

NOT!

KAELE! You wanna come back here and give me your report regarding all new recruits and browncoat givin' and such.... and while you're at it, perhaps those pics of Mal...er * cough* the Cap'n will resurface... you know... in a few minutes.... mayhaps miraculously!

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

AZTECHROME

Thursday, March 2, 2006 4:05 PM (P)

We're all with you.
I saw the first show when it aired, and never wanted to do anything else with my life.
Except maybe make out with Jewel Staite...

Yep. That would really be all i'd need.
(Too bad that girl is already married, and likes to buy expensive dresses.)

BROWNCOATGHOST

Thursday, March 2, 2006 10:24 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by FollowMal:

I like a clever Browncoat... you are a fine addition to our ranks, BrowncoatGhost. Glad to see that Kaele got you a 'coat. Not so sure on the liberal helping herself to the pics of the Cap'n. I think that promotion has gone to that girls head. And why exactly would our cap'n be needin' pics of his ownself? Hmmm, me thinks Kaele needed some for her ownself. Must remember to ask her about this.

Many thanks for the lovely welcome.

And I know nothing about any pictures, no sirree, why, I've barely got the shiny rubbed off my combat boots...

Quote:
I read your thread additions over on the making a Firefly religion thread and I must say, BrowncoatGhost, Mrs. Fillion taught you English well. You are quite talented with words. I can't help but hope that perhaps you might pen us some fanfic to ease our weary waiting as Browncoats?!

Why, thank you!

I've had a writing Muse since I was about 7 or so, and Mrs. Fillion made a point of encouraging her to come out of the parchment room more often. She had a way of making the course material very interesting, I'll say -- extremely funny lady. Though her Classroom That Was is fifteen years gone, I've never forgotten her ways. I now write some and edit lots for a partial living. As for fanfic, hmmm...I've written fanfic before, just not for this 'verse, and it hadn't occurred to me to do some. I'll have to see what yonder Muse thinks.

Quote:
And kiwi.... quite a purchase.. you ARE a clever Browncoat. A new hat for trade... I like that.

Also got him a real silkworm-spun tie. It brightens up his very fancy jacket, though he can only wear it in attempts to impress fancier people. Oh well.

*peels and slices a kiwi, then offers FollowMal and fellow Browncoats a small bowl of whipped cream with some kiwi slices stuck in the top* Fresh from a certain floating island. Kindly partake of the evidence before they notice half their garden is missing.

CHRISTHECYNIC

Friday, March 3, 2006 12:23 AM (P)

You know I never actually got a browncoat, but then again I've got a coat I really like that has a kinda brownish color, so I suppose I'm good.

We didn't really have a distribution system back then, FollowMal has singlehandedly made sure we get the proper supplies to all of the newcomers.

FOLLOWMAL

Friday, March 3, 2006 1:01 AM (P)

Chris, would you like a browncoat from my storeroom? Cuz I've got one that will fit you, and you have no idea how proud I'd be to give you one.

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

JONESTEIN

Friday, March 3, 2006 1:44 AM (P)

You've pretty much echoed my exact thoughts.

I've never been this nuts about a TV show....ever.

-Jonestein

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OPERATIVE: ...and I am unarmed.
MAL: Good.
(BLAM!)
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FIGHT TO RE-LIGHT!!
www.browncoatsriseagain.com
www.fortworthbrowncoats.com
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KAELE

Friday, March 3, 2006 4:14 AM (P)

Kinda sneaks right up and smacks you in the face, don't it?

Yeah...snuck up on me too.

*rubs face*

~Kaele

KWICKO

Friday, March 3, 2006 5:51 AM (P)

Quote:
You've pretty much echoed my exact thoughts.

I've never been this nuts about a TV show....ever.

Ditto. I've had shows that I liked, even shows that I'd try to schedule my time around so's not to miss 'em... but never a show that made me want to join a fan site just to talk about how freaking great it was. Until Firefly broke atmo and landed in my little neck of the 'verse.

And, like many, I found it late. Last summer, to be exact, just a couple months before the movie came out. When I saw the first commercial for the BDM on my TV, I was just about jumping out of my chair with glee. I couldn't belive it was actually happening - this ship, this crew that I loved so dearly and missed so much (and after such a short time together)... it was flying again!

Oh, and if we're all out of cookies and strawbs again, I might be able to whip up a little treat: chocolate-dipped strawberries. If you've never had them, they're... sublime (and not in the "they're beneath limes" sense!). I'm all out of cookies, but maybe I could trade some Fruity-Oaty Bars for a new brown coat. I think mine got lost in the mail. ;)

To all the newcomers, latecomers, and those who just came in "fashionably late" (like me): Welcome Home. This is one of the shiniest places in the 'verse, with the best gorram people you'd ever want on your ship. It doesn't matter when you got here; how you got here is the worthier part. And that you got here is the worthiest part indeed.

Mike

CHRISTHECYNIC

Saturday, March 4, 2006 7:07 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by FollowMal:

Chris, would you like a browncoat from my storeroom? Cuz I've got one that will fit you, and you have no idea how proud I'd be to give you one.

You ever have one of those times when you say something, and then forget for a day or two, and then wonder why you got no response only to find out for some reason there's no record of you saying it?

Odd that.

Anyway, I would love one.

FOLLOWMAL

Saturday, March 4, 2006 7:31 PM (P)

Oh, my Chris, yes I've done that more times than I would like to count.

*proudly hands Chris a browncoat from stores*

This is gonna sound dumb, but I don't care...
thank you for approving of me doing this, I still kinda feel weird assuming it's ok and you made me feel much better about doing it.

And the single handed part... really Kaele helps with all of the meeting and greeting so much. She's so fun, it makes everyone feel comfortable and I for one am glad she's on our side.

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

FOLLOWMAL

Saturday, March 4, 2006 7:54 PM (P)

Ruttin' Alliance mail system!

*hands Mike a browncoat*

There you are sir and I'll trade you a peanut butter cookie for a couple chocolate dipped strawberries... yummy!

This is the shiniest thread!

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

SIMONB

Saturday, March 4, 2006 8:30 PM (P)

Hi there,

Just wanted to say I'm a fairly new Browncoat too (visted this site many times now, but this is the first time I've posted anything though!) - discovered the series when I heard about the film coming out - was recommended by a friend who I now can't thank enough.

Loved the series so much I dragged all my other friends in by buying them Firefly (and Serenity when it came out) and now they all love it too.

Wanted to say how much I've enjoyed reading the post on this site, and to say thanks for making us all feel so welcome here.

Like everybody else, I'm holding out and not giving up hope that we'll get another visit to the 'verse. But it's so good to come here and see the love that people have, to know I'm not alone in this feeling or this hope.

Let's keep fighting the good fight, and fingers crossed we'll all be back on that ship one day...

The good news is I recently saw our local WHSMITH had totally sold out of Serenity, and our local HMV has sold out of Firefly several times over in the past few months. Word is spreading - slowly but surely.

CHRISTHECYNIC

Saturday, March 4, 2006 10:30 PM (P)

Let's see if i can get back into the swing of things.

Welcome here, we're weird.

You know about DVDs, you know about holding the line, so I guess all that's left to say is that it's about time you spoke up.

We're family, you're part of it, but we didn't know until now. We couldn't say, "Welcome home." So thanks for saying something, stick around and say more stuff, your coat will be delievered soon and if it's anything like mine it'll be great.

*admires the fit*

So anyway, welcome home.

-

And all of you out there who visit but don't post, Post damn you.

FOLLOWMAL

Saturday, March 4, 2006 11:19 PM (P)

Well, now, you've dang near got the home treatment here. You've spoken, been talked back to, greeted by Chris, who we all love ( goes without sayin', he's the bestest greeter!) and now you need your 'coat!

*hands SimonB a browncoat that mysteriously fits perfectly *

We're very glad to have you. Please post often, we love to hear the stories and we love to talk.

I think I gave Kaele the night off... so since I ain't much of a cook, you'll have to make do with peanut butter cookies for dessert after a meal of protein in colors of the rainbow.

Welcome home, SimonB!

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

SIMONB

Saturday, March 4, 2006 11:55 PM (P)

Thanks Chris and FollowMal (and to all the other Browncoats out there).

It's good to be here! (I should have done this a lot sooner, I know.)

Thanks for the warm welcome, and the 'coat. Shiny. Now, when I'm in an Alliance friendly bar come Unification Day, I'll take all the hits with pride.

Mmm.....protein......

Gotta say, you know Firefly's something gorram special when (aside from being the most intelligent, witty, well written and well-scripted show in the 'verse) it can bring so many people together like this.

"love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down. Tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home."

- Shiny. let's be bad guys.

FLORALBUNNY

Sunday, March 5, 2006 3:53 AM (P)

Okay. Tonight's strawberries are here. Try this: I traded Badger a beagle pup for some sweetened condensed milk, for dipping. A little cocoa powder on the side if you have to gild the lily. ::-)

bun
-- bastards singed my turtle --
----- why's the rum gone? -----

AKUKODOGO

Sunday, March 5, 2006 5:15 AM (P)

*Wipes away tears from eyes.*
This is truly the niceset place to visit along with the Oz site this is one place I visit rgularly since finding Serenity late in 2004, and if Kaele can find a very lightweight sunprotection factor of about 45 browncoat anywhere and can spare it I would be ever so appreciative. It is damn hot out here on the rim, but I am gradually finding folks to join the crew, three and counting.
*Blows nose cause all choked up*, sorry about the noise.
*Goes to eat frozen mango ice, there are four left if any one wants to share.*

KWICKO

Sunday, March 5, 2006 5:33 AM (P)

FollowMal: Thanks a ton for the coat. Wouldn't ya know it, it fits great!

There might be lots of fansites out there for us Browncoats, and we're all headed to the same destination, but for me, how we get there is the worthier part. That's why I'm comin' with you! Well, that and because this ship's the nicest.

I'll try to keep the crew supplied with goodies as best I can. Ain't easy out here in the black, and Badger does drive a hard bargain. Might be able to get more out of 'im if I had a very fine hat to trade him... Sad little kings DO like their hats!

Mike

A baby seal walks into a club...

FOLLOWMAL

Sunday, March 5, 2006 5:50 AM (P)

I would love a mango ice, AkuKodogo! Mmmm, so cool and good. Thank you.

Kaele is off duty tonight I think, so if it's ok, I think I'll rummage around and try to find you that lightweight browncoat.

* throws some things outa the way in storeroom, banging some metal stuff together, then stops a sec and admires her pics of Cappy, but I'm supposed to be lookin', so.... wait, wait, over here, I have the gear for Browncoats who will be fightin' in the warm climes... here we go! Hands AkuKodogo a light weight sun protection factor 45 Browncoat!*

How do I do that!

I'm glad you love it here, because I do to. We have the shiniest site!

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

AKUKODOGO

Sunday, March 5, 2006 5:55 AM (P)

Thank you ever so, it is just right, I am now going to go out show the chooks how great I look and to give it an airing after being in the cupboard for so long. You are toooooo kind.
While I'm up I'll make some more mango ices in case there is a stampede for em.

'Our beloved Chocolate of the Serenity Oz board has passed way and we honour his spirit, he was the best of Browncoats!'

FLORALBUNNY

Sunday, March 5, 2006 6:28 AM (P)

Greetings, AkuKodogo.
Mango ice sounds good, but it's trifle cold here in strawberry land. Put one in the freezer for me for a few months, eh?
Meanwhile, enjoy the company. I do.

PS FollowMal, I've lost my link for gossi's board with Appreciatin' Nathan on it. Embarrassing, since I've been registered so long! Can you supply? TQVM!

bun
-- bastards singed my turtle --
----- why's the rum gone? -----

CEDRIC

Sunday, March 5, 2006 6:58 AM (P)

Wow, Mc1cmso, you started one heck of a thread.

Sometimes, I start wondering if I'm the only crazy out there who still believes, and then I see a thread like this. It's inspiring. The Browncoat Revolution is growing every day. We will have our Big Damn Trilogy!

Y'know, there's a story I've always loved about how King Alfred the Great trained an army in secrecy while his country was occupied and he was on the run. On Easter Sunday, they rallied, seemingly out of nowhere, and started driving the Danes out of Wessex.

It's going to be like that. We're going to hit critical mass with so many Firefly fans that our show will rise again, in some form or another. We just have to keep believing, and keep recruiting.

For you newer recruits, let me point you toward a site that is all about holding the line: www.BrowncoatsRiseAgain.com

On a different subject:

Not to gripe, FollowMal, but do you think you could spare a coat for the guy who wrote "The Ballad of Joss"?

Cedric

"Some things stay with you, 'til the day you die."
On the Drift: Music Inspired by Firefly and Serenity, now on sale at
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bedlambards/from/celtic

FOLLOWMAL

Sunday, March 5, 2006 2:27 PM (P)

Bun,

Here it is, and I'm real excited you will be joining us, it's so much fun over there and it's always nice to visit over there and then come home over here and yack about it.

http://www.serenitymovie.org/browncoats/forums/index.php?

Hey, if you love our Cap'n as much as I do, I'm going to post a pic from Slither and some quotes from my SciFi Magazine up in a thread later today, after I figure out how to do it without doing something wrong.

Wish it was pics from the making of Serenity:II, but I'll take 'em.

I'll see you over there at the A.N. thread.

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

FOLLOWMAL

Sunday, March 5, 2006 2:36 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Cedric:
Sometimes, I start wondering if I'm the only crazy out there who still believes, and then I see a thread like this. It's inspiring. The Browncoat Revolution is growing every day. We will have our Big Damn Trilogy!

Y'know, there's a story I've always loved about how King Alfred the Great trained an army in secrecy while his country was occupied and he was on the run. On Easter Sunday, they rallied, seemingly out of nowhere, and started driving the Danes out of Wessex.

It's going to be like that. We're going to hit critical mass with so many Firefly fans that our show will rise again, in some form or another. We just have to keep believing, and keep recruiting.

For you newer recruits, let me point you toward a site that is all about holding the line: www.BrowncoatsRiseAgain.com

On a different subject:

Not to gripe, FollowMal, but do you think you could spare a coat for the guy who wrote "The Ballad of Joss"?

Cedric

"Some things stay with you, 'til the day you die."
On the Drift: Music Inspired by Firefly and Serenity, now on sale at
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bedlambards/from/celtic

Oh, Cedric, I would be honored to give you a browncoat!

*hands Cedric a shiny new browncoat and bows with respect to the man who wrote The Ballad of Joss*

You sir, are awesome! And I love your music and I'm going to play it in rotation with other Firefly music in my shop so my customers can hear it and be inspired. I can't wait to get my copy!
We shall rise again, the Browncoat Revolution is upon us!

I have to admit, not knowing that much history I didn't know about King Alfred and his army against the Danes, but I have often thought what you said.. that all of a sudden there will be so many of us, that TPTB will have to listen to us.
We'll make 'em.

Keep makin' that music Cedric, and we Browncoats and the world will keep listenin'!

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

JONESTEIN

Sunday, March 5, 2006 4:51 PM (P)

[Jayne ON]
Well, where's my ruttin' coat?
[Jayne OFF]

I'm new here too and love it. Driving the wife NUTS with the new uber-obsession though.

-Jonestein

*************************************
OPERATIVE: ...and I am unarmed.
MAL: Good.
(BLAM!)

FIGHT TO RE-LIGHT!!
www.browncoatsriseagain.com
www.texasbrowncoats.com
www.fortworthbrowncoats.com

CEDRIC

Sunday, March 5, 2006 5:02 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Jonestein:

I'm new here too and love it. Driving the wife NUTS with the new uber-obsession though.

Just convert her. She'll come around. :-)

*pauses to hug his own Firefly-obsessed spouse*

Quote:

FIGHT TO RE-LIGHT!!
www.browncoatsriseagain.com
www.fortworthbrowncoats.com

Go, Fort Worth! You're just up the road from me. In fact, we played ConDFW last weekend.

Keep flyin,

Cedric

"Some things stay with you, 'til the day you die."
On the Drift: Music Inspired by Firefly and Serenity, now on sale at
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bedlambards/from/celtic

SAVEWASH

Sunday, March 5, 2006 6:37 PM (P)

How did I miss this thread before???

One of the things I really love about this place is how thoughtful and articulate folks are! Everyone is made to feel welcome and everyone has the most fascinating things to say. I'm impressed that while I think, "Gee, I love Firefly," others find much better ways to explain exactly what they love about the show & characters, and to point out to me all kinds of things I would otherwise have missed about the BDM and all of the episodes.

Welcome to all new Browncoats and thank you to everyone at FireflyFans.net!

P.S. Thanks for all of the yummy food, too!

"We need to keep our heads so we can ... keep our heads."

JONESTEIN

Sunday, March 5, 2006 6:56 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Cedric:
Quote:
Originally posted by Jonestein:

I'm new here too and love it. Driving the wife NUTS with the new uber-obsession though.

Just convert her. She'll come around. :-)

*pauses to hug his own Firefly-obsessed spouse*

Go, Fort Worth! You're just up the road from me. In fact, we played ConDFW last weekend.

Keep flyin,

Cedric

"Some things stay with you, 'til the day you die."
On the Drift: Music Inspired by Firefly and Serenity, now on sale at
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bedlambards/from/celtic]

Shiny! Actually heard about you guys(Bards) yesterday at a FireflyDFW lunch shindig...I'll be ordering your highly recommended CD this week.

As for converting the wife, well, she likes the show, but hasn't quite caught Browncoat Fever. I'll keep working her, but will probably have to work a compromise and become a Pottercoat. (I like the HP movies but haven't read the books). Such is marriage.

And BTW, thanks for putting out a CD in the first place...it's 'Coats like you that really seem to go the extra, extra, extra mile in the Fight to Re-Light our Big Damn Show!

Stay shiny...

-Jonestein

*************************************
OPERATIVE: ...and I'm unarmed.
MAL: Good.
(BLAM!)

FIGHT TO RE-LIGHT!!
www.browncoatsriseagain.com
www.texasbrowncoats.com
www.fortworthbrowncoats.com

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