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Why I'm a Browncoat
Thursday, February 5, 2004

"Why do you watch Firefly?"

I’ve been asked this question more than once, most recently by a fellow browncoat in England who was trying to convert a painfully skeptical friend. My answers were all superficial - space-going western, horses, guns, spaceships blah blah blah. I don’t know why I couldn’t put my finger on the real reason, probably because I've been in mourning so long for this show that I couldn't rationalize it all.

It took a recent posting to really get me to touch on my true reason for my unwavering devotion to Firefly. Since it formulated during the course of conversation, I’m adding the appropriate quotes.

Quote:
Originally posted by Ghoulman:
What is Firefly about? It's about the characters. There are nine main characters on the little 'boat' called Serenity. Each one a full glass of personality. Each one with a different motive, reason, and outlook on life out 'in the black'. Though they aren't a part of any organization or serve the authorities, they are silently commited to this life. It's never really stated but each character has had his or her moment of choice - each chose Serenity.
I told Goulman that his ruminatin' is pretty much bang on. Firefly is about the characters - where they each are in their stage of life and how they react to their environment. Each chose Serenity for different reasons, and each will do whatever they have to in order to defend their choice. In the end that probably means becoming something of a family whether they chose to let that happen or not. They had already begun to rely on each other for the different pieces that each character uniquely provides.

And it would be amazing to be able to see how far all those character dynamics will go.

Quote:
Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
(Guess this is how some people act over soap operas; can't wait until they get their next fix)
Having been bitten by the soap opera spider once upon a time, I understood this feeling. But it's the same for people who are devoted to Babylon5, or FarScape, or Deep Space 9, or Angel, and sometimes even Stargate. I've lived from week to week with all of these, living in fear for the moment when they would come to an end. Firefly grabbed me the same way, and when it was over *sniff* I went on the Internet looking for something to fill the void left behind. FFF.net has done a lot to help that feeling of emptiness, but it's not quite the same. I wouldn't be here quite as much as I am if the show was still on, because everything I need would be right where it's supposed to be, touching my heart again from week to week.

The Firefly crew was created in such a way that you feel like you know them instantly. It's absurd, I know, but in a way I think we all have come to think of them in the same way we think of the friends we've made as adults - as part of an extended family. Firefly has made us live for 10 characters (let's not forget Serenity), and all it took was 10 episodes to pull us all in. Now THAT is quality TV, and that's why I remain a fan - a browncoat. Because these are stories that deserve to be finished.

How’s that, Spacebug?

COMMENTS

Friday, February 6, 2004 6:59 PM

DRAGONFLYDIRECTOR


Concurring with da Frau ... bang on!

Thursday, February 5, 2004 8:28 AM

ASTRIANA


*sniff*

Channain ~ This perfect, and right on the mark. 'Nuff said.


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