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Hey I didn't fight in no war. Best of luck though.
Friday, September 9, 2005

Is it bad that I don't really consider myself a Browncoat? Mostly everyone on here kind of seems to take that side, but I never have felt a real compelling urge to take the Independence side. I identify more with Jayne who is kind of neutral, but loyal to who is in control of his livelihood.

I actually don't really see Mal as being that hell-bent on taking out the Alliance either, at least not in the show. Of course, he isn't content with their having won, but he is at most content to fly "under the radar" and do his best to ignore them. The trailers do show him maybe rekindling some of his war motives. At any rate, even though I do feel like I'm part of the show and dedicated to its protagonists, I don't really feel dedicated to their cause. Maybe for me the real charm that the show brings isn't that the goal is to destroy the enemy--it's just to avoid it and get by in a kind of sub-universe that the rest of the world is either ignorant of or irked by. The interaction with the Reavers is very similar, and it sparks an interesting point that the whole Firefly phenomenon is a similar sort of sub-Universe.

Anyone else have some thoughts on this?

COMMENTS

Saturday, September 10, 2005 6:44 AM

REALLYKAYLEE


crim- you say all that and then yer 88% mal! *giggles*
sorry you couldn't be more than 38% badass!
cool quiz though huh? some browncoat (or not) really oughta invest in making a real hardcore one. (and i suppose in saying so i have more or less commited myself, oh dear.)

Friday, September 9, 2005 4:37 PM

ECGORDON


I always identified more with Wash than either Mal or Jayne. I also don't usually use the term Browncoat to identify my fandom, I am a Firefly fan (just like this website says). If I lived in the Firefly 'verse I probably would not have been part of the war, since I am a pacifist. I am in fact a conscientious objector, who is old enough to have been drafted into the Army and served my time in a non-combat postion, trained as a medic. If you notice, Wash is always the one (both in the series and the BDM) who tries to steer the conversation away from violence and towards a more reasonable approach to the situation. I'm not saying that is the most realistic approach, but it is what I feel in my heart.

Friday, September 9, 2005 2:49 PM

CRIMULUS


Sorry about that ... I posted those but wasn't logged in--and accidently submitted before and after I changed "could" to "couldn't"

Friday, September 9, 2005 2:32 PM

MIKEYMO


Yeah, I have always liked the fact that Mal wasn't a guy with a big mission to destroy the evil empire. He tried, he failed, now he's just trying to go on with his life. When people make the Mal=Han Solo comparasion, I feel compelled to say, "OK, imagine Han was really gung-ho about the whole Rebellion and didn't even have to be coerced into helping Luke try to destroy the Death Star. So Luke's flying along the Death Star, and Han shoots down the Tie Fighters behind him, but this time Darth Vader gets a shot off, kills Luke, then the Death Star destroys the entire Rebellion. Fast-forward a few years and that's Mal."

Friday, September 9, 2005 2:23 PM

REALLYKAYLEE


. . . unless he can.
(case in point: river and simon.)

Friday, September 9, 2005 2:16 PM

ANQ


I don't really think Mal wanted to destroy the Alliance, he just didn't want to be under their governance. If they would have left him alone, he would have let them alone. I think Mal is one of the ultimate proponents of the "live and let live" philosophy. You don't infringe on his space and life and he won't infringe on yours...


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