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Originally posted by nosadseven:
I don't understand why people get so offended when someone suggests that they "trust in Joss". I've never personally said it, but my understanding of what they are trying to communicate is that they enjoy his work, and that even if at times they thought they might not be so sure about it, they stuck with it and came to enjoy it even more. That doesn't mean they're brainless or "drinking the Kool-Aid", just that they've had past experience and have found that sticking with Joss's stories has paid off for them.

As for me, I don't necessarily want what happens in Joss's stories to happen, but when I try to write stories where what I want to happen happens, they pretty much suck. So, I choose to follow his vision, to try to understand what he's doing, why he's doing it, and how and why it affects me. If I can't stomach how it affects me, or if I just don't want to be affected that way, or worse, if I find it just doesn't affect me at all, then I move on to something else. I don't feel any need to suggest it should be different, because, frankly, choose-your-own-adventure books suck worse than my own attempts at fiction.

So, when I sign on with Joss's works, I know that I'm not in control of where it goes, but I also know that I can get off. Sometimes, just knowing that I can get off, makes me comfortable enough to stay on through a bumpy (or even disappointing) ride, because ultimately, it's not that big of a risk when considering the potential reward.

Rather than fight what happens in Serenity, I want to understand it, to get the most out of it that I can. I may not have expected it to go down the way it did, but that doesn't mean that it had no merit and cannot be appreciated. The more time that passes, and the more times I see the movie, the more I get out of it. Not because I'm brainwashing myself, but because I can learn from stretching myself - from leaving my comfort zone.

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Originally posted by zark1976:
Also, if we're speaking of reality vs. fictionalized drama, can you explain whiy a sword to the gut still allows a man to continue fighting? I'm sorry, I was more shocked that after all of the injuries taken at the end of the movie, that any of them were able to do anything.

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You might be surprised what you can do in a life or death situation when you are hopped up on adrenaline & you have the willpower & fortitude that Mal & the crew demonstrated. I've seen people do some amazing things when push comes to shove.

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