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daemonlunaFirefly fic, contains Serenity spoilers, Seasons, or the Four Haiku of Zoe Washburn I love the format, the quiet matter-of-fact Zoe voice, and especially, the dinosaurs.
Look! Lego Serenity! No spoilers, just lego.
Though I'm sure everyone but me has seen this, Time interview with Neil Gaiman and Joss Whedon. Best. Combination. Ever. And I loved the bit about the otters. No spoilers to the best of my knowledge, for Serenity or Anansi Boys.
Melbourne Q&A with Joss Whedon, contains Serenity spoilers.
Very general Serenity thoughts. I haven't been able to collect my scattered thoughts enough to say anything remotely insightful. It was fantastic. I'm planning on seeing it again. Yet thinking too much about it feels like poking at a bruise.
You see, silly me conveniently forgot that this was Joss. I wasn't expecting any of the main cast to die.
And it hit me when Book died, because we all know that though there are occasional fake-outs, Joss does play for keeps. (From Jenny Calendar all the way to the Angel finale, I don't think I need to list all the names.) And it hurt when the camera then cut to the bodies of anyone else who'd ever taken them in (was that Patience, shot in the head?), and the grief and the fury and the conflict of the crew came through loud and clear.
And then. Wash. I didn't want to believe it, but I knew as soon as I saw it that it was over for him, just like that. It didn't matter that he's the safest one, the sanest, most normal one. And he's funny and self-deprecating, and real. If you'd asked me for my favourite character, I wouldn't have been able to pick. But if you forced me, it probably wouldn't have been Wash. His death was more of a punch in the gut than pretty much anyone else's would have been. Which is why he died.
Joss plays for keeps.
(And Zoe, oh, poor Zoe. My heart broke for her.) And as much as I desperately wanted it to be all a mistake, and for Simon to pull off some medical miracle for Book and for Wash both, I think I would have felt cheated in the end if he had.
So I'm conflicted. My brain hasn't quite accepted than it's real and canon in the same universe as the TV series. Part of that is denial, I'm sure. And part of it is that the series didn't really get as dark as the movie. I'm sure it would have if it had a chance. (Remember once again, Joss Whedon here.) For now though, I think I need to rewatch the series. And see Serenity again.
Now I'm hoping that going back to bed will actually result in sleep.
Look! Lego Serenity! No spoilers, just lego.
Though I'm sure everyone but me has seen this, Time interview with Neil Gaiman and Joss Whedon. Best. Combination. Ever. And I loved the bit about the otters. No spoilers to the best of my knowledge, for Serenity or Anansi Boys.
Melbourne Q&A with Joss Whedon, contains Serenity spoilers.
Very general Serenity thoughts. I haven't been able to collect my scattered thoughts enough to say anything remotely insightful. It was fantastic. I'm planning on seeing it again. Yet thinking too much about it feels like poking at a bruise.
You see, silly me conveniently forgot that this was Joss. I wasn't expecting any of the main cast to die.
And it hit me when Book died, because we all know that though there are occasional fake-outs, Joss does play for keeps. (From Jenny Calendar all the way to the Angel finale, I don't think I need to list all the names.) And it hurt when the camera then cut to the bodies of anyone else who'd ever taken them in (was that Patience, shot in the head?), and the grief and the fury and the conflict of the crew came through loud and clear.
And then. Wash. I didn't want to believe it, but I knew as soon as I saw it that it was over for him, just like that. It didn't matter that he's the safest one, the sanest, most normal one. And he's funny and self-deprecating, and real. If you'd asked me for my favourite character, I wouldn't have been able to pick. But if you forced me, it probably wouldn't have been Wash. His death was more of a punch in the gut than pretty much anyone else's would have been. Which is why he died.
Joss plays for keeps.
(And Zoe, oh, poor Zoe. My heart broke for her.) And as much as I desperately wanted it to be all a mistake, and for Simon to pull off some medical miracle for Book and for Wash both, I think I would have felt cheated in the end if he had.
So I'm conflicted. My brain hasn't quite accepted than it's real and canon in the same universe as the TV series. Part of that is denial, I'm sure. And part of it is that the series didn't really get as dark as the movie. I'm sure it would have if it had a chance. (Remember once again, Joss Whedon here.) For now though, I think I need to rewatch the series. And see Serenity again.
Now I'm hoping that going back to bed will actually result in sleep.
