Lilian, Nest-BuilderMar 15

Honestly not thrilled about the Firefly revival. Do we really need to go back to "lost cause postbellum Confederate soldiers in space" in the midst of everything right now? If you want me on board for this, how about: the first episode drops and the crew has to navigate to some backwater to help build more durable infrastructure BAM it's not Whedonverse at all we're actually doing Long Way to a Small Angry Planet baybeeeeeee

and Jayne gets left behind at minute six and is never spoken of again

Show threadMidi Mac
@memnus that's interesting because I never thought of it as a neoconfederate analog. I always thought of it more as being similar to empire vs rebellion. Some things drawing off of westward expansion but without the indigenous people. The "savages" were us all along kind of thing. Then those that are bad are generally those with money taking advantage of others in need. Jayne I saw as a character on a long redemption arc to show that people that we consider dumb and sexist, etc can be redeemed.
Mar 15 at 9:25pmWeb
Show threadBenjaminMar 16
@midi_mac @memnus all of what you are saying is true to the text of the show but the post you are replying to is talking entirely about metatextual factors to the show so that is why you are surprised. Basically you are talking about what the show presented itself as, but it was lying about who it was.