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[spatz]

Muahahahaha!!! I have hooked another unsuspecting friend on Firefly. Marta spent the night, we watched the first three eps, and I sent her home with the Firefly box set. I'm a bad woman...She did say she's going to lend me TWW box set in revenge, though.

I remembered something I read, back after Firefly was canceled. Someone posted a script for an episode, numbered 1.06, which obviously was never filmed. Does anyone know the story behind why it was never filmed? More FOX interference, or Joss' decision?

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Also went to the Citywide Garage Sale today, which always has wonderful vintage stuff. I got a beautiful book (the first I've ever bought mostly for being shiny): green leatherbound replica of a 1906 diary, written by an English lady. It's full of poetry quotes and watercolor drawings of flowers, birds, and leaves. I also found some jewelry for Lindsey, which seems to happen rather often: I find it, it's perfect for her taste, so she ends up spending waaaay more money than me. Again, I'm a bad woman ;)

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I'm such a fandom whore (so much fun!). I started watching Highlander episodes just for Methos, because that man is far too intriguing for his own good. I mean, who doesn't love a 5000-year-old snark machine who was friends with Socrates and used to be evil? This is one of the cases where fanfic is better than the show, however delicious Peter Wingfield's accent is. The main character, Duncan MacLeod, is sweet in a chivalric, Clark Kent-ish kinda way, but doesn't fascinate me. I like the sneaky survivalism of Methos and Amanda (a catburglar and Immortal friend of Duncan's) much more. For an excellent example of this, read A Lytell Geste, by Catherine Boone, wherein the three of them get bored, and hilarity ensues.


Coming soon: a long-ish post on fandom_scruples and my beliefs on NC-17.

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[thedorkygirl.livejournal.com]

how goes the wingin'?

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[thespatz.livejournal.com]

Ah, the "wingin'" hasn't commmenced yet. I'm still in the melting-due-to-homework stage, but I shall poke Marta and get the box set soonest.

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[thedorkygirl.livejournal.com]

She get any Firefly done?

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[thespatz.livejournal.com]

Hah! Yes, her Firefly addiction is complete. She's moved on to commentary, and hooking her friend Caroline ;)

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[thedorkygirl.livejournal.com]

kieyra tells me that as soon as I'm Firefly-y, she and I will have to write a crossover with Farscape. *I* got her into Farscape. *g*

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[thespatz.livejournal.com]

Heh, I approve of this girl. *checks user info* Hey, cool! This is the girl who wrote Arx Celestis! I must gather with her and snicker about how much you're going to love Firefly once you get into it ;)

And I wholly approve of this crossover idea, though I don't know how you're going to pull it off, since Joss was adamantly against aliens in the FF universe.

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[thedorkygirl.livejournal.com]

Yes, and Kiey is also a big writer in the Gilmore Girls fandom, where I first stalked her. I Love Her To Deff. She and Mr. Kieyra are both big FF fans.

Well ... that's silly. No aliens? At ALL?

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[thespatz.livejournal.com]

They have excellent taste ;)

Well, you can probably swing it since it's fic. Someone managed to crossover Firefly and the Vorkosigan verse, so there's really no limit to the insanity one can wreak with convincing writing. But yeah, Joss was very anti-latex in the show's conception. He wanted humans to be the only one's out there, even 500 years in the future.