Me, I'd just slip "originally" in at the start of the existing blurb.
I agree with the idea, except originally we didn't discuss Firefly.
and change is Evil
Take jobs as they come -- and we'll never be under the heel of nobody ever again. No matter how long the arm of the Alliance might get, we'll just get ourselves a little further.
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Laura - Apr 30, 2005 8:20:04 am PDT #4698 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
§ ita § - Apr 30, 2005 8:24:12 am PDT #4699 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Depends on what you consider the start of the board. I think the start is when we were discussing Jossverse shows. That start ended when Angel was cancelled. Which tucks Firefly in the origin quite neatly.
DavidS - Apr 30, 2005 8:38:32 am PDT #4700 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
In the Change Is Evil category: I'm sticking with my archeologist preference for leaving the dedication because there's more history and knowledge implicit in that, than mashing up some generic, covers-all-points menu description of who we are now.
In short, a Sphinx with no nose, buried up to its neck in sand tells us more about Egypt and its history than a nose-job excavated Sphinx.
Jesse - Apr 30, 2005 8:40:06 am PDT #4701 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Me, I'd just slip "originally" in at the start of the existing blurb.
So simple, so easy! Let's do that one.
§ ita § - Apr 30, 2005 8:41:00 am PDT #4702 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Why is describing the past more important than describing the present? Would you ask all Egyptians to live the way they did when the Sphinx was built, to make archeology easier?
If that blurb has a use, I think it should have a use now. It is useful for it to also describe the past -- they're not mutually exclusive. We originally came together to talk about Joss stuff. We still do, plus other crap.
Lee - Apr 30, 2005 8:42:34 am PDT #4703 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
We originally came together to talk about Joss stuff. We still do, plus other crap.
I vote for this.
Laura - Apr 30, 2005 8:43:29 am PDT #4704 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Can we add Originally in spoiler font to satisfy both those that want change and those of us who believe in leaving the historical description intact?
Although, really still Evil.
Laura - Apr 30, 2005 8:46:48 am PDT #4705 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Depends on what you consider the start of the board. I think the start is when we were discussing Jossverse shows. That start ended when Angel was cancelled. Which tucks Firefly in the origin quite neatly.
Yet the community existed before the board.
Pix - Apr 30, 2005 8:46:56 am PDT #4706 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
If that blurb has a use, I think it should have a use now. It is useful for it to also describe the past -- they're not mutually exclusive. We originally came together to talk about Joss stuff. We still do, plus other crap.
This is how I feel. I really liked Tep's write-up.
§ ita § - Apr 30, 2005 8:50:25 am PDT #4707 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yet the community existed before the board.
And? Does that invalidate my logic in any way?