We know there is an afterlife, but Fred—perhaps uniquely among human beings—doesn't get one. Or if the best authority on the process is wrong, then what Fred gets is for little rotted shards of her self-awareness to exist forever mired in the midst of Illyria's far vaster self.

Ack. Good point. The rumours about Season Six seem to indicate that they might have gone with the latter, but we don't really know for sure. They never specifically said that Fred didn't get an afterlife (which is actually a pretty vague concept in the Jossverse; the only real time that it is discussed is Buffy in Season Six), but they did say that her soul was destroyed rather than flying off somewhere. In some belief systems (Gnosticism, I think, and maybe other branches of Christianity), people have a separate "soul" and a separate "spirit"; I'm not clear on the difference between those and the Jossverse only ever mentions "souls" but that is one slightly cheap way to give Fred an afterlife.

They never specifically said that Fred didn't get an afterlife

How else would one interpret "There's nothing left to bring back. Miss Burkle's soul was consumed by the fires of resurrection. Everything she was is gone" then?

How else would one interpret "There's nothing left to bring back. Miss Burkle's soul was consumed by the fires of resurrection. Everything she was is gone" then?

She took a role on Charmed?

No, silly. She's a programming exec at the Fox Network.

apparently, Amy Acker is going to voice a character on the Justice League.

I was just poking around TWoP, reading some old recaps during lunch, and giggled myself through the recap of "Smile Time."

"If he turns into a puppet before the first commercial break, the show gets an A! If he vamps out as a puppet, it's an A+!...Whoohoo! A+!!"

apparently, Amy Acker is going to voice a character on the Justice League.

That's not all:

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Morena Baccarin, who plays Inara Serra in the Firefly television series and upcoming Serenity movie, is providing the voice of Black Canary in Cartoon Network's Justice League Unlimited.

Black Canary will be featured in the Season 4 episode, "Double Date," which is written by Gail Simone. The episode also features Kin Shriner as Green Arrow, Amy Acker as The Huntress and Jeffrey Combs as The Question, along with some other guest voices to be announced.

Baccarin is one of several Firefly/Serenity cast members to lend their voices to Justice League Unlimited.

As previously reported, Nathan Fillion is voicing Vigilante and Gina Torres is voicing Vixen. Adam Baldwin is voicing a villain in the season finale.

several Firefly/Serenity cast members to lend their voices to Justice League Unlimited.

Yet another thing tempting me towards big cable. I...will...resist... aaaahhhhh.

I can never catch Justice League Unlimited. It's not a bad show, but I'm really only interested in the ones with our folks voices, and I never see those! Frustrating.

Jeffrey Combs as The Question

Hee. Combs has had quite an interesting career. I've been watching all seven seasons of DS9, and he's been one of the many high-lights.