You know, all in all? Difficult comparison to make.
Can't really compare what would have happened had Buffy been canceled after a handful of episodes aired. It likely wouldn't have made it to DVD at that point, so long ago. Internet usage wasn't nearly what it is, now, so a frenzied net uprising would have been unlikely.
If Firefly made it to season six, would Firefly fans have gine mental if Zoe was shot and killed in Wash's arms? Yep.
If Simon came out and had the tender Bareback Mountain love with some rancher on some moon, and then got shot in the back, and Simon went all dark simon...
You get the picture.
Are Browncoats more nuts than Bronzers? I dunno. We had the whole PBP issue and Pruittgate and Meteor, so there was that, along with Big Boy and kirbyclause before my time. Browncoats seem to identify as Browncoats wherever they call home, the Serenity board or the OB or here. Perhaps I should start calling the craxy Browncoats, "Reavers" to avoid confusion.
Completely unrelated, I never identified as a Browncoat. But it makes me smile to think a few Bronzer/Buffistas started the campaign that's credited so heavily.
Wow. That's what a post looks like when the Ambien starts kicking in. I should go to bed before more stream-of-consciousness posting causes me to tell you all WHAT I REALLY THINK OF YOU.
The post was pretty lucid, Allyson. Or perhaps permasleepdep has me think it so.
I don't think the Browncoats as a whole are crazier than any other fandom, but from my purely selfish fannish POV, I find the crazy ones slightly more annoying, because they are harder for me to avoid in the wilds of the Internet, being focused as they are on the 'verse as a whole. The crazy Buffy fans tended to focus more on specific characters or relationships, so it was easy for me to avoid them just by avoiding anything dedicated to said characters or relationships.
Allyson is me, only a whole lot better with the words. And the whole being Allyson thing, I can't compare to that.
The OB is calm compared to the craxy reavers at the Universal board. The OBers have been there for three years and Allyson I count you as one of us whether you like it or not.
People will be excessive, there is nothing we can do about that.
We have a movie and I count that as a win.
We win.
Could be worse. Could be
kitten board
craxy.
With the exception of three particular kitten posters I can remember but won't name, I don't think the extreme kittens were necessarily more craxy than the extreme browncoats.
- The kittens raised money for a charity which is trying to combat the suicide rate of gay teens.
- The browncoats are raising money for an ad in
Variety.
- The kittens compiled a FAQ document.
- The browncoats are spending their money buying tickets for complete stranger.
- The kittens ended up locking down their board to members only.
- At least one of the Ff boards already is members only.
- The kittens bad-mouthed Joss, DeKnight, Marti, and Mutant Enemy, in general.
- The browncoats seem to be getting their craxy on with website columnists.
There was
one
kitten I remember who made a threat about Joss. That was scary, wrong, evil, and my guess is that a person who would do that, would have done that for something else, if the character of Tara had never been written off, or if there'd been no W/T, or no BtVS.
I've only seen Serenity once. And it was in May. I know, I'm a bad fan.
To be totally fair, though, I also haven't yet seen:
- A History of Violence
- Corpse Bride
- Wallace and Grommit
- The Constant Gardener
- Good Night, and Good Luck
- Proof
- The Squid and the Whale
- Everything is Illuminated
- Junebug
- Mad Hot Ballroom
- Grizzly Man
- March of the Penguins
I want to see all of these. I know I won't. Just not enough time/money. I'll be buying Serenity the second it comes out on DVD, and I just can't convince myself I really need to pay $10.75 to see it again right now, when I'm super busy and poor.
I seem to remember some kitten board members stalking Amber one afternoon...
