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Discussion of the Mutant Enemy series, Firefly, the ensuing movie Serenity, and other projects in that universe. Like the other show threads, anything broadcast in the US is fine; spoilers are verboten and will be deleted if found.

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Kevin - Oct 21, 2005 2:38:52 pm PDT #6922 of 10001

Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

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Bonking.. I'm presuming you aren't British, SailAweigh. Or maybe you are.

I word things badly. Actions do get exaggerated online with people you don't know. There's some moments upthread where you can see me jumping off the deep end with people, and people jumping off the deep end with me over things which shouldn't happen if we knew each other.

Buffistas is a very insular community. People tend to know each other. I know, for example, Jars. And Jars knows me. So she was able to say to me tonight the equilivent of 'Shut the fuck up'. And that's cool. If you know somebody to an extent, you know more of where they are coming from. So Kuffles don't tend to happen. But when you have 'fresh blood' (remember the bit about wording things badly?) it can rock the boat because they don't know anybody, and nobody knows them.

Or something. I know what I mean.

SailAweigh - Oct 21, 2005 2:43:47 pm PDT #6923 of 10001

Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Bonking.. I'm presuming you aren't British, SailAweigh.

Not British! I thought about that after I posted and wondered if I'd stumbled into a euphamsim. Sounds like I did. Consider yourself thwapped on the back of the head, then. Lightly.

Kevin - Oct 21, 2005 2:45:23 pm PDT #6924 of 10001

Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

Hee. Don't tell people you want to bonk them in the UK. Unless they are, you know, pretty. I also learned not to ask people in the US to bum a fag.

SailAweigh - Oct 21, 2005 2:50:28 pm PDT #6925 of 10001

Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

So, it turns out all my fascinated reading of Harlequin romances as a 14 year old didn't teach me that particular word of vernacular. I knew they were too prissy for my own good!

Burrell - Oct 21, 2005 2:51:21 pm PDT #6926 of 10001

Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Huh. I didn't realize bonking, as in sex, was British. I guess I'm bilingual.

SailAweigh - Oct 21, 2005 2:58:45 pm PDT #6927 of 10001

Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Hm. I use "boink" in regards to sex, but never "bonk." The second is strictly an act of hitting, no sex involved. Now I have to wonder if this is one of those regional differences, etc. that we can run into here in the States. Or, it might even be a "me" thing. I may have to ask some coworkers next week. Survey says!

Kat - Oct 21, 2005 3:24:24 pm PDT #6928 of 10001

"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

So, Kevin, if someone upthread had said, "Shut the fuck up. Your defensiveness is working against you!" that would have been better?

Jars - Oct 21, 2005 3:32:05 pm PDT #6929 of 10001

Hey, now, Kev. I never used the word 'fuck'. Would I do that? Would I use a swear?

DCJensen - Oct 21, 2005 4:11:49 pm PDT #6930 of 10001

All is well that ends in pizza.

So.. "I'll be in my boink" wouldn't work?

Kevin - Oct 21, 2005 4:22:25 pm PDT #6931 of 10001

Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

Jars - quite true. I figure you'd never swear. Hee.

Kat - if, for example, you'd said that I'd be like 'Uhm, that's really rude'. Because I don't know you. But that's just me.

It looks like UIP are deciding to release Serenity straight to DVD in a few of the international locations. Don't know how many yet. This is going to effect the international take of the movie, and it could be a pretty big nail in the coffin.

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