Here is a thing.

Many Browncoats would like to live in a world in which Independents are the good guys. We sense that people who have accepted indoctrination into the mainstream are dangerous in their numbers, even if they are sorta lame as individuals.

Then I get pissed.

Let me ask you this: Who died in Serenity? Why were they the most Independent people?

Why were they the most Independent people?

Is Wash more Independent than Zoe or River or Mal or Kaylee?

Is Wash more Independent than Zoe or River or Mal or Kaylee?

Yes!

Zoe follows Mal. Mal follows ... I'm not sure what Mal follows. His upbringing, maybe? Anyway, he is against the mainstream, which is why we lurves him.

The thing about Kaylee is that she is just honest and true. Killing her would be like torturing a puppy. Which would, at the very least, limit your market.

Wait. This was about Wash. He loved his girl. All that political crap was way off on the other side of the map. Girl? Good. Politics? Who gives a rusty fuck?

Book followed something, for sure.

Politics? Who gives a rusty fuck?

Possibly the guy who wrote the movie. *shrug*

I never know what to do about a *shrug*.

Personally, I use a *shrug* when I am out of ideas.

Sometimes people run out of ideas because they're done making their point.

It's a shame to go on past there.

Someone please buy ita a Catwoman suit.

Oatmeal:

I seriously want to talk to youse guys. All the "actress X is so cute", the "actor Y is so hot" stuff has gone by.

Now we can get down to the real stuff.

Wait. This was about Wash. He loved his girl. All that political crap was way off on the other side of the map. Girl? Good. Politics? Who gives a rusty fuck?

Except for Jayne, this is a do-the-right-thing kind of crew. It wasn't about politics, it was about compassion and truth. And I would argue that Kaylee and Wash are the most compassionate of the bunch. Even moreso than Book.

The people who cared about the politics weren't in the movie. They just hired the Operative.