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The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax  

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[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.

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Strega - Feb 22, 2007 5:33:41 am PST #4297 of 10001

I believe that in the extras they talk about how in S2, Dr. Ron would write a book about Jaye, and I think that leads into a cult forming around her. As a result of that she's committed at the start of S3, and runs into the "Lovesick Ass" kid. Oh, and Sharon's pregnancy forces her to stop smoking.

I have great affection for Wonderfalls, and love showing it to people and watching them be charmed by it, but... I don't really wish it had continued. Apart from having qualms about some of the stuff they were planning... it's such a perfect little music box of a story as it is. I'm strongly in favor of endings. And I always prefer missing something to getting sick of it.

I can't really put my finger on why Firefly got stale/sour to me over time.
...I bet I could give you a hint.

Allyson - Feb 22, 2007 5:35:52 am PST #4298 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

...I bet I could give you a hint.

Do tell, Ms. Cryptic.

Strega - Feb 22, 2007 5:42:16 am PST #4299 of 10001

Well, I like to believe it's the same reason I didn't like it.

Vortex - Feb 22, 2007 6:02:24 am PST #4300 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Wash's death didn't feel clichéd to me,

Me either. I shrieked "Tim!"

§ ita § - Feb 22, 2007 6:04:56 am PST #4301 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Wash's death certainly worked for me.

it's such a perfect little music box of a story as it is

Yes! I miss Jaye, and I really miss Aaron, but I kinda don't want what we had to be messed with.

P.M. Marc - Feb 22, 2007 7:23:32 am PST #4302 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I'm strongly in favor of endings. And I always prefer missing something to getting sick of it.

Oh yeah. Which is why I'm perfectly happy with the 13 episodes of it, as well. They worked.

Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 22, 2007 7:30:18 am PST #4303 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I'd love another season in a world where such would be possible, but as it it's like having Buffy Season 1 as a complete and perfect thing without ever having to descend into the crap that bubbled up in the final seasons.

Vortex - Feb 22, 2007 8:19:41 am PST #4304 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I would argue 1-3

Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 22, 2007 8:22:08 am PST #4305 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

With you there on the quality of the first three seasons, but I was going for similar episode runs. Buffy season 1 had a fair amount of closure at the end, so if it had been just the initial season it wouldn't have felt incomplete.

Una - Feb 22, 2007 8:22:57 am PST #4306 of 10001
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.

I would so love to read that original version of Serenity. Just for the geektasticness. (Well, and also, more Firefly is never bad in my book.)

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