Inara: I think she looks adorable. Mal: Yeah, but I never said it.

'Shindig'


All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American

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brenda m - Jul 19, 2003 10:24:52 pm PDT #5748 of 9843
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Pretends? No way. I'm quite sure he has thick leather dossiers on each of us.

Sure, but will he show any of us?

For instance, I'd call it fanon that William the Bloody Awful Poet was heir to a baronetcy, since I've seen it in multiple fanfics.

FWIW, I don't remember seeing this. At least not enough to have caught my notice.

But then, you can be anyone on the internet. I could be an 18-month-old pomeranian pup.

In which case, let me be the first to complement you on your typing.


Deena - Jul 19, 2003 10:25:51 pm PDT #5749 of 9843
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

Hee! Brenda funny.


Elena - Jul 19, 2003 10:33:52 pm PDT #5750 of 9843
Thanks for all the fish.

I'm quite sure he has thick leather dossiers on each of us.

Nah, that's all for show. The real lists are scrawled across napkins and paper plates, stained with wine and plum sauce.


Deena - Jul 19, 2003 10:34:39 pm PDT #5751 of 9843
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

Huh, now that might be one of my kinks... being stained with wine and plum sauce.


Angus G - Jul 19, 2003 10:44:11 pm PDT #5752 of 9843
Roguish Laird

If William had been heir to a baronetcy, he would have already been a baronet, since he lived with his widowed mother; and thus he would have been "Sir William."

When will people get it into their heads that William in "Fool for Love" is middle class?


Fiona - Jul 19, 2003 10:47:16 pm PDT #5753 of 9843

Well, they won't, because he wears a waistcoat and speaks with a British accent.

And we're all posh. You know that, right?


Susan W. - Jul 19, 2003 10:47:40 pm PDT #5754 of 9843
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

The fanfics I read with him as a baronet or similar were all written prior to S7, when his status was a little more up in the air, since we'd never seen him in his home environment. (Which was actually more wealthy than I'd thought--before then I'd had him pegged as the son of a country curate or doctor or something.)


Deena - Jul 19, 2003 10:49:20 pm PDT #5755 of 9843
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

Unless he was heir because he was the nearest male relative to an aging uncle or something. Still, it seems to me he was middle class, somewhat around Scrooge's level when he was an apprentice, maybe. Though, that wouldn't rule out him being the nearest male relative to an aging uncle. His father could have been a younger son who went into trade.


Angus G - Jul 19, 2003 10:54:44 pm PDT #5756 of 9843
Roguish Laird

Unless he was heir because he was the nearest male relative to an aging uncle or something.

Heh, OK, good point. (Also, true enough, Susan, we're not aware that his mother is widowed until S7).

I think Fiona is pretty much on the money, though!


Deena - Jul 19, 2003 11:02:10 pm PDT #5757 of 9843
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

Oh, definitely. All Brits are the nearest heir to someone with a title, and all Aussies ride about in the outback on horses or 4-wheelers (depending on what movies you've watched) and hate 'roos and drink too much and refuse to give up their plum pudding because it's traditional. Australia has no cities except that big one where the Opera house looms over the ocean, and England is all London, except for the pretty bits in the Lake District. New Zealand has no cities at all, and is all wild, green sheep country, except for the parts where the Maori live. I don't believe there are sheep there. Ireland is all misty and sheep-filled and Scotland is all craggy mountain and deep lake.

I think that pretty much sums up what I've learned about my world from popular books and movies. (Don't even try to tell me there are other parts I missed.)