Nilly, reflecting on becoming a word in her own right (and careful not to wake the sleeping Gerund Monster):
"um, yes, I'm a verb. I'm also a noun. On rare occasions, I'm used as an adjective. And sometimes I'm even me. I don't know if I'm a gerund, though, and I don't think it's a good idea to try and find that out."
Not spoiling.
Madrigal
in Firefly: [T]he gun has yet to be replaced by the laser pistol, despite a number of working prototypes. If progression were logical, we'd all be in flying cars by now.
Aimée:
And leather pants!
More Madrigal in Firefly:
River's fashion statement has always seemed to be "These are my clothes. I found them."
Salad Shooters! People named William! Bird puns!
Dana creating a diversion
from a troll
in Firefly. BWAH.
Wolfram, in Firefly (nonspoilery):
If Joss wrote an episode called test pattern with one hour of test pattern I'd watch the whole thing. Wouldn't love it though. I'd probably have to watch it a few times to get all the jokes.