So that was actually goign to be written? Inara injects herself with something and gets raped. A lot. and the Reavers die. And then everything is just okay?
You always think harder is better. Maybe next time I patrol, I should carry bricks and use a stake made out of butter.
Buffy ,'The Killer In Me'
The Minearverse 6: Fiery Thread of Death
[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. Oh, and help us get Terriers dvds!
askye - Nov 14, 2012 6:34:51 pm PST #3907 of 4535
Thrive to spite them
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 14, 2012 8:15:16 pm PST #3908 of 4535
"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 do recall hearing that plotline years ago (maybe from Allyson?).
Consuela - Nov 14, 2012 8:17:49 pm PST #3909 of 4535
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Also, Inara's big secret is that she's dying. That's why she left the inner planets and went out to the Rim.
Morgana - Nov 14, 2012 8:38:12 pm PST #3910 of 4535
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
The plot of the story Nathan described -- Serenity landed on an icy planet of people who were friendly, but then tried to steal the ship. When confronted they explained that their planet was dying and there weren't enough resources and they were going to die if they didn't load everyone on the ship and evacuate. The problem was there just wasn't enough fuel and whatnot for all the residents and all the crew, so Mal said to let him sleep on it overnight. While everyone was sleeping overnight he put the ship in gear and took off from the planet and when the crew faced off with him he explained that since they hadn't come across any other planets or ships it proved that if they had brought the others along they all would have died, and in doing things this way he had taken the decision off their shoulders.
That sounded like it could have been worked into a viable episode.
Consuela - Nov 15, 2012 7:04:50 am PST #3911 of 4535
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
That sounded like it could have been worked into a viable episode
Indeed, a nice twist on that classic story "The Cold Equations".
Allyson - Nov 16, 2012 4:15:54 pm PST #3912 of 4535
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 do recall hearing that plotline years ago (maybe from Allyson?).
I swear I never told!
Ginger - Nov 16, 2012 4:27:20 pm PST #3913 of 4535
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Indeed, a nice twist on that classic story "The Cold Equations"
That was my first thought.
Jesse - Nov 17, 2012 5:00:44 pm PST #3914 of 4535
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
American Horror Story: I love that this season is exploring insanity itself, and what the definition of it is.
I am sort of disappointed about that other thing, though.
OMGWTFBBQ. I don't know why I can never remember to watch this show in the morning, when I have plenty of time to get over it.
Jesse - Nov 17, 2012 5:09:14 pm PST #3915 of 4535
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also, I swear, every episode I've thought, "Man, that guy looks just like Joseph Fiennes"....and I just tonight realized it is Joseph Fiennes.
le nubian - Nov 18, 2012 8:31:25 am PST #3916 of 4535
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I am TRAUMATIZED by Inara's proposed storyline.
Y'all, what are successful strategies for unreading something one has already read?