Mal: How drunk was I last night? Jayne: Well I dunno. I passed out.

'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Jossverse 1: Emotional Resonance & Rocket Launchers  

TV, movies, web media--this thread is the home for any Joss projects that don't already have their own threads, such as Dr. Horrible.


Stephanie - Feb 22, 2009 1:59:06 pm PST #2 of 5827
Trust my rage

Where is everyone?


SailAweigh - Feb 22, 2009 2:03:31 pm PST #3 of 5827
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Here, here! Wheeeee!!


Kevin - Feb 22, 2009 2:10:34 pm PST #4 of 5827
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

Rockin' shit up.


Sean K - Feb 22, 2009 2:34:58 pm PST #5 of 5827
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Yay new Joss thread!


Glamcookie - Feb 22, 2009 2:42:44 pm PST #6 of 5827
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

Yes!


Pix - Feb 22, 2009 2:50:29 pm PST #7 of 5827
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

Shiny new thread!

So does Dollhouse chat move here now?


Kevin - Feb 22, 2009 2:56:07 pm PST #8 of 5827
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

Should do.


Scrappy - Feb 22, 2009 2:59:33 pm PST #9 of 5827
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Ooh, top ten. Sweet.


Laga - Feb 22, 2009 3:40:19 pm PST #10 of 5827
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Hi Everybody!


Liese S. - Feb 22, 2009 4:51:59 pm PST #11 of 5827
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Responding to sj in Minearverse:

I do see it as rape and not prostitution because I see the question of consent as perpetually nullified by the process of mindwipe. I agree as well that it borders on child abuse to me because of the null state between imprints.

I thought that I would see it as prostitution, Molly Millions style, but there is an important distinction from that (already disturbing) premise, which is the null state. Caroline having signed the contract, she essentially kills herself. Echo never reverts to Caroline in between jobs, she only exists as the imprint or as nobody.

In that sense, there is no one available to give consent. Furthermore, beyond the loss of free will in generalities, there is an equivalent loss of individual choice in specifics resulting in the imprint's belief that every client is her One True. That is far more insidious in execution than Molly's version of prostitution. That the imprint gives consent to the intercourse during the context of the job is irrelevant as that consent is manufactured based on false premises.