So, the Firefly thread is (for some) like the old sweater that your SO used to wear all the time until you stole borrowed it, and you still have it even though you broke up, like, 4 years ago, and you almost never think of it, but when you do think of it, you like to pull it out of the closet/trunk/storage and smell it just to see if it still smells like your SO, and even if it doesn't, you still love the sweater despite the fact that it's old and has holes and a strange pattern?
Fair enough. Carry on.
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And others (like me) think that sending the sweater to Goowill is an act of kindness. But doing that would be mean and traumatic, so the sentimental sweater-lovers probably should get to keep their sweater.
That's a perfect summary, Teppy. It's also why I can see ita and -t's point of view. Maybe I'd feel better if I cleaned out that trunk.
so the sentimental sweater-lovers probably should get to keep their sweater.
Yeah, I'm down with that. If there are people who will use the thread and want to keep it open (and several of them have already spoken up), then I don't see any pressing reason to take it away from them.
I feel like ita, but Steph's logic is compelling. Fine by me.
I feel like ita, but Steph's logic is compelling. Fine by me.
I feel like ita, too; I think the thread should be closed, and Firefly discussion moved where it will.
But I was just trying to understand why some people are so attached to the thread, and I get it. (I don't agree, but I get it.)
If there are people who will use the thread and want to keep it open (and several of them have already spoken up), then I don't see any pressing reason to take it away from them.
Uh, isn't that what we did with SPN?
I'm not trying to open up a can of kerfluffle, but that's pretty much what we did with SPN. The SPN fans said, "We like it in Boxed Set!" but we ("we" meaning "the majority of those who voted") still said, "We hear you, but sorry, you don't get it the way you want it."
I know I lack magic in my heart, but I can't imagine being sentimental about a thread, let alone one I don't even have anything to say in. And also I don't think Firefly is more of our identity than Smallville or LoTR-- both of which fostered active communities for a time, and both of which we let go without a lot of fanfare.
The SPN fans said, "We like it in Boxed Set!" but we ("we" meaning "the majority of those who voted") still said, "We hear you, but sorry, you don't get it the way you want it."
That wasn't a dedicated thread. The Supernatural discussion was impacting other users of the thread (and I don't mean that in any kind of negative way, and I'm still really twitchy about SPN people being upset, so please don't be upset, because I love you all).
Firefly is a thread that has no other use.
I'm not trying to open up a can of kerfluffle, but that's pretty much what we did with SPN. The SPN fans said, "We like it in Boxed Set!" but we ("we" meaning "the majority of those who voted") still said, "We hear you, but sorry, you don't get it the way you want it."
Well, I don't read Boxed Set, but my interpretation of that discussion was more like trying to fit two sweaters into one drawer where there wasn't really room.
