I almost did the exact same thing Sumi, before realizing she was unspoiled and posting anything there would be a Bad Thing.
I'm kind of torn about being spoiled for that myself. Wash was my 8th favorite character on the show, so I doubt I would have been among those with the most outraged grief reactions, and I kind of regret the moment isn't going to have quite the HSQ factor for me when I see it. Then again, if it had been Zoe or Kaylee in his place I'd have wanted to be spoiled ahead of time so I could be emotionally prepared for the loss.
For the next few days, every conversation I began with my best friend started not with "hi" but with "Wash is dead." He would then say, "I know."
Okay, we're still doing that.
Wash is not dead. Wash will not be dead until Sept 30. It's just that we have a tragic and certain foreknowledge. It's the kind of vibe Walter Benjamin would totally go for, if only he had the pop culture lurve.
He's Schrodinger's Wash: dead to us, but not to the world at large. Or maybe he's Relativity Wash: dead or not-dead depending on the position of the observer.
He's Schrodinger's Wash: dead to us, but not to the world at large. Or maybe he's Relativity Wash: dead or not-dead depending on the position of the observer.
Heh, or Joss has alternate footage of the entire last half hour of the movie and someone else buys the farm in Sept.
That would be funny.
You say that now, but what if it's
t insert favorite character here
?
If it makes anyone feel better, none of this'll happen for five hundred years or so, so if we're long-lived enough and can plan ahead very, very well we can avert this disaster.
If it makes anyone feel better, none of this'll happen for five hundred years or so, so if we're long-lived enough and can plan ahead very, very well we can avert this disaster.
Yes, because we know from experience how well trying to avert prophecies in something written by Joss Whedon goes....
Wash is not dead. Wash will not be dead until Sept 30
Heh. This answers an interesting "When is canon really canon?" question I had in my head.
Also, Frank, I'd love to say I could do something this weekend, but we're going into the Big Sale on Monday, thus making the next several days likely hellish.
Stoopid job.
