Feeling better (Ceres and Firefly)

[dangermousie]

Just read the summaries of the Ayashi No Ceres sequels (here: http://www.angelfire.com/geek/tetrisnomiko/anc/ancnovels.html). Yeah, the logic is blahblahblah, but I feel better about the ending. Don't want to murder anyone at least. Yay.

Also was looking at TWoP's Firefly recaps and So. Much. Love.

She declares that Inara is "special," and that she and Mal have certain personality traits in common, like not wanting "complications." Mal, of course, misses all the subtlety. You need to give Mal a condom and say, "Inara is in Room 312. Go have sex with her now. Idiot." That's the only way it's going to happen.

ROFL

ETA: Their write up on the Big Damn Movie is a thing of beauty.

Sample:

Inara finds Mal and he turns on her, freaking out. "I got no answers for you, Inara. I got no rudder. Wind blows northerly, I go north." Easiest fucking out in the history of outs. "That's who I am. Now, maybe that ain't a man to lead, but they have to follow. So you wanna tear me down do it inside your own mind." She tries to calm him down; he's not having it. "But you fog things up! You always have. You spin me about. I wish like hell you was elsewhere." He takes off again, and she leans quietly into herself. "I was." All these folk tales where people, or giants or witches or whatever, take out their hearts and stow them somewhere -- what do you think happens when they get them back? I imagine they act like this for a while.

OR

"My one regret in all of this," he smiles, in that amazed and quiet way he has, "is never being with you." She smiles, gawky, adorable. "With me? You mean to say, as...sex?" He nods sadly: "I mean to say." She looks at him, at the door. She cocks her gun. "Hell with this. I'm gonna live." Fuck yeah! I feel you, girl. I'd go River on their asses.

OR

"Do you know what your sin is, Mal?" Mal smiles. "Aw hell. I'm a fan of all seven." And Joss makes an interesting point here, which is that this is a literal response, and not a quip: "sin" as a concept is meaningless when the defining authority is as crazy -- and as demonstrably evil by the categorical imperative -- as the Operative and his bosses.

Comments

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

"My one regret in all of this," he smiles, in that amazed and quiet way he has, "is never being with you."

Best friend and I agree that this may be the best motivational speech in all movie history. Forget the whole "canna have my freedom" and "win one for the Gipper" bits, that speech, right there, is how you motivate a woman to win you a war.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I know. I'd be grabbing all the weapons I could get, right there!