Murphy's Law Lives

Seriously - when I have oodles of time to write fic do I get any ideas, and flow and of them written? No.

When I have deadlines and panic and really shouldn't, oh do I ever. It's been flowing better than it has in an age. Oh yeah, since the last set of exams. What can I say, stress does wierd things to me.

But yes, fic soon.

Firefly Episode 1

Since I am now in a position to watch my shiny, shiny Firefly DVDs, I shall do so.

And, unfortunately for you, I shall post my thoughts.

1 - Finally got to see all of the first episode. I had previously missed the very beginning so I finally got to see the battle of Serenity Valley. Okay, I officially want to hug Mal now. ( About Serenity Valley )

2 - I was struck by how unlikeable Mal comes across. Because in pretty much every scene up to about half way through and ( spoiler )

he seems so overbearing, irritable and plain old unpleasent. For good reasons, but still a pain in the ass.

And then he suddenly, but organically, becomes less so. That's one of the things I like about the series, the characters are smart, stupid, brilliant, dumb, annoying, amusing, cruel and kind, often all at the same time, and that's what makes them interesting.

3 - Okay, I'm sorry, given my occasionally rants about Hardy incest fics, but I'm all about the Crazy Space incest.

4 - Also, I love the theme tune. The theme tune was my original hook into the programme.

5 - ( About the good Shepard, complete with much love and movie spoilers )

6 - Leading on from that. I love the shades of grey, to quote my Grandmother, "He's not exactly Robin Hood". They are not bad people doing bad things, they're not good people doing bad things, they're people doing things that they have to. I also like how the Alliance isn't made up of obviously evil people.

7 - ( Spoilers for a scene of great suspense )

8 - I now recall why I spent a lot of time yelling at the TV to tell Mal and Inara to kiss already.

9 - I am, of course, in love with Zoe and Wash, and Kaylee, and Jayne. Feel the love. It's also nice to have a happily married couple about.