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* AccidentalAesop: The Core Worlds are [[CrystalSpiresAndTogas peaceful and prosperous]], but [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem the government can do damn near anything they want]] to their citizens as long as they can [[IDidWhatIHadToDo justify it]] -- such as [[PlayingWithSyringes cut up little girls' brains]] or [[spoiler:dose [[GovernmentDrugEnforcement entire planets with mind control drugs]]]]. The Rim Worlds are [[CrapsackWorld anarchic and destitute]], but [[ItsUpToYou you can always look your accuser in the eye and settle it one way or another]] -- or even [[TrainingThePeacefulVillagers round up a posse of fellow victims and exact some frontier justice]]. The argument seems to be that ''[[OrderVersusChaos a healthy civilization needs both]]'' and any attempt to [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans "rid the world of sin"]] will do [[GoneHorriblyWrong nothing but harm]] in [[GoneHorriblyRight the long run]].
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** The Core Worlds are [[CrystalSpiresAndTogas peaceful and prosperous]], but [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem the government can do damn near anything they want]] to their citizens as long as they can [[IDidWhatIHadToDo justify it]] -- such as [[PlayingWithSyringes cut up little girls' brains]] or [[spoiler:dose [[GovernmentDrugEnforcement entire planets with mind control drugs]]]]. The Rim Worlds are [[CrapsackWorld anarchic and destitute]], but [[ItsUpToYou you can always look your accuser in the eye and settle it one way or another]] -- or even [[TrainingThePeacefulVillagers round up a posse of fellow victims and exact some frontier justice]]. The argument seems to be that ''[[OrderVersusChaos a healthy civilization needs both]]'' and any attempt to [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans "rid the world of sin"]] will do [[GoneHorriblyWrong nothing but harm]] in [[GoneHorriblyRight the longrun]].run]].
** Whedon has said the show was a sci fi take on the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Confederacy]] after their loss. However in the show itself the Alliance has legalized slavery over a decade after the Unification War [[note]]Shindig's opener has a man encouraging Mal to traffic in slaves, and confirms that slaves are used for Terraforming crews by The Alliance[[/note]], explicitly invaded a series of sovereign nations to enforce its will on them [[note]] the ExpandedUniverse confirms that the Rim Worlds had no unified governments and had only ever collaborated for interplanetary mail deliveries[[/note]], and is largely run entirely by megacorps[[note]] The BigDamnMovie confirms that Blue Sun were behind the program that tortured River and similarly had the full backing of "the minds behind every operation in the galaxy"[[/note]] with a government made up exclusively of a senatorial parliament. Meanwhile in real life the US Confederacy noted in several of their individual articles of secession from the US that they were doing so because the Union had refused to allow them to invade northern states in pursuit of re-enslaving "escaped slaves" (or more realistically, enslaving random blacks) under the Fugitive Slave Acts, the US had passed the 13th Amendment banning slavery before the end of the Civil War itself[[note]] The war officially ended May 1865, the Senate and House had ratified the 13th Amendment by January 1865, with the ratification by 27 of 36 states by December of 1865[[/note]], and the Southern governments were largely run by nepotistic families with ties to the plantation "corporations" of the day. And the US Senate largely exists (along with the 3/5ths compromise) because Slave States were worried they'd lack the ability to overrule northern states due to the freemen population disparity. If anything, Firefly appears like a sci-fi take on a universe [[Film/CSATheConfederateStatesOfAmerica where the Confederacy ''won''.]]
** The Core Worlds are [[CrystalSpiresAndTogas peaceful and prosperous]], but [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem the government can do damn near anything they want]] to their citizens as long as they can [[IDidWhatIHadToDo justify it]] -- such as [[PlayingWithSyringes cut up little girls' brains]] or [[spoiler:dose [[GovernmentDrugEnforcement entire planets with mind control drugs]]]]. The Rim Worlds are [[CrapsackWorld anarchic and destitute]], but [[ItsUpToYou you can always look your accuser in the eye and settle it one way or another]] -- or even [[TrainingThePeacefulVillagers round up a posse of fellow victims and exact some frontier justice]]. The argument seems to be that ''[[OrderVersusChaos a healthy civilization needs both]]'' and any attempt to [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans "rid the world of sin"]] will do [[GoneHorriblyWrong nothing but harm]] in [[GoneHorriblyRight the long
** Whedon has said the show was a sci fi take on the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Confederacy]] after their loss. However in the show itself the Alliance has legalized slavery over a decade after the Unification War [[note]]Shindig's opener has a man encouraging Mal to traffic in slaves, and confirms that slaves are used for Terraforming crews by The Alliance[[/note]], explicitly invaded a series of sovereign nations to enforce its will on them [[note]] the ExpandedUniverse confirms that the Rim Worlds had no unified governments and had only ever collaborated for interplanetary mail deliveries[[/note]], and is largely run entirely by megacorps[[note]] The BigDamnMovie confirms that Blue Sun were behind the program that tortured River and similarly had the full backing of "the minds behind every operation in the galaxy"[[/note]] with a government made up exclusively of a senatorial parliament. Meanwhile in real life the US Confederacy noted in several of their individual articles of secession from the US that they were doing so because the Union had refused to allow them to invade northern states in pursuit of re-enslaving "escaped slaves" (or more realistically, enslaving random blacks) under the Fugitive Slave Acts, the US had passed the 13th Amendment banning slavery before the end of the Civil War itself[[note]] The war officially ended May 1865, the Senate and House had ratified the 13th Amendment by January 1865, with the ratification by 27 of 36 states by December of 1865[[/note]], and the Southern governments were largely run by nepotistic families with ties to the plantation "corporations" of the day. And the US Senate largely exists (along with the 3/5ths compromise) because Slave States were worried they'd lack the ability to overrule northern states due to the freemen population disparity. If anything, Firefly appears like a sci-fi take on a universe [[Film/CSATheConfederateStatesOfAmerica where the Confederacy ''won''.]]
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*** The scene where Crow gets introduced to ''Serenity's'' engine intake is likely to have this effect. A hero killing an unarmed, defeated villain for refusing an offer (and [[OffingTheMouth a little bit of mouthing off]]), can be shocking. Following that up by taking the next mook, planting him in the exact same spot, and starting to give him the same offer delivered in exactly the same tone, with said mook rushing to agree with the hero before he's even finished a sentence is pretty hilarious.
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*** The scene where Crow gets is introduced to ''Serenity's'' engine intake is likely to have this effect. A hero killing an unarmed, defeated villain for refusing an offer (and [[OffingTheMouth a little bit of mouthing off]]), can be shocking. Following that up by taking the next mook, planting him in the exact same spot, and starting to give him the same offer delivered in exactly the same tone, with said mook rushing to agree with the hero before he's even finished a sentence is pretty hilarious.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: WebVideo/BennettTheSage points out various similarities between ''Firefly'' and ''Anime/OutlawStar'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd6r6gIyirQ&lc=Ugh14g3d_wmpNXgCoAEC here]].
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** WebVideo/BennettTheSage points out various similarities between ''Firefly'' and ''Anime/OutlawStar'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd6r6gIyirQ&lc=Ugh14g3d_wmpNXgCoAEChere]].here]].
** ''Film/AlienResurrection'', as pointed out by Michael Marano in the essay ''River Tam and the Weaponized Women of the Whedonverse''. ''Firefly'' and ''Resurrection'' share many character archetypes and plot elements (notably the "Weaponized Woman" in the form of Clone Ripley and River Tam). It's evident that Joss Whedon had his work on ''Resurrection'' in the back of his mind while he was working on this series.
** WebVideo/BennettTheSage points out various similarities between ''Firefly'' and ''Anime/OutlawStar'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd6r6gIyirQ&lc=Ugh14g3d_wmpNXgCoAEC
** ''Film/AlienResurrection'', as pointed out by Michael Marano in the essay ''River Tam and the Weaponized Women of the Whedonverse''. ''Firefly'' and ''Resurrection'' share many character archetypes and plot elements (notably the "Weaponized Woman" in the form of Clone Ripley and River Tam). It's evident that Joss Whedon had his work on ''Resurrection'' in the back of his mind while he was working on this series.
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* A lot of the more [[BlackComedy sadistic jokes]] like the gory and [[SurprisinglySuddenDeath sudden]] demise of characters, take on an uncomfortable light in the wake of Creator/JossWhedon being exposed for [[PrimadonnaDirector abusive behaviour]], even turning one instance of having made a crewmember cry into an anegdote, making these scenes feel like he was [[AuthorAppeal indulging himself.]]
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* A lot of the more [[BlackComedy sadistic jokes]] like the gory and [[SurprisinglySuddenDeath sudden]] demise of characters, take on an uncomfortable light in the wake of Creator/JossWhedon being exposed for [[PrimadonnaDirector abusive behaviour]], even making one instance of having made a member of his crew cry into an anegdote, making these scenes feel llike he was [[AuthorAppeal indulging himself.]]
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* A lot of the more [[BlackComedy sadistic jokes]] like the gory and [[SurprisinglySuddenDeath sudden]] demise of characters, take on an uncomfortable light in the wake of Creator/JossWhedon being exposed for [[PrimadonnaDirector abusive behaviour]], even making turning one instance of having made a member of his crew crewmember cry into an anegdote, making these scenes feel llike like he was [[AuthorAppeal indulging himself.]]
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*A lot of the more [[BlackComedy sadistic jokes]] like the gory and [[SurprisinglySuddenDeath sudden]] demise of characters, take on an uncomfortable light in the wake of Creator/JossWhedon being exposed for [[PrimadonnaDirector abusive behaviour]], even making one instance of having made a member of his crew cry into an anegdote, making these scenes feel llike he was [[AuthorAppeal indulging himself.]]
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** Between Kaylee and Inara and Kaylee and River, with the former especially noticeable in "[[Recap/FireflyE10WarStories War Stories]]", the latter in "[[Recap/FireflyE01Serenity Serenity]]" and "[[Recap/FireflyE14ObjectsInSpace Objects In Space]]".
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** Between Kaylee and Inara and Kaylee and River, with the former especially noticeable in "[[Recap/FireflyE10WarStories War Stories]]", the latter in "[[Recap/FireflyE01Serenity Serenity]]" and "[[Recap/FireflyE14ObjectsInSpace Objects In Space]]". Inara is canonically bisexual and is close friends with Kaylee, a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak who is often curious about Inara's business as a [[HighClassCallGirl Companion]], and there's a rather intimate, though platonic, scene of Inara brushing Kaylee's hair in "[[Recap/FireflyE02TheTrainJob The Train Job]]" with her Companion {{leitmotif}} playing over it.
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If it's deliberate, it's Homoerotic Subtext. Ho Yay is about fan interpretations. Les Yay is also a redirect to Ho Yay so I combined them.
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*** Niska is an awful person through and through, but you can't help chuckling when he grumbles resignedly about how he's going to get an earful from his wife at dinner for killing her nephew (the upside-down corpse he showed Mal as a warning not to screw with him).
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*** Niska is an awful person through and through, but you can't help chuckling when he grumbles resignedly about how he's going to get an earful from his wife at dinner for killing her nephew (the nephew--i.e. the upside-down corpse he just showed Mal as a warning not to screw with him).him.
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** Saffron is popular for two reasons: she's one of the recurring antagonists in this very short-lived series, making her an individual ArchEnemy, andbeing hot.
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** Saffron is popular for two reasons: because she's one of the few recurring antagonists in this very short-lived series, making her an individual ArchEnemy, andbeing hot.and because she's a hot, buxom redhead played by Creator/ChristinaHendricks.
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'''Kaylee:''' Yeah. One of them's [[Series/DoctorWho a doctor]].
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'''Kaylee:''' Yeah. One of them's [[Series/DoctorWho a doctor]].
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** According to Creator/AdamBaldwin, there would have been deliberate HoYay between Simon and Jayne if the series had not been canceled. Creator/SeanMaher also stated in a convention interview that he believed Simon had a crush on Jayne, something that would likely have been used in a future storyline.
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** According to Creator/AdamBaldwin, there would have been deliberate HoYay HomoeroticSubtext between Simon and Jayne if the series had not been canceled. Creator/SeanMaher also stated in a convention interview that he believed Simon had a crush on Jayne, something that would likely have been used in a future storyline.
** Between Kaylee and Inara and Kaylee and River, with the former especially noticeable in "[[Recap/FireflyE10WarStories War Stories]]", the latter in "[[Recap/FireflyE01Serenity Serenity]]" and "[[Recap/FireflyE14ObjectsInSpace Objects In Space]]".
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* LesYay: Between Kaylee and Inara and Kaylee and River, with the former especially noticeable in "[[Recap/FireflyE10WarStories War Stories]]", the latter in "[[Recap/FireflyE01Serenity Serenity]]" and "[[Recap/FireflyE14ObjectsInSpace Objects In Space]]".
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