Ms. Grace: yeah, it kind of sucks. <|:P Also I heard that they aired the episodes out of order and that didn't really help much...
AttackDonut: uuuggghhh fox nooooo
I need more firefly in my life lol
also, River. just...River. I'm such a sucker for waif characters. lol
Things I love about River Tam and her portrayal:
-her hair is always greasy and unclean, because she doesn't take care of it... unlike a lot of shows/movies where the female characters always look clean even when they shouldn't, River's hair really embodies the fact that she has much more pressing things to spend energy on than hygene. I like that about Firefly, it doesn't cover up the fact that you'll get dirty in that kind of situation. Of course, Inara always looks clean, but given her line of work it makes sense that she would pay more attention to her apperence.
-She's still brilliant through her insanity. In a lot of cases, mental patients are in fact extremely intelligent, but people can't see through the offputting exterior. Van Gough, for example, was bipolar, and most people in his time couldn't see past that to his giftedness.
-Her fight sequences are dancelike and graceful, which shows off her affinity for dance. Summer Glau, her actor, was actually a famous dancer before her part on Firefly, and it really shows.
-She has no real love interest. She's portrayed as a brilliant, insane psychic badass child, and her struggle is mainly internal. Making some sort of love interest for her would totally degrade that. Also, her relationship with Simon is entirely familial, which accentuates the fact that she is young and needs a brother more than a romantic partner.
-Her uncanny prophetic phrases are layered with meaning, such that there are multiple meanings that can be brought from a single line. This really shows her visceral understanding of events and how they all tie together in her consciousness.
She is my favorite!!!
What's yours?
