Maybe its because I watched a couple episodes of American Idol this season (something, which I don’t normally do), but I am feeling a bit Simon-esque. So, while I take a break from writing my post-VeriCon roudnup, I thought I would mention something that just instantly spoke to me as … umm… dreadful.
For those of you who are unaware, there are rabid fans of a short-lived television show called Firefly that refer to themselves as Browncoats. If you have not heard of them before, try to picture Trekkies, but instead of phasers, they wield 6-shooters, and instead of Klingon, they speak Mandarin Chinese. Oh, and they are on crack.
Well, these Browncoats like to get together for parties… umm… excuse me… shindigs fairly regularly, no doubt because they otherwise would be attending parties with their complete set of Firefly action figures and comic books and life-sized Joss Whedon cardboard standup. Now, don’t get me wrong. I am a huge fan of the TV show and really enjoyed the movie Serenity. In fact, I saw it several times. But, that is where my fanaticism ends.
Now, you might be asking yourself, “So what? What is the big deal?” Well, there is no big deal, but it has come to my attention that not only do these Browncoats throw the only parties that they are likely to be invited to, but they are planning a singles shindig… or shindingle as they are calling it. So, not just a party full of over-obsessed fans of a cancelled TV show, but the ones who the other Browncoats laugh at when they leave the room. Again, not trying to be rude. 
If I were single, I would go. If only for the following reasons:
a) Sci Fi chicks RULE
b) someone might look like Kaylee.
Wow, you truly do live in a fantasy world. Someone might look like Kaylee? Sure, if you mean Kaylee after she got run over by a John Deere riding lawnmower.
I don’t understand what the problem is either. Browncoats throwing singles get together? Okay, good luck with that. Have fun swearing in Chinese or something.
Here’s what I don’t understand. What’s the point of ridiculing it? So that we can feel like we’re better than them because we don’t play Firefly-pretend at parties? If you don’t like doing that, then don’t do it. Leave the people who do enjoy that sort of thing out of it.
Honestly, Colin, I really didn’t expect something like this from you — you’ve always struck me as someone who is very tolerant of others!
I think the freedom that people have to pursue their individual passions is the same freedom that lets me pursue mine…namely, ridiculing them. It’s fun! And gosh darn it to heck, it’s also American.
Remember, if we don’t make fun of people who are different, the terrorists win.
True dat!
I am glad someone understood that I was only doing this so that the terrorists don’t win. And lets not forget that everytime a Browncoat speaks broken Chinese a kitten dies. We all love kittens, don’t we?
See, this is why everyone wants to be a terrorist. There are like 100 end states that count as winning for them, easy.
Stupid terrorists and their game-theoretic advantage. (>_