Paywalled article, but I appreciate the follow-up. As a creative person, I would also point out that acknowledging inspiration doesn't equate to support. - ThreadSky

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hippielunatic.com • 1 day ago

Paywalled article, but I appreciate the follow-up.

As a creative person, I would also point out that acknowledging inspiration doesn't equate to support.

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cosmoshidan.bsky.social•1 day ago

Luckily, I have a screen capture of a paragraph from the article which I used in a comment. Yet, I can't help but disagree, because Mal is a sexist, misogynistic, transphobic, and homophobic, prick, who doesn't deserve his crew, and it couldn't be exemplified by how he treats Inara and Kaylee.

cosmoshidan.bsky.social•1 day ago

I point this out about Mal, because he's basically Joss Whedon's stand-in, especially with how he treated people on the sets of his movies and shows. I would also point out that, Mal is neo-confederate incarnate, with his attitudes toward Free Healthcare, college, religion, and sex-work.

cosmoshidan.bsky.social•1 day ago

Those are hallmarkings of a right-libertarian. All the while, it makes Whedon not only look worse, but it's also the signs of a neo-confederate. In other words, it reflects on Whedon badly. Plus, the network cancelled the series, and thus asked Whedon to tone down the character.

cosmoshidan.bsky.social•1 day ago

Plus, this is still supporting Neo-confederate ideas, because Whedon is essentially whitewashing history, as the book the Killer Angels did (the book claims that corrupt government, not slavery was the cause of the war btw). Albeit, Whedon is using science fiction to essentially erase history.

cosmoshidan.bsky.social•1 day ago

In the meantime, I recommend checking out Starhunter, which was released 2 years before Firefly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfKDDoFrzcc&list=PLD-i946JiVrgUXgetECAaDtE-p1JOLroR

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