Browncoats

[Erick the Red]

Watched "Safe" yesterday afternoon with my wife (last day home before going back to work).

 

It is safe to say that there is no justice in describing the episode as "Brother and sister get kidnapped because hill people need a doctor, Book is healed by Alliance for mysterious reasons, rescuers say: 'What does that make us?' 'Big damn heroes, sir'". 

 

Yes, that is the top of it.  But, there are so many interesting nuggets in there:

 

Simon Tam's flashbacks to his days as a child and young man before he saves River from the Academy give a parallel story-line.

 

When Book gets put back on Serenity, he says, "It is good to be home."

 

Inara (?) corrects an Alliance person on the name of the ship.  Not "the Serenity", just "Serenity".  I thought that was interesting.  Rather than named like a traditional ship (it is always "the Enterprise", "the Titanic"), more like a person's name?  More like an abstract state of being?

 

My favorite part.  Paraphrased:

Simon:"Why did you come back for us.  You don't even like me." 

Mal: "You're on my crew." 

Simon: "But why?" 

Mal: "You are on my crew.  Why are we talking about this?"

 

Applicable to our goals here:  Sometimes we do things because they are what need to be done.  It doesn't matter what your feelings are about the subject.

 

And all of the wonderful personality that pops out.  I noticed the intimate moments when Wash and Zoe joke with each other ("Black market beetles"), and the way that Simon always touches his sister and leads her around.

[Erick the Red]

Erick, I have to ask, where on earth do you get all these magnificent images?

 

I have been saving pictures relevant to my Dungeons and Dragons tabletop games for longer than I care to specify. 

 

I started because people new to the game frequently draw a blank as to what kind of character they want to play.  Showing them a dozen different pictures frequently gives them a way to focus on a character concept that they can flesh out within the rules of the game.

 

I especially like to collect pictures of females that are not wearing the stereotypical "chainmail bikini".  For the character-creation reason above, but also to let the females at my table know that there are plenty of opportunities for them as well to play interesting characters.

 

My wife plays as well, and over the years has played characters from a half-orc barbarian swinging a two handed great axe to a gnome sorcerer riding a griffon and flinging bolts of fire (her current). 

 

(My game that I currently run as DM has seven players: my wife, my twelve year old son, husband-and-wife friends of ours, and their twelve year old daughter, and two sons, aged nine and seven.  The younger ones sometimes lose interest, but I try to spice up the storytelling to hit both levels.  Kind of like good family movies, like "Shrek", that play to many levels at the same time.) 

 

I have found the pictures in various places, especially the Wizards of the Coast website, where for a while they posted digital images of the pictures in their published books.  Many also come from the web-pages of artists I have run across.

 

I uploaded a few of them to an album here to be able to use during this challenge, just for fun.

 

 

Gotta go, my ride is here. 

[Squeege]

I watched "The Train Job" a few days ago! But for shame, Erick! I got all excited about watching "Safe." It is an awesome episode. I love River's dance scene in it, and Mal's line to the villager's yells of "She's a witch!" Mal: "Yeah, but she's our witch." SO good! But, as I was saying, FOR SHAME Erick! That is the 5th episode! Got me all excited, and now I have to wait. "Bushwhacked" is next on the list for me. 

 

And cavemom, that shirt from Teefury was awesome. I couldn't justify the purchase, but thanks for sharing! Glad you were able to get one for you and the wifey Erick. 

 

"The Train Job" episode is great, because the people paying fare start to become part of the crew. They all come together to plot how to get Mal and Zoe back, and dope Jayne in the process. And while Mal is telling Inara to stay aboard the ship when he goes to talk to Niska,  you get a split second look of longing on Mal's face... oh sigh...

[Squeege]

Oh yeah, fitness and stuff...

[UltanBoyd]

 

 

"And all of the wonderful personality that pops out.  I noticed the intimate moments when Wash and Zoe joke with each other ("Black market beetles"), and the way that Simon always touches his sister and leads her around."

 

Erm I think it's Beagles. They have smaller droppings.

[Erick the Red]

FOR SHAME Erick! That is the 5th episode! Got me all excited, and now I have to wait. "Bushwhacked" is next on the list for me. 

 

I read magazines and newspapes from the end as well.

 

I am a bad boy.

 

I could blame my dyslexia, if I were dyslexic.

[Erick the Red]

"And all of the wonderful personality that pops out.  I noticed the intimate moments when Wash and Zoe joke with each other ("Black market beetles"), and the way that Simon always touches his sister and leads her around."

 

Erm I think it's Beagles. They have smaller droppings.

But beetles would have even smaller droppings!

I thought Wash made a box-shape with his hands while saying this.  I imagined bugs in a box.

Beagles are funny too.

[cavemom]

I'm so behind on my Firefly watching.  I haven't even gotten to The Train Job.  It's hard with my boys home, because they don't want to watch it (they say cause they already watched it).  I have failed as a parent.  Today I'm watching a friend of theirs all day, and it's noisy around here.  I might have to watch it on my laptop or something, while hiding out in my bedroom.

[UltanBoyd]

I think I'm gonna struggle. There was no TV on and I managed two. Now there's lots of TV and I'm trying to get that watched. Like new Castle (Beckett's partner annoys me) and Agents of SHIELD. Still have the whole last season of Doctor Who to watch and the last episode of alphas, the last few chucks etc etc....

[cavemom]

Yeah, it's a little harder with fall TV back.  We generally catch up with shows on Hulu Plus on the weekend, because it's so hard for me to watch them during the week.  Especially things like Supernatural, which is way too scary for my boys, but they're not quite in bed yet when it's on.  We watched and liked the first episode of Agents of SHIELD.  I love everything Marvel though, so it would be hard for me not to like it. 

[UltanBoyd]

And of course, it's Joss, Jed and Mo!

[rowan]

AAAAH TV

 

Its weird, but I tend to not watch as much TV these days, since I go FULL OUT BINGE on shows, and following even one or two shows takes a lot out of me.  

 

SEASON 9 OF SUPERNATURAL WHERE ARE YOUUUU????

 

But yeah.  How is everybody doing mid-challenge? I'm finding myself on solid ground with my writing, and holding it together with eating and working out.  Capoeira....yeah that hasn't happened yet.  I'm starting to get to that mid-challenge drag, also, when everything seems to just get harder, and focus seems to just whoosh away.  Oh dear...

[UltanBoyd]

Mid challenge and nows the chance to get back on track really. Amazing how an event can scupper you a wee bit. Now in the last half it's time to move it!

Gear shifting boom!

[Erick the Red]

I'm starting to get to that mid-challenge drag, also, when everything seems to just get harder, and focus seems to just whoosh away.  Oh dear...

I hear you.  Mid-challenge drag is the devil.

I will not let the mid-challenge drag hold me back!

[UltanBoyd]

No, you got it all wrong. Mid challenge is when you look at half the challenge behind you, work out what you did wrong, what you need to do right to make the end of the challenge and how you're gonna start applying win to the next challenge!

 

It's a sign that says exit in 3 weeks, so now it's time to look at looserville in the rear-view, pull into the lane for the winstown turnoff and think about the direction when you get to the exit.

[flyingwonderchick]

No, you got it all wrong. Mid challenge is when you look at half the challenge behind you, work out what you did wrong, what you need to do right to make the end of the challenge and how you're gonna start applying win to the next challenge!

 

It's a sign that says exit in 3 weeks, so now it's time to look at looserville in the rear-view, pull into the lane for the winstown turnoff and think about the direction when you get to the exit.

 

I so want you to be right about this.

[UltanBoyd]

Make it so!

[blubutterfly]

Erm, how does a newbie join this group?  I'm jumping into Nerd Fitness and my first challenge at the same time, would like to be a Browncoat.  I don't really care that it's the middle/end of the challenge, I just need to get moving.  I'm not going to worry about Real Life Role Playing until my next challenge.

[UltanBoyd]

You say "Permission to come aboard" The captain says "Aye!" and you get on board!

[blubutterfly]

Okay then, Permission to come aboard, please?

[cavemom]

Hey!  You are more than welcome to join with the Browncoats.  We don't have a whole lot of rules around here.

 

Is anyone still watching Firefly episodes?  I'm so far behind, it's sad. 

[rowan]

Yeah, I kind of lost track of the whole watching firefly thing... maybe I will marathon it this weekend, and do a workout game with it! 

[UltanBoyd]

I have last weeks to watch still. I will be trying to fit them in still!

[Erick the Red]

Okay then, Permission to come aboard, please?

 

Welcome!

 

Let us know if you need any help with goals or motivation.

 

Once you have a thread to call home for this challenge then we can bother you and stuff.

 

Don't lose a contact lens -- the light is terrible around here.

[Erick the Red]

I have last weeks to watch still. I will be trying to fit them in still!

 

I am too far behind as well.