But there I run into both the "other people's history" and the "other people's politics" issues. I could be opening cans of worms without even seeing the possibilities, and, trust me, even from here I can see such possibilities.
Well, yeah, anytime you bring up a subject there is a possibility of controversy. You can't control it. You can word your post well to try to minimize it but you never know how someone might react. I still think it's worth stimulating discussion though. :)
does the Alliance/Independent conflict in Firefly more usefully map to the US North/South Civil War (which seems to be the usual assumption), or to the civilised east/wild west cultural divide (which makes more sense to me, as an entire outsider - as if the cattle barons had taken up arms against railroads, and law which didn't come out of the barrel of a gun)?
I've never gotten the American Civil War analogy theory, myself. I just don't see any parallels, at least not any that stand up to scrutiny. I'd love to hear more about your idea of an East/West analogy.
You might really have something there on Mal and Zoe not having a healthy relationship. I don't think there's any sexual interest between the two of them, but you could make an argument that something is not quite right. I really sympathize with Wash when he wants Zoe to stand up to Mal more and to make her relationship with him her #1 priority. I face a kinda similar situation with my own partner.
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Date: 2007-04-18 01:02 am (UTC)Well, yeah, anytime you bring up a subject there is a possibility of controversy. You can't control it. You can word your post well to try to minimize it but you never know how someone might react. I still think it's worth stimulating discussion though. :)
does the Alliance/Independent conflict in Firefly more usefully map to the US North/South Civil War (which seems to be the usual assumption), or to the civilised east/wild west cultural divide (which makes more sense to me, as an entire outsider - as if the cattle barons had taken up arms against railroads, and law which didn't come out of the barrel of a gun)?
I've never gotten the American Civil War analogy theory, myself. I just don't see any parallels, at least not any that stand up to scrutiny. I'd love to hear more about your idea of an East/West analogy.
You might really have something there on Mal and Zoe not having a healthy relationship. I don't think there's any sexual interest between the two of them, but you could make an argument that something is not quite right. I really sympathize with Wash when he wants Zoe to stand up to Mal more and to make her relationship with him her #1 priority. I face a kinda similar situation with my own partner.