I really like Jayne as a character, though I seriously doubt I'd like him in real life.
Simon is highly adorable. And the Best Brother Ever.
Persephone is Core-er than most of the places that Mal and the other go, but Mal wouldn't spend anywhere near that much time on a real Core planet.
If it helps, they're all in one solar system. "Dozens of planets, hundreds of moons." So, the Alliance is based on the central planets (The twin capitals are Sihnon (Inara's homeplanet and the base of the Chinese-ish half of the population) and Londonium (base of the Americanish half), their influence fading as you spiral out to the Outer Rims. And cheap anti-grav tech isn't much more of a leap than faster-than-light tech (which Firefly does not have), which is to say, they're both pretty much 'magic tech' at this point.
And one of the things that I like about Firefly is the literization of the "space is the final frontier" metaphor. Because it's funny. And I, apparently, Think Like Joss (something that I've long suspected). Joss gets it out in the open, giving him room to play with it.
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Date: 2005-10-15 08:31 pm (UTC)Simon is highly adorable. And the Best Brother Ever.
Persephone is Core-er than most of the places that Mal and the other go, but Mal wouldn't spend anywhere near that much time on a real Core planet.
If it helps, they're all in one solar system. "Dozens of planets, hundreds of moons." So, the Alliance is based on the central planets (The twin capitals are Sihnon (Inara's homeplanet and the base of the Chinese-ish half of the population) and Londonium (base of the Americanish half), their influence fading as you spiral out to the Outer Rims. And cheap anti-grav tech isn't much more of a leap than faster-than-light tech (which Firefly does not have), which is to say, they're both pretty much 'magic tech' at this point.
And one of the things that I like about Firefly is the literization of the "space is the final frontier" metaphor. Because it's funny. And I, apparently, Think Like Joss (something that I've long suspected). Joss gets it out in the open, giving him room to play with it.