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Mind you, I ain’t saying I can fill them boots, but as Book said, “ If you can’t do something smart, do something right.” Oh, and to change my name to Malcom Reynolds. The Official Serenity Ship Papers are designed to pass muster with the most ornery Alliance thug and the most discriminating Browncoat.”Īs usual, QMx did a fine job of adding little details to their work, and consequently I am all ready to sail a Firefly. The documents come wrapped up in a fashion-grade, hand crafted leather wallet with brass fittings and a handmade screw-down plate. The documents contain endorsements required to operate a variety of ship systems, and also include system maps, operating licenses, safety inspections and a wealth of background material on what it takes to operate a Firefly-Class Transport in an increasingly bureaucratic and restrictive ‘Verse. Certificates are hand stamped with the official seals of the Alliance and are hand signed in English and Chinese by the appropriate Alliance officials. “The Ship Papers set includes 13 full-color sheets of various sizes up to 8-1/2 inches x 14inches.

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The short description is as follows (but the PDF is worth reading): For them who usually don’t click on links, this was another limited set run of 1,500. QMx released the official set of Serenity’s ship’s papers, and you can read the description HERE. Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down, tells you she’s hurtin’ ‘fore she keens. You can learn all the math in the ‘Verse, but you take a boat in the air that you don’t love, she’ll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Main navigation Menuĭo you know what it takes to sail a Firefly?Ĭapt. Firefly / Serenity (hereafter F/S) thus has a more comprehensively developed imaginary universe and ‘back‐story’ than many other films, making it a richer and more fruitful text with which to engage.Photography, Fiction, Travel, and Opinions.

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The film Serenity is a sequel to the short‐lived American television series Firefly, which was cancelled after only 14 episodes. Feminist science fiction offers the ability to reconceptualise what is gendered in our world and what it means to be gendered and a gendered being. Through utopias and dystopias, science fiction extrapolates the ‘consequences of present social and technological trends’ and allows us to recognise that the configurations of our own contemporary societies are also historically constructed, rather than natural or inevitable ( Crawford 2003, 198). British Journal of Politics & International Relations Wiley Īs Jutta Weldes (2003 ) and other contributors to her edited collection have demonstrated, in the imagination of different, ‘other’ worlds, science fiction offers us resources with which to critique our own. Neta Crawford discusses five features that she considers distinctive of feminist utopian science fiction: a focus on critiquing and re‐imagining gender through the characteristics and preoccupations of the text a broadened conceptualisation of the political the depiction of emotions as a valid source of power/knowledge an attention Firefly / Serenity (hereafter F/S) thus has a more comprehensively developed imaginary universe and ‘back‐story’ than many other films, making it a richer and more fruitful text with which to engage.

Firefly/Serenity: Gendered Space and Gendered Bodies Firefly/Serenity: Gendered Space and Gendered BodiesĪs Jutta Weldes (2003 ) and other contributors to her edited collection have demonstrated, in the imagination of different, ‘other’ worlds, science fiction offers us resources with which to critique our own.

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