What Wouldn’t I Do For My Brother?

We need something happy to read and I was going to get this done before going to see Splice but there is no time like the present!

I recently rewatched all of Firefly with my hetero-life mate and a funny thing happened along the way. Firefly for those of you that don’t know is a brilliant show created by Joss Whedon that Fox murdered in its sleep. (I hate you sometimes Fox. For reals.) This space western revolved around a crew of unlawful miscreants and their marvelous misadventures. Recipe for awesomeness is what I like to call it.

Two of the characters on the show, though, are a brother and a sister. The first time I watched it I wasn’t particularly interested in them because he’s kind of a whiner and she’s the kind of crazy you read about, but this time through I found myself significantly more connected to their story.

River Tam is a genius (just like me) and the government kidnaps her, more or less, and experiments on her brain. (Not so much like me.) Simon, her brother, spends his fortune to save her and gives up everything to go on the lamb and keep her safe. Much like the Sam and Frodo moment watching these episodes through again all of a sudden--I got it. Like almost started crying got it. (I’m a hormonal woman. Don’t judge me. I’ll kill you.)

But here’s the thing: watching Simon and River try to run from the authorities, deal with River’s mind being almost completely destroyed, and never knowing where they are going to be or how they are going to survive I turned to my friend and said: “You know what? If I had to give up everything to save my brother and keep him safe it wouldn’t even be a question.” And the funny thing is I’m being truthful.

Sometimes you look at a situation and you think, I hope I would react in such and such a way. But sometimes, not often but sometimes, you look at a situation and you absolutely know what you would do. It’s not a theory or a question; you know what you would do because there is literally no other option. Watching Firefly through this time I realized that if anyone messed with my brother’s welfare I would do whatever I had to--no question. My life, my degrees, everything wouldn’t matter at all if he was suffering and I could stop it.

Now, there are the very real problems that I am neither a super spy nor sneaky and so any attempt to save him might very well result in both of our deaths, but I would try gosh darn it! I would just higher someone else to do the sneaky parts. It’s all about anticipating your weaknesses and planning for them.

And finally…

How about Gina Torres for Wonder Woman?! She plays Zoe in the show, “the soldier”, and she would be perfect! Look at this picture!



We’ve found our woman. Of course, there will never be a script or a movie. But it’s good to know we’ve got the thing cast.