Yeah, I was reading the Protagonists thread and noticed someone point out Malcolm Reynolds. Couldn't really agree with that, so I started ranting out loud what I thought of the Alliance Mal so hates and why-
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Post your hated antagonists and why.
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Well, I DID say I'd been composing a rant, didn't I?
From what I've been able to tell, most of the Alliance is a group of well-intentioned extremists colored and directed by evil fuckers. Why for do I say that? Well, we have in the show points where it's obvious that on a normal day, some of these guys would be okay to his fellow man, even friendly. It's when you put on the uniform and the mindset that Alliance military and everyone else gets sour. And as per the evil? The secret projects and the behind-the-scenes crap going on spells that out enough. Hell, the Hands of Blue kill everybody just because River was around them for the briefest of interrogations to prove identity. And regardless of whether or not the movie is in the same continuity as the show, the kind of shit that happened there CAN happen and proves that the Alliance is not just evil, but DUMB.
What do we have here? Ah, yes. The self-absorbed rich, guided by greed and status, mostly snobbish hypicrites that are entirely what we hate about the rich and probably portrayed that way on purpose. Still, it's canon because it's there. The military is Yes-Sir, No-Sir, Just-Following-Orders-Sir, and never questioning things like morality or sanity of anything around them. Your average professional ANYTHING appears obtusely arrogant and not caring what happens if it is not theirs to query about. They're just good little cogs like everyone else. This is a kind of 1984 future world where Everyone has to be kept in line or shoved into a little room for the rest of their lives. Oh, and Big Brother IS watching, so much so that they tried to make a psychic to do just that on a level that people can't predict.
They're too stupid to do anything more than whip people into straight lines and think straight and narrow thoughts. The reason Mal is so blindingly hating these people is not just because they're BAD. It's because they're corrupt, hedonistic, jackass retards! And while you can find these qualities in other people, sometimes all at once, outside the Alliance...the Alliance has perfected it to an artform!
From what I've been able to tell, most of the Alliance is a group of well-intentioned extremists colored and directed by evil fuckers. Why for do I say that? Well, we have in the show points where it's obvious that on a normal day, some of these guys would be okay to his fellow man, even friendly. It's when you put on the uniform and the mindset that Alliance military and everyone else gets sour. And as per the evil? The secret projects and the behind-the-scenes crap going on spells that out enough. Hell, the Hands of Blue kill everybody just because River was around them for the briefest of interrogations to prove identity. And regardless of whether or not the movie is in the same continuity as the show, the kind of shit that happened there CAN happen and proves that the Alliance is not just evil, but DUMB.
What do we have here? Ah, yes. The self-absorbed rich, guided by greed and status, mostly snobbish hypicrites that are entirely what we hate about the rich and probably portrayed that way on purpose. Still, it's canon because it's there. The military is Yes-Sir, No-Sir, Just-Following-Orders-Sir, and never questioning things like morality or sanity of anything around them. Your average professional ANYTHING appears obtusely arrogant and not caring what happens if it is not theirs to query about. They're just good little cogs like everyone else. This is a kind of 1984 future world where Everyone has to be kept in line or shoved into a little room for the rest of their lives. Oh, and Big Brother IS watching, so much so that they tried to make a psychic to do just that on a level that people can't predict.
They're too stupid to do anything more than whip people into straight lines and think straight and narrow thoughts. The reason Mal is so blindingly hating these people is not just because they're BAD. It's because they're corrupt, hedonistic, jackass retards! And while you can find these qualities in other people, sometimes all at once, outside the Alliance...the Alliance has perfected it to an artform!
Your turn.