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Date Posted: 12:25:38 10/08/05 Sat
Author: Tchaikovsky
Subject: One thought on that line, (major spoilers)
In reply to: OnM 's message, "Comments on "Serenity" (*** SPOILERS ***)" on 10:55:07 10/08/05 Sat

It seems to me here that Whedon is prompting us not just to revel in cod-poetic beauty, but to realise the outcomes of what we claim. 'A leaf in the wind' may soar for a short period of time, but when the dust settles and serenity sets in it falls to the ground, already dead. Of course, the tree lives on.

I didn't understand the line, and then with a kind of horrid recognition, until Wash got stabbed through the chest like a leaf on a rake. Brutal, but resonant.

TCH

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Re: One thought on that line, (major spoilers) -- aycheb, 14:31:08 10/08/05 Sat
- That's lovely -- Tchaikovsky, 15:42:26 10/08/05 Sat
  - Re: That's lovely -- Rob, 00:35:25 10/09/05 Sun
- I've never read a poem, (major spoilers) -- Jay, 17:40:40 10/09/05 Sun
  - any of three -- anom, 21:46:43 10/09/05 Sun
Re: One thought on that line, (major spoilers) -- anom, 10:46:51 10/09/05 Sun
- Agreed -- Tchaikovsky, 08:31:25 10/10/05 Mon
Re: One thought on that line, (major spoilers) -- dub, 17:50:30 10/09/05 Sun
- Re: One thought on that line, (major spoilers) -- Dandy, 18:14:50 10/09/05 Sun
  - That line also references -- Dandy, 20:52:23 10/10/05 Mon
    - Re: That line also references -- Meritaten, 00:13:16 10/12/05 Wed
      - Re: That line also references -- Mark, 06:07:17 10/12/05 Wed
        Dialogue quote -- Dandy, 07:04:07 10/12/05 Wed
- Re: One thought on that line, (major spoilers) -- CW, 20:22:12 10/09/05 Sun
- Yes -- Tchaikovsky, 08:27:54 10/10/05 Mon
Re: One thought on that line, (major spoilers) -- Ann, 15:04:12 10/10/05 Mon
- y'know, the 1st time i heard that line, i was thinking... -- anom, 17:06:31 10/10/05 Mon
- You know what? -- Tchaikovsky, 05:49:24 10/11/05 Tue
  - Since all roads lead to Alan Ball... -- Rob, 12:20:55 10/11/05 Tue
    - I thought of this too. Glad you mentioned it (NT) -- Dandy, 15:12:48 10/11/05 Tue
    - Re: Since all roads lead to Alan Ball... -- Celebaelin, 17:06:27 10/12/05 Wed
      - Sorry, I was being esoteric. The plastic bag is arguably the key scene of "American Beauty." (NT) -- Rob, 18:36:44 10/12/05 Wed
        Thanks, I'm not always up to scratch on filmic references (obviously) (NT) -- Celebaelin, 20:10:24 10/12/05 Wed
      - Rob do you still... -- AngelVSangelus, 21:29:31 10/24/05 Mon

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