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Aldous Sancros
Carbon-16
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Posted - 2012.02.19 09:59:00 -
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Grammaticus DeVere wrote:Pedant- in-Chief here, but can we please spell the word properly? Its 'reivers', not reavers...the latter is the name from the Firelfy series I grant you, but the original is the proper name for the border bandits of 14th-15th century England/Scotland including one area called 'the debatable land'. As my mother is from that area and has one of the bandit surnames (Forster), its an area of interest to me G
I hate to go all Etymology Man on this, but just thought I'd mention that reaver is derived from the Old English reafere (agent noun of the OE verb reafian, meaning to rob something from someone, plunder, pillage). So, if we're going to really be pedantic I insist we spell it thusly.
I'd rather just spell it "reaver", though. Words and spelling change over time, best not to nit-pick on the details. |
M1k3y Koontz
Taxes Suck Inc.
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Posted - 2012.02.21 16:40:00 -
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Reavers = Sansha, definitly.
Also, lowsec is 100% reaver space (ever try talking to a pirate gatecamp? like talking to a baby that is incapable of anything but swearing ). |
Drew Solaert
University of Caille Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.02.21 18:26:00 -
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Sansha - turning people into mindless emotionless slaves Blood Raiders - drain blood for all kinds of uses Reapers - they'll **** us to death, eat our flesh, and sew our skin into their clothing. (And if we're very very lucky, they'll do it in that order)
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Science and Trade Institute Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.02.21 19:58:00 -
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mxzf wrote:Tarok Nextrid wrote:Not really a good comparison, afterall we can't decorate our hulls with the corpses we collect Honestly, that's only because there isn't an option to though I mean, I know that if it was an option, many/most pirates would fly around like that, lol. I'd put corpses on my freighter. |
Corina Jarr
Spazzoid Enterprises Purpose Built
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Posted - 2012.02.21 23:25:00 -
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Drew Solaert wrote:Sansha - turning people into mindless emotionless slaves Blood Raiders - drain blood for all kinds of uses Reapers - they'll **** us to death, eat our flesh, and sew our skin into their clothing. (And if we're very very lucky, they'll do it in that order) No Reaper's are huge machine lifeforms that like to show their egotistical dominance by wiping out civilizations. Get your scifi right. |
Kush Monster
Big Tobacco
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Posted - 2012.02.22 00:04:00 -
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Grammaticus DeVere wrote:Pedant- in-Chief here, but can we please spell the word properly? Its 'reivers', not reavers...the latter is the name from the Firelfy series I grant you, but the original is the proper name for the border bandits of 14th-15th century England/Scotland including one area called 'the debatable land'. As my mother is from that area and has one of the bandit surnames (Forster), its an area of interest to me G
my favorit raever is jayne because he is toughest and doesn't afraid of anything. How to make mining enjoyable: An Autocannon, Faction Ammo, Your Mouth
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ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors Late Night Alliance
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Posted - 2012.02.22 00:44:00 -
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Alaric Faelen wrote:Sancha as Reavers? Weird f**kers from outside even the 'wild west' of low/null sec that raid into empire space? I'm unaware of any Eve canon that really approximates cannibals and such.
In EVE, the Bloodraiders are the closest you can come to the Reavers from Firefly. The difference between the two are that the Bloodraiders are driven by cult-ish religious fervor (but are still more or less sane/human) while the Reavers are driven by violent, instinctual bloodlust (and possess no discernible ability to "reason").
Drew Solaert wrote:Sansha - turning people into mindless emotionless slaves
I see them as a "lite-version" of "The Borg" from Star Trek... with Kuvakei as "the queen." "Just because I seem like an idiot, doesn't mean I am one." ~Unknown |
Alaric Faelen
Black Rebel Rifter Club
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Posted - 2012.02.22 00:49:00 -
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My wife was a fan of Joss Whedon's mainstream shows like Buffy and Angel. That's why I even tried out watching Firefly, because Whedon is a known commodity, and I like his work. The downside is that he kind of rehashed character types from each series. The archetype. For example the similarity of Kaylee to Willow from the Buffy series is pretty obvious.
As a result, my wife actually didn't like Firefly much....I think she saw too many of the Buffy characters in it. I however liked Firefly quite a bit, clearly there was a fully developed world behind it, but we never got to see it fleshed out enough before the series ended and the movie wrapped it up sort of post hoc.
My only issue with Firefly was the scale. It's essentially a single solar system, which seems somewhat limited for having full on empires, rebellions, and Sancha wannabe's flying about to hidden planets. Also- madness as a reason for being weird doesn't really work for me-- if you're too crazy to be reasoned with, little more than a berserker....but sane enough to operate space craft and not attack each other.....zombie movies always do that too.
You know Firefly wouldn't last long...there is entirely too much total crap to put on TV for anything good to squeeze in. |
Duvida
The Scope Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.02.22 23:38:00 -
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Alaric Faelen wrote:My wife was a fan of Joss Whedon's mainstream shows like Buffy and Angel. That's why I even tried out watching Firefly, because Whedon is a known commodity, and I like his work. The downside is that he kind of rehashed character types from each series. The archetype. For example the similarity of Kaylee to Willow from the Buffy series is pretty obvious.
As a result, my wife actually didn't like Firefly much....I think she saw too many of the Buffy characters in it. I however liked Firefly quite a bit, clearly there was a fully developed world behind it, but we never got to see it fleshed out enough before the series ended and the movie wrapped it up sort of post hoc.
My only issue with Firefly was the scale. It's essentially a single solar system, which seems somewhat limited for having full on empires, rebellions, and Sancha wannabe's flying about to hidden planets. Also- madness as a reason for being weird doesn't really work for me-- if you're too crazy to be reasoned with, little more than a berserker....but sane enough to operate space craft and not attack each other.....zombie movies always do that too.
You know Firefly wouldn't last long...there is entirely too much total crap to put on TV for anything good to squeeze in.
Serenity gave a little more explanation on the Reaver madness, but yes, it was all cut too soon for a better story to be solidified. |
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