Your favorite Firefly characters

[ladygiggs]

Mal - he makes the tough decisions, like it or not.

Jayne - cos he don't. Oh, and the hat.

[Faceless Woman]

Dear sweet (not) River. She reminds me of me, except not quite so kick-ass!!!
And Mal, becuse he's so multi-dimensional and yet so accessable at the same time. That's really difficult. JW is a genious.

[davidkedward]

Jayne, cos he gets nearly all the best lines, and even has his own song (and town!) and Wash cos he's so damn funny! And likes to play with dinosaurs.

[Browncoat2008]

Originally Posted by Brys

Mal and River I think, but it's very difficult to choose. Mal because he's almost an anti-hero - he's lost everything, but he keeps on going, and while what he does is often quite horrible, but there's a core of nobility in him which he won't admit to himself. And despite losing everything, he is often very funny. River because she's so unusual. While most of the other's loosely fall into an archetype, River doesn't - she's half-insane, kind, deadly and often very childlike, yet extraordinarily intelligent. And with River, nothing's quite what it seems.

I think Brys says it quite well here. Mal is the great (anti-)hero who does what needs to be done, even when it means making the hard choice when he hasd an easy out. With River, there was something about her (besides being naked) when she came onboard Serenity. There was an electricity about her, that there was something special underneath the surface. Okay, I'm just paraphrasing Brys, but these are my thoughts as well.

[ScottSF]

characterwise I wanted to pick Jayne but my hormones got the better of me and voted for Zoe. Most Beautiful woman in the Verse

[Cal20]

I love Mal and Wash.

Mal because he appears harah and mean and broken but really he cares a lot for all the people on his boat.

Wash because he is so funny, wears Hawaiian shirts all the time, is married to 'warrior woman' Zoe and is her complete opposite and has SUCH great lines.

'Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!'

'I am a leaf on the wind - watch how I soar'

'Right. Less talking. She's terse - I can be terse. Once in flight school I was laconic.'

'Can we all vote on the murdering people issue?'

' Oh God, oh God, we're all going to die?'

'Nobody but Jayne is sayin' that.'

'Yeah, but... remember the part where it's a trap?'

'Can I make a suggestion that doesn't involve violence, or is this the wrong crowd for that?'

' Start with the part where Jayne gets knocked out by a 90-pound girl 'cause... I don't think that's ever getting old.'

' It's okay, I'm a leaf on the wind!' - ahh was sooo sad when he was killed in serenity......



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[Snowdog]

I actually like all the characters.

I'd choose Kaylee and Simon because they're so sympathetic.

I'm sure Shepherd Book was going to turn into a really interesting character with a major story line in season 2, but we'll never know

[tangaloomababe]

Mal is easily my favorite but I had trouble deciding between Kaylee and River and Jayne. I love them all for various reasons. I agree Snow Dog that Shepherd Book could have been an interesting character if further developed. Sadly even if there is still a season two now, Shepherd won't be in in, they killed him in Serenity!!!!

[Anne Lyle]

It was a tough call, but I went for Mal and Jayne in the end:

* Mal, because he's tough and vulnerable at the same time. Hell, I even named the protagonist of my novel after him (though my hero's full name isn't Malcolm, and his surname isn't Reynolds, either!)

* Jayne, because he's adorably naive and politically incorrect. The scene in "Out of Gas" where Mal recruits him is one of my favourites, closely followed by him "reading" Simon's diary

Apart from those two, I really like Wash (playing with dinosaurs!) and Kaylee (fellow geek girl), but of course they're all good characters. If I can ever reach the point of writing half as great dialogue as Jos, I'll die happy!

[Sylanya]

I picked Wash and River, but its a tough decision. I like all the characters!

[Apoc]

Kaylee, she's just so adorable and cute, everyone loves kaylee, how could they not? Even Jayne is quite protective over her.

Mal is awesome aswell, tortured but incredibly funny.

[Scarlett Eclipse]

I love Simon, I think he's a well written charactar who would have been even more amazing if the series were to continue. And it's the same for most of the charactars, one of the thigns I miss the most is the charactars. Esp. Simon Tam. Also I loved River because of how amzingly quirky she is. What can I say? I'm a sucker for sibling love, too.

[Rodders]

This is a lot harder that i thought as all of the characters, without exception, have such great back stories. (Were the series to continue, i think that they all would've had some very interesting story arcs.)

I'd have to go with Mal and River. I just think that from what we've seen, these two are the ones that the story is about. (Don't get me wrong, i love all of the other characters, but i can only pick two. )

[J-Sun]

I just finished watching my DVDs again and I actually ranked them all in order and here's a poll for the top two. I love 'em all but I voted for Mal and Jayne like most everybody else. But more people have got to get voting for Zoe - she'd be my third. Mal is kind of the core of the TV series and I just really like the guy who keeps on keeping on and who has every excuse to be bitter and twisted - and is darkened by his experiences - but who keeps on caring about the people he gathers around him. And Jayne is just hilarious, yet is interesting in his own right. His friendship with Book (weights) is interesting and when he's talking to him about a guy like him not usually having that long a life, there's just a great deal of honesty in his deceptiveness. And everything in "Jaynestown" is gold.

Like I say, Zoe's my third because - wow pretty (though Inara's barely prettier) - and because she's Mal's "right hand man" like Jayne is his "left hand man". One of my favorite exchanges is in "The Train Job".

ZOE
Sir, is there some information we might maybe be lacking? As to why there's an entire fedsquad sitting on this train?

MAL
It doesn't concern us.

ZOE
It kind of concerns me...

MAL
I mean they're not protecting the goods. If they were, they wouldn't be letting people past 'em.

ZOE
You don't think it changes the situation a bit?

MAL
I surely do. Makes it more fun.

ZOE
Sir, I think you have a problem with your brain being missing.

MAL
Come on. We stick to the plan, we get the goods and we're back on Serenity before the train even reaches Paradiso only now we do it under the noses of twenty trained Alliance feds and that makes them look all manner of stupid. Hell, this job I would pull for free.

He starts off, she follows.

ZOE
Then can I have your share?

MAL
No.

ZOE
If you die can I have your share?

MAL
Yes.

So my order, where I'm pretty sure about thirds and reasonably okay with the order within those thirds:

Mal
Jayne
Zoe

Kaylee
Inara
Book

River
Wash
Simon

Even Simon's cool, though - he might not be able to much take care of himself but he takes care of River and "ain't no weakling" and does take care of the crew as doc - even if it means doping Jayne and making Wash go all bendy.

[ChrisQ]

I picked Jayne and Mal. They're just great. I need to break out the series and watch them again. I haven't in a while.

It was actually a toss up between Jayne and Zoe. She's just funny, bright, and quirky. Well, they're all great really.