Timeline for Firefly: Was the Alliance "evil?"
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| Jan 22, 2021 at 23:59 | answer | added | releseabe | timeline score: -1 | |
| Jul 14, 2015 at 14:12 | comment | added | Dr R Dizzle | Probably worth remembering that in the context of the story, the Alliance are seeking to bring together the planets under one government and are being defied by the Browncoats in the Unification War. The American Civil War parallels are obvious, but it means that our heroes our effectively supports of the Confederacy. I've read a pretty convincing arguement online that some of the most objectively evil characters we see in the series are, in fact, the crew of the Serenity. | |
| Jul 13, 2015 at 21:24 | answer | added | Omegacron | timeline score: 5 | |
| Apr 22, 2015 at 4:57 | vote | accept | Ghost Koi | ||
| Apr 21, 2015 at 19:05 | answer | added | Valorum | timeline score: 23 | |
| Apr 11, 2015 at 13:45 | comment | added | Valorum | Relevant essay; books.google.co.uk/… | |
| Apr 11, 2015 at 13:42 | history | reopened |
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| Apr 6, 2015 at 19:53 | comment | added | Nerrolken | This should be re-opened, as it has an official answer. "Evil" is not necessarily opinion-based in fictional works (e.g. Sauron and the Joker are objectively "evil"), and Joss Whedon has given several interviews where he specifically said that the Alliance was only as corrupt or malevolent as any other government, and that they're unflattering portrayal is a result of the perspective of the main characters. This question is objectively answerable, and the answer is "No." | |
| Apr 6, 2015 at 12:43 | comment | added | BMWurm | And it kinda does have an answer: from Serenity (the BDM, not the Pilot - emphasize by me): The Operative: [to Mal] You are fooling yourself, Captain. Nothing here is what it seems. You are not the plucky hero, the Alliance is not an evil empire, and this is not the grand arena. And AFAIR in the audio commantaries Joss stated that the Alliance is supposedly a realistic government: not intentionally evil, just flawed, after all, humans are running it. Like the Operative says, what he does is evil, but he does it for the greater good. | |
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| Apr 6, 2015 at 11:16 | history | edited | Ghost Koi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 6, 2015 at 11:13 | history | closed |
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| Apr 6, 2015 at 11:12 | history | edited | FuzzyBoots | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 6, 2015 at 11:04 | history | asked | Ghost Koi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |