I just started getting into Firefly and I have to say, it’s pretty damn good!

I was never one of those Buffy addicts or Serenity junkies or anything, but I thought it was alright. I’ve read Joss Whedon’s stuff on Astonishing X-Men (best “X” writing in years), but otherwise I never followed his work. The more people I talk to about Whedon, the more I’m realizing just how obsessive his audience is. In fact, I’d say Whedon’s fans are so insane and zealous, that they’re about one bowl of punch away from a cult. I feel like I’m just being awakened to this whole new world. It’s like I’m Heath Ledger in The Order and I’m finding this underground organization that’s older and more powerful than anyone could suspect. Joss Whedon’s fans seem like they only come in two types: There’s single 25-30 year old women that watched Buffy in high school and college and aren’t getting past that, and then there’s lonely 25-30 year old males that have become disillusioned with the Star Wars franchise and need a new god. You don’t really find people that think his work is just ok. His fans wear shirts bearing his likeness and slogans, sign onto one of the thousands of message boards out there for him (149,000 results for “‘Joss Whedon’ message boards” says Google), and otherwise set up shrines in his name. It’s an almost creepy kind of obsession that is the beginning of a new religion. You either love Buffy or hate it; there’s not much ambivalence to Joss’s work. And as a 25-30 year old male disillusioned with the Star Wars franchise, I wonder which camp I’ll fall into? Feel free to pass the Kool-Aid.

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