I'm not sure if this is the reaction I'm supposed to have

[conuly]

or, for that matter, if anybody else shares this feeling... but I'm getting a little irked at how dismissive the writers are of Rygel, of all people.

I get that his shipmates barely tolerate him and are wholly unsympathetic. They've all suffered, he's not special, and actually dealing with him every day must be very frustrating, even if he hasn't sold them out yet this episode. That's fair. But... they can feel that way, which is a valid personal choice AND a valid writing choice, without the show telling us that their perspective is the best and most accurate one at all times.

I don't even like the character, I just am not overthrilled with the writing around him. Everybody's written more sympathetically, even the villains.

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[sabotabby]

I meant Firefly.

I have this friend who keeps trying to fix shitty media (we met through the Dystopia Rising LARP, which has some horrific racist stereotypes, including those of his own ethnicity), and right now we're in a groupchat and he's trying to fix Firefly. And I'm like 1) the show you're looking for is The Expanse, and 2) Firefly's two pillars are Orientalism and Confederacy mythology. I get what you're trying to do but the horribleness is baked in pretty solidly there.

[conuly]

2. Everybody speaks Chinese, but there are no Asian people at all.

1. What do you think about Killjoys? I watched the first season and it's on my list to finish up.

[sabotabby]

I never watched it. It sounded appealing, though.