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Speaking of dangerous questions about TT-beloved shows: Why aren't there more (ethnic) Chinese in Firefly?

Posted by musubi Nov 4 '09, 11:07

I mean according the to backstory of earth that was, shouldn't there be a lot more?

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- Hee. "I mean just look at the realtionship of Wash and Zoe!" -- nm - Reagen Nov 4, 11:21
/* o God, o God, we're all going to die? */ -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 4, 11:17
speculative spoilers - the wrong element, bad guy Nov 4, 11:17 2
- This is what I've seen posited mostly, but it just doesn't to quite fit. - musubi Nov 4, 11:20 1
  - Maybe it's a klingon-style "We don't talk about it" thing? :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 11:22
We only really saw the outer edges, we never really saw much of the central, Alliance-controlled worlds. They could mostly be concentrated there. -- nm - Ender Nov 4, 11:15
"Wu! Whitefall!" -- nm - Reagen Nov 4, 11:11
Think about it. If chinese is such a dominant language that all the back-water hillbilly white folk are speaking it, where do you think the chinese ar -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 11:09 6
- Are you suggesting that the hillbillies *ate* the Chinese? *gasp* (nm) - musubi Nov 4, 11:10 4
  - No, I'm saying that the hillbillies are the spokes (or the rim), and the Chinese are at the hub. - Beryllium Nov 4, 11:12 2
    - I know what you were saying, the eating thing was a joke. - musubi Nov 4, 11:13 1
      - The obvious answer is that Fox hates the Chinese. - the wrong element, bad guy Nov 4, 11:23
  - that's what made them into Reavers. -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 11:11
- "are?" ... darn character limitations. Someone should speak to the management about that. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 11:09
They won the culture wars but lost the breeding wars? -- nm - TWuG Nov 4, 11:08

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