Halcyon Repose

I have been a fan of Joss Whedon’s for a really long time. My friend Shane got me into Buffy the Vampire Slayer at the beginning of the second season, and I never really looked back. When he spawned off Angel, I added it to my list of must see TV and when he started Firefly, I was really excited about the fresh start he was making with the show.

Joss’s writing has always had an indefinable something for me that always kept me coming back for more. He can take some serious issues, and tackle them in a way that brings out the humor and yet still stays poignant. His dialogue is always witty, and he has a way of giving his characters a voice or style of speaking that is instantly recognizable. Every character interacts with everyone else as a person, not a plot device, yet they still fulfill the same purpose in the end. I know that Joss must spend much of his time working on his projects, but some how they come off so brilliantly tongue in cheek that they seem to spring fully formed from his mind.

It saddens me that I don’t get my dose of Joss every week now. Firefly was cancelled, and Buffy and Angel both drew to a close, so I feel like there is a hole in my life, and it is Joss shaped. I can only hope that Serenity does well enough to warrant some more movies, and that Joss can continue to work his magic. He is working on the screen play for Wonder Woman, so gives me good hopes for the film, and he also works on a number of comic books, which causes the little geek in me to squeal like a little girl. I haven’t done comics in ages, but I would go back for Joss.

Finally the whole reason for this little Joss tribute has to do with an article written by Orson Scott Card about Serenity. I have read numerous books by Orson, chief among them the Ender’s Game and the Seventh Son books. His character development is some of the best I have seen, and for him to give props to Joss in this way really raises my opinion of both of them.