LawfulGoodness

The way a lot of these characters are written it's as if their own innate goodness somehow shields them from human error and vice, as if they were simply born with prettier souls than everyone else. Many writers will even go so far as to remove any mention of a higher power or divinity for these characters to answer to other than their own heart. Or if such concepts are mentioned, the divine will just meekly agree with whatever their supposed servant does instead of holding actual standards that their chosen is meant to follow. It implies that being Good is something you simply are.

This is a narcissist's idea of what holiness is; the fantasy that you can be heroic without effort or accountability. That if you simply do what you think is right that you cannot go wrong. This is a prideful mindset. I'd even go so far as to say a Satanic mindset because the worst people in history were the ones who convinced themselves that they were infallibly good. That they did not have to answer to anyone for their actions.

Good can sometimes be easy or come naturally. But not always. Being a good person requires choosing to do the right thing on a consistant basis, relentlessly, even in situations where it costs you something or where there is no reward for choosing it. It requires admitting that YOUR standards and values and desires are not the universal good, that your heart can and will lead you astray. It means accepting that there IS something bigger than yourself. It requires facing the ugliest parts of yourself again and again, the parts you most wish to ignore, and fighting them with tooth and nail. It means confessing to the existence of your worst sins and repenting of them. Being a truly good person first requires accepting that you are not one. It requires accepting that you are not God and submitting yourself to Him.

Being good is the hardest thing you can ever be and that is why I find so many of these modern "heroes" so bland and emotionally dishonest. There's no struggle. They have no vices to wrestle, no sins to atone for. They never suffer for their choice to pursue goodness or are tempted to abandon the quest. They never struggle. They never undergo the death to self. They are pseudo-saints that crown themselves themselves with glory instead of being crowned by The Supreme Good for their humility and love. They are fake heroes that are empty imitations of holy people at best and demonic caricatures of them at worst.

Favorite story of someone secretly playing a paladin.

As stated - They aren’t easy to roleplay. If you just play them as ”That Guy” then you probably will annoy folks. There comes a point in such role-play where you’re just a suicidal murder-hobo instead of a murder-hobo.

Any time you role-play a religious character (Clerics too) - you’re going to mess it up if they lose the human element. It’s why I am both for AND against 5E paladins which no longer needing that moral code.

With it - you can potentially some quite masterful role-playing if done well. This also opens you up to the easy failures because it is hard to not live faith quietly and many of us have little knowledge what it might look like. This means [For Example] we default to zealotry instead of pastoral discipline. I have a LOT of respect for those who can role-play faith and who do it well.

Without it - you are a lot more free to define your “oath” and feel less like ”lawful stupid.” This freedom though makes me [DM] see less someone trying to be a conduit/champion of their faith and more of a conduit/champion of a concept. So it’s easy to just be a fighter with a hyper-fixation that happened to grant you divine magic. This -does- free up the role but I feel it loses something special in this ”freedom.”

“Revive my Firefly fan blog” was not on my 2026 bingo card but here we go

Here’s how it was are the facts:

A series of teaser videos featuring Nathan Fillion knocking on the doors of the core Firefly cast and saying cryptic things like “it’s time” and “we’re doing this” have been posted to the Once We Were Spacemen instagram account.

02/23 - Gina Torres

02/25 - Morena Baccarin

02/27 - Sean Maher

03/02 - Summer Glau

03/04 - Jewel Staite

03/06 - Adam Baldwin

03/11 - Alan Tudyk

There has been a LOT of speculation about what this means. The captions on two of the videos have dropped some confirmation of what it’s NOT:

02/27 - Sean Maher: “Some of you have guessed convention, podcast, or cross-over. You are wrong.”

03/11 - Alan Tudyk: “It’s not bobbleheads…”

And several of the captions promise an official announcement this Saturday Sunday, March 15th.

Now that we have the facts, here is my personal opinion:

These videos were posted to the Once We Were Spacemen account. Not a personal account, not the official Syfy account, and not a Disney or Fox account. That makes me think it’s something tangentially related to Firefly, without crossing the line of copyright infringement.

Recently, Dropout (a streaming service/ comedy network) worked with Nathan Fillion on a collaboration with The Rookie. In an interview about the collaboration, Sam Reich emphasized how much the whole crew loved working with Nathan. Following the OWWS instagram posts, Reddit user Levangeline posted a theory in the Dropout subreddit that Dropout will launch a Firefly reboot. In that thread, one of the most upvoted comments is from user Tequeman “Plot twist. It’s a firefly sequel season of dimension 20” (For those not in the know, Dimension 20 is a Dropout series where cast members play different TTRPGs. They sometimes have special guests and mini-series with celebrities!)

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To be honest, until OWWS posted the video with Adam Baldwin, I thought the “Firefly cast reunites to play the Firefly TTRPG on Dropout” theory was pretty likely! But given that Dropout’s CEO Sam Reich is an outspoken leftist, it seems unlikely to me that he would want to give someone so known for his involvement in #GamerGate (as well as other right-wing political views) a voice on his platform.

Time: What Is #GamerGate and Why Are Women Being Threatened About Video Games?

So my next thought is a reunion special, similar to what Star Trek: Deep Space Nine did.

IMDb: What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

I am personally a newer fan of DS9, but I’m sure many more seasoned fans already know how badly Terry Farrell was treated on set. They do address that in the reunion special, and she was interviewed separately from the rest of the cast.

I think there’s a parallel here to what we now know about Joss Whedon’s mistreatment of women in his life. I feel like it might be too much to hope that Joss Whedon is not involved at all in whatever-this-is, but if it’s a reunion special and he is involved, I hope they take a similar approach to the DS9 special.

Vulture: The Undoing of Joss Whedon

We have teaser videos with all the living core cast members (rest in power, Ron Glass), and I think that if we are going to get another teaser video, it will be either Joss himself or Mark Sheppard.

Instagram: Once We Were Spacemen

Deadline: Nathan Fillion Says ‘Firefly’ Animated Series In Development With Co-Stars Set To Reprise Roles; Concept Art Revealed

TL;DR: It's an animated series and Joss Whedon has given his blessing, but he is not directly involved in the project.

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Today, Sunday, March 15th 2026, Nathan Fillion and the remaining core crew of Serenity announced at Awesome Con in DC that they are bringing back Firefly as an animated series called Firefly: Still Flyin'.

In the video posted on the Once We Were Spacemen (OWWS) Instagram account, Nathan detailed what they would need and who has signed on to the project thus far:

"Joss' blessing - I have it"

The rights from 20th Century Fox/ Disney: "They got excited - they said yes"

Showrunners: a married couple who met through Firefly! Tara Butters (Dollhouse, Agent Carter, Reaper) and Marc Guggenheim (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow)

A script - "We got it." A screenshot in the video shows the first page of a shooting script for Firefly: Still Flyin' Episode #1: "Athenia" written by Tara Butters & Marc Guggenheim.

An animation studio: Oscar and Emmy-award-winning animation studio ShadowMachine - another screenshot in the video shows some initial concept art

In the video, Nathan goes on to say that the last thing they need is a home. He asks everyone to like, comment on, and tag your friends in this post to spread the word and get Firefly: Still Flyin' a home.

While it was not explicitly stated in Nathan's video, Deadline's article on the announcement states: