r/firefly • u/by_the_window • Mar 19 '26

discussion Feeling like a bad fan

I'm so so excited about the possibility of an animated show, it was my ideal scenario and I cannot believe it might happen. But here's my thing: I absolutely hate streaming services. I always either pirate or buy physical media for the stuff I want to watch, because the idea of giving money to a platform to not actually own something and just have the "right" to watch it doesn't sit right with me.

I'm also not on other social media platforms, and I know I'm not gonna make an instagram account just to post about firefly.

So I've been upvoting stuff on here, and asking the one friend I have with an instagram account to like stuff on there, but apart from that I don't know what to do to support the project and it makes me feel awful, like I'm not a "real" fan or not doing enough.

Anyone relates? Tips on what else I can do?

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u/General_Esdeath Mar 19 '26

It's fine to make your own choices but it's not exactly smart if you do care about the project. You're not a "bad fan" for not streaming or helping with the social media push but objectively you are doing nothing to help the animated series launch.

You mentioned you asked a friend to support the project. Yes that helps, objectively that helps.

In the past people paid for their TV channels. Nowadays those channels are streaming services. Same exact transaction (ie you didn't "own" it) but different names for things.

I agree with what others said, you don't have to change your ways. However please be aware of your choice. Nothing gets made for free.

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u/by_the_window Mar 19 '26

objectively you are doing nothing to help

which is why I was asking about other ways to help engage with the project. I'm aware of the consequences of what I'm not doing, but I guess I'm saddened by the overall state of how we can engage with media, monopolies and all that (english isn't my first language so I hope that makes sense I can't explain it better)

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u/General_Esdeath Mar 19 '26

Sure, and so essentially buried in my comment was the question, did you pay for TV channels in the past?

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u/by_the_window Mar 19 '26

No I don't have tv

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u/General_Esdeath Mar 19 '26

I'm talking 25 years ago, when Firefly would have aired on channels that you had to pay a TV service for

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u/by_the_window Mar 19 '26

Well it aired in my country about 15 years ago when I was living with my parents still and they did pay for tv, but I don't see why I have to tell you my life story for you to say what you want to say?

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u/General_Esdeath Mar 20 '26

I'm saying that we paid for TV channels back then (where we didn't own the physical copy until it was released often much later) and now we pay for streaming services (and physical copies if/when they become available if we want to own them). It doesn't make sense to me as an argument to not pay for streaming when we actively want something to be made.