Valentine's Day in the fandom

A very special day where the two main rival shipping factions count up the number of mentions that their favourite couple get online and then declare victory.

The big pairing question

Seeing as it's Valentine's Day, I asked "Which couple is the definitive Whedonverse pairing?". Many of our Whedonesque Twitter followers responded. Which couple gets the most mentions? Well it's not Buffy/Parker.

Follow the responses at http://twitter.com/#search?q=whedonesque

The funniest Whedonverse merchandising ever

Did you know there was once serious plans to release Serenity Spirit Animals? Honestly, god's truth. There's a pic of the Mal Fox in this thread. It always cheers me up. Especially the description.

What makes Malcolm Reynolds a great leader? He's clever, instinctive and fiercely protective. He's also wry, mischievous and tenderly sentimental. Let's face it: He's a fox. A wily gray one who's on alert with a hungry, faraway gaze.

Thanks to much derision and accusations of milking the fandom dry, QMx never released the product and all mention of the Serenity Spirit Animals mysteriously disappeared from their site.