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Firefly family name etymology:
It’s no secret their names are chosen from stories, a coverup of sorts, but the family does have real names as well, at least for the most part, with the exception of Otis. That’s because he chose his own name, giving it at least some significance still.
We’ll start with him, since he’s the oldest of the Firefly children. The name Otis means ‘leisure.’ He’s a man who doesn’t feel threatened by much. Even when shit starts to hit the fan in the second two films, he remains joking, cocky, and proud. Leisure is in his relaxed bones, even when he’s furious and scolding and violent. Even in the way he stands, with his shoulders sagged and his crotch forward, is a leisurely poster.
The second child is RJ. Full name Rufus Junior. More complicated because of its simplicity, the meaning of his name is ‘reddened.’ While there’s no personality connections there, it can possibly offer insight on his killings. Blood is red and the Firefly family home is deeply soaked in blood. It’s assumed they’ve been killing for the entirety of the children’s lives, though that’s somewhat unclear. However if Rufus got his hands ‘reddened’ when he was young (accounting for the secondary meaning of junior) then it does imply that the family allows their small children to kill as well. A minor detail, but considering the shared insight on the whole family, shows RJ being dedicated to them first and foremost.
Next is Baby. Of course this, along with Angel Baby, are her nicknames. Her true name is Vera Ellen. Together, the double name has the meanings ‘true’ and ‘brilliant.’ She was her parents pride and joy and was named ‘truly brilliant’ after the way she shined to them. However I see it as a signal that she isn’t just a pretty, happy face too. She's also as intelligent as others in the family, despite her mental health and delusions. Thus it serves as a warning not to underestimate her. She’s every bit as cunning as her brothers, in on all the plans, with twice the protection because she’s her Mama and Daddy’s little star.
As for the Firefly parents themselves, there’s Mama. Her real name is Gloria, which means ‘honor.’ Befitting of the common matriarch in the family, everything they do is to her liking. Even Otis comes down to supper and brings Wolf because he knows that would make her happy. After her death, they raise hell and fight to survive and honor her. They made a promise to her, and to the other family they lost, to not go down without a fight. All those bullets they took was to honor her. Her name represents the symbol she presents to the rest of her family.
Except Earl, who we don’t see her interact with. Because of what he did he’s been exiled from the Firefly family, but it’s worth noting that his name can mean ‘lion.’ It would seem the man had a bad temperament to do what he did, and likely without much warning. He pounced and struck and Tiny was hurt, so Earl was no longer part of the family. In that sense, it reflects his nature as a dangerous animal, a monster to them.
His replacement as consistent patriarch and father to Baby is Spaulding. While his nicknames include Captain Spaulding and Cutter, his government name is Johnny Lee Johns. Combining the meanings of Johnny ‘graced by god’ and Lee ‘poet,’ he’s symbolically been gifted his ability to wax poetic and monologue. Spaulding spends his very last moments of life ranting and monologuing in that disturbing and cruel way the Firefly family does. To us, it doesn’t seem like poetry, but his wisdom to the family is important. His poeticism isn’t his word choice, it’s the way he can use words to crush a victim’s spirit, or to scare and unsettle them right into the arms of his waiting family members down the road to be hunted.
The final member of the family, at least in order of introduction, is Foxy. He’s Otis’ half-brother, so he has his own surname that he doesn’t share with anybody else. His name obviously is not a Marx character like the rest of the family’s nicknames as well. Foxy is just the shorthand of his middle name, Foxworth, full name Winslow Foxworth Coltrane. Winslow means ‘grave’ or ‘burial.’ His rescue of his brother, and thus his entrance into the story, is necessary because of death. Cutter is dead, Mama is dead, RJ and Tiny are dead, and Otis and Baby likely aren’t long behind. Foxy is a figure of the family, who is only essential in the loss of life, so his name is significant in marking him with that death. Foxworth can mean ‘homestead’ which only adds to the tragic meaning there. His family is dead, his home gone and burnt to the ground, and he wasn’t there to see it or defend them too. The death of all those family members and the loss of his home is the reason for his determination to save his remaining two siblings, and be included in the family. Baby and Otis don’t consider him part of that fight, but he’s just as wounded by it. Coltrane is symbolic of ‘wild energy.’ The result of the above trauma for him is his manic attitude. Even as calm and flat affected as he can seem, he turns cruel and sadistic when push comes to shove. All of the Firefly family can fit into that trope, of completely unhinged assholes, but Foxy wears the specific name that says it’s a part of him. Showing that he is a memeber of the family regardless of his prison stint that had him separated from the rest.
Firefly, of course, is a name chosen from characters and likely not their legal name, but it’s the one they use. The little insect fireflies symbolize ‘hope.’ The family reminds each other to be hopeful, because they see themselves as untouchable. Nobody can stop them, it seems at least, and Baby has to be reminded of that when she’s in Mexico grieving her Mama and Daddy. The love they have and the hope they share exists despite their evil and destructive nature, showing that they are a family unit deep down. Afterall, the point of these three films was to show what happens when the killers have support and love and family behind them for once, and how less likely their victims are in such a case to survive.
#firefly trilogy#house of 1000 corpses#hotc#ho1kc#the devils rejects#three from hell#3 from hell#3fh#otis driftwood#otis b driftwood#rufus jr firefly#rj firefly#baby firefly#vera ellen firefly#mama firefly#mother firefly#gloria firefly#captain spaulding#johnny lee johns#foxy coltrane#winslow foxworth coltrane
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This was in my fb memories today from 2012
#bill moseley#otis b driftwood#otis driftwood#the devil's rejects#baby firefly#captain spaulding#Cutter#vera ellen#johnny lee johns#the firefly family
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since you wont reply on discord: rest in peace captain spaulding you woulda loved putting raw chicken in an airfryer
i love a man who can cook
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Spaulding and otis kissed at least once during the devils rejects, and i refuse to accept otherwise.
#devils rejects#house of 1000 corpses#otis driftwood#otis b driftwood#ho1c#captain spaulding#Johnny lee johns#spotis
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Heres some sketches of spaulding and freddy in my au when they were in highskool. They used to date
#captain spaulding#Johnny Lee Johns#freddy krueger#Fredrick Charles krueger#Fuck yeah I'm tagging their full names#It's fucking hilarious#My art#slasher fandom#My au#Doodles#Sketches#traditional art#transgender#gay#Johnny is a repressed homo btw#U can't convince me that he's not#He totally is#Look at him#Talking abt Johnny I realized how shitty his anatomy is#Please dont mention it#I drew it in the middle of class during a quiz that was half of my grade#PLEASE SOMEONE ASK ME ABOUT THEM#IM GONNA DIE#EXPLODES#PLEASE ASK ME ABT THEMM#Freddy is such a baby when he was human#But his personality did a whole 180 when he became a demon#Underwood fucked him up#ALSO FREDDY IS OBSESSED W BATMAN!!!#mutuals please interact
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And most of all, fuck you!
HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES rob zombie, 2003
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johnny & haechan // 240310 nct 127 3rd tour 'neo city : japan - the unity'
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Killjoys Month + Scenes | 1x01 - Bangarang
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#rejects#bill moseley#the devil's rejects#sid haig#sheri moon zombie#Otis Driftwood#otis b driftwood#baby firefly#captain spaulding#cutter#johnny lee johns#vera ellen
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They could never make me hate you Robby Keene.
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And most of all, fuck you!
Clowns in horror🔪🤡
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@dexter morgan you are not a sociopath you are just bi and autistic
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I will never be over this grown ass man looking like an adorable little shit.
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The Marvel Bullpen
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#fantastic four#fantastic 4#the fantastic 4#the fantastic four#reed richards#mister fantastic#mr fantastic#susan storm richards#susan storm#susan richards#sue storm#sue richards#invisible woman#marvel#marvel posting#marvel fandom#marvel comics#marvel community#johnny storm#ben grimm#mark waid#jonathan hickman#ryan north#dwayne mcduffie#stan lee#jack kirby#john byrne#walter simonson#walt simonson
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