Almost a year's worth of Wolf 359 research has gone by, and I never got the inside joke until just now.
The definition of "firebrand" in the Random House dictionary:
"A piece of burning wood or other material."
Very fitting for the graveyard scene, huh?
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Posted by USS Vanguard (Member # 130) on :
I always assumed it was one of those "Abstract" concepts, so that when you heard it maybe you'd think "FIRE" or "Brand": two moderetealy cool words or whatever, i don't know what the hell i'm even talking about.
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Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
Actually, I remember seeing the word Firebrand in Julius Caeser, and it said the definition was one of "revolters" or something like that.
------------------ Me: "Why don't you live in Hong Kong?" Rachel Roberts: "Hong Kong? Nah. Oh, but we can live in China! Yeah, China has great Chinese food!"
Yeah, I think "firebrand" is more often applied to people. It'd be someone who stirs up trouble, or "heats up" a situation, as it were. A troll on a message board, to give a familiar example.
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