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Dukhat
Hater of Stock Footage
Member # 341

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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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USS Vanguard
i hate clowns
Member # 130

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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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The359
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Member # 37

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Actually, I remember seeing the word Firebrand in Julius Caeser, and it said the definition was one of "revolters" or something like that.

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TSN
I'm... from Earth.
Member # 31

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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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