I hadn't really thought of it that way being dumb, but yes. And Serenity switches out of the genre by giving progress a face and making it fallible.

And changing subject completely, I noticed you recced Luminosity's Mr Brightside a while back - she has a new site
(http://www.slum.slashcity.com/lum/eyecandy/) and a new and wonderful Illyria and Wes vid (There, There) at the top of the Angel section. See what you think.