But speaking to SFX Whedon said that that any sequel should not try to top the first film. “[It should be] smaller. More personal. More painful. By being the next thing that should happen to these characters, and not just a rehash of what seemed to work the first time. By having a theme that is completely fresh and organic to itself.”

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more painful

more

painful

which means that someone i love will die

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Oh, honey, no.  Understand the Whedon pain scale-

NORMAL – Someone you love dies.

PAINFUL – Someone you love dies and it sends someone else you love into a ruinous tailspin, usually right over the moral event horizon.

MORE PAINFUL – EVERYONE YOU LOVE DIES

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For the first eight years of our marriage, [Michelle and I] were paying more in student loans than what we were paying for our mortgage. So we know what this is about.

And we were lucky to land good jobs with a steady income. But we only finished paying off our student loans—check this out, all right, I’m the President of the United States—we only finished paying off our student loans about eight years ago.

President Obama in North Carolina today on why Congress has to act to prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling (via triskaidecagon)