This Awesome Disney Version Of "Firefly" Needs To Be A Real Thing

I mean, WHY ELSE would Joss Whedon have signed with Disney? Avengers, shmavengers.

This Disney version of Joss Whedon's Firefly is incredible and it's a thing that needs to happen.

Courtesy of Stephen Byrne for BuzzFeed / Facebook: ArtworkOfStephenByrne / Via Twitter: @StephenByrne86

(Check out the larger version of the illustration on artist Stephen Byrne's Facebook page to fully appreciate its awesomeness.)

I mean, who doesn't want to see a version of Firefly with a tiny and deadly River Tam?

Courtesy of Stephen Byrne for BuzzFeed / Facebook: ArtworkOfStephenByrne / Via Twitter: @StephenByrne86

Or Zoe and Wash together again? WITH A HORSE.

Courtesy of Stephen Byrne for BuzzFeed / Facebook: ArtworkOfStephenByrne / Via Twitter: @StephenByrne86

Or a real firefly as part of the crew? Is he the fiesty mascot of this band of miscreants?

Courtesy of Stephen Byrne for BuzzFeed / Facebook: ArtworkOfStephenByrne / Via Twitter: @StephenByrne86

And if that wasn't enough, Byrne's also imagined what it would look like if Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer was animated by Disney, and the results are equally as awesome.

Courtesy of Stephen Byrne for BuzzFeed / Facebook: ArtworkOfStephenByrne / Via Twitter: @StephenByrne86

Joss Whedon tweeted his approval of the art.

Joss Whedon @josswhedon

There's art, then there's Great Art... “@StephenByrne86: The real reason @josswhedon signed with Disney. ”

06:27 AM - 14 Apr 2014

*Crosses fingers.*

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