It can only mean one thing, can’t it? Nathan Fillion knocks on a door and Summer Glau answers asking, “Well, well, well. Has the day finally come?” Fillion nods and answers, “The day has finally come.” Spoken by actors who played principal characters in the sci-fi one-season wonder Firefly, this exchange would lead less skeptical fans to believe a revival of the show was in the works. Especially since similar videos of Fillion visiting former Firefly co-stars Morena Baccarin, Jewel Staite, Gina Torres, Sean Maher, and Adam Baldwin also appeared on the Once We Were Spacemen Instagram account. View this post on Instagram Once We Were Spacemen, a title that also acts as a nod to their time on on Firefly, is a podcast co-hosted by Fillion and another former cast member, Alan Tudyk. Does this chosen venue mean the announcements are simply referring to guest appearances on future episodes of the interview series? Not according to the account comments, which clearly state, “Some of you have guessed convention, podcast, or cross-over. You are wrong.” The full announcement doesn’t arrive until March 15, though, which leaves a week for fans to tear their hair out in speculation.cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "106e33c0-3911-473c-b599-b1426db57530",}).render("0270c398a82f44f49c23c16122516796");});Some commenters wax eloquent about the exquisite torture the possibilities these videos present: “I hope you all recognize that most of your fan base is currently perimenopausal and hanging on by the threads of our pretty floral bonnets,” says one fan on Instagram. “If this is a tease, we will make reavers look like golden retriever puppies.” With a week of the rumor mill ahead of us, misguided theories about a full revival are bound to arise, but what else could it be?Firefly is no stranger to clickbait articles and false rumors of a reunion show during the 20+ years since the show went off the air, but cast members have always been clear that those prospects are unlikely at best and impossible at worst. Among other commitments, Fillion and Baccarin are currently involved with their respective cop shows, The Rookie and Sheriff Country; they even appeared in police uniform in their video tease together. And then there’s the fallen star of Firefly creator Joss Whedon…The dominant theory at the moment is that the announcement will introduce a Firefly animated series with the actors lending their voices to the characters they once embodied aboard the trusty spaceship Serenity, and that would certainly be an exciting prospect. But the question remains: will the final reveal be satisfying to a majority of fans of the show, or will the build-up result in deflating disappointment? Either way, the danger that the videos end up being a giant troll is very real, despite the best of intentions.In the meantime, it’s probably best just to enjoy the video shorts for their own sake. Watching Torres look wistfully skyward while Fillion confusedly glances up to see what she’s viewing has comedic and nostalgic value by itself, as does Glau displaying River-like psychic vision or Maher mistaking Fillion for a door-to-door solicitor. Captain Mal Reynolds has briefly called his crew together, and whatever results is bound to be “shiny” in its way.The post Are Firefly Fans Being Trolled? appeared first on Den of Geek.