Saffron

Monday, March 27, 2006 8:23 AM

I admit, for a variety of reasons, that Saffron is my favorite <i>Firefly</i> character. River and Mal come in tied for second. To me, Saffron is like the true Boba Fett of <i>Firefly</i>, even though Jubal Early would technically kinda be it.

I'm watching "Our Mrs. Reynolds" and "Trash" again, mostly because Saffron's going to pop up in my next story, and she's such a great character. Her humor, her scheming, and...well...she's sexy. As crazy as this sounds, truth be told I prefer Mal and Saffron getting together more than Mal and Inara. Course, I won't be doing that in my season two, but maybe an AU... I just think that Mal and Saffron's dynamic is more interesting and lively than Mal and Inara's.

I think part of it might do with the archetype of the foe becoming friend relation, and how they never do seem to actually hate each other so much as...want to avoid each other. Well...maybe Mal does hate her, but his strange nobility prevents him from outright killing her, even if he will pistolwhip her, haha.

Then again, maybe Yo-Saff-Bridge's just got me with her feminine wiles. I am quite the sucker for them seductress types.

Oh how I wish we could've had more Saffron episodes...

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