Simon and Kaylee

Thursday, February 11, 2010 5:29 PM

So in Aliasse's recent story, the question was brought up about just how compatible Simon and Kaylee really are. Aside from being on Serenity, and Kaylee having a crush on Simon, and Simon apparently being fairly comfortable as the recipient of that crush (with occasional, mostly unsuccessful attempts to encourage her after Jaynestown), they don't have much in common.

Specifically, it was asked, if they were to have a life together, what could they DO together, like in the sense of work? He's a doctor, and she's a mechanic. It could be argued that their roles ARE their lives, and those lives, and what dreams they have associated with them, are incompatible.

But as ever, I'm game for a good thought puzzle. So here's some stuff I came up with.

1) If everyone stays on Serenity forever, there's no problem with their jobs not keeping them together because their jobs tie them to the ship.

If they don't stay on the ship:

2) We could go the route that Mal4Prez hints at, where Simon and Kaylee work together fixing up medical machines (maybe Kaylee could design artificial limbs for amputees) and maybe start a clinic.

3) Kaylee could decide to pursue mechanics more as a hobby, and be nurse to Simon's doctor. Of all the crew, Kaylee seems to be least bound by her job. She loves mechanics, she knows a lot about it, but she has no formal training, so she's not cornered into JUST being a mechanic. And she potentially could love a lot of other jobs, I mean, look at how much she likes people in general. She'd like helping them, and helping Simon help them I think.

4) What's to say their differences have to keep them apart? I know plenty of couples who have no common interests. The wife works one job, the husband works another. So long as they can respect each other when they get home and there's still affection between them, they stay together. Who doesn't love Kaylee? It's impossible to stay mad at her! And Simon is her dream romance, the classy Core guy who sweeps her off her feet that she's always talking with Inara about. Affection isn't a problem. And they're both smart, in their own ways, Kaylee is the engineer and Simon is the scientist, so there's a basis of respect. And they get along well and can carry on a conversation, it's not like there are glaring obstacles there. So they may end up with separate work lives, but they still have plenty they can share.

Really, ultimately, the biggest issue they might have is River. For a relationship with Simon to work, Kaylee has to be able to make a permanent space for River in her life, and even possibly take up some of the care-giving duties.

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