brownquotes "objects in space"
Saturday, 07 February 2009 13:07:43

Objects in Space [River comes out of a vision to find herself holding a gun, which Mal takes from her.] Mal: Fully loaded, safety off. This here is a recipe for unpleasantness. [to Simon] Does she understand that? River: She understands. She doesn't comprehend. Mal: Well, I'm glad we've made that distinction. Wash: Little River gets more colorful by the moment. What'll she do next? Zoe: Either blow us all up or rub soup in our hair. It's a toss-up. Wash: I hope she does the soup thing, it's always a hoot and we don't all die from it. . . . Zoë: Where's River at now? Mal: In her room, which I'm thinking we bolt from the outside from now on. Wash: That a little extreme, isn't it? Jayne: Anyone remember her comin' at me with a butcher's knife? Wash: [reminiscently] Wacky fun… Jayne: You wanna go, little man? Wash: Only if it's someplace with candlelight. Zoe: Sir, I know she's unpredictable. But I don't think she'd harm anyone. Jayne: Butcher's knife?! Zoe: Anyone we can't spare. Mal: Girl knows things. Things she shouldn't. Things she couldn't. Jayne: What, are you— are you sayin' she's a witch? Wash: [sarcastically] Yes, Jayne. She's a witch. She has had congress with the beast. Jayne: She's in Congress? Wash: How did your brain even learn human speech? I'm just so curious. . . . Wash: Psychic, though? That sounds like something out of science fiction. Zoe: We live in a spaceship, dear. Wash: So? . . . Jayne: Well… I don't like the idea of someone hearin' what I'm thinkin'. Inara: No one likes the idea of hearing what you're thinking. Book: The Alliance could have any number of uses for a psychic. Zoe: A psychic… or an assassin. Simon: She's just a kid! And she just wants to be a.... kid. Mal: I wish it were that simple. Jayne: Yeah, and if wishes were horses, we'd all be eatin' steak. [Kaylee hears something and crawls out from under engine...] Kaylee: River? .... River? [startled by Early] Wah! Early: I like this ship.... Serenity.... she's good looking. Kaylee: [stuttering] Ha-how how did you.... g-get on- Early: It strains the mind a bit don'it? But then you're all alone.... maybe I come down the chimney, Kaylee, bring presents to the good girls and boys. Maybe not, though. Maybe I've always been here. Kaylee: What d-do you want? Early: [looks at engine with double meaning.] That's a beating heart isn't it? Pull off any one of a thousand parts she'll just die. Such a slender thread.... [coldly] You ever been raped? Kaylee: [almost in tears.] M-Mal.... th-the captain is right down the hall-hallway- He.... c-can.... hear you- Early: The captain is locked in his quarters. They all are. There's nobody can help you... Say it. Kaylee: [breathless.] There's.... there's nobody can help me. Early: I'm'onna tie you up now- Kaylee: [whimpers.] Early: And you know what-I'ma do then? I'ma give you a present. Get rid of a problem you've got. And I won't touch you in any wrong fashion, nor hurt you at all, unless you make some kind of ruckus. You throw a monkey wrench into my deal'ins in any way, your body is forfeit. Ain't nothing but a body to me and I can find all unseemly manner of use for it. Do you understand? Kaylee: [holding back tears.] Yes. Early: Turn around and putcher hands behind yer back. Kaylee: Oh ughhhh.... [moans, but does as she's told.] Early: [From behind her as he ties her up.] Now tell me Kaylee, where does River sleep? [The mysterious intruder holds Simon at gunpoint.] Simon: Are you Alliance? Early: Am I a lion? Simon: What? Early: I don't think of myself as a lion. You might as well, though — I have a mighty roar. Simon: I said "Alliance". Early: Oh, I thought— Simon: No, I was— Early: That's weird. . . . Simon: So you're a bounty hunter. Early: No, that ain't it at all. Simon: Then what are you? Early: I'm a bounty hunter. . . . Simon: You're outta your mind. Early: That's between me and my mind. . . . Early: They make psychiatrists get psychoanalyzed

My Dadoo's Story
Saturday, 07 February 2009 21:47:22

Okay, so to start, I've been a little blocked in the writing lately. While expressing this to my Dad (also known as Dadoo), he said he'd been thinking about what could happen in the sequel to "Serenity." I said, "sure, Dadoo, let's hear it." And he told me the outline of "my" current piece - The Reunion. Given that Dadoo is a canon-only-fan, I listened happily as he told me what he thought happened years after the movie ended. We argued on some points (turns out my father doesn't like Inara's character at all and she didn't appear in his telling of the story. when I asked about her, he said "oh, she went back to wherever" and I repeated line-for-line her last conversation in "Serenity," he said "well, okay if you want to include her...i guess, she could...") and since I ADORE the Mal/Inara romance, I decided to make that a bigger part of the tale. We also discussed River - who I always find a challenge to write - and agreed that because in the Visual Companion to "Serenity," the shooting script gives vague notions that River might be on the mend suddenly, and Joss says in the cast commentary that when she vomits after seeing the hologram, it's a catharsis...I decided to keep her a little on the loopy side and a little on the sane side...but still odd. So...all that being said...I hope you will forgive me my rusty writing, the slightly-sane River moments and the absence of Inara. I missed her in writing this. But I still hope you enjoy it.