why did wash REALLY join serenity?
POSTED BY: est120
UPDATED: Thursday, November 11, 2004 00:09
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after reading someone's post calling for "non-political" and "non-election" posts, i thought i would pose this question. while watching out of gas, the flashback where wash is being introduced, there is a part that goes something like this:
wash: "a few modifications. could get some real maneuverability out of this boat. you'd be surprised."
mal: "so you'll take the job, then?"
wash: "might do, might do. think i'm starting to get a feel here."
SOMEWHERE in that exchange, wash looks over in zoe's general direction and there is another shot of her looking kind of digusted (before she leaves the bridge and complains to mal that she does not like wash.). was wash checking her out? did that feed into zoe's distaste for wash in the beginning? is this partly the reason that wash joined the crew? this angle was never really fully explained in the episode. the arrival of the other crewmates (kaylee, jayne, zoe) are rather well fleshed out but wash is still a bit of a mystery. any more thoughts? was he just DYING to fly on a firefly? 
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I think Wash may have joined Serenity partly because of Zoe and partly because he needed a job. The "might do, might do" may have come from trying not to appear too eager to take the job. He was after all, once fired from a fry cook opportunity. And he had only about six months (or was it a year?) before been on a planet where the primary form of recreation was juggling geese. So maybe he just needed the job.
And the chance to get to know Zoe probably added to the decision.
Hmmm... I just thought of something. Maybe what was bothering Zoe about Wash was that she did like him (or at least found him attractive). After fighting in the war for so long maybe she was afraid to get involved with someone, so she tried to avoid even the slightest chance it might happen. Maybe Wash was the first guy she could she herself with (I really don't think Bester was her type, and Mal is a completely different story).
Just a theory (and only slightly off-topic) 
Good question btw!! Feels good to get away from the political sniping .
If nothing we do matters, then all that matters is what we do. -"Angel"
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A short apology to those expecting my usual Wash/Bush analogy. I'm sorry, but I'm too sad.
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Originally posted by est120:
was he just DYING to fly on a firefly?
LOL! I had the feeling, and I could be wrong here, that Wash was the kind of guy who always wished he was cooler...who saw other people leading exciting lives, taking risks, while he was just coasting along...
so when Mal recruited him, I think Wash saw Mal as the kind of guy he was jealous of/wanted to be
and he was intreged by Fireflies....
and then he saw Zoe!
so I never thought it was hard to understand.
I think Joss even confessed that Wash was the 'Joss stand-in' on Firefly (like Xander was on Buffy), the way he was dressed on the TV show certainly seemed to confirm that.
But from the few photos I've seen from 'Serenity' it does look like Wash is becoming MUCH cooler...
I can't wait to see that movie!
and
P.S. Thanks for something to distract from the election post mortems, I would really rather forget politics for ...the next...
ever
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Originally posted by embers:
LOL! I had the feeling, and I could be wrong here, that Wash was the kind of guy who always wished he was cooler...who saw other people leading exciting lives, taking risks, while he was just coasting along...
so when Mal recruited him, I think Wash saw Mal as the kind of guy he was jealous of/wanted to be
i like this idea. makes sense. mal does look pretty cool in his red trench and leather gloves. of course, if wash REALLY wanted to start looking cooler, he might consider wearing something other than hawaiian shirts!
the thrill of danger is a recurring theme in so many movies, shows, books and such.
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Granted, he did shave off that silly moustache of his, probably in an attempt to look cooler :)
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Originally posted by Ryce:
Granted, he did shave off that silly moustache of his, probably in an attempt to look cooler :)
true. i forgot about that. that cuts down on the "cheese" factor. also, as you can see by the headline on my user profile, i love the line from war stories when wash says "i am a large, semi-muscular man." when he is arguing with zoe. if you remember in bushwhacked when the crew is playing their spaced out version of (what appears to be) some sort of vertical hoop basketball, wash is wearing an A-shirt and he looks rather ripped. perhaps he used to be jayne's workout buddy before book came along! bulking up to impress zoe. hahahaha!
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I want to give Wash more credit for having a personality before he joined the crew.
He definitely was checking Zoe out-- no doubt about it. And she didn't like it cos she knew he was. He didn't really even make any attempt to be subtle. Put that together with what generally seems to be an understood desire to pilot a firefly and it's kind like handing him the brass ring.
As for Hawaiian shirts, nobody thinks that's cool? I think that is octocool.
I'm a dying breed who still believes, haunted by American dreams. ---Neko Case
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Originally posted by Kellaina:
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Hmmm... I just thought of something. Maybe what was bothering Zoe about Wash was that she did like him (or at least found him attractive). After fighting in the war for so long maybe she was afraid to get involved with someone, so she tried to avoid even the slightest chance it might happen.
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I had similar thoughts myself.
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Originally posted by Ryce:
Granted, he did shave off that silly moustache of his, probably in an attempt to look cooler :)
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