Is Inara Gay?
POSTED BY: zoid
UPDATED: Saturday, December 11, 2004 17:11
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Originally posted by TheRealMe:
Mal-licious, the fact that Mal is in love with Inara ALSO cannot be denied. I'm sorry, but I'm afraid that you'll just have to settle for someone else.
Oh, SURE! Ignore me for days and then erase all hope of Mal turning to me! I'm just gettin' nothin' for Christmas this year, apparently...
Mal-licious
Co-Holder of the Red Bell from Hell
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i think that a lot of Buffy fans don't like Sarah Michelle Gellar, but that's different than not liking Buffy.
As far as Inara goes, a bi friend of mine once put it this way: you're attracted to people, not sexual organs. i tend to agree. she truly is looking for compatability of spirit -- whatever body it comes in.
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Originally posted by liz:
i think that a lot of Buffy fans don't like Sarah Michelle Gellar, but that's different than not liking Buffy.
As far as Inara goes, a bi friend of mine once put it this way: you're attracted to people, not sexual organs. i tend to agree. she truly is looking for compatability of spirit -- whatever body it comes in.
Sorry of I was wrong that many people hate Buffy. I love her character. But I've experienced many BtVS fans who can't stand her.
PsychicRiver
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Originally posted by liz:
i think that a lot of Buffy fans don't like Sarah Michelle Gellar, but that's different than not liking Buffy.
As far as Inara goes, a bi friend of mine once put it this way: you're attracted to people, not sexual organs. i tend to agree. she truly is looking for compatability of spirit -- whatever body it comes in.
I agree that a lot of people don't like Sarah Michelle Gellar, me included.
That's an interesting quote from your bi friend and it would makes sense if you were bi. I on the other hand, am attracted to male parts only!
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Oh, and on the subject; Inara is the butchest lesbian I have ever seen! Anyone can see that at a first glance! Fools!
PsychicRiver
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"We can take care of each other. I'll knit!"
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Originally posted by TheRealMe:
The fact that she is CLEARLY in love with Mal cannot be denied.
Thank you TRM. Sexual tension is a two-way street. Inara is obsessed with Mal. It would be like some terrible edit from The Real World: Persephone if Inara were crying for Nandi instead of Mal--talk about misleading the audience! That crying jag is the pay-off for watching these two bicker through half a season of television. Zoid, if Inara were gay it would be undermining the central relationship of the whole gorram show, fer cryin' out loud! Hey, maybe Scully was gay too! And Rachel!
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Originally posted by Malicious:Quote:
Originally posted by TheRealMe:
Mal-licious, the fact that Mal is in love with Inara ALSO cannot be denied. I'm sorry, but I'm afraid that you'll just have to settle for someone else.
Oh, SURE! Ignore me for days and then erase all hope of Mal turning to me! I'm just gettin' nothin' for Christmas this year, apparently...
Mal-licious
Co-Holder of the Red Bell from Hell
Huh. Haven't SEEN you for days.
And as if Zoid and BadgersHat weren't enough competition, you're trying to bring in Captain Malcolm Reynolds himself?
Down right demoralizing!
The Real Me
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Zoid my friend, leave it to you to stir up a controversy. LOL
I think there is more than sufficent evidence in the series to refute your hypothesis that Inara is sly.
As pointed out above, there is the kiss Inara lays on Mal in Our Mrs Reynolds when she finds him unconscious in his quarters and discovers he is unharmed. Her obvious relief is more than that for a friend.
There is the longing looks that pass between Mal & Inara which are more than can passed off as simple friendship.
There is also the crying scene in Heart of Gold after Inara finds Mal coming out of Nandi's room, and Nandi's comment to Mal just before the fight breaks out. Nandi's Companion training allowed her to see through the mask that Inara has put in place about her true feelings for Mal.
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Hmm, this is an interesting topic.
Let's turn this around for a moment, and say that Inara were a man. If he were to welcome a man to his bed, would people automatically assume that he were gay, even if he brought women to his bed as clients?
But one must wonder how many Companions there are out there. We've seen male companions, but Nandi only offers them when she asks if Mal is sly. Are male Companions just for other males? Perhaps this is so, and Inara is expected to service both sexes. If this is the case, then it wouldn't matter what gender her clients were.
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