Ages of characters?

POSTED BY: Firefight
UPDATED: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 23:00
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FIREFIGHT

Monday, December 27, 2004 10:37 PM

I'm new to the scene, folks, so if this is up somewhere on the board already I apologize. I'm wondering what are the fanon-accepted ages for everyone? I'd specifically like Book's and Inara's, but everyone's would be great to know.

Thanks in advance,
Firefight

Preacher man gotta gun

BRUISERSMOM

Monday, December 27, 2004 11:33 PM

No one knows exactly how old people are on Firefly. Joss never told anyone in an interview or through the show, as far as I know. So, we can only guess and your guess is as good as mine.

For example, Simon is very smart and probably moved through school quickly. He mentioned that he moved through residency very quickly but he didn't say anything about how quickly he graduated from high school, college, medical school, etc. We know Simon's talented but he's not a genius like Doogie Howser. And, to become a trauma surgeon, he probably had to specialize which takes longer than it does to become a general practitioner. So, from what I know about how long it takes to become a surgeon and Simon's ability to move through the process quicker than the average person but not at a Doogie Howser rate, he's probably in his late twenties, early thirites at the latest.

For the rest of the characters, we are guessing just as we are for Simon and I don't know if there is a consensus.

TLACOOK

Tuesday, December 28, 2004 12:51 AM

I could be misremembering this part but, I believe River is mentioned as being 17 in the movie. So that puts Simon probably under the age of 23.

Everyone else is pretty much up for speculation.

RANDOMLING

Tuesday, December 28, 2004 1:31 AM

I have some rough guesses, but there are no "accepted ages" that I know of. Come on and disagree with me, I'll even specify ages to make it easy! [grin]

Book is probably over 50 to earn the title "grandpa". I'd put him in his mid, possibly late fifties. Let's say 57.

Mal seems to be in his mid-thirties, maybe even late thirties. Lots of fanfics seem to put him at 35 or thereabouts, which has always sounded about right to be.

Jayne could really be anywhere between about 30 and 40. I'd actually put him a little older than Mal, maybe 37. (Adam Baldwin is 42 or so, IIRC, but I'd think Jayne was younger than that.)

Zoe is probably in her late twenties to early thirties - I could put her anywhere between about 28 and 33. Let's call it 31.

Wash seems a little younger than Zoe in maturity (if not actual age) - I'd probably put him at 30 at the oldest.

Inara looks young but acts wise, which makes her enigmatic. I'd probably put her in her late twenties, maybe her early thirties. Let's call her 29.

Kaylee is probably in her mid-twenties, maybe 23 or 24. She came aboard an unspecified number of years ago and seemed to be still pretty much a kid back then. 23?

Simon is 22, maybe 23 - still young enough for everybody but River and Kaylee to think of him as a boy. 22.

River, we have a near-definite age for because of the chronology given in Serenity - in that episode she has to be either 17 or very nearly 17.

CYBERSNARK

Tuesday, December 28, 2004 1:53 AM

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Originally posted by randomling:
Zoe is probably in her late twenties to early thirties - I could put her anywhere between about 28 and 33. Let's call it 31.

You call it 31, I'll call it 28. Or younger.

I've hung around enough (warrior) women to know how this works.

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BRUISERSMOM

Tuesday, December 28, 2004 2:00 AM

Simon made it through school very quickly to be a trauma surgeon at 22 or 23. To become a trauma surgeon you have to specialize after regular medical school which is 3 or 4 years and that is after you earn your B.A. which takes 4 or 5 years.

Either Joss didn't know how long it takes to become a trauma surgeon or people don't have to go to school for as long as they do now or Simon was being modest when he said that he had been called a gifted surgeon.

I guess we will never know unless the question is answered in the movies or in an interview.

TLACOOK

Tuesday, December 28, 2004 2:16 AM

What most people have assumed is that he graduating from high school (or the equivalent) at 13 or 14. Pretty easy to do now, even if you aren't "gifted".

And then finished up his BA in 2 to 3 years. Definitely possible even today.

So that makes him 15 to 17 before starting med school.

Say he is 20 getting out of medschool.

So not a stretch if you assume that Simon was gifted and just exceled in schooling.

I know kids now who have the intelligence and book learning to graduate from high school at 12 or 13. If they had proper support for the lack of maturity almost anything can be accomplished ridiculously early.

RIVERGIRL

Tuesday, December 28, 2004 4:55 AM

we have to go with Simon at 23ish since he sure doent look much more that 6 years older than River in that flashback scene

Also, I can kill you with my brain.

HARDY

Tuesday, December 28, 2004 12:59 PM

ok, the show plays in 2517

according this list:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/reference.asp?r=500
the ages are as follows:

mal: 31 (2486)
zoe: 33 (2484)
jayne: 40 (2477)
wash: 31 (2486)
kaylee: 20 (2497)
simon: 27 (2490)
book: 57 (2460)

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RIVERGIRL

Tuesday, December 28, 2004 1:46 PM

but this would make River 21 and she is the only one for whom an age IS given and thats 17

Also, I can kill you with my brain.

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