Book Is A Monastic Warrior
POSTED BY: BrowncoatMonk
UPDATED: Saturday, January 25, 2003 21:09
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Originally posted by BrowncoatMonk:My theory is that he got it from the church.
Browncoat Monk
Do you mean that the church he is in works for the Alliance or in crime?
Sensou
The difference betwwen sports fans and sci-fi fans is that sci-fi fans have never trashed a train, booed Canada, or torn a man apart limb from limb.
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double post sorry.. :)
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I can't remember where I saw it posted, but my favorite Book theory is that he was somekind of Alliance operative during the war. This would explain his familiarity with combat and vice in general. The really interesting idea in this theory was that he had sort of an opposite experience from Mal.
Mal fought the good fight, trusting his faith that being on the right side was enough.... when it wasn't he lost his faith (and I think that's more a lost faith in general, as well as religion but that's another topic).
The idea is that Book was on the winning side, but saw and perhaps did things that he just couldn't live with. Perhaps he was even at the Battle of Serenity as well... anyway to deal with the ugliness he saw, and was perhaps even involved in, he turned to religion as penance. (anyone here seen 'The Mission'?) Five years later the Church sees him as reformed and encourages him to walk in the world for awhile.
This would explain his knowledge of combat, his free health insurance with the Alliance as well as his knowledge of the Battle of Serenity, for those of you who saw the original unaired pilot.
It also makes a very interesting counterpoint to Mal's story.
If the originator of this theory is still with us, please take credit!
SergeantX
"..and here's to all the dreamers, may our open hearts find rest." -- Nanci Griffith
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Being a member of a powerful church doesn't necessarily mean that he works for the Alliance. Does the Pope work for Italy?
Browncoat Monk
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Originally posted by SergeantX:
This would explain his knowledge of combat, his free health insurance with the Alliance as well as his knowledge of the Battle of Serenity, for those of you who saw the original unaired pilot.
It also makes a very interesting counterpoint to Mal's story.
If the originator of this theory is still with us, please take credit!
SergeantX
"..and here's to all the dreamers, may our open hearts find rest." -- Nanci Griffith
What if Book was a crime lord, somewhere between Badger and Niska, who fought for the Browncoats because the Alliance interfered too much with his business? That would explain his knowledge of crime, weaponry, and the war. He could have found God after some horrible battle, probably not Serenity, or after the war in general.
As for the ID card, is there anything else linking him to the Alliance? It is very possible that the card is stolen or has been illeagally modified. The Alliance is most likely so secure in its power that such an idea would not occur to a ship commander, and even if he did, the margin of error would be enough to have him treat Book anyways.
Sensou
The difference between sports fans and sci-fi fans is that sci-fi fans have never trashed a train, booed Canada, or torn a man apart limb from limb.
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Originally posted by BrowncoatMonk:
Being a member of a powerful church doesn't necessarily mean that he works for the Alliance. Does the Pope work for Italy?
Browncoat Monk
Sorry, I'm stupid. I still don't understand if you mean the church is working for the Alliance, against the Alliance, or if it works for/against the Alliance depending on how much it will profit.
Sensou
The difference betwwen sports fans and sci-fi fans is that sci-fi fans have never trashed a train, booed Canada, or torn a man apart limb from limb.
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If the originator of this theory is still with us, please take credit!
That was me, Sarge, in the thread, "The Deal with Book". What I forgot was his life-long lack of sex -- a real monkey-wrench in my theory -- unless there's some sort of bizarre warrior caste that practices celibacy...
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Yeah, I don't get why everyone is saying 'life-long'. All I got from OIS is that he never has sex now. But not as in he's never had it. I'll watch it again. hmmmm
SergeantX
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Book is insistent that he never married, so never had children, so never could be anyone's grandpa. I'm assuming that they have pretty good contraception available in the Alliance, and if there are strong regulations against having children if you aren't married, then this says nothing about whether or not Book had sex before taking a vow of celibacy.
The real question we should be asking is why he chose not to marry and father children.
Cardie
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SergeantX wrote:
Saturday, January 18, 2003 01:57
Yeah, I don't get why everyone is saying 'life-long'. All I got from OIS is that he never has sex now. But not as in he's never had it. I'll watch it again. hmmmm
...and once again, I'm right there with you, Sarge. It's in the teaser to OIS, so, pretty easy to find...
It was the best day ever.
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