Book: Hero or Villain?

POSTED BY: Lofwyrr
UPDATED: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 06:26
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Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:36 AM

well, those of you who watched the video
from Sunday's Wizard World Con in LA
now know the truth....
yes, Nathan let slip the fake spoiler,
the TRUTH about Book's past is that he was a

Select to view spoiler:

LANDSCAPER!

we should have seen it!

PS: I just love reviving a long dead thread....

ZOID

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:01 AM

TheGreyJedi:

I wouldn't place too much stock on anything issuing from the mouth of Jubal Early. Remember: When Simon asks him if he's a bounty hunter, he says "No, that ain't it at all... I'm a bounty hunter." River proves quite convincingly (and he admits) that he's not all there in the head, that he's not right in the head. There's enough evidence to take it as a given that Jubal is not only amoral, he's delusional.

On the other hand, I will buy the argument that Jubal could see the way Book moved, when he heard the sound behind him, and recognizes someone who knows how to 'clear' a room. That's a skill (along with tactical planning, police call-in procedure, marksmanship and hand-to-hand) that we've seen Book exhibit that nobody who's strictly a priest would know. I think that also invalidates the notion that he's the Pope, acting on behalf of the Church. ...Unless this is an homage to Monty Python's Inquisition sketch.

Book was something before he became a priest, and he was very good at it. That something taught him some very characteristic skills, as noted above. I only fear we will never truly find out what the previous occupation was, or why he felt compelled to leave it and join the priesthood...

Observantly,

zoid
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STARRBABY

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 6:26 AM

I would have to agree with everyone who mentioned that in Jossland, people change sides from villian to hero and back.

That is the way it is in real life. Good people do bad things, and bad people do good things. People reform and give up thier wicked ways, and they also get pissed off at the world and trun into evil people.

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