The New "What If..." Thread
POSTED BY: Talrius
UPDATED: Saturday, April 5, 2003 11:35
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What if?
What if we discover Mal had an opportunity to make a totally honest living with the Serenity but chose to go outlaw...would going legit involve too much toadying up to the Alliance?
Just watched "Out of Gas" again and one thing struck me.
Jayne Cobb is really the only professional criminal in our whole group.
Zoe and Mal are military veterans; Wash is a pilot...cargo?...passengers?...commercial?....
Kaylee is a mechanic.
Did Mal buy the Serenity with the notion of "hey, I'm gonna screw the Alliance by becoming a space pirate or a smuggler!" or did he start out with the hope and intent of being a totally legitimate businessman and only gradually turned to shadier deals out of desperation?
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I don't think Mal started out with the idea of being an outlaw. He just wanted to live indepdently, that's what he fought for. Circumstances being what they are the only legimate work was for the Alliance. So he turned to smuggling.
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