What did our Big-Damn-Hero's do durring the War?

POSTED BY: galenfly
UPDATED: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 20:41
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SERENYTY

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 3:22 AM

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Originally posted by ncbrowncoat:
Jayne didn't fight. If you remember the first scene in "The Train Job", as Mal and Zoe begin to fight he remarks that he didn't fight in the war as he sits and keeps drinking. Yet he joined in the brawl just for the fun of it I guess.

I remember seeing somewhere, I think it's in the Visual Companion, it's mentioned that Innara was training as a Companion since age 12 on Sihnon.

It also mentions that Sihnon and Londinium didn't see any fighting except an odd protest or terrorist act or two.

I thought he meant when he said "I didn't fight in no war." that he didn't have a side. Oh well.

He must have been doing something akin to mercenary work during the war time.

~A message from Serenyty~

R1Z

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 5:03 AM

Actually, Jayne being a "mercenary" is from the action figure marketing. Jayne never describes himself as a mercenary, nor does anyone else in the series. Jayne is "hired muscle", in for a percentage of whatever the current scam is.

He says, "Hey, I didn't fight in no war. Best of luck, though." That makes it pretty clear, as fighting in wars is what mercenaries do.

To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks. --Robt. Heinlein

GRAYFURY

Tuesday, December 20, 2005 12:54 PM

I'm more interested in what they were doing BEFORE the war. Especially Mal and Zoe... In saving Private Ryan... Tom Hanks' character was a school teacher... Who were our big damn heroes before they became heroes?

"Smellin' alot of IF comin' offa' this plan!"

ZIGGY

Tuesday, December 20, 2005 8:41 PM

Now that's a good question? How long did the war last I wonder? Are we ever told?
I think Mal would have been helping his mum on the ranch on Shadow.
River and Simon have been well educated and privileged, and we have been shown snippets from their lives.
Kaylee again would have been growing up, tinkering with machines in her dad's scrap yard and discovering boys.
Inara probably would have been at the academy. I think she says she was born on Shihnon, though we know nothing of her family. Maybe there is no surviving family, or maybe they have to cut off all ties after entering the academy. Does anyone know if this would be the case with geisha?
Book was probably an operative or something very similar even before the war. He's a man who's known action and violence since he was a young man. His reactions are too instinctive for this not to be the case.
Wash would have been in flight school. I think he mentions growing up on a planet that's very polluted though I don't recall being told the name, or anything about any family he has.
Jayne probably has been a crook for a long time so possibly he still was before the war. He's always worked with someone or for someone as far as we know so I'll bet that this has always been the case. Prior to his life of crime he's grown up poor and badly educated brought up just by his hard-working mum I would say. He's got at least one sister who doesn't seem to keep good health and I would imagine he starting petty thieving to support his family. We know he still sends money home and I would think he's close to his family despite the time spent apart. I think he's had a very hard life and has had to fight to survive.
Strangely enough the one person we really have no clues about is Zoe. I don't get the impression that she has a mysterious past but it would be an interesting twist if she did. It is a bit odd that we've known her so long and yet really know so little about her. Maybe she was career millatary before the war. I can't imagine her ever doing anything else.

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