What Is Inara Running From?

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UPDATED: Sunday, August 6, 2006 04:35
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SHEPHERDOFHERMAS

Sunday, July 27, 2003 12:57 AM

Book and Inara are running from the same thing IMHO.

In my Firefly universe, Inara and Book were publicly pro-Unification and in deep with the Alliance - while at the same time they were working to destroy the Alliance from within. Their presence on Serenity was carefully planned by the underground movement, and both Book and Inara are there to watch over River and Simon as well as Mal - who the underground believes to be the best bet for a leader to rally the outer worlds to join the forces of revolution....

TIMMINEAR

Sunday, July 27, 2003 3:47 AM

I know what Inara's problem is. And I ain't tellin'.

WHOODAHN

Sunday, July 27, 2003 11:08 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by TimMinear:
I know what Inara's problem is. And I ain't tellin'.

Ahh..come on! Tell us!
Or better yet, will it be explained in the movie?

SERGEANTX

Sunday, July 27, 2003 12:48 PM

Quote:
TIMMINEAR
Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 17:47

I know what Inara's problem is. And I ain't tellin'.

Oh yeah? And what makes you such an authority on the subject?

SergeantX

"..and here's to all the dreamers, may our open hearts find rest." -- Nanci Griffith

TRAGICSTORY

Sunday, July 27, 2003 2:48 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by TimMinear:
I know what Inara's problem is. And I ain't tellin'.

Not even for a Scooby Snack?

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"Societies are supported by human activity, therefore they are constantly threatened by the human facts of self-intrest and stupidity." --Peter Berger

MANIACNUMBERONE

Sunday, July 27, 2003 8:44 PM

Arrrg! Torment from the master writer. I like that. You have a truely excellent talent for heightening my curiosity. I had a thought that perhaps you were co-writing the upcoming movie. I hope it is so.

SHEPHERDOFHERMAS

Sunday, July 27, 2003 10:19 PM

PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAASE!
Pretty please

*whimper*
*sigh*

CHANNAIN

Tuesday, July 29, 2003 8:29 PM

I've had several theories about Inara - for her it's hard to pin down exactly what she's running from, mainly for reasons already mentioned here. She's still a companion, still working in her chosen profession, and she seems pretty comfortable with going back to the core worlds, so I don't think the authorities are after her for anything.

No one was trying to force her into a role she didn't want at the Guild house on Nihon (although it didn't seem like she made any kind of special effort to visit) and she still has the "influence" of a companion.

Which means she may be using her profession to hide from herself. Something did happen to her. Something so heartbreaking that she was forced to leave the Guild house. My questions then would have to begin with this one: What are Guild rules on child birth? Would that have anything to do with that physical she had on Ariel? Did she get pregnant, then was forced to end it or chose to end it according to law? If not for Heart of Gold, I would have thought she had the child, Only a woman who had been through child birth before would have been loads more confident about it than she was. If she'd given birth then my theory would have been that she gave it over to the father with no hope of ever seeing it again and then left Nihon because she couldn't bear it.

What it comes down to for me is this: Was she asked to leave by the Guild or was she given the choice to leave with honors, and why?

“We three are the only ones in this place wearing brown. Means we’ve found something worth fighting for.
Something worth being more than alive for.”
Sarahetc

WHOODAHN

Saturday, August 9, 2003 8:41 PM

I think Inara and Mal are looking for the same thing. True love. An honest relationship. That is why she is tempted every time one of her clients asks her to stay.

I think Inara fell in love with someone and was going to get married. He probably left her at the altar or was already married. That's why she can't commit and is afraid to fall in love with Mal.

I think she is running from her own heart.

RAW53X

Monday, August 11, 2003 4:44 PM

i dont think inara is running from anything. i think she is like kain in kung-fu walking the earth of in this case flying the black. i think in part she is trying to find her self. and her destney. i think she chose the path she did because it will lead her to her destney. i think she belived her destney lay along this path as apossed to on cruse ships.

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