The Book Theory... Bum BUm BUMMMMM!!

POSTED BY: TakenBaxter
UPDATED: Sunday, January 29, 2006 00:44
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TAKENBAXTER

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 7:56 PM

Ok guys and gals the whole thing about Book's secret past has been getting to me. So i was thinking the other night, and i think i might have a good idea on why he's so reluctant to shed some light on his past.

Ok here it goes if you don't like it or find flaws just let me know.

In short hand: i was think that maybe he was a General or something for the alliance. And then i started thinking, maybe (to make the soup even thicker) he was the one that bombarded Serenity Valley and took it from Mal's platoon.
Maybe he repented and went into a monistary as like a catharsis.
And maybe he doesn't want to reveil it cause he really loves the crew and would hate to hurt their relationship or possibly get on VERY BAD terms with Mal.

AMITON

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:09 PM

There's a thread somewhere that discusses specifically the possibility of Book being a General or high-ranking officer for the Alliance military, but it's a little old, and I don't remember everything. One of the major points to refute the point was that Book was very hand's on and functionally knowledgable about things. The common concensus (and a line from "The Message" delivered by Book homself actaully, if I remember correctly?) is that important people don't do field work. Something to that effect, anyway.

I also don't think Book would be in the situation he is if he had known who the crew were. He was pretty unhappy with his choice to be on the Serenity for a while, and he had more than ample time to deboard after he figured out who they were, yet before he got really cozy with the crew...

Just my thought, though!

Amiton.

FREDIKAYLLOW

Saturday, January 14, 2006 6:54 AM

well, i definitely think he was an Alliance Officer, probably pretty high up in the ranks. i dunno about him being in Seremity Valley, though that would account for why he didn't leave the ship. he might be wanting to like, repent of his sins by helping out Mal when he can. doesn't really explain why he got off on Haven though....

No Power In The 'Verse Can Stop Me

NEWGARDE

Saturday, January 14, 2006 7:03 AM

My minds to it that he was a man who believed hard, a fella could kill without having a second thought.

Someone who was very dangerous once, and had to find something when everything he had faith in shook him...

So he became a shepherd and thats where we come into him...

Badger

GIANTEVILHEAD

Saturday, January 14, 2006 7:43 AM

A lot of people seem to assume that Book did something terribly wrong and that he is trying to repent or atone for sins of the past but many times the right thing isn't pleasant. There are plenty of stories in the Bible where God tell people to commit horrible atrocities, there are plenty of stories in the Bible where God himself commits horrible atrocities. It entirely possible that Book didn't become a Shepherd to atone but he did it to find respite, to make peace with his past.

"I swallowed a bug." -River Tam

JOLYNEHEATHER

Monday, January 16, 2006 5:18 PM

To reiterate what I said in another thread:
After watching all of the episodes and the movie, I am almost entirely convinced that there is some sort of Operative core out there in the Firefly-verse and Early and Book are former members. There are similarities between Book, Early, and the Operative in dialog and such that seem to link them together. I would bet the awareness that the Operative had that he was "a monster" is something similar to what drove Book to the monastary. Nevermind that Book was the first to point out that an Operative would be coming for them. Maybe Early was a failed (read: CRAZY) Operative. Perhaps what River often picked up on was the Operative in Book.

Also, I can kill you with my brain...

MEENOL

Monday, January 16, 2006 6:21 PM

I would put him with something similar to Blue Sun, although with a more military application (even if River does turn out to be an escapee from a project to create the perfect warrior), I would guess something to do with torture. The respect he got when they scanned his Ident Card, and the thoughts that we got given in Objects In Space ("I don't care whether you're innocent or not. Now where does that put you?") are my evidence, bearing in mind I haven't seen Serenity yet as I missed the cinema run and it's not out on DVD in the UK yet...

*grumbles in his corner*

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No, THIS is what going mad feels like.

JOLYNEHEATHER

Monday, January 16, 2006 7:54 PM

If you haven't seen Serenity, you don't have half the story!

ALASKAMIKE

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 6:44 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by jolyneheather:
If you haven't seen Serenity, you don't have half the story!

I'd say that if you've seen Serenity then you've only seen half the story. The whole Blue Sun/Hands of Blue theme was left out.

JOLYNEHEATHER

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 11:50 AM

Very true. I think Joss was forced to leave some things to mystery. Though you do, very briefly albeit, see the blue handed men when Simon is breaking River out. When the alarms go off, they are shown in a control room of sorts, and that's the last of them. We also never learn why it was that Mal was injecting himself with something every few episodes and many other little tidbits here and there. I think you have to see both the show and the movie to get as clear a picture as Joss is ever willing to give.

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