The Book Theory... Bum BUm BUMMMMM!!
POSTED BY: TakenBaxter
UPDATED: Sunday, January 29, 2006 00:44
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And that picture isn't all that clear.
"So you're the browncoats, eh."
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I wouldn't say the Blue Hands theme was left out so much as it was put away, at least for the time being. That specific point is addressed (strangely, rather explicitly) in the comics. There are a few other Blue Hands treats in the comics as well! 
Amiton.
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Guess I need to get the comics then!
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Originally posted by jolyneheather:
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.
Actually, I'd been leaning towards that theory myself, somewhat. From what few clues he revealed in the series, I just had an image of him as being black ops of some sort. It just seemed to... fit.
Another theory I have is that possibly he wasn't in the war or affiliated with the alliance at all. This is a little out of left field, and I sorta doubt it's the real story, but maybe it's kinda interesting, at least:
What if in the past, he led a life similiar to that of Mal? Captain of a ship, smuggling pirating, crime, etc. Mal throughout the show is posed with all sorts of moral dilemmas, and often Book is of course rather vehement in acting as his conscience. Perhaps for every time Mal faces a moral quandary and makes the "right" choice, Book in his past had made the "wrong" one? Sort of an anti-Mal, if you will. Like I said, that one may be a little out there, but just a thought anyway.
Browncoats don't die, they just get cancelled.
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Sounds like a good theory to me, I think we can safely say he has military expeience, maybe he was an operative, or a general like you said, Either way I ain't going with anything, until I know the truth, Tricky little Joss. How is it he can give us enough hints to know he has a secret but just to few to give us a true indication of what the secret is? The same goes for Inara, Tricky
River - You belived her, made a face.
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Ok, few things to point out.
1. He was definately alliance affliated, directly or indirectly. Remember when the alliance let him on the cruiser and patched him up.
2. Whatever he was, it was a long, long time ago. Remember his conversation with Inara, and he says he got on the wrong ship. He couldn't believe the rough and crude life the crew lived by, he couldn't believe the killing, and he couldn't believe he half-agreed with it.
3. As another person mentioned, he knows too many details to be too high up. He knows small, grunt-work details.
What's this all lead me to concluded?
A1) He's done something very bad, became a shepherd, and repressed his memories of how bad life out side is
OR
A2) He was an Alliance guru, but never did anything down and dirty. For some reason, he found God.
B1) He was generally low level. I wouldn't put him as an officer, because they are more administrative and decision making in nature, at least in the US military, at least outside of the Army and Marine Corp infantry. (See what happens when I make an overly general statement, must qualify it more and more)
OR
B2) He was an Operative or something like it. Someone with considerable power yet the understanding of the down and dirty work.
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At first I thought that Book was for sure an operative, but the more I thought about it the less sense it made. I'll post more on here later, but remember the beginning of the movie, the operative says "just like this facility, I don't exist." Ergo, if Book was an operative, the Alliance would not have even known and therefore wouldn't have taken him in to treat him.
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just because the operative said "like you i dont exist" doesnt mean the alliance doesnt know of him. if he was an operative, then it was probably top secret/classified info, but w/e division of the alliance that worked/controlled the operatives would know of him. personally, i think he was an operative. obviously hes sumone high up as we find out from the ident card scan. and obviously he knows quite a bit about down and dirty stuff, note how he knows about fireflys and helps kaylee work the ship when she was injured. he also knows a bit bout operatives, as he gives mal some advice about them during hte movie. he was definitly connected to the alliance in some way, n i think he was an operative, or something along those lines.
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Originally posted by Newgarde:
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...
Sounds about right to me. He's kind of the antithesis of Mal. Mal lost his faith in much the same way Book found his (or at least searches for his salvation).
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