Mal's family?

POSTED BY: Megmac
UPDATED: Thursday, February 23, 2006 13:41
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CAPTBAGGYTROUSERS

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 11:14 PM

Never go by information found on IMDB. It's good for general information, but they often get stuff very, very wrong. Wash was listed as "Jerry Lee 'Wash' Warren" and Zoe as "Zoe Warren" for ages and it was left uncorrected. I wouldn't take anything which wasn't said on the show or in the movie as canon.

Destroying Shadow outright, or bombing it until it's uninhabitable as a show of strength, seems like an incredibly totalitarian move for the Alliace; more like Star Wars' Empire. I'm certain something bad happened on Shadow and the Alliance did it, but I'd prefer to leave it vague until a future story (fingers crossed) fills that detail in.

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HAWKMOTH

Thursday, February 23, 2006 12:54 PM

I was very excited to read about Shadow's fate in the RPG info (and will have to check the VC for that as well,) because I've always felt from the show's beginning that the planet had been devastated during the war. I believe Joss said something to that effect way back when, and there's a quote somewhere from Nathan, about how Mal lost everything (i.e., home and family) during the war--and it's all there in the lyrics of the show's theme: "burn the land and boil the sea..."

The idea made such an impact on me that it plays a key part in several of my fanfics.

MRBEN

Thursday, February 23, 2006 1:41 PM

The other evidence that is often overlooked is the lyrics to the title song:

Take my love (family, or perhaps wife?),
Take my land (the ranch on Shadow?),
Take me where I cannot stand (Serenity Valley?)
...
Take me out into the black, (into space during the war?)
Tell them I ain't coming back, (presumably telling his family this?)
Burn the land, and boil the sea (an attack on his home planet?)

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