Is Zoe pregnant?
POSTED BY: Bibbledy
UPDATED: Saturday, April 8, 2006 23:37
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I hope Zoe's not expecting. Babies ruin shows. It's okay to have one in an episode or two (like Heart of Gold), but for the most part, a baby added to the crew would screw things up as the baby would become the focus of everybody. It'd mess with the way the crew interacts with each other. It's an element that would ALWAYS be there and would just become tiresome.
I mean, I wouldn't want to hear Zoe angrily telling Mal and Jayne to stop arguing because the baby's trying to sleep. I want to hear Mal and Jayne argue. It's part of the way they interact with each other, adds a certain feel to the show, and makes the show more powerful. A baby on board would mess with that.
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I agree SadLittleKing
it's my insanity that keeps me sane hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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I doubt it. She didn't spend the BDM sitting in the corner, crying and eating ben & jerry's and funnel cake
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Originally posted by CaptainShiny:
I doubt it. She didn't spend the BDM sitting in the corner, crying and eating ben & jerry's and funnel cake
I'm gonna take a wild guess here and say you're probably a guy. ;)
FYI, the hormones don't kick in until week 2 or 3 (and the time frame of the BDM--which I gather means the movie--was only a span of a few days, if I understand it correctly). And when they do kick in, many people don't sit around crying and eating Ben & Jerry's and funnel cake--they puke, or just feel horrible, but are able to go on about their daily lives, especially if they have a personality like Zoe's. It's true, I did eat a lot of B&J's when I was prego, but it wasn't until the final months when I would've been too huge to even pretend to "hold the line".
Anyway, babies don't have to ruin shows--Zoe could elect to leave the ship for a while and make a reappearance years later when the kid's Wesley Crusher's age and can serve as co-pilot. :D Seriously, I can't imagine Zoe complaining about arguments on board because her kid's sleeping--they have their own bunks and so far haven't seemed to be bothered by each other while in them, even with Zoe and Wash having sex and all. I think there must be pretty good soundproofing by 500 years from now. Also, I can totally imagine Zoe standing in the dirt in front of some Badger- or Patience-like character, her baby in a sling on her chest and her head cocked over a rifle. Not that it's realistic, but I can see her doing it.
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In fact, after the first trimester you get a huge surge of energy.
When I was pregnant I walked every day after work and was disgustingly healthy after I got over the nausea.
Didn't get any where near big until just before darling daughter (now 16) was born and I'm 5 foot 8 inches. Neither did my 5'10' sister in law with her first one. I think Zoe is about that tall.
No bad cravings, just had a thing for Chinese (fits right in the 'verse) and Mexican food.
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He he he . . .mexican . . .I normally love mexican, but when I was pg w/ the boys I couldn't even think about it. it sucked for me, becasue I had morning sickness the 1st 2 trimester, tne was on bedrest for the 3rd.
I'm glad you did well. I'm jealous 
Oh! and as for the baby (which i don't think Zoe is pregnant) having blueeyes, whos to say that Zoe's momma or grand parent or whoever didn't have blue eyes?
One of our twins has bright blue eyes, and noone in either mine or my husband's immediate familyhas light eyes. .. goes all the way back to our grandparents.
Oh! and one of my close galfriends is black and she had herself a green eyed little girl . . .so there!
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Is Zoe pregnant? Hmm....
Heart says "Yes, damn it! Give the woman some kind of comfort now that her husband got turned into a Reaver shishkabob!"
Brain says: "Nope. Joss is the king of the anti-cliche. He will kill off beloved characters to instigate other characters to undergo big changes, despite what fans might say."
Reality says: Whatever Joss comes up with if given another chance to visit the 'Verse in depth will have to do I guess
BEB
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As much as I want it, I don't think Zoe is pregnant. A little one would add a lot to the story-just read a lot of the fanfic that's been posted here.
Giving her the option would be better. Lots of angst to go through.
Don't be so jealous. I had an early miscarriage (estimate was 5.5-6.5 weeks PG) before I had my daughter and I was scared until I was about 4 months along with her. This was in the day just before sonograms were common just about every other visit(1989), at least in the military medical system (ex-hubby was at stationed then at Ft. Sill,OK). So a healthy pregnancy was a blessing.
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I'm so sorryto hear about your loss . ..I would never wish a miscarraige upon anyone. I can understand why you'd be scared about the second one.
I agree w/ the option thing . . .like mentioned before . . .perhaps a frozen sample or something.
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I hope that Zoe's not pregnant. At this point it's what's most expected.
I would rather like to see her internal hope and anguish as she hopes and prays for a while that she actually is pregnant (maybe even going to desperate measures to prove it (i.e. breaking into an Alliance hospital)), but then the devestation when she finally realizes she'll never have her husband's child.
Sure, it's a bit dark, and we all know that darkness has no place in a Joss Whedon production....
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