Jayne, Wash & The War

POSTED BY: deepgirl187
UPDATED: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 04:50
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DEEPGIRL187

Monday, April 24, 2006 7:09 AM

We already know where Mal and Zoe were during this time (obviously), Book was either off training to be a sheperd or doing scary Allinance things, and Kaylee, River and Simon were probably too young. But what about Wash and Jayne? Jayne does state that he didn't fight in the war, but what was he doing at the time? And Wash doesn't mention it at all, except in reference to Zoe. Did they both just lay low somewhere and wait for it to blow over? The war was so volatile, it seems like everyone would have been forced to choose sides, or at least have a small role in it. So what about these guys?

P.S. - I bring this up mainly because Jayne is the oldest (besides Book) of the crew. It got me to thinking, what would a man who's lived such a hard life do to escape a universe-wide war?

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VINTERDRAKEN

Monday, April 24, 2006 7:26 AM

Most likely the worlds they lived on never became a "part" of the war. Many moons and planets were simply isolated but were never actually invaded or war´ed upon.

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MAGNUSDAMNOVIR

Monday, April 24, 2006 7:33 AM

In one of the commentatries (I think it's 'The Message') Alan Tudyk states that his own interpretation of Washs' backstory was that he flew a few missions early in the war and was then sent to a POW camp where he mastered the art of making Shadow Puppets.
I'm not sure which side that would have been, but I guess it don't matter.
Of course that's just his own interpretation and is not canon.

SPACEMANSPIFF

Monday, April 24, 2006 7:50 AM

I always figured Wash was raised and lived (for the most part) on a Core planet or moon, based on his way of dress and attitude toward the Core planets and moons. As the Alliance was the aggressor, most of these planets and moons would have been untouched by the War.

Jayne is a different story...I figure he dodged it every way he could, 'cause there wasn't any profit in it.

Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?

ZZETTA13

Monday, April 24, 2006 3:54 PM

I think Jayne was forced to go into the family buisness by his father,wrestling alligators for show. They really had no interest in the war or who won. It was all about the "coin" for them.

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Originally posted by MagnusDamnoVir:
In one of the commentatries (I think it's 'The Message') Alan Tudyk states that his own interpretation of Washs' backstory was that he flew a few missions early in the war and was then sent to a POW camp where he mastered the art of making Shadow Puppets.
I'm not sure which side that would have been, but I guess it don't matter.
Of course that's just his own interpretation and is not canon.

could be where he learned to entertain himself with plastic dinos. At least while Zoes gone.

AZHEA

Monday, April 24, 2006 3:59 PM

I do think it would matter what side Wash was on... can you imagine Zoe falling for an Alliance pilot?

Jayne, of course, dodged service. No money in fighting wars, regardless of who might win.

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DERANGEDMILK

Monday, April 24, 2006 4:03 PM

I Imagine that were the show allowed to continue for many, many seasons that we would have found that their back-stories were just as complex as Book's, Inara's, Mal's, or even River's.
I bet it would have turned out Jayne had done real dirty mercenary work for the alliance or the indepedence or both. Wash might have tried to fight but chickened out, something he was very ashamed and regretful of. Its a damn shame we may never know for sure.
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GUYWHOWANTSAFIREFLYOFHISOWN

Monday, April 24, 2006 4:05 PM

you're a very up person

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DERANGEDMILK

Monday, April 24, 2006 4:07 PM

I've got 2 hours of studying behind me, 5 more ahead and then a 2 hour exam. You be up.
-e

"Storms getting worse."
"We'll pass through it soon enough."

SAB39

Monday, April 24, 2006 4:10 PM

Re: Wash being an Alliance pilot: The script for Dead or Alive pretty much rules out his ever having been a Browncoat, so if he was in the war at all that would put him on the Alliance side. Zoe did say there was something about him that bothered her, when they first met. (I always assumed it was the moustache, though).

Re: Jayne, the novelization says something like "Jayne had never fought in the war. Pay wasn't good enough, on either side". I know it's not canon, but it fits his character so well that I have no trouble believing it.

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