Is Inara just faking

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FUTUREMRSFILLION

Friday, May 19, 2006 7:36 PM

But remember, her heart has just been broken. That's anger.

In the deleted scene of the BDM when he asks why she left and she asks why didn't you stop me....her heart has been broken and she left because either (a) he would continue to break her heart or (b) he would stop her. Really, she had no other choice at that point. Yeah it's manipulative, but it is understandable too.

INDIGOSTARBLASTER

Friday, May 19, 2006 7:53 PM

I imagine there are also major implications for her career here. There aren't many people who can happily live with the idea of their significant other having sex with third parties professionally.

So... she's strongly attracted to Mal. She can sense he's attracted to her, but he can also be damnably rude and insensitive. Or noble but foolish. So she's probably saying to herself all the time, "Go for it... but he's such a jackass... I can't believe I'd risk my career for him... I can't believe he just returned those stolen goods... he's so sweet... but he's broke... and he just can't take an offer of help, what kind of idiot is he..." and so on.

To sum up: it isn't that she's misinterpreting the signals (although I agree that her own feelings for him probably make it harder for her to be objective about them); it's that she isn't really, truly sure it would work between them.

Oh, and probably, her own indecisiveness probably drives her crazy, which just makes it all worse for her.

Indigo S.

CHRISTHECYNIC

Friday, May 19, 2006 8:01 PM

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Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:
In the deleted scene of the BDM when he asks why she left and she asks why didn't you stop me....her heart has been broken and she left because either (a) he would continue to break her heart or (b) he would stop her. Really, she had no other choice at that point. Yeah it's manipulative, but it is understandable too.

Never understood that, either he lets her go, like he did, or he shows that he cares more about himself than her right to make her own decisions. Would she have preferred it if he came out and said, "Your friend just died, I have no idea what your thinking about or what has led up to this, but I don't give a damn. I want you to say."

I always thought that part of caring about someone was putting them, their needs and feelings, before yourself and your own desires. That's the exact opposite of what Inara seemed to want.

There was actually a thread about this a while back, I know because I started it.

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Friday, May 19, 2006 8:06 PM

"I always thought that part of caring about someone was putting them, their needs and feelings, before yourself and your own desires. That's the exact opposite of what Inara seemed to want.
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In a perfect world, yeah it should be. Also, they are in the beginning stages of a romance, where you do stupid things to avoid being hurt. Didn't say I agreed with her ploy, but I do understand it.

I would have listened to what he had to say. My big brown eyes limpid pools of desire ...um if I had brown eyes.

COPILOT

Friday, May 19, 2006 8:09 PM

Inara studied her entire life to be a Compainion. Giving into her feelings for Mal would leave her with nothing. Like most peopel Mal does not want the person as a whole. He wants to cut out bits and pieces untill only the acceptable parts are left. Leaving her life as a Compainion to be with Mal would mean losing a lot of what makes her who she really is. That is no way to live no matter how much you love someone.

An I carried such a torch

ZZETTA13

Friday, May 19, 2006 8:27 PM

Ok lady browncoats,

I don't know how many male browncoats have responded to this post but heres my take on the situstion.

Inara knows Malcolm Reynolds better than he knows himself. Why do women stick with men who seem to be indifferent towards them?

One thing Mal has expressed openly is that "Serenity" is his gal. Inara knows(and Malcolm too)that any attention she gets, good,bad or otherwise is in direct competition with the ship. What if Inara and Mal did get together and it came down to her or "Serenity"?

The Mal/Inara question has raised its head several times.

Remember Inaras talk with Book (or Simon I can't now remember which) "We are all in the woods. The captain is too, only thats where he wants to be."

Then there was the time Malcolm came up with this" Ok Inara, hows about we don't play. You didn't just fall and hit your head when you found me (post Saffron)."

If you notice, Inara swallows hard and replies "No". At that moment right or wrong shes ready with the truth. Whether Mal hurts her or not. Of course our captain misses her signal completly here. " Well isn't that something.I knew you let her kiss you."

Read script:after which our brilliant captain turns around and strolls away. Confident in his ability to read the minds of every female aboard his ship.

Malcolom loves Inara. But hes as scared as a 2 year old getting his first haircut. This is one reason he keeps calling her a whore when he knows she hates it. He's keeping her at a distance to guard against hurting himself.

Malcolms had several heartbreaks in his life. Some we know of ( the loss of his loved independant commrads in war) some we don't.

He doesn't want to have Inara become one of his lost loves. Even if it means that she decides to take leave of the ship.

thats just some of the way I see it

Z

VINTERDRAKEN

Friday, May 19, 2006 11:50 PM

Ive always figured she works a bit like me. I can often easily tell if other people are interested in me but once I literally didnt get a girl I loved deeply was interested in me untill she sexed me up (after hanging out together for months)
If im interested in someone I just usually somehow miss the whole signals thing. Cant really explain it closer then that.

You can’t stop the Signal.
Keep spreading the word about Firefly!

IHEARTFIREFLY

Saturday, May 20, 2006 3:07 AM

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Originally posted by Vinterdraken:

If im interested in someone I just usually somehow miss the whole signals thing. Cant really explain it closer then that.

I completely agree. That kind of infatuation brings complete confusion and insecurity. I can be completely confident and objective in a relationship until I realize I might have romantic feelings for the guy. Then I can't read anything.
...That's funny. Mal and Inara's relationship always annoyed me a little in that I thought they were both blind, but now that I've just written that, they make much more sense. :)

"Can't take the sky..."

FLAR

Saturday, May 20, 2006 5:51 AM

She is too emotionally involved with Mal to use her training. It's much easier to see what ppl think if you can look at them in an objective way.

MORWEN112

Saturday, May 20, 2006 6:22 PM

I think her emotions for Mal definitely mix up the situation. And Mal is comepletely different from the men she's been around her whole life- rich, "cultured", used to getting their way in everything and used to controlling and ordering people around. Then she meets Mal, who's...well, Mal and he's the complete opposite of pretty much everything she knows. So that's confusing. And then you add in the fact that she's rather head over heels for him...and great confusion and angst ensues.

Besides that, I think she is faking a bit. Sometimes, it's easier to pretend that you don't know what someone's thinking/feeling than to acknowledge that you do.

Someday though, (maybe in the BDM sequel?) it'll happen. They'll both stop being ridiculous and get together. And it'll be great.

Mine is an evil sugar high laugh! Bwahahahaha!

Morwen

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