Reever Madness

POSTED BY: MrMojoRisin
UPDATED: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 08:42
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GEEZER

Sunday, January 11, 2004 4:19 PM

I still tend to think of the Reavers as pirates gone terribly wrong. The real pirates of the Caribbean did things almost as bad as the "Rape you, eat you, sew your skin." scenario. An article about the explosion of pirate iconography in pop culture in the Feb. Esquire mentions the "...bizarre buccaneer torture practice of slashing a prisoner's stomach, extracting one end of an intestine, nailing it to a post, and then forcing the victim to 'dance to his death' by beating his ass with a burning log." Sounds pretty Reaverish to me.

Consider that William Teach (Blackbeard)tied pieces of burning, smoking slow-match in his hair and beard during raids to appear more terrifying. Definitely Reaver material.

FLYINFREE

Sunday, January 11, 2004 4:35 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Ysrith:
The survivors would suffer from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), but would not exhibits the exact same behavioural symptoms, especially within that timeframe.

The survivor was left on the derelict for some time all alone, plenty of time to completely lose his mind, not only from the trauma he endured but also from solitary confinement with all the bodies and survivor's remorse. He couldn't bare the thought of his own weakness so embraced the strongest thing he knew...Reavers. Also Reavers don't experience pain, loss, fear or remorse, all the things he wanted to escape.

"...we're still flyin'."
"That's not much."
"It's enough." Malcolm Reynolds and Simon Tam - Serenity

TALONPEST

Sunday, January 11, 2004 7:04 PM

Joss has said that the Reavers will be in the movie, and since they were the main villains he used in the pilot I don't doubt he'd use them again. My personal prediction is that the Blue Hands will chase Serenity into Reaver territory, since that would allow them to introduce both in a relatively short amount of time.

I also think that the reason Mal knows so much about Reavers and why he doesn't like to talk about his past (mentioned in Our Mrs. Reynolds) are likely related- Reavers probably hit his home on Shadow.

And I think the survivor on the derilect was a pretty good hint as to how the Reavers replenish their ranks. They probably intended to come back to that transport and pick him up once he'd gone thoroughly mad, along with any rescue ship that triggered the boobytraped airlock.

BROWNCOAT1

Monday, January 12, 2004 4:31 PM

I think it will be awesome to see the Reavers in the movie. It would make for a great hook for people new to the series, and is something we Browncoats can relate to.

Wash pointed out to Mal that the ship was running without proper core containment. That is when Mal realized who it was and told Wash to hold his course and not to run.

I am not certain that the survivor in Bushwacked was left behind intentionally by the Reavers. It is possible I guess, but I had thought perhaps he hid during the attack and what he had seen and heard had made him snap. Of course the boobytrap for the rescue ship is a good point. Perhaps they planned to come back later to see what their trap had caught. Still, it does not indicate they knew about the survivor, even though that would explain how the replenish their ranks.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

TALONPEST

Tuesday, January 13, 2004 2:30 AM

Yes, the Reavers intended for him to survive. When Mal is telling the Alliance officer about the survivor, he says that they made him watch, and that he probably tried to look away but they wouldn't let him.

DRALIONSOLEIL

Tuesday, January 13, 2004 8:16 AM

strangely enough, i hate watching bushwhacked. freaks me out. I've watched every other episode over and over, and bushwhacked about...twice.

but here's something interesting to think about: from the commentaries and such, i picked up hints that made me think Inara was going to play a major part in the movie. then y'all are saying that Reavers are going to be the big bad. then i remembered from the pilot ep. when Mal makes the announce ment of Reavers approaching, we see Inara take out a box with a syringe. in the commentary, joss says that everyone thinks it's a suicide kit, then they think it's part of the immunization kit. but really it has a bigger role to play later on, possibly in the movie. I thought he meant a story line about Inara, but it could be that Inara has some knowledge about Reavers we don't...
what d'you think?

BARNEYT

Tuesday, January 13, 2004 8:42 AM

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Originally posted by DralionSoleil:
we see Inara take out a box with a syringe. in the commentary, joss says that everyone thinks it's a suicide kit, then they think it's part of the immunization kit. but really it has a bigger role to play later on, possibly in the movie. I thought he meant a story line about Inara, but it could be that Inara has some knowledge about Reavers we don't...
what d'you think?

That's definitely an interesting conclusion - and is it something all Companion's have, or something that a client gave Inara when he found out that she was heading out?

A disturbing thought has just occurred to me (sorry if its already been discussed to death elsewhere...

) - what if the syringe is nothing to do with the Reavers themselves, but it's medicine of some kind that Inara's having to take to deal with something else entirely - and what she's thinking in this scene is 'is there any point taking the medicine, if I'm about to die anyway?'

just a thought...

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