Inara's true age
POSTED BY: PirateCat
UPDATED: Monday, January 1, 2007 21:41
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I don't know about age but one of the producers said that the needle was full of a drug that killed anyone that had sex with her after she took it. The The episode was going to be that she was taken prisoner by the reavers & when Mal finds her all the reavers on the ship are dead.
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And if you believe that, you need to have your sarcasm detector check out--it may be out of adjustment.
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Originally posted by Thunder:
I don't know about age but one of the producers said that the needle was full of a drug that killed anyone that had sex with her after she took it.
Silliest. Rumor. Ever.
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Tim Minear's favorite sci-fi show is Friends 
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Originally posted by ecgordon:
I've had a theory for quite some time that Inara is much older than she seems, and I think it is one of the main reasons she is hesitant to declare her love for Mal.
My take on what was in her syringe is an anti-aging drug, and the look on her face in that scene seemed to indicate her thoughts were like, "Well, that was all for nothing, wasn't it?"
I think the fact that Inara says "We started training at 12, remember?" to Sheydra in the movie indicates that this theory is highly unlikely. She would have been part of a class of Companions, growing up, they would all know her age, so it couldn't be a secret practice just involving Inara.
If this was a practice concerning more than one Companion, it would already be known to the entire population. Companion life is pretty high in publicity and they meet and re-meet people all over the place. Dots would be connected.
And if their use of anti-aging drugs was well-known, then there would be no reason for all this secret angst.
It's a theory I've always wondered about. What gives people the idea in the first place? Just Nandi's comment?
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Not a rumor. Tim Minear mentioned the plot to show an audience of aspiring television writers and filmmakers how to break a story. This was not at a convention of Firefly fans, so there was no reason to expect he was joking about it. There is a DVD of his lecture, and those who've seen it said he was dead-serious when he was talking about this plot. I've also heard it was a left-over plot from when Joss had envisioned Firefly as much darker. Then there is this transcript from the actors at a convention, after being asked if they knew what was in the syringe:
Morena – I know what it was.
Nathan – Me too. Do you know what it was? (To Summer)
Summer – Yes.
Nathan – We all told her what it was but we’re not allowed to tell you.
Morena – I can’t tell you. It’s not a suicide thing. It’s much worse than that.
Summer – So super cool.
Morena – It’s super cool and super disgusting and sad.
Nathan – and totally awesome and top secret.
Morena – Use your imagination.
Now Nathan is a big kidder, but Summer and Morena aren't so much. And if they wanted to be funny, there's far better ways to be funny. I believe them, and it adds up from all the clues people have dropped.
As far as age, I think Inara is far older then she looks. This is the future, remember. How old does Nicole Kidman look? 25? Maybe 30? She turns 40 in 2007. I can't imagine why--so far in the future--someone who is 60 can't look 25. Now if she's doing something to *make* herself look young, I don't know. There are a lot of mysteries about Inara, and I just hope one day we learn them.
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Grr... double post. Some day I hope to learn how to use these here intranetty thingys.
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Originally posted by PirateCat:
Inara would have to be 10 years old or no older than 15 if we went Morena's age
I don't think it makes much sense trying to figure Inara's age based on Morena's.
David
"Not completely as well as the series of Firefly..." - From a review of Serenity at amazon.de
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Originally posted by Causal:
Oh god--not the immortal-Inara theory again...
I didn't say immortal, just older than she looks.
wo men ren ran zai fei xing.
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Oh...very well, then.
Oh God--not the much-older-than-she-looks-Inara theory again. 
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