Inara a former Operative?

POSTED BY: Fastmover
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FASTMOVER

Saturday, December 30, 2006 6:45 AM

I was just thinking some more about the whole mystery that has been built up surrounding Shepard Book's past and how many think he may have been a former Operative. Is it possible that Inara may have in fact been a former Operative? She openly stated that she supported unification and clearly has some aptitude with martial arts and weapons, plus she has an even more subtle mysterious edge to her. A little out there I know, but what do you guys think?

Josh Gray

PHOENIXROSE

Saturday, December 30, 2006 6:53 AM

I think the Operative took her down waaaaay too easily if she had anything like that training. Companions train with some weapons and some martial arts, it would seem, but nothing like professional assasins. Plus they start training at twelve (according to a deleted scene in Serenity) so I don't think she would have had time to become a Companion and an Operative.
However, I do think she knew what he was. But that makes sense, as Companions tend to be high-ranking people after they retire (according tot he visual companion) and they are high-status even before that. I'm sure the guild has some ties to the Parliment.

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FASTMOVER

Saturday, December 30, 2006 7:36 AM

Makes sense, but perhaps she was an Operative disguised as a Companion, Ahhhh.... ;) But that is true what you said about her being taken down by the Operative very easily and I was wondering that myself. Maybe he was a super-Operative or something, a prototype of what River was to become, sort of like the behaviorally programmed Jason Bourne in the Bourne Identity. :) Still, I understand this is far-fetched and I was just throwing an idea around.

Josh Gray

PIRATECAT

Saturday, December 30, 2006 9:54 AM

Its stuff like that is why I am loaden the water pistols I know where you live fastmover. True Inara is low down yankee that lies but she is no operative. Next you'll be saying Kaylee is not a virgin.

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STEAMER

Saturday, December 30, 2006 2:52 PM

Now, now....Also, I think Inara's much too young. Given Morena's age while filming, figure Inara is in her early to mid-20s. At that age, the human mind is still rather impressionable to some degree. Remembering what Book said - "The sort of man they like to send believes hard, kills and never asks why" - it strikes me that such a strong believer in the Alliance would put in many more years of service until either death or failure (resulting in self-impalement). I also doubt the Alliance would release anyone from Operativity after such a short time.

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ZZETTA13

Saturday, December 30, 2006 2:59 PM

Well, that gives a whole new meaning to the statement " I've been screwed over by the government!"

Z

JONGSSTRAW

Saturday, December 30, 2006 3:53 PM

The whole Inara thing...the "training house" etc etc is really a stretch for me ...I mean really, men don't want tea and music or poetry, they just wanna do it fast and then get the hell out. How much "training" does a girl need anyhow?

My wife never had any training, and she can fake it with the best of them.

EVILDINOSAUR

Saturday, December 30, 2006 6:20 PM

nope, she was a companion

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FASTMOVER

Sunday, December 31, 2006 4:03 AM

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Originally posted by PirateCat:
Its stuff like that is why I am loaden the water pistols I know where you live fastmover. True Inara is low down yankee that lies but she is no operative. Next you'll be saying Kaylee is not a virgin.

Actually I think she is a virgin and was only dry-humping that guy in the engine room.

On a more serious note, I see where a lot of you are coming from and I especially agree with the question over how much "schooling" a companion would require. There are lots of people I know who only have a bachelor's degree and just read a lot who are as knowledgeable as Inara. I can honestly say that if I contracted with Inara I would be very anxious through that greeting ritual and would probably faint...

We must also remember that the average lifespan in the Firefly 'verse is 120 so people probably look younger than their respective age in current day. I read on the Fireflywiki that Mal is around 49. This thought just occurred to me when I was wondering about all the attention on Book's past and noticed that Inara has a somewhat gap-filled past herself.

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SIGMANUNKI

Sunday, December 31, 2006 7:24 AM

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Originally posted by Fastmover:

Is it possible that Inara may have in fact been a former Operative?

No.

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She openly stated that she supported unification

So, did lots of people. Otherwise the war wouldn't have happened. Supporting Unification does NOT make one an Operative.

Hell, flash-backs from the Tam's household imply that they supported (or at least didn't oppose) Unification. Does that make every one of the Tam's an Operative?

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and clearly has some aptitude with martial arts and weapons,

This would be due to her Companion training. This info is explicitly from Shindig.

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plus she has an even more subtle mysterious edge to her.

This would be due to her Companion training i.e. mysterious women are sexy.

Not to mention that parts of her past have been left a mystery. After all, if we knew everything about our BDH's from the beginning, how exciting would that be? What would be the discovery? Pushing forward isn't really entertaining if we know exactly how the characters will react.

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