Why did Mal pick Serenity?

POSTED BY: Fastmover
UPDATED: Saturday, January 27, 2007 19:01
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I always kinda had an issue with Reaver ships... they were supposed to be of Alliance origin... built and selected BEFORE they turned Reaver at Miranda, etc...

outdated, yes... falling apart... yes...

but what we see in the BDM are entirely different classes of ships... modified and rebuilt to be more physical attackers... and Reavers never exactly came across to me as the types that would spend days upon end engineering and modifying their ships...

then again, i guess ya gotta overlook some things for the sake of a movie. =p

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Simple answer: She called to him.

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Originally posted by Fastmover:

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Originally posted by asortafairytale:

I think that it's just 'cause it's pretty.
Plus that rocket thing doesn't look like it'd be very efficient...

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I'm certainly glad he didn't go for that rocket thing. I think that thing belongs in the "What a piece of junk" thread in the other sci-fi forum.

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That rocket ship brings back old memories of that hopelessly patheticly shaped rocket in the comic: "Tin Tin: Explorers on the Moon". LOL. What a piece of fei-oo!


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Yeah, I have to go with the whole "subjective intangible" on this.

I told my wife, when we watched that episode, that I related wholeheartedly as it reminded me of purchasing my first car.

I was walking around, looking at what the salesman was showing me on the used car lot when I caught this low, sleek little black thing out of the corner of my eye. It was a six cylinder Fiero with way too many miles on it and yet, no matter where we went on the lot, or which car he talked up, I found my head swiveling to look at that car in the new perspective given me by our motion around the lot.

Turns out, he wasn't much of a Fiero fan and when I finally mentioned it, he tried to steer me towards still others, but that was the car I drove off the lot and for many years after that. It was a demon. I loved it.

Went through fuel pumps as though it was digesting them. One a year, as I recall, but everything else about that car was so sound that mechanics gawked at me when I told them of it. Had no top end, (fortunately, since anything over about 120 and it would start to float, it was so light) but it would blow souped-up muscle cars right off the line. That was a fun car.

Anyway, I know the feeling of something catching your eye and just knowing it's yours, regardless of any "sensibilities" to the contrary.

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I have to say I didn't get the impression Serenity specifically, and Fireflies generally, were considered desireable by most. Certainly not by Zoe, who pronounced it a piece of junk when she first looked at it; and others -- e.g. one of the hijackers in "Our Mrs Reynolds" -- expressed some disparaging views. Nor did everyone have positive prior experience with Fireflies -- we know Kaylee said she'd never flown on one before Mal hired her. (Though Book said he had.)

I tend to agree with the idea that Mal took a liking to her on first sight, seeing in her a reflection of his own losses and needs; and I think Mal's love for Serenity was contagious.

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Yep, have to go with the classic car or truck angle. Something about those older models that just gets you on the inside, and then again others, not so much.

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Originally posted by Grizwald:
Simple answer: She called to him.

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I'm going with Grizwald on this one. I think Serenity called everyone. Serenity pulled people toward her for a reason. Not always for the same reason. But a purpose for each of them. Each member has a need and Serenity has the ability to make it possible to achieve. I'm romantic.


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