Inara?

POSTED BY: xElrohiRx
UPDATED: Friday, March 16, 2007 10:31
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XELROHIRX

Saturday, March 3, 2007 3:40 AM

I always wondered, was there something wrong with Inara? I kept wondering, during the episode "Ariel" when Simon gave the group the job to infiltrate St. Lucy's Inara went to the yearly insemination for companions. She never said she was fine she said, "same as last year". She suddenly left her companioning homeworld even with promise of promotion at the Academy... I always wondered, is there something wrong with her? Did she run for some reason. There were plenty of other episodes that gave some mention of Inara's not perfect health or at least state of being. She went with the Captain to "expand" her client-base, which most know is bullcrap. I've watched the show every day (at least one episode) they're still hilarious and I still question Inara and her strange secretive nature. Her love for the Captain, and yet there is something holding her back, what does she have to lose? I just wondered if perhaps Joss was planning on a sickness or maybe an illness she hasn't spoke of but had planned to spring on the audience at a later date. Any other feelings on this?

wow... just... wow...

YINYANG

Saturday, March 3, 2007 3:57 AM

Well, the only thing that's I think we may or may not have come to agree on is that Inara ran from Sihnon for some reason we can only speculate unless Joss plans on dying anytime soon (he said he'd write all the secrets of Firefly out before he died). I don't think he had anything illness-related, although... she may have some psychological trauma she's covering up?

As far as Mal/Inara - it has something to do with Mal's distaste for her profession, and perhaps her hesitancy to be tied down, or be unable to control herself when in love (my opinions only).

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XELROHIRX

Saturday, March 3, 2007 4:40 AM

Inara never gives to much away. I seem to think it's illness related, I know she's covering up something, she has to be with as much secrecy as her job requires for "discrete" encounters. I seem to think it can't be to bad of an illness otherwise the Guild wouldn't let her conduct herself with clients. I seem to think it's something she can't control or maybe you're right and it's something psychological. Perhaps that's why she has such an awful time with Mal, perhaps that's why she won't admit to him that she's completely in love.

To argue the point a little, I think Mal doesn't hate her profession, I think he pities her. I think he feels sad for a women that has to be with multiple men to find a layer of happiness or at least some kind of stability or independence. Well I don't want Joss to die, gosh that would be horrific... I just want to find out some of these answers... I've been bugging the crap out of Fox.com forums to get them to allow Joss a second attempt at Firefly. That would be amazing... *sigh*

Hmm... Well done young one!

YINYANG

Saturday, March 3, 2007 4:59 AM

Don't bother with F*X - Joss wouldn't work with them again even if they came to him on hands and knees. I don't have a link, but I'm positive he's said so somewhere (Whedonesque, maybe?).

Anyway, to argue the point back - I don't think Mal pities her, because I don't think that the multiple men are necessary for Inara to find happiness. The part that I feel draws Inara to being a Companion is the therepeutic nature of it - sort of a psychologist with sex, if you will. She helps people by relieving their stress, and I don't think sex is essential for that to happen (it sounds odd, but I'm sure there wouldn't be a problem if a client just wanted tea and a massage).

And while I agree that being a Companion gives Inara a certain level of independence (both financially, and in her comfort zone, so to speak), I don't think Mal bears any pity towards her for that, either. He said it's the act of being in love with someone that turns him off to her job, but that doesn't affect his opinion of her except in that he's uncomfortable with the fact that she's okay with the pretentiousness. He would have a much higher opinion of it if it was treated more like "fk buddy for the day." It's the lie about something so huge and special.

Well, I don't want Joss to die either (unless he's old, or has a terminal illness) - I was kidding (well, mostly kidding, anyway).

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STINKINGROSE

Saturday, March 3, 2007 5:03 AM

I think you mean "examination".
Insemination she presumably gets plenty of on a regular basis.
Ahem.

XELROHIRX

Saturday, March 3, 2007 11:53 AM

I double checked on "insemination" is the word used in that episode actually. I tend to agree with you, maybe it was a word slip? :0) Anyway it seems we are both correct

Hmm... Well done young one!

FASTMOVER

Saturday, March 3, 2007 9:36 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by xElrohiRx:
I double checked on "insemination" is the word used in that episode actually. I tend to agree with you, maybe it was a word slip? :0) Anyway it seems we are both correct

Hmm... Well done young one!

I think it must have been a word slip too. Otherwise it would mean that she would be going to get impregnated again, and that doesn't seem to make sense...

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ORANGEHAT

Sunday, March 4, 2007 3:54 AM

I doubt that anything physical was wrong with Inara I have a feeling there was a eureka moment in her life where she realized everything she was was a fake, a dress up act, perhaps she felt like she was choking, that everything she knew was a horrible lie but instead of crawling away to die (Robert Service reference anyone?) she left everything that trapped her in her body and ramified her mind to a place where she could have nothing but the bleak black 'warmth' of space. There is so much comfort in nothing. * Simply put I think she needed to get away from everything she was without leaving everything she knew.*

Not only would the complications of her profession get in the way of a 'love affair' with Mal, him having too much pride to share, she doesn't know what love is she probably deems it as a physical attration, something shes very much used to and her feelings probably scare the crap out of her!

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XELROHIRX

Sunday, March 4, 2007 9:16 AM

Touche sir... Touche.

I believe you are correct in this, although I still have a gut feeling... something is wrong with Inara. Although you do make a lot of sense.

Tooshie or Touche? ^-^

BLUEEYEDBRIGADIER

Sunday, March 4, 2007 9:34 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by xElrohiRx:
I double checked on "insemination" is the word used in that episode actually. I tend to agree with you, maybe it was a word slip? :0) Anyway it seems we are both correct

Hmm... Well done young one!

Hmm...not trying to jump to conclusions here, but maybe the slip is a translation goof? Cuz I am pretty damn sure in my copy of the boxset, Inara refers to her yearly medical appointment as a Guild-mandated "examination" to ensure she can have her licence renewed officially. Not that I am saying you're not a native English speaker or live somewhere in the world where English ain't the official language. Just seems like something a slip in dubbing or subtitling would cause

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