Favorite non-verbal character moments
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When Mal comes striding back into the ship after the deal in 'Serenity' and just shoots the tiresome fed holding a gun against River's head - priceless! Cracks me up every time I see it.
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In OIS, when River picks the "branch" up off of the deck in the cargo bay. I love the way she moves her foot - it is so ballerina-ish!
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Oh my, there just are so many. Lemme see...
Our Mrs Reynolds: When Mal says "I never married you", and Book pops up with, "I believe you did." The way Mal's expression changes from "this is all mistake" to "oh crap -- did I?" is beautiful.
War Stories: When Zoe's helping Wash out the door, and he says, "Mal", and we see Mal shaking his head at them. That gets me.
Shindig: The look on Zoe's face when she takes the bag from Mal, and his reaction when he finally totally realizes what he just said to Kaylee.
Trash: The expression that goes with Wash's "What is she doing on the ship?!" and Kaylee trying unsucessfully to hide her grin.
Our Mrs Reynolds: Inara's face the whole time they're in Mal's cabin.
Ariel: When Simon takes a bite of whatever-the-hell it is, trying to convince River it's good.
Crap, I forget what episode the hair is. Anyhow, when Book pops his head around the corner with all that hair -- I don't know what you'd call that expression, but it's great!
"You are such a boob."
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Originally posted by Sojourner:
My last isn't really a non-verbal one, but it's not terribly verbal either. At the very end of the teaser for Heart of Gold when Mal points his gun and says "Whaaaa" in that menacing tone. Switch from playing for a laugh to that "mal's just plain cool" feeling.
And not only is that a "he's just plain cool" moment, for me, at least, that moment makes me very happy to be a heterosexual female. Actually, any time Mal gets real damn captainy, it makes me happy to be a girl who likes boys. Me-yow, you'll pardon the term.
I just remembered --- I also never, ever get tired of seeing people point their guns directly at someone without looking. Mal does it most, but Jayne does it at least once, and Zoe may, too.
"You are such a boob."
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mal looking at serenity for the first time
jayne brushing his whore's hair in heart of gold
gosh there are so many....:)
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Originally posted by Ankhagogo:
I just remembered --- I also never, ever get tired of seeing people point their guns directly at someone without looking. Mal does it most, but Jayne does it at least once, and Zoe may, too.
"You are such a boob."
Don't forget that River does it once too. Or actually thrice.
Other favorite non-verbal River moments:
In Ariel as Simon's ready to "kill" River (It's time to go to sleep) and you see a tear run down her cheek...
In OiS, two of Joss's favorite moments: the batgirl scene, and when she bends down to look at the gun/branch
And two scenes in Trash:
when Wash mouthes "what happened?" after seeing Mal.
not really non-verbal, but when Inara looks up at Mal as she's saying the chinese word for "petty"
Probably a bunch more that I can't think of right now.
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I love the River/Book 'I'm fixing your bible' exchange, especially how she rolls her eyes when they have a tug-of-war over the pages she's torn out, and the expression on her face after she's won as he says 'why don't you just hang onto those then'. Her little tilted-head-smile is adorable.
RIVER
Purple elephants are flying.
MAL
Good. Thanks for the update.
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there are many and it's hard to chose a fav but ...
in OiS when mal wakes up and river is talking to him over the com. he has questions and she says she needs for him to trust her.
then he says "i'm not dreaming" and river says "we all are". mal rolls his eyes which is funny all by itself but then river says "don't make faces" and he steps back and looks around like where the hell is she. great!!
"Huh."
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I can't believe nobody's mentioned the "We're all happy" improvised backwards hug Mal gives Kaylee when they all get back in Ariel. That's a great example of the comradery amongst the crew.
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Here's one worth a thousand words:
In Serenity, when Simon's confronting Dobson in the cargo bay, and he's starting to fall for the excellently done "Just doing my sworn duty" speech...
Just as he says 'I don't want to hurt anyone', Book staggers into the doorway behind him, and you know it's a lie because he didn't HAVE to hit him three times.
Jen dao mei.
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