Why do we women love Mal?
POSTED BY: ncbrowncoat
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I think that the most attractive thing about Mal is his inherent decency, his tendency to look out for the weak and helpless. I'm not sure that Mal always knows this about himself, but it's a quality that obvious to the other characters (and to the viewers as well).
Notice that when Saffron plays him in "Our Mrs. Reynolds" she doesn't go for an out and out seductress act. Instead she affects an unworldly, innocent persona--the kind of woman Mal would, in spite of himself, leap forward to protect. In "Jaynestown", Inara has Mal pegged when she says that he thinks of himself as a hard-hearted criminal, but he really has this "idiotic sense of nobility". It's this same sense of nobility that impells him to carry the unconscious River back on board Serenity even after he's kicked both of the Tams off and seen point-blank evidence that River's out of control.
Mal has no answer for Jayne when Jayne asks why the Tams are back on board. The bottom line, of course, is that Mal simply can't leave a helpless girl to the tender mercies of the Alliance. It's got nothing to do with River or Simon. It's about who Mal IS--whether he knows that about himself or not.
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Originally posted by Higgins:
I think that the most attractive thing about Mal is his inherent decency, his tendency to look out for the weak and helpless. I'm not sure that Mal always knows this about himself, but it's a quality that obvious to the other characters (and to the viewers as well).
Notice that when Saffron plays him in "Our Mrs. Reynolds" she doesn't go for an out and out seductress act. Instead she affects an unworldly, innocent persona--the kind of woman Mal would, in spite of himself, leap forward to protect. In "Jaynestown", Inara has Mal pegged when she says that he thinks of himself as a hard-hearted criminal, but he really has this "idiotic sense of nobility". It's this same sense of nobility that impells him to carry the unconscious River back on board Serenity even after he's kicked both of the Tams off and seen point-blank evidence that River's out of control.
Mal has no answer for Jayne when Jayne asks why the Tams are back on board. The bottom line, of course, is that Mal simply can't leave a helpless girl to the tender mercies of the Alliance. It's got nothing to do with River or Simon. It's about who Mal IS--whether he knows that about himself or not.
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"Crime and politics, little girl. The situation is always fluid."
Well yeah, that too, but LOOK at him!!!!!
I agree that he might not even know about that aspect of himself. There are parts of the series and the movie where his darker side is explored, but there's a flicker of decency that won't let him be totally overwhelmed by that darkness. He might have even wanted to give himself over to it when he lost everything, but he just can't.
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Alright, alright, he's purty! And he has a sense of humor about himself. And he's purty. Real purty. The leather, the tight pants, the ....dang it, I'm drooling again! Somebody got a mop? 
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LOL! Yeah, my first response to the thread title is... Have you LOOKED at him??
But that's certainly not all. There's lots of pretty boys out there, but only one Mal. It's the good bad boy thing, and the little touch of vulnerability you see now and then. *sigh*
We need more Mal pictures LOL!
BTW - who called him boy in the series? I can't remember that. Seems wrong - he's such a man! Except that I've called him boy twice in this post... but you know what I mean.
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Gets up wipes sleep out of eyes."Mornin all"
Now on to the posted question. Why do women love Mal? Ponders a bit. "I have no idea"
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Originally posted by ncbrowncoat:
Why do we women love Mal?
Cause!
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Originally posted by mal4prez:
We need more Mal pictures LOL!
How's this?
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Originally posted by mal4prez:
We need more Mal pictures LOL!
How's this?
yep there is my man!
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I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"
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HE'S A MYSTERY,A NEVER BACK DOWN FROM ANYTHING MYSTERY.HE'S CARING SMART,LOYAL TO HIS CREW,A FIGHTER.PLUS U KNOW NOT TO MENTION REALLY HOT!!!!
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Originally posted by FollowMal:Quote:
Originally posted by mal4prez:
We need more Mal pictures LOL!
How's this?
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I knew you'd find a slanty gunbelt picture!
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