Why does Inara have a brain melter?
POSTED BY: Da
UPDATED: Sunday, April 4, 2004 07:06
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Quote:Here ya go. These are the best frames I saw for the melter before it's extended. (They're all enlarged)
Originally posted by Jentle:
justdavid- Thanks, can you do the same with the object the Blue Hand Guys have? You know, as it's coming out of his pocket, maybe... before the rods pop out?
On this extended one I brightened it up so we could see the shape of the base better:
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I'm guessing from the picture comparisons that Inara did not have a "brain-melter." The object in Inara's case doesn't seem to be shaped the same as the Blue Hand device. Then again, it is similar, so perhaps it might be an "early model brain-melter" or something.
I would guess it's been debated here before, but has anyone suggested that Inara may have once had a substance abuse problem? It would explain why she might have had to leave Sihnon; perhaps she got clean but then left to avoid the temptation, but keeps a little of the stuff around "just-in-case," or as a reminder of the mistakes in her past. If it truly is a narcotic of some kind, it might make sense that she'd consider using it if she was about to be set upon and tortured, devoured, etc. by Reavers.
Thoughts?
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Doesn't look the same to me.....
Inara's looked round, but the blue-hands' brain melter has a rectangular end, and it's got a flatter tip than Inara's. Interesting theory, though.
Book: I'd forgotten - you're moonlighting as a criminal mastermind now.
Simon: No, but I'm thinking about growing a big black mustache. I'm a traditionalist.
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Thank you guys for the help in this. I suppose that it's really not a brain melter. ::sighs:: Now I'm back to square one.
It's not a suicide kit but it is a clue to her past. I guess we'll have to wait for Joss to let us know.
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I hope she does the soup-thing. It's always a hoot and we don't all die from it.
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if it wasnt for joss' comment my obvious thought would be some kind of emergency-oh-damn-i-forgot-taking-the-pill injection. but then, 500 years from now youd expect them to have better solutions.
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My theory is that Inara's companion training would have included building immunity to various common poisons. Considering some of her clients would likely be targets for poisoning (and they often share meals) this seems logical. Anticipating the Reaver's desire to violate her and/or snack on her flesh, She may have planned on taking them out by poisoning her flesh with an injection that would be lethal to all but companions. Keeping the specifics of this training secret would be essential. It's only a theory....
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Speed
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Quote:
Originally posted by Speed:
My theory is that Inara's companion training would have included building immunity to various common poisons. Considering some of her clients would likely be targets for poisoning (and they often share meals) this seems logical. Anticipating the Reaver's desire to violate her and/or snack on her flesh, She may have planned on taking them out by poisoning her flesh with an injection that would be lethal to all but companions. Keeping the specifics of this training secret would be essential. It's only a theory....
Not a bad theory. This is plausible, not sure how probable, but a possiblity nonetheless.
"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."
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I think its a "last resort" weapon in the form of a powerful and dangerous narcotic which gives the user extreme power and speed for a limited time then leaves them spent and near death when it wears off. Someone with special academy training using such a narcotic would be a formidable opponent indeed. Wouldnt that have been interesting had the reavers boarded.
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I have a theory on what is in Inara's hidden box.
Her medicine.
I think Inara may be dying. My reasoning.
In Serenity, she opens the box and looks at the contents questioningly. But the question in her head might not be the obvious, "Do I kill myself before the Reavers come?" It could be, "Is there any point in taking this if the Reavers come?"
A small point at well in Serenity is that she gives the doctor her Companion immunization pack for Kaylee. Immunizations are only good before the fact, so why would she not have already used it. Possibly because she already had something worse than what this would immunize her against or perhaps it could not be combined with the medicine she was already taking (we are shown in Ariel how bad effects can come from mixing medications).
Ariel also holds other clues. Inara has to go for her yearly check up. It is obviously the first time she has had to do this since joining Serenity as none of the crew knows about it. It is the reason that the ship has to settle down on Ariel in the first place, and it is easy to look at it as a simple plot hook to get the story going, but haven't we learned that everything means something in Firefly.
When Inara comes back and is asked how it went, she doesn't say good or fine; she says, "same as last year." Another clue that perhaps "last year" during her physical was when her illness was discovered, and that led her to Serenity.
A minor point as well is that it took two days for Inara to have a physical. Two days? In a world where Simon can do a brain scan of River in two minutes. Seems a little much for a simple physical.
Then we get to Heart of Gold. Why does Inara choose to leave at the end? She talks about learning something from Nandi. How her group became a family and tied to each other. Perhaps she never expected to get close to the crew or care about Mal so much. She may be leaving because she doesn't want to put them through dealing with her death, and she doesn't want Mal to face the loss of her on top of a life filled with loss.
An interesting point is Mal's comment in the discussion, "Life is too damn short..."
Anyway, like I said, it's a theory, nothing more. Maybe we'll find out someday.
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