Jayne - what kind of killer? Or aint he?

POSTED BY: wytchcroft
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WYTCHCROFT

Monday, October 15, 2007 1:57 PM

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Those Left Behind shows how the battlefield carnage "don't seem right" to him somehow.
But we know he likes to brawl.
we know he's a tracker.
we see him kill a man bare handed (or try to) on Ariel.

Is he then...

a killer - a clown - a mercenary or just a hapless shmo happens to be good with a gun and large boned with it?

finishing off a fic - and i need to get the tone of him right.

any thoughts??

MSG

Monday, October 15, 2007 2:22 PM

A man who will kill when it serves his purpose. Businesslike and self preservation appear to be how he handles killing. He has some clear cut lines ( no kids ) and some sense of useless slaughter. Mostly he thinks killing is ok if it was needed to protect yourself or your " family" or if it's someone who deserved it...( but he seems to relate deserves it to functional adults who could protect themselves and fight back)

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MRBEN

Monday, October 15, 2007 2:43 PM

I think he's a man who would "kill a man in a fair fight... or if [he thinks] he's gonna start a fair fight... or if he bothers [him], or if there's a woman... or if [he's] getting paid. Mostly only when [he's] getting paid."

He's a merc, through and through. But he doesn't see any profit in war (not one for macro-economics ;) )

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THEQUICKBROWNFOX

Monday, October 15, 2007 3:31 PM

I think the man is deep. Maybe dumbing himself down to hide something inside. I think he's a killer-- with a conscience. :)

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THEQUICKBROWNFOX

Monday, October 15, 2007 3:35 PM

He's a deep one, our Jayne. I think dumbing himself down to hide how he really is. Jayne is a killer all right- one with a conscience.

From one thing, learn ten thousand things.

SPACEANJL

Monday, October 15, 2007 7:03 PM

Jayne is a merc, and he's been one for most of his life. Not always with the big pay-off, but he's still alive, which means he's good. Mal gets him to do the shooting that needs to be done, and we've seen that Mal is no slouch with a gun. He might come across as large and lumbering, but he's obviously a good tracker, which you don't get to be by being clumsy.

Probably not the best educated guy (but we don't know about his homeworld - maybe no opportunity) but he has some smarts. And so what if his book of emotional literacy is written in crayon - stop to examine your feelings on the Rim, and that could get you dead. He's perfectly designed for the life he leads.

Other points to him - he can cook, he can play the guitar, and he has a close family. Some kind of organised religion in his background.

My take - blue-collar suburban, and he's the eldest of a couple of kids. (The way he treats Kaylee - the man has sisters as well as that brother, I'd bet on it.) The kind of family where the men punch each other in the arm, rather than talk about feelings.

(Ficpimping - Cold Comfort Mountain - the Marietta Shipyards on Deadwood. Meet the Cobbs.)

But not a teddy bear, ever. He's a big, mean, hard bastard, who will kill without blinking if he feels the need. If I was stranded out on the Rim, I know who I would want around in a tussle. I think the key to him is a 'Verse view of 'us' (people you don't go killin') and 'them' (every other gorram person out there.) Once the Tams become 'us', I think life will get a whole lot more interesting. 'Cos I think Jayne is used to younger siblings, but while River is used to dealing with a brother, Simon isn't. (And I really see that as a valid development of relationship - River wouldn't ever see Jayne as a 'grown-up', like Zoe or Mal. And once Jayne gets over his Kaylee-crush - I gave him an incentive - and gets to ragging on the Doc, it could be funny.)

WYTCHCROFT

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 12:25 PM

helpful stuff!:)

NCBROWNCOAT

Friday, October 19, 2007 4:32 AM

Jayne's a very tactile person. Always touching, smelling etc. Taking in everything and his attention span is not the best. But when he zeros in on something he's relentless.

Smart in certain areas (tracking, guns, habits of his prey)but not educated or dumb either.

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RIVERFLAN

Sunday, October 21, 2007 10:01 PM

In my personal opinion, Jayne kills when it's nessisary, or when he has a personal grudge, but he wouldn't like killing a total stanger; a waste of amo and time. I think he'd also view a war as completely pointless.

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NBZ

Tuesday, October 23, 2007 3:54 PM

I'll let Jayne do the talking.

Quote:
I'll kill a man in a fair fight...
or if I think he's gonna start a fair fight...
or if he bothers me, or if there's a woman...
or if I'm getting paid.
Mostly only when I'm getting paid.

It may be a funny quote, but it gets to the heart of the matter. Jayne is a killer.

I don't think we have seen a situation yet where he was not willing to kill. (though we have seen one where he thought all the killing was senseless.)

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