I think. . .
POSTED BY: Static
UPDATED: Thursday, April 15, 2004 03:15
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Sentry001 wrote:
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Hi there this is my first post.
Welcome to the board Sentry001. Glad to have a new face w/ us. Hope to see you posting regularly w/ us.
As to the Reavers on Whitefall, I did rewatch the episode last night, and the Reavers in fact did survive the burn. You see thier ship tossed about a bit, but not destroyed. Zoe's comment was "They'll never turn in time to catch us now" or something to that effect.
I have to agree that one Reaver ship would never attack Whitehall. The impression we get is that Patience has a sizeable community there and something would have been mentioned of a Reaver attack if they did hit Whitehall.
"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."
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Hello, time for a few more cents from The Hat--
I think it's important to keep in mind that the Reavers are human. Yes, Jayne reached for the biggest gun he had (not Vera, I think because Vera hadn't been introduced yet, and was conceived of later by Joss for the Our Mrs Reynolds ep).
I think Jayne is a really bad ass dude, with the typical paranoid fears that most bullies have about something or another (I was regualrly harassed in grade school by a guy with a serious attitude... he'd constantly take on the biggest and baddest without batting an eye, but he would run screaming at the sight of a Daddy Long Legs).
Obviously, the Reavers are the baddest of the bad, but I think that, like many predators, they choose specific targets. If they fail to bring in their prey, they don't go on a random strike tantrum, that wastes too much energy.
They probably wouldn't have bothered with Whitefall, and would simply have gone back to their previous path in space.
And, do we KNOW the Reavers attacked a town? I don't recall the actual mention--was it history, or a Kaiser Sose moment? Was it something that was passed down person to person, like a myth?
I also get the impression that the Reavers, while they cooperate when striking, probably don't even get along with each other too well, so I doubt there's too many on one ship...
--The Hat
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"I like smackin 'em"--Jayne
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The mention to a town being hit by Reavers was in Serenity. After getting the brush off by Badger and discussing where they could sell the loot, Mal runs down a list of possibles. "Capshaw's brain blown, Rubik's dead" Zoe "Rubik's dead?" Mal "Town got hit by Reavers" Jayne "I aint goin no where near Reaver's, them people aint right" or something to that effect ... my memory might be a bit fuzzy on the wording.
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A few things to consider. . .and bear in mind, we really know almost NOTHING about Reavers, so this is all educated guesses. . .
I'm thinking Reavers culture is something of a pack/tribe mentality with the leadership coming from and 'alpha' type character. . .whomever is the biggest, meanest in the group. Here's a scenario. . .
The ship full of Reavers, as Mal suggests, probably a raiding party judging by their size, passes Serenity. Maybe they just hit somewhere, or maybe they were on their way somewhere specific. Now, since Serenity didn't run, the Reavers didn't chase. This is very similar to behavior we see in the animal kingdom. . .don't make eye contact, don't show fear.
BUT. . .the Reavers are not a single being, and I don't think it's a 'hive mind'. . .but as I stated before, more of a 'pack mind'. The current Alpha figures not to bother with Serenity, and one of the lesser males takes issue with that. There is some sort of power struggle, the lesser male kills the Alpha male. Watching the conflict gets the Reavers all in a tizzy, and the NEW leader now has a boatload of Reavers who are a mite hungry. That's why it took so long for them to actually get around to going after Serenity in the first place.
Like I said before. . .attacking Whitefall afterwards would PROBABLY be necessary to sate the blood lust built up from the chase (and possibly the previous fight between former alpha and current alpha).
Think pack animals.
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