Who was Shepard Book?
POSTED BY: 6ixStringJack
UPDATED: Friday, November 23, 2007 11:21
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I wish I could remember who to credit it do, but the best Ident Card theory I've seen is that Book was the equivalent of a minor Royal--that is, his status came about from family relationships, not from anything he did or didn't do personally.
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Some of Books traits as clues to his past seem to contradict one another. He knows how to throw a good brawler punch (not martial arts) but knows about and understands covert ops and tactics. He uses "kneecapping" (dirty fighting), not "shooting them in the leg", to rationalise his violence in War Stories. Inara is the symathetic person he goes to in the pilot for absolution (actaully his discomfort w/ her when he learns that she's a companion seems a bit forced, in hindsight). I really would have liked to see his story play out. Old-west style marshall for the out-worlds, gone bad? Co-ordinator for operatives? Mafia inforcer? All good theories. By the time we meet him, Book has been atoning for a while (since before the war)for some tortured past...maybe there will be a prequel series some day featuring a young Derial Book AKA "insert real name or other alias".
"Oh, I've got heathens aplenty right here."
-Sheperd Book
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Actually, I meant to mention this before. In the Serenity novelization, the operative called Book by his first name, Derrial. He then paralyzed him and left him standing there to be shot, because the Operative didn't consider him worthy of his blade. Even Mr. Universe was worthy of the blade, so obviously he didn't like Book much.
"We may experience some slight turbulence, and then... explode."
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They revealed at Serenity LA that Book was a dirty Alliance cop. Hence this "I don't give half a hump if you're innocent or not..." comment in OIS.
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"You know that's gonna fall off."
-----Nathan Fillion (to me while drunk)
How are ships unlike food?
1. If you try it and don't like it, you don't have to do it again.
2. You can have as much as you want, when you want.
3. Cravings can be very specific.
I mean, hello it's not as if there's 'ship police?
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I suppose I could alter my story easy enough to accomidate the crooked cop angle, but I don't like the way in Safe a crooked cop's ident chip would have gotten him superior service, and while he might have been born into a rich family I don't think the Allience would work like that.
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Originally posted by micjwelch:
I can't pretend to know everything that goes on in Joss's head (I wish...), but I do tend to think that Book is similar to Paul (Yeah, the Paul from the New Testament). I'm certain that he did something, or was something terrible. And some event made him change his life.
"We may experience some slight turbulence, and then... explode."
Good answer i totally agree
Joanna G
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Originally posted by micjwelch:
I can't pretend to know everything that goes on in Joss's head (I wish...), but I do tend to think that Book is similar to Paul (Yeah, the Paul from the New Testament). I'm certain that he did something, or was something terrible. And some event made him change his life.
"We may experience some slight turbulence, and then... explode."
Good answer i totally agree
Joanna G
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Originally posted by joannahobbit:Quote:
Originally posted by micjwelch:
I can't pretend to know everything that goes on in Joss's head (I wish...), but I do tend to think that Book is similar to Paul (Yeah, the Paul from the New Testament). I'm certain that he did something, or was something terrible. And some event made him change his life.
"We may experience some slight turbulence, and then... explode."
Good answer i totally agree
That is a very good answer, but wouldn't that be delving way into the christian religion considering Joss is an athiest.
Joanna G
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Think for a moment about the Mafia and what you've seen in TV shows and movies about them... If someone such as Book were to be a loyal and devoted right had man for the Don Corleone and then one day was to decide that what he was doing was so horrific that he had to quit.... how many days do you think he would survive when the Mafia decided that because of what he knew that he was too much of a liability that he had to die?
dynamic.
Yes! This is my thought about Book. Actually, I base my entire interpretation of Book by a line from a completely different movie:
"I'm tryin' real hard to be the shepherd." - Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction.
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Good way to catch the christian audience and up those ratings. I think Joss was trying to show the variety of different ways people use faith to stay alive.
For Book it was the christianity belief,
for Inara it was budda.
I mean Firefly had a character for every one to admire for me i just can't pick a favourite
Joanna G
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