Why did Inara leave Shinon?

POSTED BY: ncbrowncoat
UPDATED: Monday, January 7, 2008 07:26
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NCBROWNCOAT

Friday, November 23, 2007 1:06 AM

That's why I keep thinking that there was a scandal but Inara could have been an "innocent" party but the powers that be realized that having her on Shinon would either be a danger to Inara or the Guild.

I hate it too that we'll never know. That is unless in Serenity 2 Joss decides to give us a reason.

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ASARIAN

Friday, November 23, 2007 1:48 AM

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Originally posted by nbz:

There are loads of question here. For instance, why did she choose Serenity? a boat where the owner did not think much of her job and even insulted her while showing her the shuttle?

Was that desperation, or had he been recommended? in either case, why? also "by whom?" for the latter.

Yes, questions. :) Good ones. Because the question is not just why she left Sihnon, but indeed also why she chose Mal's boat. Tired of Companioning? Take a cruise! Serenity don't seem like a likely choice for Inara. Maybe she too wanted to fly under the radar for a while. But why? I'm not buying into the whole: "I rent the shuttle from Captain Reynolds, which allows me to expand my client base, and the Captain finds that having a Companion on board opens certain doors that might otherwise be closed to him." Well, I'll buy the latter, but what's in it for Inara? Expand her clientele with folks on the rim? It don't make no sense. She's on good terms with The House and The Guild, but even if she wanted some off-time, why not stay on Sihnon, in her lap of luxury?

Plenty of room for even the wildest speculation. But it could just be as simple as Inara instinctively wanting out--wanting more for herself--with her going on a quest to seek and find it. Dunno; that don't exactly sound like Inara, now does it? Sigh. Point remains, really, that all have a good/obvious reason to be on Mal's boat, 'cept Inara.

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"Mei-mei, everything I have is right here." -- Simon Tam

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Tuesday, January 1, 2008 7:57 AM

In case it wasn't seen, I'll inject the possibility of records forgery in this thread.
In Tthe Train Job, she tells Book she's been aboard 8 months.
In Bushwhacked, the Commander says she shipped out with serenity a year ago. This creates a timeline conflict.
Perhaps she needed her records to show she was not at Madrassa House in the last few months when she was, and therefore needed to find a disreputable ship and crew who would not snub their noses at fudging the paperwork. Therefore the Offical Records show she was aboard Serenity a year, when she may have only been 8 or 9 months.
This may have also been around the time her Companion Exam was due - coincidence or cause?

SCHOOLBOYSWINK

Sunday, January 6, 2008 4:05 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by jewelstaitefan:
In case it wasn't seen, I'll inject the possibility of records forgery in this thread.
In Tthe Train Job, she tells Book she's been aboard 8 months.
In Bushwhacked, the Commander says she shipped out with serenity a year ago. This creates a timeline conflict.
Perhaps she needed her records to show she was not at Madrassa House in the last few months when she was, and therefore needed to find a disreputable ship and crew who would not snub their noses at fudging the paperwork. Therefore the Offical Records show she was aboard Serenity a year, when she may have only been 8 or 9 months.
This may have also been around the time her Companion Exam was due - coincidence or cause?

I like it, JSF. I read your timeline thread (and you were a post-er after my own heart on that one, in terms of the amount of ink used for the thing

), and this fits nicely. It is also important to remember, I think, her line to Simon in Bushwhacked: "We're all running from something." She did not exclude herself in this statement, and it answers, I think, the first critical question to her leaving Sihnon, which is "Running FROM or running TO?" From. I don't necessarily think she meant this as some deep commentary on her own situation, but the fact that she would say this at all reflects her attitude toward the purpose of Serenity in her life. She is running from something, not under orders, and she isn't on bad terms with the guild because she remains a member, officially. And I, too, dislike the illness and youth serum theories. Both are based on single lines which I think are given too much consideration out of context, and also they are too "Star Trek" (or at best "Babylon 5" or "StarGate"), not Firefly.

"When you can't do somethin' smart, do somethin' right!" -Jayne Cobb quotes Shepherd Book

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Monday, January 7, 2008 7:26 AM

I guess I should have mentioned the other references of Inara's time on Serenity.

In The Train Job Inara did tell Book she'd been aboard 8 months.
In Objects in Space Inara told Jubal she'd been aboard "a year."
In deleted scenes from BDM (and in script) Sheydra recalls Inara was aboard "a year" in context implying at least a year - but not "a year and a half" which would have also fit in context, if it were the case.

These are not in conflict with each other.

The "few weeks less than a year" statement(s) in Bushwhacked does conflict, however.

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