Serenity Pets

POSTED BY: WhooDahn
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WHOODAHN

Friday, April 23, 2004 1:24 PM

You know how pets will often look like their owners. Can you imagine what pets that the crew of Serenity would have?

The first one I thought of is Inara. She would have a beautiful full size French poodle with long wavy fur.

I think River would have a Chihuahua. Smallish, large eyes, a little neurotic.

I think Kaylee would have a Persian cat or some sort of large long haired cat.

Jayne would have a German Shepherd.

I think Wash would have a monkey. Maybe it's the shirt or the animated way he talks but I can picture him with a monkey.

I'm not sure about Book. When he pokes his head around the corner looking for River with his hair sticking out, it reminds me of something but I can't put my finger on it. Any ideas?

Mal looks like a dog person. Maybe a bulldog or pit bull.

Zoë needs something big, regal and exotic. I think she would have a domesticated panther or jaguar

Simon? I think Simon has a goldfish.

"I ain't crazy and I've got papers to prove it"

CYBERSNARK

Friday, April 23, 2004 3:19 PM

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I think Kaylee would have a Persian cat or some sort of large long haired cat.

Long-haired animal around engines? Very, very bad.

I'm thinking more a short-hair. Something playful and silly, but smart enough to avoid the bad places.

Inara would probably have a long-hair, or maybe a siamese or some other exotic breed. Probably with a suitably enigmatic and elegant personality. Or maybe she'd just keep fish. Tropical fish, with flashy eye-bending colours and frilly fins. Or maybe give her Zoe's panther or jaguar --something elegant, regal, polite, even gentle, but never, ever to be "tamed."

Bulldogs & pitbulls don't really seem Mal's style. Maybe a beagle (

), or a terrier or somethng. Yeah, a terrier; small, relatively weak, but willing to take on enemies several times its size, and absolutely will not let go if it thinks it has any chance at all. That's Mal right there.

Zoe seems more of the pitbull type; remember her whole thing about not attracting attention. Big cats tend to be attention-getters.

Book would probably have something small and non-violent. Maybe a hamster. Or maybe Book would have one of the wierd cats; the ones that think like guard dogs and are willing to act like they're trained. Something suitably mysterious.

Simon is a hamster, canonically.

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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.

LIZ

Friday, April 23, 2004 4:36 PM

so, umm practically speaking, i can't see too many animals on Serenity. But i am putting in my choices anyway

Kaylee-- a cute little gray tiger cat that loves to climb into peoples laps. Or a golden retreiver, they are so happy.

Inara-- yes. a siamese cat. perfect. Exotic fish are more practical because her clients might have allegies.

Mal-- medium sized dog... i'll go with that. a hunting dog maybe. a beagle because they have smallish droppings?

Wash -- Monkey is great! or maybe a parrot... something that'd sit on his shoulder.

Zoe-- a snake. one that wouldn't eat Wash's pet (or had been trained not to). i don't have any justification for it. it just seems fitting.

Book-- a fish. or a small lizard.

I think of both Book and Simon as aquarium people.

Simon-- a turtle.

River-- i think River is a cat person. a black cat that only likes her.

WHOODAHN

Friday, April 23, 2004 5:17 PM

Maybe a better question is what animal does the crew make you think of?

"I ain't crazy and I've got papers to prove it"

HERO

Friday, April 23, 2004 5:27 PM

Mal should get a beagle. He could name it Archer.

Inara and Kaylee are cat people.

River would adopt a pet rock. (Why a rock? Because the one she would pick wouldn't know its a rock.)

Simon is a white mouse man.

No pets for Book, Zoe, or Wash.

Jayne, some kind of annoying talking bird. Something that swears and makes lewd comments at women and Wash.

Also it'd be cool to see some kind of vermin sneak onto Serenity for an episode. Hmmm...

Mal- "You mean you didn't use protection?"
Jayne- "Well, I was in a hurry...besides, I didn't see any when I looked, you know...down there."
Mal- "You always check unsealed cargo."
Wash- "Great! Nobody'll let us land now that we have Space Herpes."
Mal- "Nobody is gonna find out. Zoe, get the Doctor to wip up something to get rid of them."

H

WHOODAHN

Friday, April 23, 2004 5:58 PM

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Also it'd be cool to see some kind of vermin sneak onto Serenity for an episode. Hmmm...

I think it would be cool for a fox to sneak on board. They would only see the crap it leaves laying around. Jayne could spend the whole episode hunting it down and they could all take turns cussing that "Damn Fox"

"I ain't crazy and I've got papers to prove it"

BADGERSHAT

Friday, April 23, 2004 6:15 PM

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Originally posted by WhooDahn:
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Also it'd be cool to see some kind of vermin sneak onto Serenity for an episode. Hmmm...

I think it would be cool for a fox to sneak on board. They would only see the crap it leaves laying around. Jayne could spend the whole episode hunting it down and they could all take turns cussing that "Damn Fox"

"I ain't crazy and I've got papers to prove it"

... this is, quite possibly, the single most brilliant idea I've ever read on a Firefly thread!!!!!

I tip my shiny hat to you, in courteous acknowledgement of your superior skill.

Also, I think Kaylee would have a floppy puppy that keeps tripping over its own feet. Cats are great--but cats are just a little bit lacking in lavishing affection that Kaylee would want in a pet.

Inara is, without question, a cat person. Something very regal and elegant, like a Persian.

Wash strikes me as a fish guy, only because of the absurd antics he would pretend they were up to in their little bowl.

River would most definitely adopt something everyone else hates, something evil, like a ferret. She could name is Rupert, or Murdoch.

Jayne... I kinda see him throwing everyone off, and falling helplessly in love with a Yorkshire terrier (complete with red bow tied to forehead). Then again, he might also have a collection of tarantulas or Black Widows, because they're scary, and scary can be fun if it's the other guy.

Simon would think pets are too dangerous--wild animals can bite and cause infections... then again, he might throw us all off, and bring home a 17 foot Reticulate Python...

Mal is not a dog lover, because dogs need way too much attention, all the time. I could see Mal with a cat, and his and Inara's cats would constantly be getting it on in the hallways (sort of metaphoric). Then again, a gigantic, powerful, and scary-strong part-timberwolf following him everywhere would be a good thing, too.

Book is somewhere between a beautiful pair of parakeets, and a trained bird-of-prey of some sort (maybe a falcon).

I think Zoe's pet would be born in a Smith & Wesson or Heckler & Kock factory, living on a strictly metallic diet.

--The Hat

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"I like smackin 'em"--Jayne

HOWDYROCKERBABY1

Friday, April 23, 2004 6:41 PM

A poodle is definately too spazztic and goofy to belong to inara, she definately needs a cat, a cool cat.

Wash with the monkey i totally agree

Book's would be one of those goofy dogs with the long white hair.

Simon wouldn't have a Goldfish, too stupid. But then again i can't really see Simon with a dog or a cat either.

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WHOODAHN

Friday, April 23, 2004 8:14 PM

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Inara is, without question, a cat person. Something very regal and elegant, like a Persian.

You are right, maybe a Himalayan. Speaking of Him-a-layin....I bet Inara would have a nice...uh...cat.

"I ain't crazy and I've got papers to prove it"

CYBERSNARK

Saturday, April 24, 2004 12:49 AM

I see Mal and the dog more as the Serenity gets caught by the Alliance (nothing major, just a "routine safety/contraband check" as makework for the soldiers). Same cruiser has a bunch of animals en route to wherever, including one little terrier that sneaks out and manages to get aboard Serenity. They don't find the dog 'til they're underway, and Mal's all about tossin' it off his boat (much to Kaylee's chagrin).

The show progresses as normal; crime happens, crew gets away. The dog is nothing more than a sub-plot.

They arrive on Persephone and are greeted by Badger, who promptly tries to sell Serenity out from under Mal! He has a wealthy and arrogantly ignorant buyer who's willing to pay several times Serenity's worth for "a taste of the frontier" (he'll crew it with a squad of his finest spit-and-polish butlers, of course ).

The dog ends up chasing off the fastidious client by peeing on his shoes (Mal & co snickering). After he storms off, Badger rounds on the "flea bitten li'le mut," and turns to stalk out. The pup then takes a chunk out of whatever part of him's in reach (possibly getting into a tug-of-war for The Hat, which Badger'll have removed for the obscenely rich fellow), then trots back to Mal, tail wagging (preferably still carrying a piece of ripped-off Badger).

If Mal's not ready to adopt it by then as an honorary Browncoat, he'll never be.

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Simon is a white mouse man.

Hee; a liberated lab rat!

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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.

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