A (new?) Book Theory

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UPDATED: Thursday, May 6, 2004 22:20
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HOWDYROCKERBABY1

Monday, May 3, 2004 4:26 AM

Okay... so this is the basic gist of my new Theory.

Book WAS a high-ranking Alliance Officer before and during the war of Unification, and he had been married but his wife had somehow died many years before, so he was left to raise their son on his own. His son rebelled and joined the Independent's and fought in a major battle (possibly the Battle Of Serenity) and the Alliance not only beat the Independent's brutally, but also treated their Browncoat enemies immorily, resulting in torture or things even worse than that, and the death of Book's son. Book found out about what happened and then went into a deep depression resulting in some soul searching which ultimately caused him to enter into his priesthood. He feels responsible for the untimely death of his son and is then lying to himself and others when in Serenity he says "I never married."

soo... there it is...

hope this isn't a

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GUNHAND

Monday, May 3, 2004 4:43 AM

Hmmm, nifty theory, the only problem with it would be if Book wasn't lying when he said twice in Serenity,"I was never married." when the guy from the Brutus wanted him to ship out with them, and then again to Kaylee when they first met, both times to being called,"Grandpa."

The other bit was in Lost in Space when Jayne and he are talking about being a Shepard and Book pretty much says he never had sex.

But!

No one ever hooked Book up to a lie detector, and like Mal said to Inara in Our Mrs. Reynolds,"You can't open the book of my life and jump in the middle. Like woman, I'm a mystery." Which is true and could be telling, he said book but could it have been a sneaky Joss way of saying something about Book.

We already know from the "landscape" line in the commentary for Serenity that Joss sometimes sticks in a specific word for a definate reason. So it could be that Book is lying, he's a mystery...

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GUNRUNNER

Monday, May 3, 2004 4:56 AM

Well Gunhand he may have been so traumatized by the death of his wife and son he repressed it so much that he doesn’t conceder that he was married.

Of course he may not have been married but it may have been his girl friend and son who was killed.

I still think he was the head of (or a high up of) the Alliance’s version of the FBI/CIA/DIA/KGB/GRU etc and had to go underground to avoid being killed off for fighting corruption.

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GUNHAND

Monday, May 3, 2004 5:00 AM

I can see that Gunrunner, the whole alphabet soup angle. Most definately.

I just wanted to make sure I had a lot of "if he's lying/telling the truth" in there because if you just look at the words said it'd be a big no on the theory. But any theory is as right as any other right now. Provided Book's lying (or has post traumatic stress) about his past.

However, I believe the good Shepard is lying about a lot of things, so this could be the case. I still think he's some sort of Kung-fu Inquisitor Walks The Earths Monk with a very shady...well painfully legit but evil...past.

Editted it because I forgot something, a common event anymore.

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"Oh hey, I got an idea. Instead of us hanging
around playing art critic till I get pinched by
the Man, how's about we move away from this
eerie-ass piece of work and get on with our
increasingly eerie-ass day, how's that?"

My eerie-ass website:
http://gunhandsfirefly.homestead.com/Index.html

KARENKAY99

Wednesday, May 5, 2004 11:20 PM

Smellin' a lot of "if" comin' off this plan.

"They say the snow on the roof is too heavy. They say the ceiling will cave in. His brains are in terrible danger."

TRAGICSTORY

Wednesday, May 5, 2004 11:48 PM

I would have to disagree with that theory just because IF Book's son had been killed by Alliance scum, he would have gone Punisher/Boondock Saints/Braveheart/Etc on them.

He would be them one filling Serenity with high explosives and leading Reavers into the core with a smile on his lips and a BIG "fuck you" on his mind.

Not pretending he never married.

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TJACK

Wednesday, May 5, 2004 11:48 PM

I think it more likley that Book was a Bounty Hunter. {Kind of an earlier, less crazy, version of Jubal.} It would explain his knowledge of weapons and criminal ways as well as the thoughts reveled in OiS

LOST

Thursday, May 6, 2004 12:11 AM

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Originally posted by Tjack:
I think it more likley that Book was a Bounty Hunter.

But why would he have been rushed to the Alliane medical facility if he was just a lowly bounty hunter. He was one of their own, I'd bet good money on it.

And another thing, I'm having a hard time with the whole Book lies idea. I doubt if he has lied at all during the show (feel free to prove me wrong). He creatively omits or speaks with loopholes, but not outright lying.

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DEADLYMIDGET

Thursday, May 6, 2004 12:23 AM

My guess is he was a judge or prosecutor type, joined the order after sending the wrong people to the medical labs or letting the wrong ones go free.

Would explain the not 'giving a hump if you are innocent' comment that River read from him as well as the ident card getting him special treatment. Could also be why he knows so much about crime.

LOST

Thursday, May 6, 2004 12:33 AM

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Originally posted by DeadlyMidget:
My guess is he was a judge or prosecutor type...

Now that I can see.

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