Who or what is Inara?
POSTED BY: Platonist
UPDATED: Thursday, September 25, 2008 21:27
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Originally posted by ncbrowncoat:
Maybe this discussion will give me the motivation to finish the last half of a post BDM fic I've had on my hard drive for, oh 8 or 9 months.
Consider this a request to let loose with the motivation. I'd love to read your post BDM fic.
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The sad thing...Joss hasn't refuted the disclosure. And, I don’t think its “lame” or “clichéd". It is good storytelling and really tragic.
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The end scenario has me wondering which way Joss would have gone with Mal's character as the focus of the show. He is someone who lost everything, then gained the love of his life and meaning to his existence. What does a person do who then loses everything of meaning twice? Does he go bitter and die inside (tried that once), or does he find peace in having loved even though he lost her. Gives new meaning then to the Mal, Zoe friendship and the reason behind the loss of Wash to then see two old friends survive another heartache. Wouldn't you just die to know sometimes what was going on in Joss's 7 year storyboard for Firefly?
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Inara's job is to recruit horny couch potatos to watch Firefly. Male and female. End of story.
"Dirty dirty whore!"
-Mal, Trash
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Do you notice how attached everyone is to Serenity. In "Out of Gas" Mal takes one glance and has to have this ship. Zoe is more practical, but she sticks with Mal and that means being part of the ship. Kaylee signs on without knowing much about the crew at all. Then Kaylee sees Book looking the ship over and knows he is hooked. "I seen ya look'n at the ship," Kaylee proclaims. And here are Mal and Zoe looking down three guns and talk the one man, Jayne, into betraying the other two. This scene is also in "Out of Gas".
It all comes down to the ship. Why did Simon pick Serenity to sneak River off world with?
Serenity draws people to her. She selects people who are troubled and need to escape. Serenity has pulled Inara and all the others to her. Mal says you have to love your ship to River. I think River knew that from the start. She took the controls at the end of the movie because Serenity wanted her to take them.
And why rebuild Serenity? It would probably have been wiser to buy a new ship. But Serenity has to live. She finds people who will help her and in return she helps them.
So my answer is, no one chooses Serenity. Serenity chooses them.
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Traveler
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Originally posted by traveler:
Do you notice how attached everyone is to Serenity. In "Out of Gas" Mal takes one glance and has to have this ship. Zoe is more practical, but she sticks with Mal and that means being part of the ship. Kaylee signs on without knowing much about the crew at all. Then Kaylee sees Book looking the ship over and knows he is hooked. "I seen ya look'n at the ship," Kaylee proclaims. And here are Mal and Zoe looking down three guns and talk the one man, Jayne, into betraying the other two. This scene is also in "Out of Gas".
It all comes down to the ship. Why did Simon pick Serenity to sneak River off world with?
Serenity draws people to her. She selects people who are troubled and need to escape. Serenity has pulled Inara and all the others to her. Mal says you have to love your ship to River. I think River knew that from the start. She took the controls at the end of the movie because Serenity wanted her to take them.
And why rebuild Serenity? It would probably have been wiser to buy a new ship. But Serenity has to live. She finds people who will help her and in return she helps them.
So my answer is, no one chooses Serenity. Serenity chooses them.
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Traveler
Very well put Traveler. I've got a lump in my throat.
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Originally posted by Platonist:
The sad thing...Joss hasn't refuted the disclosure. And, I don’t think its “lame” or “clichéd”. It is good storytelling and really tragic.
Has he had a chance to?
As for whether it is good storytelling or not, it all comes down to execution.
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I can take Joss's word for it that Inara has no secret motive regarding Serenity, but not to say she hasn't a secret motive for herself being on Serenity.
I don't have the answer. But I might add some light.
Some may note the discrepancy between the date official records show her departing Madrassa House and boarding Serenity, and the dates she states she actually has been aboard. This has been pointed out in the time line discussions. This may have bearing on why she left Madrassa House, why she chose Serenity, why the (reported or recorded) timing is inconsistent. Perhaps Serenity was chosen because the recordkeeping is somewhat more...fluid.
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Originally posted by Katesfriend:
The end scenario has me wondering which way Joss would have gone with Mal's character as the focus of the show. He is someone who lost everything, then gained the love of his life and meaning to his existence. What does a person do who then loses everything of meaning twice? Does he go bitter and die inside (tried that once), or does he find peace in having loved even though he lost her. Gives new meaning then to the Mal, Zoe friendship and the reason behind the loss of Wash to then see two old friends survive another heartache. Wouldn't you just die to know sometimes what was going on in Joss's 7 year storyboard for Firefly?
I don't think Mal was the focal point. It might seem so merely because he is the Captain. However, Joss has stated that the show is viewed from River's point of view, it is her journey. The various progressions of interactions between
River and Mal are very important, but much time is spent in the show with River and whomever she is interacting with.
I think season one was pointing out the issues among the crew. Season 2 was the River-Miranda arc which became the BDM.
Inara and Book could have been explored more in the following seasons, if they survived that long. The Washburne baby would have been interesting, if certain fatalities were not used for artistic liscense in the BDH.
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