Firefly Conspiracy Theories

POSTED BY: Quicksand
UPDATED: Thursday, May 27, 2004 01:11
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QUICKSAND

Monday, May 24, 2004 3:57 AM

I wanted to post something on Things That Were Never Revealed, but at the same time, DIDN'T want to post, for fear I'd actually figured something out and would thus give it away.

Eventually, though, curiousity gave way... besides, if we can't discuss it here, where CAN we?

I'll start with the smaller one... how DOES Book know so much about weapons and procedure? Why DID the Alliance ship give him medical care so readily?

Well, the answer is that Book is a former fed. I've seen the answer posted on other topics.

I submit to you, gentle reader, that Book isn't just a former fed... he IS a Fed, and he's much, much better at it than Lawrence from the pilot, "Serenity."

"That's no Shepherd," said Early... and maybe he was right.

Thoughts?

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DAVCO92

Monday, May 24, 2004 4:40 AM

I fairly certain he's an ex-fed officer, so I don't think that's likely. However, if it were true then the only way I can see that working is that he's part of a group inside the Alliance goverment/military that is working against the Blue Sun from within. Could be an altruistic group dedicated to improving the government or simply a rival for power. Either way there would be plenty of reasons for not turning River in to the authorities. That being said, I still believe he's an ex-fed that had a true change of heart, but new conspiracy theories are always welcome around here. Keep em flyin'.

Burn the land, boil the sea...

QUICKSAND

Monday, May 24, 2004 4:53 AM

I don't think you understand what I'm saying.

I'm saying that, from the time we meet Book in the pilot, through the final episode and beyond, Book is an UNDERCOVER FED. Not a half-ass one like Lawrence, but a tried-and-true, hardcore, spot-on Undercover Officer. He's there to learn the crew, find out all he can about Simon and River and the rest of them, and then-- at some indeterminate point in the future-- GET them.

But we never got that far, because the show was cancelled.

That's what I'm saying. Er, suggesting.

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EBONEZER

Monday, May 24, 2004 5:30 AM

I might be in a minority here but I care soooo much more about Books backstory that I do for Rivers.

OMG! I just thought of something. What if he was that lawrince (?) persons body gaurd? That would kind of explain the "I watched the captian kill the man I swore to protect." Maybe not even body guard, but they were in it together somehow.

Actaully though, this doesn't make a whole lot of sense now that i actually think about it for a second. But still, its a thought,

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

QUICKSAND

Monday, May 24, 2004 6:44 AM

Nah, they came on board separately. If Book swore to protect him, it was because there's solidarity among Alliance Employees, or just because Book is trying to ingratiate himself with the crew.

Lawrence was much more of your classic Cop Stereotype-- gung-ho, cowboy, and not very smart. Book, if he's a Fed, is your classic Fed-- sneaky, totally trustworthy, right up until that moment.....

"I don't give half-a-hump if you're innocent or not. So where do you think that leaves you?"
--Book, "Objects in Space"

CAOILTE

Monday, May 24, 2004 8:54 AM

Quote:
I might be in a minority here but I care soooo much more about Books backstory that I do for Rivers.

I think everyone must do once they've watched the series more than once.

River has such obvious depth whilst Book's is so well hidden. His confession to Annarra comes close to being one of the most confusing scenes in the entire series.

Is it a bluff by him?
Does she know he's bluffing?
Is his bluff a blind because he knows she knows he's bluffing?
Does she know he knows she knows he's bluffing?
etc.

Only Jayne comes close to being so deceptively simple a character. Gotta love Book.

JK

Monday, May 24, 2004 10:59 AM

I think it's just too easy for Book to be a Fed. Given that he knows a lot about crime and that the Alliance gave him first class bullet-removal treatment, the first answer to pop into the brain is "is he a Fed?"

And Joss Whedon never goes with the easy options. Which is why we love him. In a non-scary, non-stalkerish, completely heterosexual sense.

I'll stop talking now...

JK

PURPLEBELLY

Monday, May 24, 2004 11:07 AM

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Originally posted by Quicksand:

I submit to you, gentle reader, that Book isn't just a former fed... he IS a Fed, and he's much, much better at it than Lawrence from the pilot, "Serenity."

Book is too old to be a serving field officer; the Alliance does everything by the, um, book.

Covert service trained, yes. Loyal to the Alliance, yes. Opposed to Blue Sun and their perversion of the Alliance, yes. Committed to River's preservation as evidence against the cabal, yes.

JK

Monday, May 24, 2004 11:32 AM

I'm not even sure about that. True, you never know anything with Herr Whedon, but revealing him to simply be a part of an Alliance faction would mean he wasn't a Shepherd. (Yes, I know Jubal said he wasn't one, but I think he meant something along the lines of "that ain't a true shepherd", in the sense that he was someone of a very unshepherdish nature once upon a time). And if Book isn't a Shepherd, everything (and I mean everything) we know about him is a lie. And it seems to me that Herr Whedon prefers to subvert what we've seen, rather than make it all false.

But, then, I could be completely and utterly wrong.

JK

PURPLEBELLY

Monday, May 24, 2004 11:42 AM

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Originally posted by JK:
I'm not even sure about that. True, you never know anything with Herr Whedon, but revealing him to simply be a part of an Alliance faction would mean he wasn't a Shepherd.
JK

Do we know what a shepherd is? Secular work, including holding down paid employment, is a part of many religious callings. The conjunction of political and religious groups is a feature of many societies, if you will excuse the topical reference

I'm probably wrong, too

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