Inara's Jedi mind tricks

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EBONEZER

Monday, May 24, 2004 1:48 AM

Yeah, Inara can read people, almost everybody can, although few people can use it as well to her advantage. Definatly compantion training. As far as her jedi-like "Powers of suggestion," a lot of it is in the delivery, but a lot of it (possibly more) is the fact that Inara drips sex apeal.

This might be a shot in the dark (i don't know exactly how men think, and i don't claim too) but wouldn't some men be trilled to do whatever this beautiful compainion might ask them too, just because of the off chance that she might have sex with them? This would probably be very subconcious or subliminal thoughts on the part of the man, but have you ever noticed that sales people will go a little farther for a pretty face then they will for somebody who is less attractive? (except the K-mart, people at K-mart don't help anybody)

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

JK

Monday, May 24, 2004 11:24 AM

Hmm. Mental images of Inara cavorting about the cargo bay with lightsaber in hand. Mal ('bad'. In the Latin) saying "No, Inara. I am your father." Inara turns out to have a brother, Book, who also has the Force/Feminine Wiles. Wash can have had a little maneouvre at the Battle of Tanab, and Simon is actually his cyborg assistant. The watchismacallits on Serenity can get polarised and that's why they can't fly, River is actually head of the Alliance and wears lots of makeup to hide a surprisingly hideous face, and there are links for Zoe, Jayne and Kaylee too...

Don't rightly know what they are, though.

JK - Working to take serious conversations into the Lands of Bizarre

FIREFLEW

Monday, May 24, 2004 5:36 PM

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Originally posted by ebonezer:

This might be a shot in the dark (i don't know exactly how men think, and i don't claim too) but wouldn't some men be trilled to do whatever this beautiful compainion might ask them too, just because of the off chance that she might have sex with them? This would probably be very subconcious or subliminal thoughts on the part of the man, but have you ever noticed that sales people will go a little farther for a pretty face then they will for somebody who is less attractive? (except the K-mart, people at K-mart don't help anybody)

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

No, this isn't at all a shot in the dark. Many guys will do exactly what you say.

Jayne: "Know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I beat you with till you understand who's in command."

HUMBLE

Monday, May 24, 2004 7:21 PM

What you're decribing sounds more than a little like what the Bene Gesserits used in Dune. You know, the power of Voice. My guess was they used vocal tones to semi-hypnotize people or make them more compliant to their bidding. Maybe Inara went through some kind of psychological schooling that trained her to "read" people quickly. I think that's what it is, she's just been around enough and exposed to enough people that she can get a read on most people. I remember that she was fooled by Saffron and being that Saffron was also trained as a Companion, this implies that the Companions must recieve some sort of training that allows them to conceal their own emotions(inscrutability?) while at the same time be able to extract info/get into the heads of their clients.

Just a thought anyway.

GRACEOM

Monday, May 24, 2004 8:47 PM

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Originally posted by HUMBLE:
What you're decribing sounds more than a little like what the Bene Gesserits used in Dune. You know, the power of Voice. My guess was they used vocal tones to semi-hypnotize people or make them more compliant to their bidding. Maybe Inara went through some kind of psychological schooling that trained her to "read" people quickly. I think that's what it is, she's just been around enough and exposed to enough people that she can get a read on most people. I remember that she was fooled by Saffron and being that Saffron was also trained as a Companion, this implies that the Companions must recieve some sort of training that allows them to conceal their own emotions(inscrutability?) while at the same time be able to extract info/get into the heads of their clients.

Just a thought anyway.

I think she was fooled by Saffron's innocent act until Saffron tried to seduce her. My impression, from what Inara said later, was that the attempted seduction not only didn't fool her, she recognized the technique as Academy training. So, yeah, it would seem they're trained to perceive and manipulate sexual desire, but the "mind control tricks" don't extend beyond the sexual arena. Not that that wouldn't be quite enough to cause considerable mayhem

, as Saffron so abundantly demonstrates over and over...

Grace

HUMBLE

Monday, May 24, 2004 8:58 PM

I dunno, the "sexual arena" extends for quite a ways.

HUMBLE

GRACEOM

Monday, May 24, 2004 11:03 PM

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Originally posted by HUMBLE:
I dunno, the "sexual arena" extends for quite a ways.

HUMBLE

It sure does, LOL! But it doesn't quite cover everything for everyone, which is where I think she runs into a bit of confusion...at times...with certain people...

Grace

HUMBLE

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 12:01 AM

"Certain people" meaning Mal? He's kind of a live wire, a raw nerve. Maybe that's why Inara is drawn to him. Confusion/love/lust. Her Companion training seems to break down around Mal for some reason. Maybe old Mal is learning a few of HER mind tricks. Or maybe it's that and something else combined.

Just my view from the peanut gallery. HUMBLE.

ANKHAGOGO

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 1:18 AM

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Originally posted by HUMBLE:
"Certain people" meaning Mal? He's kind of a live wire, a raw nerve. Maybe that's why Inara is drawn to him. Confusion/love/lust. Her Companion training seems to break down around Mal for some reason. Maybe old Mal is learning a few of HER mind tricks. Or maybe it's that and something else combined.

Maybe it's been a while since Inara's actuallybeen attracted to someone the way she is to Mal. I could see where that in itself would confuse her.
Then there the fact that Inara is probably used to the kind of attention she got in Paridiso or from Atherton -- heck, to a certain point, she probably expects that kind of reaction from men of all stations and ages.
Mal acts like he doesn't even notice she's got girl parts. I would think that, for someone who gets men going ga-ga over her without even trying, Mal's seeming lack of appreciation for her looks would just be a)frustrating, and b)bewildering, as well as c)intriguing.

"Well personally, I kinda want to slay the dragon."

HUMBLE

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 1:57 AM

ANKHAGOGO: You may be right about Inara's not being attracted to one particular man for quite awhile. Mal doesn't fit into a neatly defined package. He's an oddity and a challenge to her. I'd say if Inara were used to the kind of tender mercies Atherton dispenses, she would have a very short life span. I agree about her feeling frustrated and intrigued by Mal's seeming indifference towards her. But bewildering? I think not. He's expressed his thoughts of her on a number occasions as a whore, yeah? I think she thinks that he thinks he's above her, too good for her. Even in his low-class world as a smuggler and thief, he has the nerve to think himself above her. Imagine how this galls such a woman of her social stature. I'm willing to bet there is as much her own ego driving her interest in Mal as there is animal attraction. What say you to that?

HUMBLE.

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