Completely new "Inara's Syringe" theory...

POSTED BY: BadgersHat
UPDATED: Friday, May 28, 2004 03:17
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BADGERSHAT

Thursday, May 27, 2004 2:36 PM

Okay, try this on for size...

What if Inara left for the black for a very particular reason, and the syringe is NOT a mind enhancer, or a suicide, or a life-saving med, or anything like that?

What if, and this is just my Hat's early-morning shake-out-the-dust moment here... but, what if she left, because she wants to become a mother?

And what if part of her training at the Academy included some form of permanent or near permanent birth control, and the syringe was, in fact, some type of fertility treatment? And she glanced at it in a "If the Reavers get me this will have been all for nothing" kind of way?

Maybe there's some sort of policy/rule/law with Companions forbidding parenthood, and she's on the run to pursue being a mother, seeking a man that would be a compatible father?

Hmmmmm....

--Jefé The Hat

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"I like smackin 'em"--Jayne

ANNIK

Thursday, May 27, 2004 3:08 PM

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Originally posted by BadgersHat:
Okay, try this on for size...
(snip)What if, and this is just my Hat's early-morning shake-out-the-dust moment here... but, what if she left, because she wants to become a mother?

And what if part of her training at the Academy included some form of permanent or near permanent birth control, and the syringe was, in fact, some type of fertility treatment? And she glanced at it in a "If the Reavers get me this will have been all for nothing" kind of way?
(snip)

I really like this theory ... great angle ... great possibilities.

One of several thousand reasons Firefly is great is how often the 'little things' of daily life are shown -- Zoe and Wash talking about having babies, Mal putting his toilet away, the unique ways Kaylee and Jayne have made their bunks 'home'.

So ... I'd second your theory! Works for me.

Cheers,
Annik
... my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood.

HOAGIE

Thursday, May 27, 2004 3:09 PM

interesting theory, but i'm gonna have to go ahead and disagree with you on that one.

I agree that the companions are probably banned or at least discouraged from having kids as they would appeal to a smaller clientelle base during pregnancy and afterwards, plus the kids would need to be provided for and the mothers would have to take time off from work to tend to them, so the guild loses out on dues and percentage of profits. The only flaw in that theory is that Inara is still registered with the guild and still follows all of the guild's laws. the only difference is that she is not tethered to one house as most companions seem to be.

if she was so eager to conceive she could easily have broken ties with the guild and gone on her way with the Serenity crew or just wanderd the core searching for a suitable mate. a companion has money, evidenced by the fact that she pays Mal for the shuttle, and there'd be no end to the way she could get it, since companions are skilled in music, dance, massage, etc. she wouldn't even have to sleep with anyone till she felt ready. she could easily pay to reverse whatever sort of contraceptive surgery was done if she wanted.

*shrug* that's my take on it. it just seems that Inara has more on her mind than babies.

BADGERSHAT

Thursday, May 27, 2004 3:14 PM

Ah, yes, but keep in mind, we've never seen her actually communicate with the Guild, we know she left the home world place very suddenly, we don't know that she's ACTUALLY still registered, we only hear what she's said, and we know there's a myustery behind it.

And we have no idea what types of punishments may be in store for a Companion who decides to go against Guild Law... which could very well be why she's on Serenity, sort of on the run.. but doesn't want anyone else to be privy to such details...

--Jefé The Hat

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"I like smackin 'em"--Jayne

HOAGIE

Thursday, May 27, 2004 3:18 PM

*thinks* oh yeah.

good call

BLEYDDYN

Thursday, May 27, 2004 3:19 PM

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Originally posted by BadgersHat:
...we don't know that she's ACTUALLY still registered...

Well, in the Train Job, the deputy sheriff said she had run Inara's papers twice, so either she is still registered or she has really good fake papers. I would assume that when the deputy said that, she meant that she had checked, possibly via Cortex (sp?) with the Guild to make sure that Inara was legit.

--Bleyddyn

BADGERSHAT

Thursday, May 27, 2004 3:23 PM

But, keep in mind (yes, I say that a lot, I know) keep in mind that the sherrif seemed a bit skeptical about her, despite the papers being run twice... and Inara has proven herself to be rather resourceful, I wouldn't be surprised if she DID have an amazing set of fakes.

So there!

--Jefé The Hat

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"I like smackin 'em"--Jayne

RHUTTNER

Thursday, May 27, 2004 4:09 PM

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Originally posted by BadgersHat:
Ah, yes, but keep in mind, we've never seen her actually communicate with the Guild, we know she left the home world place very suddenly, we don't know that she's ACTUALLY still registered, we only hear what she's said, and we know there's a myustery behind it.

In Shindig she was picking clients from the Guild registry and told Atherton that he will now have a black mark in the registry. If she wasn't in the Guild anymore I don't think she would still have access to pick or black mark clients.

BROWNCOAT1

Thursday, May 27, 2004 4:13 PM

Interesting theory Hat, but I am not sure if is very probable.

Certainly Inara could have broken her ties w/ the Guild, but if she had, wouldn't she have been blacklisted? Blacklisting her seems like a logical course of punishment to limit her ability to ply her trade in the Black and on frontier worlds. Also I find it unlikely she would leave the Guild as she seems to have no problem moving around in the open on Core worlds and at high brow social functions as she did in Shindig.

As far as her wanting to be a mother, it is a possiblity, but I doubt it. Inara does not seem the type to want to have a child w/ just anyone. She seems more the type to find a suitable husband and settle down if she decided to raise children.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

BADGERSHAT

Thursday, May 27, 2004 4:14 PM

Then again, she might still have friends within the Guild. She does tend to cover her communications screen when someone enters her shuttle, maybe to prevent anyone from seeing a less-than-kosher contact? And if she's on the run from certain policies in the Guild, it doesn't mean that she's left the Guild--maybe she left the home world, planning on being a mother, but no one in the Guild knows this yet. She's taking clients to build up bank, then will get preggers and quit the job to be a mommy...

--Jefé The Hat

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"I like smackin 'em"--Jayne

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