Inara's secret.

POSTED BY: peacekeeper
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PEACEKEEPER

Monday, May 4, 2009 1:11 PM

Just found a video on youtube from Dragoncon '08.Morena revealed Inara's secret.Is this common knowledge or should I keep my mouth shut?

BYTEMITE

Monday, May 4, 2009 2:08 PM

Round here?

There's lots of people who don't know.

But, every time the hint about the leak comes up, people can either go watch it or enough hints get dropped within the course of the conversation that they can figure it out.

However... I think I'm sensing that you kinda sorta want to talk about it? A lot of us LOVE talking about it. Myself included. So you're not going to hear any discouragement from me.

The most you can do is label your thread well enough for spoilers that people who don't want them will be able to avoid them. Your current title does the job just fine: you're clear about the subject, but don't give it away.

PEACEKEEPER

Monday, May 4, 2009 2:17 PM

So, having updated the thread title,any theories as to what of and how long to go?My own theory;left her homeworld in order to see more of the verse til the inevitable.Wanted to find true love but too scared of the ramifications.Loves Mal but can't commit because of the same reason.Has the vial to stave off misery.On the right track?

BYTEMITE

Monday, May 4, 2009 2:55 PM

I agree that's the general gist of what's going on. She definitely wants to see the verse, I think, and that's balanced with her longing now and then for the creature comforts she's left behind. She's trying I think to strike a balance between those two wants.

Of course, now on top of that is her twisty conflicted desire to continue to be independent, stemming from her frustration with one certain freighter captain. Which is also, in my view, kind of unfortunately escalating. I think she wants to spend her free time browsing rustic markets with Kaylee, going on horse rides, seeing landmarks and natural wonders, and having adventures (like talking smack at Saffron, she completely loved that). But she needs an excuse to keep Mal away, and as they spend more time around each other, she has to work (literally) harder at it. And that's sad, because some rich man/woman's estate isn't exactly representative of the worlds she visits.

Of course, I also think there's something else besides just her secret that precipitated her leaving Sihnon, because it honestly seems like she thinks she can't go back. There's kind of a sadness or weariness there. Personally, I think it has something to do with the scene she shares in Out of Gas with Simon. The commentary says that the two of them knew each other before Serenity. That could just be in the sense of him being a doctor, but I think there's more to it than that. He's a trauma surgeon from Osirius, why would she be familiar with him? And I also think that during the course of her time with House Madrassa, she may have met some civil, respectable, and yet completely unsavoury clients.

Also, from Joss himself, that vial was supposed to kill anyone she had sex with. But... It's possible, considering her secret, and the fact they seemed to decide just what it was in Better Days, that the purpose of the vial has been retconned.

PLATONIST

Monday, May 4, 2009 3:56 PM

On the right track, peacekeeper, although since Inara knows she has no future as far as love and family it is more likely that she was intent on seeing the verse without the complications of love, hence that's why she left Serenity and what she tells Mal at the end of HoG is the complete truth and not a lie. Love is strong and it ties and it is not fair to falsely commit yourself to it when you know you are dying.

In the Serenity companion, Joss says Inara leaves Serenity because she loves its Captain "way too much". I never understood the depth of that statement's meaning until I found out her secret.

As far as the vial, Joss has never commented on what it is beyond what it is not, it was Tim M. who said it was a rape toxin, so I'm not sure if that is retcon or not or Tim was mislead by Joss.

As far as Simon and Inara, it is speculated that Inara may have been treated by Simon at his hospital before she left the core. He may not remember, maybe that's where she got the final news...just tell me I'm a big girl.

BYTEMITE

Monday, May 4, 2009 4:19 PM

I think if it WERE Simon being involved with the finding out, she's be a lot more hesitant at having him around, because he might give up her secret. After connecting so closely to the crew of Serenity she doesn't want ANY of them to know.

And there's also the question of just why she would need a trauma surgeon, who wouldn't be involved in the field of diagnostics so much... Sure, Simon can do diagnostics, he was able to figure out the problem with the crashing patient in Ariel right away, but I kind of think it's something else.

There's also the little clause in Inara's contract about not having relationships outside the guild's consent . I don't think she was quite ready to risk her companion license when she came aboard. What she has found on Serenity is entirely unexpected... And a bit unwelcome.

MALSNARA

Monday, May 4, 2009 4:48 PM

I haven't seen it so could somebody please post the link for me before I read this conversation?

PLATONIST

Monday, May 4, 2009 4:55 PM

How could Simon give up her secret? Hippocratic Oath and all, patient confidentiality is paramount to a physician.

Simon knows in Better Days, although the crew doesn't seem to know in TLB or the movie, except River of course :) and Mal, cause I think he may not know the extent of her condition, but he surmises something is amiss with her.

MALSNARA

Monday, May 4, 2009 5:15 PM

I'm trying to find it on Youtube but I can't find it anywhere. Does anybody have it in their favourites or playlists?

MALSNARA

Monday, May 4, 2009 5:31 PM

Okay nevermind I just found it and I've read the conversation and I have a few questions, You say Inara and Simon knew each other before they ended up on Serenity together but where does that information come from? Also you say he definitely knows in Better Days but where is that shown that he knows?

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