Too close for comfort...

POSTED BY: LaiLing
UPDATED: Tuesday, July 6, 2004 23:24
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LAILING

Sunday, June 27, 2004 7:54 PM

River...Reaver.

Or am I over-analysing?

FIVEBYFIVE

Sunday, June 27, 2004 8:04 PM

It's just you.

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5x5: Alan Tudyk was in 28 Days, not 28 Days Later. There's a difference.
Paladin: So, no wacky zombie with a Hawaiian shirt, then?

MACHINEHEAD

Sunday, June 27, 2004 8:06 PM

It's just you.

SPACEANGLER

Sunday, June 27, 2004 8:08 PM

Oh no, one of these,

It's just you, buddy!

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Spike: We all have addictions, Angel. I believe yours is called 'Slutty the Vampire Slayer.'

LAILING

Monday, June 28, 2004 2:18 PM

I only thought of it because at least one thread & one fanfic story speculated that perhaps the Reavers were the Bluehands' failures.

TOMANTA

Monday, June 28, 2004 4:34 PM

Don't listen to them, it's NOT just you. I've had a thought that Reavers were somehow related to Blue Sun in the past.

"FOX! Where the shit hits the fans." - Tim Minear

LAILING

Monday, June 28, 2004 7:23 PM

Of course, the question then becomes WHY are the failures allowed to go out and become Reavers? I would think the Bluehands would want to kill them & destroy all evidence of what they're doing. After all, they killed everyone who had any contact with River on Ariel. Or is that why the Reavers kill everyone they come in direct contact with? And, are they a diversion perhaps? A diversion from something the Bluehands don't want anybody seeing or noticing? Hmmm.

"They've gone to *plaid*!"

TOMANTA

Monday, June 28, 2004 7:27 PM

A diversion. Maybe Blue Sun just... can't. A large, group experiment went horribly wrong and reavers got away, then started to spread....

The main reason I thought there was a connection is because of the plot 'points' in the BDM that have come out and the realization that there's only so much time to tell a story :).

"FOX! Where the shit hits the fans." - Tim Minear

DIXIEFLATLINE

Monday, June 28, 2004 7:34 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by LaiLing:
Of course, the question then becomes WHY are the failures allowed to go out and become Reavers? I would think the Bluehands would want to kill them & destroy all evidence of what they're doing.

Although I'm not sure I buy this theory overall, I can think of a good reason for this: economy. If the Reavers represent failures of designed experiments in a lab environment, why not turn them loose to do their thing in the wild and see if anything interesting and unexpected turns up as they breed, or produce converts (a la "Bushwhacked"), or however they perpetuate themselves?

Also, from a political standpoint, they're extremely useful to the Alliance as an external threat. If the Reavers are getting stronger and pushing farther in every year, then the border worlds are going to be relying more and more on the Alliance military to protect them from Reaver depredations. Under those circumstances, are they likely to mount another war for independence?

THEZOOMZOOMKID

Monday, July 5, 2004 4:02 AM

don't worry, it's not just you.

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