Inara's syringe: What's the big mystery?

POSTED BY: DigificWriter
UPDATED: Tuesday, July 6, 2004 19:13
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EVILTOBZ

Thursday, July 1, 2004 10:38 AM

nice thoughts there JK. much less depressesing than the idea of inara being terminally ill. i like it :)

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RIVERGIRL

Thursday, July 1, 2004 11:22 AM

, is all ;)

The idea of it being some kind of eternal youth drug is intriguing, though. It's scientifically viable, and it ties in with all the HoG stuff, as well as her "don't want to die at all" "guess we're all running from something" bits of dialogue. My preliminary guess is that the Guild don't take kindly to the eternal youth drug, or that it's outlawed on the core worlds completely. But she just doesn't want to die. So she shipped out.

if it is that sort of drug would it not show up on her yearly checkup?

ECGORDON

Thursday, July 1, 2004 11:31 AM

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if it is that sort of drug would it not show up on her yearly checkup?

Of course, another thing to consider is that her visit to Ariel was not for an annual Guild checkup, but rather one more of her rejuvenation procedures.

I'm beginning to like that idea of her being much older than we think, a disparity that she thinks would concern Mal if they ever had a relationship.

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NEWSCAPER

Thursday, July 1, 2004 1:16 PM

Re: the syringe... (long lead-in)
I think Inara is out in the boondocks because she is she has effectively rebelled against some rule of her Order.
Perhaps she has some secret that would get her expelled or blacklisted -- and keeping a safe distance is the best defense.
Or perhaps there is some onerous rule that she cannot abide -- yet can't bring herself to actually quit the order ebcause being a Companion is her life and livelihood(sp?)
Or perhaps she is in self-imposed virtual exile because she was already punished for something, in her view unjustly.

I think it must have to do either with a forbidden love, or a prohibited pregnancy.
Surely there myust be some pretty draconian rules to prevent some nasty political baggage for the order if a Companion recklessly follows her heart with an important client -- or perhaps just accidentally gets knocked up -- can't have too many noble nbastards running around mucking things up.

Therefore my bets are on 1) a shot to unlock her fertility someday, 2) semen from a dead former lover, or 3) an embryo that she had extracted and put in stasis for implantation someday instead of following House rules and aborting it.

With the suicide shot out of the picture, I can't think of anything else that would seem to have an emotional value like the scene suggested.

RHUTTNER

Thursday, July 1, 2004 1:30 PM

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I'm not sure how to tie that in with her little "out of time" moments. Only during Inara's time on-screen are there those little moments where the scene goes on but Inara seems to stop and look off wistfully. Then in Heart of Gold, she tells Petaline "This is just a moment in time, step aside and let it happen".

What moments are you referring to? The only time I know of that I would call 'out of time' is in Serenity when she is bathing. There are 2 moments where the picture freezes. Are you saying there there are other times where she freezes but others don't? Never noticed that. If so, can you tell me where, I'd like to check it out.

There is also the scene in Serenity where the picture changes as shes talking to her client. But I just figured that was more of a visual of her internal thoughts.

Thanks

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THUNDAR

Thursday, July 1, 2004 11:22 PM

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Originally posted by rhuttner:

What moments are you referring to? The only time I know of that I would call 'out of time' is in Serenity when she is bathing. There are 2 moments where the picture freezes. Are you saying there there are other times where she freezes but others don't? Never noticed that. If so, can you tell me where, I'd like to check it out.

There is also the scene in Serenity where the picture changes as shes talking to her client. But I just figured that was more of a visual of her internal thoughts.

Thanks

Hmm, I'll have to watch them all again and take notes. It will be shear torture....

RHUTTNER

Friday, July 2, 2004 1:06 AM

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Originally posted by Thundar:
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Originally posted by rhuttner:

What moments are you referring to? The only time I know of that I would call 'out of time' is in Serenity when she is bathing. There are 2 moments where the picture freezes. Are you saying there there are other times where she freezes but others don't? Never noticed that. If so, can you tell me where, I'd like to check it out.

There is also the scene in Serenity where the picture changes as shes talking to her client. But I just figured that was more of a visual of her internal thoughts.

Thanks

Hmm, I'll have to watch them all again and take notes. It will be shear torture....

Sorry to put you through that. But if it helps, after you tell me what scenes youre referring to, imagine the agony I will have to go through to watch them.

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EVERYWORLDSPINNIN

Friday, July 2, 2004 5:54 AM

She definitely is hiding something. In OiS she said that she was going to New Melbourne and that she didn't want to "draw this out", and she appreciated Mal not "telling the others". I think this lends to a potential infraction of Guild Law.
I liked the idea of it possibly being something to OD on in the syringe. If it turned her into some super over adrenalined thing to fight the Reavers, I would be pretty disappointed. It's too hokey, and I think the strong point of the show is it's roots in reality (i.e. no aliens). But that's just me.

SHINYSEVEN

Friday, July 2, 2004 6:05 AM

I'm not saying I actually believe this, but Inara's femininity can be pretty OTT at times. If she were a male-to-female transexual, she could be looking at the syringe that she uses for her hormone shots and thinking that if she's about to be horribly murdered, at least she had the chance to live part of her life the way she felt natural.

THELION

Friday, July 2, 2004 6:22 AM

Hello there. Long time lurker, first time writer. Anyway, I thought I'd throw in my two credit's worth. I honestly believe the theory that she has some sort of drug addiction. That seems to be the most logical reason for running to the outer regions of the 'verse and for her to also pull it out when she thinks they may be boarded by reavers. Why would she bother with the syringe if she had some sort of terminal illness? Certainly, the hint to her past could be that subtle--she could be thinking "At least I won't be a slave to this," or something along those lines--but I think that it was more direct, where she was simply thinking that she might as well have one last fix if she's going to die anyway. This is all opinion with no real proof to back it up, and one of the greatest things about mystery is the possibilities it holds, still, this is what I think is the most logical choice.

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