Could you live with Mal?

POSTED BY: OPPYH
UPDATED: Sunday, March 7, 2010 02:10
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OPPYH

Sunday, February 28, 2010 1:34 AM

I don't know. While it would be super fun, making your own way in the verse living aboard a Firefly with Mal would be a little difficult.

PROS:

-He is funny

-He is tough

-He has a good mind for business

-He hates the Alliance

CONS:

-Crabby, stubborn

-He is always right

-He has a compassionate side he just doesn't show it much.

-During the film Serenity he was at an all time negative low..perhaps cause he missed Inara?

-My brother said "he's kind of a dick huh?" I had no reply

Your thoughts?

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BYTEMITE

Sunday, February 28, 2010 3:00 AM

If I *had* to get on a ship, and had to accept someone being in charge, Mal is probably a better bet than any. They were dead in space running out of oxygen, and yeah, it was lucky they survived and he got the problem fixed, but he FOUGHT for that. Just the same as when they were running from Haven, and went to Miranda, and took it to the Alliance. If a captain can do the suicidal and people manage to survive, that's a good captain.

But if I DIDN'T have to, no, that wouldn't be my first choice. Simon would get promoted out of butt monkey acceptable joke and prank target, and I have a pretty good idea who'd fill it instead. And I'd want to shut him and Inara in a shuttle together for like a month, after which I'm fairly certain I'd have a short trip out the airlock.

FREELANCERTEX

Sunday, February 28, 2010 3:06 AM

Sounds kinda like my boyfriend a l'il bit XD lol.

Sure, I could live with Mal for a boss. Crabby and stubborn's no big deal because I've lived with crabby and stubborn, and I like clever people. Mal's pretty clever and sometimes subtle about it, especially with his humor. Make's life fun.

I'd rather work for and live with him than with Jayne o_<

ECGORDON

Sunday, February 28, 2010 4:14 AM

Mal can be stubborn, petulant and rash on occasions, but he redeems himself by being extremely loyal to those in his care. So yeah, I could live with him.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

TUJIAOZUO

Sunday, February 28, 2010 4:52 AM

That's a tough one. I probably could if I had to as I have known (and been related to) a fare share of depressed, PTSD, bipolar (not saying Mal is, but try existing with them), ect peoples.

Being a younger gal prone to bouts of Kaylee like disposition I'd probably fall into his little meimei category, so it probably wouldn't be too bad most days.

He takes care of his crew, he's a fighter and the underdog, but I'm still fairly certain the man suffers from PTSD or something similar. It's very hard to live with someone like that. They have good days and everything's ok. However if something triggers some bad memories, watch out, because bad days can be pretty intolerable. Then you're also in a confined space like Serenity, and he's your leader.

Kinda still on the fence.

Your Indian Pirate Lord,
Ash

TRAVELER

Sunday, February 28, 2010 5:50 AM

I think I would end up with a wrench hitting my head and waking inside an airlock with the outside door open as the spaceship is lifting off. In other words, could Mal live with me?

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FEARTHEBUNNYMAN

Sunday, February 28, 2010 6:50 AM

I'm gonna go with...no. Would much rather watch from the pleasant distance of the screen than deal with his type in RL (which I have already). People like that are easy to care about and pretty much impossible to deal with in person if you want to have a life and make decisions of your own.

which, incidentally, is probably why "followers" on his crew get on with him better than the "non-followers", such as Simon, Inara, and Book.

AURAPTOR

Sunday, February 28, 2010 2:32 PM

Don't see why not. He seems fair, competent and not overly tough. He may contradict himself a time or two, but there's little he won't do himself that he'd ask others of his crew to do as well. In fact, I see Mal as one who'd go all out to put his crew first, even over his own skin.

Bones: "Don't 'rawr' her!"
Booth: "What? she'rawred' me first."

BYTEMITE

Sunday, February 28, 2010 6:23 PM

Well, sure, and that's why I said he's a good captain. But his disposition in a bad mood is about as pleasant as being held at gun point. Literally, he draws on people, even members of his own crew, and threatens to shoot them if he's annoyed/upset/frustrated/hungover/stomach ache/slightly itchy. And they can't all be good days.

GILLIANROSE

Sunday, February 28, 2010 9:18 PM

He'd definitely be a challenge to live with. He has a fluid sense of boundaries. For example, telling Zoe not to marry Wash. Do you think she asked him? But conversely, at times we see him withholding when letting others in even a little bit would make things so much easier. I'm thinking here of his refusal to explain anything to Simon in Bushwhacked, when they were being boarded. Even just saying, "I have a plan." But he didn't, he just let Simon get more and more upset. He did the same thing with Tracey later on, too! No one's ever supposed to ask him a question, for any reason, about what he's doing or thinking - except Zoe.

And when he hurts Kaylee's feelings in Shindig, she didn't act surprised. So he's done it before.

That being said, if I needed to pick a ship to work on, and a Captain to work for, it would be a relief to know that he'd go to the lengths that Mal goes to, to take care of his crew. I'd just have to grow a thick skin, I suppose.

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