Book and symbolic ship names
POSTED BY: maugwai
UPDATED: Sunday, July 4, 2004 09:46
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I don't think naming the ship Serenity was meant to honor the battle that was lost. I think it means, for Mal, that the battle is not over and he will continue to fight. And I think that both Mal and Zoe are completely aware of that.
I also don't think that a man who strives for freedom, loves his crew and will do anything to protect them, is a man who has given up.
The legs! Deffinately have to say it was her legs. You can put that down. Her legs and right where her legs meet her back...actually that whole area there...that and above it.
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Originally posted by GorramReaver:
I also don't think that a man who strives for freedom, loves his crew and will do anything to protect them, is a man who has given up.
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I suppose what I meant by 'given up' was that he'd given up striving for anything beyond his immediate needs and the next job. I originally saw Firefly on DVD, so the first episode I saw was Serenity. At first you're presented with a man who is bitter and ruthless. Then, of course, the series reveals that it's actually the people on his ship who are the most important thing to him - you realise that if the chips were down, their needs would go before any job.
I wonder if Mal was intended to discovery himself over the course of the series, before the Fox-inspired changes made him more lovable and funny. I did find the change in him between Serenity and the second episode slightly jarring, I have to say.
I don't think that he named the ship to honour the battle, but more as a way of never forgetting the importance of it.
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