They took away Christmas . . .
POSTED BY: kef
UPDATED: Monday, August 25, 2003 00:52
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Someone needs to visit the HoYay thread.
Although I was kind of joking when I mentioned it, but if thats not it I would love to know exactly what she did mean.
Okay, in The Train Job when she mentioned Mal meaning bad in Latin. Anyone thinking this was something more than just a random observation?
"I was gonna get me an ear, too." - Jayne
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I think the quote was, "Don't look in the closet either-it's greedy. Not in the spirit of the holiday."
The "holiday" started out as a humanitarian mission: getting River the help she so desperately needs. Jayne's betrayal wasn't "in the right spirit" for sure, as well as the fact that he cut Simon's time in the lab short by 20 minutes.
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Has anyone thought about why they [the writers] named the character River?
I thought there was a River Tam (a river named Tam) in Scotland, but now I think I'm wrong. Long sigh.
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"But ... not boring, like she made it sound." Wash, in ARIEL
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Someone needs to visit the HoYay thread.::
Actually, that's what inspired my post.
I just don't see Mal or Jayne as being gay. Simon gives off the vibes though.
And speaking of Jayne, has anyone heard the song "A boy named Sue."
The song reminds me of Jayne. Wonder if it inspired the naming of the character.
Nixx
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Origionally posted by JaynesGirlfriend:
Don't forget, in addition to being psychic, River's also a fricking genius, so she didn't really have to look into Mal's head to pull up stats on the ship. I didn't sound to me as if they were specific to Serenity, I think Mal would have a been a little freaked out if they had been, more likely they were just general details in common to all Firefly ships.
I'm not disputing her intelligence. I thought it unlikely that even a genious would know the type of ship she was on from seeing the infirmery. Simon told her they were on a ship. My theory is that she "searched" for the memories that would give her the most information on precisely the type of ship that she was on.
Also on "The Train Job", when Simon was first talking to her we saw that ,while she was disoriented and upset, she seemed to be listening very intently to something. Perhaps this was a cue that she was touching the other minds on the ship.
I'm watching the episode again. I didn't notice that River called Mal by name without having heard it previously.
On OOG, when it is Simon's turn to tell a funny story, is River smiling because her brother is the center of attention? Or, is she smiling because she has heard the story before? Or is she smiling because she can see the story he is trying to tell the crew?
I started to bring up this as a psychic example, but it works just as well to think she is happy that her brother is getting attention.
This is my favorite series.
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Originally posted by arcplayer:
On OOG, when it is Simon's turn to tell a funny story, is River smiling because her brother is the center of attention? Or, is she smiling because she has heard the story before? Or is she smiling because she can see the story he is trying to tell the crew?
I stated to bring up this as a psychic example, but it works just as well to think she is happy that her brother is getting attention.
This is my favorite series.
I like either the first or third possibility. I liked how she started to "rant" about how birthdays based on planetary cycles have no meaning in outer space, then she pauses for a moment, and says to Simon, "I didn't get you anything."
That whole scene is great.
They have a very close loving relationship. It's so cool. We don't get to see enough of that from her side because often when they're together she's having one of her "spells." She oviously loves her brother so much- and also is very proud of him. Remember the smile on her face in the hospital when Simon saved that patient? She was happy the guy was saved, but it was also like "See that? That's my brother!"
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I wonder how long it will take the crew to realize that she is psychic and start taking her ramblings more seriously. For instance: In OoG, at Simon's birthday, the cake is in front of him, and River's face goes blank and she says "fire". Simon assumes she's talking about the candles and says he'll blow them out, and suddenly there is a huge fire on the ship.
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Of course I'm scared. Last time we were here, 33.3 percent of us were flayed alive.
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Originally posted by bobknaptor:
I wonder how long it will take the crew to realize that she is psychic and start taking her ramblings more seriously. For instance: In OoG, at Simon's birthday, the cake is in front of him, and River's face goes blank and she says "fire". Simon assumes she's talking about the candles and says he'll blow them out, and suddenly there is a huge fire on the ship.
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Of course I'm scared. Last time we were here, 33.3 percent of us were flayed alive.
She's been doing that all along. In Bushwacked, she could hear the dead people screaming before the bodies were found, and she knew where they were.
She also knew the exact moment the faux Reaver woke up and started mutilating himself.
In Safe, she reacted the exact moment Book was shot.
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Originally posted by bobknaptor:
I wonder how long it will take the crew to realize that she is psychic and start taking her ramblings more seriously. For instance: In OoG, at Simon's birthday, the cake is in front of him, and River's face goes blank and she says "fire". Simon assumes she's talking about the candles and says he'll blow them out, and suddenly there is a huge fire on the ship.
Hopefully soon, cause honestly if they don't get it soon I'm going to start thinking they're all a bunch of idiots. Simon has to have an inkling by now, after what happened with mute Ruby in "Safe" he has to realize something's up.
I'm waiting for the episode where they land on a planet where River's abilities will get her labeled as a wise woman instead of a witch. Okay, I don't actually want to see this on the show, but I was a bit disappointed that the only reaction to River's powers so far has been 'Hey, she's a witch!' Where are the backwater planets where River's powers would actually be respected?
"I was gonna get me an ear, too." - Jayne
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