Inara's Secret

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UPDATED: Tuesday, August 3, 2004 02:41
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RATNUT12

Saturday, July 17, 2004 4:09 AM

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Originally posted by Shiny4004:
I just finished watching the commentaries on the DVDs (that talk about clues), and I have to say that my theory is that Inara is taking something to keep her from aging. She makes lots of references to "running from something" and "not wanting to die at all" and even Nandi says that Inara "still looks the same" etc. I think instead of her dying, which on the surface all those quotes explain, she could very easily be talking about staying young and NEVER dying. I honestly don't think she's a junkie either because they joke on the commentary and say "she's a JUNKIE!!" and then they laugh. I still think there has to be more to it though then just stopping herself from aging, cause it's way too one-dimensional for a Whedon show. :)

"Oh I'm going to the special hell."-Mal

I also thought she was tying to prevent aging. I mean just examine the character. She acts very mature but looks eighteen. She's very vain, she always wears makeup and wears beautiful expensive clothing despite her surroundings. Why would she not also try to look young forever. This could also be something that the companions guild does not approve of and that's why she had to leave before people started suspecting something. And the glance at the needle during the reavers encounter could be a look of "well this has been all for nothing".

Some other things I noticed

1)In addition to Nandi's comments, in HoG, Nandi looks quite a bit older than Inara despite attending companion school together.
2)In "Serenity" pilot commentary Joss mentions that Morena was "the perfect combination of youth and age" and she "seems older than her years". (possibly a subtle hint)
3)In OOG Inara flashback Inara says in describing serenity "I prefer something with a few miles on it". One might think she could be talking about Mal, but she had just met him. I thought of this as how an older person might enjoy an older automobile as it reminds them of the "good old days".

Maybe I'm reading alot into this, but this was what I thought the secret was.

BTW I found FFF.net by doing a google search on "Inara's secret" cuz I was so interested in reading what other people thought the secret might be. And I must admit the dying/medical attention ideas are just as plausible if not better than my own. My own hope is that no one is right and Joss has once again defied all stereotypes and will give us a great and original sub plotline.

I have spent many hours pouring over this site and the message boards and it's great to find Sooo many people who love this series as much as I do.

GRIMLAKIN

Tuesday, July 20, 2004 6:52 AM

Why couldn't being part of a companion require a permanent version of pregnancy. Something to keep anything else from happening and give a woman that permanent pregnant glow.

And the one scene where we see her open the box with the needle and look at it. Perhaps it is the shot that ends her permanent condition as being in the physical shape she is in. And lets her lead a normal life. Basically resetting her system. It is how an companion offically quits.

BARCLAY

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 12:02 AM

After reading the entire thread, I have but one question...

There's a deleted scene from War Stories?

HELL'S KITTEN

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 2:32 AM

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Originally posted by Barclay:
There's a deleted scene from War Stories?

Yes. There are actually many scenes - in all of the episodes - that never made it to the final cut.

DEWSHINE

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 2:33 AM

I was not going to jump into this one but...
The syrnge was pulled out at a point when the Reavers might have attacked. Everyone was preping for the absolute worse possibility. Inara surely was taking out poison, for herself, so that in the event that the ship was boarded the Reavers would find her dead. Jayne was getting his guns to either make quick work of himself or go down fighting. etc.
Inara's secret has more to do with something going on emotionally. Either she realized that the life she had at the guild was hollow and that she needed to get away from it (and her budding relationship with Mal is another step in that direction), or she discovered something about the guild's higher workings that she dislikes to the point that she left.
That is my take...

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BARCLAY

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 2:57 AM

Any idea where to get a hold of these deleted scenes?

CARDIE

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 3:41 AM

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Originally posted by dewshine:

The syrnge was pulled out at a point when the Reavers might have attacked. Everyone was preping for the absolute worse possibility. Inara surely was taking out poison, for herself, so that in the event that the ship was boarded the Reavers would find her dead.

And if all we had was the episode itself, most people would come to that conclusion. However, if you listen to Joss's commentary on the DVD, he says that is NOT what the syringe was for, and that its true purpose was tied in with Inara's secret. That's the reason there's so much speculation about it.

Cardie

DEWSHINE

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 3:49 AM

I've listened to that, but i still can't shake the feeling that it was for protection. I'm sure my impression is wrong as so many others have different ideas but...
Inara dieing? Don't see it
Expecting? unlikely
it being regular medicine for another reason? why in the old special syringe?
So what is it for?

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PURPLEBELLY

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 6:48 AM

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Originally posted by Cardie:
And if all we had was the episode itself, most people would come to that conclusion. However, if you listen to Joss's commentary on the DVD, he says that is NOT what the syringe was for, and that its true purpose was tied in with Inara's secret. That's the reason there's so much speculation about it.

And doesn't Whedon, and Minear, just love to pull the chain? Authors plagued by spoiler mongers and over possessive fans sometimes take retribution

DOUBLESHINY

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 2:22 PM

From Our Mrs Reynolds

INARA
Yes. Great. I wish you hundreds of fat children.

MAL
Aw, could you imagine that? Me with a whole
passel of critters underfoot? Hell, ten
years time I could --

INARA
Could you leave me alone for five minutes,
please?

I always wondered whether Inara had had an abortion whilst working at the House, and that's why she left, because of the painful memories. It could also explain why she never wants to be examined, and said that her med exam on Ariel was 'the same as last year', maybe she was made infertile by a botched operation. She really snaps at Mal in the above passage.

She certainly seems very protective over Petaline in Heart Of Gold. ..I don't think the syringe really has anything to do with the 'secret'. She describes it as a 'standard companion med kit', so if she was going to hand it over to Simon and it was something specific, he would know what was wrong with her, and if she doesn't want anyone to know about a mystery illness, she wouldn't have handed it over.

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!

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