Mal and Nandi

POSTED BY: manwithpez
UPDATED: Sunday, July 25, 2004 16:01
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MANWITHPEZ

Wednesday, July 21, 2004 6:58 AM

Did anyone else find it strange that Mal doesn't start revealing that he has any feeling for Inara until after he sleeps with Nandi. I mean there was a little play before, but, then he starts actively trying to tell her. Touching her hand, and trying to get a better look at her face where Early cracked her. I just found it strange.

Maybe he was just a little "backed up" if you catch my meaning...and if you don't, then don't ask your parents.

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

KURUKAMI

Wednesday, July 21, 2004 7:15 AM

Evidently you're forgetting the care that he showed for her in "Serenity" (the pilot ep), when they were considering having Inara run for cover in her shuttle, and in "Out of Gas" right before the paired shuttles went off in opposite directions. I'd say that was quite a bit of concern shown.

"Sir, I would like to gingerly point out that it is difficult for someone to be gently reassuring when they're holding three and a half feet of sharpened steel."

ROWAN

Wednesday, July 21, 2004 7:27 AM

I think possibly Nandi's death was a catalyst for his emotions for Inara. Made him realize time is short and you never know what will happen...you might not get the chance to say how you feel. That's how I saw it.

PURPLEBELLY

Wednesday, July 21, 2004 10:36 AM

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Originally posted by manwithpez:
Touching her hand, and trying to get a better look at her face where Early cracked her.

Sorry to be picky, but we are discussing minutiae. As written Objects in Space contextually precedes Heart of Gold. This doesn't distrupt your argument, just this case.

BROWNCOAT1

Wednesday, July 21, 2004 12:36 PM

I think that Mal has shown many instances of caring for Inara in the series prior to Heart of Gold. I think Mal kept his distance because he was not certain of how Inara felt.

Rowan has the right of it that Mal finally decides to confess his feelings to Inara at the end of HoG because Nandi's death showed him how short life can be and that he may not get the chance later to tell her how he feels.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

RHUTTNER

Wednesday, July 21, 2004 5:34 PM

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Originally posted by PurpleBelly:
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Originally posted by manwithpez:
Touching her hand, and trying to get a better look at her face where Early cracked her.

Sorry to be picky, but we are discussing minutiae. As written Objects in Space contextually precedes Heart of Gold. This doesn't distrupt your argument, just this case.

Actually as written OIS comes after HOG. The conversation Mal and Inara are having at the beginning of OIS is a result of her telling him shes leaving at the end of HOG. That is what Inara is referring to when she says "if you need the shuttle free" and what Mal is referring to when he asked her if shes told the others yet.

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CHANNAIN

Wednesday, July 21, 2004 6:01 PM

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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
I think that Mal has shown many instances of caring for Inara in the series prior to Heart of Gold. I think Mal kept his distance because he was not certain of how Inara felt.

Or because he was very certain of how she felt in that she had no regard for him at all. Maybe Mal wasn't willing to risk his heart, which he's been protecting since that awful moment at the end of the war. Nandi may have given him the notion it was okay to really feel something again.

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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
Rowan has the right of it that Mal finally decides to confess his feelings to Inara at the end of HoG because Nandi's death showed him how short life can be and that he may not get the chance later to tell her how he feels.

First, how odd is it for me to see my RP character talking about stuff out here

I like it! Second, I have some issue with the idea that Nandi's death showed Mal how short life can be. I'm thinking Mal saw more than enough of that in the war. He kills when he sees fit to - he doesn't seem to have any qualms about taking life from anyone he thinks doesn't deserve it. That may also be why he's living the way he wants to, as free as he can - before someone else gets the same idea about him.

Nandi gave him some other things to think about, too. She felt the need to inform him "I'm not her," and he knew exactly who she was talking about. The idea that it was so obvious to someone he just met might have gotten his brain working on it. If the battle hadn't started when it did, Nandi was going to inform him about how Inara felt about him. Think how that would have changed the dynamics?

Another thought I just had was that prior to HoG, Inara was always just a little unreachable for Mal. Folks here talk long and often about how dissimilar Kaylee and Simon are, but the theme is repeated throughout Firefly within various relationships; Wash and Zoe, Book and Jayne, River and Simon, even Mal and Zoe in some respect. Mal and Inara are also from different worlds and he's very aware of that. Meeting Nandi, who was a bit closer to his own world may have given him a different perspective.

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PURPLEBELLY

Wednesday, July 21, 2004 6:02 PM

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PURPLEBELLY

Wednesday, July 21, 2004 6:17 PM

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Originally posted by rhuttner:
Actually as written OIS comes after HOG.

Firefly - "Heart of Gold"

Written by: Brett Matthews
Directed by: Tom Wright

Episode #: 1AGE12
Story #: E01807

SHOOTING SCRIPT: October 29, 2002
BLUE REVISIONS: October 30,2002
PINK REVISIONS: October 31,2002
YELLOW REVISIONS: December 16,2002

Firefly - "Objects in Space"

Written & Directed by: Joss Whedon

Episode #: 1AGE11

SHOOTING SCRIPT: November 12, 2002

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JCOBB

Wednesday, July 21, 2004 7:02 PM

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Originally posted by Channain:
Or because he was very certain of how she felt in that she had no regard for him at all. Maybe Mal wasn't willing to risk his heart, which he's been protecting since that awful moment at the end of the war. Nandi may have given him the notion it was okay to really feel something again.

What about in Our Mrs. Reynolds when Inara shows her feelings for Mal?

I don't care, I'm still free.

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