Inara's Secret
POSTED BY: flugufrelsarinn
UPDATED: Tuesday, August 3, 2004 02:41
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Maybe I'm niave, but I never thought Inara's secret (as it relates to her past)was so secret. I think she's running from herslef...her way of life.
As she has plainly said, she's a companion by birth not choice. I believe her joining Mal's crew was her first step toward independence and a more honorable way of life.
You need to remember that this is a future where Chinese and American virtues have intertwined. Honor would be a huge thing.
In HoG she is quick to tell Mal the virtues of being raised without puritanical beliefs as it relates to sex, yet crys her eyes out over Mal's choice to have sex with someone other than her. Leading straight back to Inara's understanding Mal's code of honor and their underlying love for one another.
I don't think she wants to be a companion. She is a companion because that is what she was born into but not who she eventually wants to become.
I also think fear is a driving force for Inara. Her 'I'm a big girl' statement in OiS, to me, shows her underlying fear that Mal doesn't care about her. When we see through his 'doesn't mean anything' statement that he does care for her, but it doesn't matter, because she is going to do as she pleases anyway.
Her biggest fear is that Mal is right. She has wasted time being something she dislikes and moreover something Mal pitties. She is quick to point out that what she does is legal but also quick to be offended when Mal points out that legal or not it is dishonorable.
As far as the syringe being something more mysterious is concerned I think we'll just have to wait for the BDM to find out. Clearly Joss doesn't want us to know yet.
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As she has plainly said, she's a companion by birth not choice.
When did she say that?
http://bryn.ipfox.com
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*snaps* for using peripatetic in a sentence. It is one of my favorite words :)
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Originally posted by PurpleBelly:
... uses her peripatetic lifestyle ...
"Just keep walkin, preacher man."
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I think the syringe was for her own use. In the event the Reavers had actually managed to catch Serenity she would have probably killed herself.
dropdedbob
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Originally posted by flugufrelsarinn:
When did she say that?
You seen those shows where the characters live in parallel universes? Welcome to Firefly, where the audience lives in parallel universes.
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I sorta thought it was like a "poison pill" like in shady dealings. She shoots herself up of that stuff and any reevers that take advantage of her, as Zoe said they do, would die. Maybe she has done this before and was never proven guilty of it. The guild may have sent her away anyway even if it couldn't have been proven. So she's really running from a murder she commited in the past by injecting herself with some sort of sexually transmitted poison. That's my best guess to explain Serenity. The Out of Gas hint doesn't really fit though.
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Originally posted by flugufrelsarinn:Quote:
As she has plainly said, she's a companion by birth not choice.
When did she say that?
http://bryn.ipfox.com]
I believe it's either in Ariel or Shindig (I've lent my DVDs to someone else so I can't be positive about the ep.). It's when she's talking to Kaylee about living on a core planet and being a companion. She says "I was born there."
Edited ** Did a little research. It's in Serenity.
INARA
Sihnon isn't that different from this
planet. More crowded, obviously, and
I guess more complicated. The great
city itself is... pictures can't
capture it. It's like an ocean of
light.
THE YOUNG MAN
Is that where you studied? To be a
Companion?
INARA
(nodding)
I was born there
Quote courtesy of http://www.fireflywiki.org/100.html
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Originally posted by mrgeef:Quote:
Originally posted by flugufrelsarinn:Quote:
As she has plainly said, she's a companion by birth not choice.
When did she say that?
http://bryn.ipfox.com
I believe it's either in Ariel or Shindig (I've lent my DVDs to someone else so I can't be positive about the ep.). It's when she's talking to Kaylee about living on a core planet and being a companion. She says "I was born there."
Nope. It's in the pilot, Serenity, and she's talking about being born on Sihnon:
INARA
Sihnon isn't that different from this
planet. More crowded, obviously, and
I guess more complicated. The great
city itself is... pictures can't
capture it. It's like an ocean of
light.
THE YOUNG MAN
Is that where you studied? To be a
Companion?
INARA
(nodding)
I was born there.
THE YOUNG MAN
I can't imagine ever leaving.
There is but half truth in her reply, and a hint of weariness.
INARA
Well, I wanted to see the universe.
Jayne, your mouth is talkin. Might want to look into that.
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But is the whole planet populated with companions (like the Guild owns that world)? I mean... just because she's born on Sihnon doesn't mean she was born into Companioning. (can i use that as a verb? 
) my guess is that they recruit at a young age and maybe her parents/ guardians pushed her towards becoming a Companion, but i don't think we have any concrete evidence that the guild owns her or that she was born into the job.
Feel free to prove me wrong 
Sorry if this sounds smarmy... it's been a stressful week and i mean no harm.
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Originally posted by liz:
... it's been a stressful week and i mean no harm.
Oh I get it. I'm good. Best for everyone, I'm right there with you.
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