Mal-adapted Plans
POSTED BY: Bytemite
UPDATED: Thursday, April 14, 2011 13:32
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In the words of Myles Vorkosigan, the sometimes Admiral Naismith, "Forward momentum." Mal is no where near the genius that Myles is at manipulation; he takes the blunt approach instead (Shindig, anyone?). But both characters do have that ability to get themselves into (and out of) situations simply by not standing still and not giving up.
Dinozombies!
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Yeah, this was the flare up kind we were thinking about. Mal doesn't exactly live by routine, but the way he manages is that he figures he can go out on these jobs and into the cold uncaring verse and so long as he can make it back to Serenity, he'll be okay. Serenity is his big safe zone, it's where he unwinds and is able to take his time settling back down.
But with Niska, he didn't manage to make it back, and he also pulled in Wash with him. His usual way of coping with the stress of his lifestyle was disrupted. Plus, Mal's trigger is probably more having lost so many people in the past than it is violence. So, putting Wash in danger and disruption of the usual calm down equals flare up.
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