Scenes you didn't understand

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AURAPTOR

Friday, August 5, 2011 12:43 PM

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Originally posted by ecgordon:
I'm not sure it mattered to Inara who was knocking. She is very comfortable with her body and is not ashamed to be seen unclothed. Even if it had been Mal I think she would have got a kick out of teasing him with a glimpse of what he couldn't have.

Plus, as a companion, she's always ready to use her wiles on any man who wanders into her shuttle, invited or no.

Obviously there are questions from Objects in Space, as to what it meant when River was 'reading' the crew...

The reason Inara was crying, after Mal and Nandie had hooked up. I know it's been spoken of, but I still just love that scene.

There are others, of course, but that's all I got at the moment.

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

Friday, August 5, 2011 3:42 PM

She does say that she expected him.
And I have seen fan-fics that suggest that she knew him in one way or another, including as a former client, which makes her earlier behavior as discrete and careful as possible. Those are as valid a source of theory as any other.

Seems like any time you open up a Firefly question, all you get are more questions. Maybe that's why we love it so much.

STORYMARK

Friday, August 5, 2011 4:46 PM

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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
The relaxed nature in which she accepts Book into her room suggests she's not in the least bit uncomfortable about Book being there.

I never got the impression Inara was all that uncomfortable with anyone. Part of the job, really.

I think you ma be projecting your own notions about clergy into this.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

BYTEMITE

Friday, August 5, 2011 9:22 PM

I think I would agree that religious entities and authorities are given a bad rap nowadays, we're all so used to hearing about the hypocrisy. We almost more expect a preacher on television to be corrupt than played straight, and Book is one of a few in a long time who mostly plays the honest shepherd (even with his past).

The world of Firefly does often contend with the issue of hypocrisy, as do some of Whedon's other works. But I don't think Inara had ulterior motives, and I don't think she suspects people of ulterior motives. In some ways, she is very naive.

So I see nothing more in that scene other than what is directly portrayed. She is surprised that Book came to her shuttle, but she was expecting him to come by sometime with a lecture about the evils of her profession. She is surprised again when he is tolerant instead. That's what the lines of their conversation suggests, and so I think that's what's really going on.

BUFO

Friday, August 5, 2011 10:16 PM

Thanks everyone for your interesting responses. I think she may have enjoyed making Book feel a bit uncomfortable before she got to know him. That actually makes her a lot like Mal in that respect if that's the case.

BYTEMITE

Friday, August 5, 2011 10:53 PM

Maybe, though it wouldn't be possible to know for certain who it was until Book startled and started to apologize.

PLATONIST

Friday, August 5, 2011 11:50 PM

These scenes, the bathing one, and the crying one, purposefully follow instances where her feelings were hurt, they give the viewer a glimpse of Inara, the person, rather than the Companion, as they’re very personal and private to her character in particular. She’s washing off the insults and crying out the pain of heartbreak, symbolically, a human thing to do. It’s how I’ve come to appreciate them.

In the bathing scene, I don’t think she was expecting anyone, when she saw it was Book, she continued, out of defiance, much like Mal would.

THESOMNAMBULIST

Saturday, August 6, 2011 2:08 AM

Originally posted by Storymark:

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I think you ma be projecting your own notions about clergy into this.

Nope.

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THESOMNAMBULIST

Saturday, August 6, 2011 2:27 AM

Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:

Quote:
Seems like any time you open up a Firefly question, all you get are more questions. Maybe that's why we love it so much.

So true NewOldBrownCoat

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M52NICKERSON

Saturday, August 6, 2011 6:27 PM

I've never read to much into the scene.

Inara expected Book not because she served many holy men, but she expected him to try and preach to her. While she may often blush, and act modest to entice clients and Mal, I think she is very comfortable with her body and had no need to entice Book.

I do not fear God, I fear the ignorance of man.

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