Shepard Book's Past
POSTED BY: ShanYu
UPDATED: Tuesday, October 5, 2004 03:24
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This is a thread for you to post your theorys about the connection between Book and the alliance and what Jubal (if you dont know who he is watch the movies again and again and again) may have meant about him not being a shepard(he seemed to know quite a bit about the entire crew)and of course how he knows so much about fugitives such as Niska... We'll id like to hear your thoughts and i bet you all would like to hear each others so start posting.
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"You can live with a man for fourty years , share his meals, talk on every subject, then tie him up, and hold him over the volanoes edge. And on that day, you will finally meet the man"
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You see, the thing about Book is, he's a preacher.
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Personally, I find it interesting that Book apparently dropped "out of the world" sometime just after the end of the Unification War. He's competent in a fight, well informed, and well connected, but initially he wasn't prepared for how rough life can be on the edge.
I'm guessing he's an Alliance official from somewhere in the core worlds, who saw a little too much during the war, suffered a crisis of conscience, found solace in the abbey, and was looking to atone through good deeds. Like any plan, however, his didn't exactly survive contact with reality. I think he's sincere and truthful about his current vocation: Jubal tended to cast everything in metaphor, rather than literally.
Oh, and: Book's comment that he was never married and so is not a "grandpa" is directly parallel to the character of Mr. Peacock (the whiskey salesman) in Stagecoach, who repeatedly tells people that he is not a preacher and so should not be called "Reverend."
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Kotoba yori tashika na koto michizure ni shite.
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Originally posted by sgtgump:
You see, the thing about Book is, he's a preacher.
He is a sheperd They say it right on the show... watch it again.
"You can live with a man for fourty years , share his meals, talk on every subject, then tie him up, and hold him over the volanoes edge. And on that day, you will finally meet the man"
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...And there's nothing concrete about his past mentioned in the series. Sure, his ident gets him instant VIP medical care on a random purplebelly ship, and he's immediately recognized by passing psychotic bounty hunters, and fearlessly faces both a triggerhappy Alliance agent and our own Jayne, and shoots a gun with casual expertise, and...
oh, and he's a preacher.
Take my love
Take my land
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Doesnt he say or call himself a shepard?
"You can live with a man for fourty years , share his meals, talk on every subject, then tie him up, and hold him over the volanoes edge. And on that day, you will finally meet the man"
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Book is referred to as and refers to himself as a shepherd several times. It's his official title, not reverend or preacher.
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OK , based on abilities and knowledge of weapons, and ships ( knowing what drag marks a ship leaves ) knows about bad things in the black and bad characters, and the recognition of his ident card.
Sooooo he was of goodly rank during the war but was on the side of the alliance.
I am thinking he saw too much or had to take part in too much and as soon as he could, he left and to heal himself and find peace went to Southdown Abbey and became a shepherd. The bounty hunter saw the alliance side of him and that is why he said he was no shepherd.
Now is has decided to leave the Abbey and walk the world awhile, continuing to put himself together. One his first day out he beats up a cop, swears to defend the cop and fails and over all has a bad day. during the scenes with River seeing into peoples heads, they are all past events ( except the erotic play on the bridge that gets to her). Books comment about " I don't give half a hump if you are innocent or not, so where does that put you" strikes me as being his dark past when he was alliance. Perhaps he was taking out his ire on someone that had sent him to do horrendous things in the war and was not going to give the man that gave the orders a taste of his own medicine.
soo
WAS alliance
NOW Shepherd and still trying to find himself
note.. Shepherd is the opposite of Mel...
In the war Mel lost his faith
In the war Book found his faith
The Journey is the worthier part.
www.southdownabbey.com
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Quote:
Originally posted by ShepherdQ:
note.. Shepherd is the opposite of Mel...
In the war Mel lost his faith
In the war Book found his faith
Who's Mel?
wo men ren ran zai fei xing.
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Quote:
Originally posted by ecgordon:
Who's Mel?
Wasn't she one of the Space Girls vocal combo?
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