His ship was hit by Reavers.

POSTED BY: AURaptor
UPDATED: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 18:48
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EBONEZER

Sunday, September 26, 2004 2:12 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by zoid:

Ebo 'n 'lishus:

Y'know that community "collage" idea has some merit. Can I add my picture to it?

Re-'media'-ly,

zoid

Huh?

Oh i get it. Its funny becuase i can't spell.

Sorry guys.

Did you know I had 8 years of private school education?

You see where it got me?

I want my money back damn it. I've just had a sudden inspiration to go to art school.

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

THESHRIKE

Sunday, September 26, 2004 3:31 AM

If I were to guess, I'd say the Reavers are connected to River somehow, which would explain the subtle wordplay similarity of River-Reaver.

What if the Reavers are previous psi ops experiments gone wrong by the Alliance? River could then conceivably be an upgraded model of what the Reavers were originally intended to be.

If the Reavers have some kind of psychic abilities like River, that would also explain why their ship cruised by Serenity, then went to the trouble of circling around for them. Possibly, they sensed her presense on Serenity, and either felt attracted or threatened by it.

As for how Mal knew about them, maybe they were used against the browncoats during the waning days of the war, and Mal remembers the horror that ensued.

If I were to fit Book in this scenario somehow, I'd guess he's the mad doctor that created the Reavers in the first place. In his subsequent guilt, he turned to religion to help purge himself of that sin.

Which brings me back to the Reavers. The ones on the rim now are either the rejects that got away, or they're working for the Alliance, terrorizing people on the Rim, in order to keep them in line.

What if they aren't the boogey men that people are being told, but are in fact the beginning of resistance against the Alliance? Could River be the messiah they're looking for?

Oh well, it's fun to speculate.

P.S. - I almost forgot, hi, this is my first post here.

ZOID

Sunday, September 26, 2004 4:06 AM

Mmmm-a-licious and Ebo:

I was only poking fun. If this misspell had been 'colledge' or 'colege', et cetera, I'd've never said a peep. But 'collage' has a meaning all its own. The juxtaposition of 'community collage' got me thinking about a page on FFFn (maybe) where everyone could post a thumbnail of themself, and then they could be stitched together like a Browncoat crazy-quilt.

I don't know who the artist is, but I've seen portraits of famous folk made from collages of much smaller pictures of the same person. Have y'all seen these? How cool would it be to have a picture of Serenity, made up of thumbnails of all her fans?

So, actually, semi-serious about the community collage thing. Again, good idea, Ebo (e'en if it twas unintentional)...

Respectfully,

zoid
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"Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me." The Ballad of Serenity

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ZOID

Sunday, September 26, 2004 4:09 AM

TheShrike:

Welcome to the board, Shrike. Dan Simmons' "Hyperion" fan, by any chance?

Cordially,

zoid

MALICIOUS

Sunday, September 26, 2004 3:52 PM

Welcome TheShrike!

I enjoyed your first post, been lurking long?

Mal-licious

MALICIOUS

Sunday, September 26, 2004 3:54 PM

Dearest RespectfulZoid,

Always a pleasure to read your take on things. A photo collage of the FFF community would not go amiss....You should talk to Haken about it. (Don't be afraid of him, he makes everybody cry. He's like a monster.)

Mal-licious

THESHRIKE

Sunday, September 26, 2004 6:36 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by zoid:
Dan Simmons' "Hyperion" fan, by any chance.

Hyperion is my bible, so much so that my user name is The Shrike on every message board I post on. In my lifetime, I hope to see a trilogy of films based on the books. Apparently, Martin Scorcese is interested in adapting it.

I'm a hard core sci fi/fantasy fan, besides Simmons, I revere Greg Bears Forge Of God, Anvil Of Stars, and Moving Mars. Other works I enjoyed are Nivens Ringworld, and Brins uplift series. In fantasy, I liked Goodkinds Sword Of Truth, and Martins Song Of Ice And Fire series.

My introduction to Joss Whedons work was when I first watched Firefly about a year ago, and I was hooked. I purposely avoided the Buffy series when it first came out, partly because I identified it with the movie, and assumed the writing would have no substance.

Once I realised how good Firefly was, I started watching Buffy from the start of season five until it's completion on Space tv here in Toronto. Now, they've started the rotation from season one (five episodes per week), so I'm catching up on the first four seasons in order.

I've also been watching some of the Angel episodes too, and I could just kick myself for passing them over the first time around. Oh well, better late than never.

ZOID

Sunday, September 26, 2004 7:10 PM

TheShrike:

Ahhh, a kindred soul! I'm definitely down with the "Three B's" of Hard Sci-Fi: Bear, Brin and (Gregory) Benford. Don't care much for fantasy, but to each his own. Tried BtVS and Angel, but... (see, 'fantasy', as previously noted).

I too read "Hyperion" and enjoyed it immensely, and even read the first follow-up, "The Fall of Hyperion", which I likewise enjoyed. Sadly, I haven't read his later works; but, if I survive long enough, that's on my to-do list. I am currently reading (devouring) Neil Gaiman's "American Gods". Even though I've not finished it, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say, "Read this novel!"

Please don't be a stranger. We need literate and thoughtful posters here; all of them we can get (okay, so we're greedy).

Respectfully,

zoid
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"Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me." The Ballad of Serenity

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AURAPTOR

Monday, September 27, 2004 3:14 AM

Confession time. It was Fri night after a long and not so pretty week of work. I partook of a rather well deserved happy hour which resulted in a very happy Browncoat indeed. Being over served by the nice chap at the pub, I eventually found myself .....here. What resulted was a repetitive and silly post about Reavers, as I was enjoying watching Bushwhacked on its 2 yr anniversary. If memory serves me, and it likely does not, I was intruigued at how vivid and certain both Mal and Zoe were when talking about Reavers. Mal's certainty that it WAS Reavers, and Zoe's graphic portrayal of what lay in store if the Reavers ever caught them got my Bass Ale mind to think. Perhaps not my best addition to this board, but I enjoyed making it. I think.

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

BROWNCOATFAN1

Tuesday, September 28, 2004 6:48 PM

maybe their platton got hit by them and they somhow escaped

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