Do Reavers speak?

POSTED BY: RIPWash
UPDATED: Monday, February 23, 2009 21:20
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RIPWASH

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 1:54 PM

This may have been addressed before, but hey . . . I'm new

I know the intelligence of the Reavers must have been discussed because, ya know, somehow they organize raiding parties, maneuver spacecraft, set booby traps, etc. But I'm thinking that they MUST speak when they not full of bloodlust. I say this because of the episode "Bushwacked". The poor guy who was forced to witness the Reaver atrocities keeps mumbling "No mercy" and other things, but what stuck out to me was when he said something to the effect of "Open them up and see what's inside". My thinking is that the Reavers MUST have been saying these things in some form or another and he's just repeating them in his addled mind.

Your thoughts?

Zoe: "Get it running again."
Mal: "Yeah"
Zoe: "So not running now"
Mal: "Not so much"
- Out of Gas

WASHNWEAR

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 2:57 PM

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Originally posted by RIPWash:
This may have been addressed before, but hey . . . I'm new

I know the intelligence of the Reavers must have been discussed because, ya know, somehow they organize raiding parties, maneuver spacecraft, set booby traps, etc. But I'm thinking that they MUST speak when they not full of bloodlust. I say this because of the episode "Bushwacked". The poor guy who was forced to witness the Reaver atrocities keeps mumbling "No mercy" and other things, but what stuck out to me was when he said something to the effect of "Open them up and see what's inside". My thinking is that the Reavers MUST have been saying these things in some form or another and he's just repeating them in his addled mind.

You're new? As in NEW new? Well, WELCOME! Someone will be along eventually to pelt you with planets and berries (which is how the language of love is spoken around here) if they haven't already.

As to your question, I hadn't really given it much thought. I guess my unexamined assumption has always been that they likely do speak when not "excited"; whether or not one would want to hear what they have to say is another story. I'm assuming a level of eloquence a few notches below your average English major.

It was like that when we got here!

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 3:03 PM

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Originally posted by RIPWash:
I say this because of the episode "Bushwacked". The poor guy who was forced to witness the Reaver atrocities keeps mumbling "No mercy" and other things, but what stuck out to me was when he said something to the effect of "Open them up and see what's inside".

Isn't that just what's left of his partial sanity, there to show us just how far he's gone?

Welcome to the party!

CYBERSNARK

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 3:11 PM

An added factor; looking at how cut up they are (split tongues, peeled-back lips, etc), any words they try to say wouldn't come out sounding like anything we recognize.

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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.

RIPWASH

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 4:58 PM

But I don't think each of them would mutilate themselves the same way. Some mouths would still be in tact, I think :o)

It also struck me that during this episode (re-watching it now), that the Reavers are intelligent/coherent enough to clean up the gore and mess they leave behind on the booby-trapped ship.

Zoe: "Get it running again."
Mal: "Yeah"
Zoe: "So not running now"
Mal: "Not so much"
- Out of Gas

JONGSSTRAW

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:57 PM

I think they are like cavemen. They grunt and communicate non-verbally. I'm an expert on this, because most of my relatives are Reavers.

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Thursday, February 19, 2009 7:42 AM

grrr. Aaarrg.

WASHNWEAR

Thursday, February 19, 2009 3:40 PM

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Originally posted by jewelstaitefan:
grrr. Aaarrg.

Knew it wouldn't be long on this thread before somebody played the "grrr. Aaarrg." card...

It was like that when we got here!

RALLEM

Thursday, February 19, 2009 5:17 PM

I've often thought of making a fan fic movie regarding the Reavers on the ship Serenity faced in the pilot Serenity.

http://www.swyzzlestyx.com/index.html

TRAVELER

Friday, February 20, 2009 2:47 AM

There must be some verbal language. They are not ignorant or they could not have set the trap Kaylee had to remove. They just seem ultra violent. From the movie they appear to stay close to Miranda. They may have a sense of it being a holy place. They never go back, but they never stay to far from it.

Zoe mentions rape. So they maintained their basic instinct to reproduce. Are they raising a new generation of Reavers?

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

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