River connected to Mal?

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UPDATED: Monday, August 15, 2005 05:28
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BROWNCOATFAN1

Thursday, August 11, 2005 9:34 PM

i think she can feel when certain things happen.

CEDRIC

Thursday, August 11, 2005 9:44 PM

I think she has a special link to Greg Edmondson, and she senses the music changing. :-)

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SHINY4004

Friday, August 12, 2005 2:24 AM

LOL ok that was just the shiniest thing ever.

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LIVINGIMPAIRED

Friday, August 12, 2005 3:21 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Cedric:
I think she has a special link to Greg Edmondson, and she senses the music changing. :-)

My god, it all makes sense now.

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FREMDFIRMA

Friday, August 12, 2005 5:45 AM

I firmly believe that River is "locked on" Mal as a father/captain figure.

She seems to 'connect' with him in particular swifter and more easily, and his presence seems to draw her into a more lucid state.

Yes, it was very noticeable, and me and the girl discussed it at length, that she didn't freak when Book took a round, she freaked when Mal *sees* Book wounded.

Of course, her responses to the imminent rescue by "Daddy" were also very telling..

(Side note here, anyone else notice the crew not only got maximum drop on the hillfolk and played it for all it was worth - but that they were also all armed with shotguns ? they were NOT bluffing.)

Various other little bits convince me of her bond with Mal, like...

Her reading off the specs of his own ship to him in the infirmary.
The look on her face in OiS when she floats into Mal's arms.
Her comments in response to Mal busting chops for her handling a gun, and maybe scaring the cattle.

There's a lot of stuff you wouldn't necessarily pick up on unless you were lookin for it - but it's assuredly there, and utterly convinces me that she's locked to him as captain/father figure.

-F

MIKEYBLAZE

Friday, August 12, 2005 3:38 PM

Maybe assuming River IS psychic Mal is just easier to read than the other. He doesn't seem to have many secrets from the crew, as opposed to oh say Book! People guess that kind of personality is just easier to read. >shrugs< what do I know though?

ZEEK

Friday, August 12, 2005 4:16 PM

I don't think there is anything special about Mal to River. She senses emtion "she can't not". It was told to us in Ariel. Did Book seem emotional to you when he said "that's quite a lot of blood"? He seems to me like he's been shot plenty of times before and doesn't get worked up over it. Mal on the other hand has a strong protective hold on his crew. So, his emotional reaction was probably stronger and got through to River. That's all I see from it.

Also in OiS we see her going through the ship reading the crew. I see nothing special about her read on Mal. Seemed just like the read she got on Simon, Jayne and Inara really. The unique reads were Book (obviously), Kaylee (nothing) and Zoe + Wash all sexualtosis.

DIEGO

Friday, August 12, 2005 9:28 PM

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Originally posted by Zeek:
She senses emtion "she can't not". It was told to us in Ariel.

I believe the discussion about her damaged amydala was referring to the fact that she can't help but feel her OWN emotions fully and this is part of the explanation for her behavior. You seem to be suggesting that this scene explains that she can't help but read other people's emotions.

Simon did not have any reason to believe that the amygdala, or any other know part of the brain, was responsible for telepathy or empathy. I don't get the impression that telepathy and empathy are commonly accepted phenomena in the Verse. That doesn't mean that the specific brain damage isn't the cause of her putative power or that it wasn't directed by the Blue Hands for just that reason. It just means that Simon was only concerned with diagnosing her emotional problems.

ZEEK

Friday, August 12, 2005 10:13 PM

Well I also couple this with my own theory that Simon isn't being straight with the crew. He's holding back information about River because he doesn't want it used against them. For instance in Objects in Space Mal asks Simon directly about the possibility that River is psychic. Simon just sorta dances around the question. I don't think he would tell them if he found out she was or wasn't.

AURAPTOR

Friday, August 12, 2005 11:31 PM

Just now, watching SciFi (Bushwhacked), the scene where River wanders into the cargo hold where Mal and Zoe are looking over the left behind provisions. Zoe comments about how everyone couldn't fit onto the escape pod, to which Mal then sees River. She's looking up, and before he does the same, Mal comments " they didn't escape". Made me think of this thread...curious.

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