Jayne, Wash & The War
POSTED BY: deepgirl187
UPDATED: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 04:50
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Good responses so far. Here's my take:
Jayne:
Joss has mentioned that "The Killer Angels," a book about the Civil War, influenced Firefly. The Civil War was almost entirely fought in the eastern half of the US. Many folks had already settled out in California and other territories in the West, whether they were chasing gold, or just looking for a new life. They heard about the Civil War that was raging back East, but they were never exposed to it.
So, during the war, I picture Jayne out somewhere on a planet like California in the 1860's, way out on the edge of the solar system. They heard about the war going on for Unification, but it didn't really bother them much. The planets and moons out there were too far away from the front lines for the Browncoats to care, and to small for the Alliance to worry about.
It was the frontier, and a man did what he had to do to get by. Legal or otherwise.
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