Was Book an Operative
POSTED BY: WashsYoungerSexierBr
UPDATED: Saturday, August 26, 2006 15:27
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About Book:
What we know...
1) He can fight very well.
2) He knows all about weapons, and can tell what weapons were used and how it kills people.
3) He flew in a firefly a long time ago.
4) He knows about pirates and what devices can take apart a ship.
5) He is someone that the alliance still respects, or at least gives preferential treatment to.
6) He is a shepherd. He goes to the abbey in Ariel. I guess they could have left him at the front door, and not waited until he went in, but I doubt it.
So what does all this mean.
1) He is not out of favor with the Alliance. Therefore, he is not a former operative who is on the run, or out of favor. It seems unlikely that any operative would be able to retire, but its not an impossibility.
2) He is surprisingly good with weapons and fighting. Therefore he is not necessarily a parliament figure. This is someone who had experience with fighting himself.
3) He is genuinely religious. Or is he? Remember in Objects in Space, when River walks through the ship, and she hears everyone's true feelings and confessions. Simon tells her that if it wasn't for her he would still be in Osirus. Jayne admits to her that he made a mistake, the money was just too good. And Book, in a mean, snearing way, says "I don't give half a hump if your guilty or not, what do you think of that?"
Is this secretly Book's true feelings? Everyone else seemed to reveal their true feelings to River the reader, why would this mean statement by Book be an aberration? Its not. Joss had something planned for Book that never came to fruition because the series was cancelled so earlier. A deep down secret. Whether he is undercover, or messed up and trying to reform himself, we'll never know for sure. I suspect at some point, if the series had continued, we would have met someone who know Book from his past. Or Book would have used old connections to help River. Remember, Jubal Early said, in OIS, that Book was no shepherd. How does he know? He doesn't even talk to Book. He knows Book on sight. Ah, the possibilities...
We are just too pretty for God to let us die.
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