At the end of the BDM ...
POSTED BY: LittleAlbatross29
UPDATED: Saturday, November 18, 2006 16:31
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When River is done killing the Reavers,and the Alliance comes,do you thnk she could have taken on and beaten those Alliance soldiers ?
I say yes & my husband says no way.
So Browncoats, what do you say ?
Bryce
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I swallowed a bug.
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I think it would have been a battle, but the rifles aren't meant for close combat, so she has an advantage!
King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa
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I think she would have taken them and have gotten mowed down in a hail of bullets...
she had the advantage w/Reavers who want to fight close enough to take a bite (they don't want their meal killed)
but the Alliance soldiers would want her dead asap
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I'm with your husband, she would have gotten hosed.
-e
"Storms getting worse."
"We'll pass through it soon enough."
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It depends. If they opened fire at the range they were at to begin with, River would have been dead. Having her come out on top in that situation would take the "fiction" in science fiction to a whole new level for the FireFly product. Like, to a "Matrix" level.
Also, think about it in terms of the drama of that final scene. If River stood a chance of beating the Alliance, there'd be no point in the mounting seconds of tension before they were given to order to stand down. Why? Because if River killed some more Alliance soldiers, who cares? But if they kill her, then it's a huge tragedy. The only tension... "device" was the possability of her dying.
I was quite pleased with how things turned out. The only way it could have been better for me personally, is if I had a go at her with the fisticuffs.
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Place my body on a ship and burn it on the sea,
Let my spirit rise, Valkiries carry me.
Take me to Valhalla where my brothers wait for me.
Fires burn into the sky, my spirit will never die.
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I think we are all forgetting one small thing.
"She can kill with her BRAIN!"
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I think she could but would get hurt in the process.
"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle." http://whimsicalnbrainpan.blogspot.com/
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Hi Whimsical! *HUGS* to you! 
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Hi GED! Hope all is well. 
"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle." http://whimsicalnbrainpan.blogspot.com/
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I'm with Whim. She would have been able to take them, but she would have sustained some not-so-nice injuries, and... with Simon being temporarily incapacitated, she would have most likely died. 
That is why I am very glad it turned out the way it did... 
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