What would have happened

POSTED BY: Calhoun
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Thank you, PhoenixRose, that answers al--ittle.

I infer then that the "reaver vial" was some euthanasia drug she'd been carting around for when the (likely) pain and suffering became too much.

And aint that just what the Cap'n needed: forbidden fruit, rotten on the inside... another valley of hope, filled with nightmares and death... First Hera and then Aphrodite herself...

I'll be in my bunk, weeping.

--WhoDied


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The vial from the pilot was not a suicide kit (Joss says that, I believe, in the commentary). I'm not sure if it's been definitely spoiled, but the implication from various sources is that it's some sort of "Have sex with Inara and die" drug. Tim Minear discussed an episode idea (which was eventually deemed "too dark") in which Inara would have been captured and gang-raped by Reavers... and when the crew catches up, they find a shipful of mysteriously dead Reavers.

Inara having a medical condition can be inferred (retroactively) from her "annual exam" during the run of the show, and also from her mysterious liaison with Simon in "Better Days."


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GWEK wrote:
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 16:59

Inara having a medical condition can be inferred (retroactively) from her "annual exam" during the run of the show

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Because there is no other reason a "sex worker" would need annual check ups?

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I'm not saying it was obvious at the time, but in retrospect, I think it's subtle foreshadowing on the part of Whedon, especially when you link it with the scene from "Better Days."

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Originally posted by Calhoun:

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Because there is no other reason a "sex worker" would need annual check ups?

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But normally, if someone was asked how their check-up went, their response would be "fine" or "no problem". "Same as last time" is not a reassuring answer!

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