River's way

POSTED BY: Bytemite
UPDATED: Sunday, July 4, 2010 00:48
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BYTEMITE

Saturday, July 3, 2010 2:58 PM

Oh, I'm not writing a fic. Someone just asked me to do a River version of my "how bad is Mal" scenario.

B has description pron just because I got carried away.

You think they're going to be fugies after the movie?

I like that premise and I've actually tried to play with that a little during when I was writing my first version of Eidolon.

Unfortunately, that tears up the crew right there. I've thought this over, a lot. While being fugitives would be the most likely outcome, if they're all fugitives and they stay together, none of them can get jobs. It would take a better writer than me to make this work.

I've had to do a fix-it where the Operative deletes the warrants he issued for them from the system, as a courtesy to all of them. Well, except Simon and River, because the Operative says there's still some interest in them, but just not from Parliament (Blue Sun's still after them, so fugie status stays).

FREMDFIRMA

Saturday, July 3, 2010 11:56 PM

E - Pulls that same trick she did on Badger, then convinces the middlemen she's a deep cover agent and bagging her would buy them naught but trouble, but turning in Jayne would net them a smallish bit of coin and potential gratitude.

End result, Jayne semiconscious in a cargo crate being rolled away, not real happy about it.

Cut to Serenity, and River telling Mal that Jayne won't be making liftoff.

Mal: "Got stupid again, did he ?"
River: "Maybe."
Mal: "He dead ?"
River: "Maybe."
Mal: "I'm not gonna get a straight answer ever, am I ?"
River: "Maybe."
Mal: "Wash! get us off this rock, now, before anyone comes looking for us..."

And perchance the need for a new goon/tracker.

-F

BYTEMITE

Sunday, July 4, 2010 12:27 AM

I'll add that option. :)

MINCINGBEAST

Sunday, July 4, 2010 12:48 AM

The hypo is interesting because it's hard to get a fix on River's moral capacity. She's crazy, and abused, and her competence is in issue. Can she understand the nature and quality of her acts? The dream sequence with the stick/gun, and the awesome commercial trigger suggest there are situations where she can't. She's clearly fluent in violence. Also, I'd rather not believe that post-Miranda she's sane and happy. Remember, people don't get better, or change for the better. They just die. River is compelling inasmuch as she is a ruined creature, struggling with her limitations.

Let's be wary of adding options. Sooner or later someone will suggest F, which is "Jayne looks into River's eyes, and suddenly, they're like, totally in love and making out and stuff."Option B remains clearly superior. That Jayne would try to out-wit and betray a psychic assassin genius is absurd (and not out of character). Hence, it must end with absurdity, and lots of slapstick comedy and Jayne making anguished facial expressions.

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