Serenity Pets
POSTED BY: WhooDahn
UPDATED: Sunday, December 18, 2005 16:07
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Originally posted by Hero:
River would adopt a pet rock. (Why a rock? Because the one she would pick wouldn't know its a rock.)
I love it. And I can just hear her saying that. Great choice.
I wonder if a rock is a rock when it's on a spaceship, or if it forgets how to be. Or maybe it thinks its a cow . . .
Delia
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Originally posted by Cybersnark:
Bulldogs & pitbulls don't really seem Mal's style. Maybe a beagle (), or a terrier or somethng. Yeah, a terrier; small, relatively weak, but willing to take on enemies several times its size, and absolutely will not let go if it thinks it has any chance at all. That's Mal right there.
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Gotta disagree with you friend. Mal reminds me more a pit bull that any other character on the show. It fits in so perfectly with Mal's background. Before they were used to fight other dogs any dog with "Bull" in it's name is from a catch dog line that was used to catch cattle by gripping on the cow, steer or bull's nose or neck and never letting go lest they be trampled. People made them fight bulls and bears in a ring for entertainment. When bull and bear baiting was outlawed the bulldogs were crossbred with terriers to make a smaller, more agile and more animal aggressive dog to fight other dogs.
I can just imagine the scene now;
INTERIOR DAY: A large crowd is gathered in an ampitheater around a smallish circle cheering and applauding. Money is passing hands and people are pointing into the center of the circle. Quick shots of two dogs locked together in a fight. The walls and floor of the dog pit are splashed with blood. MAL, ZOE and JAYNE enter a door at the top of the ampitheatre.
JAYNE: (sitting down in the stands) Alright! A little entertainment.
MAL has a look of thinly disguised disgust on his face.
ZOE: (glancing at the dog fight, then at MAL) You're not thinking of making a scene here, are you sir?
MAL: (tearing his eyes away from the fight to look at ZOE) No. Not at all. Just waiting until our man arrives and the cargo's loaded. (he looks back at the dog pit) Nothing here to concern us.
KAYLEE: (enters through the door) Hey! There you are Cap'n. (smiling) Badger's man says everything is good with the cargo and Inara will be back shortly. (she looks down into the dog pit and her smile falls) Oh my. What... what are they doing?
MAL: (terse) Entertainment.
ZOE: Kaylee, people got different ways. Different things they like to see. This bunch thinks its fun to watch two dogs tear each other up.
KAYLEE: (beseeching look at MAL) Cap'n, you're gonna stop 'em, right?
MAL: (still looking into the pit) Nothin' more to stop.
MAL's POV, ZOOM INTO PIT The buckskin dog has the brown brindle dog by the neck down on the ground. The brown brindle is struggling weakly as the referee calls the fight. Handlers jump into the pit and separate the dogs. The buckskin dog's handlers take him out of the ring, the handlers for the brown brindle dog leave him laying on the floor of the pit, nudging him with the toe of their boot.
JAYNE: (walking back over, clapping his hands and smiling) Been a long time since we had any decent entertainment. Sure sorry we missed most of that. Feller over there says it went on most of an hour. (looking into the pit with renewed interest) Oh, show's not over yet.
The brindle dog's handler is drawing a revolver and checking to make certain it is loaded.
KAYLEE: (in distress) Cap'n! Do something!
MAL: (with a "I'm going to regret this" grimace on his face as he pushes past KAYLEE, JAYNE and ZOE and trots down the stairs into the ring) Hey there! Ho, hold on just a minute.
The dog handler looks at MAL, gun still pointed at the down dog.
MAL: Look, ah, how much'll you take for that dog?
HANDLER: He's all busted up. Puttin' him down's merciful.
MAL: Yeah, well, the big feller up there, (indicating Jayne) he'd be all broke up to see you shoot this dog. I'll give you two silver.
HANDLER: Five.
MAL: (looking like he's being swindled) He's all busted up!
HANLDER: Four then. Dog concession'll give me that.
MAL: (reaching into his pocket and giving the handler coins) See, we both made out. (reaching down to pick up the dog)
HANDLER: How so?
MAL: (standing back up as the dog whines at being moved) Easy there. I got me a busted up dog. You saved a bullet.
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Haven't really thought about everyone else's but since Wash seems a bit of a dinosaur fan, perhaps an iguana or gecko.
d~
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MAL: (reaching into his pocket and giving the handler coins) See, we both made out. (reaching down to pick up the dog)
HANDLER: How so?
MAL: (standing back up as the dog whines at being moved) Easy there. I got me a busted up dog. You saved a bullet.
Nice.
He could name the dog Tracy.
"I ain't crazy and I've got papers to prove it"
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Hardware,
That was very well thought out--almost too well thought out, although, I myself have been creepifying on many occasions.
At first read, I thought that I would have let the dog be put down because it might be a danger to people. River, however, would probably be able to nurse to back to proper mental health; kinda proping each other up psychically.
Jon
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Wait, that would make it River's dog, not the Captain's. Hmm.
Jon
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MAL: (reaching into his pocket and giving the handler coins) See, we both made out. (reaching down to pick up the dog)
Kids, don't try this at home. Picking up a badly wounded animal, that's a trained killer and is unfamiliar with you is a great way to get yourself some really neat scars to show your grandkids.
And, of course -- since a pit bull's jaw locks -- once he's got hold of your arm and is applying roughly 1000lbs of pressure per square inch of jawline (think ViseGrips), you'll have plenty of time to rethink your humanitarian stance while seeking medical assistance.
Replace the pit bull with a shepherd or a nice black lab -- both loyal and excellent in a fight -- found not in a dog fight, but in a similarly abusive situation, and your story still works and everybody on the crew would feel good about it. Zoe, who wants a child, would be within her rights to put a bullet in the pit bull's brain pan at the first opportunity. Or maybe -- since pit bulls are notorious for mauling children and people who react fearfully toward them -- the dog would attack River, who would then make the beast explode in mid-leap.
She could kill it with her brain.
Respectfully,
zoid
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"River and me was best friends, back then. I named my first-born daughter after her. 'Course, you can't swing a dead cat 'round here on I-Day without hittin' a River..."
- Kaywinnit Tam, wife and mother of 6, A Child Shall Lead Them: A History of the Second War of Independence Wilkins, Richard
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Nice little dogfighting imagery there, that is something I can really see happening with Mal if he's ever in that situation. Right down to the spot on dialog.
But the thing is...Jayne's really Mal's dog. In the old folksy wisdom way.
Q: "What do you do when someone sics a meanass junkyard dog on ya?"
A: "Sic your meaner, bigger dog on him."
Jayne's the bigger, meaner dog. Which makes me think that if Jayne had a pet it'd be something completely different than what someone would think of him given a first glance at his character, but would make sense after you see some more of him. I'm thinking something cute, small and completely doted on. Either a bunny or a small bird of some sort.
And God help anyone who makes fun of his fuzzy bunny... 
"Pain is scary..."
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And another good point from Zoid.
One of the things about dogfighting is it still does go on. I saw the actual numbers not too long ago for Tucson but fight arrangers actually kidnap houshold pets to 'blood' the fighting dogs on. The numbers for last year were in the couple thousand of missing and then found dead in the desert pet dogs.
The big ones they keep to bring up as fighters, the normal type dogs they use for practice for the big mean ones.
So in addition to not trying that at home kids, if ya see someone kidnapping a dog to use in the pits, put your foot up their pei goo.
I now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.
"Pain is scary..."
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Kids, don't try this at home. Picking up a badly wounded animal, that's a trained killer and is unfamiliar with you is a great way to get yourself some really neat scars to show your grandkids.
And, of course -- since a pit bull's jaw locks -- once he's got hold of your arm and is applying roughly 1000lbs of pressure per square inch of jawline (think ViseGrips), you'll have plenty of time to rethink your humanitarian stance while seeking medical assistance...
Sorry Zoid, locking jaws and meaningful measurements of jaw strength are both urban legends about pit bulls. There has been no scientific study done about relative dog breed bit pressure. In fact, studies of pit bull musculo-skeletal structure shows no significant difference with any other breed's jaw.
Let's take a moment to discuss the real facts.
Pit bulls consistently place higher than German Shepherds in temperment testing.
http://www.atts.org/statistics.html
As far as Zoe needing to put down a pit to keep her child safe, Pete the pup of Little Rascals fame was a pit bull. I don't recall Alfalfa, Darla or Spanky getting mauled.
Pit bulls used to the THE American dog. They were used to represent the US in World War 1 posters. Some famous pit bulls from advertising include Nipper the RCA Victor dog and Tige, Buster Brown's dog. Back in the 60's the demon dog was the German Shepherd, in the 70's it was the Doberman Pinscher. Lately it has been the pit bull and it is about to become the Rottweiler's turn. Are any of these dog breeds inherrently bad? No.
Bad dogs come in any breed. A well bred, trained and socialized pit bull is as bomb-proof a dog as you could hope to have. But bad breeding and bad owners have done far more damage to this breed's public image than good stories and truth can easily undo.
Go here for more information. http://www.geocities.com/k9rescueltd/
Go here to see what a real pit bull is capable of. http://www.outofthepits.org/stories.html
The more I get to know people the more I like my dogs.
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