Serenity: It's Never Easy Comic - read it here
POSTED BY: two
UPDATED: Thursday, January 12, 2017 14:02
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Originally posted by two:
A real story would have the thief flying away with Serenity. Mal watches it soar into the sky, swearing in Chinese. The crew that went to town return to find no home. Then everyone is either joyous or apprehensive to see Serenity coming back. When it lands, River rides out on the thief's horse. Asked about the thief, she says, "Dropped him off where he was going." Final page: a cemetery with a new crater. The thief's fancy bright yellow boots are showing at the bottom. The End.
two expanded on this idea of male thief successfully stealing Serenity, but thief is now female:
I'll outline a story with more twists. It's Always Easy is the title.
The story begins with Mal and Simon looking for River in the Outback. Serenity is in the far background. They are riding the 4-wheel drive mule from the TV series, when the other mule, the one that floats, passes them going to town.
Zoe, Jayne, Inara, and Kaylee are picking up the cargo. They are running late because River has vanished. Everyone is now out of the ship. Mal and Simon climb a ridge on foot to get a better view of where River is hiding. Imagine sarcastic Mal blaming Simon.
Suddenly the 4-wheel drive mule explodes! Another RPG bursts near Mal and Simon. A thief with a grenade launcher rides her horse up Serenity's ramp. Mal is shooting, but it is too far away for accuracy with a pistol.
We see that the spaceship thief is wearing garish, bright yellow boots. Moments later, the Firefly is going, going, gone. More conversation. Maybe Mal punches Simon.
The floating mule returns with the cargo. Heated words are hurled about homelessness. Jayne punches Simon.
After everybody said what they should not, Serenity comes flying back and lands.
River rides the spaceship thief's horse down Serenity's ramp to where everyone is waiting. What happened? River never left the ship. "Why were you looking for me out here?" She woke when Serenity took off.
Asked about the thief, River says, "Dropped her where she needed to go." With River, nobody expects more explanation. What happened will remain a mystery. Serenity takes off again, on its way.
Final page: a cemetery with a new hole. It looks like a crater. Something fell from a great height and landed here. Getting closer, we see the thief's fancy boots are showing at the bottom. The End.
By the way, River did worse to six men whose only crime was ugliness in Serenity: Downtime www.usatoday.com/life/comics/2010-11-08-serenity08_ST_N.htm
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