Inara and Simon?

POSTED BY: manwithpez
UPDATED: Sunday, June 6, 2004 17:00
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Mal and Inara...well, yeah, I see it, and I don't. She obviously wants him, but she is a proud companion, and he can't stop talking about that aspect of her life. They're both so stubborn. In "Shindig", when he says "Don't go", and then covers it with something lame. Comes across a lot better than why Inara was knocked out in "Our Mrs. Reynolds". Its a Joss Whedon show! Before anyone is happy (however fleetingly) they have to go through hell. I can't think of anything worse for Kaylee to go through. Mal would get over it, but not without a payback to Simon of some kind. Look at me, writing like I really know what's going on with fictional characters. I think I'll just go back to watching Buffy, where there is a lot less wiggle room in the way of interpretation.

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

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I can easily imagine a Simon/Inara detour (kind of like that brief Xander/Willow thing, which freaked everyone out, broke up Xander and Cordy for good, but that Willow and Oz eventually moved past...). One thing you can count on Joss for: serious consequences for any moment of happiness.

I can see it as mutual comfort, but not so much as the romance of the century.

Grace

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So, which relationship would be permanently shattered if these two hooked up? Would it be Kaylee/Simon, or Mal/Inara?

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

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Originally posted by manwithpez:
So, which relationship would be permanently shattered if these two hooked up? Would it be Kaylee/Simon, or Mal/Inara?

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Good question. My first thought was that Mal might be more forgiving, since he had his own fling and all...but then again he might be grudgeful at Inara taking a lover who isn't a client--and who *is* a crewmember.

Kaylee, otoh, would be mad, but is essentially a forgiving person. Simon/Inara would challenge her good humor though. She might be even more hurt by Inara's betrayal than Simon's. And she might just give up on him for good, reasoning that whatever he wants, it isn't her.

My biggest fear is that if Joss ever lets another couple get together, that he'll feel compelled to break up Zoe and Wash

Trying to think like Joss makes my head ache

Grace

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Although, this discussion is not completely without merit, I suspect the commentary refers to:


SIMON
I always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely
funereal sound to it.

INARA
I love this ship. I have from the first moment I saw it.

SIMON
I just don't want to die on it.

INARA
I don't want to die at all.

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That response is not so strange when taken in conjunction with what was happening at the time ie, the soon to be defunct Serenity. I don'tbuy that Inara was going to bite the dust. I know that's a popular theory, but I just don't go along with it.

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

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Originally posted by GraceOM:

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My biggest fear is that if Joss ever lets another couple get together, that he'll feel compelled to break up Zoe and Wash

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That would suck.

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