River's Age??

POSTED BY: Shadesiren
UPDATED: Sunday, June 13, 2004 15:10
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SOULOFSERENITY

Friday, June 11, 2004 4:01 PM

*bump* for Liz!!

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SOULOFSERENITY

Friday, June 11, 2004 5:04 PM

*bump* agin for Liz

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LIZ

Friday, June 11, 2004 5:15 PM

Thank you SoulOfSerenity!!!
i got an email saying:

Quote:
shinyseven has responded to a message you posted

in the 'FIREFLY UNIVERSE FORUM'
with the topic 'RIVER'S AGE??'

You can go to the following URL to read the response.

http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=17&t=5587&m=69952#69952

and i couldn't get the link to work and i couldn't find it in the FF universe Fourm (because it wasn't there). anyway, i'm glad to see this and i'm glad if the quote from Serenity helped

SOULOFSERENITY

Friday, June 11, 2004 5:41 PM

Yeah, I had gone to Firefly Universe first as well. I saw the theme of those threads was RPGing, so I checked the General Discussions. After several minutes of waiting for it to load, I ran down the list and there it was!!

Glad I could be of service, Liz. It's just what us Gentlemen do best...

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SHIKSA

Friday, June 11, 2004 5:47 PM

I always assumed that River was @17.

As for Simon,I always pegged him to be in his early to mid-20s (probably no more than 25) his medical degree notwithstanding. As some people have pointed out, the education process in the Firefly 'Verse may mean a shorter stint in med school.

But Simon also tells us in the pilot that, even though he can't compete with River, he himself is gifted. I always pictured Simon as being one of those kids who went through school at a faster pace than others (remember that 10 year old kid who was in your 8th grade algebra class?). It might also explain why he has such a difficult time talking to girls, if he was constantly thrown in with classmates who were older than he was. Basically, I think that Simon is younger than the average doctor.

STATIC

Friday, June 11, 2004 6:14 PM

Just a thought. . .

Simon also attended Med school while a major war was being fought. . .

historically, our society has a tendency to make certain things go a little more quickly when that society may have a burning need for the finished product. I believe they did that in WW1, WW2, and Korea.

Maybe Simon's medical school was someone accelerated for the purposes of practicality on the part of the Alliance?

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BROWNCOAT1

Friday, June 11, 2004 6:20 PM

I would put River @ 17 yrs old when the show starts and somewhere aroung (but not quite) 18 in Objects in Space.

I think that Simon is in his mid-twenties, perhaps 24 or 25. If he was as bright as he says (finishing in the top of his class) he may have gotten out of med school earlier than what med students do now in the U.S.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

AURAPTOR

Saturday, June 12, 2004 10:03 AM

Yep, she's 17.

While part of me wants to make a Jayne like comment on River , her being 17 and some off color remark about the age of consent..I won't.

Instead, I'll just say that the real reason I posted on this thread was that I noticed there were 16 replies and adding my 1 more makes it 17...the same number of yrs old that River is.

How's THAT for a lame excuse to post on here? heh heh.

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BLINKER

Saturday, June 12, 2004 11:46 AM

I just want to know what colour her hair is.

Some draw it brown, others black, others red...

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PURPLEBELLY

Saturday, June 12, 2004 12:46 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Static:
Simon also attended Med school while a major war was being fought. . .

OT [added after some confusion had been caused]:
Some rich men's sons have extended their education in such circumstances, towards the greater good no doubt

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