Shepard Book's Past
POSTED BY: ShanYu
UPDATED: Tuesday, October 5, 2004 03:24
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Originally posted by corwyn:Quote:
Originally posted by Mantichorus:
Actually, the only members of the crew who seem to know about Shan Yu are Book, Simon, and (possibly) River.
Mal knows enough about him to know he wrote books. "you starting a book club."
Thank You Kindly.
NISKA: "Tell me... Are you familiar with the works of Shan Yu?" (My emphasis).
When someone talks about the works of someone, they usually mean their literary works.
That's my thinkin' on the subject, anyway.
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"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference." -Elie Wiesel, quoted in US News World Report.
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Originally posted by Theron:
And let us not forget (as if we could) that Niska also knew Shaun Yu.
Yeah, well, I don't count Adelai(sp?) Niska as part of the crew.
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"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference." -Elie Wiesel, quoted in US News World Report.
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Originally posted by Theron:
Dead (Reavers), won't touch it, can't afford it, and brain-blown. By the way, anyone have any clue what brain-blown is? Been wondering that for a while.
From the context, I think it means the mind has gone, as in when people get overstressed or sensory overload and the mind snaps and people go to la la land.
The Journey is the worthier part.
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Originally posted by Theron:
Shanyu: Thanks I appreciate the thinking outside the box comment. :) All of the other ideas seem to pat for me, to been there and done that formulaic for this show. As for Shanyu in the show, I forgot I had the eps on my computer and watched that scene again, no where in there do they say he was a chinese philosopher. They say he was a psychotic dictator but not a chinese man. If they did somewhere else in the eps could you point it out for me? I would very much appreaite it as that would pretty much shoot my theory in the foot and let me move on. :)
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Ur right sry i always thought he was chinese for some reason.
"You can live with a man for fourty years , share his meals, talk on every subject, then tie him up, and hold him over the volanoes edge. And on that day, you will finally meet the man"
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Hey everyone, sorry, I have been away from the computer for a bit lately. Shaun Yu may have been an ancient chinese philosopher, I plain do not know. The "impression" I had of him though was that he was a person of much more recent vintage. For me, to much detail is known about him to have been an Earth that Was person. Or it may have been that the new incarnation of him took his name from that ancient philosopher.
Just my two cents worth.
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Originally posted by TheRealMe:
My theory? I believe that Book is actually another person whom we have heard named but never seen: Richard Wilkins, the Alliance General who won the Battle of Serenity Valley.
The Real Me
..... does this mean that we'll be seeing Mal and our BDH fighting a Big Damn Snake in the future?
shw
.. attack him with hummous... Oz
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If you mean Book as the snake, then I think not.
If this theory is correct, then I believe that General Wilkins was appalled at the aftermath of the Battle of Serenity Valley, and turned his back on that life to become a priest. Whatever Book may have been, I believe that he is a preacher NOW.
If true, it makes a nice parallel. Mal lost the Battle of Serentiy and lost his faith in God. Wilkins/Book won the battle, but as a result found religion.
But both were in Serenity Valley, and that means that they will never leave.
Some folks (Alliance Cruiser Captains) remember Book's old self with reverence. Book could hardly reveal the truth of his past to Mal, but says that he hopes he can, one day.
The Real Me
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