why did wash REALLY join serenity?
POSTED BY: est120
UPDATED: Thursday, November 11, 2004 00:09
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Boy, am I disappointed with where this thread is going...
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Then add something to it, and put it back on course, or in a new relevant direction.
Personally I think Wash joined just to get laid, and ended up married. That's the way most guys think...I can get a great job OR I can get a good job and have sex alot, and since will be deep in space and she'll have no where to run, I'll wear her down. Yup. Wash had a plan...and it worked.
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There. Back on track. Can we all smile like good little rich Core citizens now? LOL
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I think it is safe to say that Zoe, or rather being near her, was the deal breaker for Wash. In OoG, we hear Mal tell Zoe how Wash comes highly recommended and how several potential employers were trying to hire him. Obviously Wash's reputation as a pilot proceeds him and makes him highly sought after.
I wonder too though if Wash was looking for some excitement. He may have thought that a ship captained by a former Independent may provide him w/ ample opportunity to practice his vaunted flying skills.
Nah. It was definitely Zoe. 
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Quote:Or that consorting with petty criminals would provide him with ample opportunity to feed his coke and alcohol habits while keeping him away from the family mineral extraction business. He should have found himself a librarian, which on a Whedon show is more probable than finding Jesus.
Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
He may have thought that a ship captained by a former Independent may provide him w/ ample opportunity to practice his vaunted flying skills.
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Quote:
Originally posted by embers:
Wash was the kind of guy who always wished he was cooler...who saw other people leading exciting lives, taking risks, while he was just coasting along...
so when Mal recruited him,
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and then he saw Zoe!
I'll join the consensus that Zoe was a big factor in Wash's joining Serenity. And I think Embers hit it that Wash wanted to be cooler. But why is he available? Why is he even looking @this gig (he may be intrigued by a Firefly but, this one is just assembling a crew, under a first-time captain), when he's supposed to be in demand as a pilot?
I think it's because he's a jerk, and knows it, thus realizing that he will have difficulty fitting in to any environment of socially skilled people. He's looking for the security of a job from which he won't get fired for being himself.
@least in this show, Joss created circumstances in which it makes sense to keep the jerk around, and put up with him.
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