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Originally posted by N0Skillz:
well, the way i saw it. she was a lil not crazy that day. and was going out, so someone (prolly simon) gave it to her for her to wear.

Then the movie never really slow'd down to were anyone would change (and i don't think they did now that i think of it)

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Death is like sex in high school... If you knew how many times you missed having it you'd be paralyzed- Georgia Lass (Dead Like Me)

*Andersen AFB, Guam*

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Originally posted by N0Skillz:
...Then the movie never really slow'd down to were anyone would change (and i don't think they did now that i think of it)

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Well, Inara sure had lots of pretty changes of clothes to wear, considering they left her training house so quickly and I don't recall her packing anything or them carrying any suitcases. I'm ASSUMING all those outfits were in the box of things Mal said she left on the shuttle?

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Originally posted by Malicious:
Well, Inara sure had lots of pretty changes of clothes to wear, considering they left her training house so quickly and I don't recall her packing anything or them carrying any suitcases. I'm ASSUMING all those outfits were in the box of things Mal said she left on the shuttle?

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Originally posted by N0Skillz:
well, the way i saw it. she was a lil not crazy that day. and was going out, so someone (prolly simon) gave it to her for her to wear.

Then the movie never really slow'd down to were anyone would change (and i don't think they did now that i think of it)

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Death is like sex in high school... If you knew how many times you missed having it you'd be paralyzed- Georgia Lass (Dead Like Me)

*Andersen AFB, Guam*

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Originally posted by Giantevilhead:
It's pretty obvious that Simon didn't "destrip" River's amygdala...since she still didn't have the ability to suppress emotions.

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Originally posted by DonCoat:
"My turn!" -- the key moment in the movie (for me) -- meant that she'd found the key to shutting them out, and it was (wait for it!) love.

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Originally posted by Giantevilhead:
It's pretty obvious that Simon didn't "destrip" River's amygdala, which isn't really possible, since she still didn't have the ability to suppress emotions.

"I swallowed a bug." -River Tam

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Originally posted by Cybersnark:
(GILES) toast (/GILES)

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Originally posted by DonCoat:
Which makes the subsequent events even more wonderful. "My turn!" -- the key moment in the movie (for me) -- meant that she'd found the key to shutting them out, and it was (wait for it!) love.

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Originally posted by DonCoat:
Which makes the subsequent events even more wonderful. "My turn!" -- the key moment in the movie (for me) -- meant that she'd found the key to shutting them out, and it was (wait for it!) love.

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It's not a matter of shutting out the other emotions since it's just not physically possible, it's more of how an even stronger emotion is able to overcome all the other emotions.

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Originally posted by Phoebe:
River wears four different dresses in the movie. One in the opening, one in the Maidenhead scenes, one during the final scenes, and one during her very final scene.

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Originally posted by DonCoat:
Well, at the risk of extending this hijack even further, I'd like to comment on this.

I agree completely that she still can't shut out the feelings -- she still can't not feel.

However, the brain is a remarkably adaptable organ. People who've had major injuries to part of the brain can regain the lost functions by retraining other parts of the brain. Blind people use their visual cortex to process sound. People with chronic pain can learn techniques to reduce or eliminate it by mind control alone.

What I'm suggesting is that there may still be a physical aspect to River's achievement. She may be using other parts of her brain to compensate -- to "dismiss" or "set aside" the overwhelming outside input (catchy phrase there).

Whether or not this is a conscious process is another question. It was just a few minutes earlier that River was a quivering, helpless wreck in the fetal position. Yet when she realized what she had to do to save Simon and the others, she was able to function.

I wonder: was she able to ignore the Reavers' rage, or did she somehow use it, and turn it against them? If so, that mental judo may be her greatest weapon of all.

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