What's up with 8 months? by CharlieBZ

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What's up with 8 months?

POSTED BY: CHARLIEBZ
UPDATED: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 20:22
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Sunday, November 11, 2007 10:44 AM

Time for stupid obersavations!

Eight months sure is a popular timeframe in the 'verse. For example:

BDM:

Mal says Simon & River have been on eight months.

Operative states that eight months ago Simon rescued River.

Train Job:

Inara states she's been on Serenity for eight months.

Sherriff Bourne states that Joey Bloggs ate his own gun about eight months ago.

Wait! Inara must've either killed Bloggs or broke his heart and he killed himself.

This must be her deep dark secret!

But seriously, why all the eight months references? It's probably nothing but does seem a bit odd.

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Sunday, November 11, 2007 11:01 AM

RAYCHEETAH

"Month" is a vestigial mode of time measurement. Based on solar cycles. Not applicable.

River says so.

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Sunday, November 11, 2007 12:02 PM

EVILDINOSAUR

Well the first 2 are obviously related, simon rescued river then rather soon after that wound up serenity.

The others, i dunno, never really noticed

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Sunday, November 11, 2007 8:29 PM

FREEBROWNCOAT

River says so is the best answer for most all in the 'verse, really.

"Also. I can kill you with my brain."

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Monday, November 12, 2007 9:25 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN

18 months since KayLee had something betwixt her nethers 'twasn't run on batteries. That seems waaay more memorable than 8. And Mal can't know that.

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007 8:31 AM

GRAYFURY

I thought it was "goin on a year now," that Kaylee said...

"Smellin' alot of IF comin' offa' this plan!"

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:58 AM

GORRAMGROUPIE

Because 8 is the infinty symbol stood on end, so therefore can represent any amount of time. Or Joss just has something for the number 8. It's not quite a year, but longer than half a year, so it implies a long time time without the dust and cobwebs.

"It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense." - Mark Twain

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007 2:16 PM

WHISPER

Seems to be a common theme in all his works. Just caught one in Angel/Buffy- Faith's coma lasted for 8 months.

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007 2:55 PM

CHARLIEBZ

And I just read in the Serenity (episode) script that Simon finished his internship in 8 months.

Weird. Irrelevant, but weird.

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007 3:00 PM

NBZ

Interesting.

Joss has a number 8 fetish...

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007 8:22 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Asian cultures favor numerology, and 8 is good luck.
One might note that this verse is a melding of USA and China cultures.

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