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Originally posted by LeopardFlan:
That theory has come up, in a speculation thread, but it has some holes in it, even if it was semi-official:

First of all, Reavers don't only rape people, they also eat them and sew the flesh into their clothing. So that would be a very unreliable weapon.

Also, why would someone want to have to get raped a million times before the poison takes effect and kills the attacker? Inara's way smarter than that.

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Originally posted by Spookyjesus:
.... she takes something that makes anyone who has sex with her die

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Originally posted by Zeek:
Unless you want to make a companion assassin.

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Originally posted by LeopardFlan:
That theory has come up, in a speculation thread, but it has some holes in it, even if it was semi-official:

First of all, Reavers don't only rape people, they also eat them and sew the flesh into their clothing. So that would be a very unreliable weapon.

Also, why would someone want to have to get raped a million times before the poison takes effect and kills the attacker? Inara's way smarter than that.

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Originally posted by LeopardFlan:
As for Inara distracting them- the Reavers are crazy. They rape because they are so angry- it's not like they only pick out beautiful women and rape them. So that particular thing won't fly with me.

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Originally posted by Zeek:
See I don't feel that they're crazy. They're just overly aggressive. They want what they want and they want it now. They enjoy hunting, killing, having sex and displaying their dominance.

If they were totally crazy why did they care once Mal shot the guy from the bank. You'd think at the least they'd still eat that guy if they were nuts. They just stopped once he was dead. No more thrill of the hunt or kill. They didn't sew his skin into their clothes because they didn't kill him. He wasn't a trophy.

So, when they capture Inara I would think they would still recognize her as a desirable female and want to show their dominance by claiming her as their own.

I also can't imagine they're totally crazy because they still manage to fly their ships. They must have enough control to understand and manipulate complicated machinery. That says something about them at least.

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Originally posted by micjwelch:
Wait, how is that not crazy?

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Originally posted by Spookyjesus:
Sorry if this has been brought up all ready (I haven't logged in in a while.....)

BUT

I just got Tim Minears screenwriting Expo DVD and on it he talks about the Firefly story he never got around to telling -

Inara gets kidnapped by Reavers but she takes something that makes anyone who has sex with her die and when Mal and co find her all the Reaver's around her are dead!

The "something" must be the injection!

One more mystery solved.......

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Firefly Talk #38, September 23rd 2006
A super-sized episode (since y'all have been so patient!) including an article about prop collecting, news from NASA about Firefly DVDs heading to orbit, a revelation from Morena about just what that syringe was for (don't tell Joss), plus lots more!

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