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Simon and River's Parents Involved in River's Abduction
Monday, September 15, 2008 2:47 PM
BROWNCOATBEAR
Monday, September 15, 2008 3:30 PM
NCBROWNCOAT
Monday, September 15, 2008 3:50 PM
FREEBROWNCOAT
Monday, September 15, 2008 4:03 PM
KEELHAULER
"Heard tell they used to keelhaul traitors back in the day" ~ Malcolm Reynolds
Monday, September 15, 2008 4:06 PM
MAL4PREZ
Monday, September 15, 2008 4:17 PM
WYTCHCROFT
Quote:Originally posted by BrowncoatBear:
Monday, September 15, 2008 5:40 PM
SIGMANUNKI
Monday, September 15, 2008 5:49 PM
Monday, September 15, 2008 6:15 PM
PLATONIST
Monday, September 15, 2008 6:20 PM
Monday, September 15, 2008 6:36 PM
VETERAN
Don't squat with your spurs on.
Monday, September 15, 2008 6:37 PM
Monday, September 15, 2008 6:38 PM
REGINAROADIE
Monday, September 15, 2008 6:48 PM
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Monday, September 15, 2008 6:58 PM
Monday, September 15, 2008 7:03 PM
Monday, September 15, 2008 7:07 PM
Monday, September 15, 2008 7:19 PM
Quote:Originally posted by BrowncoatBear: [.....I think Book was a former operative who had quit and became part of the resistance movement. He was trailing the operative in the pilot episode. Actually, he was trailing the operative and Simon at the same time, having foreknowledge that Simon had booked fare on Serenity, and that he was looking for Serenity to arrange a "chance" encounter with Simon and River. All the while maintaining his cover. His interaction with Kaylee was all part of his plan to get on board Serenity to keep the operative from taking River back into Alliance custody. .....
Monday, September 15, 2008 8:36 PM
Monday, September 15, 2008 9:01 PM
Monday, September 15, 2008 9:47 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Platonist: I agree to that to some degree... by the time Simon is planning a rescue, there is quite a possibility that the Tams knew that there was some truth in his accusations. They chose to ignore it, to disbelieve, and play it safe, as you said. That is a far cry from aiding, abetting, and abduction, considering we know that River went by her own accord (see the Tam sessions).
Quote:Originally posted by Platonist: I think the Tams will be truly shocked if they ever get to see River, again, just as Germans citizens were when they found out they were living less than 5 miles from Nazi Concentration Camps, which horrified them, if you want to use a WWII analogy and how the Nazi’s ruled with intimation and fear.
Monday, September 15, 2008 10:58 PM
RALLEM
Monday, September 15, 2008 11:13 PM
XEYRA
Quote:Originally posted by BrowncoatBear: Platonist, It is pretty clear from my understanding that River showed no psychic abilities until her time in the academy. There is no refernce to such ability in any of the back story.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 12:56 AM
Quote:Originally posted by BrowncoatBear: 1. I don't think Simon was involved because he is always patient and caring, and never jealous of River...
Quote:2. Saying that the Tams ARE the Alliance, to me, is like saying that a citizen of the United States IS the United States Government. I think there is a distinction.
Quote:3. It is likely that the parents were motivated by their allegience to the Alliance, and not motivated to be "rid" of River.
Quote:Actually, he was trailing the operative and Simon at the same time, having foreknowledge that Simon had booked fare on Serenity, and that he was looking for Serenity to arrange a "chance" encounter with Simon and River.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 1:43 AM
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 4:15 AM
Quote:Originally posted by BrowncoatBear: Big response by WYTCHCROFT, so let me go point by point: 1. I don't think Simon was involved because he is always patient and caring, and never jealous of River, and is visibly distressed when he suspects that something is amiss.
Quote: 2. Saying that the Tams ARE the Alliance, to me, is like saying that a citizen of the United States IS the United States Government. I think there is a distinction.
Quote: 3. It is likely that the parents were motivated by their allegience to the Alliance, and not motivated to be "rid" of River. I have seen no evidence that they were in any way displeased with her as a daughter, but rather that they felt the Alliance's motives were worthy of making the sacrifice for the greater good. This is a common theme played out frequently in history.
Quote: I will connect the dots later on this thread, and I will also offer my thoughts about how I think Book was a former operative who had quit and became part of the resistance movement. He was trailing the operative in the pilot episode. Actually, he was trailing the operative and Simon at the same time, having foreknowledge that Simon had booked fare on Serenity, and that he was looking for Serenity to arrange a "chance" encounter with Simon and River. All the while maintaining his cover. His interaction with Kaylee was all part of his plan to get on board Serenity to keep the operative from taking River back into Alliance custody. It is clear that Book was formerly an operative who had a change of heart and got out to follow a more spiritual path, saving other's souls, in repentance for has past while retaining his trade craft. Book knew that the Tams were involved in River's assignment at the academy, and that was going to become apparent in some later episode. Then the show got cancelled and book got killed, and yadda yadda yadda.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 5:08 AM
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 6:07 AM
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 6:26 AM
PIZMOBEACH
... fully loaded, safety off...
Quote:Originally posted by BrowncoatBear: For good reasons, I believe that Simon and River's parents were working with the Alliance, and had agreed to let them abduct her and experiment on her. I believe that there was some consideration given to Mr. and Mrs. Tam in exchange for their complicity.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 10:31 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Xeyra: Quote:Originally posted by BrowncoatBear: Platonist, It is pretty clear from my understanding that River showed no psychic abilities until her time in the academy. There is no refernce to such ability in any of the back story. You're forgetting the R. Tam Sessions. The quote I have in my signature is from there. River had since an early age shown to have a powerful intuition. The interviewer in the first Session seemed to have been extremely interested in this talent of River's. She may not have been a true psychic until the experiences in the Academy but she had shown that she had a talent for it. Like Joss Whedon says of Jubal Early in the OiS commentary: "so intuitive as to be almost psychic". In River's case, the Academy turned the almost into real.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 10:38 AM
Quote:Originally posted by pizmobeach: Gabriel Tam is not a real likable character imho. At first he's a bit too nice and then the ugly control freak comes out.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 10:39 AM
Quote:Originally posted by rallem: River starts going crazy about the reavers and the dinosaurs
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 12:37 PM
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 1:06 PM
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 1:54 PM
SHINYSEVEN2
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 2:05 PM
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 8:11 PM
Quote:Originally posted by shinyseven2: The episode with the flashback with Little Simon and Tiny River is "Safe" and I don't think she's crazy or hysterical--she's just playing an imaginative game.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 3:01 PM
KRELLEK
Quote:Originally posted by BrowncoatBear: I am a conspiracy theorist. For good reasons, I believe that Simon and River's parents were working with the Alliance, and had agreed to let them abduct her and experiment on her. I believe that there was some consideration given to Mr. and Mrs. Tam in exchange for their complicity. My personal opinion, if I am as fimiliar with Joss' thinking and writing style as I think I am, is that he was intending to build a sub-plot based on a wider conspiracy involving the Tams, and perhaps parents of other "eligible" Alliance children. There are clues to this buried in the screenplays, but I find the most support for my theory in the episode "Safe", which I will detail as this thread evolves. Does anyone agree? What is your evidence for, or against?
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 4:04 PM
ZZETTA13
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 5:50 PM
RIONAEIRE
Beir bua agus beannacht
Thursday, January 27, 2011 2:31 AM
Quote:Originally posted by RionaEire: I read over a story as a favor to a friend, it was a story I wouldn't normally choose. Anyways this friend had an idea in her story that I've never seen. It was preposed that Simon and River's parents were really part of an Alliance change/make-the-government-smaller movement and that they honestly didn't know that River was being sent to a bad place. Then when they found out they tried to get her out but couldn't let Simon succeed easily because he was doing it in an obvious manner and if he was caught it would blow their chances of getting her out. I know this is far fetched and I'm not saying I agree with it, its definitely an ... original idea, but I guess it was interesting to read a different perspective. But I think, more likely than not, the portrayal of them as not very good people is accurate, whether they did know what the academy was or not. So I tend to think its possible that they were part of the whole thing. "A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya
Thursday, January 27, 2011 8:08 AM
PIRATENEWS
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Quote:Originally posted by BrowncoatBear: I am a conspiracy theorist. For good reasons, I believe that Simon and River's parents were working with the Alliance, and had agreed to let them abduct her and experiment on her. I believe that there was some consideration given to Mr. and Mrs. Tam in exchange for their complicity. My personal opinion, if I am as fimiliar with Joss' thinking and writing style as I think I am, is that he was intending to build a sub-plot based on a wider conspiracy involving the Tams, and perhaps parents of other "eligible" Alliance children. There are clues to this buried in the screenplays, but I find the most support for my theory in the episode "Safe", which I will detail as this thread evolves.
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Thursday, January 27, 2011 8:55 AM
Quote:Originally posted by keelhauler: Wow. I never really thought they were involved at all. I always thought they were just cold, detached parents who didn't really care what was happening to their kids. It's an interesting notion, though.
Thursday, January 27, 2011 2:34 PM
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