Fantastic essay-- this pretty much sums up what I love and adore about the two of them. Love how you considered their respective professions-- it's very true that Mal can't stand the subterfuge about Inara.
Thank you. And yeah, I love Mal's "honor in a den of thieves" thing.
And I have the sense that Inara is very much an embittered romantic as well-- the way she approaches being a Companion and the superstitious beliefs I think she has (the way she approaches a possible death by Reavers says a lot about Inara's viewpoint) is romantic, and I think Inara just enforces guards in her own mind to prevent it from hurting her.
*nods*
In some ways, she reminds of Darla, Whedon's original ladywhore.
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Thank you. And yeah, I love Mal's "honor in a den of thieves" thing.
And I have the sense that Inara is very much an embittered romantic as well-- the way she approaches being a Companion and the superstitious beliefs I think she has (the way she approaches a possible death by Reavers says a lot about Inara's viewpoint) is romantic, and I think Inara just enforces guards in her own mind to prevent it from hurting her.
*nods*
In some ways, she reminds of Darla, Whedon's original ladywhore.