Talk:Reaver (Firefly)

message: Shouldn't this be under plural - Reavers (Firefly)? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk  23:06, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As there is a dab term and redirect in place to catch anyone typing in the plural version, I think we are fine. - Arcayne (cast a spell) 21:24, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Rename

message: Anyone else think these Reavers resemble the ideal Nephandi footsoldier army of the future?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.11.37.43 (talk) 01:15, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Unless an independent, reliably published source thinks so, and this published observation is more than just trivia about a single story element of Firefly, there's little point in discussing it here. These pages are used to discuss article content, not fan curiosity. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 19:29, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Abso-frackin'-lutely. Wikipedia is not a fan forum. - Arcayne (cast a spell) 21:25, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Similarities

message: Hello all - would it be worth pointing out that the Reavers seem to have certain similarities with the Border Reivers who terrorised the populations of northern England and southern Scotland during the 13th-16tn century? In addition to the name, the idea of a highly mobile, voracious and violent group attacking and plundering settled communities in a liminal area seems to have some relevance to the Reavers in Firefly/Serenity. Lo, Edinburgh  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.13.79.172 (talk) 01:06, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: We've already addressed this in the archive. We need reliable sources that have already published such comparisons, which we could then summarize. Otherwise, it's just original research, which is not acceptable content. So far, we haven't found any sources for this logical possibility. But you're welcome to look! ~ Jeff Q (talk) 07:11, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with Jeffq here. No sources speaking about this connection means we cannot incude any connection that we ourselves make. - Arcayne (cast a spell) 17:45, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks for the prompt response - good point well made. Lo  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.13.79.172 (talk) 19:51, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No worries. Thanks for asking for a heads-up first. That was very cool of you. - Arcayne (cast a spell) 04:59, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, check it.  I thought I was the first to find this connection. "LOL."  John D. Rockefeller Jr > greenmailer > Border Reivers and then I thought of Firefly.  Isn't wikipedia awesome?  I find the linking from one page to the other incredible.24.243.171.234 (talk) 03:05, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

text: I recall seeing a fan Q&A with Joss Whedom himself who appeared rather surprised when informed of the Border Reivers. The cannibalism aside you wouldn't be crazy for thinking they where inspired by the Border Reivers but unfortunately it seems this is not the case. --Delta-NC (talk) 02:23, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Quite a coincidence! I wonder if Whedon knows that there's actually an insect known as a firefly? Probably not! (^_^)Gzuckier (talk) 19:55, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Late to add I guess. But, I came here, maybe someone with an answer will drop by. I had read about the Sawney Bean family and began to wonder if those, and not the Reivers, were Whedon's inspiration. To reave is a verb to plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, and otherwise engage in hideous negativity, so the Reavers could have been thunk up w/o thinking about the Reivers. --Naaman Brown (talk) 17:53, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Links to Border Reivers

message: I wonder if it's worth mentioning that the Reavers seemed to play a big part in the first handful of episodes, but then didn't appear again in the later part of the series, aside from the movie.  Maybe they were going to get focus later? SoulReaverDan (talk) 19:52, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's interesting speculation for us Browncoats, but it doesn't really belong in Wikipedia. Sorry. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 07:07, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Apperance

message: Reavers are also possibly the only thing that even Jayne fears, as the mere suggestion of traveling where there is a risk of encountering Reavers makes him extremely agitated, declaring that "Reavers ain't human!"
I seem to remember Jayne being afraid of several things other than reavers - notably, River. I just watched the series and movie again, I believe in the episode after Ariel, River and Simon are talking and River speculates that he (Jayne) is afraid (of them finding out that he tried to sell them to the feds, something which the viewer is able to understand but which Simon does not - given River's mental condition, we don't know if she knows or not). I conclude that Jayne is also afraid of the captain('s wrath). Of course, this is largely irrelevant to this article - what is relevant is that reavers are not the only thing he's scared of. Metalmiser (talk) 03:25, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  The only thing Jayne is scared of? 

message: "Ghost of Mars" was released one year before the first episode of Firefly aired. So I don't think it's in any way inspired by Firefly for obvious reasons.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by JKrems (talk • contribs) 03:32, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Having been through AfD twice this article has already been found to be justified.  If an article is released stating what the inspiration was, it would be great to add it.  Adding personal speculation on what individuals believe may have been the inspiration for the characters would not be.  DiverScout (talk) 19:10, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ghost of Mars seems to be irrelevant 

message: Is animalistic the right description for these people? Surely barbaric is more suitable.101.98.209.132 (talk) 18:48, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: They don't talk, they just act like near mindless animals, that somehow remember how to fly spaceships, altering them to their liking.  Dream Focus 20:44, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Animalistic? 

message: Hi,
In my DVD version of the film Serenity (region 2-French & Italian), the timecodes are off by about 2 minutes. Any idea why?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.27.176.223 (talk) 11:03, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Timecode - diffferent version? 

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