The sword fighting scene from Firefly : “Shindig” doesn’t argue anything so much. It’s more of a statement that men will do irrational things when they love a woman. If you want to argue that point, then watching “Shindig” becomes a solid premise for the argument that men will indeed go to great lengths when they love a woman. The sword fight itself seems a bit irrational as we watch, but nothing shocking occurs. Men fighting over women is something that has been going on in various cultures since prehistory of mankind. It has little shock value because we’ve all seen men fight over women in some way. In our society, it’s much more verbal and psychological. In a more archaic society, men would fight over swords. In a modern archaic society, that is somewhat less “civilized” than our own, men might commonly shoot each other with guns over disputes regarding women, and personal honor.
The sword fighting scene itself isn’t anything too extreme because it mimics sword fighting scenes from previous civilizations of our own present day. It shows us however that men display forms of chivalry. Firefly takes place in the future, so it is being argued that chivalry will take place in the future. Just like we know it did in the past, and it sometimes still does in the present.
Evidence to support Mal loving Inara comes from a combination of other incidences in various episodes of Firefly. There are many one on one conversations between Mal and Inara, when no one else is present. Mal makes many disrespecting statements of Inara because of her occupation, but at the same time always seems protective of her. The most obvious instance of Mal caring for Inara comes in “Shindig” when Mal fights Atherton to defend the honor of Inara. In another episode, “Our Mrs. Reynolds”, Inara kisses Mal while he is unconscious, fearing he is about to die. Both characters show mutual feelings towards one another.
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