No, you're remembering it right. Thank you. So do you think it was a sincere comment, or a snappy wisecrack, when she said it at the end?

And lilserf explains it much better than me.

Welcome, lilserf!

Sincere. Definitely.

I don't think Locke does snappy wisecracks often.

Thank you, lilserf. Because it did sound like kind of a Lennyesque crack (along the lines of Mel's "I wonder how warm she is now" or whatever it was), but for God's sake, the man was raped, so kind of a bad time for getting petty revenge for his (admittedly stupid) actions. So then I thought maybe she actually meant it sincerely. I was wondering what other people's take on it were. Was. Takes. Um, I was looking for other people's takes.

(ETA: And if it was sincere, it was a really good line, up there with "People are complicated" which may be my new tagline, and boosts my liking of her character by a lot. So maybe I should just go ahead and assume that regardless.)

Thanks, AmyLiz. I find my real-life associates to be less than interested in extended micro-specific analysis of popular TV so inevitably I ended up here.

And for once I'm actually on the rising edge of a new show -- I managed to not get into Buffy, Angel, or Firefly until they were on DVD (hangs head in shame). I watched the majority of aired Firefly eps, but due to the wonky order and lack of Serenity, didn't really get invested until I got the DVDs on a whim.

Hooray, I caught it early this time.

I thought she was being a bit vindictive. Or maybe I was just wanting her to be a little vindictive.

Great show.

And as someone mentioned earlier, I really felt that Locke was channeling Inara in her conversation with Paul.

edited to fix stoopid speling.

She can be a little vindictive, he fucking terrorized her.

Locke was channeling Inara in her conversation with Paul.

Please god no.

Least favorite Firefly character. I wanted to putt her into space.

I definitely read the intent as sincere. Reflective of her experience, which is to say, she probably didn't think all that much of his assessment at the time. If she came out of her own traumatic experience stronger on the other side, then the idea of creating that experience for oneself in order to become stronger may have rung a little hollow for her when he said it.

I did think she intended at least a little bite by her phrasing.

I found the themes of controlling and controlled, weakness and strength interesting. I wondered what people involved in the S&M scene felt about the parallels that were drawn.

It was just the one scene. I can't remember what scene in Firefly it reminded me of though. It just smacked of Inara's "I'm not a helpless little girl" vibe.

Most of the time with Rebecca, I just get a lot of Jodie Foster. In a good way.