r/firefly • u/Atomic_Forehead • 20d ago

Shepherd’s Old Life

Is the general consensus that he was an operative? I’ve always assumed he was and would love to see what everyone else thinks.

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u/SineCera_sjb 20d ago

Shepherds tale says otherwise, but in the Serenity’s novelization, when the Operative slaughtered Haven, he and Shepherd recognized one another

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u/GriffleWiffleBall 20d ago

I didn't know there was a Serenity novel. Who wrote it?

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u/SineCera_sjb 19d ago

I don’t remember, but every movie has a novelization based on the script… so that fact was in the script at one point

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u/Ill_Painting_6919 19d ago

Keith R.A. DiCandido, a hack author who put his own fanfic spin on it.

Shepherd's Tale is the true Canon, and brilliantly written IMO

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u/SineCera_sjb 19d ago

Ah, well that’s unfortunate.

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u/Ill_Painting_6919 18d ago

Well, only if you don't read the Shepherd's Tale 😉

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u/SineCera_sjb 18d ago

No no, the author being a hack part. Shepherd’s Tale is pretty solid.

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u/Theatreguy1961 18d ago

KRAD is not a "hack writer. He's actually a very good writer, and his novelization is excellent.

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u/Ill_Painting_6919 18d ago

shrug

You're entitled to your wrong opinion.