Did anyone else get the impression that Shepherd Book was an agent before he became a shepherd?
There is a comic book you can get on amazon that goes into Book's past, it pretty good.
Definately LE. In fact likely one of the better examples* of LE.
And do not read The Sheppard's Tale unless you want Book totally ruined.
Oh man, really? He was my fav character...
Can you give me a spoiler of what they ruined?** spoiler omitted **
After reading that, I had to agree that Firefly dying might have been a good thing.
Wow. It's a good thing I didnt read that.
I always took the Operative's arc in Serenity to be Book's Arc. So while they never got to Book's actual backstory, I feel that they were showing you his arc through the Operative. It hit me after the first viewing, especially after Mal and the Operatives exchange on the landing platform as the Operative is leaving.
I felt the same thing. In fact I had a little pet theory that the Operative was really a clone of Book, that Book use to be an operative and that the reason Book left was because he was with the original group that discovered what had happened on Miranda.
As for the Operative's alignment? Definitely LE at the start and possibly LN at the end.
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Yet he is aware of his own evil acts, feels remorse for them and avoids them if he can. He even accepts that he will not see the better world he is working towards. I'd be tempted to say that he is lawful good.Lawful Neutral.No. Lawful Evil. While he is definatly the guy who executes the unaccountable and the Traitors who are assaulting the State from within and/or without, There is also a willingness to execute any Civillian who gets in his way to get the attention of any real target who might be their friend/associate.
And yet he is willing to do anything, the ends justifies the means. That is not good.