# A Firefly poll: Kaylee, Inara, Zoe, or River? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2018, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-firefly-poll-kaylee-inara-zoe-or-river/814130 "2018-05-14T13:53:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-firefly-poll-kaylee-inara-zoe-or-river/814130/21 "2018-05-14T19:33:52Z")
If you’d asked 15 years ago the answer would have been Kaylee without hesitation, but after seeing how Morena Baccarin has gotten hotter and hotter as times goes on I have to go with Inara now. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-firefly-poll-kaylee-inara-zoe-or-river/814130/22 "2018-05-14T19:43:22Z")
The ladies are all cool and beautiful in their own way, but Inara would definitely be my pick. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-firefly-poll-kaylee-inara-zoe-or-river/814130/23 "2018-05-14T20:07:05Z")
None of them hit me in any particularly special way, but Zoe is the one I’d ask out to hit the town with. I like being the silly one. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-firefly-poll-kaylee-inara-zoe-or-river/814130/24 "2018-05-14T21:13:40Z")
In world? Kaylee is pretty much the only sane choice. Maybeee Zoe, but probably not. She’s like Mal, still fighting a war they lost a decade ago. Lost and unwilling/unable to admit it. There’s real PTSD there. The mystical sexuality stuff turns me off for Inara, and it’s literally the only life she knows. River is just too damaged to be a decent partner, and canonically she’s ~16( to be precise she was 16 when Simon began trying to get her out of Alliance hands, not sure how long it took him, but probably \<2 years). But the whole Firefly 'verse seems like a special kind of hell to me, so I based it on the actresses, not the characters. And Summer Glau takes it in a walk. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-firefly-poll-kaylee-inara-zoe-or-river/814130/25 "2018-05-14T21:52:53Z")
Kaylee over Inara by the slimmest of margins. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-firefly-poll-kaylee-inara-zoe-or-river/814130/26 "2018-05-14T22:22:09Z")
I voted Zoe, but only because [Saffron](http://iv1.lisimg.com/image/8569689/398full-saffron-a.k.a-bridget-a.k.a-yolanda-haymer-%28christina-hendricks%29.jpg) wasn’t a choice… ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-firefly-poll-kaylee-inara-zoe-or-river/814130/27 "2018-05-14T22:32:21Z")
Kaylee, with Zoe second. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-firefly-poll-kaylee-inara-zoe-or-river/814130/28 "2018-05-14T22:37:43Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > The answer is Kaylee. Her heart is pure and she’s guaranteed a happy ending. It is like you have never even heard of Joss Whedon. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-firefly-poll-kaylee-inara-zoe-or-river/814130/29 "2018-05-14T22:47:29Z")
Kaylee. [With a strawberry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYopf8KSy4o). ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-firefly-poll-kaylee-inara-zoe-or-river/814130/30 "2018-05-14T22:57:28Z")
I have to go for Shepherd Book. But who could have any relationship with River other than “try to protect her”? She’s a damaged child. A terrifying damaged child. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-firefly-poll-kaylee-inara-zoe-or-river/814130/31 "2018-05-15T09:52:19Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I have to go for Shepherd Book. Sounds like we need a Mal/Jayne/Wash/Book/Simon poll. Maybe later. 🙂 > [@](#): > > But who could have any relationship with River other than “try to protect her”? She’s a damaged child. A terrifying damaged child. It’s been a long time since I watched _Serenity_, but my recollection is that by the end of the movie, she’d moved beyond that. And even during the brief series, she’s making progress. Still damaged, but clearly more than just that, by the end of the series. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-firefly-poll-kaylee-inara-zoe-or-river/814130/32 "2018-05-15T11:21:44Z")
Kaylee is good-looking, but also **incredibly** sweet. Inara is stunning, but the courtesan puts me off a wee bit. River is also a looker, but (not her fault) damaged. Zoe is pleasant, but too tough for me (again not her fault.) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-firefly-poll-kaylee-inara-zoe-or-river/814130/33 "2018-05-15T11:26:13Z")
Kaylee is my jam. Inara is out of my league. Zoe and River are intimidating. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-firefly-poll-kaylee-inara-zoe-or-river/814130/34 "2018-05-15T12:51:53Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > I voted Zoe, but only because [Saffron](http://iv1.lisimg.com/image/8569689/398full-saffron-a.k.a-bridget-a.k.a-yolanda-haymer-%28christina-hendricks%29.jpg) wasn’t a choice… Damn, you’re right - I should have definitely included Saffron! How come I didn’t think of her? > [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > The answer is Kaylee. Her heart is pure and she’s guaranteed a happy ending. > [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > It is like you have never even heard of Joss Whedon. You win the thread! ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-firefly-poll-kaylee-inara-zoe-or-river/814130/35 "2018-05-15T13:30:34Z")
I am a leaf on the wind. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-firefly-poll-kaylee-inara-zoe-or-river/814130/36 "2018-05-15T15:52:55Z")
**Inara** , hands down (or up ?) ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-firefly-poll-kaylee-inara-zoe-or-river/814130/37 "2018-05-15T18:12:22Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I am a leaf on the wind. Years ago while I was watching kids at recess, a boy, running giddily past me, shouted this line. I ducked. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-firefly-poll-kaylee-inara-zoe-or-river/814130/38 "2018-05-15T19:41:20Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I ducked. Why? Are you a [del]reefer[/del] reaver? ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-firefly-poll-kaylee-inara-zoe-or-river/814130/39 "2018-05-15T21:00:27Z")
Kaylee, especially if it’s been a while since she’s had something twixt her nethers. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-firefly-poll-kaylee-inara-zoe-or-river/814130/40 "2018-05-15T21:18:22Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > I voted Zoe, but only because [Saffron](http://iv1.lisimg.com/image/8569689/398full-saffron-a.k.a-bridget-a.k.a-yolanda-haymer-%28christina-hendricks%29.jpg) wasn’t a choice… Or Yolanda. Or Bridget. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-firefly-poll-kaylee-inara-zoe-or-river/814130.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-firefly-poll-kaylee-inara-zoe-or-river/814130.md?page=3)