Firefly reverses that so that Mal's heroic moments are basically flaws or character inconsistencies
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Furthermore he runs Serenity like a patriarch and we're meant to be cool with that
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Protecting Simon and River is something that everyone on the crew except Jayne and Map unequivocally support
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But the show agrees with Mal that only HIS feelings really matter
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Nobody else gives a shit that Inara is a sex worker, but we as the audience do because Mal is a jealous prude. And so on.
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Mal's dickhead "I'm the Captain" thing isn't even true to real pirates, who typically did have votes and elections
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pirates were the most democratic Westerners at the time. If you fucked up as captain, you'd be voted out
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the captain's authority was absolute... In battle, when they needed that. no other time
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again tbf Mal doesn't run his ship like the military. Ppl mouth off to him, he just doesn't listen
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what it actually feels like is everyone letting Mal slide on being a dick bc of respect we haven't seen him earn
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that's that missing element ofc, what's so awesome abt Mal that everyone wants to work for him
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the question you can ask abt any Captain Jerk and His Enabling Crew show
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they even lampshade this on the show, he's not a very good criminal mastermind, their heists fail a lot
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