Woman Crush Wednesday 10/22/2014

Since our Man Crush Monday this week was our favorite smuggler, it felt appropriate that our favorite Ambassador would be our Woman Crush Wednesday.

Image from The Firefly and Serenity Database

Meet Inara.  She's an Ambassador, which as the onboard reverend learned quickly, does not mean she works for the United Nations.  Nor does it mean she's a run-of-the-mill hooker as Mal tries to convince others, or maybe just himself.  She is well trained in seduction, self-defense, the arts, tea serving, foot bathing, and high society.  Why would someone like her rent a shuttle from a bunch of space crooks?  Her clearance and access to a tax bracket far out of the captain's reach gets them access to places and people they wouldn't normally have.  Plus, believe it or not, someone of her occupation actually gives them a boost in legitimacy.