Changes: Atherton Wing

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Atherton Wing was a young nobleman on Persephone who, when he appeared in the episode "Shindig," had hired Inara Serra on multiple occasions and was eager to enter into a more permanent arrangement with her. At a fancy ball, he accepted an unwitting challenge to a duel from Malcolm Reynolds after Mal struck him for treating Inara like a whore. (Despite his frequent and blatant insults to Inara along that very vein, Mal justified this action on the grounds that he only disrespected Inara's profession, while Wing's comment and actions showed disrespect to Inara herself.)

Wing was known on Persephone as a master swordsman who had won many duels. Mal could barely swing a sword. Wing toyed with Mal throughout the duel and nearly won; just as he was about to, however, Inara begged him to spare his opponent. This distracted Wing long enough for Mal to disarm him and win the duel.

Duels on Persephone are apparently always to the death. Not killing your opponent brings great shame upon him, and that is exactly what Mal did. Furious at his humiliation, Wing threatened Inara with physical and professional harm as she departed with Mal, swearing that she'd never work again. Inara curtly informed him that in reality, he was the one in trouble: Wing now had a black mark in the Companion's Guild books and would never be able to hire a Companion again.

Behind the scenes

Atherton was portrayed by Edward Atterton.

Appearances

Firefly – "Shindig"

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-'''Atherton Wing''' was a young nobleman on [[Persephone]] who had hired [[Inara Serra]] on multiple occasions. Some of which, he proposed a more permanent arrangement with her. At a fancy ball, he accepted an unwitting challenge from [[Malcolm Reynolds]] to a duel after Mal struck him when he treated Inara as a whore; Mal justified this action&mdash;despite him often insulting Inara's profession himself&mdash;by saying that he only disrespected Inara's ''profession'', while Wing's comment showed disrespect to Inara herself.
+'''Atherton Wing''' was a young nobleman on [[Persephone]] who, when he appeared in the episode "[[Shindig]]," had hired [[Inara Serra]] on multiple occasions and was eager to enter into a more permanent arrangement with her. At a fancy ball, he accepted an unwitting challenge to a duel from [[Malcolm Reynolds]] after Mal struck him for treating Inara like a whore. (Despite his frequent and blatant insults to Inara along that very vein, Mal justified this action on the grounds that he only disrespected Inara's ''profession'', while Wing's comment and actions showed disrespect to Inara herself.)
+Wing was known on Persephone as a master swordsman who had won many duels. Mal could barely swing a sword. Wing toyed with Mal throughout the duel and nearly won; just as he was about to, however, Inara begged him to spare his opponent. This distracted Wing long enough for Mal to disarm him and win the duel.
-Wing was known on Persephone as a master swordsman, to which Mal was unfamiliar, but he was defeated due to Inara's intervention. Inara distracted Wing long enough for Mal to disarm Wing and injure him with his own sword, sparing Wing's life to add to the humiliation (Mal noting in the process that mercy was the mark of a great man, although Mal noted that he was merely 'alright' when he poked Wing with the sword after his defeat). In anger, Wing threatened Inara with physical and professional harm as she departed with Mal, swearing that she'd never work again, but Inara told him that in reality, ''he'' was the one in trouble: Wing now had a black mark in the [[Companion's Guild]] books and would be henceforth unable to hire any Companions.
+Duels on Persephone are apparently always to the death. Not killing your opponent brings great shame upon him, and that is exactly what Mal did. Furious at his humiliation, Wing threatened Inara with physical and professional harm as she departed with Mal, swearing that she'd never work again. Inara curtly informed him that in reality, ''he'' was the one in trouble: Wing now had a black mark in the [[Companion's Guild]] books and would never be able to hire a Companion again.
 ==Behind the scenes==