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rahael just posted something about Firefly that made me think (unusual occurrence): I do NOT want to transpose the Reivers into the Western setting

And what I thought of was Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, a literary Western featuring the horrific Judge and Glanton's gang of cuthroats, whose behavior, including possible cannibalism, was very Reiver-like. Wonder if Whedon's read McCarthy? I know the original Border Reivers were in Scotland but somehow it seems like it ought to all hook up.

Or probably not.