Category Archives: Xena: Warrior Princess 2.0

Teachers are for the willing. Often, we are blind and our minds are not receptive to learning. Without knowing, we pass on the opportunity. And as the saying goes, she offends easily and comes around only once. Master is an … Continue reading →

To show without context renders a thing useless. You ask why the Ancient Chinese speak the way they do, why they view the world thru a certain lens. This episode introduces the driving force behind that – philosophy. Roughly, there … Continue reading →

Lao Ma does not trust Xena; she suspects bad intentions and plans accordingly. The initial time Warrior Princess is shown the Chin door, an escort of six young recruits suffices. Predictably, the warlord murders them. Why not sacrifice few more? … Continue reading →

Like all orphans, the boy’s fondest wish is a rescue by his parents. One day, they will step thru those doors, look at him and smile, and he will just … know. The past forgotten, he will gain a family … Continue reading →

Meleager predictably fails twice and Hercules takes a dive off a cliff courtesy of Talos. Clearly, lone cowboy does not get the job done. A mighty team assembles, concocts a plan (go Xena), and sets forth to defeat the rampaging … Continue reading →

Let’s pause for a moment to Thank You everyone following and contributing to the series rewrite. Now, onward to 100! This deep into the project allows different perspective. Creating an adventure is actually the easiest task, Muse willing. Words are … Continue reading →

Xena first adventure without Gabrielle brings a lot of familiar faces together: Hercules, Autolycus, Solan, Meleager, and Nebula (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys). There are limits with such a wide cast yet a nice change from Xena and Gabrielle focus of … Continue reading →

Gods are highly territorial, especially in established, mature civilizations. The Roman Empire has terrain to burn – after the fall, half of it survives for a thousand years as Byzantine Empire. The Greek Gods morph into Roman equivalents, with the … Continue reading →

“It is a general truism of this world that anything long divided will surely unite, and anything long united will surely divide” defines one of the four great, classical Chinese novels. The romantic version: the noble struggle from division to … Continue reading →

Simple mercy does not seem likely. Foretelling, possibly – after all, Lao Ma controls spiritual energy in the original. Sentiment is plausible, given common father. Still, Borias clearly remains a non-factor and their marriage screams strictly convenient. What then stays … Continue reading →