Monthly Archives: January 2011

GABRIELLE “Deep down, in the very core of my being, I am drawn to Xena. It is a compulsion, a madness I can’t comprehend or put into words. It scares me. I told her I would never leave her. I … Continue reading →

Darkness is not a condition or disease. Sure, some of us are compelled towards it but it does not command us. Xena built it within herself brick by bloody brick, one wrong choice at a time. Can the fan fiction … Continue reading →

In Ancient Greece Pankration was a blend of boxing and wrestling, a no holds barred hand-to-hand combat that was a precursor to MMA. Hercules was credited by various accounts to either invent or refine the sport and he used it … Continue reading →

TPTB were all over the map with this and there is even mention of another sibling. The family trees had to be pruned and made nice. Over one fourth of the episodes in the first season are partly or wholly … Continue reading →

Xena’s strategy becomes her downfall when warlord Bion rightly figures the general execution of her rescue mission. Hilarity ensues in the jail when Gabrielle is dropped, literally in fact, on top of Xena. Xena rolls with the punches, devising alternatives … Continue reading →

Gabrielle is a hopeless idealist. Her head is full of heroic scrolls and stories about good triumphing over evil. Draco’s camp and Xena’s deliberate cruelty and complete indifference to life could not have been easy for her. Going with the … Continue reading →

There was single one in this episode and that was the image of 6 years old Gabrielle dressed as a boy. Then it hit me and it was a solution to the question no one asked. Well, me being me, … Continue reading →

An idea was rattling around my head. If you watched Scrubs, you are well acquainted with JD’s spells of alternative reality. And I thought, why not Gabrielle? Not as often but once in a while, one to two times a … Continue reading →

This word belongs solely to Xena and Gabrielle. No other character, with 2 important exceptions speaks it. Because of the meaning behind it, it is exclusive to the warrior and the bard. This resulted in awkward use of the phrase … Continue reading →

Hades is not a revolving door. Hear that? Mortal Beloved was out for that reason and so was Death in Chains, thou more for hijinks with Gods reason. Quite a few others had to be adjusted. This made recurring villainy … Continue reading →