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Gypsy (Romani) magic
Yes, there is a book for that and I am reading it. Go Kindle, you amazing thing! Short story, it had to be different from witchcraft and a whole episode focused on Jenny Calendar and possibly Giles might appear towards … Continue reading
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Red Solstice – let’s do a [insert holiday] show!
It is practically a requirement to have a Christmas and Halloween episode plus a musical or two sometime during the show’s run. The idea, fresh long ago, is a bleached skeleton in the barren desert of tropes. What can save … Continue reading
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Red Solstice – Gabrielle and Athena, come with us or autobots assemble!
GABRIELLE “Xena is my best friend but you are my wife. You are right and I want to share the adventure with you occasionally.” Marriage is a compromise and a work in progress. Athena opens to the possibility of bearing … Continue reading
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Red Solstice – who takes care of Gabrielle?
The bard is that rarest type of person, the one that always puts others first. Not because of self-esteem or mental issues and it goes beyond being motherly. It is simply the fact that Gabrielle derives happiness from helping and … Continue reading
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Red Solstice – why Silvas the Red, aka Bad Santa, does not talk
Silvas the Red is an evil, unredeemable man; a soul, like Hesperos (My Friend Part Two), beyond saving. He lives his former life in excess of violence and bloodshed – it is ironic and appropriate that his current, corpulent flesh … Continue reading
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Rob Roy and the pretenders – fighting versus ballet
Take American football: hard hitting is part of the game and everyone wears padding. The athletes come into it willing to take and give punishment, and the sport is very popular. It is a tradeoff – they get paid well … Continue reading
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Teacher’s Pet Part Two – a bird in the hand, now what?
Nothing arrives with a big, red arrow over it and a sign saying: golden opportunity. In life, you get a break or you get broken; it’s elegantly, brutally simple. The trick it to spot the first for what it is; … Continue reading
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Teacher’s Pet Part Two – welcome to the war
No one cares that Willow has a close call with the vampire the previous night. She is thrown back into the mix again and expected to hold her end. If that does not motivate her to dedicate herself to witchcraft, … Continue reading
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Return of Callisto – the tragedy of Callisto
CALLISTO Tell me you love me, honey. Tell me we will be together. Tell me we will be a family again. Tell me those things and stop our pain. I love you, Gabrielle. Come back to us. That plea, that … Continue reading
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Teacher’s Pet Part Two – Harris legacy in Xander’s hands
Failure is a choice for Xander. The family and social circumstances notwithstanding, he has opportunities, like the one in the brothel. Accidentally meeting, Natalie and Xander bond over being outsiders. Fate hands Xander a person he feels an instant connection … Continue reading
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