Friend In Need
Oh my god, they killed Xena -- those bastards!

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Friend in Need contains all the elements I cherish most about the show as well as the elements I abhor; it's a romantic, irrational, visually gorgeous, maddening mixed bag. I cheered, jeered (esp. the ending), and cried with equal measure.

So, buckle up pumpkins, it's gonna be a bumpy ride ;)


CAVALCADE OF CHARACTERS

"I have a weakness for poets" Eeeeeevil Xena
"I speak to dead people" Akemi
Borias "Xena, don't forget my measly 10% of the ransom, ok? Yoohoo? Xena?"
The Chaste Monk Kenji
The not so chaste Redshirt Monk
"I'll eat your soul and your little bard too -- muwahahahahahaha!" Lord Yodoshi
Jingle Bells Miyuki
"I shoulda taken the 50 gold pieces" Kao
The Sore Loser Samurai Who Gets Spanked by a Grrl
GhostKiller Harukata
Xena Warrior Martyr
Widow Gabrielle

SUCCINCT STORY SYNOPSIS

Xena dies in order to kick phantasmic booty, while Gabrielle does her damnedest to save the W.P.'s booby, er, booty, well, all her parts.

AND THE MORAL OF THIS STORY IS...

You can only achieve redemption through death. The sins you commit in this life cannot be atoned for or forgiven no matter what you do. Don't even think of forgiving yourself.

WHY THIS MORAL SUCKS

Death is not synonymous with redemption. You can do more good alive than you can dead. The process of atonement is one of forgiving yourself as well as giving back to society. It's not a waste of time to fight evil, protect the innocent, love and care for another human being.

ALTERNATIVE TITLES FOR THIS EP

Xena's Gone to Pot
Casper the Warrior Princess
The Head Hunter
X marks the sPOT
Cremains of the Day

THEME SONG FOR THIS EP

"Ashes to Ashes" by David Bowie:

"Ashes to ashes, pot to potty
Gab thinks Xena's still a hottie
Though she's dust in an urn
Gabrielle's love still burns"

"Ashes to ashes, pot to potty
Fans think Xena's still a hottie
In the end we got burned
Holding out hope she'd return"

FASHION STATEMENTS: BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL


FASHION STATEMENTS: UGLY AND UNBECOMING


WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS STORY? UNSOLVED SCRIPT MYSTERY

Here's a puzzle worthy of Jessica Fletcher -- what did RJ Steward and Rob Tapert do with the original script for FIN? Inquiring minds want to know!


DYNAMIC DUOS

Bert without Ernie?
Starsky without Hutch?
Batman without Robin?
Thelma without Louise?

Argh, it makes me want to bitchslap TPTB! Xena and Gabrielle had the clothes, the ponies, the weapons, the moves, and the banter. Now all we got is a chatty biscuit of a blond and her honey's ashes in a black pot. What kind of crime fighting team is that? And don't be trying to make me feel all better by reminding me that Xena and Gabrielle reincarnate in future lives -- that's cold comfort and no consolation. Hmphf!


KIBBLES AND BITS


QUIBBLES


QUEEN SIZE QUIBBLE

I have a big ol' bone to pick with the 'redemption' theme. When Xena first aired, redemption was a mighty fine theme to power the characters along their merry way. As time went on however, Xena and Gabrielle's relationship eclipsed redemption; and from then on, I didn't give a hoot about Xena's redemption. When the eps started stinking in season 4 and 5, what compelled me to tune in each week? The relationship and the grrls love for one another. This is why the ending felt like such an out of the blue switch-a-roo -- in spite of the direction the show had taken, redemption trumped the relationship.

Xena goes through cycles of 'I'm so bad, I'm so evil, I deserve to be punished!' Funny how that attitude flies out the window the moment Gabrielle's life is endangered. These phases never last long because Xena realizes (with Gabrielle's help) that dying for guilt is not the right thing to do.

For example, Xena let herself die in Destiny, but then came back when M'Lila talked of Xena's true destiny to fight evil and Gabrielle begged her to come back:

M'Lila: "Hello, Xena."
X: "You should have left me to die back there on that beach."
M'Lila: "You have a destiny, Xena. But you have to choose it."
X: "I did choose it! I chose evil!"
M'Lila: "Now that you know evil, were evil, you can fight evil. When the living think of the dead, the dead can hear their thoughts. Listen."
Voice of G: "Xena, I know you can hear me, wherever you are. I know you always told me to be strong. I can't be -- not now. You can't leave me. I know it's not your time. I can feel it in my heart. I feel this emptiness that I've never known before, and it scares me. Xena, above all, just remember your destiny. Remember it and fight. Just, fight to come back. This world needs you. I need you."
X: "I have to go back."
In Locked Up and Tied Down, Xena condemns herself to life in prison on Shark Island for Thelassa's death. Given the opportunity, Xena will use any death from her past as an excuse to punish herself -- regardless of the logic, the contradiction to her true destiny/purpose, and the consequences for Gabrielle.
G: "Xena, if you're looking for redemption, you're not gonna find it there."
X: "I'm not looking for redemption any more. Gabrielle, we're always talking about your spiritual quest. You say that you need something to make you feel complete. Well, so do I."
And just like clockwork, the moment Gabrielle's life is threatened, Xena breaks out of her maudlin 'I am a horrible horrible person' pity party. Gabrielle tries to talk sense into Xena, convincing her that self-flagellation for the past is a waste of time and energy, when she should concentrate on atoning for her past in more constructive ways.
G: "So, how about it?"
X: "How about what?"
G: "Forgiving yourself."
X: "Gabrielle, that's not for me. But I won't let that monster that I used to be, the one that's sleeping so close to my heart, destroy all the good I can do now."
G: "Not as long as I'm around."
In The Way, Krishna echoes Gabrielle's message and shows Xena her path and purpose.
X: " I'm just an angry, ass kicking --"
K: "-- warrior."
X: "Yes, a warrior."
K: "You say that with disgust."
X: "Well, it doesn't rank up there with the saints, does it?"
K: "Xena, you have seen what you're destined to be. In your next life, you will walk the way of the saint. However, you will never achieve that life if you don't follow the way you're on now."
X: "The way of the warrior?"
Warrior, not martyr, you thick headed dark chick. And it appeared that Xena _finally_ took it to heart. She may not have forgiven herself, but at least she wasn't looking for the next opportunity to self-destruct. But wait, now in the last ep, it's suddenly all about Xena and her redemption. Well, funny she should have a change of heart given what she said in Once Against An Army.
X to G: "I'm done paying for my past mistakes. My responsibility now is you."
Lastly, I certainly don't buy Xena's continuing guilt in light of Fallen Angel. Xena walked through the trial by fire and then took a soul dip in the water of purification -- guilty people die, innocent/redeemed people live. Xena lived...that Higuchi thing never came up -- guess it wasn't Xena's fault or surely, she would've failed purification, yes?


AND NOW FOR A BRIEF MUSICAL INTERLUDE

As sung by Gabrielle (to the tune of Gabrielle's Beverly Hillbilly-esque song in Fins, Femmes, and Gems):
"Well, listen to my story 'bout the Warrior Pot
Her chakram and remains are all I've got
Loved her so, she could really scratch my itch
Then she went and died that selfish bitch!"

TACKY AND TASTELESS

Xena's headless and arrow pockmarked body; Xena's head on a stool. These scenes were gratuitous and I was completely grossed out. Here's an idea...instead of another bloody close-up, why not use the power of my imagination to create the horror rather than showing it all?

Rob Tapert should've taken a hint from Gladiator. One of the most powerful scenes in that movie was watching Maximus discover the dead, crucified, and torched bodies of his wife and son. The camera framed the deceased from the ankle down, but you know from Maximus' reaction how horrible the sight really was.


BURNING QUESTIONS


BIG ASS BURNING QUESTIONS


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Don't get me started...ok, get me started ;)

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AKEMI -- CRAZY LIKE A FOX, CRAZY IN LOVE, OR JUST CRAZY?

Akemi is wily, selfish -- dare I say a sociopath? -- duping Xena into showing her the pinch (only to use it to kill her father, Yodoshi) and then begging Xena to behead her (after she commits ritual suicide). Not exactly the kind of behavior you would expect from someone who professes to love Xena. Sure, sure, on some psycho-grrlfriend level, Akemi cares for Xena, but Akemi's actions show her using Xena as a means to achieve her own agenda; which in turn, sets this imbroglio in motion. And who pays for Akemi's revenge years later? None other than Xena -- and she pays with her life. In the eternal words of the gay-boy-synth-pop-band Erasure, 'Who needs love like that?'

Exhibit A: 'Little Miss-clap-your-hands-and-commune-with-the-dead' subtle as a baseball bat approach to wooing the Warrior Princess... dancin' machine

Akemi: "When my people are overcome with a feeling that needs to be preserved, we write verse."
Xena: "Oh, yeah? Like what feeling?"
Akemi: "Love."
(Personally, when I'm overcome with a feeling that needs to be expressed and preserved, I break into the Snoopy dance.)


SCENES THAT MAKE YOU GO HMMM...

Akemi reciting this poem to Xena:

"In a flurry of snow
Two breaths of wind unite
And become as one
And then disappear into each other."
Hmmm, no sexual/romantic imagery there, no sireee!


SCORCHY SEXY NOT-SO-SUBTEXT

The schmoopy pinch scene makes me misty-eyed every time -- it's one of the most romantic scenes in the series *sniff*

G: "Xena, the militia is prepared. Why aren't you ready?"
X: "Gabrielle, come here. Come here. Give me your hands. All right. Here. Feel the surge of blood under the skin. Now, just behind --"
G: "Xena, you don't have to do this. I understand why you would never want to teach me the pinch."
X: "No, no, today more than ever I want you to know what I know. Please." *puts the pinch on herself*
G: "Why are you doing this?"
X: "Gabrielle, if I only had 30 seconds to live, this is how I'd want to live them -- looking into your eyes."
G: "Stop this. Stop it."
X: "Always remember, I love you." *takes the pinch off*
G: "Why would you teach me this right now? I don't understand!"
X: "There's nothing to understand. I just wanted you to know everything I know."

Looking into your eyes indeed! *thud* Well, nothin' like layin' it all out there!

And later, the 'to ash or not to ash' scene.

G: "But if I bring you back to life --"
X: "Those souls will be lost forever."
G: "But, Xena that's not right. I don't care -- you're all that matters to me."
X: "Don't you know how much I want to let you do this? But if there is a reason for our travels together, it's because I had to learn from you, enough to know the final, the good, the right thing to do. I can't come back. I can't."
G: "I love you, Xena. How am I supposed to go on without you?"

I'm right with ya Gabrielle. Screw the 40,000 spirits, get those ashes in the fountain a.s.a.p.!


SCORCHY SEXY FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Below are a couple questions Lucy answered during a recent e! online chat. I found a couple responses illuminating in light of the season finale.

atmidnight: "What is your opinion about the show's lesbian overtones and the chemistry between Xena and Gabrielle during their more intimate scenes?"

Lucy: "I've never had any problem with subtext or with our lesbian audience. I love them, and I thank them. I personally feel they were the first adherents to our show. Our plan is not to alienate any of our audience, nor is it to push a specific agenda. Your sexual orientation is a very small part of who you are, and I do not feel that whether the characters are gay or not is a big issue. However, I do find Renee as sexy as all get-out."

giovanna: "There are varying views on how the show should end. How would you like to see it conclude?"

Lucy: "I want to see Xena and Gabrielle walking off into the sunset or going out in a burst of glory. Either way, there should be a blazing final shot."

Read the full chat transcript.


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SCENES TOO SAD TO SEE AGAIN

Xena beheading Akemi, the drop of blood falling and diffusing in the water.

Xena cutting a swath through the soldiers like they was buttah -- all the while screaming Gabrielle's name. (The only thing that tempered the emotion of this scene was the eerie similarity in tone to her rabid bucktooth bunny 'Gabrielle!' in Paradise Found.)

Gabrielle finding Xena's chakram copiously covered in blood.

When Gabrielle finds Xena in the forest -- the gamut of her emotions, from elation to disbelief, horror, and anger.

G: "You'll need this [chakram]."
X: "I can't take that. It's difficult to explain."
G: "You're dead."

Gabrielle's sad little voice -- ooooo, that goes straight to my gut. And if that wasn't heart wrenching enough...

G: "How could you let yourself be killed?"
X: "I'm sorry, Gabrielle. I couldn't tell you. You'd have tried to stop me, and then we'd both be dead."
G: "Is that supposed to make me feel better?"
X: "We've overcome death before. We will find a way to bring me back. But only by becoming a spirit can I kill Yodoshi and free those souls that I condemned to torment. Don't you see that?"
G: "You're my whole life, Xena. I won't lose you."

Aw, geez, pass me the Kleenex, will ya?

Gabrielle's reaction upon finding Xena's beheaded and defiled body -- on her knees and on the verge of puking her guts out.


XENA SAYS THE DAMNEDEST THINGS

Akemi "My grandfather says that you are a wise and appropriate teacher and he feels your sword is not good enough."
Evil Xena: "There's a string of widows from here to Greece that say different."

Sensei to Akemi: "Your master must be a mighty samurai."
Evil Xena: "Oh, no, I'm just a girl...in search of a really good sword."

Evil Xena to Akemi: "I don't suppose there's any inheritance in this?"

X: "Gabrielle, what would you do?"

X to A about G: "This is my soul mate. She's a poet like you, Akemi."

GABRIELLE SAYS THE DARNEDEST THINGS

G: "Looking out at the cosmos makes you think about where we are, where we've been, where we're going now."
X: "Yeah, and like the bigger now. I mean, Gabrielle, what are we gonna do? Wander around Greece our whole lives looking for trouble? Why don't we go away? Far away? Whaddya say?"
G: "I can't believe you're awake, much less listening to me."

G to X: "I am getting your body back, Xena, no matter where they have hidden it. Before sunset tomorrow, we will meet again on the side of Mt. Fujisan."
(Reminds me of a scene in Last of the Mohicans where Daniel Day Lewis' character tells Madeliene Stowe's character, "I will find you.")

G: "Give me her head!"

Samurai: "Your friend was a fine opponent. She provided me with one of the greatest trophies an honorable samurai could ever claim."
G: "You call yourself honorable? You outnumbered her a thousand to one. You're not a samurai. You're a fraud. You couldn't have killed Xena unless she wanted you to."
S: "I think you have a death wish!"
G: "I accept the challenge."

XENA's SKILLS

Committing Suicide
One Woman Death Squad
Ghost Killer
Misguided Martyr
Geisha Grrl

GABRIELLE's SKILLS

Firefighter
Search and Rescue
Bushido Blade Swordplay
Kicking Ass
Cremation
Kissing

SCENES FROM THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR

I co-opted the following ep dialogue for nefarious purposes ;)

Higuchi is ablaze and Xena asks Gabrielle what she would do...

G: "I saw these acrobats. They used --"
X: "Show me, Gabrielle." *grabs Gabrielle and gives her a passionate kiss*
G: *out of breath* "Well, uh, I don't see how it applies to our current situation."
X: "You don't?" *caresses Gabrielle's cheek and starts nibbling on her ear and whispers* "Can't you see I'm on fire?" *squeezes Gabrielle tighter and bites her earlobe* "I'm burning up, Gabrielle."
*Gabrielle wraps her arms around Xena's neck; they kiss hungrily and stumble backwards. Gabrielle reaches out for support and clutches a ladder; Xena presses her against it and rips off Gabrielle's top -- the force of which sends the ladder (and them) spinning across the town courtyard to the water tower. As the ladders spins faster and faster various items of clothing fly out from the centrifugal force; the ladder comes to an abrupt and violent halt at the water tower's deck, sending Xena and Gabrielle crashing into the side of the water tower. Gabrielle finds her footing and presses Xena against the water tower, trying desperately to climb onto Xena's body; Xena turns abruptly, impatient to remove the last vestiges of her clothing and weaponry. As Xena unhooks the chakram, Gabrielle grabs her arm and pins it to the side of the water tower -- in the process, puncturing the tower with the chakram. Xena, eager to be in control, tries to free her arm as she slides along the water tower -- slicing it as she wrestles Gabrielle. Suddenly, the tower erupts -- jets of water knock Xena and Gabrielle to the deck. The water drenches the licking tendrils of flame consuming the village -- hissing and steaming as Xena and Gabrielle's passion ignites into a raging inferno -- their bodies entangled in a groping, fervent embrace. Simultaneously, as the scorching, white hot blaze burns itself out and subsides into smoking, smoldering ash a passionate cry erupts from the water tower's deck. Below, villagers cheer and the grrls, lying on the deck in a sated, gloriously nekkid and sweat drenched afterglow, find the energy to speak*
G: "Higuchi is saved."
X: "Not quite the way I would have done it, Gabrielle, but it sure worked."


~ ~ ~ ~ ~

As the boat sails away from Japan, Gabrielle tenderly kisses Xena's pot and comes away with some ash stuck to her lips. Xena appears and says, "Gabrielle, you've got a pottymouth."


~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Xena and Gabrielle on the boat to Japan...

G: "Hearing Akemi's poem inspired me to write one."
X: "It did?"
G: "Yeah, wanna hear it?"
X: "Sure."
G: "Swaying field of fragrant bloom,
A single perfect flower captivates me,
Dewdrops on alabaster petals,
I drink your sweet nectar,
Cacophony on my tongue --"
X: *interrupts* "Dewdrops on alabaster petals?"
G: "Yeah," *somewhat defensively* "what's the matter with that?"
X: "What in Zeus' name is it supposed to mean?"
G: "It's a euphemism."
X: "A what?"
G: "A euphemism -- you know, using alliteration, antithesis, and similes --"
X: *furrow brow and scowls*
G: *exasperated sigh* "It's a way to describe something without really saying it outright."
X: "Why would you do that?"
G: "Xena, I'm a writer. I use words to create an association, a mental picture."
X: "Well, I ain't getting a mental picture."
G: "Why am I not surprised?" *rolls her eyes* "Xena, I'm using poetry to describe my feelings and my intense physical attraction --"
X: "Dewdrops on alabaster petals?!" *snorts* "Why not say, "Crumbs of passion in my knickers?"
G: "Ew! Now I have a disturbing mental picture --"
X: "What's the matter with the direct approach, like, "I love you?""
G: "Overused."
X: "How about, "You make me hot?"
G: "Cheesy."
X: "Oooookay," *thinks for a moment* "How about, "I'm horny for you warrior babe, I want to fu--""
G: "Xena!"
X: "What?"
G: "The f word is so...so unpoetic."
X: "Unpoetic? You prefer confusing and wordy to unpoetic?"
G: "If I took your approach to writing poetry, I wouldn't sound like a poet -- I would sound like a tavern wench."
X: "Don't want to sound like a wench, eh? Well, I certainly didn't hear, "Xena, lick my dewdrops!" last night -- it was more like, "Xena, oh gods faster, more Xena, yesssss right there, don't stop, fu--"
G: *cuts her off* "That's different, I was in the throes of passion."
X: "I see." *smirks*
G: "You know what, Xena?"
X: "Hmm?"
G: "On second thought, I'd like to rewrite my poem. I know a better way to describe my feelings for you."
X: *caught off guard* "Oh?"
G: "Yes, you wanna hear it?" *gets a mischievous gleam in her eye*
X: *unenthused* "Sure."
G: *stands up, walks over to where Xena is sitting and slowly straddles her lap. Places her mouth next to Xena's ear and whispers, all the while teasingly stroking Xena's cleavage with her fingers. With each passing moment, Xena's face flushes a deeper shade of red and her eyebrows crawl toward her hairline*
X: "Oh my..."
G: "And that is not a euphemism."

REVISIONIST HERSTORY

The nice thing about writing an ep review is that if I don't like something in the ep, I can always rewrite it. Here's how I would've ended FIN.

Proposed Ending #1

The Fountain of Strength...near sunset...Xena and Gabrielle spend their last few minutes together.

G: "Xena, you know one of the things I'm going to miss most?"
X: "What?"
G: "Being able to hold you and kiss you."
X: "You'll still be able to do that, Gabrielle."
G: "No I won't, not after the sun goes down. Then you'll be a spirit -- nothing tangible to grab onto."
X: "I hadn't thought about that." *grimaces*
G: "This may sound silly," *blushes* "but I'm really going to miss the sex."
X: "Sex? Wha--you are?"
G: "Yes. A lot. I mean, without you around to...you know, I'm gonna be getting to know myself preeeetty good." *glances at her right hand*
X: *starts panicking* "But I'll still be able to touch you, right?"
G: "Xena, you won't have a physical form. You'll be there in spirit, but..."
X: *conjures an all too vivid mental picture of Gabrielle, alone, naked in the bedroll and pleasuring herself, breathing heavily, a light sheen of perspiration dusting her cleavage and abdomen, eyes shut tight, arching her back, moaning softly, hips undulating -- and realizes she won't be able to touch --*
"Fuck that!"
*Xena grabs the pot from Gabrielle's hands and hurriedly dumps her ashes in the Fountain of Strength*


Proposed Ending #2

As Gabrielle drinks from the Fountain of Strength, Yodoshi throws a fireball at her back; it bounces off and hits him square in the chest -- sending him ass over teakettle and over a cliff. Dazed, Gabrielle stumbles to Xena and kisses her -- transferring the Water of Strength. The kiss ends and Xena slowly comes to...

X: "Gabrielle?
G: "Yes?"
X: *cough* "More water."
G: "Oh, ok." *runs to the fountain, returns and kisses Xena again...a little longer and more tenderly*
X: *dreamy and dazed look on her face -- feeling soooo much better*
G: "Xena? Xena?"
X: *plays possum, hoping that Gabrielle will kiss her again*
G: *runs to the fountain again, returns, and kisses Xena -- continuing the kiss long after the water is gone...noting as she breaks the kiss how soft Xena's lips are and how she could just nibble --*
X: *licks her lips* "Mmmmmmore Gabrielle."
G: *breaks out of her reverie* "Huh? Oh sure." *runs to the fountain, wondering how many trips this is going to take. Returns, cheeks chipmunk full of water. This time, she kisses Xena slowly, deliberately -- making sure Xena gets every last drop. As she's about to break away, Xena embraces her and renews the kiss. As they pause to catch their breath, she asks* "Feeling better?"
X: "Much."
*Xena rolls on top of Gabrielle and kisses her with abandon. Meanwhile, Yodoshi scales the cliff muttering and sputtering the entire way. He reaches the top and spies the two grrls locked in a passionate embrace, in various states of undress. Seeing this as the perfect opportunity to kill them both, he slowly creeps forward, sword drawn. Gabrielle, reveling in her newfound butchness, tires of Xena on top and rolls them over. Xena lands on the little black pot -- it digs painfully into her behind; Xena grabs the pot and without looking, chucks it away -- right at Yodoshi's head. The pot careens off his forehead with a 'smack,' strikes a rock above the Fountain of Strength, shatters, and the ash falls into the Fountain. Stunned, Yodoshi shakes away the double vision, refocuses, and moves forward; he stands above them, sword raised. Abruptly, Gabrielle realizes that the chakram prevents access to parts of Xena she'd really like to touch, not to mention it's digging into her thigh. With a frustrated grunt and pent up sexual frustration, Gabrielle flings the chakram away -- it ricochets off multiple boulders in a complex geometric pattern and ends up decapitating Yodoshi from behind. As his head and body fall to the ground, the 40,000 spirits float away to freedom as Xena and Gabrielle continue to make out while the sun sets*


HAIKU -- BLESS YOU!

Fountain of Strength Kiss
Will bring you back to life -- ooops
Forgot the water

SPELLCHECKER MADNESS

Gotta love Word's spellchecker. When it's not getting in your way with oh so helpful formatting and squiggly red and green lines, it's giving you spelling suggestions like:

NEW ACTION DOLLIES

In the tasteless spirit of the "Grieving Gabrielle and Hope" dollies, Toy Bliz Inc. brings you:

DISCLAIMER

Xena and Gabrielle's Flying Circus and Amateur Fire Brigade will be arriving in your town soon.

Xena was permanently harmed in the making of this motion picture, but kept her spirits up.


TAUNT ME, TEASE ME, NEXT WEEK's EP

Wait -- there is no ep next week...
*lower lip quivering, eyes tearing up, curling up into the fetal position*
Waaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!


PARTING POT SHOT

ThankyousoveryfuckingmuchMr.Tapert for bumming me out and making me consider (for 2 days) trashing all my Xena tapes and having nothing to do with this show ever again. Grrrrrrrrr....with a much cooler head and plenty of deconstruction, methinks I need to watch some old, funny, romantic, classic Xena eps and read lotsa alt fan fic. Better yet, I'm just gonna ignore Xena's death and pretend she's alive -- I'll conveniently change the season finale to a more fitting and satisfying ep like -- When Fates Collide or Many Happy Returns :P Phhhhhpppppppptttttt!!!



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