"A hero ain't nothing but a sandwhich"
Hi ya folks this post was prompted by thread elsewhere.What kind of hero do you think Xena was or do you think she was a hero at all? What about Gabrielle? Other characters in the Xenaverse and/or...
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Hmmmm.I *personally* think that Xena is a hero.I guess it depends on how much weight is given to a person's motivation and how much weight is given to their acts.Given that Xena's motivation for all...
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Xena's been compared to the Byronic anti-hero before -- I think Whoosh! has an article about it. I don't get the "eyesore" part. I thought Byronic heroes/antiheroes were supposed to be the tall, dark...
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Look what I found online...Xena as Modern Byronic Hero .... Err, HeroineIt's someone's term paper. Rather interesting stuff.If there was going to be one man in Xena's life, it would be Ares. - Renee...
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Oh, cool, LK!______________________________________________________"To think that once I could not see beyond the veil of our reality...." --Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
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I don't think Gabrielle was reluctant, quite the opposite. She was always eager to save the day and be noticed for such,but how she went about it eventually (violence/kiling) was what kind of snuck up...
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Quote:And Gabrielle's self-centred attitude seemed to wane over time (after reaching its height in season 4) and by season 6, she genuinely seemed to be fighting for the greater good for the sole...
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I didn't see it as that selfish either, but it did seem to be a characteristic of Gabrielle.After all, in Gabrielle's Hope she seemed to think she'd be able to save the entire world. Seems a little...
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Quote:(maybe selfish isn't the right word for that? Egotistical? Self-Imbued Superiority Complex? Crazy?).Idealistic.Unrealistic? Perhaps. Arrogant? Maybe but I don't think so.Is it wrong to want to...
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