"Forget me Not" the B story...
Don't get me wrong.
I liked Joxer in this ep, I just had an agenda last night and he would have been a distraction.
I loved it when she told him to "stay here"... and he counted to three and said, "Long enough."
I laughed when the Priestess felt the pain of his recent fall out of the tree... "Owww", and teared up slightly when she told him if he loved her, he needed to let her try and lose her pain.
And I cried a little for him, when he realized that he wasn't foremost in her thoughts when she wrote those scrolls, and when they first met all she could see was the fool.
I even wondered, how much he was making up, when he read the scrolls to Gabrielle, and how much he was "repurposing"...
Joxer: “Yeah, yeah-- it gets better-- lots better. 'Then I realized' that’s you talking, 'then I realized that I was completely taken by this handsome, mysterious, dark leader of men.' Hmm.”
Hmmm, indeed.
I granted him his moment, to give himself a chance to be her hero... and I laughed aloud when Gabrielle jumped him at the end...
Forgetful Gabrielle: “By the gods, I am so incredibly in love with you. I wish I could feel that again.”
Joxer: “Yeah, so do I.”
Forgetful G: “Take me, Joxer, now. Like the time, just before you saved Ulysses.”
Laughed because OF COURSE, after the first series of kisses, Joxer's moral compass overcame his lust and he did the gentlmanly thing.
He fessed up.
Joxer: “No. N- no. N- n- no, no, Gabrielle. Look, I, I elaborated a little bit on some of the things I told you about you and I, uh a little a little bit lot, lots. Well a lottta littles. I lied.”
Forgetful Gabrielle: “You lied. What’s a lie?
Joxer: “A lie is me thinking I could give you back all your happy memories. I’m just not a part of those, and I really wanted to be. Look, I didn’t rescue Ulysses, that was Xena. And I didn’t get Ares back his godhood. That was Xena, too. And I didn’t convert Hercules back from being evil. That was well it was complicated. And Callisto’s not my love kitten, but look, Gabrielle, I just want the old Gabrielle back, you know?The one that used to smack me on the forehead and gouge out my eyes, and just forget everything I’ve told you. It’s not who you are. Except the part about dancing nude in the rain that is you.”
Gabrielle: “Joxer.”
Joxer: “Jerkst-- hey! Ahh!”
Gabrielle: (She grabs his nose) “I have never, nor will I ever dance in the nude in the rain with you anywhere near me.”
Joxer: “Gaby-- you’re back! (Gouging continues as previously requested) Ahhh! Ow. Oh.”
Don't get me wrong.
I liked Joxer in this ep, I just had an agenda last night and he would have been a distraction.
I loved it when she told him to "stay here"... and he counted to three and said, "Long enough."
I laughed when the Priestess felt the pain of his recent fall out of the tree... "Owww", and teared up slightly when she told him if he loved her, he needed to let her try and lose her pain.
And I cried a little for him, when he realized that he wasn't foremost in her thoughts when she wrote those scrolls, and when they first met all she could see was the fool.
I even wondered, how much he was making up, when he read the scrolls to Gabrielle, and how much he was "repurposing"...
Joxer: “Yeah, yeah-- it gets better-- lots better. 'Then I realized' that’s you talking, 'then I realized that I was completely taken by this handsome, mysterious, dark leader of men.' Hmm.”
Hmmm, indeed.
I granted him his moment, to give himself a chance to be her hero... and I laughed aloud when Gabrielle jumped him at the end...
Forgetful Gabrielle: “By the gods, I am so incredibly in love with you. I wish I could feel that again.”
Joxer: “Yeah, so do I.”
Forgetful G: “Take me, Joxer, now. Like the time, just before you saved Ulysses.”
Laughed because OF COURSE, after the first series of kisses, Joxer's moral compass overcame his lust and he did the gentlmanly thing.
He fessed up.
Joxer: “No. N- no. N- n- no, no, Gabrielle. Look, I, I elaborated a little bit on some of the things I told you about you and I, uh a little a little bit lot, lots. Well a lottta littles. I lied.”
Forgetful Gabrielle: “You lied. What’s a lie?
Joxer: “A lie is me thinking I could give you back all your happy memories. I’m just not a part of those, and I really wanted to be. Look, I didn’t rescue Ulysses, that was Xena. And I didn’t get Ares back his godhood. That was Xena, too. And I didn’t convert Hercules back from being evil. That was well it was complicated. And Callisto’s not my love kitten, but look, Gabrielle, I just want the old Gabrielle back, you know?The one that used to smack me on the forehead and gouge out my eyes, and just forget everything I’ve told you. It’s not who you are. Except the part about dancing nude in the rain that is you.”
Gabrielle: “Joxer.”
Joxer: “Jerkst-- hey! Ahh!”
Gabrielle: (She grabs his nose) “I have never, nor will I ever dance in the nude in the rain with you anywhere near me.”
Joxer: “Gaby-- you’re back! (Gouging continues as previously requested) Ahhh! Ow. Oh.”
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