Any Xena:WP fans on the boards?
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Nah... even when she HAD the power to kill gods (Motherhood), she didn't kill Aphrodite. She obviously has a soft spot for the Goddess of Love... just look what she went through to reinstate her goddesshood in "You are There".
Now... if you want a blonde that she wants to kill, hell HAS killed on a regular basis...
Speaking of blondes... here's the trifecta of X:WP!
Nah... even when she HAD the power to kill gods (Motherhood), she didn't kill Aphrodite. She obviously has a soft spot for the Goddess of Love... just look what she went through to reinstate her goddesshood in "You are There".
Now... if you want a blonde that she wants to kill, hell HAS killed on a regular basis...
Speaking of blondes... here's the trifecta of X:WP!
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Teaser/spoilers (?) for the next season of Spartacus from SD's comic con.
http://www.ausxip.com/video/archives/4218
They are interviewing her in a room full of other interviews going on simultaneously, so you have to listen closely. But... "OH MY!"
http://www.ausxip.com/video/archives/4218
They are interviewing her in a room full of other interviews going on simultaneously, so you have to listen closely. But... "OH MY!"
I can't help it...
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1378.jpg
I just love this scene...
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1390.jpg
Cuz we've all had one of THOSE days...right, Xena?
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1394.jpg
Xena:
"Ah-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h!"
Episode 131 season 6 #19 "Many Happy Returns"
ACT IV: continues...
We are back in the warlord's lair, and he's about to get his newest toy out of the pink handbag.
Feragus: "Dumpty-dumpty-dumpty-do.
He laughs as he picks up the bag, but STOPS laughing when he realizes there's no helmet in there! As he dumps out the contents, we see (love?) manacles and massage toys, but nothing that flies!
Feragus: Wait a minute. Huh? Wha-- ? Huh? No! Oh! Oh! No-o-o-o-o! I knew that Anthrax looked familiar. Xena-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a! Worming her way into my lair! Stealing my helmet! I'll kill he-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-er!"
Frankus: "Ooh!" He grunts as he's hit by a flying object from Daddy.
Then, enter one Zealot priest carrying a pink handbag. He immediately has Feragus' attention.
Zarat: "Perhaps, I could be of some assistance." (Lifting a 2nd pink handbag.)
Feragus: [Growls as he grabs the offered but empty handbag] "Where's the helmet?"
Zarat: "Oh, you can have it back, if we can make a deal."
Feragus: "I'm listening."
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The two women are standing in the middle of the Market Square in Thebes, each having a crisis of faith.
Aphrodite: "There's no sign of Geniah anywhere."
Gabrielle: "This is my fault."
Aphrodite: "No! It's my fault! I cast a spell on her."
Gabrielle: "Yeah, but I switched the bags. If I hadn't been so suspicious at the tavern, this wouldn't have happened."
Xena: "Gabrielle!"
Xena comes running across the market square holding something behind her back until she gets closer.
Gabrielle: "What'd you find?"
Aphrodite: [Gasps] "She's been sacrificed!"
Xena: "Maybe not yet. There's a zealot temple two miles down the road. I'm guessing they'd wanna do it there."
Aphrodite: "OK-- so what I can do to help? I can cast a spell."
Xena: "Uh."
Gabrielle: "Uh."
Aphrodite: (Are we remembering "Little Problems" from season 5?) "Or maybe not."
Xena: "Actually, Aphrodite-- there is something you can do."
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Switching back to the Zealot Temple...
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_305cd.htm
Zarat: "Almighty master we ask you one more time take this vrigin sacrifice and protect us from our enemies!"
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1442.jpg
Xena: "Zarat!"
Zarat's Voice: "Xena! Haven't you ever heard of... "
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1450.jpg
Zarat: "... religious freedom?"
Xena: "Freedom has nothing to do with sacrificing Geniah, or anyone else-- and neither has religion. This ends here."
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1451.jpg
Zarat: "We'll see."
Right about now, Feragus and his minions enter the 2nd story walkway of the templ atrium... well, they walk on the balcony while Feragus flies down to confront Xena & Gabrielle
Xena: "Stay out of this, Feragus! I'll deal with you later."
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1463.jpg
Feragus: "I don`t think so. You see? In exchange for the helmet, I promised Zarat here-- I'd take you out of the picture."
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_311cd.htm
Gabrielle: "Well, since when do warlords keep their promises?"
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1460.jpg
Feragus: "Since I wanted to kick your butt anyway!"
[A fight ensues... hey, does THIS look like the Sappho disco musical? Of COURSE a fight ensues, with Gabrielle on the main floor dealing with the Zealots,
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1477.jpg
and Xena moving higher upmthe Temple atrium, with the help of some ladders,
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1559.jpg
dealing with the flying warlord and his earth bound minions]
Feragus: [Laughs as Xena sheathes her sword while standing on a high ladder] "What's the matter, Xena? Losing your touch?"
Xena: "Touch this!"
And she flings herself even higher to the next level of the atrium to continue the fight.
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1644.jpg
Another great fight occurs where she knocks the bejeesus out of the warlord using a ladder, and ultimately takes out several of his minions before simply removing his helmet while swinging back on forth on another ladder while he was in midflight. Since he was flying midway up the temple atrium... some 2 stories up, the "fall" was quite spectacular.
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1689.jpg
Xena: (To Feragus as she pulled the helmet off his head) "Thank you!" (To her partner, standing on the main floor of the temple) "Gabrielle, catch!"
Xena tosses the helmet down 2 stories to the waiting Gabrielle who clutches it and runs out of the temple.
But wait... there's still a Virgin that needs saving! Xena on the second level of the temple atrium sees the rope has nearly burned its way through,
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1704.jpg
and she does a flying leap through the air JUST as it breaks and flies upward,
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1711.jpg
sending the spiked wooden panel careening downward towards the trussed up Geniah.
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1716.jpg
Geniah closes her eyes in horror, which is really too bad because she would have seen the feet of the flipping Warrior Princess dangle from on high where she grabbed the rope and used her bodyweight to stop the descending spiked panel. No only stop it, but her weight then caused it to ascend back to its original place near the ceiling as Xena descended next to the altar and tied the rope to a convenient post.
After tying off the death panel, Xena pulled out her all purpose chakram and used to to break the chains holding Geniah in place, and lifted the Virgin off her deathbed.
Xena: (To Geniah) "OK." (Once the Virgin was safe, Xena finally looked around for the Birthday girl.) "Gabrielle!"
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1750.jpg
Zarat: "Up here."
As we look up to the third story, we see Zarat has a knife to Gabrielle's throat (or as Renee suggests, when DOESN'T someone have a knife to Gabby's throat?) and the helmet is in his other hand.
Zarat: You may have stopped this sacrifice, Xena, but that's all! I will find other followers. Perhaps my next tribe will offer their sacrifices to me."
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1753.jpg
And with those pithy words, he places the helmet on his head and releases Gabrielle so he can fly away from the third level of the temple atrium.
But instead of flying, he falls face first to the temple floor!
Zarat: No-no-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!"
Xena: "Or not."
Lagot: "Oo-o-o-o-oh." (You know he's thinking, "THAT's" gotta hurt!)
Geniah: "What happened? He was wearing the helmet."
Xena: "He was wearing a helmet."
Gabrielle: "Xena had me switch the helmets-- just in case."
Geniah: "So-- where's the helmet of Hermes?"
POOF: and from nowhere appears our goddess of love carrying the pink handbag. The ONLY one this ep that looks good carrying a PINK handbag!
Aphrodite: "Right here, Sweet Pea." [Giggles]
Geniah: (Eyes firmly open AT LAST!) "I can't believe I was gonna give my life away to them."
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_342cd.htm
Late to the party is the Warlord's son, who runs into the temple at this moment. recall, HE's still under Aphrodite's spell!
Frankus: "Geniah. Geniah! I was afraid I'd be too late."
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_346cd.htm
Geniah: "Frankus I'm sorry, but we can't be together."
Frankus: "It's 'cause of the old man, isn't it?" (Yeah, and the fact that you're following in his warlord footsteps!)
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_350cd.htm
Geniah: "No... Xena's shown me that I can't live my life following others. (Before you scoff and say that's what Gabrielle does, lets just remember a little thing called SEASON 4, and leave it at that!
) "I have to be my own person and chase my own dreams. We can still be friends.
He doesn't look too broken up over this revelation, maybe Aphrodite lifted the spell as Geniah was speaking.
Geniah: Xena, you and Gabrielle are gonna have to go along without me."
Xena: "Oh, you're sure?"
Geniah: "Before we met... I thought the best thing I could do with my life was throw it away. But now I found something worth living for."
Xena: "What?"
Geniah: "I'm turning the convent (where the cult raised sacrificail virgins) into a shelter for those in need."
Xena: "Well, that is great."
Gabrielle: "Good for you."
Geniah: "Oh, I almost forgot..." (She turns to Aphrodite to take a yellow blossum and hand it to Gabrielle) "Happy birthday."
Xena: "Speaking of which..." (She place an arm around Gabrielle's shoulders to lead her away) "We have got a show to catch. Bye-bye."
Gotta say, Gabrielle's flirtatious look at this moment is precious!
And now we have the last scene Aphrodite ever filmed in the Xenaverse, and I have one question. WHO is she referring to? Hercules and Iolaus, or Xena and Gabrielle?
Aphrodite: "Have fun, you two. So... friends? I can work with that. Some of my best friends are friends. But..." (And she points to the clothes Geniah is wearing) "we-- need to rethink the whole retro-sacrificial thing."
ACT IV continues...
Goodbye, Sweetpea. You were a wonder to behold, and a hell of a lot of fun to watch!
Aphrodite, the shipper:
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1378.jpg
I just love this scene...
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1390.jpg
Cuz we've all had one of THOSE days...right, Xena?
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1394.jpg
Xena:
"Ah-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h!" Episode 131 season 6 #19 "Many Happy Returns"
ACT IV: continues...
We are back in the warlord's lair, and he's about to get his newest toy out of the pink handbag.
Feragus: "Dumpty-dumpty-dumpty-do.
He laughs as he picks up the bag, but STOPS laughing when he realizes there's no helmet in there! As he dumps out the contents, we see (love?) manacles and massage toys, but nothing that flies!
Feragus: Wait a minute. Huh? Wha-- ? Huh? No! Oh! Oh! No-o-o-o-o! I knew that Anthrax looked familiar. Xena-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a! Worming her way into my lair! Stealing my helmet! I'll kill he-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-er!"
Frankus: "Ooh!" He grunts as he's hit by a flying object from Daddy.
Then, enter one Zealot priest carrying a pink handbag. He immediately has Feragus' attention.
Zarat: "Perhaps, I could be of some assistance." (Lifting a 2nd pink handbag.)
Feragus: [Growls as he grabs the offered but empty handbag] "Where's the helmet?"
Zarat: "Oh, you can have it back, if we can make a deal."
Feragus: "I'm listening."
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The two women are standing in the middle of the Market Square in Thebes, each having a crisis of faith.
Aphrodite: "There's no sign of Geniah anywhere."
Gabrielle: "This is my fault."
Aphrodite: "No! It's my fault! I cast a spell on her."
Gabrielle: "Yeah, but I switched the bags. If I hadn't been so suspicious at the tavern, this wouldn't have happened."
Xena: "Gabrielle!"
Xena comes running across the market square holding something behind her back until she gets closer.
Gabrielle: "What'd you find?"
Aphrodite: [Gasps] "She's been sacrificed!"
Xena: "Maybe not yet. There's a zealot temple two miles down the road. I'm guessing they'd wanna do it there."
Aphrodite: "OK-- so what I can do to help? I can cast a spell."
Xena: "Uh."
Gabrielle: "Uh."
Aphrodite: (Are we remembering "Little Problems" from season 5?) "Or maybe not."
Xena: "Actually, Aphrodite-- there is something you can do."
------------
Switching back to the Zealot Temple...
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_305cd.htm
Zarat: "Almighty master we ask you one more time take this vrigin sacrifice and protect us from our enemies!"
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1442.jpg
Xena: "Zarat!"
Zarat's Voice: "Xena! Haven't you ever heard of... "
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1450.jpg
Zarat: "... religious freedom?"
Xena: "Freedom has nothing to do with sacrificing Geniah, or anyone else-- and neither has religion. This ends here."
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1451.jpg
Zarat: "We'll see."
Right about now, Feragus and his minions enter the 2nd story walkway of the templ atrium... well, they walk on the balcony while Feragus flies down to confront Xena & Gabrielle
Xena: "Stay out of this, Feragus! I'll deal with you later."
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1463.jpg
Feragus: "I don`t think so. You see? In exchange for the helmet, I promised Zarat here-- I'd take you out of the picture."
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_311cd.htm
Gabrielle: "Well, since when do warlords keep their promises?"
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1460.jpg
Feragus: "Since I wanted to kick your butt anyway!"
[A fight ensues... hey, does THIS look like the Sappho disco musical? Of COURSE a fight ensues, with Gabrielle on the main floor dealing with the Zealots,
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1477.jpg
and Xena moving higher upmthe Temple atrium, with the help of some ladders,
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1559.jpg
dealing with the flying warlord and his earth bound minions]
Feragus: [Laughs as Xena sheathes her sword while standing on a high ladder] "What's the matter, Xena? Losing your touch?"
Xena: "Touch this!"
And she flings herself even higher to the next level of the atrium to continue the fight.
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1644.jpg
Another great fight occurs where she knocks the bejeesus out of the warlord using a ladder, and ultimately takes out several of his minions before simply removing his helmet while swinging back on forth on another ladder while he was in midflight. Since he was flying midway up the temple atrium... some 2 stories up, the "fall" was quite spectacular.
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1689.jpg
Xena: (To Feragus as she pulled the helmet off his head) "Thank you!" (To her partner, standing on the main floor of the temple) "Gabrielle, catch!"
Xena tosses the helmet down 2 stories to the waiting Gabrielle who clutches it and runs out of the temple.
But wait... there's still a Virgin that needs saving! Xena on the second level of the temple atrium sees the rope has nearly burned its way through,
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1704.jpg
and she does a flying leap through the air JUST as it breaks and flies upward,
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1711.jpg
sending the spiked wooden panel careening downward towards the trussed up Geniah.
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1716.jpg
Geniah closes her eyes in horror, which is really too bad because she would have seen the feet of the flipping Warrior Princess dangle from on high where she grabbed the rope and used her bodyweight to stop the descending spiked panel. No only stop it, but her weight then caused it to ascend back to its original place near the ceiling as Xena descended next to the altar and tied the rope to a convenient post.
After tying off the death panel, Xena pulled out her all purpose chakram and used to to break the chains holding Geniah in place, and lifted the Virgin off her deathbed.
Xena: (To Geniah) "OK." (Once the Virgin was safe, Xena finally looked around for the Birthday girl.) "Gabrielle!"
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1750.jpg
Zarat: "Up here."
As we look up to the third story, we see Zarat has a knife to Gabrielle's throat (or as Renee suggests, when DOESN'T someone have a knife to Gabby's throat?) and the helmet is in his other hand.
Zarat: You may have stopped this sacrifice, Xena, but that's all! I will find other followers. Perhaps my next tribe will offer their sacrifices to me."
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1753.jpg
And with those pithy words, he places the helmet on his head and releases Gabrielle so he can fly away from the third level of the temple atrium.
But instead of flying, he falls face first to the temple floor!
Zarat: No-no-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!"
Xena: "Or not."
Lagot: "Oo-o-o-o-oh." (You know he's thinking, "THAT's" gotta hurt!)
Geniah: "What happened? He was wearing the helmet."
Xena: "He was wearing a helmet."
Gabrielle: "Xena had me switch the helmets-- just in case."
Geniah: "So-- where's the helmet of Hermes?"
POOF: and from nowhere appears our goddess of love carrying the pink handbag. The ONLY one this ep that looks good carrying a PINK handbag!
Aphrodite: "Right here, Sweet Pea." [Giggles]
Geniah: (Eyes firmly open AT LAST!) "I can't believe I was gonna give my life away to them."
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_342cd.htm
Late to the party is the Warlord's son, who runs into the temple at this moment. recall, HE's still under Aphrodite's spell!
Frankus: "Geniah. Geniah! I was afraid I'd be too late."
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_346cd.htm
Geniah: "Frankus I'm sorry, but we can't be together."
Frankus: "It's 'cause of the old man, isn't it?" (Yeah, and the fact that you're following in his warlord footsteps!)
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_350cd.htm
Geniah: "No... Xena's shown me that I can't live my life following others. (Before you scoff and say that's what Gabrielle does, lets just remember a little thing called SEASON 4, and leave it at that!
) "I have to be my own person and chase my own dreams. We can still be friends.He doesn't look too broken up over this revelation, maybe Aphrodite lifted the spell as Geniah was speaking.
Geniah: Xena, you and Gabrielle are gonna have to go along without me."
Xena: "Oh, you're sure?"
Geniah: "Before we met... I thought the best thing I could do with my life was throw it away. But now I found something worth living for."
Xena: "What?"
Geniah: "I'm turning the convent (where the cult raised sacrificail virgins) into a shelter for those in need."
Xena: "Well, that is great."
Gabrielle: "Good for you."
Geniah: "Oh, I almost forgot..." (She turns to Aphrodite to take a yellow blossum and hand it to Gabrielle) "Happy birthday."
Xena: "Speaking of which..." (She place an arm around Gabrielle's shoulders to lead her away) "We have got a show to catch. Bye-bye."
Gotta say, Gabrielle's flirtatious look at this moment is precious!
And now we have the last scene Aphrodite ever filmed in the Xenaverse, and I have one question. WHO is she referring to? Hercules and Iolaus, or Xena and Gabrielle?
Aphrodite: "Have fun, you two. So... friends? I can work with that. Some of my best friends are friends. But..." (And she points to the clothes Geniah is wearing) "we-- need to rethink the whole retro-sacrificial thing."
ACT IV continues...
Goodbye, Sweetpea. You were a wonder to behold, and a hell of a lot of fun to watch!
Aphrodite, the shipper:
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Teaser/spoilers (?) for the next season of Spartacus from SD's comic con.
http://www.ausxip.com/video/archives/4218
They are interviewing her in a room full of other interviews going on simultaneously, so you have to listen closely. But... "OH MY!"
cool thanks for this I so can't wait till vengence comes out. are you going to check out imortals?
Remember when I said there were a trillion youtube videos devoted to "When Fates Collide"?
Well, there must be 10,000 devoted to this last scene, in ACT IV, of "Many Happy Returns".
I think I used this one in WFC.
And I must admit I'm a very bad representative of my sex since I've never read Sappho nor heard it read until this ep of Xena.
Whoosh gives a good discussion on the subject of Sappho translations...
http://whoosh.org/epguide/many.html#sappho
but its link to the Sappho website is broken, so here you go.
http://www.sappho.com/poetry/sappho2.html
Here's an example of ANOTHER translation of the same poem. (I think I've used this vid before, somewhere in the past 55 pages.)
Now... for those without the ability to watch youtube...
Episode 131 season 6 #19 "Many Happy Returns"
ACT IV: The Conclusion.
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1837.jpg
They are sitting on the edge of a cliff, overlooking the sea. It's sunset, and Xena is pouring Gabrielle a goblet of wine while apologizing once more for her unusual errors.
Xena: "I'm really sorry, Gabrielle. I didn't realize Sappho was only here for one performance."
Gabrielle: (Playfully swatting Xena's right arm as she pours the wine) "It's the thought that counts, Xena. Although I would like to hear her read her poetry one day."
She takes the wine goblet, but hesitates to drink until Xena can explain away one other Xena "inconsistency".
Gabrielle: "You know, how did you fall for my fish-guts gag?"
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1846.jpg
Xena: "I don't know."
The Warrior Princess shrugs like one trying not to reveal a punchline too soon. BEWARE the mind of Xena, Gabrielle!
Gabrielle: "You knew that I would go crazy waiting for you to get even. Xena, didn't see it coming."
Satisfied that she's solved the mystery, Gabrielle tips the goblet back and tries to drink... but the old dribble goblet gag has finally caught up to her and the wine runs out both sides of her mouth and down her chest.
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_362cd.htm
Xena: (A Cheshire cat grin nearly splits her face!) "Nor that. Now, we're even."
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1854.jpg
Gabrielle: [Laughs as she wipes her face and chest]
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1858.jpg
Xena: "Here, give me that." (She takes the goblet as Gabrielle looks chagrined at finally falling for the gag.)
Xena: "I want you to close your eyes."
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1875.jpg
Gabrielle: "No."
She may be blonde, but after all these years she's far from foolish!
Xena: [Laughing at Gabrielle's response] "Trust me, please."
Xena looks soooo sincere here, unfortunately "my" screencaptors missed the "best" version of her pleading face.
Gabrielle: [Laughing as she wipes the wine from her chin]: " No."
Fool me once, shame on you... fool me TWICE, shame on me!
Xena: (Her voice is getting softer with each request) "Close your eyes."
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_365cd.htm
She can be soooo sweet sometimes, can't she. Gabrielle closes her eyes, but you can tell she's still not sure about this course of action.
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_366cd.htm
Xena reaches behind her and lays a scroll across her lap. Gabrielle opens her eyes... and you can tell she was NOT expecting this.
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1884.jpg
Gabrielle: "What is this?"
Xena: (She shrugs as she smiles) "Open it."
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_368cd.htm
As Gabrielle unrolls it, Xena admits where it came from.
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1896.jpg
Xena: "I had Sappho jot somethin' down for ya."
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_370cd.htm
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1904.jpg
Gabrielle: (She looks excitedly at the scroll.) "A poem? Sappho wrote a poem for me. I don't believe it. Xena... you had this planned all along, didn't you?
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_369cd.htm
Xena can not only be sweet, but she can be downright adorable when she's trying not to admit what she's done.
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1907.jpg
But adorable leads quickly to vulnerable and a touch of concern as Gabrielle starts to read the poem.
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1918.jpg
Gabrielle: There's a moment when I look at you...
And no speech is left in me.
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_376cd.htm
My tongue breaks.
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1923.jpg
Then fire races under my skin and I tremble...
And grow pale for I am dying of such love
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_377cd.htm
Or so it seems to me...
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_375cd.htm
Gabrielle: It's beautiful. (And once again she swats her friend)
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_378cd.htm
Gabrielle laughs at the faces Xena ends up making over the flowery sentiment then Gabrielle stands up to hug Xena.
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1940.jpg
Gabrielle: This is the best birthday present I have ever had."
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1947.jpg
Xena: (In mid hug) "Aw-w-w-w. 'Course, it ain't over yet."
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1949.jpg
And Xena places that ugly golden helmet on her head one last time and with Gabrielle at her side, takes off for a flight over the bay.
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1963.jpg
Xena: (Voice far off in the distance...) "Happy birthday, Gabrielle!"
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1967.jpg
723 seconds explains why this show was filmed.
As for me, I know why it was filmed. It was the first goodbye in a trilogy of goodbyes.
Goodbye to Aphrodite.
Goodbye to sweetness and lighthearted fun.
My friends... "This way... there be dragons."
Well, there must be 10,000 devoted to this last scene, in ACT IV, of "Many Happy Returns".
I think I used this one in WFC.
And I must admit I'm a very bad representative of my sex since I've never read Sappho nor heard it read until this ep of Xena.
Whoosh gives a good discussion on the subject of Sappho translations...
http://whoosh.org/epguide/many.html#sappho
but its link to the Sappho website is broken, so here you go.
http://www.sappho.com/poetry/sappho2.html
Here's an example of ANOTHER translation of the same poem. (I think I've used this vid before, somewhere in the past 55 pages.)
Now... for those without the ability to watch youtube...
Episode 131 season 6 #19 "Many Happy Returns"
ACT IV: The Conclusion.
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1837.jpg
They are sitting on the edge of a cliff, overlooking the sea. It's sunset, and Xena is pouring Gabrielle a goblet of wine while apologizing once more for her unusual errors.
Xena: "I'm really sorry, Gabrielle. I didn't realize Sappho was only here for one performance."
Gabrielle: (Playfully swatting Xena's right arm as she pours the wine) "It's the thought that counts, Xena. Although I would like to hear her read her poetry one day."
She takes the wine goblet, but hesitates to drink until Xena can explain away one other Xena "inconsistency".
Gabrielle: "You know, how did you fall for my fish-guts gag?"
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1846.jpg
Xena: "I don't know."
The Warrior Princess shrugs like one trying not to reveal a punchline too soon. BEWARE the mind of Xena, Gabrielle!
Gabrielle: "You knew that I would go crazy waiting for you to get even. Xena, didn't see it coming."
Satisfied that she's solved the mystery, Gabrielle tips the goblet back and tries to drink... but the old dribble goblet gag has finally caught up to her and the wine runs out both sides of her mouth and down her chest.
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_362cd.htm
Xena: (A Cheshire cat grin nearly splits her face!) "Nor that. Now, we're even."
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1854.jpg
Gabrielle: [Laughs as she wipes her face and chest]
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1858.jpg
Xena: "Here, give me that." (She takes the goblet as Gabrielle looks chagrined at finally falling for the gag.)
Xena: "I want you to close your eyes."
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1875.jpg
Gabrielle: "No."
She may be blonde, but after all these years she's far from foolish!
Xena: [Laughing at Gabrielle's response] "Trust me, please."
Xena looks soooo sincere here, unfortunately "my" screencaptors missed the "best" version of her pleading face.
Gabrielle: [Laughing as she wipes the wine from her chin]: " No."
Fool me once, shame on you... fool me TWICE, shame on me!
Xena: (Her voice is getting softer with each request) "Close your eyes."
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_365cd.htm
She can be soooo sweet sometimes, can't she. Gabrielle closes her eyes, but you can tell she's still not sure about this course of action.
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_366cd.htm
Xena reaches behind her and lays a scroll across her lap. Gabrielle opens her eyes... and you can tell she was NOT expecting this.
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1884.jpg
Gabrielle: "What is this?"
Xena: (She shrugs as she smiles) "Open it."
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_368cd.htm
As Gabrielle unrolls it, Xena admits where it came from.
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1896.jpg
Xena: "I had Sappho jot somethin' down for ya."
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_370cd.htm
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1904.jpg
Gabrielle: (She looks excitedly at the scroll.) "A poem? Sappho wrote a poem for me. I don't believe it. Xena... you had this planned all along, didn't you?
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_369cd.htm
Xena can not only be sweet, but she can be downright adorable when she's trying not to admit what she's done.
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1907.jpg
But adorable leads quickly to vulnerable and a touch of concern as Gabrielle starts to read the poem.
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1918.jpg
Gabrielle: There's a moment when I look at you...
And no speech is left in me.
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_376cd.htm
My tongue breaks.
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1923.jpg
Then fire races under my skin and I tremble...
And grow pale for I am dying of such love
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_377cd.htm
Or so it seems to me...
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_375cd.htm
Gabrielle: It's beautiful. (And once again she swats her friend)
http://mikes-images.com/eps/mhr/pages/mhr_mq_378cd.htm
Gabrielle laughs at the faces Xena ends up making over the flowery sentiment then Gabrielle stands up to hug Xena.
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1940.jpg
Gabrielle: This is the best birthday present I have ever had."
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1947.jpg
Xena: (In mid hug) "Aw-w-w-w. 'Course, it ain't over yet."
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1949.jpg
And Xena places that ugly golden helmet on her head one last time and with Gabrielle at her side, takes off for a flight over the bay.
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1963.jpg
Xena: (Voice far off in the distance...) "Happy birthday, Gabrielle!"
http://miroirdarc.com/xwp/s6/mhr_2/xena_s6_mhr_dArc_1967.jpg
723 seconds explains why this show was filmed.
As for me, I know why it was filmed. It was the first goodbye in a trilogy of goodbyes.
Goodbye to Aphrodite.
Goodbye to sweetness and lighthearted fun.
My friends... "This way... there be dragons."
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Some of the other 10,000 vids devoted to that final scene.. or partially inspired by it. 
I'll always love you:
Crimson & Clover:
When I looked at you:
Can't ya keep your clothes on?
The Way you looked at Me:
I'll always love you:
Crimson & Clover:
When I looked at you:
Can't ya keep your clothes on?
The Way you looked at Me:
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^^ She may not have been on LotS, but have you seen her documentary on Warrior Women?
Joan of Arc 1:
Joan of Arc 2:
Joan of Arc 1:
Joan of Arc 2:
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never seen that first vid before that was great. I love her acient <(is that right spelling?). just wrapped up season 2 sighned up for hulu and plan to watch season 3 on HULU plus. I Know lucy is doing spartacus but I would love to see her on True Blood as a vamp.
You like that kiwi accent, eh. 
I can't tell you how long it took for me to get used to hearing it, but after all the youtube interviews, it sounds normal.
Kevin (RIP) Smith's accent, on the other hand, will NEVER sound normal to me.
I can't tell you how long it took for me to get used to hearing it, but after all the youtube interviews, it sounds normal.
Kevin (RIP) Smith's accent, on the other hand, will NEVER sound normal to me.
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^^I'm sure I did in first run, but that was a long time ago.
Hmmmm.
A quick youtube run has shown me the first 6 minutes of strange bedfellows, and I MUST say... I like this part!
"No comment!"
ETA: a Xena comment.
There once was a youtube vid that did include Xena AND Janeway, but its been AWOL for a year or more.
Drat.
ETA: #2 However, I'm pleased to say that "Possum" has posted a great Xena/Janeway manip in the "How is Janeway sexy" thread. Janeway looks like she's watching the TV show on the viewscreen with Tom.
Hmmmm.
A quick youtube run has shown me the first 6 minutes of strange bedfellows, and I MUST say... I like this part!
"No comment!"
ETA: a Xena comment.
There once was a youtube vid that did include Xena AND Janeway, but its been AWOL for a year or more.
Drat.
ETA: #2 However, I'm pleased to say that "Possum" has posted a great Xena/Janeway manip in the "How is Janeway sexy" thread. Janeway looks like she's watching the TV show on the viewscreen with Tom.
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Just popping in to say "huge fan", used to call myself Xena when I first started using the 'net waaaaaaaay back when, had to stop using it as a handle cos everyone else started using it and I got fed up of trying to find a suffix ...
I had a WWXD keyring once upon a time, but it broke, and I was never able to get another one
I had a WWXD keyring once upon a time, but it broke, and I was never able to get another one
Just popping in to say "huge fan", used to call myself Xena when I first started using the 'net waaaaaaaay back when, had to stop using it as a handle cos everyone else started using it and I got fed up of trying to find a suffix ...
I had a WWXD keyring once upon a time, but it broke, and I was never able to get another one
Welcome, Spooky spice!
Pull up a chair and grab a cup and sit a while.
I have a confession to make.
I don't ALWAYS agree with the writers/directors/producers of this show.
However... I must admit that re: the next ep... "Soul Possession"... Rob Tapert and I are "as one".
In the end of the ACT III audio commentary he did with Lucy and Renee for "When Fates Collide"... he made the comment that "Many people felt the series should have ended with 'this' ep."
Renee commented that she had heard that sentiment too...
Rob laughed, "They were wrong! We had a 22 episode order." But he then admitted that there WAS an ep coming that he wished they HADN'T done... cuz in it they tried to answer questions that really didn't need to be answered.
The main positive thing about the ep, from his POV was they got to work with Kevin Smith, one more time.
ITA!
http://img1.tvloop.com/img/showpics/a2/14/l36e03a6f0001_1_19843.jpg
My main problem I had with the ep, was that it spoiled one of the prettiest/most suspensful scenes from "A Family Affair" teaser. The "Joxer throwing flowers into the lavapit" scene,
http://mikes-images.com/eps/afa/pages/afa_5_mq_019sd.htm
and Xena grabbing his wrist as she pulls herself out of it.
And... not to sound too much like Annie Day of the Joxer the Mighty Quarterly... I didn't think it was fair to repaint him as a drunken sod. Just like I know it wasn't fair to paint him as one who "never flexed a heroic muscle in his life."
There, I said it.
Sigh.
Are there things I liked?
Yeah.
Are there things that I loved?
Yeah.
Should they have skipped this entirely?
Well... it wasn't as bad as the whole "Chakotay/Seven of Nine hookup in the finale of "ST Voyager"...
But yeah.
I think they could have left us with a 21 ep season that year.
PS. the ep was directed by Josh Becker who helmed some of the funniest eps in Xena. He not only was partially responsible (IIRC) for writing the "Joxer the Mighty" song, he also helped with the Gabrielle song in Fems, Fins. Gems.
"Let me tell you a little story about Gabrielle..." Just remember to sing it to the Beverly HillBillies theme song.
ETA: I Found it!!!
Josh's photos from the set: http://www.beckerfilms.com/Xenabehindscenes.htm
I don't ALWAYS agree with the writers/directors/producers of this show.
However... I must admit that re: the next ep... "Soul Possession"... Rob Tapert and I are "as one".
In the end of the ACT III audio commentary he did with Lucy and Renee for "When Fates Collide"... he made the comment that "Many people felt the series should have ended with 'this' ep."
Renee commented that she had heard that sentiment too...
Rob laughed,
"They were wrong! We had a 22 episode order." But he then admitted that there WAS an ep coming that he wished they HADN'T done... cuz in it they tried to answer questions that really didn't need to be answered. The main positive thing about the ep, from his POV was they got to work with Kevin Smith, one more time.
ITA!
http://img1.tvloop.com/img/showpics/a2/14/l36e03a6f0001_1_19843.jpg
My main problem I had with the ep, was that it spoiled one of the prettiest/most suspensful scenes from "A Family Affair" teaser. The "Joxer throwing flowers into the lavapit" scene,
http://mikes-images.com/eps/afa/pages/afa_5_mq_019sd.htm
and Xena grabbing his wrist as she pulls herself out of it.
And... not to sound too much like Annie Day of the Joxer the Mighty Quarterly...
I didn't think it was fair to repaint him as a drunken sod. Just like I know it wasn't fair to paint him as one who "never flexed a heroic muscle in his life."There, I said it.
Sigh.
Are there things I liked?
Yeah.
Are there things that I loved?
Yeah.
Should they have skipped this entirely?
Well... it wasn't as bad as the whole "Chakotay/Seven of Nine hookup in the finale of "ST Voyager"...
But yeah.
I think they could have left us with a 21 ep season that year.
PS. the ep was directed by Josh Becker who helmed some of the funniest eps in Xena. He not only was partially responsible (IIRC) for writing the "Joxer the Mighty"
song, he also helped with the Gabrielle song in Fems, Fins. Gems. "Let me tell you a little story about Gabrielle..." Just remember to sing it to the Beverly HillBillies theme song.
ETA: I Found it!!!
Josh's photos from the set: http://www.beckerfilms.com/Xenabehindscenes.htm
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Hmmmm.
Are you perhaps referring to THIS ep?
Although, to be honest, this is one time I have to agree with MINYA!
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Oh my.
I think I know why there are no commentaries on the newest Xena DVDs.
Scroll down this Q&A with Rob Tapert from 2007 and check out question # 9.
http://talkingxena.yuku.com/topic/754/t/20-ANSWERS-FROM-ROB-TAPERT.html
I'm only through 14 of 80, so don't know what else we'll find as we go.
ETA: I love the answer to #67!!!!
I think I know why there are no commentaries on the newest Xena DVDs.
Scroll down this Q&A with Rob Tapert from 2007 and check out question # 9.
http://talkingxena.yuku.com/topic/754/t/20-ANSWERS-FROM-ROB-TAPERT.html
I'm only through 14 of 80, so don't know what else we'll find as we go.
ETA: I love the answer to #67!!!!
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Welcome, Spooky spice!
Pull up a chair and grab a cup and sit a while.
Thank you!
It's been yonks since I watched the show, I've never managed to catch any repeats, I might have to buy the DVDs!
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