meme from selenak

[frayadjacent]

Comment with one of my fandoms, and I'll tell you:

the character I least understand
interactions I enjoyed the most
the character who scares me the most
the character who is mostly like me
hottest looks character
one thing I dislike about my fave character
one thing I like about my hated character
a quote or scene that haunts me
a death that left me indifferent
a character I wish died but didn’t
my ship that never sailed

Comments

[parcequelle]

I'll play! If you do Person of Interest for the above one, I'll say Xena! :D

[frayadjacent]

Finally! Sorry this took so long, but I'm pleased to do it for my beloved Xena.

the character I least understand
Hmmm, probably Ephiny. I liked her, and wanted to get to know her better. I wish the show had given me the chance, but all the open-minded Amazons are always getting killed off!

interactions I enjoyed the most
Xena and Gabrielle declaring their love for each other in, like, every episode.

the character who scares me the most
Callisto, I guess?

the character who is most like me
Hmmm. I don't think I'm much like any of them, but younger me might have been a lot like Gabrielle.

hottest looking character
Najara. Especially when she wears a cloak. Also Xena in different battle gear, and/or a cloak.

one thing I dislike about my fave character
Huh, I'm not even sure who my fave character is? Gabrielle is the character whose arc I find most fascinating, but I'm not sure I actually love her more than I love Xena. Well, let's just say it's Gabrielle: I was deeply, profoundly upset by her betrayal of Xena in The Debt. I mean, it's central to a huge arc for her, and she Learns Better, but it casts a lot of doubts her role as Xena's moral compass.

one thing I like about my hated character
There's a list of young, hot-headed, hide-bound Amazons that annoy me to all hell, then learn better and become great. Amarice is the most prominent example but I know there was at least one more later on. I came to like her a lot, just in time for her to get killed.

a quote or scene that haunts me
In a good way: Xena's visions of Gabrielle's death throughout Season 4. (How did they pull of the haircut?)

In a bad way: everything to do with the cannibals in The Abyss. From the gruesome, sickening processing of Gabrielle to the racist coding of indigenous cannibals to Xena killing ALL OF THEM (i.e. committing genocide). The Xena/Gabrielle content in that episode is *wonderful*, I love it dearly. But the cannibal stuff is unwatchable.

a death that left me indifferent
None that I can recall, although there were many. Probably there was one or two I didn't care about. (But even saying "thank fucking god they are finally dead" is not indifference.)

a character I wish died but didn’t
I wanted Ares dead after Soul Possession

my ship that never sailed
My main ship is Xena/Gabrielle, and I am declaring it 100% out on the open seas. However, I also kinda ship M'Lila and Lao Ma -- a direct consequence of making a vid. I want someone to write an AU fic where they meet and bond over how OTT Xena is and fall in love and don't die.

[parcequelle]

Aaaah, I agree with basically all of this! The Abyss was just awful; I remember waiting until I'd seen all of S6 before going back to watch it and then feeling like even the Xena/Gabrielle content wasn't enough to justify the horror that was the rest of it. It was just so violently unnecessary and offensive! Ugh. Makes me mad to even think about it. I agree with you about the Amazons, too. I remember wishing there had been more on the Eve/Varia dynamic, and also being sorry that Ephiny wasn't better written. It took me until the second or third rewatch to really like her.

NAJARAAAAAAAA, lord, she was so hot. She bugged me like hell but she was great to look at, ha. And I too wished Ares dead, but even earlier than Soul Possession. Ares was pretty erratically scripted, I always thought.

I also have trouble with The Debt, even now. We rewatched that arc recently and it was even more incomprehensible to me this time around. I just can't believe Gabrielle would ever have done that. Still, I was always so very glad that Xena really did kill Ming T'ien. I loved Lao Ma so much! I've always wanted to read a Lao Ma/Xena epic that explores their love and how it changed Xena, but I would so very much be there for M'Lila/Lao Ma too!