Thank you!! I'm so happy that the water/fire stuff came through clearly!

The montage about Xena's charm? Oh, that's poignant, given where this vid goes: Gabrielle seeing the laughter instead of the sword.

YES. When I was clipping for this, I was struck by how, at the beginning of the series, Gab was not a pacifist at all. She wanted to go on adventures and become just like Xena! Then she realized "shit -- this is not as awesome as I thought." And yet by the end of the show, she does become a lot like Xena. And I think she loses some of herself in the process, even as she gains so much as well. And it's a choice she makes, in the end, with her eyes open, because she knows that if she wants to live her life with Xena, she's going to have to become someone she doesn't entirely want to be.

Ugh, my feelings.

I especially love how you drew out the ongoing theme of blood-innocence: the virginity that matters in this show is whether or not you're taken a life

Eeeee, I was thinking specifically of you, and some of our converstations about Xena a while back, when I worked on those parts. So glad it worked for you!! :D :D