it's not the violence that attracts Gabrielle, it's that devilish grin, that freedom.
YES. Ugh Gabrielle, I love her arc so much.
I love your reading of the water stuff. I had been thinking of it mainly along the lines of representing peaceful stillness and life-giving/affirming at first, but then bringing its own chaos and violence. But your addition that "it's also more thoughtful, more changeable; less simple joy and quick decisions. It's a more complex element capable of many states" is incredibly apt for Gabrielle, especially circa S5 & S6 (after she abandons pacifism and chooses life with Xena and all it entails).
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it's not the violence that attracts Gabrielle, it's that devilish grin, that freedom.
YES. Ugh Gabrielle, I love her arc so much.
I love your reading of the water stuff. I had been thinking of it mainly along the lines of representing peaceful stillness and life-giving/affirming at first, but then bringing its own chaos and violence. But your addition that "it's also more thoughtful, more changeable; less simple joy and quick decisions. It's a more complex element capable of many states" is incredibly apt for Gabrielle, especially circa S5 & S6 (after she abandons pacifism and chooses life with Xena and all it entails).