From: davideml@bellsouth.net   
      
   "Lilah Morgan"  wrote in message   
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   > Well Gabrielle's reaction to having killed is not going over well with her.   
   > Go fig ;-)  Though as the commentary on this ep from Rate-A-Xena said, it   
   > was her trust in people that got so thoroughly betrayed(by   
   > Khrastafar/Meridian) that probably was more damaging. I think that's why she   
   > decided Hope was good. It was her way of coping with the events of The   
   > Deliverer. Hope being good meant Gabrielle could go in la la land 'bout   
   > killing someone and having her trust in people betrayed, since it gave her a   
   > 'child of the light'. "Hey look, my child is going to bring about world   
   > peace and end poverty/hunger/sickness, blah blah blah. True I had to kill   
   > someone and get toasted, but hey look, she's pure goodness!". If she   
   > believes Xena, then the hell she just went through was nothing compared to   
   > the hell she just unleashed on the world. And her goodness that Xena and the   
   > knights mentioned, it's nothing and can't overcome evil. It's the same as   
   > saying she's evil. So of course she's going to take an Egyptian river   
   > cruise...it's the safest place her for right now, as far as she can see.   
   >   
   >   
           As far as Gabrielle's over-protectiveness of Hope, I always felt that   
   she was still under   
   Dahak's influence just by her physical closeness to Hope. Of course   
   Gabrielle's eternal sunshiny   
   attitude of always looking for the good in everyone could also be a factor.   
   One that was exploited   
   by Dahak.   
           Just my opinion.   
      
   David   
      
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