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   "Lilah Morgan"  wrote in message   
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   > <<"David E. Milligan"  wrote in message   
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   > And I get the feeling that no matter what the argument, Gab will always feel   
   > there might have been something else she could have, SHOULD have done, other   
   > than take a life. I don't think she will ever feel it was anything but HER   
   > decision, even in the heat of the moment.   
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   > I feel that her lying about Hope not really being dead will have more   
   > serious consequences than anything Gab may do as a result of killing   
   > Meridian.   
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   > I just LOVE this show!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!   
   > : - D  >>   
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   > Yeah, guilt sucks that way. And thinking about it more, I think Xena's guilt   
   > is much the same way. She should have destroyed the temple, she should have   
   > listened to Ares. To me, the real reason she blamed herself is that   
   > everyone(especially Gabrielle) tends to think of Xena as a hero(which I   
   > think she is), and heroes aren't supposed to have flaws(at least from Xena's   
   > POV). But Xena's human. She blames herself because she failed to live up to   
   > what she thinks everyone expects of her. She should have known Khrafastar   
   > was evil,   
      
           A very good point.   
      
   > she should have trusted Ares on that.   
      
           I can understand her reluctance (and refusal) to believe Ares. Too   
   many times he's proven   
   to her he can't be trusted.   
      
   > Because Xena tends to be   
   > able to spot a bad apple, having been one herself. She knew King Gregor's   
   > military guy was bad, she knew which of the 'Dirty Half Dozen' would betray   
   > her, etc...yet she didn't have any clue about Khrafstar.   
      
       Maybe she was watching Gabrielle and him together and saw nothing evil in   
   the way he talked to,   
   and acted toward, her.   
      
   > Which again I think   
   > is the root of her guilt. She's human, she makes mistakes. But this mistake   
   > put Gabrielle through hell, so that's why she became so willing to accept   
   > guilt, in a way wanting to take it away from Gabrielle. And I love XWP too.   
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