From: davideml@bellsouth.net   
      
   "Lilah Morgan"  wrote in message   
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   > < quick to "make up" after Lao Ma left them alone.) I think she was just mad   
   > as hell about his betrayal and just wanted to beat on him until she was   
   > satsfied he'd been punished enough. Or until she was too tired.>>   
   >   
   > Oh I have no problem believing she hated him then. Remember this is the Xena   
   > fresh off Caesar's betrayal, who went east "to lose myself in vengeance, not   
   > against Caesar, but the entire human race"(I think that's word for word).   
   > Being betrayed by Borias so soon after that would trigger some serious   
   > rage/hate in Xena. As for her making up with him so quick, I think it was   
   > part A: Xena was still very happy about having her legs back in full form,   
   > so after being knocked out by Lao Ma and having her rage temporarily   
   > blocked, she was more forgiving, and B: she still wanted to conquer Chin,   
   > and she needed Borias for that. Good ol' Xena, always willing to go that   
   > extra mile to get what she wants ;-)   
   >   
   >   
           Both good points.   Point B   makes a lot of sense.  Still not   
   entirely convinced about   
   Point A, though.   
      
   > < much alike!  There would be no way Xena could have ever surpassed Gabrielle   
   > in power and inner strength. And what influence Gab could have been on Xena   
   > if she had that spirituality when the first met! And how much she could have   
   > taught Xena about controlling her anger and hatred. Innocence and   
   > helplessness can only do so much.>>   
   >   
   > Yeah that would have been cool to see Gabrielle with Lao Ma's   
   > spirituality/powers. Would have helped out alot, and the whole Dahak/Hope   
   > thing never would have happened, because Gabrielle never would have needed   
   > to kill Meridian, she could have just telekinetically knocked her into a   
   > wall, and freed Khrafstar. Though I don't think a Lao Ma-ish Gabrielle would   
   > have been fooled by him in the first place, given that Lao Ma herself said   
   > she had 'gifted...or cursed...with the ability to see into other's   
   > souls"(again I think that's pretty close to word for word. And she and   
   > Gabrielle both saw Xena's potential as a hero). Anyways, so Solan would   
   > still be alive too, as would Kaliepus, and Callisto never would have been   
   > released from the lava. But on the other hand, we never would have gotten to   
   > see Gabrielle's development over the years. And she might not have become an   
   > Amazon, because Gabrielle might have been able to save Terreis then, so no   
   > rite of caste business. Which means she and Xena would probably have gotten   
   > past Amazon territory before war broke out with the centaurs/amazons thanks   
   > to Krykus. And no Amazons, well the show wouldn't have been the same :-)   
   >   
   >   
           Obviously the stories wouldn't have been the same ones, but that   
   doesn't necessarily mean   
   they wouldn't have been just as good, just --- different.   
           And if they really wanted to kill off Solan and blame Gabrielle, there   
   would have been a   
   way to do it. (I was never a big Solan fan anyway)  And any of the plots you   
   mentioned could also   
   have happened, but not the way they did.   
      
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