From: davideml@bellsouth.net   
      
   "Lilah Morgan"  wrote in message   
   news:1Y34i.17388$3P3.17137@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...   
   > "David E. Milligan"  wrote in message   
   > news:w824i.5411$KC4.3410@bignews6.bellsouth.net...   
   >> 3-11 Maternal Instincts   
   >   
   >> But I wonder how it was that Callisto showed up but not Velasca. You would   
   > think that Hope would   
   >> want all the help she could get. Maybe she only had enough power to free   
   > one of them and Callisto   
   >> seemed to be the best candidate.   
   >   
   > I wondered that too, but I figured A: Melinda Clarke was unavailable, and B:   
   > Velasca just didn't have the same emotional impact on X/G that Callisto   
   > does. And Hope most likely knew that, and that Callisto only wanted to make   
   > Xena suffer, whereas Velasca...she's a loose cannon who might just kill   
   > Hope. Plus Velasca wanted to kill Gabrielle, and apparently Hope doesn't   
   > want Mommy hurt(she did want Gabrielle to leave with her before the showdown   
   > in the village with Callisto happened).   
   >   
      
           A good point I hadn't considered. You're right, Velasca IS way too   
   much of a loose cannon.   
   And Hope probably couldn't control Velasca like she could Callisto with   
   threats of Dahak. Velasca   
   wouldn't care just as long as she could kill Gabrielle (and anyone else she   
   had a mind to).   
      
   >> And speaking of Hope - the little girl who played her did an excellent job   
   > of  it. She nailed it   
   >> perfectly!   
   >   
   > Yes she did!   
   >   
   >> And of course Lucy and Renee both deserved Emmys. So much emotion on their   
   > faces and in their eyes!   
   >   
   > Was there ever any doubt? :-)   
   >   
   >> I would have thought that when Xena saw Gabrielle with the newly-dead Hope   
   > she would have had a bit   
   >> of compassion for the pain Gabrielle was feeling, but I guess she was   
   > still too angry about   
   >> Gabrielle's lying to her and Solan's death.   
   >   
   > I think she did have some compassion for Gabrielle, but as mentioned, the   
   > revelation of Gabrielle's betrayal about Hope and it leading to Solan's   
   > death and Xena's grief over losing her son was only hours old.   
   >   
   >> The ending with the twin funeral pyres was perfect. Even knowing she   
   > killed Hope, Gabrielle's   
   >> remorse was only for her betrayal of Xena and the death of Solan. And her   
   > "I love you Xena" was   
   >> about all she could say.   
   >>   
   >> At first I almost thought that the final burst of tears from Xena was   
   > because she knew she was also   
   >> losing Gabrielle. But on second thought, probably she was still blaming   
   > Gabrielle for Solan's death   
   >> and she felt nothing but hatred and contempt for her.   
   >   
   > Oh she did blame Gabrielle, but it didn't change the fact X/G still loved   
   > each other. And I think that's the reason Xena was crying. She most likely   
   > just saw Solan's dead body every time she looks at Gabrielle now, and even   
   > knowing that A: Gabrielle protected Hope out of love, and would NEVER have   
   > wanted Solan dead or Hope to live knowing she was unrepentingly evil, it   
   > still doesn't change the fact that Hope killed Solan because Gabrielle let   
   > her live, deceiving Xena in the process. Xena still loves Gabrielle, but   
   > she's got a lot of grief and betrayal issues to work through.   
   >   
   >   
           Like a lot of issues -- they have to get worse before they can get   
   better.   
      
   > Other thoughts:   
   > Xena's screams over Solan's death...that's a sound that'll stick with   
   > you...no matter how many times you watch that scene, it's still VERY raw   
   > emotionally. And speaking of his death, HOW did Hope kill Solan?! Using her   
   > powers weakens her(for big stuff like killing Kaliepus, the hairbrush didn't   
   > do much). She wasn't weak after killing Solan, and there was no blood or   
   > bruises on Solan that I saw. He looked untouched, just dead.   
      
           Maybe it was as simple, and as easy, as stopping his heart. No real   
   strength needed for   
   that.   
      
   > And when Hope   
   > gives Xena Callisto's message that "She knows your little secret, and she'll   
   > take it to the grave.", they all start talking about Solan and where to hide   
   > him when Hope is only a few feet away. That's f'in brilliant! Yeah start   
   > giving all your plans away...   
   >   
           Either at that time they saw Fayla as no threat, just a scared little   
   girl, or Hope was   
   able to use a bit of mind control to make them mostly forget she was there.   
      
           One quote from Callisto I thought was great, but forgot to mention   
   earlier -- "Flesh of   
   your flesh, bone of your bone, blood of your blood... I can't wait to see all   
   that."   
               Callisto's one evil biatch!!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)