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   "Lilah Morgan"  wrote in message   
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   > "Ahroo"  wrote in message   
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   >> > It is night and there are twin funeral pyres, one for Solan and one for   
   >> > Hope. Ephiny is singing a funeral dirge.   
   >>   
   >> When I first watched this episode (and even now), I wasn't sure who the   
   >> second pyre was for - Hope or Kaleipus. I find it hard to believe that   
   > Xena   
   >> would allow a pyre, where the dead are honored and dirges sung for them,   
   > to   
   >> exist for Hope side-by-side with Solan's. She regards Hope as the evil one   
   >> responsible for the death of her son, so how could she possibly stand for   
   >> Hope having a pyre at this time and location? And I find it hard to   
   > believe   
   >> that the Amazons and Centaurs would go for it either, since Hope was a   
   >> threat to the children of their villages. It makes more sense that they   
   >> would have a pyre for Kaleipus, an honored member of their society. I   
   > could   
   >> see Gabby wanting a pyre for Hope, but I can't see anyone agreeing to do   
   > so.   
   >   
   > Well I'm guessing they didn't tell anyone 'bout "Fayla's" real identity/part   
   > in all this, because it was too painful to speak of. Either that, or the   
   > fact of no one wanting Hope honored was ignored by the PTB because the scene   
   > just wouldn't have been the same with just Solan's pyre, and I'm guessing,   
   > not sure though, that Kaliepus' funeral was already over. I just had a   
   > feeling that when Solan asked Xena if he could go with her, that it was just   
   > after Kaliepus' funeral. It was Hope on the pyre though, as the Hercules ep   
   > that plays off this one proves. Maybe since it was Ephiny singing the dirge,   
   > Gabrielle pulled rank with her Amazon royalty status to have it done?   
   >   
   >   
                I doubt if Xena would have allowed Hope to be next to Solan. And   
   if Gabrielle wanted   
   one for her, I'm sure Xena would have let everyone know it was Hope who killed   
   Solan. I'm pretty   
   sure it was Kaliepus.   
      
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