From: philippa@nospam.net   
      
   On 30/10/2008 04:14, Morgoth's Curse wrote:   
   > On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:44:54 -0400, "David E. Milligan"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>> Even Steven Sears, who wrote for 'Xena' in the beginning, said at the   
   Creation convention in   
   >>> London this May that Xena would have died if he'd still been writing   
   episodes in season 6.   
   >>        I still don't understand why this was necessary. The entire series   
   was about her trying to   
   >> atone for all her Evil-Xena actions. And despite all the good she had done,   
   and all the people she   
   >> had helped, and all the wrongs she had righted, there was still so much   
   that needed doing (trying   
   >> to counteract Ares and his plans for world peace through war, for example).   
   >>        How does being dead accomplish this?   
      
   It was [according to Steven, anyway] a reflection of the old   
   Greek myths and tragedies. Sometimes the hero has to die. For   
   him, the whole tale was as much about Gabrielle's journey as it   
   was Xena's.   
      
   His 6th season scenario would have been a lead-up to the Xena   
   version of Armageddon, with the mother and father of all battles   
   at the end. By that time, Xena would know [at least privately]   
   that Gabrielle was the best hope for the future of mankind. So,   
   he envisioned her giving her life to save Gabrielle. At the end,   
   all the survivors would turn to Gabrielle and ask her to help   
   them. And, just behind the new leader would be the shadowy   
   ghostly figure of Xena, with her hand on Gabby's shoulder.   
      
   P.   
      
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