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Watched Waiting In The Wings this morning getting ready for work.

Poor Angel - the hopeful, soft look on his face when he approached Cordy in the hotel, stumbling while trying to tell her how he feels -

the utter stupidity of having Groo show up.

A brilliant writer like Joss shouldn't have to resort to soap-like plot devices for shock. The only thing I could think of is Groo was there to get Cordy away from LA, so that Wes would have absolutely no one to turn to, so he could kidnap Connor and change everyone's lives.

If I didn't wank it the way I did, I coudln't watch Ats beyond the third season.

Angel shoulda cold-cocked Groo, grabbed Cordelia and lock them both up in his room so he could kiss her to her senses.

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Hi!

First off, the icon has nothing to do with our talk, but I'm crushing on him right now, so I like to use it.

I'm so very flattered that you remembered my posts enough to respond. I'd love to talk X/A and I've lurked at your board for a few months now, off and on. I also found some excellent X/A fic, including Equal to the Gods. I loved it, read it all in one night. No one came off looking better or worse than anyone else, and you treated Xena's relationship with Gabby just as importantly as the one with Ares, which I appreciated.

I'm a rare bird, I believed in both ships. I thought what fulfilled Xena in her relationship with Gab was different than the needs that Ares filled. In The God Who Loved Her, you mentioned Gabrielle's light as opposed to Ares dark, and I thought that was the best description ever as to why these two were so significant to Xena in different but important ways. I never had a problem believing that Xena loved them both. But since I personally felt the show spent more time on X/G, X/A became my favorite thing to root for, especially during the 5th and 6th seasons. I loved that she could always sense him, that even when he was doing his worse, she was still drawn to him, and that she could never kill him.

But I've been removed from the Xenaverse since FIN. That last episode scarred me but good. Since the episode before Callisto, when Xena was poisoned by that dart that slowly paralyzed her and she had to fight off those men while succumbing to the effects of the drug and the way Salmoneus found her afterwards, I knew it was foreshadowing the way she'd die. Warriors like Xena don't die of old age, they die as warriors, so I sort of had prepared myself for that inevitability but I wasn't prepared for the execution, literally, and the reasoning. I only ever wrote two ficlets in the Xenaverse and couldn't write anymore after. It was too sad.

So let's talk! And I'll register at the board tomorrow:)

Wow, I'm so honored. :) Both that you've been to the board and that you've read my fanfic. Actually I noticed that in your post touching on X/A you said that you weren't too interested in X/A fanfic because you felt that the show had taken the relationship as far as I could go, and I was wondering if I could change your mind on that. ;) Not purely in a self-serving way, mind you, I would recommend some great X/A fanfic by other writers. But I'm very, very flattered by your comments about Equal to the Gods.

I'm very sorry that AFIN caused you to withdraw from the Xena fandom. Personally, I found the finale to be very unsatisfying, particularly in the reasoning for Xena's staying dead, but I never felt much emotional connection to the finale (perhaps because by the time I saw it, I had been inured by a week of hysteria at what was then the largest Xena fan forum), and so I never quite felt that "this is what 'really' happened to Xena." I don't know if you noticed

Actually, we have an intersting thread about the finale:

Have your opinions changed? (http://p209.ezboard.com/fxwpwebfrm32.showMessage?topicID=7282.topic)

And another good thread:

Xena/Gabrielle/Ares (http://p209.ezboard.com/fxwpwebfrm127.showMessage?topicID=3.topic)

We also have an interesting X/A thread that's still active:

Did Xena love Ares? (http://p209.ezboard.com/fxwpwebfrm32.showMessage?topicID=7184.topic)

but I'm almost hesitant to recommend that one becaue at one point, things in it got a bit hairy. We're generally not like that though, and it did calm down rather quickly with mod intervention.

Anyway, I hope you do join up. I assume you know the drill -- get an EZboard username, then try to make a post on the board whle logged in; it'll take you to a membership application page, then click "apply" and you'll be approved. See you there!

Don't worry about hairy talks, I've seen plenty fur fly in the Buffyverse so it doesn't scare me off. Every fandom has their kerfuffles - a side effect of fandom love.

When I said I didn't read X/A fic, it wasn't a steadfast rule. For a long time, I couldn't find any fic on X/A - but I didn't try that hard to find any because the show kept giving me what I wanted. That's not to say I don't enjoy the hell out of a well-written, well-characterized multi chapter story of one of the most fascinating aspects of that particular threesome. I like fic that doesn't try and 'fix' a certain aspect of something the writer didn't like, but ones that expands and builds what the show's already established. Yours did just that, and I adored it.
Also, except for Lunacy's fanfic reviews, I stayed away from the fandom for years and it wasn't until I had a dream about Ares last Feb. that I started to want X/A fic, and went looking for it. I guess enough time had passed that I could 'deal' with the ending - mostly by ignoring it. LOL!

I read through some of the threads you linked me to. They're fun and on the whole, everyone seems to want to take the mature approach to things, which is refreshing.

And now I find myself wanting a couple of X/A icons.

Hey,

Sorry about the lack of response, I've been very busy with other stuff (RL and Xenaverse). Hopefully we can catch up soon! So, are you thinking of weighing in on those or other threads? Have you got a handle yet?

Oops, sorry, that was my post before--didn't realize I never signed in... LOL! If you're looking for good X/A icons I'm sure I can point you toward a few.

Hiya!

Yup, I registered the other day as Aresbitch and I found a great icon.

I haven't commented yet though, waiting for this weekend to do that. Thank you so much for inviting me. I can't wait to talk about X/A.

Hee!

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