Re: Does Xena work as an antidepressant? Or boost your philosophy?

feeds@yuku.com (LadyKate63) — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:30:14 GMT

I think everyone knows that X:WP was not meant to be an accurate picture of ancient Greece or the ancient Rome -- it was a fantasy world. In some ways its representation of Greece assumed far more lawlessness than actually existed, in other ways it posited far more modern moral standards. In Xenaverse, slavery seems to be unlawful in most Greek city-states (when in fact there wasn't a single part of ancient Greece that did not practice slavery), women are relatively equal (if you really...

Re: Does Xena work as an antidepressant? Or boost your philosophy?

feeds@yuku.com (athenasword) — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:48:15 GMT

CharmedDarling wrote:
In that time in history the "law" truly was no better than Xena, it was about power and the only reason they would search her out for capture would have been because she was a threat to thier power.

If you mean what ancient Greece was supposed to be like, nothing could be farther from the truth. Greece prided itself on a justice system meant to stretch to all levels of the population...

Re: Does Xena work as an antidepressant? Or boost your philosophy?

feeds@yuku.com (CharmedDarling) — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:55:01 GMT

Wow this is an extremly interesting thread, not sure where to start Xena is so much to so many.

To athenassword though I see your point take away television license and what not in that time and place it was truly kill or be killed. Did Xena go to far? Maybe. Was it right? In her mind yes, her thoughts were of protecting her home and she truly believed to do that was to rule Greece and the known world. Egotistical?...

Re: Does Xena work as an antidepressant? Or boost your philosophy?

feeds@yuku.com (panda2oo5) — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:08:58 GMT

Sometimes I feel crazy because just thinking about Xena(the show) makes me happy somehow. I see Xena in EVERYTHING, because the themes in the show represents so many aspects of the human condition. Whenever i'm really down, I just pop in my favorite episode and I escape reality to new world to visit some old some old friends(yes, I know this is crazy but isn't that why we're all here?). The show is like a security blanket, and I feel totally comfortable. I can suspend reality for...

Re: Does Xena work as an antidepressant? Or boost your philosophy?

feeds@yuku.com (faith102) — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:51:35 GMT

for me its a bit of both .. i'd like to think dat there is Reincarnation .. i know this has notting to do wit it but i recently read a book about Reincarnation and souls it was very interesting for those that belive i would recamend reading "echo's of the soul" it answers a lot of questions .. but thats just my view .. what i do belive is that every one has that one person there ment to be with ..

Re: Does Xena work as an antidepressant? Or boost your philosophy?

feeds@yuku.com (xenawp7706) — Tue, 13 May 2008 07:13:06 GMT

Well simply I am spiritual person, and I like things that speaks about a spiritual search, I actually find very interesting the Reincarnation issue.

Re: Does Xena work as an antidepressant? Or boost your philosophy?

feeds@yuku.com (LadyKate63) — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:52:44 GMT

athenasword said:

Xena is a killer. She admits it, and she feels remorse for it. She really doesn't deserve a series wandering the world, she deserves to be in prison rotting away, denied the enjoyment of the world changing and evolving around her. She does not merit freedom to do as she pleases, regardless of the nobility of her actions. She can't say that she reserves the right to evade the justice system, but work on...

Re: Does Xena work as an antidepressant? Or boost your philosophy?

feeds@yuku.com (faith102) — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:45:53 GMT

ya i agree with meaurel its nice to see you can trust people so much on here that you can tell an personal storty .. well done to you kudos my friend

Re: Does Xena work as an antidepressant? Or boost your philosophy?

feeds@yuku.com (meaurel) — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:11:53 GMT

DeborahKizzy - Its not stupid at all.
Its nice to see you open up a bit.

I know what you mean, there are two replys I have to reply to, but tis ebcause I know its gonna take a long time to come with the correct answer.

Re: Does Xena work as an antidepressant? Or boost your philosophy?

feeds@yuku.com (DeborahKizzy) — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:43:04 GMT

Whats taken me so long to get to this thread!
Anyway, now that I'm here. This is a great subject!
Now I have to warn you, in the following reply I may get depressing and deep and times hehe I can't help it.
I think I've told this story before. But I'll tell it again anyway.

I found Xena at the best possible time for me. I was about 10 or 11 when I really got into the show and began buying the box sets. I had just been treated for depression at the...

Re: Does Xena work as an antidepressant? Or boost your philosophy?

feeds@yuku.com (athenasword) — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:16:54 GMT

Maybe it's because I have a hard time transcribing Xena into a contemporary philosophy.

Xena is a killer. She admits it, and she feels remorse for it. She really doesn't deserve a series wandering the world, she deserves to be in prison rotting away, denied the enjoyment of the world changing and evolving around her. She does not merit freedom to do as she pleases, regardless of the nobility of her actions. She can't say that she reserves the right to evade the justice...

Re: Does Xena work as an antidepressant? Or boost your philosophy?

feeds@yuku.com (elsieaustin) — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:22:25 GMT

Oh, I'm curious, XWp...if you'd care to elaborate, I'm all ears!

athenasword:

Throughout the series I kept asking why, if she felt she could never atone, did she bother fighting for good? What gives her the right to walk freely in the world swinging a sword against the same people she used to ride with?

Good answer, LK:

I don't think she doesn't want forgiveness so much as she knows she...

Re: Does Xena work as an antidepressant? Or boost your philosophy?

feeds@yuku.com (athenasword) — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:28:59 GMT

I thought that people would love BTL because it was the first time we learned concretely that X and G are forever bonded, not just as was speculated in the UberXena episodes like Scrolls and Deja Vu. They are permanently and inseparably linked to find each other somewhere again down the road, stuck with and to each other forever and ever. I thought that was TPTB's final say on the matter, that it wasn't just a one-off because they were in India and glimpsed their karma.

I...

Re: Does Xena work as an antidepressant? Or boost your philosophy?

feeds@yuku.com (xenawp7706) — Mon, 12 May 2008 07:22:48 GMT

I think the Indian arc was the best arc they ever did on Xena. It was more spiritual and it gave me an thrust to search more about myself

Re: Does Xena work as an antidepressant? Or boost your philosophy?

feeds@yuku.com (LadyKate63) — Mon, 12 May 2008 05:38:20 GMT

Fair enough.

Would be a dull world if we all liked the same things!

Re: Does Xena work as an antidepressant? Or boost your philosophy?

feeds@yuku.com (meaurel) — Mon, 12 May 2008 05:27:25 GMT

LadyKate63 - reading my own ideas into it. =)

yeah, we all like different things and we all are annoyed by different things. I know that for ex. "Between the lines" is a very unpopular episode. Never the less I like it.. But I remember first time I watched it I was annoyed (I caught it on a german channel years ago) because of the whole reincarnation thing. But we all change.

Re: Does Xena work as an antidepressant? Or boost your philosophy?

feeds@yuku.com (LadyKate63) — Mon, 12 May 2008 04:03:06 GMT

Oh, don't worry about your English, meaurel. You know, if the India arc works for you on a spiritual level, that's fine ... far be it from me to criticize that.

However ...

I really loved the India arc because it gave me some spiritual insight, and it inspired me to believe in what I feel deep inside. I think "The one true path" is following ones heart, and as long as you are...

Re: Does Xena work as an antidepressant? Or boost your philosophy?

feeds@yuku.com (meaurel) — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:23:05 GMT

LadyKate63 wrote:

It's interesting that you view S4 that way. Because I actually found the India arc very annoying in that respect -- to me it seemed to say that there can be only one "true path" for every one of us, and if you end up choosing and following something that's "the wrong path" that's disastrously bad. I think that's way too simplistic.

Its...

Re: Does Xena work as an antidepressant? Or boost your philosophy?

feeds@yuku.com (meaurel) — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:17:23 GMT

LadyKate63 wrote:

It's a wonder she never got ulcers.

Are you so sure?

Anyway, that's interesting that you see Xena's personal philosophy in such negative terms. I don't think she doesn't want forgiveness so much as she knows she can't really have it -- most of her...

Re: Does Xena work as an antidepressant? Or boost your philosophy?

feeds@yuku.com (LadyKate63) — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:40:48 GMT

Just wanted to comment on an earlier post:

pops29 said:

I know what you mean, season four had a big impact on me
Let me explain I was, for a long time wondering if we were all meant to be someone if our path was already settled or not..
I was wondering what I was supposed to do in the future and I was very unsure of what to do, if it'd be better to choose this or that, what if I made the wrong choices ?...

Does Xena work as an antidepressant? Or boost your philosophy?

feeds@yuku.com (meaurel) — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:24:47 GMT

I've so far read a few topics, where people state that Xena has helped them when being down, and that it was a great thing, when you were feeling bad to watch Xena.
When I'm at my worse, I medicate myself with a DVD, and I've found that watching an episode or two, make a huge difference.

I don't know if its the humour. I don't know if its becaue all the good people have blue eyes, and all the mean have brown, the details, the green forests and blue skyes, or...