THE QUILL IS MIGHTIER... DISCUSSION POST
I've been absent, sorry. Shit happens eh? I'm back now:) and this is one of my fave eps.
It's absolutely ridiculous, but I adore it. And NOT just because of the 3 naked gabrielles, although that is a highlight.;)
In preparation for this episode, pull up a comfy chair, grab a drink, and throw logic out the window cuz it's gonna be a bumpy ride.
Ah, nothing like some random graffiti. Although, I'm glad we're in Aphrodite's temple, I like her. And who doesn't love ares?
And who doesn't love it when the camera swings around to make it look like two melons on a table are big boobies on the god of war?
Ares is trying a new tactic. Can't get at the warrior princess, go after the "irritating blonde." And oh man, I fell just a little bit more in love with gabrielle(ok a LOT) after this whole bit about the scroll. I think it's really during this episode that Aphrodite begins her love affair for gabrielle.
I think best joke of the episode goes to "awoke with a jerk" and she wakes up with joxer. Although, the sword deflecting abs…it sends a tingle through my entire body.
Ya know what, I think I'm gonna start paying attention to how long it takes them to give us a gabby up skirt. Cuz I KNOW it happens in season 6, but I'm curious now.
I love joxer waking up and it looks like his head on gab's abs. stupidly hilarious.
Damn renee, she's got some guns.
Damn it all. I know I've seen that sword before. I think it was on herc though.
Watch out man, the gay warrior is a-comin for you.
I think it like this episode because it makes such great use of language. It exemplifies the importance of words.
Aside from the surfer lingo, I think that the xena writers really nailed the personality of the goddess of love. I mean, think about it; love makes fools of us all. And tell me you haven't experienced or seen something, a couple in love, and didn't think whoa, love had to be playing a joke on someone with that one.
Echinacea. It's actually a homeopathic plant used to help prevent colds.
I love that as war loses all its powers ares just falls out of the sky. Where WAS he? And where was Aphrodite? Seriously, what the hell do these gods do all day?
Omg, I love that when joxer says something that actually makes sense gabrielle is utterly surprised.
That little telescope device was used in orphan of war. And well, this town is pretty much every town in the series.
Well gabby, you gave it a good shot, you described xena to a T, cept the whole whip of xena thing. Cuz ya know, you gotta remember the little things sweetie.
Aw, Kevin, he had such a great laugh. Joxer, source of the beer hat. Frat boys the world over thank you.
Aphrodite, she's such a cutey. Never would have thought I'd like her so much.
And the best poem in the universe award goes to joxer for conjuring up three naked dancing gabrielles. Ares, admit it, you like the little blonde.
Gabrielle…you can't really think that she's that oblivious that she wouldn't figure out that joxer likes her. It's just that he's not man enough to admit it to her, so when it comes up, she thinks of clever ways to let him off the hook. This is my rationale and I am sticking to it.
Joxer's selling his scabbard for the necklace makes me think of that story where the husband sells his watch for a comb and the wife sells her hair for a watch chain. And then I think of gabrielle saying oh but joxer, I sold my neck to get you a better sword. And then I giggle for how stupid that is. I'm not saying everything in my head makes sense.
I'm going to ignore the little bo-oing noise we hear as joxer realizes that the three naked gabrielles are in the caves.
You know…I'd take Aphrodite no matter how badly she smelled.
How cute, ares and gabrielle bonding over…their love for xena.
Random comment here, if you're a fan of this kind of tongue in cheek, everyone showing up in the same place at the same time for whacky shenanigans, and dragons and magic, you should pick up some stuff by patrcia c. wrede. She's got an awesome dragon series with a witch and a pair of magician books, and I'm sure tons of other stuff. She's very much into the whole empowering females thing.
Meanwhile, I'm dizzy from all the running around back and forth and the sudden idea of a three-way as applied to the naked gabrielles. And the quandary of whether that would be sex or masturbation or… yeah, it's a scary place in here.
I refuse to make any kind of comment about joxer saying he smells fish and Aphrodite claiming nube to hygiene. Yeah, not gonna touch that.
Although, I will mention the eyebrow raise that xena does as she mentions the naked gabrielles.
The first time I saw this episode I burst out laughing when gabrielle said she doesn't write action well. Cuz I'm the same way!
Fish, not just for dinner anymore. Ninja star-fish.
For the record, it's an octopus.
Ares and gabrielle were actually supposed to have a little kiss kinda thing. Neither Kevin nor renee liked it, so we get the finger gag.
People have complained that gabrielle writing the end caused the episode to end. Meaning the scroll had powers again and that the world should have ended and this huge argument about the laws of physics and magic and Aphrodite being a smart ass. But people, it's called editing.
It's absolutely ridiculous, but I adore it. And NOT just because of the 3 naked gabrielles, although that is a highlight.;)
In preparation for this episode, pull up a comfy chair, grab a drink, and throw logic out the window cuz it's gonna be a bumpy ride.
Ah, nothing like some random graffiti. Although, I'm glad we're in Aphrodite's temple, I like her. And who doesn't love ares?
And who doesn't love it when the camera swings around to make it look like two melons on a table are big boobies on the god of war?
Ares is trying a new tactic. Can't get at the warrior princess, go after the "irritating blonde." And oh man, I fell just a little bit more in love with gabrielle(ok a LOT) after this whole bit about the scroll. I think it's really during this episode that Aphrodite begins her love affair for gabrielle.
I think best joke of the episode goes to "awoke with a jerk" and she wakes up with joxer. Although, the sword deflecting abs…it sends a tingle through my entire body.
Ya know what, I think I'm gonna start paying attention to how long it takes them to give us a gabby up skirt. Cuz I KNOW it happens in season 6, but I'm curious now.
I love joxer waking up and it looks like his head on gab's abs. stupidly hilarious.
Damn renee, she's got some guns.
Damn it all. I know I've seen that sword before. I think it was on herc though.
Watch out man, the gay warrior is a-comin for you.
I think it like this episode because it makes such great use of language. It exemplifies the importance of words.
Aside from the surfer lingo, I think that the xena writers really nailed the personality of the goddess of love. I mean, think about it; love makes fools of us all. And tell me you haven't experienced or seen something, a couple in love, and didn't think whoa, love had to be playing a joke on someone with that one.
Echinacea. It's actually a homeopathic plant used to help prevent colds.
I love that as war loses all its powers ares just falls out of the sky. Where WAS he? And where was Aphrodite? Seriously, what the hell do these gods do all day?
Omg, I love that when joxer says something that actually makes sense gabrielle is utterly surprised.
That little telescope device was used in orphan of war. And well, this town is pretty much every town in the series.
Well gabby, you gave it a good shot, you described xena to a T, cept the whole whip of xena thing. Cuz ya know, you gotta remember the little things sweetie.
Aw, Kevin, he had such a great laugh. Joxer, source of the beer hat. Frat boys the world over thank you.
Aphrodite, she's such a cutey. Never would have thought I'd like her so much.
And the best poem in the universe award goes to joxer for conjuring up three naked dancing gabrielles. Ares, admit it, you like the little blonde.
Gabrielle…you can't really think that she's that oblivious that she wouldn't figure out that joxer likes her. It's just that he's not man enough to admit it to her, so when it comes up, she thinks of clever ways to let him off the hook. This is my rationale and I am sticking to it.
Joxer's selling his scabbard for the necklace makes me think of that story where the husband sells his watch for a comb and the wife sells her hair for a watch chain. And then I think of gabrielle saying oh but joxer, I sold my neck to get you a better sword. And then I giggle for how stupid that is. I'm not saying everything in my head makes sense.
I'm going to ignore the little bo-oing noise we hear as joxer realizes that the three naked gabrielles are in the caves.
You know…I'd take Aphrodite no matter how badly she smelled.
How cute, ares and gabrielle bonding over…their love for xena.
Random comment here, if you're a fan of this kind of tongue in cheek, everyone showing up in the same place at the same time for whacky shenanigans, and dragons and magic, you should pick up some stuff by patrcia c. wrede. She's got an awesome dragon series with a witch and a pair of magician books, and I'm sure tons of other stuff. She's very much into the whole empowering females thing.
Meanwhile, I'm dizzy from all the running around back and forth and the sudden idea of a three-way as applied to the naked gabrielles. And the quandary of whether that would be sex or masturbation or… yeah, it's a scary place in here.
I refuse to make any kind of comment about joxer saying he smells fish and Aphrodite claiming nube to hygiene. Yeah, not gonna touch that.
Although, I will mention the eyebrow raise that xena does as she mentions the naked gabrielles.
The first time I saw this episode I burst out laughing when gabrielle said she doesn't write action well. Cuz I'm the same way!
Fish, not just for dinner anymore. Ninja star-fish.
For the record, it's an octopus.
Ares and gabrielle were actually supposed to have a little kiss kinda thing. Neither Kevin nor renee liked it, so we get the finger gag.
People have complained that gabrielle writing the end caused the episode to end. Meaning the scroll had powers again and that the world should have ended and this huge argument about the laws of physics and magic and Aphrodite being a smart ass. But people, it's called editing.