Najara encounters Xena and Gabrielle as adversaries, then receives a message from the Jinn, who tell her they are good and they should join her on her mission.
Najara was so saccharine and creepy friendly that I don't know how Xena and Gabrielle fell for it? To be fair, Xena was suspicious in the beginning, but still, later she bought it and was willing to leave Gabrielle with her for good. Gabrielle continues her pattern of wanting to follow every religion and philosophy she encounters despite past instances where that was a bad idea. So no surprise there. But Najara had creepy vibes all over the place. They really dumbed down Xena and Gabrielle in this one.
Najara is basically a spin on Joan of Arc only very twisted. She does indeed seem to have the "gift" of foretelling the future, but along with this gift came zealotry wherein her ideology it was ok to kill innocent people because all she did was "send them to the light." She's really a cult leader. We've had them in the real world. The scary part about is that she really believes in her own nutbar teachings.
What in the hell happened to Gabrielle? Suddenly she doesn't have the right to choose? She doesn't get to say what she wants? I'm referring to when Xena came back and confronted Najara about killing innocent people. Gabrielle was going to leave with Xena, but then Najara refused to let her: "She's my responsibility now." All Gabrielle can say is: "Najara, don't do this." Granted, Xena then interrupted as she and Najara started facing off like two alpha females. But it was so stupid. I mean all Gabs had to say was: " Hell no, it's up to me, I'm going with Xena." She just seemed so impotent here.
One of the great things about Najara is that she is a great fighter. She beat Xena. To be fair Xena did turn her back momentarily when she thought the fight was over. And that's when Najara struck. This is one of those instances where Xena uses strategy to beat an opponent as opposed to her warrior fighting skills. I mean she did beat her in the end in a fight but Xena had read her like a book, and then knew how to play her in their fight. That's one of the great traits about Xena, how she reads people and then uses that.
Did I a detect a little "dark Xena" there at the end when she stepped on Najara's hand and was enjoying it? Love those "dark Xena" moments. Lol. 9/10.
Najara was so saccharine and creepy friendly that I don't know how Xena and Gabrielle fell for it? To be fair, Xena was suspicious in the beginning, but still, later she bought it and was willing to leave Gabrielle with her for good. Gabrielle continues her pattern of wanting to follow every religion and philosophy she encounters despite past instances where that was a bad idea. So no surprise there. But Najara had creepy vibes all over the place. They really dumbed down Xena and Gabrielle in this one.
Najara is basically a spin on Joan of Arc only very twisted. She does indeed seem to have the "gift" of foretelling the future, but along with this gift came zealotry wherein her ideology it was ok to kill innocent people because all she did was "send them to the light." She's really a cult leader. We've had them in the real world. The scary part about is that she really believes in her own nutbar teachings.
What in the hell happened to Gabrielle? Suddenly she doesn't have the right to choose? She doesn't get to say what she wants? I'm referring to when Xena came back and confronted Najara about killing innocent people. Gabrielle was going to leave with Xena, but then Najara refused to let her: "She's my responsibility now." All Gabrielle can say is: "Najara, don't do this." Granted, Xena then interrupted as she and Najara started facing off like two alpha females. But it was so stupid. I mean all Gabs had to say was: " Hell no, it's up to me, I'm going with Xena." She just seemed so impotent here.
One of the great things about Najara is that she is a great fighter. She beat Xena. To be fair Xena did turn her back momentarily when she thought the fight was over. And that's when Najara struck. This is one of those instances where Xena uses strategy to beat an opponent as opposed to her warrior fighting skills. I mean she did beat her in the end in a fight but Xena had read her like a book, and then knew how to play her in their fight. That's one of the great traits about Xena, how she reads people and then uses that.
Did I a detect a little "dark Xena" there at the end when she stepped on Najara's hand and was enjoying it? Love those "dark Xena" moments. Lol. 9/10.