Yeah, I loved Xena and a lot of the other characters in the show. I continued watching it even after I started finding aspects of it offensive because I loved so many of the characters. I did finally quit around the last season, though. And the time warp actually bothered me a lot, I was just like "What is this, this doesn't even make sense."
But I think overall, it was a good show, and very feminist for the time (and, actually, I watched a bunch of episodes from the first couple of seasons again not long ago and thought it held up pretty well).
And Callisto is one of my favorite villains ever. She was crazy and evil and yet extremely well motivated and I thought she was given a lot of depth (by the actress if not by the writers). She was so amazing, but the way they handled her in season 5 bothered me SO MUCH because she had no agency in her own redemption. And I mean I wouldn't have minded a redemption story for her, but the way they actually did it just felt cheap.
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But I think overall, it was a good show, and very feminist for the time (and, actually, I watched a bunch of episodes from the first couple of seasons again not long ago and thought it held up pretty well).
And Callisto is one of my favorite villains ever. She was crazy and evil and yet extremely well motivated and I thought she was given a lot of depth (by the actress if not by the writers). She was so amazing, but the way they handled her in season 5 bothered me SO MUCH because she had no agency in her own redemption. And I mean I wouldn't have minded a redemption story for her, but the way they actually did it just felt cheap.