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Just Wandering
@justwanderingblog.bsky.social
Bookworm.

Occasionally edits multi-hour video essays about Xena: Warrior Princess and other whimsy.

youtube.com/@JustWandering
AU = Alternate Universe
OOC = Out-Of-Character

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December 4, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Ooh, you’re the only other person I’ve ever spoken to who isn’t actively enthusiastic about When Fates Collide! I do think it’s beautiful, but for me the AU setting puts everyone OOC and I just don’t enjoy that as much.

My “DIS-A-POINTED!!!” will always be Death Mask. The wasted potential….
December 4, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I’d love to see your answers! 😘
December 3, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Ranks:

⋆ All-Time Iconic!
⋆ Serving C.U.N.T.
⋆ Plotty Plot Plot? (Important, but not ranked among the best.)
⋆ This Is Fine.
⋆ Dis-a-ppointed!!! (Failed to live up to potential.)
⋆ Zeus-Tier! (The worst, so-titled because Zeus is historically also The Worst.)
⋆ I Have No Memory of This Place....
December 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I remain skeptic of any reassurances until I see a full official synopsis, haha.

And while I most likely wouldn't tune in for a show focused on Eve, I do hope that the result of the reboot/spinoff/etc brings you joy, whatever it is. 🙏
November 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
There's apparently another reboot attempt currently in the works, and I feel a vague sense of anxiety every time I think about it....
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I think the time is past for an HD upgrade DVD release! The people are waiting....
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Yeah, I suspect whoever did the HD upgrade was working with multiple versions?

They show Estragon's slit throat but not Salmoneus's theme song, though I do remember that from the VHS. Xena goes fetal-position-ish, but it's open to interpretation.

I appreciate the investigative assist, though!
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I wish there was some way to compare....

All I can say is that in the version I know, the version we watched, the gauntlet lasts about one minute and six seconds from the first drumbeat to the last. 🤔
November 8, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Honestly, I wish I knew!

I first saw The Gauntlet it on TV in the 90's, then owned 'The Xena Trilogy' on VHS, and since have watched it in various places of dubious legality. Which version is which? It's all a jumble at this point. 🥲
November 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
That is so cool of you, thank you! Hope you're having a kickass autumn.

(I'm being very chill about this.)
October 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
@fsuwriter.bsky.social Mr Sears, if you happen to have two hours of your life to waste on some more fan-made nonsense, I hope you enjoy my wee tribute to the best show ever made. ;)
September 6, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Thank you very, very much for watching! ❤️ And also for being so instrumental in the development of my favorite television show of all time, haha.

(However, you can pry the cold-water lobster theory from my cold, dead hands. 😌)
February 11, 2025 at 7:17 AM