girl4music: “In this episode, Brunhilda and Beowulf fell in love with Gabrielle simultaneously, so t
girl4music: “In this episode, Brunhilda and Beowulf fell in love with Gabrielle simultaneously, so they were both pursuing her. And what was strange was there was really no mention or concern given about gender at all. I think by this time with the whole Xena/Gabrielle thing, a woman falling in love with another woman was no big deal. It wasn’t even a part of the discussion. These were two warriors who were falling in love with Gabrielle. They each fell in love for their own separate reasons. I think Beowulf was sort of a love at first sight, as soon as he saw her, he just saw the goodness and the heart and the valor, the purity that she had. And he knew he wanted that. So his arc was, not one note, but right from the get-go, he was in love with her. Brunhilda had a much longer arc. She was sent to betray Gabrielle and Xena and was supposed to kill them. But eventually she fell in love with Gabrielle, actually romantically at first. And towards the end her character had this great arc where she realized that the truth and the purity and the valor that’s in Gabrielle changes her into putting up this big self-sacrifice. So it was a great little arc.” - Joel Metzger (Commentary for ‘The Ring’.) -- source link