#Julius Gabriel

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Julius Gabriel on the runway of Tempelhofer Feld

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[2018] 20 de Junho | Renick Bell | Violeta Azevedo | DAMAS - Lisboa

21 de Junho | Julius Gabriel | Elizabete Balčus | DAMAS - Lisboa

Cartaz [Mariana Martins de Oliveira]

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rings + art

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Russell Crowe as Vespa Priest Father Gabriele Amorth

THE POPE'S EXORCIST (2023) dir. Julius Avery

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Nice to see so many here celebrating one of Xena's best episodes.

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I think that it's impossible to satisfactorily convey just how insane the plots on Xena: Warrior Princess were to anyone who hasn't seen the series. But anyways, as a minor example in honour of the Ides of March, here's Xena and Gabrielle being crucified, dying, and going to Heaven while Julius Caesar (played by an early-career Karl Urban) is assassinated.

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KATHERINE FUGATE: “I came to Rob and R.J. with a very specific belief on their series. Their series touched me deeply because it was about a woman’s search for redemption based on something in her life that she felt was a bad choice or wrong. So she was righting a wrong for herself and that period is commonly referred to as the Evil Xena period. And I came to Rob and R.J. in a room and looked at them and said ‘what I’d like to do is have Xena realize that all of that was necessary. As opposed to hating that part of herself to look at life as a balance of all things.’

What I think so many people do is sit in judgement about the choices they’ve made instead of realizing they all led them somewhere. And the Warrior Princess that Xena became would have never come about had there not been the Evil Xena period in her life. And for her to see both of them I proposed an alternate timeline in which she never became the Evil Xena and chose a different path which then never led her to the Warrior Princess - which it didn’t. And as I started thinking about that I thought wouldn’t it be interesting to do each character that way. A twist on all of their fate and choices in life. And if I remember correctly Gabrielle had always wanted to be a playwright and dreamt of going to Greece and being a famous playwright. So I thought ‘well, we’ll give her that dream, give Xena the dream she had in ‘Destiny’ when she wanted to be an Empress and rule with Caesar. Give her that dream. But let’s see what they’re missing at the end of the day.’ So I made them both successful in what they thought they wanted career-wise and goal-wise only to find out they didn’t have each other and that was the greater thing that was meant to be. So by that lesson I was hoping Xena and everyone would apply to their lives sort of a kindness to themselves for realizing every step they made had a reason. And that’s kind of how I pitched it.

Paying attention to and accepting all of the bad things that you, or actually the things that you call bad, and realizing they got you where you needed to be and ultimately, for Xena, where she needed to be was a person who recognized Gabrielle. And that’s how being the Warrior Princess got her to recognize Gabrielle when she saw her.

When we went in there we realized that now you have a specific timeline if you take off from ‘Destiny’. And I also started thinking like who is most interested in power in this show other than Caesar? He was always about power and Xena of course in certain incarnations and Alti was the other person who actually sought power in every form. And that’s how we got Alti. And I also realized Alti was a better conduit between the two worlds. She was our mystic and our sharmaness in the series and she’s the only person who - through some sort of mystical power could get you to see both images and both lifetimes. So that’s how we used her.

I think the thing about Alti that was interesting to me was everyone’s lives were linked in this show. Caesar was going to crucify Xena in any lifetime, Xena was going to meet Gabrielle in any lifetime and Alti was going to die because of Xena in any lifetime. This was a big surprise to her. She thought she’d finally won and she conquered her own destiny so to speak, just like Caesar thought he conquered his destiny by killing Brutus, who had killed him in the regular life - in the real life I guess we could say - and yet that didn’t work because his destiny was to die by an unexpected hand. It was the irony of Caesar - Julius Caesar’s - life. So here comes Alti, the trusted person he didn’t suspect, just like Brutus was. Well, with Alti, she was going to die by Xena’s hand. This time she crucifies Xena and looks at her and thinks she finally won only to realize in the last second of her life that Gabrielle and Xena’s love still was her demise, just like was always meant to be.

I absolutely think Xena had an effect on the way shows were later portrayed with women. Especially women action heroes. They’re just all over the place now. Even Tomb Raider, you know came afterwards. Alias came afterwards. Charmed I think even came afterwards. I don’t want to misquote something. But certainly it’s much more common now and accepted now and women are kicking ass all over the place. Xena - I think later,… it will be one of those retrospect shows where people realize how groundbreaking it was because I don’t know that they quite get it yet.”

This show is ultimately about the strong and substantial themes of redemption, forgiveness, vengeance, love, balance and justice and it’s great when the writers for the episodes see that and do what they can to add to those themes ‘cause those episodes are honestly the best. They’re the ones that really work and hit hard because they’re profound in the ways in which they teach you so many lessons.

And to choose to wrap these reiterated themes around female characters and have female-driven narratives in which to tell incredibly in-depth and compelling stories all about these themes is just 👌

Katherine Fugate should have had more episodes.

What a mind this woman has. Wowzas. 👏👏👏

So good. And she’s right. People still don’t quite get it. While it’s a cult show - I feel a lot of the reasons as to why it should be more appreciated aren’t understood. This is a 20-something year old show and it’s still relevant to watch today. It’s a timeless show in this way because a lot of shows are still catching up to it. How it portrays women in leading or authoritative roles. Queer women at that. It really is very special.

Look I know I’m biased because my niche is always going to be women-led and WLW supernatural/fantasy. But I still have yet to come across anything that surpasses Xena in its educational storytelling period. Nevermind including women-led and WLW. Like there’s nothing that matches up to the substance I get out of this show - its Universe and its characters.

Imagine being taught something as profound as this through a TV show about badass female fighters.

About appreciating the balance of all things in life through two female characters deeply in love and righting wrongs by fighting the greater good fight.

But it’s not just the women-led and WLW representation that is what makes this show so groundbreaking and profound and a delight to watch.

It’s just absolutely insane to me that this show exists even today. I’m constantly in awe of its substance and I could cry a damn river for this generation of TV art/entertainment because they’ll never come close to it.

It’s the writing in general. It’s REALLY fucking GOOD. I could listen to these interviews by the writers all day. Their passion and conscientiousness just floors me.

Like where is any of this in the TV industry today?

Nowhere! And it’s because of how much the landscape of TV show making has changed. And it hasn’t changed in a good way. Not in my opinion. It’s almost a chore to slog through the shortest shows now because of how absolutely lifeless they are. How completely devoid of substance. Depth of meaning. Perhaps it’s largely because Xena let you create the meaning for yourself through personal interpretation. But nevertheless even the cannon and explicit stuff was just better in every way than what we have now.

TV art/entertainment really has took a huge dive bomb since Xena, Buffy and Charmed were airing.

As I said - It’s not just the representation. It’s the storytelling within that representation and vice versa. It’s all the exceptional writing for that representation.

I don’t know if that makes any sense.

I’ll stop rambling. I know what I mean.

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XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS | A Tribute to When Fates Collide

"When Fates Collide" Season 6, Episode 18 of Xena: Warrior Princess is one of the best of the series. It is also one of the more visually cinematic episodes of the franchise. This along with the storytelling make for quite the epic saga of two souls lost in a question of predeterminism. Xena and Gabrielle were fated to meet each other, but their destiny is of their own choosing.

This episode originally aired May 7th, 2001 in the show's last season. There were three more episodes after this before the show's finale "A Friend In Need Pt. 2" which received mixed reviews. Many fans consider "When Fates Collide" to be the true finale, especially those who love the relationship dynamic between Xena and Gabrielle.

Xena: Warrior Princess stars Lucy Lawless (Xena) and Renee O'Connor (Gabrielle). The show was produced by Robert Tapert and Sam Raimi, fathers of the Evil Dead franchise. This particular episode guest stars Karl Urban as Julius Caesar and Claire Stansfield as Alti.

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Everyone stop what you're doing and go read KJ Charles. She is a master class in queer historical fiction and writing diversity authentically.

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Love how all the relationships I write for can be boiled down to two main archetypes:

1. Two dorks being dorky in the dorkiest way possible

2. Mo si Foca

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Gabriel silver

Summary

Gabriel is a gremlin William know this regales he see the boy as one of he’s children like yuno mimosa and langris the other he have a harmless talk to Nozel

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William is not stupid he know this Gabriel’s Family whas mostly not nice too him and Noelle but William can’t say wo do the most wrong

He respects Nozel as a captain but as family brother?

Gabriel is now one of he’s children wo need the most attention Right now whit langris oh why can’t Langris and Gabriel like each other?

As they are in meeting and wait this julius come did. Nozel talk to him

Nozel:I hope Gabriel make no problems

William just smile at him: No he don’t he is a good boy so fare he is hart working

Nozel:hm good wo is the foreigner he is not here to?“say he and looking away

William: I don’t know but he will come I believe

Nozel:hm sure

William:what I would like too ask you do you know what helps against Gabriel‘s fantom pain on he’s leg’s?

Nozel looking surprise at him but looking fast normally again: why you ask?

William:well it’s getting worse in the last time“say he with a smile

Nozel:…….

Nozel:hm cold bandage“say he whit a straight face

William can’t read really Nozel but he seems to care at least he know cold help Gabriel…….

William:thank you „smile

William don’t know what too think ok Gabriel saying most bad stuff about solide Nozel didn’t help Gabriel or noelle as fare he understands but again Nozel is what Yami calls a tzundere but all William can do is waiting

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The Pope's Exorcist (2023)

Exorcism movies truly are a dime a dozen these days. Utterly lacking in creativity or originality, it's just an endless rehashing of the same beats. A family move into a spooky new place with a hidden past. Invariably they're dealing with recent drama. Someone finds something that invites a demon in, and we're off to the split pea soup factory. But The Pope's Exorcist goes where none would go before. Not content to settle with sickly people sitting in bed and scratches on the walls, it reveals that THE SPANISH INQUISITION WAS STARTED BY A DEMONICALLY POSSESSED MONK AND THERE IS A FUCKING TREASURE MAP SHOWING ALL THE PLACES ON EARTH WHERE FALLEN ANGELS LANDED SO THEY CAN BE HUNTED DOWN LIKE FUCKING POKÉMON AAAAAHHHHHH!!! When it's Vatican-al Treasure, this movie is glorious schlock. Priests discover spooky skepeton caves with iron grilles and iron maidens. Sigils on the wall catch flame when the demon attacks. Apparitions assault our heroes and explode in a torrent of blood when a cross touches them. The demon appears as a false Virgin Mary and is dragged into a pool of laval after being defeated by our priests screaming prayers at it (Spanish is close enough to Latin to work, it would seem). I don't think I've laughed harder or longer in some time than at the final confrontation. Please take the bait laid at the end and make 199 sequels to this.

THE RULES

SIP

Someone says 'Pope' or 'Asmodeus'.

Someone begins to say a prayer.

A bird appears onscreen.

BIG DRINK

Russell Crowe speaks a language that isn't English in a scene.

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

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The Pope’s Exorcist will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on June 13 via Sony. The 2023 supernatural horror film is based on the actual files of Father Gabriele Amorth.

Julius Avery (Overload) directs from a script by Michael Petroni ( The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader) and Evan Spiliotopoulos (Beauty and the Beast). Russell Crowe stars with Daniel Zovatto, Alex Essoe, and Franco Nero.

Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Introducing Father Amorth featurette

What Possessed You? featurette

Inspired by the actual files of Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican (Russell Crowe), The Pope’s Exorcist follows Amorth as he investigates a young boy’s terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.

Pre-order The Pope’s Exorcist.