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ARES: "More" than Xena's mentor?

WARNING!!!! This post will make references to events in Adventures In The Sin Trade so if you don't want to know about them, STOP reading NOW.
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Adventures In The Sin Trade gives us another glimpse into Xena's dark past. This glimpse gives us an explanation for Xena's future alliance with Ares. It also explains his attraction to her.

The Xena we get to see is one driven by her thirst for power. She belittles Borias when he says he's in love with her. She is angered by his concern for their unborn child and thoughts of them being a "family".

Xena's desire for power leads to her involvement with a former Amazon, now Shamaness named Alti. Alti tells Xena that Lao Ma's powers came from denial and self-sacrifice - THE LIGHT - and that's not for people like them. Alti wants to tap into the heart of darkness, the shear naked will behind all craving, hatred and violence. She wants to become the face of DEATH itself. She wants to be capable of not only destroying a person's body but their SOUL. If Xena helps her, she will make her DESTROYER OF NATIONS. Despite Borias' protests, Xena willingly participates in Alti's evil, all in the name of achieving power for herself.

Alti must have made Xena Destroyer of Nations. But at some point, they obviously had a parting of the ways. Alti's dark powers were impressive but she was limited. A dark god could offer so much more. Xena must have turned to Ares for guidance after Borias' death and giving Solan to Kaliepus(sp?).

Xena was not only driven by her lust for power. She was also driven by her anger and love of violence - BLOODLUST - qualities that Ares definitely admires. She was also a woman who satisfied her sexual desires. Ares is a god, powerful, dark (some might say evil but I don't <G>)dangerous and sensual - qualities that would have appealed to Xena.

In The Reckoning, we were led to believe that this was the first time Xena met Ares. But since then, there have been comments in episodes (TDHD and The Quill is Mightier) that lead one to believe otherwise.

Considering what we know about dark Xena and Ares, I think it would be safe to say that when he was her mentor and teaching her the art of warfare that they "rolled around like crazed weasels" from time to time. I have chatted a little on this subject with others on the Netforum and I would have to agree with this observation made by one member regarding Ares' actions: "the jilted boyfriend trying to get his woman back"

I hope TPTB will one day gives us an episode that shows how these two met.

So what do you guys think? Was Ares "MORE" than Xena's mentor when she was a warlord?

havilah

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