u/islandgirl39

I know a lot of people disliked Seasons 3 and 4, but I absolutely loved them both! The only episodes I wasn't too fond of were the Hind trilogy episodes. I don't feel Serena was Herc's type, and the whole romance felt rushed. Serena came across as weak and useless to me, and Hercules doesn't date or marry weak-ass, useless women! 😂 LOL. Yes, I'm well aware of the chemistry between Kevin Sorbo and his wife, but still!

That said, I do enjoy parts of the trilogy, especially the Ares and Strife scenes. I also somewhat like "Judgement Day" because it's a crossover, and it gave me closure that Xena and Herc would never be anything more than good friends. I'm actually a Herc and Xena shipper, and if Gabby wasn't in the picture, Herc is exactly who I would've wanted Xena to end up with! LOL.

Anyway, back to why I love Season 3! It has everything: comedy, drama, romance, and a great mixture of serious and light-hearted moments. I absolutely love "The Green-Eyed Monster", "Mummy Dearest", "The Mercenary", "Love Takes a Holiday", "Atlantis", and "Reign of Terror". There are just so many goodies in that season! It's such a fantastic combination of drama and comedy.

Season 4 was also brilliant! It gave us so many great episodes, including "Hero's Heart", "Beanstalks and Bad Eggs", "Armageddon Now" Parts 1 and 2, "Stranger in a Strange World", "Two Men and a Baby", "Regrets... I've Had a Few", "Web of Desire", "Top God", "Prodigal Sister", "Porkules", and "One Fowl Day".

Like Season 3, Season 4 had a wonderful balance of comedy and drama. Plus, we got more Aphrodite, Ares, Salmoneus, Autolycus, and all the other characters I love seeing!

For me, Seasons 5 and 1 are tied as my absolute favourites, but Seasons 3 and 4 are tied for second place. I genuinely don't understand why they get so much dislike because, apart from the Hind trilogy, I think both seasons have so much to offer. They're packed with memorable episodes, great characters, hilarious moments, and plenty of drama. That's exactly what I love about Hercules: The Legendary Journeys!

I was just thinking Eli and Herc share similar beliefs about nonviolence and not killing, but I often wondered whether, if HTLJ had a full season and a season 7, they would have met. Since this Twilight of Gods thing was supposed to happen on HTLJ, there probably would have been a crossover. I feel Herc may have great respect for Eli and his mission, but I often wonder what Eli's reaction to him would have been

Hi, I have been told there are comics that happened after FIN ? Is this true? Are they good and worth getting?

The series speaks about Cronus but never about Rhea only in the context of once in awhile Autocuylus would say Sweet Mother of Zeus. It would have been interesting to see how the show would have addressed what happened to her.

In mythology she saves him and hides him from his father and he has a chance to grow up and fight his dad. I was just reading somerhing about her and kinda wish the show addressed what happened to her.

So I was talking to one of my professors, and we were talking about life expectancy in the ancient world ( my qualifications are in Classics, ancient history and biblical studies, mentioning them to explain why I was having the conversation) and he did watch Xena back in the day, one of the classes he was preparing to create for his syllabus was for a class called Greek and Roman mythology and Pop Culture and I brought up Xena and HTLJ;

Anyway, we were talking about life expectancy and that if you take away childhood and infant mortality, regular folk lived until their 50s and 60s, the elite lived into their 60s, 70s and sometimes even 80s

So I mentioned the time jump on Xena, and we both acknowledged that, of course, Xena and HTLJ were not being historical, etc., but still, the 25-year jump made it seem like they hadn't had many of their friends still alive.

Of course, people like Salomoneous would be dead because he was older, maybe in his 50s, and he was a travelling salesman, but Autoculyus, who retired on HTLJ to become a banker, might have very well been still alive.

We know Herc is still alive; he is half god and presumably immortal, so he does not count.

So would have been Minya, and anyone and everyone around their age still be. Which is understandable when they woke up, they expected their families to still be alive, especially Gabrielle's, since her parents would have been younger than Cyrene.

The fact that they just moved on without a deep depression or even checked with Hercules just made no sense, and Eve was just useless after the Livia arc...

I feel the time jump and season 6 would have been much better if they had addressed these issues. There were some highlights in Season 6, the subtext, etc., but overall, the time jump made no sense

My girlfriend just rewatched Xena's season 3 ( she likes both shows equally but kinda leans more to Xena) and we were talking about the whole Hope thing and since I am more of Hercules fan we were discussing this thing and she asked me how do I think Hercules would have reacted and honestly I told her Herc is loyal to Xena, I dont really see Herc's friendship with Gabrielle at the same level because I think the writers didnt develop it.

But then I thought about it more

Yes, Hercules would have been loyal to Xena and see what she was saying, but Hercules loves kids and doesn't believe in killing, so he would have been shocked and appalled that Xena would want to kill a baby and would say that a baby's father does not determine how this baby will turn out as an adult and would probably think that Hope killing that guy was an accident because she cannot control her powers and he would want to wait and see more.

He would also not be happy about Xena and her lust for revenge against Caesar. (He probably knows about the whole Caesar thing and how she basically had a psychotic break; Xena probably told him.) He wouldn't care about her dragging Gabrielle around and leaving her alone because he does the same thing with Iolaus, only that Iolaus can basically take care of himself, but he would question Xena about whether it was really to help Boudicaa or was it to get revenge, and then he and she would come to blows about Hope.

He also may try to prevent that drag in BitterSuite too, trying to get Xena to grieve properly ( Xena seems not to handle grief and pain well; she seems to turn to violence when she is in pain) and to understand where Gabs is coming from.

So I think he would be loyal to a point, but the fact that he doesn't believe in killing and loves kids would add nuance to it.

But in the universe, I think we can assume a few things

Season 5: he knows Ares is allied with Dahok. Xena probably told him. Ephiny expresses to him condolences about Iolaus dying, so I think we can assume he knows that Callisto is dead, Solan is dead( we can assume he knows this by God Fearing Child also because he doesnt seem surprise when Xena says Solan named Eve) and depending on what Xena, Joxer ( I add him because during some of Hercules ' season 5, which would be Xena season 4, Xena was looking for Gabs or they were in India), and Ephiny probably told him, he would know about something about Hope. * What does he know? bits me)

It was interesting discussing this with my girlfriend, and both of us really wished that the plan crossover for the Dahok storyline would have happened. She is trying to get to watch Xena's Season 6 with a more open mind, but no way I'm rewatching that train wreck of a season LOL