Inside the Head of Grit Jahning
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| Interviews by Fans | |
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| Title: | Inside the Head of Grit Jahning |
| Interviewer: | Amy Murphy |
| Interviewee: | Grit Jahning |
| Date(s): | April/May 2003 |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom(s): | Xena: Warrior Princess |
| External Links: | "full interview is here". Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. |
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Inside the Head of Grit Jahning is a 2003 Xena: Warrior Princess fan interview at Whoosh!.
Series
For others in this series, see Whoosh! Interview Series.
Some Excerpts
Do we ask too much from stars? I guess sometimes, yes. We forget that they 'only' portray fictional characters and that they actually do have a life of their own. A life they have every right to live without millions of fans being a part of it. But is it too much to ask of a 'star' to actually give their best every time they act in a movie or a TV show? No, I don't think that's too much asked.
[How do I feel about the show's end?]: Incomplete, in a way. It certainly wasn't the end I expected or hoped for. Actually, I think Ides of March would have been a much better ending than Friend In Need. Many the things in Friend In Need just didn't add up. The reason why Xena has to stay dead didn't make sense at all. To avenge those 40,000 souls it should have been a family member of one of those souls who killed Xena, not just anybody. Yet, the idea of Xena being a ghost only Gabrielle can see and feel does open a whole new fan fiction genre. So, it was the end of the show but it also is a beginning for all the writers out there.
[Subtext]: The first episode of Xena I saw, funny enough, was A Day In The Life and I thought, "Hey, that's nice.". I didn't really get into it until the third season but by then I was hooked. Over here in Europe you do find TV shows with strong lesbian characters in them - that do not only play on the fact that the character is gay. So, to see an American show that more or less 'openly' hinted at a gay relationship between the main characters was great. And I do think LL and ROC did a marvelous job! So, to me, yes, Xena and Gabrielle are lovers.