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The Messenger
I'm a long time fan of the show Xena: Warrior Princess, and the character of Callisto, in particular.
To know more about me, you can go to my personal web page, Tara's New Thing.
Or you can check another web site I've put up for the Boise, ID chapter of the Camarilla, Shrouded Arbor.
Or you can e-mail me, if you must.
Other Callisto Sites
Introduction
The is my Ultimate Callisto Web Site, if you will. I've put up other sites dedicated to Xena and Callisto in the past, but they sucked so badly that even if you could find them, I would refuse to admit that I did them. Now, I finally have it down. Here is my dedication to my favorite character from Xena, done right.
Why Callisto? For several reasons.
- Callisto was Xena's Ultimate Nemesis - her opposite, and yet, her equal, in every way.
- She was totally evil, but also very real, and well portrayed.
- Every episode with Callisto was vibrant and exciting, keeping me on the edge of my seat.
- Even when I didn't like where they were taking her, Hudson Leick did such a good job that I liked the episodes anyway.
- If I was a supervillain, I'd be Callisto. (The Goddess Callisto, of course.)
- 'Cause she's cute.
A little bit about the content of this web page:
- Click on Angel, and you'll go to this page, the Introduction, which starts you off, and includes some other stuff.
- Click on Goddess, and you'll go to the Picture Gallery, with a lot of Callisto pictures, some Eve pictures, and some Hudson Leick pictures.
- Click on Prophet, and you'll go to my episode list, with every Callisto episode briefly described. This is not an episode guide; there are better ones than I could do at Whoosh! This is just a quick rundown of Callisto's career, culminating with the three introductory Eve episodes that establish her as her own character.
Some talk about the phenomenon of Xena, and what made it so popular:
- Xena was a show about two strong, yet different women. It's main strength lay in showing that female characters could be interesting without having sex, obsessing about men, or opposing other women for dumb reasons.
- True Character Development: Gabrielle and Xena were very different, but they were both strong and principled.
- They never got rescued by men. The fact that they always saved themselves or each other kept the show from turning into Barbie: Sex Object.
- They always talked about crap, just like women really do. I mean, you're walking along with someone you've known for years, sooner or later all the deep topics are going to be exhausted, and it's gonna be, "What did you do with my scrolls?"
- They looked good. I cannot stress that enough. They looked good, they liked men, and yet they were still capable of opening their own doors. (Somewhere there's a guy going: "Of course, you silly twit, it was a fantasy show!")
Now why do I like it so much? Enough to put up my own fan site, even?
Two reasons:
- I thought that what I had to say about Callisto would be interesting to somebody. (Only time will prove me right or wrong on this one.)
- All the old, cool Xena web sites are disappearing, or not being maintained. This one might not be maintained too much, but you'll never see broken images. (Unless my server gets wonky.) Now that the show's over, people are acting like this reason they had for buying costumes and magazines, and designing web pages, and buying the fan club kits, isn't as cool anymore. I beg to differ. Now that Xena's on DVD, it's even more cool. You can watch all the Hercules episodes, or all the Callisto episodes, or all the Alti episodes, to track character growth, and have a chance to see the long term planning that occurred.
OK, that was a huge tangent. And I need to shut up. If you want to hear more from me, my e-mail link is up and to the left. Now go, and enjoy.