{"id":569,"date":"2023-11-21T04:33:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T04:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/?p=569"},"modified":"2023-11-21T04:33:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T04:33:54","slug":"xena-virtual-season-7-go-west-young-warrior-part-1-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/21\/xena-virtual-season-7-go-west-young-warrior-part-1-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Xena Virtual Season 7: Go West Young Warrior part 1: 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_9254.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_9254.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_9254.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_9254-300x176.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For me, the most exciting part of the #Xena Virtual Season was the 4-episode arc that concluded season 7. King Gabriel (the baby foundling from season 1\u2019s Cradle of Hope) allies with Hispania to explore the Atlantic &amp; find a western route to Ch\u2019in. Who better than Xena &amp; Gab for such a bold venture?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gabrielle needs no convincing that the Earth is round (this was known to Greeks), but Xena isn\u2019t so sure. Think of the access to cures from Ch\u2019in if a western route turned out to be quicker &amp; easier than the silk trail, Gabriel urges them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can\u2019t remember what the statue in the back represented, but it was taken from an actual model. It may have been a Greek or Roman goddess related to their voyage, possibly. Amphitrite, wife of Poseidon maybe? Tomorrow I\u2019ll post a close-up of Gabriel\u2019s Atlantic map seen here on the table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For me, the most exciting part of the #Xena Virtual Season was the 4-episode arc that concluded season 7. King Gabriel (the baby foundling from season 1\u2019s Cradle of Hope) allies with Hispania to explore the Atlantic &amp; find a western route to Ch\u2019in. Who better than Xena &amp; Gab for such a bold venture? [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-virtual-season","category-xena"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":570,"href":"https:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569\/revisions\/570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}