Women of Note

Lucretia – the wife of Batiatus and Domina of a now non-existent ludis; a woman of moderate standings, who knew how to dress the part is now left with nothing. A fairly conflicted character in both love and deception, Lucy Lawless portrays her like no other actress could possibly come close to playing. Lucretia is by no means Xena, other than being bisexual and sharing the same body to “manifest” in Lucretia may just be more deadly than the physically dominant Xena. Enough about Xena, Lucretia was devoted to her husband completely and still had Crixus as her little side-dish in the 1^st episode. However, Crixus decided to grow a couple brain cells and develop feelings for Nevia and left Lucretia wounded physically and emotionally. That bitch doesn’t die easily though, a little poke to the tummy may have killed the baby she was carrying, but not the Domina carrying it. Sparticus: Vengeance is all about Lucretia taking out the bastards and bitches that wanted her dead. Her face says it all...gyaa, I love both Lucretia & Lucy!!

Rogue – the first X-men original character I fell in love with as a child. A deeply conflicted young woman, who is yet to realize her strength, emotionally detached and rejected, I don’t know why I fell for her. Maybe because she started out as a villain, a perfect villain that after more backstabbing became one of the good guys. An unstable and unpredictable heroine that nobody could control or get close to...nobody! Gambit was her only weakness.

Ororo “Storm” Monroe – the wise, silver haired, weather witch used to freak me out as a kid. Once I knew more about her background and how she became the weather witch, it scared me even more, but along with it brought on a sense of intrigue and fascination of her. To this day, Storm has become my favourite character; so wise, so strong, the almost perfect role model for any girl. Pity the writers for the X-men movies didn’t give her a bigger role to play; she really was the backbone and voice of reason to the entire team. I wonder if she and Logan actually get together, just to toss out the tension between them.