Xena: Warrior Princess (TV Series)

The Rheingold (2000)

Alexander Petersons: Odin

Quotes 

• Xena : [Brunnhilda tells Gabrielle the story of Xena; a flashback of a younger Xena riding slowly through the woods is shown. Odin, the King of the Norse Gods, is heard moaning. Xena rides over to him]  Whoa...

  [She stops her horse to look at Odin. He is crucified on a tree. A raven is with him] 

  Xena : Hey, there. Who did you mess with?

  Odin : No one is capable of doing this to me without my consent.

  Xena : What kind of an idiot has himself crucified?

  Odin : I don't wish to take part in the struggle of life anymore.

  Xena : Why would you wanna do that?

  Odin : I am Odin, king of the Norse Gods. It is my duty to bring peace to the Norse country. Yet as I sit in Valhalla, and watch the bitter struggle called life on this Earth, I ask, "Are we doomed to live in a constant state of endless conflict"?

  Xena : Damn straight. That's what makes life so worth living! You know, every day I wake up and I feel pumped by the knowledge that there is always someone around the next corner - someone for me to challenge, to fight, and to conquer.

  Odin : Someday... someone may conquer you.

  Xena : Precisely... which is why I don't have time to waste chatting with a God who doesn't know what to do with his immortality.

  Odin : [as Xena starts to leave with her horse]  Wait... who are you?

  Xena : The name's Xena.

  [pause] 

  Xena : You know, you can't escape the struggle, Odin. Ya gotta embrace it!

  Brunnhilda : [voice-over]  Xena brought Odin out of his despair by sharing with him her lust for life. He, in turn, made her a Valkyrie.

• Xena : [Brunnhilda tells Gabrielle the story of Xena; a flashback of a younger Xena riding slowly through the woods is shown. Odin, the King of the Norse Gods, is heard moaning. Xena rides over to him]  Whoa...

  [She stops her horse to look at Odin. He is crucified on a tree. A raven is with him] 

  Xena : Hey, there. Who did you mess with?

  Beowulf : No one is capable of doing this to me without my consent.

  Xena : What kind of an idiot has himself crucified?

  Beowulf : I don't wish to take part in the struggle of life anymore.

  Xena : Why would you wanna do that?

  Beowulf : I am Odin, king of the Norse Gods. It is my duty to bring peace to the Norse country. Yet as I sit in Valhalla, and watch the bitter struggle called life on this Earth, I ask, "Are we doomed to live in a constant state of endless conflict"?

  Xena : Damn straight. That's what makes life so worth living! You know, every day I wake up and I feel pumped by the knowledge that there is always someone around the next corner - someone for me to challenge, to fight, and to conquer.

  Beowulf : Someday... someone may conquer you.

  Xena : Precisely... which is why I don't have time to waste chatting with a God who doesn't know what to do with his immortality.

  Beowulf : [as Xena starts to leave with her horse]  Wait... who are you?

  Xena : The name's Xena.

  [pause] 

  Xena : You know, you can't escape the struggle, Odin. Ya gotta embrace it!

  Odin : [voice-over]  Xena brought Odin out of his despair by sharing with him her lust for life. He, in turn, made her a Valkyrie.