| You know you're obsessed with Ares when... |
| ~You have a "strange" fascination with black leather pants. ~You spend hours watching the same scenes of Xena because they have a good view of His butt.* ~You try to change your wardrobe to match that of Xena, Gabrielle, Callisto or even Mavican- maybe The Hunk will drop by!* ~Your significant other feels you love Kevin more than him. ~You buy several pairs of black leather pants and constantly pet them, wishing He were there.* ~Your best friend marries Ares so you decide to marry Autolycus because he has black leather pants as well. ~Your best friend marries Ares (damn you Gabs!) so you compile a list of plans entitled: Get Ares Back!* (Interestingly enough, Xe, the initals for these plans are GAB! Hmmmm....) ~You attempt to kill your sister because she stole a pic of The Hottie from your Xena folder. ~You always capitalize any adjective that refers to Ares. ~All of your imaginary "playmates" turn into Ares.* ~During a family card game, you announce that you are marrying a teddy bear because the spirit of Ares is inside it. ~You have an Ares shrine. (Ares and Xena fight often in my room.) * ~Your entire wardrobe consists of clothing with Ares on it. ~Whenever someone says Ares is a jerk, you beat them into submission and make them like him.* ~You daydream about being Ares Goddess of War. (You wish Gabs!)* ~Ares is your imaginary friend. ~Ares is your imaginary husband. (Gabs... again!)* ~The only episodes you watch have Ares in them. ~You tell your parents that you are married to a teddy bear because the spirit of Ares is in it. (Oh Gabs, you are too strange.)* ~You try to kill your best friend because Ares likes her more.* ~Your favorite made up quote for XenaVerse Marco Polo (a pool game you and your best friend created) is "By the sexy black leather pants of Ares!" ~You get a cardboard cutout of Ares and insist that your friend Leah marry the two of you. ~When she refuses on the grounds that she is not a Hestian Virgin, you grab your sais and threaten her until she agrees. ~You legally change your name to Ares Godofwar. ~You had to have a sex change operation in order to do this. ~You insist that your boyfriend have black hair, a goatee, a silver earring in his left ear, and -of course!- black leather pants and vest. ~When the drama teacher says that being in a play will be a 'big hunk' of time, you think of Kev because of those two words. ~Kevin's picture is your wallpaper. ~And it's your computer wallpaper too. ~You get a turtle and name him Ares. ~You get a boyfriend and re-name him Ares. ~You dream of seeing Kevin star in a remake of Rocky Horror Picture Show as Frank. He would look great in those fishnets! ~You change your birthday to match with Aries. ^ ~You start studying Roman mythology to know their God of War.^ ~You discover that Mars is Ares' planet so you decide to become an astronaut.^ ~You translate Mars to Spanish and start praying to Ares every Tuesday.^ ~You get a Spanish-English dictionary to understand the previous line (and why Tuesday!)^ ~You try to start a war in order to call Ares attention. ~You take up all kinds of martial arts (so you can be more like Xena and Gab.)^ ~NASA rejects you so you try to build a spaceship to go to Mars.^ ~You have a great interest in the army and the navy.^ ~You don't think war is too bad and stop being a pacifist.^ ~You become a more aggressive person.^ ~You change all of your jewelry to silver.^ ~You don't know the 7 wonders of the world but you know all of Ares temples that they never showed in the series.^ ~You're determined to build a time machine to get to Ancient Greece.^ ~Finally, you change your religion to become the High Priest(ess) of Ares.^ Well, that be it for now. If you have any ideas for this list, please send them on to me. You will be given full credit for any and all contributions. Thanks for sticking around long enough to read all this! |
| *= Ideas contributed by Xe, Warrior Goddess. |
| Ideas without any marking are mine. |
| ^= Ideas contributed by Hermeniana. |