Definitely agree about preferring Alien to Aliens. I love them both, but Aliens is mostly just a fun action movie while I think Alien is much more serious and REAL, and also a lot scarier than the Aliens.

There's a lot of talk about Xena lately (is it the 15 year anniversary?) and it makes me so happy. I can't even begin to describe how much Xena meant for me when I was younger, and I'm glad she's not forgotten. You know, I hadn't even thought about how she's the same type of character as Angel, probably because I never got annoyed when Xena brooded like I did with Angel (much as I loved the character and the show).

Because I agree so much about characters 2-5, I almost feel like I ought to be reading Marvel so I can get acquainted with Abigail Brand. :)