Fun fact; the Cyane name tradition with Amazon Queens started on Young Hercules
Posted by itsascreambaby96@reddit | xena | View on Reddit | 27 comments
I'm rewatching the Xenaverse and I'm on Hercules s5, Xena s4 and Young Hercules (Ryan Gosling) and I never realized that the tradition of Amazon Queens being named after the American teenager; Cyane started on Young Hercules, the very first Cyane was the Queen of Gabrielle's tribe
rheactx@reddit
> Young Hercules (Ryan Gosling)
Wait, what???
Overall_Sandwich_671@reddit
yep! Everybody gotta start somewhere!
breadmonkey17@reddit
And he credits his fellow kiwis for encouraging him to stick with acting 💖💖💖
skipford77@reddit
What do you mean?! He peaked with that show!
FanboyFilms@reddit
I thought the first Cyane we saw on screen was Victoria Pratt in "Adventures in the Sin Trade."
itsascreambaby96@reddit (OP)
Young Hercules premiered a few weeks before Xena's fourth season did
FanboyFilms@reddit
Now I know!
RotaVitae@reddit
In airing terms, the name may have been invented on Young Hercules. But in lore terms, it began in the Stone Age with Selma Blair. Young Herc's Cyane was the first named Cyane on screen, but she was likely far from the first one in Amazon history.
Jahon_Dony@reddit
Are you talking about an episode with the cupid / Caesar actor in it as a different character?
RotaVitae@reddit
Yes. Lorewise, Lifeblood cements that the name Cyane is a paradox name introduced from the far future, our present. Karl Urban is Kor the cannibalism who falls for Cyane.
Jahon_Dony@reddit
Horrible episode. It was a failed pilot unrelated to Herc or Xena that they cannibalized into an episode to save money.
itsascreambaby96@reddit (OP)
Speaking of Cyane if she's the queen of Gabrielle's tribe, did Melosa fought for her title like Velasca did?
Ithiliell@reddit
Young Hercules' Cyane's second-in-command, Simula, is played by Alison Bruce, who also plays Melosa. So I headcannon that Melosa is Simula's daughter. And depending on how long Cyane lived, either Simula or Melosa took over as the next in line.
itsascreambaby96@reddit (OP)
I love Alison Bruce! one of my favorite NZ actors in the Xenaverse
skipford77@reddit
Another fun fact: the tune for Joxer the Mighty first appeared on Hercules, but not the lyrics.
itsascreambaby96@reddit (OP)
NOW that I didn't know another fun fact; Joxer's helmet was first seen in the King Midas episode "All That Glitters"
JazzHandsInHell@reddit
I am so confused, sorry. What does an American teenager have to do with this?
itsascreambaby96@reddit (OP)
In the Lifbelood episode an American teenager played by Selma Blair was a girl named Cyane who introduced the original Amazons to the traditions they have now. It was originally a pilot for a Xena spinoff called Amazon High directed by Michael Hurst
Jahon_Dony@reddit
That was never designed as a Xena spinoff. It was a bad pilot that got Frankensteined into a bad episode of Xena.
JazzHandsInHell@reddit
I appreciate it. I must have blocked that episode out of my mind.
itsascreambaby96@reddit (OP)
it's a bad episode Im not surprised you blocked it out
itsascreambaby96@reddit (OP)
it's not a good episode so I see why you blocked it out.
DuchessSwan@reddit
wait, I dont think that's true! thought the name of Cyane was WAY before that. They explained it in Xena season 5 Lifeblood.
The ancient amazon tribe performed a ritual that transported the first Cyane (Selma Blair's character) into the past. She was from the future and she taught the tribe how to ride horses and dance, and other modern things and they made her the first queen. and Cyane because of her blue shirt.
itsascreambaby96@reddit (OP)
The Lifeblood episode didn't air until a year after Young Hercules.
DuchessSwan@reddit
Time for a rewatch ! I been meaning to rewatch young hercules anyways, i had the biggest crush on Jason xD
itsascreambaby96@reddit (OP)
Don't expect the quality writing of Xena or Hercules it's more like Mighty Morphin Power Rangers for Xena and Hercules fans.
So expect a lot of repetition but there's a lot of Kevin Smith if you love Ares
West-Surround-8857@reddit
I loved young Hercules!
But it isn't the most coherent series in the franchise at all... 😅