I would have never ever have thought of this song for a Joxer video edit. But you know what? It actually works.
Despite Joxer being a wannabe-warrior, as Xena once said, the bravery was still there. He may not have been a great fighter like Xena or have anywhere near the half-god strength of Hercules, but he was courageous and he used that courage where and when it really counted.
He did go the distance in his own way only for his loved ones and I think that says something about heroism in general. That not everyone is cut out for it and it’s okay.
What matters is that we act when and where we can for those that need it and I definitely think Joxer did that.
That’s a specific kind of heroism we don’t think about too often when it comes to TV art/entertainment in the action-adventure department because we look down on someone holding their ground even if they’re weak and incapable of defending and protecting themselves.
But it really says something about a person when they know they’re not cut out for it and yet still tries to do it.
Especially when they feel they have no other way to go.
So Joxer was never the warrior he desperately wanted to be. His son was. Those values had to come from him and Meg too in order for them to be expressed in Virgil and I like how this video edit shows that at the end of it because Joxer’s legacy lived on through his children. He didn’t have the body to live the life of a warrior, but he must have carried the heart and mind of one to be able to teach it to Virgil. The phrase is often perceived as a negative but in this case I would say that it’s a positive:
“Those that can’t do, teach.” That’s Joxer’s true legacy.