There are a lot of similarities throughout the series of historic and mythological stories in our world, but there are also vast differences. In my head cannon, Xena doesn’t take place on this earth, but on an earth like planet on the opposite side of the Milky Way where the timeline is altogether different from this planet.

In XWP, we see a rather male gaze on female characters. If not to say sexist: revealing outfits, an abundance of cosmetics, an emphasis on the chest. If the series were filmed today, I think women would look more natural and less naked. But I am grateful to the creators for undressing Gabrielle! :) It feels like they saw the beauty of her body, her beautiful muscles, the magnificent effect of these muscles working during fights and took the absolutely right step - undressed her so that the viewer could enjoy it. I'm not a fan of pumped muscles, but everything is very harmonious in Gabrielle. The abdominal muscles are magical!

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And the question. Are there any interviews with Renee O'Connor in which she would talk about how she kept fit during the filming of XWP? Obviously, it took a lot of work.

So I must’ve missed something as I’m skipping around..

How did hope go from being poisoned by Gabrielle to the weird little black thing in Apocalypse now?

I mean she and her pirates did kidnap him, held him for ransom. Idky Xena was surprised that he came back and did the same thing to her.

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Do we have any info on how much they were paid per episode ?

Is this how y'all experienced when you first watch Xena? Cuz I'm so into it I got it so bad I've been scrolling the internet for images of em. I'm so down bad, man.

I think David Gandy has the look, style and finesse to play Ares... Who else would be an amazing (better) fit.

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So, I'm sitting here doing research for a class and came across a passage about Simon Magus in the Bible and I can't believe that all these years later I finally realized. People often ask if Eli is meant to be a "Christ figure", and I realize that his story is almost completely identical to Simon's.

This is pretty cool, as a historian I've always been impressed with how many historical references are in both Hercules and Xena, especially the obscure ones. This is a nice touch, and shows how much research the showrunners and writers did while the shows were on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apz8pTxmvUs

Says it was posted 6 years ago. Check out Renee!!

Aside from "the relationship," several commonalities appear in nearly every genre of fanfic. Many seem to be logical assumptions, but based on little or nothing I actually saw on screen. I would love if you could point to eps/scenes that substantiate the following, beyond what I may have noted for each:

1. Xena's nightmares of the past, when she cries out and/or slugs someone who wakes her. In CALLISTO, Xena admits she doesn't sleep well. In INTIMATE STRANGER she has nightmares related to Callisto. I'm not counting DREAMWORKER, her reliving the past in DESTINY, SINS or PAST IMPERFECT. I'm looking for where we see her in her bedroll having non--Callisto nightmares.

2. Gabrielle having "green" or "hazel" eyes. Do you recall any character referring to her eye color, like we hear folks talking about Xena's?

3. Xena doing daily drills, calisthenics, basic exercise (not related to training others) like we see her always tending her sword.

4. Xena bouncing on her toes to "settle" her armor.

I'm listening to Xena Warrior Podcast and they're saying she broke the staff Ephiny gave her at Troy. I don't remember seeing that in my rewatch. Does anyone remember what happened? Why her staff goes from having the eagle head bit on it to not? Did she break that part off, is it a different staff?

EDIT: (updated on Sept 24th) Okay, I've just reached Orphan of War in my rewatch and Solan asks Gabrielle where she got the staff. She tells him she got it from the Amazons. So it IS the same staff, at least at this point in the show.

Inspired by a recent post, I thought I'd ask what kind of reboot people would like to see. Mine wouldn't be very likely to happen, lol. I'd like to see it pick up with the actual actors (they'd have to try to find a suitable replacement for Ares, good luck with that), some kind of revision of the plot of FIN, a reunion, and them battling on in their senior years. Maybe a little less intensely, as they'd be getting on in age. Maybe solving problems in other ways. But seriously, I'd watch a series of them getting to Grace and Frankie age, them getting to enjoy a bit of a break from all their work (but never really completely stopping), seeing what shenanigans their older selves would get into. Bring Joxer back, haha.