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In a time of ancient gods, warlords and kings, a land in turmoil cried out for a hero. She was Xena, a mighty princess forged in the heat of battle. The power. The passion. The danger. Her courage will change the world.

For the television show Xena: Warrior Princess, the siderunner/spinoff to Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.

What's the fuss all about?


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9

How are they not cannon

She literally says girlfriend 😭. Idk if im missing something but why have I not see anybody point this out. Right after this micheal is like I wasnt trying to kill Gabrielle, implying Xena was talking about her. Doesnt seem like its in a friend way.

2 Comments
2024/09/25
03:20 UTC

7

Another World Theory

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.

4 Comments
2024/09/25
01:00 UTC

38

They are tolerant in Athens…

5 Comments
2024/09/24
23:19 UTC

99

Xena, Antony, and Natalie Merchant (and a jealous Gabby of course, LOL)

30 Comments
2024/09/24
19:45 UTC

121

Joxer, Playboy.

I'm sorry.

16 Comments
2024/09/24
07:10 UTC

142

ARES - Little does she know I'm a nasty dog

18 Comments
2024/09/23
21:55 UTC

0

Gabrielle's perfect body

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!

https://preview.redd.it/l4mzcz9bjjqd1.jpg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ec4e77e985a3c7d60411ac7d0c4a3d27998f6c1f

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.

11 Comments
2024/09/23
11:05 UTC

5

Confused about Hope’s timeline

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?

14 Comments
2024/09/23
07:52 UTC

243

Renee O'Connor

9 Comments
2024/09/23
07:31 UTC

3

You may have seen this channel's A.I. stuff around YouTube. I had an audible chuckle when I saw Joxer. :-)

16 Comments
2024/09/23
02:08 UTC

249

Xena and Gabrielle’s costumes on Sunday. Battle on!

22 Comments
2024/09/22
13:24 UTC

27

Is Xena justified in her anger towards Caesar?

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.

https://preview.redd.it/5osgjy2ny7qd1.png?width=1084&format=png&auto=webp&s=2e522dd66913aa2d44a2c6f855c95ca1be49c6d2

33 Comments
2024/09/21
20:07 UTC

24

Lucy lawless and Renee o Connor salaries.

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

11 Comments
2024/09/21
16:42 UTC

164

Yep. I got it BAD.

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.

17 Comments
2024/09/21
06:17 UTC

312

An honest Sins of the Past Gabrielle

5 Comments
2024/09/21
01:02 UTC

3

Who can play Ares in a potential reboot? In my opinion David Gandy

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

8 Comments
2024/09/20
07:04 UTC

11 Comments
2024/09/20
04:00 UTC

7

Eli is Simon Magus

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.

5 Comments
2024/09/20
01:51 UTC

6

Something Youtube Recommended To Me

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

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

2 Comments
2024/09/20
01:16 UTC

7

Aired vs. Fanfic Canon

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.

4 Comments
2024/09/19
19:10 UTC

14

What Happened To Gabrielle's Staff?

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.

19 Comments
2024/09/19
14:01 UTC

30

What Xena Reboot Would You Want?

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.

56 Comments
2024/09/19
13:51 UTC

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