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Why Xena: Warrior Princess Never Made Xena & Gabrielle A Couple
Xena: Warrior Princess featured a budding love-related relationship between Xena and her companion Gabrielle, but the show never officially made them a couple due to network politics and character dynamics. In the 90s, LGBTQ+ advocacy was scarce on television, and many fans fast grew attached to the clear romantic undertones of the relationship between the reformed warlord and the battling bard. Xena heavily implied their romance over the course of six seasons, even implying Gabrielle and Xena were soulmates, but stopped shy of confirming it. Xena and Gabrielle remain a beloved association among viewers twenty years later, though behind-the-scenes decisions prevented the show from openly making them a couple.
The romance between the two female leads was not originally intended, and fans picked up on the not-very-platonic energy of their dynamic before the cast and crew. Nevertheless, the writers and cast got on board with the buzz and leaned into the implied intimacy more heavily as the seasons went on. While the writers usually tried to maintain a skinny guise of heterosexuality, they also pushed the bou
Debate: Is Gabrielle gay or bi?
I wanted to speak about something a lot of Xenites seem to have different opinions and interpretations on. Gabrielle’s sexuality throughout the ENTIRE show.
We’ve established Xena is in fact bisexual and not a lesbian and this is something Lucy Lawless has confirmed herself. Xena had both MALE and FEMALE love interests and/or relationships all the way through the show. From Season 1 to Season 6. In fact this was true even before she met Gabrielle.
Female treasure interests and/or relationships: Lao Ma, Anakin, Akemi, M’Lila, Alti and of course... Gabrielle.
Male love interests and/or relationships: Borias, Ares, Marcus, Ulysses, Lucifer, Caesar, Petracles, Draco, Rafe, Iolas and of course... Hercules.
If I’ve missed any, point them out. No, I perform not consider Callisto to be one of her female love interests. Bitch was fucked up and Xena fucked her up. There was a sexy energy between them and a kiss between her and Callisto’s “illusion” in ‘The Bitter Suite’ but clearly the characters themselves hated each other’s guts. No love and/or attraction. Alti - only when Xena was evil, possibly, I don’t know. It seemed like Xena liked her anyway
'Who cares anymore? Gay is part of normal': Lucy Lawless discusses the 'lesbian romance' between superhero Xena and her gal pal Gabrielle in the trendy Warrior Princess series
She became a household name in the 1990s thanks to the Xena: Warrior Princess fantasy franchise.
And Lucy Lawless, 51, has looked back at her time on the series in this week's Stellar magazine - in particular, she has thoughts about the show's 'lesbian' themes.
The intimate friendship between lead characters Xena, played by Lucy, and Gabriel, played by Renee O'Connor, was central to the show.
'Who cares anymore? Gay is part of normal': Lucy Lawless discussed the 'lesbian romance' in Xena: Warrior Princess in this week's issue of Stellar. Pictured in a shoot for Stellar magazine
Although it was never explicitly stated in the series, Lucy has confirmed the pair were gay, in love - and it's no large deal.
'That's where the characters settled. At first, even [Renee O'Connor and I] didn't see that coming, but the producers and writers knew what they were doing.
'And it doesn't even matter. Who cares anymore? Gay is part of normal. I recognize in other parts of the world this is still a new idea b
As an old (read: 90s) prophesy once said: “In a time of ancient gods, warriors and kings, a land in turmoil cried out for a hero. She was Xena, a mighty princess — her courage will change the world.” Now, Xena, Warrior Princess is back to change the world once more in a modern rebooted series. What’s more, she will be openly gay. “Xena will be a very different display made for very distinct reasons,” Javier Grillo-Marxuach, the show’s executive producer, confirmed in a Tumblr Q&A. “There is no reason to bring assist Xena if it is not there for the purpose of fully exploring a relationship that could only be shown subtextually in first-run syndication in the 1990s.”
Fans of the original show — which ran between 1995-2001 — will think of the latent sexual undercurrent that existed between Lucy Lawless’ character and Renee O’Connor’s Gabrielle. It didn’t matter how many ripped demi gods came between them, they were clearly in love. Even Lawless recognized this, telling Lesbian News in 2003 that Xena was “definitely gay”: “There was always a &
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