Lao Ma and Xena’s love scene from 3×07 “The Debt II.” This lyrical interlude is heavily influenced by the high-flying acrobatics of wuxia films such as A Touch of Zen and Butterfly and Sword. Here the warriors’ supernatural powers are being deployed not for battle, but for a moment of transcendent connection. By giving full expression to their love, the two women defy gravity, but more than that, they are defying the restrictive social and cultural boundaries that dominate their lives.
Hey, guys!
Here’s the thing. We all know that when it comes to strong female characters,
role models and legendary powerful women willing to protect the innocent, we
always think about Xena first. Mostly. Especially those of you who were growing up in
90s.
And I saw the beginning of the No
man’s land scene I thought of the “ready for battle” moment in opening credits
of Xena immediately.
So I asked @quietparanoiac, wonderful person and
my very good friend, to make a gifset for me. And she did. The one you see in
the post.
Hope you like it as much as I do.
Diana, Princess of Themyscira
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Xena, Warrior Princess
This is beautiful
Love this. Especially since it is not competitive but just two equally awesome ladies.
I love how in this very last shot of them lying down together Gabrielle lays her hand over Xena’s midriff and Xena lifts her head up to look and then just settles herself back down again smiling. It’s like the moment when she realizes Gabrielle feels the same way she does about her and she’s finally able to show her true feelings for her without feeling guilty about it anymore or holding back. Because lesbihonest…. Xena fell first. Gabrielle had a bad case of hero worship for awhile but she didn’t fall in love first. Xena did. And in this shot you see Gabrielle start to show her affection for her instead of the other way around. It’s really cute and sweet.
I have a gif of the whole action. Probably my favourite gif of them.
i never actually watched the xena pilot when i started earlier this year, so i did that and. oh my god. gabs. babe. you are so hilariously self important i love you so much.
GABS WHAT IS YOUR PLAN HERE
honey they’ve already got all of you. you’re officially kidnapped! but still! she’s like no! take me! i’m easily worth all of these people!!!
i love it so much. she’s so confident that this warlord is gonna be like, yeah actually you’re right i’ve already captured all of you but you’re tiny and mouthy and have the ego of someone far more accomplished so i guess i’ll just keep you around and let the others go????
gabs babe i love you so much please tell me how you thought this was gonna go
You know there’s no way in hell, heaven, hades, Valhalla or any other afterlife that any of the above would take Xena in after she’d:
1) Made the Olympians an endangered species.
2) Waged a war on heaven that she was well on her way to winning (before she was ‘miraculously’ thrown the fuck back out)
3) Created Satan.
A god or guardian of any denomination of death would take one look at her, recognize her as Xena God-Killer, Destroyer Of Everything That Looks At Her Funny, Fucking Mother Of Satan and deliver her straight back to the only being in existence who can control her (i.e. Gabrielle) with a lovely hand-written note about how it would be a crime against love to separate them because they’re tied with bonds that transcend death (and also pls don’t let her kill us thx)
that’s the real reason they keep reincarnating. No afterlives want to keep them
So you know Xena’s famous catchphrase “I have many skills”? It is said a total of 8 times throughout the entire show. Except you might not include the time in ‘Deja Vu All Over Again’ because Harry as the reincarnation of Xena says it. As we know, that’s Ted Raimi, not Lucy Lawless. So it shouldn’t count. Plus you can’t even see him say it either because the camera pans to Renee, which I really don’t get. But hey, she’s the director for this episode so it’s all on her. Or maybe she did it deliberately because he doesn’t have the same facial expression Lucy would. I don’t know. Personally I wouldn’t include it but I needed that 8th spot so the last gif didn’t look massive and they were all at the same size.
It is said in all seasons apart from Season 5 for some reason. 2 times in Season 1, 3 times in Season 2 and 1 time in Season 3. Like I said, I don’t really count the one in Season 4. It is heard for the final time in Season 6. Making it Xena’s catchphrase. None of the other characters have one… Although I suppose you could say Gabrielle’s is “By the Gods” as she says that a significant amount of times for it to be one. I’ve wanted the entire set in gifs for this catchphrase for ages. So I decided just to make my own and share them. Enjoy.
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