Yes, yes it is… it’s so funny because this whole scene, Xena’s supposed to be weak and dying… but she absolutely responds to this kiss way more than I think was planned…
“Lucy! Lucy! Okay… you’re supposed to be dying… stop kissing Renee back…”
Yeah you can actually see her melting into the kiss. Totally out of character. But you know, I forgive her
The various taunting throughout the entire show. I’m sure there is a lot more than this but these will do. 3 of the gifs are not mine. Just found them Googling.
If you love Gabrielle’s evolution as much as I do, here are some of her best fight scenes from Season 5 and 6. Complete with flips and kicks, sai techniques and hand-to-hand combat moves. Because Renee O’Connor is fucking awesome!
A pretty overlooked things in XWP is how easily armies of men pledge allegiance to the first woman who yells a little louder than their previous leader, be it Xena, Callisto or Livia. Like “We’re warriors fear us grrr” “Ayiyiyiyi” “K, we’re your army now.”
I think this says more about men’s nature than any pamphlets.
People have pointed out before that Xena does not shame other women or shame men for being feminine. Zero percent fem-shaming. She values feminine characters and traits instead and actually learns from them.
There’s more…
You know how much slut-shaming Xena did? None. Not even her past and highly evil self got shamed for having sex.
You know how many emo feelings Xena had despite her capacity for extremely instrumental, strategic military action? All of them. All of the feelings.
You know how much having a woman as a life partner damaged Xena’s self-identity? None. It actually just made it more awesome.
You know how many seconds it took Xena to deal with her cisgender privilege and act in pragmatic solidarity with a trans woman? Less than ten seconds.
Xena had more respect for her horse than most action heroes have for their own lives.
She offered more and more dignity to herself and other people throughout the show. It was part of her character’s development, part of her heroism.
And that is another way of articulating why Xena is so awesome.
I love that she got to have it all: romance, pain, joy, loss, etc. So often when the hero is a woman they only get a small piece of the total adventure, but not so here. Whether she was reveling in battle or brooding with guilt she simply was.
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