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Xena and Gabrielle were without a doubt my first “oh, I am a girl who likes girls” moment.
I remember my dad being so weird about me not liking the Hercules show that ran around that time and trying to be like, “Come on, he’s so big and tough! Don’t you wanna be that?” And all I could think about was whether or not I wanted to be Gabrielle or Xena more.
I’ll also mention that today, Lucy Lawless is a badass and Sorbo is a whiney pissant.
Lucy wins. Then and now.
Edit: and have you seen her today?? She’s stunning and an awesome person.
he held a grudge against her to this day. making shitty christian movies with other "nutty washed out actors isnt helping your image.
Meanwhile, all the manly straight men preferred Xena for the exact same reason you did.
I remember thinking Gabrielle was hotter, but after seeing this picture I can’t imagine how
Personality? Changing type? You don’t have to choose if you go the femslash way.
Because Xena has a more roundish face and Gabrielle looked more feminie by that times beauty standards and it takes some time for us to overcome the standards society has burdened us with and develop our own taste.
At least that’s what it was for me. Today I think they’re both absolutely stunning women. But at that time I was 14, living in a relatively conservative home and felt threatened by strong women.
Actually I think it’s because Xena covers up more in later episodes and Gabrielle always showed more skin. And in some seasons had shorter hair than here. When was OPs picture from I wonder?
Xena is wearing a Katana, she only aquires one in Episode 133 of 134.
That’s S6E21 “A Friend in Need Part I”So OPs picture must be from the last or second to last episode.
Hercules show was so dedicated to being meat and potatoes it forgot that it needs to go somewhere to keep viewers engaged. Xena show simply had more going for it and better narrative structure that maintained engagement long-term. Compare Xena and Gabrielle to Hercules and Iolaus dynamics - simple as that.
I think we’re the exact same person. Side question, Ive been thinking about rewatching this show. Does anyone know if it holds up or will i tarnish my fond memories?
Currently rewatching. It mostly fucking slaps. I mean, it’s silly but it do be slappin.
SORBO was so jealous of her, he became a looney right winger after his strokes. he even fucked up his own show on andromeda.
the takeover of Andromeda was really-really stupid.
he tried to make trance to be more slutty for some reason. while shes a useful OP character in the show.
one of many questionable decisions that tanked the show. it started off well and then just kept falling off a cliff
DISAPPOINTED!!
She’s so slim in this picture. In my memory of the show she is like a strong body builder body type like the female version of Kevin Sorbo’s Hercules. Weird how wrong such a clear memory can be!
Looking at her standard outfit I think they use a few tricks to present that image: cuffs around the biceps, shoulder thingies (there more like epaulettes than pauldrons), and bracers all either hid the thinner parts or made them look larger.
That’s interesting. I never would have thought to look at the clothes like that.
This is also an earlier picture. She deffo put on muscle as the series went on. Compare:
it’s because she projects power
It’s that jawline. It. Just. Doesn’t. Quit.
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It is a god damn crime that we never got Lucy Lawless as Wonder Woman. She would have absolutely killed it if the superhero boom came about 20 years earlier.
Xena style Wonder Woman series would’ve been peak
I have good news:
i’ve been meaning to check out Absolute line for a while and it seems like i’m finally going to do it. Is it good or really good?
I quite enjoyed it. Lots of mythology
It’s on Hoopla too
Here in Greece, the series along with Hercules used to play every evening at 2-3 o’clock when I was a kid. She is well known.
same in Ukraine.
I love Lucy, she’s the best.
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It’s been so long, I don’t remember she had a fucking katana.
Looks like a normal katana to me but what do I know.
i might remember it wrong but i think it was from the latter part of the show when they started to branch out into different cultures more.
Same… just that frisbee disk
chakram, is a indian weapon, naturally she an indian story arc going on, indian had some good lores too.
It’s amazing how much higher the bar has been raised to be a “muscly woman”.
She looks fantastic and athletic and sexy in this picture, but I remember seeing that in the 90s and thinking “wow strongk!”
And I don’t think it’s about gear, I think it’s about aesthetics, I remember women being really careful not to exercises that could make their arms or shoulders bigger, and it just feels like women care about that a lot less now.
As a sapphic person I completely approve.
its before hollywood, required the hollywood face and body. aka plastic surgeries, botox. and roids/peds for the men to be ripped at thier 40+yo. isaip, rob mac(cringey name change) and kaitlyn were totally unrecognizable as of recently.
PE sexism galore.
That was such a good show at the time.
except for that weird batch of episode when they died and then came back.
Was that after Xena had a baby, and they came back and her baby was an adult?
i don’t remember. it’s from the latter part of the run
before sorbo ran off the og showrunner and took it over. since it was created gene Roddenberry.
I never realized how much of a smoke show she was/is when I was younger. She’s still great in the most recent stuff I’ve seen her on. Great counterpart to Ron on Parks and Rec and also great on Curb when she briefly dated Larry. Does the Xena show still hold up?
She was actually smoking hot in both Spartacus and Ash vs The Evil Dead. I think she even looked better older than younger, dressed as Xena.
Were you blind as a child? I was 9 in 1995 and knew it. She has several topless scenes in Spartacus, which is a legitimately fun show.
My brother, I was 22 in 1005. Xena was nice eye candy, but redheads really eo it for me, so I was all about Gabrielle.
Bro you old as fuck
I prefer to think of it as “experienced.”
ETA: 1005, lol! Bro, my typos are out of control today!
i was shocked to see her in X Files when i was doing a rewatch. She was, quite aptly, a superhuman terminator.
I’ve saved this picture for later …
yay
As Patton Oswalt said: “Two moon faced lesbians beating people with a stick? I can’t tell ya how many times I conjugated the verb to that show.”
You can’t create a show with that much skin and ridiculously good-looking people, and not crack a few eggs.
Lucy Flawless
statement of fact
Not only my first crush, but what made me realize I’m attracted to dark-haired women who might kill me.
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