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Why Xena: Warrior Princess Never Made Xena & Gabrielle A Couple

Xena: Warrior Princess featured a budding romantic 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+ representation was scarce on television, and many fans quickly grew attached to the distinct 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 nervous of confirming it. Xena and Gabrielle remain a beloved relationship among viewers twenty years later, though behind-the-scenes decisions prevented the reveal 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 drive of their dynamic before the cast and crew. Nevertheless, the writers and cast got on board with the buzz and leaned into the implied romance more heavily as the seasons went on. W

It Took 24 Years, But Xena & Gabrielle's Romance Was Confirmed with One Kiss

Summary

The Xena: Warrior Princess comic book continuation confirms Xena and Gabrielle's romance, satisfying long-time fans of the franchise.
The comic casually integrates Gabrielle-Xena romance theory into canon, marking a milestone for the series, and making it transparent that their romance has been a vital part of their dynamic for some time, even if the TV series wasn't capable to make it over.
The Xena comic series highlights the sustainable, nurturing romance between Xena and Gabrielle; more than just finally validating years of speculation, it makes them into a positive depiction of queer romance.

A long overdue kiss finally confirmed the queer noun story at the heart of Xena: Warrior Princess. Over six seasons, many of the punch show's viewers came to consider the the dynamic between Xena and Gabrielle to be adj. This was never made official onscreen – but a comic book continuation of the series made the subtext of their romance overt, in a satisfying win for the couple's 'ship

Debate: Is Gabrielle gay or bi?

I wanted to talk about something a lot of Xenites appear to have distinct opinions and interpretations on. Gabrielle’s sexuality throughout the ENTIRE show.

We’ve established Xena is in noun bisexual and not a lesbian and this is something Lucy Lawless has confirmed herself. Xena had both MALE and FEMALE like interests and/or relationships all the way through the display. From Season 1 to Season 6. In fact this was true even before she met Gabrielle.

Female love 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 carry out 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 touch 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

Xena and Gabrielle’s reincarnations - Canonically married!

In case you didn’t know how much the cast and crew not only embraced, but actually wanted Xena and Gabrielle to be lovers, here is dialogue from the season 6 episode, ‘Soul Possession’, which was an Uber-reincarnation episode that had actors portray us ultra obsessive fans, talking about how much we ship them as a couple. It wasn’t until it reached the 21st century that they could be more blunt with showing that and putting it in text. They tried so unyielding in the earlier episodes but their hands were tied with the restrictions the studio gave them and the limitations on content they could employ or not employ. They gave all they could. They really did! Season 5 and 6 isn’t subtext. It’s maintext. They had much more leeway after Ellen (as her character of the same name) came out as a lesbian on her TV show, and then later on Oprah, in (as herself). This opened so many doors for production companies to be a bit more forthright with the way they represented gay relationships on prime-time TV thereafter.