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[[Image:XG-ADayInTheLife.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Xena & Gabrielle in the hot tub, "[[A Day in the Life]]"]] | [[Image:XG-ADayInTheLife.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Xena & Gabrielle in the hot tub, "[[A Day in the Life]]"]] | ||
[[Image:XG-HotTub-3.png|right|thumb|200px|Xena & Gabrielle in the hot tub, "[[A Day in the Life]]"]] | [[Image:XG-HotTub-3.png|right|thumb|200px|Xena & Gabrielle in the hot tub, "[[A Day in the Life]]"]] | ||
[[Image:XG-Quest-Kiss.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Xena & Gabrielle: ''[[Quest (Xena episode)|Quest]]'' kiss]] | [[Image:XG-Quest-Kiss.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Xena & Gabrielle: ''[[The Quest (Xena episode)|The Quest]]'' kiss]] | ||
[[Image:XG-Kiss2.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Xena & Gabrielle: Kiss]] | [[Image:XG-Kiss2.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Xena & Gabrielle: Kiss]] | ||
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==Episode guide== | ==Episode guide== | ||
* '''The Prodigal''' - Xena's sadness & joy when G leaves & comes back | |||
* '''[[Altared States]]''' (1x19) - first real subtextual sexual tension between X&G | * '''[[Altared States]]''' (1x19) - first real subtextual sexual tension between X&G | ||
* [[Ties That Bind]] (1x20) - Xena's purported father, trying to split up X&G, says you two are a team; I wouldn't want to come between you. | * [[Ties That Bind]] (1x20) - Xena's purported father, trying to split up X&G, says you two are a team; I wouldn't want to come between you. | ||
* The Greater Good (1x21) - Gabrielle's grief at Xena's apparent death | |||
* '''Callisto''' - X & G share a moment of closeness, and acknowledge their closeness, when G tells X not to turn into a monster if G is killed. | |||
* [[Death Mask (Xena episode)|Death Mask]] (1x23) - Xena tries to send Gabrielle off, and Gabrielle resists, telling Xena off. Xena watches amused. G tells X's brother, "I'm sorry you had to witness that," giving it the perfect air of a domestic quarrel. | * [[Death Mask (Xena episode)|Death Mask]] (1x23) - Xena tries to send Gabrielle off, and Gabrielle resists, telling Xena off. Xena watches amused. G tells X's brother, "I'm sorry you had to witness that," giving it the perfect air of a domestic quarrel. | ||
* '''[[Girls Just Wanna Have Fun]]''' (2x04) - lesbian vampire; lesbian bar-type scene | * '''Is There a Doctor in the House?''' (1x24) Xena panicked when Gabrielle almost dies (and invents CPR). | ||
* '''[[Return of Callisto]]''' (2x05) - Xena | * '''[[Girls Just Wanna Have Fun]]''' (2x04) - lesbian vampire; lesbian bar-type scene; bacchae Gabrielle bites Xena very sexily | ||
* '''[[The Quest (Xena episode)|The Quest]]''' (2x13) (dreamscape Xena kisses Gabrielle; Gabrielle's grief) | * '''[[Return of Callisto]]''' (2x05) - Xena does not appear very happy that Gabrielle is getting married | ||
* '''Destiny''' (2x12) - Xena on verge of dying; Gabrielle's grief | |||
* '''[[The Quest (Xena episode)|The Quest]]''' (2x13) (dreamscape Xena kisses Gabrielle; Gabrielle's grief at Xena's death) | |||
* '''[[A Day in the Life]]''' (2x15) (domestic bickering; hot tub scene; Man: Would Xena think about getting married & settling down? Gabrielle: "Oh, she likes what I do." (X tosses a fish at G & hits her in the mouth) | * '''[[A Day in the Life]]''' (2x15) (domestic bickering; hot tub scene; Man: Would Xena think about getting married & settling down? Gabrielle: "Oh, she likes what I do." (X tosses a fish at G & hits her in the mouth) | ||
* [[The Play's the Thing]] - Minya acknowledges: "Gabrielle, I wanted to thank you. I never would have met Paulina here if it wasn't for you. In fact, the two of you made me realize something deep down about myself that I guess I always knew but just didn't dare admit. Yes. I'm a ... thespian!" | * [[Blind Faith]] (2x18) - X risks permanent blindness to save G | ||
* The Lost Mariner (2x21) - X is ready to condemn herself to eternity to save Gabrielle | |||
* [[A Comedy of Eros]] (2x22) - Draco suggests to X that G is the "woman you love" | |||
* Been There, Done That (3x02) - G huddling into X to go to sleep; very intimate; X's great joy when she wakes up & G is alive; X playing with coconuts over G's chest; Joxer: "Is that a hickey?" | |||
* The Deliverer (3x04) - X comforting G at the end of the episode | |||
* [[The Play's the Thing]] (4x17) - Minya acknowledges: "Gabrielle, I wanted to thank you. I never would have met Paulina here if it wasn't for you. In fact, the two of you made me realize something deep down about myself that I guess I always knew but just didn't dare admit. Yes. I'm a ... thespian!" | |||
* You Are There (6x13) - X&G's relationship | * You Are There (6x13) - X&G's relationship | ||
===Xena relationships with women=== | ===Xena relationships with women=== | ||
* [[Lao | * [[Lao Ma]]: "[[The Debt (Xena episode)|The Debt]]" and [[The Debt II]] | ||
* Akemi | * Akemi | ||
* Anokin | * Anokin | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
* Jeanne E. Hamming, "Whatever Turns You On: Becoming-Lesbian and the Production of Desire in the Xenaverse", at http://www.genders.org/g34/g34_hamming.txt | * Jeanne E. Hamming, "Whatever Turns You On: Becoming-Lesbian and the Production of Desire in the Xenaverse", at http://www.genders.org/g34/g34_hamming.txt | ||
* Diane Silver, Xena Subtext FAQ (no longer available online; [http://web.archive.org/web/20030402071321/http://members.aol.com/daxwtesq/FAQ/FAQ.htm 2003 April version] at Internet Archive) | |||
[[Category:Xena]] | [[Category:Xena]] | ||
[[Category:Queer]] | [[Category:Queer]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Fictional families and relationships]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:24, 5 May 2007
The Xena-Gabrielle relationship
Episode guide
- The Prodigal - Xena's sadness & joy when G leaves & comes back
- Altared States (1x19) - first real subtextual sexual tension between X&G
- Ties That Bind (1x20) - Xena's purported father, trying to split up X&G, says you two are a team; I wouldn't want to come between you.
- The Greater Good (1x21) - Gabrielle's grief at Xena's apparent death
- Callisto - X & G share a moment of closeness, and acknowledge their closeness, when G tells X not to turn into a monster if G is killed.
- Death Mask (1x23) - Xena tries to send Gabrielle off, and Gabrielle resists, telling Xena off. Xena watches amused. G tells X's brother, "I'm sorry you had to witness that," giving it the perfect air of a domestic quarrel.
- Is There a Doctor in the House? (1x24) Xena panicked when Gabrielle almost dies (and invents CPR).
- Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (2x04) - lesbian vampire; lesbian bar-type scene; bacchae Gabrielle bites Xena very sexily
- Return of Callisto (2x05) - Xena does not appear very happy that Gabrielle is getting married
- Destiny (2x12) - Xena on verge of dying; Gabrielle's grief
- The Quest (2x13) (dreamscape Xena kisses Gabrielle; Gabrielle's grief at Xena's death)
- A Day in the Life (2x15) (domestic bickering; hot tub scene; Man: Would Xena think about getting married & settling down? Gabrielle: "Oh, she likes what I do." (X tosses a fish at G & hits her in the mouth)
- Blind Faith (2x18) - X risks permanent blindness to save G
- The Lost Mariner (2x21) - X is ready to condemn herself to eternity to save Gabrielle
- A Comedy of Eros (2x22) - Draco suggests to X that G is the "woman you love"
- Been There, Done That (3x02) - G huddling into X to go to sleep; very intimate; X's great joy when she wakes up & G is alive; X playing with coconuts over G's chest; Joxer: "Is that a hickey?"
- The Deliverer (3x04) - X comforting G at the end of the episode
- The Play's the Thing (4x17) - Minya acknowledges: "Gabrielle, I wanted to thank you. I never would have met Paulina here if it wasn't for you. In fact, the two of you made me realize something deep down about myself that I guess I always knew but just didn't dare admit. Yes. I'm a ... thespian!"
- You Are There (6x13) - X&G's relationship
Xena relationships with women
- Lao Ma: "The Debt" and The Debt II
- Akemi
- Anokin
- Callisto - No relationship b/w X&C is implied, but there was sexual tension and attraction. See, e.g., The Bitter Suite (Callisto kisses Xena to wake her up); "Sacrifice 2" (Callisto touches Xena sensually as she is dying)
References
- Jeanne E. Hamming, "Whatever Turns You On: Becoming-Lesbian and the Production of Desire in the Xenaverse", at http://www.genders.org/g34/g34_hamming.txt
- Diane Silver, Xena Subtext FAQ (no longer available online; 2003 April version at Internet Archive)