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[[Image:XG-HotTub-3.png|right|thumb|200px|Xena & Gabrielle in the hot tub]]
[[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-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]]
 


The Xena-Gabrielle relationship
The Xena-Gabrielle relationship


==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
* [[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.
* '''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 (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)
* [[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


* [[Altared States]] - some sexual tension between X&G
===Xena relationships with women===
* [[Ties That Bind]] - Xena's purported father, trying to split up X&G, says you two are a team; I wouldn't want to come between you.
* [[Lao Ma]]: "[[The Debt (Xena episode)|The Debt]]" and [[The Debt II]]
* [[Return of Callisto]] - Xena & Gabrielle kiss
* [[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!"
* "[[The Quest (Xena episode)|The Quest]]" (Xena in the body of a man kisses Gabrielle)
* "A Day in the Life" (Man: Would Xena think about getting married & settling down? Gabrielle: "Oh, she likes what I do." (fish hits her in the mouth)
* "Sacrifice 2" (Callisto touches Xena sensually as she is dying)
* hot tub scene
* You Are There - X&G's relationship
 
===Xena previous relationships with women===
* "[[The Debt (Xena episode)|The Debt]]" (Xena's lesbian-subtextual relationship with Lao-Ma)
* Akemi
* Akemi
* Anokin
* 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==
==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)


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Latest revision as of 07:24, 5 May 2007

Xena & Gabrielle in the hot tub, "A Day in the Life"
Xena & Gabrielle in the hot tub, "A Day in the Life"
Xena & Gabrielle: The Quest kiss
Xena & Gabrielle: Kiss


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

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