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Xena: Warrior Princess
Feb. 3rd, 2007 09:55 pmIt's essay-/midterm-writing time, so naturally I have been procrastinating very badly. Actually, I've been procrastinating the past few weeks by watching Xena: Warrior Princess. XWP's six-year run ended in 2000 and I remembered catching episodes on the WB when I was younger (this is taking me back to memories of PA now, too). I wasn't old enough to understand the concept of subtext then but when I heard about there being subtext between Xena and Gabrielle, I easily believed it.
But... nothing really prepared me for the reality of the subtext. Good lord. I've been watching an episode in this season, an episode in that season, but good lord... By seasons five and six, the arguments for Xena/Gabby are pretty strong and sometimes almost blatant, I'd say. Plus, Xena totally messes with all mythology and all timelines to the point that you really can't reconcile it. (Did you know that Xena inspired Hippocrates, helped Helen of Troy, knew Caesar (and possibly helped his ass get killed), also knew and helped Ulysses, killed Grendel (yes, that Grendel--and managed to redeem his mother rather than slay her!), and has been to Tartarus, the Elysian Fields and a Christian Heaven? I mean, she's even met Michael! And corrupted Lucifer! Shocking, I know.)
So if you're feeling nostalgic, I believe YouTube actually has all the Xena episodes (and Hercules, which I also watched back in the day but don't have so much an interest in watching these days). Here's a list of the ones I really like so far:
( Got a few hours to kill? )
Anywho, there are tons of episode guides if you want to watch XWP, but I use the one at the Australian Xena Information Page. I've also been distracting myself reading fanfic. The ones I like?: ( Links be behind here )
And there's more! Some fun music videos: Sweet Surrender (if even only for the awesomeness of the song), Massage (mmmm... massages...), It's Gettin' Hot in Here (just so you can see how crazy XWP can get). I ended up clicking on these and really just wanting to see where certain clips came from, which generally resulted in fruitless episode browsing. Although, there were some gems: Joxer the Mighty gets his own song... and so does Gabrielle. =D
Now you, too, can waste your time! (And maybe be nostalgic!) You know, I had no idea that Lucy Lawless had a Kiwi accent but it's really cute to hear it come out in the bloopers.
But... nothing really prepared me for the reality of the subtext. Good lord. I've been watching an episode in this season, an episode in that season, but good lord... By seasons five and six, the arguments for Xena/Gabby are pretty strong and sometimes almost blatant, I'd say. Plus, Xena totally messes with all mythology and all timelines to the point that you really can't reconcile it. (Did you know that Xena inspired Hippocrates, helped Helen of Troy, knew Caesar (and possibly helped his ass get killed), also knew and helped Ulysses, killed Grendel (yes, that Grendel--and managed to redeem his mother rather than slay her!), and has been to Tartarus, the Elysian Fields and a Christian Heaven? I mean, she's even met Michael! And corrupted Lucifer! Shocking, I know.)
So if you're feeling nostalgic, I believe YouTube actually has all the Xena episodes (and Hercules, which I also watched back in the day but don't have so much an interest in watching these days). Here's a list of the ones I really like so far:
( Got a few hours to kill? )
Anywho, there are tons of episode guides if you want to watch XWP, but I use the one at the Australian Xena Information Page. I've also been distracting myself reading fanfic. The ones I like?: ( Links be behind here )
And there's more! Some fun music videos: Sweet Surrender (if even only for the awesomeness of the song), Massage (mmmm... massages...), It's Gettin' Hot in Here (just so you can see how crazy XWP can get). I ended up clicking on these and really just wanting to see where certain clips came from, which generally resulted in fruitless episode browsing. Although, there were some gems: Joxer the Mighty gets his own song... and so does Gabrielle. =D
Now you, too, can waste your time! (And maybe be nostalgic!) You know, I had no idea that Lucy Lawless had a Kiwi accent but it's really cute to hear it come out in the bloopers.
