Xena and Gabrielle = Platonic Soulmates?

The Gibb twins always considered themselves soulmates. I've heard a parent call their child a soulmate. I don't think it has to always be used as a sexual connection.

I never saw X&G as a couple. I think everyone has a right to their view though. Both Renee and Lucy have stated in commentary that they played it straight for the most part. Only teasing a possible relationship in subtext scenes. So, I think that is why I never got a 'couple' vibe. 

Amenestra was a lot older than Shalti in Between the Lines ... so if they were soulmates in romantic terms I'd think they'd be that in every lifetime?  I think keeping it as 'are they/aren't they' was why it had such a huge fanbase. Going with one view would have divided the fandom and lost a lot of viewers.

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They got married in their future lives though, and did so pretty soon after getting their Xena/Gabrielle memories back. I realize that's not a full argument for their Xena/Gabrielle lives though. There seemed to be plenty of lives in between for the relationship to go from friendship to sexual. For me though, it is enough to think they were lovers.

I agree that soulmates does not automatically equal lovers though. I think Joxer was also their soulmate.

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I disagree, sort of. I think there was a fair amount (especially in season 6) to suggest that the Xena and Gab incarnations of the main timeline were sexually attracted to each other.

From what I remember they started being pretty obviously jealous of each other's potential sexual partners pretty early on- certainly Gab was portrayed that way in the episodes with Antony and Ulysses. We don't really see many later love interests for Gabrielle that Xena is around for to be jealous of, but Gabrielle turns down Brunhilda because she's too devoted to her relationship with Xena to consider being with anyone else. So even if they're not having sex with each other, by season 6 they're exclusive in the sense that they're not having sex with anyone else either.

The other stuff- naked bathing, washing of ears/neck/back/feet, spooning at night, water transfers with extra lip nibbling, semi-graphic lesbian poetry birthday gifts, Cinderella wake up kisses, constant touching and hanging on each other, devil-induced sexual dancing with each other, erotically dancing visions of each other, etc- technically all of that could exist in an extremely close friendship where the people involved were not having sex. I personally just think that's less likely than them being in a sexual relationship.

At the end of the day I'm not sure it matters- they certainly had everything but, including established exclusivity by the end. Of the list of things that they were or might have been to each other, sex buddy seems to me to be a natural extension of the physical closeness we saw them share and the proprietary feelings they certainly had for each other's bodies- but if they weren't in this life, they certainly get around to it by the 20th century, where we actually see them make out.

I agree. When I watched this the first time years ago, it never occurred to me that they were anything more than very devoted good friends.

As I now rewatch with older eyes, I am actually looking for evidence that their relationship was sexual because of what I have read on message boards. Well, I continue to think both were heterosexual and that they had a platonic relationship with each other. That said, I can see how people could interpret that both were bisexual, by assuming certain friendly actions (like sleeping together on a cold night - I thought of it being more like sisters) led to something that could not be shown on the TV screen at the time. So I'm not saying that interpretation is incorrect -- maybe the intention was there. I remember an episode where there were 3 naked Gabrielles but even though the males were very interested, Xena did not seem at all aroused by it.

I did think there was possibly a sexual relationship between Xena and Lao Ma? The scenes seemed to have an erotic feel, but maybe those scenes were meant to be more mystical - I'm not sure.

Agree with you. Nothing more; it was a fan creation. It was sort of like when people began creating stories/theories about the Karate Kid movie with Mr Miyagi and Daniel.


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Xena's relationship with Marcus was lustful and loving, nothing like with Gabrielle. I feel like they are platonic soulmates who are meant by the gods to be together as a well balanced team to do things they could never do apart. Like sisters in a way, but more than that since they seem to be closer to each other than they are with their own families.
I think the bisexual/lesbian subtext stuff was more of a fan service kind of deal that came in the later seasons a little bit where the people making the show were playing with their well established characters by putting them in situations that might imply sexuality for those fans who wanted to see that kind of stuff. In the first season there is literally no sexuality implied at all

the length homophobic Xena fans will go