Happy birthday Xena
So apparently this weekend marks the 15th anniversary of the first airing of Xena: Warrior Princess.
Xena was my very first fandom, and a part of me still "lives" there. I made friends and acquaintances and one of them is even on my flist now, though we don't interact much these days. Those two got me through my Masters program. I read my first fanfics in Xena, went to my first con in Xena, and even did my first COSplay in Xena. I regularly went to Xena Night at Meow Mix (the bar no longer exists), and marched in the Pride Parade two years in a row with the Marching Xenas. Subtext was IT, and eventually became maintext, and back in the late 90s it was a REALLY HUGE DEAL.
Here I am as Gabrielle back in 1997, for a con in Pasadena CA.
I rewatched the very first episode (Sins of the Past) this weekend and let's face it. You really can't beat a show that starts out with a sidekick spouting lines like "She'd (Xena) never let a man get close enough to do her" and "I'm not the little girl that my parents wanted me to be."
So, happy birthday Xena!
Xena was my very first fandom, and a part of me still "lives" there. I made friends and acquaintances and one of them is even on my flist now, though we don't interact much these days. Those two got me through my Masters program. I read my first fanfics in Xena, went to my first con in Xena, and even did my first COSplay in Xena. I regularly went to Xena Night at Meow Mix (the bar no longer exists), and marched in the Pride Parade two years in a row with the Marching Xenas. Subtext was IT, and eventually became maintext, and back in the late 90s it was a REALLY HUGE DEAL.
Here I am as Gabrielle back in 1997, for a con in Pasadena CA.
I rewatched the very first episode (Sins of the Past) this weekend and let's face it. You really can't beat a show that starts out with a sidekick spouting lines like "She'd (Xena) never let a man get close enough to do her" and "I'm not the little girl that my parents wanted me to be."
So, happy birthday Xena!