Apr 21, 2024
CALLISTO: “There's a reason you can't allow you and your partner peace. It's your guilt, it motivates everything you do, torments you. Invite me into your soul and I can purge you of that guilt. I can cleanse you of that shame that drives you. I can give you peace if you let me. What's it gonna be, Xena?”
I go out of my mind with this episode sometimes. It’s just so damn powerful. Incredible writing. And again, I don’t know how anyone can watch an episode like this and not view it romantically. That’s the only way I can.
#xena warrior princess#ides of march#xena and gabrielle#xabrielle#xena#lucy lawless#gabrielle#renee o'connor#love#romance#tragedy#crucifixion#wlw representation#partner#another word they used to keep it ambiguous#it could just mean fighting partner#comrade in arms#or it could mean so much more than that#it’s up to you#but the way callisto uses it#she means romantic partner#domestic partner#married partner#dancing so very close to the line between platonic and romantic#of course a couple of lines later she does also say friend#but we all know what ‘friend’ means to xena
