The Truth
In 2003, during an interview Lucy Lawless had with Lesbian News magazine, fans were convinced that Lawless finally cemented the nature of Xena and Gabrielle’s relationship. Lawless said that after the series finale, she believed Xena and Gabrielle’s relationship was “definitely gay” after Gabrielle revives Xena from drowning with mouth-to-mouth, although it looked more like a full kiss. “There was always a, ‘Well, she might be or she might not be’ but when there was that drip of water passing between their lips in the very final scene, that cemented it for me. Now it wasn’t just that Xena was bisexual and kinda liked her gal pal and they kind of fooled around sometimes, it was ‘Nope, they’re married, man’.”
She Wasn’t Meant To Live
Xena’s character was originally introduced in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and made an appearance in three episodes. At the end of the three-episode arc, Xena was meant to die, but the producers were so impressed with her that they made a whole spin-off for her.