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Xena: Warrior Princess (1995 - 2001) ⤷ Fave Characters: Dannielle Cormack as Ephiny

[girl4music]

There’s been many depictions and representations throughout TV art/entertainment of The Amazons - a whole nation of tribes of women that go to war for no other reason seemingly but the glory of battle - but nobody has ever done it better than the Xena creators because they really got down to the core of who these women are and what they truly stand for. It isn’t war.

It’s feminism. It’s all for the right and agency to be a strong woman in a world that doesn’t recognize that.

TERREIS: “It is a man’s world, Gabrielle. Not because it should be, but, because we let them have it. It’s based on a woman’s weakness. The Amazon world is based on truth and a woman’s individual strength.”

GABRIELLE: “Well, I’m all for that.”

And sadly, even to this day, we still do have to battle for that cause. The cause that makes us equal to men. So we go to war because that’s what a man respects. It may be senseless, but it works. And if it works…

Observing the sisterhood of the Amazon Nation in Xena leaves you with a feeling of euphoria that your own strength and power as a woman is not wasted because there are so many others just like you that are striving for that forward moving change of inclusivity and equality. That’s what The Amazons represent.

And you can tell me whether you think that’s worth watching or not. For me it’s one of the strongest and most substantial reasons to watch and to continue to watch Xena. To value what I’m sure is a “dated” show to most but will always be a timeless experience for me because these themes and these messages are still relevant. And they will unfortunately always be relevant because there will always be constant fight and so long as there is constant fight - there is value.

Xena isn’t “dated”. It isn’t “old”. In fact we’re still catching up to everything it contains within it. Not least of which is the representation of The Amazons and that understanding of what true feminism is instead of the awful inaccurate connotations it has of hating men or wanting to be superior to men - of which is just bullshit and only hindering the cause.

We go to war with men because we have to. Because they won’t recognize us any other way than through it.

Men recognize warriors. So women become warriors.

In ‘Xena: Warrior Princess’ there is no compromise with war. There’s no leeway. No easy way out. There are consequences and everyone feels them. Men and women alike. It’s not your typical experience of what you watch in a TV show about these things. About war and violence. That’s why I love it so, so, so much. Because it’s not afraid to be brutally honest about it even when it’s technically a family show and a coming-of-age story targeted towards adolescents. But you’ve got to learn these things young to have all the time you need to become a force for the greater good too.

And I really love watching the episodes about The Amazons because they make this very apparent:

Women have to work that much harder to be seen in a world that is still warlorded and governed by only men. We’re making strides but only because we do what The Amazons do. Because we fight for those very small victories that give us those necessary strides.

Nobody ever wants war just to have war. That’s foolish. They want war because they just want to be respected and understood. And if you watch every single episode of Xena about the tneme of “war” specifically, you will realize this for yourself too because even War himself wants be respected and understood as an equal. And so you see there really is no difference between men and women except that the scales aren’t balanced and any true depiction of feminism is about balance. It’s about women taking what they need to balance the scales and that’s it. Over and done with. But the thing is is that it hasn’t happened yet. So we continue on…

Every woman that is truly about that cause is an Amazon too. Are a part of the Amazon Nation too.

We don’t want all the power, fame, riches or control.

We just want to be equal to what already has all that.

And that is and always has been MEN. This is what women in the cause of feminism want to change. Not the fact that men have it or shouldn’t have it. But that women should have access to all of that just as much.

You see The Amazons in Xena do this. You see them fight for their land, fight for each other, fight for their children and even fight for their own men. Yes, you see them fight against men for the most part but it’s never really in the cause to overthrow them or to have power over them. It’s all in the cause to be equal to them. It’s a really honest, visceral, necessary depiction because it shows you when and where that can go very wrong and then exactly what needs to be done to put it right.

Everything I watch or engage with when it comes to art/entertainment involves women empowerment somewhere. It’s incredibly important to me to have females in leading roles, as leading characters and saying and doing things that you would typically expect and get with and from the opposite gender.

Any and all genuine female representation matters to me in any format - on any platform. I will do my damnedest to help and support it because it’s what I’m all about. What I care most about. What I am most passionate about. Female representation when it’s truly sincere representation is everything to me.

Yes, I am a woman but I’m pretty freaking sure that I’d still be like this if I was a man or even non-binary too because feminism is not exclusive to women only and I hate any depiction of feminism made to oppose that. Made to make the claim that feminism is dismissive of men or is even “man-hating”. That’s complete bullshit. You’ll know yourselves what true feminism is or looks like in art/entertainment when this is made very clear.

[crazyeyesalti]

And now on today's episode of "I don't know how this got on my hard drive"

have this picture of Ephiny wearing a cowboy hat for some reason

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[xenaskywalker]

ephiny the amazon - warrior, mother, QUEEN

[tfpishere]

I love posts where you can just tell the op noticed something mildly interesting and just fornatted it comedically so they can share what they learned

[jenxwp]

Is There a Doctor in the House? Script

Hey all, it’s been a while but I thought I would have a look at another production script and see what details I could find! So lucky dip off the shelf was… *drumroll* ...Is There a Doctor in the House!

So, this is production #76925 and was probably filmed around March 1996. It first aired in July 1996 and interestingly enough, Altared States was production #76926 meaning it was intended to be the finale. I don’t know about you guys, but I think that would have been a let down compared to ITADITH as the finale. Glad it happened as it did.

The first thing I wanted to point out was that this episode happens over 2 days and 1 night. I don’t know why- I just found that interesting.

So minor detail difference when the first find Ephiny- in the script she is sitting against a tree whereas in the episode, she is lying flat under scrub. The episode also has an extra line that isn’t in the script where Xena acknowledges the wound.

Our first description of Marmax- apparently ‘think General Patton’. I had no idea who this was but google tells me a US army officer from WWI and WWII? Maybe someone with more American military history can fill in any relevance around this?

Also interesting to note- in the episode, after Marmax disperses his troops he sees a Thessalian foot soldier and begins chasing him shouting “Thessalian scum!”. Xena knocks him off his horse with her chakram sharing a nod to the Thessalian. She then draws her sword and wounds him as the teaser fades. This is not quite what is in the script…

I will share a snippet of the first time Xena saves a life in the hospital. There are a few differences in dialogue compared to what was eventually filmed and aired. A few standout points is that in the episode, Gabrielle gets involved in the procedure a lot sooner than was originally scripted. Also, it was scripted a lot more ‘bloody’ with Galen being sprayed with blood. In the episode, Galen does jump back but we don’t see blood everywhere. _90s TV censorship_

We also have a small deleted scene interaction between Democritus, Hippocrates and Galen right after…

Now here is an interesting one! The man’s son that Gabrielle goes to find was originally scripted to be an adult friend. There were also a few extra lines where Gabrielle promises Democritus that she will be careful. This isn’t in the final cut.

This description of Gabrielle’s wounds 😫

Another deleted scene…

Okay I don’t know what to say here… I am glad Xena didn’t hold the baby up by its legs and give its ‘rump a slap’…

Aaand I will just leave this excerpt here…

What script next?

[raisinchallah]

obsessed with all these like fragments of gabrielle in xenas past crimes in adventures in the sin trade god its such a good episode shows how little we know about xena and how it blends past and present dream and reality but anyways first with this glimpse of anokin altis apprentice who xena clearly became so attached to she tried to rescue her from the land of the dead and that its intercut with her attempts to do just that for gabrielle fascinating and we know literally nothing about her but literally what happened there... and cyane trying to hard to save xenas soul like lao ma before her u see so much of gabrielle and ephiny in her another in the multitude of harrowing answers to gabrielles lingering question what would have happened if i met xena earlier... and then all these young wide eyed amazons who immediately become so attached to xena without any other source of guidance and follow after her like ducklings despite you know her literally killing all their elders and destroying the chain of amazon leadership and tradition but they look at her so much like young gabrielle looked at her delightful synthesis of all her eras she is much more ruthless and doing things she probably wouldnt be doing with gabrielle there but also you know is very compassionate and kind and working to repair her wrongs and help the young amazons reconnect with their past and grow them into leaders and try to repair the chain she broke of the transmission of amazon knowledge to the next generation

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Rating: T Warning: Major Character Death Category: F/F Fandom: Xena Warrior Princess Characters: Aphrodite (Xena), Ares (Xena), Autolycus (Xena), Callisto (Xena), Diana (Xena), Draco (Xena), Ephiny (Xena), Gabrielle (Xena), Hades (H:TLJ), Hercules (Hercules 2014), Iolaus (H:TLJ), Joxer (Xena), Lila (Xena), Marcus (Xena), Perdita (Xena), Salmoneus (H:TLJ), Xena (Xena) Adittional Tags: Action/Adventure, Almost Death, Ancient Greece, Canonical Character Death, Fighting, Flirting, Gods, Greek Gods, Greek Mythology - Freeform, Kissing, Queer Character, Romance, Self-Harm, Slow Burn, Trans Female Character

Summary: Xena but 1000x gayer with a happy ending. I took out the heteronormativity, added/changed a lot of scenes, made more characters lgbt+. The only deaths for Gabrielle and Xena are the ones they come back from. This is a slow burn romance between Gabrielle and Xena. WarriorBard is endgame.

Xena is known the world over as the Destroyer of Nations, but after a run in with Hercules & Iolaus and being made to run a gauntlet by her men, Xena has changed. Feeling guilty for what she's done, she decides to end it all. That is until she sees a young blonde woman stand up to her captors and try to protect the people from her village. In Gabrielle, Xena finds a reason to keep living and starts her path to redemption.

Gabrielle is a village girl. When Draco's men attack her home and try to capture her and her family & friends, Gabrielle is saved by Xena: Warrior Princess. Gabrielle has always wanted to study in Athens. Inspired by the older woman's heroics, Gabrielle decides to follow her in the hope of becoming a hero like her and having adventures instead of telling them. In Xena, Gabrielle finds a place to belong and starts her journey of self descovery.

Will they find love along the way?

The Adventure Begins

[green-ajah]

Xena: Warrior Princess (1995 - 2001) ⤷ Fave Characters: Dannielle Cormack as Ephiny

[girl4music]

Kinda surprised how many of the Xena videos in my collection aren’t even about Xena or Gabrielle. But like side/season regulars/recurring characters/guest stars.

But they do seem to all be Amazons so that’s probably why. Because I really love the AMAZON episodes. I kind of wish they had spent more time on them tbh. But then that would have taken away from the love story. Because let’s be honest, Gabrielle chose Xena.

Gabrielle had so many different paths she could have taken. So many places she could have stayed. She could have stayed home. Perdicus could have lived and she could have stayed with him. She could have stayed with the Amazons as their Queen. But every single time she chose to stay with Xena. Always Xena.

GABRIELLE: “Xena’s path is my path.”

So the show did its best to represent The Amazons for what they were but they couldn’t really do that if Gabrielle would continually choose Xena and the story of the show was so fully focused on their relationship and the ever-evolving love and devotion to each other.

Xena is a love story and in a love story you choose your love over all else. It’s not an Amazon story. But it tries.

And that’s all that I could ever ask for because I want the love story so much more than the Amazon story.

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Repainted Ephiny’s face to look more like my xena dolls (Gabrielle for comparison)

[skillzyo]

there's also a pregnant woman this episode and xena has to deliver a baby but it's a fucking centaur because ephiny fucked a centaur and it's so gross and now Gabrielle is dying and everything is awful and emotional

[raisinchallah]

the xena fandom needs to come alive again so we can break free of the tyranny of old fandom rules that dictated the two sides of fandom were straight xena believers with xena/ares and other such lifestyles and the gay xena believers who were like if you write about xena and gabby with anyone else even if theyre happily having like a casual threesome with cleopatra which i think we should all know and understand is canon and did happen you are shunned from these spaces because people hate fun anyways xena fandom desperately needs weird throuple side ship concepts with like ephiny or someone people exploring the possibilities of xena/callisto and gabrielle/aphrodite the shackles must come off more people writing long epics about like xena and lao ma im sick of this..... like xena and gabrielle love story of all time but bizarre that for so long fandom norms were like essentially totally ignoring the actual text of the show which is that sometimes they get jealous or have flings with other people we cant keep living like this