Hermes Mailbag 06 (Part 2) - Splish Splash, Bish

This week on XENA: WARRIOR PODCAST, the postman always rings twice! Vera, Katie, and Livy (not so jet-lagged now) pick up where they left off in our Hermes Mailbag! Once again we’re answering your questions, including what would Gabrielle’s theme song be, what aspects of the show did we appreciate more on the rewatch, and the all-important question, who is the horniest character in all of Xena? Plus: Vera gets appreciated, Xena’s secret blacksmithing past, Virtual Season 7, the comics, the Cozy Murder Show, Xena Con 2020 tips, and our favorite hot tub scenes!

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Hermes Mailbag 06 (Part 1) - The Jet Lag is Real

This week on XENA: WARRIOR PODCAST, we’re BAAAAAAAACK! Vera, Katie, and Livy return from their Greco-Roman adventures and answer your questions on all things Xena in the first part of our AFIN Mailbag! After chatting about our trip (So! Many! Old! Things!) we discuss such topics as best and worst finales of all time, would we have had a different reaction to the finale if we’d watched it live, how fanon changes fandom’s relationship with canon, metatextual shenanigans, and Gabrielle as the PERSONIFIED EMBODIMENT of Xena’s redemption. Plus: the Eve/Varia hurt/comfort scenario of our dreams, Gabs goes to Disneyland, the Michelle Ang Appreciation Society (one of us! one of us!), and introducing Gabrielle’s next companion… Xenia Onatopp??! 

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Minisode 06: The Great Unpinning!

This week on XENA: WARRIOR PODCAST, the pins are coming out! It’s time for The Great Unpinning, in which Vera, Katie, and Livy wrap up “A Friend in Need” by picking up all the conversations we’ve shelved since the beginning of the podcast. We discuss the fan response to the finale, the history of the harmful trope Bury Your Gays, and how Xena’s ending both does and doesn’t fit the trope. Also: brutal violence, misogyny, anti-heroes, and how Walter White is the worst. Plus: a very helpful spreadsheet, that b*tch Akemi, fairy queen Xena, the Gabs with a Thousand Faces, and the Love Boon!

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108: 6x22 “A Friend in Need Part II"

This week on XENA: WARRIOR PODCAST, it’s journey’s end. Vera, Katie, and Livy climb the mountain that is 6x22 “A Friend in Need Part II,” the final episode of Xena: Warrior Princess. We discuss the challenge of endings, the visual callbacks and thematic importance of “Sins of the Past” and “The Gauntlet,” the use of sound design and editing in Xena’s last stand, Gabrielle’s hero’s journey and her culture clash with Morimoto, and the episode’s final presentation of personal desire vs. the greater good. Plus: Vera’s favorite arrow, Birds! Birds! Birds!, there’s always time for a threesome, Xena’s secretly straight hair, the sitcom beat, face squids, and move over TV CPR: we’re all about TV Water Transfers now! Don’t forget, we aren’t finished discussing AFIN II - there’s more to come in THE GREAT UNPINNING!

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107: 6x21 “A Friend in Need Part I”

KILL BILL SIRENS, KILL BILL SIRENS! This week on XENA: WARRIOR PODCAST, Vera, Katie, and Livy journey to the Land of the Rising Sun for 6x21 “A Friend in Need Part I,” the first half of the spectacular series finale. HOOOOMG, heavy breathing… We discuss why Japan is an appropriate setting for Xena’s last adventure, the cinematic influences that aren’t just an homage but a full circle of exchange, and divisive new character Akemi, whose compelling mix of innocence and guile keeps us guessing. Then there’s LEWKS LEWKS LEWKS including boat bikinis, Aaliyah realness, the scene-stealing hat, SEXY SAMURAI, grown-up warrior Gabs, and more. Plus: Gabrielle’s final lesson, the surprising moment that had Katie in tears, and *Borias voice* Daddy...

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