10 reasons why you should watch 'Xena: Warrior Princess' in this day and age.
1. Strong, powerful, independent women who are the heroines of the story rather than the damsels-in-distress.
2. There is real affection between a woman and another woman that is not any sort of queer-baiting but is genuine love, trust, faith and compassion formed from a deep friendship.
3. It teaches you many lessons in life that are still relevant in today’s paradigm. Specifically lessons about love, forgiveness, vengeance and redemption. Often at times you are forced to see the most lovable characters in the show in a negative way and the most hatable characters in the show in a positive way. This is to understand the nature of humanity in a more in-depth way than before. After all, complications in a person’s personality is what makes them all the more dynamic and admirable, do they not? We all have evil and good in us. What matters though is which side of us we choose to feed. Many of the characters in this show teach you the significance of this in very intense ways.
4. It teaches you all about balance and how opposites and polarities that seem completely contradicting work together to create the bigger picture to how reality really is and what would happen if either side of the spectrum disappeared or didn’t exist.
5. It is the best representation for LGBTQ in the 90’s/early 2000’s. Again, no queer-baiting for the sake of ratings. If the LGBTQ community tuned in, it’s because they found sincerity and value in it.
6. One of the so-called “villains” in the show has a real story as to how they became the hard-hearted and psychotic person they are. This is specifically designed for the purpose of getting the audience to sympathise and maybe even empathise with them.
7. There is an episode that deals with the sexual, physical and emotional abuse of one of the lead characters. This is done so cleverly that it doesn’t seem obvious, therefore isn’t offending or unbearable to watch, yet still stays true to the seriousness of the situation. It is your preference to choose to see it as rape or something else which I really respect about this episode and the show in general.
8. I said LGBTQ is represented in the show. I want to focus specifically on the T part of it. In an episode there is a transgender/transsexual character that delivers the message of how hard it is to be yourself in a world that wants to see you in a different way. How your power and worth is taken away from you just because you’re not accepted for who you are. Many episodes carry this message but never more profoundly than this episode.
9. It deals with family estrangement. Scenarios such as unwilled pregnancy and forced marriage. Parents that have disowned, neglected and abandoned you. Crises with jealousy and resentment from sibling rivalry. But most strongly, right from the very first episode, a mother’s deep shame because of the lead characters’ sinful actions of her past.
10. One of the lead characters gets into a situation in an episode where she has to decide whether to fight in a just cause to protect and defend someone she loves or surrender and do nothing. This is a very strong and substantial message because often we feel there is no other option but to fight when someone we love is threatened and in danger. We are forced to realize that if we do fight, aren’t we becoming just like the person we feel we have to fight and prolonging the violence? And also realize what would become of us if we choose to do nothing at all and something bad happens to the person we love. Will we ever forgive ourselves for not defending them? Will we forever regret not acting out in violence in order to protect them from harm, or in the worst case, save their life?
A couple of points I want to add...
Firstly... yes, it is a 90's show, but it's magic is in its ambiguity and how it grows with you. It is left open to interpretation on purpose, so that every time you watch it, you will see it in a new and different way each time. Because of this, it has unbelievable writing, producing, directing and acting that you can take so much from it no matter how many times you watch the episodes. Almost every episode has a theme and moral of some kind that is expressed at the end that is important and significant to know, understand and learn. There is no other show that I’ve seen that does this better, or really, at all. The messages are extremely strong and substantial. The character development and evolution for the lead and recurring characters dig deep inside and underneath your skin and hit your heart so hard. You are required and expected to see, hear, feel and know what is most important in life and how to deal with it. Furthermore, it is just incredibly entertaining and interesting. All this and more is the reasons why 'Xena: Warrior Princess' is timeless and is still relevant to watch today.
Lastly, rest assured when you begin your journey down the long-winding road of the Xenaverse, us Xenites will welcome you with open arms to the family. Especially if you are LGBTQ.
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