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|seealso= [[Slashy]], [[Shippy]], [[Slash Goggles]], [[Hoyay!]], [[Slashnip]], [[Headcanon]], [[fanon]]

|seealso= [[Slashy]], [[Shippy]], [[Slash Goggles]], [[Hoyay!]], [[Slashnip]], [[Headcanon]], [[fanon]], [[Subtext Reviews]]

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In [[Xena: Warrior Princess|Xena]] fandom, "subtext" refers to the implication that [[Xena/Gabrielle|Xena and Gabrielle]] are meant to be understood as a lesbian couple.<ref>[http://www.xenite.org/faqs/subtext.html Xena - The Subtext FAQ for alt.tv.xena], Version 1.08, updated 1998. (Accessed 26 December 2008)</ref>

In [[Xena: Warrior Princess|Xena]] fandom, "subtext" refers to the implication that [[Xena/Gabrielle|Xena and Gabrielle]] are meant to be understood as a lesbian couple.<ref>[http://www.xenite.org/faqs/subtext.html Xena - The Subtext FAQ for alt.tv.xena], Version 1.08, updated 1998. (Accessed 26 December 2008)</ref>

A "[[subtexter]]" in Xena fandom is someone who is a fan of lesbian subtext. Here, references to subtext links, subtext fanfiction, subtext virtual seasons, etc. are usually referring to a lesbian interpretation of the source, like for example in CN Winters [http://www.cnscaldron.com/cn_winters_subtext_reports.html Xena Subtext Reports].  

A "[[subtexter]]" in Xena fandom is someone who is a fan of lesbian subtext. Here, references to subtext links, [[subtext reviews]], subtext fanfiction, subtext [[virtual seasons]], etc. are usually referring to a lesbian interpretation of the source, like for example in CN Winters [http://www.cnscaldron.com/cn_winters_subtext_reports.html Xena Subtext Reports].  

Xena fandom is dominated by [[Femslash|f/f]] fanfiction,  due to the [[canon]]'s focus on the close friendship between Xena and [[Gabrielle]]. At times, the show deliberately brought the queer subtext as close to text as it could get<ref>Valerie Foster, [http://www.whoosh.org/issue37/foster1.html Yes Lucy, There Is Still a Subtext on Xena]. Posted October, 1999. (Accessed 30 November 2008.)</ref> without crossing the line; at other times, the show seemed merely to be [[Queerbaiting|titillating the viewers with faux-sapphic scenes]]. Either way, the [[Xena/Gabrielle]] relationship was meaningful to a lot of people because it was the closest to showing a [[sapphic]] relationship as an epic romance that most [[X/G]] fans had ever seen on TV at the time of its original airing. (Arguably, this remains true today. While the representation of sapphics on television has improved, female action heroes with female friends, female sidekicks, and woman-centered plotlines remain rare.)

Xena fandom is dominated by [[Femslash|f/f]] fanfiction,  due to the [[canon]]'s focus on the close friendship between Xena and [[Gabrielle]]. At times, the show deliberately brought the queer subtext as close to text as it could get<ref>Valerie Foster, [http://www.whoosh.org/issue37/foster1.html Yes Lucy, There Is Still a Subtext on Xena]. Posted October, 1999. (Accessed 30 November 2008.)</ref> without crossing the line; at other times, the show seemed merely to be [[Queerbaiting|titillating the viewers with faux-sapphic scenes]]. Either way, the [[Xena/Gabrielle]] relationship was meaningful to a lot of people because it was the closest to showing a [[sapphic]] relationship as an epic romance that most [[X/G]] fans had ever seen on TV at the time of its original airing. (Arguably, this remains true today. While the representation of sapphics on television has improved, female action heroes with female friends, female sidekicks, and woman-centered plotlines remain rare.)