Blood Bond by D (PG-13?)

[bradamante13.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone - I'm taking the reins this month to take you back to a time of ancient legends and heroes, otherwise known as the fabulous world of Xena: Warrior Princess. I'll be focusing mainly on "alternative fiction" (as femslash is known in this fandom), with my favorite pairing, of course, being Xena / Gabrielle. I'll try to shake up the recs with some other types of stories as well, though. Fortunately, I recently finished re-watching the whole series on DVD, and am enjoying rediscovering my favorite stories.

Fandom: XENA
Pairing: Xena / Gabrielle
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: D's Fiction Page at the Bard's Corner
Why this must be read:
This long, detailed epic is a great way to get back into the Xena spirit, for any of you who might need a little refresher. It takes place after the final episode of the series, in which Xena dies, apparently for good. Like any good fanfiction writer, D takes that starting point and makes things all better. Of course, given the length of this story, it takes quite a while to reach the desired conclusion, as Xena and Gabrielle, who have become immortal, must separately live through centuries of human history before they can finally be reunited. D has imagined a fantastic story for the two women as they literally live through and influence many of the important events of history as we know it. D's writing is imaginative and well-researched, and the character growth and interesting plotting bring about a very satisfying conclusion. Eventually. Set aside a couple long nights to read through this story!

Blood Bond

Comments

[thornsilver]

"Alternative fiction"? *sniggers*

If that show was any femslashier, it would have been "L-word"!

[bradamante13.livejournal.com]

Well, yes, it was very slashy, especially in the later seasons. But in the early years of the show, I remember the debates on alt.tv.xena - there was a pretty hard-core group of posters who just couldn't wrap their minds around anything more than a completely platonic relationship between X and G. The newsgroup eventually had to split into two, forming alt.tv.xena.subtext, to have a separate space to safely talk about the "secret lesbian subtext" without being flamed by the other contributers. Remember, this was a decade before shows like the L-word and even before Will & Grace - gay characters on tv just weren't as accepted (just as gay people weren't as accepted in real life). Things have come a long way! :)