Hello fellow fans of Xena!

I just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself, give a little background and share my Xena journey.

For safety purposes, I'll be going by Joxenar, and it is great to meet all of you. Truly.

I'm going to be real honest, I didn't know Xena existed until certain things I watched put it on my radar, still I never looked further into it, so it became an out of sight out of mind show. It took meeting my battling bard to even give it the time of day. It took a few tries for me to make it past episode 3 in season 1, in fact it took me a total of about 2 years to watch the whole show. (I started in 2023.)

But I enjoyed every bit of it.

It was a ride for sure. During the whole Dahak arc and when Gabrielle went behind Xena's back sending her to prison and potential death, I had to stop for a while, I was too upset to continue. When the final two episodes came, I avoided them like the plague until I had gathered my courage to face them.

Watching Xena has both changed and even saved my life in ways hard to express. Not only this, but elements of the show flowed almost symmetrically with elements of my own life, causing a deep connection to form. Let's add to this, that growing up, I (unknowingly) watched an absolute favorite show of mine that happened to be made by the creators of Xena: Legend of the Seeker. Then there was the fact an episode aired the day my mother went into labor with me and it just so happened to be about an academy of bards. I'm naturally a storyteller/writer. And that's how Xena suddenly became my comfort show, right up there with Adventure Time.

Xena and Gabrielle taught me far more than I knew I needed or realized I'd been left out on, and with my own Gabrielle to help explain and hold me when I'm breaking down because they happened to hit a deep wound... It helped me at my lowest, and it helped me become (becoming) a warrior Xena and Gabrielle might just nod proudly toward. It helped me understand love. It has time and time again brought me closer to my beloved partner. (Which between all of you and me, I've got a Chakram ring waiting in a desk drawer for a certain bard.)

Well, all in all, I'd say the show did it's job. More than it's job.

I'd even go as far to say, it inspired me to take on a few Xena projects myself.

I'm glad to have stumbled on this website like Joxer trying to get out his blade in a fight, because a community dedicated to Xena: Warrior Princess and Gabrielle is exactly where I belong.

Thanks for reading, for having me here and I hope to geek out with all of you soon!