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I was watching Labyrinth on a loop as a young boy, and I thought David Bowie was awesome, but I turned out... more or less straight. Mostly. Pretty much. I mean, of course Bowie is gorgeous, I'm not an idiot.
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I am also more or less straight, but even I can regonize that Antonio Banderas was a very attractive man.
The fuck do you mean, "was?"
Still is, you're right, but there was definitely a sweet spot.
I like George Clooney, he was batman. ....now looking back that movie was a little horned up.
It's a two-sided coin. As a straight guy, watching Lucy Lawless in the Xena costume made me more hetero than ever.
Oh boy, when I watched Spartacus my childhood dreams came true.
Oh definitely 🥰 I wanted to be her sidekick/roommate so badly.
I just wanted her sidekick.... As a young boy that seemed to be more my speed.
Xena was a bit much for me when I was watching Xena on TV.... At like... 5? 10? IDK. What year is it?
I remember seeing a comment somewhere wishing they would reboot Xena, but lamenting that they would probably make it "too woke" if they did
I don't think there's much they could do to make Xena more "woke" if they tried.
You could make it more woke by replacing Kevin Sorbo with an actual human being, but that only affects the crossovers.
Kevin sorbo was a joke even at the time when he was relevant.i swear his movement to the right was simply so he could eat, because nobody has cared that he still exists in 30+ years.
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It’s like this one guy that asked “what’s a run of X-Men that has no woke messaging “. Like dude…
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People who talk like that have only seen pictures from the show, or they watched it a little bit when they were a child and don't remember 99%.
Because Xena and Gabrielle did pretty much everything except the physical deeds. And it was recently confirmed in a comic, where they kiss and say they love eachother.
Hell, you could probably show them the old show with the parts set in modern times and they'd blow their gasket. Becase the reincarnations are the opposite genders for a while.
"recently confirmed in a comic" doesn't really matter; because that's exactly how things get retconned in.
I mean, you're right, but not because of the comic.
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If you don't think they could make it more woke you clearly lack in imagination
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As a straight dude it just made me like bratty women.
My appreciation for snarky, smart-mouthed, tomboys is starting to make sense.
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I can't believe that, as a preteen, I thought she was "too manly"
Because a) no she wasn't, she was a straight knockout and b) that's sexist AF wtf preteen me.
She probably could have broken you in half and preteen you wasn't into that
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Eh, our tastes change with age. I remember as a teen thinking chest hair on men was icky, but in my 20s I began to love it.
It sounds like you successfully matured, and now you may reap the benefits of Xena's sexy nature.
I mean... Xena, Calypso, and Gabrielle confirmed I'm straight. But at least Joxer taught me the kind of guy to find as a best friend?
Oh, and always keep any women I care about away from Autolycus.
How many young lesbians do you think watched this show vs horny straight boys?
She and Gabrielle (and their sexual energy, which might be completely imagined by me) definitely had an impact on me. I've had many wet dreams of those two, without me or anyone else being involved. I'm a bisexual dude but my adult content watch history is 99% lesbian stuff. Specifically where one or both is extremely into it and orgasms, for real, at least once. No porn industry fake lesbian shit, and no men involved in any way.
The ratio of unicorns to leprechauns
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Yeeeeaaaaahhhh that show had a disproportionate influence on me growing up.
I never watched it. I remember other kids at school talking about it, but I never watched it. Kind of wished I did now.
Time to sail the high seas. It gets gayer with each episode IIRC. Like longing stares and shit.
Never watched it. Was she canonically gay? That would have been quite progressive for the time.
She was wink-wink-nudge-nudge "unconfirmed." Very close with a female companion.
don't they literally kiss near the end?
There are more than a few nudges about them being roommates. And as a horny teen, I was there for it.
People liked to joke about Xena being lesbian back in the days.
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