#mflm

[shadlad24]

Episodic Ficlet #24 (Alternate): Safe

“It’s Gabrielle who performed the miracle. …Din’cha?”

Grandmother? Uncle Meropes? Dazed orbs sought the faces of her loved ones with whom she had just reunited. The young bard gasped at what she saw instead. Xena’s looking at me with such love in her eyes. She’s even tearing up. No! Gabrielle mourned when the warrior princess pulled back from kissing her on the forehead. I don’t want this dream to end. A stuttered breath later, the girl panicked. Unless Xena’s dead too! Th-the temple!

Those strong arms cinched tighter around in her limp frame. “Ssh,” that voice soothed her. “It’s alright, precious. You’re safe. You’re safe now; I promise!”

“...Xena?”

“Yes, lovey?” Her voice catching on the endearment, the woman still laughed beneath watery eyes.

Gabrielle knew then she was still on the other side.

Or maybe not. The center of her chest began to ache terribly.

“I-it hurts,” she whispered. She soon passed out, for Xena immediately parted her top and kissed the forming bruise there.

“I’m so sorry, sweetheart.” 

It had to be a dream.

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“I love you.”

Elven ears perked up, and Gabrielle let herself grin. “I know,” she told her dream lover. 

“Oh, ya do, do ya? I guess I don’t have to say it anymore then.”

Green-blue eyes shot open at that warm, teasing tone. Her hand rose to ensnare itself in the long, raven locks spilling into her face but found itself full of another hand. She’s even still holding me, the bard mused, utterly amazed.

“How-” Xena’s voice broke again. “How’re you feelin’, hon- huh?”

“Safe,” the bard murmured as she snuggled even closer to her hero.

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For the next few days, Gabrielle would not wake without dark hair in her eyes, warm breath tickling her temple, and powerful hands cradling her in some way.

We’ll have to come through this forest more often, she thought to herself with a soft but naughty grin. Then she would whine or whimper, and Xena would instantly spring to attention to wait on her hand and foot. Definitely challenge the warrior princess to stop a war at least once a season from here on out. 

A pointed poke in the nose and huff told her to not even try it. 

But Gabrielle knew that she would.

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Woo! 300th post! I debated writing this bit, figured it’d be a better conclusion to the season, and so went ahead and did it. Sue me. 😛 But yay! So much is complete now!

Season 1 FFLMs: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 + MFLMs: #1 #2

Season 2 FFLMs: #25 #26 #27 #28 #29 #30 #31 #32 #33 #34 #35 + MFLM: #3

Episodic Ficlets: #1 #1 (Truncated) #2 #3 #4 #4 (Alternate) #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 + full Google Doc

Also, Adrienne Wilkinson is working with me on getting my first novel ready for publication. COOOOOOL!!! She’s seriously the best, y’all. Also-also, another Xenite helped me download all the Rift Arc episodes in HD. Now I can redo the images for a bunch of my posts! Yaaaaay! Which one should I do first? Lemme know! And celebrate this milestone with me, if you will! Thanks!

*Oh yeah. 375 words. Ahem.

#xwp #xena #xena warrior princess #xena and gabrielle #gabrielle #xena fanfiction #xenafic #drabbles #ficlets #fflm #mflm #link post

[mdpb]

Aveam totul, linistea , iubirea , fericirea.Mi-e dor de tot , dar e putin spus. Ma doare inima cand ma gandesc ca nu m am bucurat mai mult de imbratisarile tale si ca daca eram acum cu tine nu te-as mai lasa niciodata sa pleci.E o stare constanta care nu imi trece si nu stiu ce sa fac. Ma doare tot.Sunt pierduta. Nu ma regasesc, incerc sa ma adun dar nu functioneaza. Trece o zi , doua , in care ma prefac ca totul e ok dupa care ma lovesc toate , repetat , se intorc toate amintirile si toate momentele cu tine...bune sau rele , as da orice sa le retraiesc. M-as schimba , pentru ca vad cum este viata fara tine si ma distruge. M-as schimba mult , vad doar acum din "afara" ca eram o fraiera. Vina mea e ca nu stiam cu adevarat cum ar fi sa te pierd. Nu stiam cum e viata cu adevarat fara persoana "aia" care sa te tina in brate cand esti trista , sau sa te mangaie cand simti ca nu mai poti.Mi se parea totul normal , dar acum as face multe lucruri diferit. Am pierdut multe deodata cu tine , m-am pierdut pe mine si tot ce aveam stabil , tot ce ma facea fericita , tot ce imi bucura sufletul , si acum nu stiu de unde sa incep. Nu mai am incredere in nimeni nici macar in mine.In fiecare seara imi promit ca voi fi ok si ca sunt puternica , dar niciodata nu e asa. Ma distruge din interior. E o rana pe care vreau si incerc sa o vindec dar nu reusesc. Nu gasesc remediu , lumea e plina de oameni falsi si nu ma voi ierta niciodata ca am renuntat la persoana care mereu imi voia doar binele. Stiu ca trebuie sa ma tin tare , dar cedez . Nu sunt puternica. Nu sunt impacata cu mine. Nu sunt nici pe departe aproape de o "liniste sufleteasca". Daca o viata alaturi de el nu mai am, trebuie sa raman eu cu mine. E greu sa te iubesti pe tine insuti si e si mai greu si fi doar tu insuti acolo langa tine la greu. Sa te poti baza pe tine si sa nu ai nevoie de nimic altceva. Totul e gri ... Nu stiu ce e cu mine , nu am avut stari de genu niciodata , m-a lovit un tren care nu stiam ca exista ....As pretui si o conversatie de 5 minute cu el, mai mult decat orice .Pentru ca in lumea reala viata e grea , eu traiam in bula mea creata de mine stupid , si nu stiam sa apreciez nimic din jurul meu. Poate merit tot ce se intampla, poate ca trebuia sa fie asa ca sa pot fi o persoana mai buna pe viitor. Cu toate astea , nu il pot scoate din sufletul meu, mereu va fi acolo. Si sper din toata inima ca stie cat de mult il iubesc , niciodata nu am incetat sa il iubesc .....asta e cea mai trista parte :) .

Incerc sa o iau ca pe o lectie de viata , doar ca nu ajung sa ma simt "bine" ca ma intorc inapoi , ma autodistrug. Doare totul ,momentan, si imi e frica . E greu sa duci totul in spate de unul singur. E greu sa te ridici singur de la pamant si sa te repari.

Vreau doar sa fiu un om mai bun, pentru el si pentru mine.

Mflm :)

[mattdeford]

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[ast-27]

La t9er 5fef

Tra anon ya mflm

[k3vh]

delete the anon about khalid altuwaijri or please change your answer because mentioning ritz is not a good topic

Ma 3'l6t ya mflm dzz blah

[vivid-sins]

Mflm

Sre

[s-m55]

Shwai mflm mn na7yat elsad posts. Chill.

E4a a3jbni post swet reblog bs

[6289]

Bellah km absence 3ndk m3a lma al7en? Yashena bzyada mflm 3la attendance

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[shadlad24]

More Funny Little Moments #3: Season 2, Episodes 1-11

Finally. Finally, it. Is. FINISHED! YAAAAAY!!! Like last time, this MFLM will only include one to two additional funny moments per episode.

2.1: Orphan of War 

This half of the season at least is SO reliant on characters being dumb! At least Xena gets to sass Gabrielle for once in my posts? heh

2.2: Remember Nothing 

Perhaps remembering what dude did to her drumstick, Gabrielle thinks…

Ooh! The realization behind the following collage was actually pretty good! What an endearing/intriguing little reversal, eh?

2.3: The Giant Killer 

Hee! My beloved goof. The only reason I left this unnecessary, dramatic stunt out in the main post is because the second of the FFLM points came a beat later. heh

It really must be asked: GabbyWabs, are you blind? How could you watch this chick take a running leap into David’s arms like that, then stand with him in such a way, and not realize that they were romantically joined? LOLz Sorry, kid.

2.4: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 

This bit was more of a “Wut?” on my part. Did Xena’s killing Bacchus and reversing his curse somehow kill Orpheus too? No? But dude’s wifey-poo be dead. How can they be together if he’s still—well, whatever gods/immortals do that approximates being—alive?*

2.5: Return of Callisto 

Okay, this note probably needs a bit of prefacing. As you may know, I don’t see Xena or even GXe’s relationship as most other fans do. Given how domineering and protective yet dismissive Xena was toward Gabrielle in the beginning, I was seriously like, “Does Xena think she’s Gabrielle’s dad? I think she thinks she’s Gabrielle's dad…” 😆 Especially here…

2.6: Warrior…Princess…Tramp 

Joxer is truly something else. Rather than finding his latest tale amusing in any way, I found it …eerie. First, he seemingly casts himself in the role of Perdicas; then he turns into Callisto. Then he is faced with Gabrielle, his friend (whom he apparently sees as a little girl to the point of being his surrogate daughter^) who just days ago lost Perdicas to Callisto. He laughs off his grotesque retelling, in her face. But that’s okay. She chuckles too. Again, despite being just DAYS off of losing her lifelong friend and puppy-love. And no, Joxer didn’t see Perdicas die, but he obviously heard what happened, and, and was inches behind Gabrielle when she professed her grief-crazed desire to kill Callisto herself! Well, GJ soon play the moment off as if he’s describing their first interaction with Callisto, but still …Can we just say yikes here? It’s so terrible it’s almost funny…

2.7: Intimate Stranger 

Ahem. Next up we have another instance of really stupid decision-making on one character’s part and yet another glaring example of unobservant-ness from a second character, once more Gabrielle. Callisto does not know how to whisper. She also doesn’t know how not broadcast her plan to the masses nor stop mugging even at inopportune times. But that’s alright. Gabrielle’s hearing range does not extend beyond a four-foot radius, I guess. Same for her vision? Even if she can’t hear what Callisto’s saying, can she not see “Xena’s” face? Read her lips? Notice “the warrior princess” turning the dagger around, shoving it under her own chin, and then holding it there, all the while psycho-grinning at her worst enemy and recent peace-stealer? No? …LOL? 🥲

2.8: Ten Little Warlords 

Ahem, part 2. I’ll just let Xena take over here.

2.9: A Solstice Carol 

For crying out loud! So, dumb-butt Lynal really, truly thought Xena’s chakram was not just an accessory, but an ornament? Makes sense. I know I always go around with my Christmas-tree-topper star hanging on my hip during Christmastime. Particularly when I’m out and about in a decidedly extremely anti-Christmas town. You know, for the funsies. …But, like, even if we excuse the boy’s idiocy like we had to previously^, why did the chakram go along with it? The round-killing thing sliced Xena’s hand when she thought it was a toy. So why didn’t it cut the kid while he was demeaning it with those bows and all? What the? The chakram knows things, okay? Unacceptable, chakram! LOL!

Quick bit surrounding an odd line:

2.10: The Xena Scrolls 

We can’t go a MFLM without mentioning Hope, right? Never! ’Tis tradition to give her a shoutout in these things now! Thus, Xena and I are on the same wavelength again because I said so. ...Dahak did steal Gabrielle’s innocence, goodness, peace, etc., and Gabrielle did abandon them both, after all. Huh! Wouldn’t that be something if Janice really was Hope reincarnated? Perhaps even the cover of a resurrected, immortal Hope? Heh/D’aw/Oh my!

2.11: Here She Comes… Miss Amphipolis 

We finish with a small, albeit obvious chuckle. How did the ladies know their ranking? It comes across as if they both knew beforehand and didn’t. Salmoneus at least seemed certain they didn’t, hence his early banter with Xena. And how great would it have been if he interrupted at least once and was like, “Uh, that’s great, Miss ____, but you aren’t who I was about to call”? heheheheh

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Welp, that’s that. At last! Yeyeyeyeyeyey!

Here go the…

Season 1 FFLMs (2's are^): #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 + MFLMs: #1 #2

and

Episodic Ficlets: #1 #1 (Truncated) #2 #3 #4 #4 (Alternate) #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 + Google Doc

Also-also, this is my 299th post, completed almost a week after my 21st mensiversary (fully updated master post). What should I do for my big 300th post? Please send in some ideas ASAP! Thanks, all!

*No, but really. Orpheus must be dead right? If Eurydice passed so long ago, and her widow was still all bitter about it until minutes ago, that heavily implies that he and she were separated all that time. Now they’re together again? …How? Why? Ooh! Totally-aside-also, but did Eve need to exist since Xena was already killing gods years before the girl was ever conceived? Hmm…

#xwp #xena #xena warrior princess #xena and gabrielle #gabrielle #callisto #joxer #comedy #funny #xena fanfiction #xenafic #drabbles #ficlets #fflm #mflm #link post

[shadlad24]

Episodic Ficlet #24: Apperception

“Gabrielle, it’s Marmax. I need you to change his bandages.”

“…Alright.”

Xena watched Gabrielle go. Just a moment later, she thought of something she simply had to tell the girl. “Gab-” But her mouth closed of its own accord.  The bard was telling a story, and secret to exactly no one but herself, the warrior princess loved to hear a good story. Or was it good bards? Or, was it just one bard in particular? Xena pretended not to know.

“There was once this king; his name was Libarius. He was a brave warrior, a great hunter…” 

A blush rose in high cheekbones. Oh, great. This is going to be about me. Gabrielle’s been substituting men for me in all of her poems lately… But Xena wasn’t supposed to know that, nor was she supposed to know the meaning behind the swap. Neither did she try to leave, unable to pass up the opportunity to hear Gabrielle sing her praises, undeserved though they might be to the brunette’s guilty conscience. She shook her head to clear it and then focused on that soft voice once more.

“He was so proud of his hunting skills, that he decided to test them in the sacred forest, of the great goddess Artemis. … She was so angry with him that she turned him into a deer. … He became so fond of the peaceful ways of the deer, that he actually grew to love them. Of course, he still missed his friends and family, which made him very sad. So Artemis took pity on him, turned him back into his human form.”

Engrossed in the tale despite Marmax’s interruptions, Xena’s thoughts concurred with the general’s: “A happy ending. But what a nightmare, a warrior having to live the life of a deer!”

“Actually, it was the best thing that ever happened to him. He became a better king after the experience, a much happier man.” 

“Why’s that?”

Unbidden, Xena’s lips silently shaped the words she knew Gabrielle would answer.

“’Cause he learned the true secret of life is to find peace in yourself and to share it with the world.”

The man laughed, causing Xena to growl quietly. She moved to covertly defend her precious friend but found that yet again, her interference was not necessary.

Gabrielle preserved her dignity in the way that did not hurt or even insult her opponent, simply made them question their own cynicism, made them think. 

With a small smile, Xena shook her head. Then she noticed her hand covering her heart and wondered at its placement. Was she touched by her sweet little bard? Or was she pledging allegiance to Gabrielle? Halcyon acceptance rather than frustration or wariness slid her hand away. The warrior princess rose from the knees she didn’t know she had dropped to and followed the girl.

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@scentedflowersong and @dulcie13

Whee!!! And with those 300 words, season one of my EFs is over! Next up, MFLM#3? Whatever it is, two posts from now will be my 300th. Also, happy weenie day! heheheh Yes, I’m a bit late, but Steven L. Sears says that today is the 27th anniversary of the show’s debut. Congrats, y’all! Also, even later, the Master Post has been updated. Whoopsies. Ah well! Here ya go! Also-also, here is the Fic Google Doc.

Episodic Ficlets: #1 #1 (Truncated) #2 #3 #4 #4 (Alternate) #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23

Season 1 FFLMs: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24

Season 2: #25 #26 #27 #28 #29 #30 #31 #32 #33 #34 #35

MFLMs: #1 #2

#xwp #xena #xena warrior princess #xena and gabrielle #gabrielle #xena fanfiction #xenafic #drabbles #ficlets #fflm #comedy #funny

[shadlad24]

Episodic Ficlet #23: Reversal

“You don’t know what these monsters do to women!” 

“No! I’m counting on it!” Xena snagged her waterskin from the palm tree behind her. Two steps later, she thrust it into her brother’s chest. “Hold that thought. I have a little …trouble to deal with first.”

Toris sighed loudly but said nothing.

His sister could hardly care less. Instead, she smothered a chuckle at her sidekick’s expense; the girl was crashing through the underbrush to put some distance between them. Xena flipped without releasing her war cry and landed square in her companion’s path. “You know that you are far too noisy to sneak around unnoticed, right?”

Red-faced and panting, the blonde gasped. “Xena! You surprised me! I- I- was just, uh, practicing with-”

“Sure you were.” Before Gabrielle could dig herself deeper, Xena actually surprised her by stepping forward and yanking her into a bone-crushing embrace. Then she dropped to one knee and grasped staff-calloused hands in both of hers. “Gabrielle, please. I beg of you. This is Cortese, the man who- who killed Lyceus as I watched, helpless. And you- I don’t want you anywhere near him! Please.”

Gabrielle stood stunned and silent for another moment longer. At long last, she whispered, “Xena…”

“You want to help me; this is how you can help me. Stay out of it! I won’t be able to focus worrying about you, and that could get me killed, if not Toris, the only brother I have left. So, for my sake. Please. Will you do this for me?”

Again, Gabrielle murmured, “Xena… Alright,” she conceded. Then she heaved the warrior princess to her feet to hug her more thoroughly. “But I don’t want you anywhere near that man either. And—” she blushed once more— “okay, you caught me. I was eavesdropping because I wanted to be able to jump in if Toris- …Well, anyway, I don’t want you getting hurt in that camp. Xena, please don’t go there! You’re already well on the way in talking Toris out of killing Cortese, right? Why not just-”

“I can’t. I’m not strong enough. But you, you are. Please…”

Gabrielle slumped against the woman, not yet realizing that she had been beaten at her own game. “Please come back safe,” she whimpered.

“I will. For you, I will.”

“I’ll hold you to that.”

“Good.”

Gabrielle basked in the brilliance of her hero’s smile. And the next time Xena tried to leave her behind that day, she did not argue but rather volunteered to part ways with her.

Thank you, the brunette sent across their intangible connection in lieu of showing even the slightest sign of give in front of Toris. 

Uh-huh, the bard sent back. …But don’t get used to it! 

Xena finally did laugh.

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@scentedflowersong and @dulcie13

Alright. 450 words. I think I’ll finish season one first, then do the MFLM for the first half of season two, then get back to the FFLMs for a while. Thoughts? 

Fic Google Doc

Episodic Ficlets: #1 #1 (Truncated) #2 #3 #4 #4 (Alternate) #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22

FFLMs: Season 1: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24

Season 2: #25 #26 #27 #28 #29 #30 #31 #32 #33 #34 #35

MFLMs: #1 #2

#xwp #xena #xena warrior princess #xena and gabrielle #gabrielle #xena fanfiction #xenafic #drabbles #ficlets #fflm #comedy #funny

[shadlad24]

Early Position

So, I made this. (Yup, all the pix are from my FFLMs and MFLMs.) What do you guys think?

#xena warrior princess #xena #gabrielle #xena and gabrielle #season one #ranking #tier list #fflm #mflm

[shadlad24]

EF#12: More, Then

“Do you want to go back for the horse? It’s bound to be a collector’s item.”

“Only if you’re gonna pull it.”

“Nah.”

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In a scene that was a bit too much like déjà vu for Xena’s comfort, she watched her friend dully stare into their campfire. “Hey! How about a story, huh?” the warrior princess asked, grimacing at having startled the girl and at her own hollow tone of excitement. To her horror, Gabrielle merely sniffled and shook her head.

“I don’t have any stories in me tonight,” came the soft reply. “I- They-”

Xena forced herself to laugh. “Helen’s face disappointed you that bad, huh?”

“Well, Per-” Green-blue eyes snapped into focus. “Huh?” Gabrielle echoed with much more gusto. Then she tried to grin but unexpectedly found herself even closer to tears.

Her friend leapt to her feet. “Hold on!” But Xena stalled by Argo, biting her lip.

“What is it?”

The hint of wonder in the girl’s voice convinced the woman to go ahead and make her sacrifice. Hiding what she’d retrieved behind her back, Xena returned to her sidekick. Finally dropping the thing onto Gabrielle’s lap and falling not long after it at the girl’s feet, Xena snatched her knees to her chest and then waited.

But Gabrielle did not move. “Xena?” she breathed.

“What?” The warrior princess shrugged. “It needs a comb-through after all that fighting.” Her lower lip gained deeper teeth impressions and her throat spasmed to keep in a groan when Gabrielle reverently stroked her hair once and then even more tenderly began to brush her long, dark locks. The things I do for love, she mused just before choking on the thought.

“Xena?” the girl yelped rather than asked. “Are you alright?” Immediately, her warm hand went to pat and rub her warrior’s strong back.

“Fine. Ahem. Sorry about that,” Xena grunted through a blush she was very glad that Gabrielle could not see. “Just… And then, maybe, you could… write a letter home or something.” The words were mumbled into her forearm, both wanting and not wanting to be heard.

Gabrielle put down the hairbrush, hesitated, and then slowly hugged her from behind. “Thank you,” she whispered into tresses they both knew reminded her of Lila.

A somewhat clumsy hand lifted to pat her cheek and then her shoulder. “Anytime, kid. … ’Cept for days that end in ‘Y’s. That’s the only rule.” She beamed at the same time Gabrielle did, more than relieved to feel laughter washing over her rather than tears.

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So. Yup. Title change since no part of this collection can truly be called a “drabble.” (I’ll change everything later; ’tis nearly 7 AM my time, and I still haven’t gone to bed yet. 😑 Ahem.) This bit comes in at 400 words, 300 over the defined count. Ah well. Anyway, here are the previous installments:

#1 #1 (Truncated) #2 #3 #4 #4 (Alternate) #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11

Bear in mind that this series intends to match the show, chapter-for-episodes. Then again, the FFLMs had the same goal but have since been abandoned due to lack of interaction for now. Ah well. That full collection up to this point (plus the bonus posts) is as follows:

Season 1: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 [#1]

#13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 [#2]

Season 2: #25 #26 #27 #28 #29 #30 #31 #32 #33 #34

And if you’re completely new to my stuff, then…

EF = Episodic Ficlets (as opposed to the previous acronym DDs, or “Daily Drabbles”);

FFLM = Five Funny Little Moments, a series highlighting overlooked silly things from each episode, illustrated in pictures and cracksubs; aaand

bonus posts (MFLMs) = More Funny Little Moments, summation posts showcasing additional funny moments from each episode, in half-season chunks.

#xwp #xena #xena warrior princess #xena and gabrielle #gabrielle #xena fanfiction #xenafic #fanfic #fanfiction #drabbles #ficlets #link post