As always, for gmta_nz....

So, I have two friends visiting this weekend, both lesbians, both huge Brian/Justin fans (although possibly not in the porny sense, although maybe). Neither had ever watched Xena when it was originally on, one of them has seen a handful of episodes since I shamed her into it recommended it, and has gotten hooked. And the other doesn't much care for Xena but is, like me, a lesbian who loves Brian Kinney. So, I shared with the newby-Xenite friend some of the things gmta_nz said in her wonderful post Xena Lives: Her name is Brian Kinney. My friend went nuts with joy over Michael=Joxer, but then we sat down to watch the Xena series premiere, which she had never seen.

And then we spent the entire episode and the one that followed squeeing our little fan girl hearts out "OMG, it's BRIAN!" "OMG, it's JUSTIN!" The parallels are even more pronounced than I originally realized, including Xena never saying she's sorry and the annoying blonde who won't go away despite being told to over and over. It's... uncanny. Is it not wonderful, when fandoms collide?