Every warrior princess fan knows of the hardship xena faced but what about gabrielle an her hardships. Gabrielle had a farmers life she had to do chores when she grew up she gets told that she has to marry a friend of her fathers son . This may or may not be as hard of a life as xena had killing everything and everyone in sight but hardship draws people together. Then the unthinkable happens xena gets thrown out of her army and meets up with gabrielle when she is about to be kidnapped by xena's boyfriend or so he thinks . The thing is by now xena is at her ropes end and does not think she can continue then she helps gabby and her town. Then gabby follows xena to her hometown and after some trouble the storybook friendship begins. the thing about friendship and love we don't pick them they pick us and they grow into something beautiful over time and that is just what happened in season 1 an 2 by season 3 they knew their love and friendship was eternal and not even the gods themselves could tear them apart and they tried. the thing you have to know is you will have some people say that they slept and made out together and i say what's wrong with that if you love the person and it was a love for the ages.