Thank you! It's really great to know that it comes through even if you don't know much about the show. I'm still never sure where to strike that balance in a vid, between legibility to non-fans vs telling a more dense interpretation that relies on source knowledge. With the Xena vids I'm leaning more toward the latter than I've tried to in the past, but I'm really really glad to know that it can still come through at least to some extent.

Over/along with is a good way to put it. Gabrielle loves Xena not just for Xena herself, but because she does good in the world. But Gabrielle also questions Xena's methods a lot, and I think she also fears what kind of person she will become when she lives walking Xena's path. I find it to be an incredibly fascinating and compelling internal moral conflict, and it adds so much depth to their love story, IMO.