10 Reasons Why “Xena: Warrior Princess” Runs Circles Around “Game of Thrones” (4 of 5)

7. Subtle Sexuality

Because GOT aired on HBO, they could pretty much get away with anything…and they often did. The whole 9 yards! But Xena never even explicitly made it known that the main character and Gabriella were lovers due to 1990s network politics and the like. In 2019 — almost two decades after the series ended — Lucy Lawless did confirm in an interview that the two characters were indeed a couple and that it wasn’t a big deal.

8. Borias was Khal Drogo before Khal Drogo

Long before Daenerys Targaryen married Khal Drago, Xena and Borias gave romance a shot. She even ended up giving birth to two sons with him. Borias, it should be said, was a much campier character, and we all know that camp is good. He also spoke English much better than his GOT counterpart.