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I voted for other. My feelings on this are very fluid and depend entirely on the situation.

Regarding the series, I am very happy with how both X/A and X/G were portrayed. I don't really have any unfulfilled wishes regarding either one. Had TPTB chosen to give us definitive, undeniable proof of X/A or X/G, I would have been perfectly fine with either one.

The love/hate, sexual chemistry between Ares and Xena was to me, as Chris Manheim said, undeniable and quite enjoyable to watch. I thought the X/A scene in Eternal Bonds was incredibly hot and I was completely fooled when it was revealed to be a dream. The back and forth between the two with Xena always besting Ares was fantastic. Although I find Xena and mortal Ares to be much more appealing in a romantic relationship though than Xena with GOW Ares.

There are times in season 6 where I think, yup, X/G are in a full bore sexual relationship and other times where I think, hmmm, I guess not. That's the nature of subtext. I will say that in order for me to support X/G as lovers, it has to be post-Antony and Cleopatra, otherwise Xena's behavior towards her soulmate/lover in that episode is quite abysmal and borderline cruel I think. Its fine if they each had feelings they hadn't acted upon yet though. Ultimately the relationship between Xena and Gabrielle and their devotion to each other is the strongest pull for me in the series whether they were ever lovers or not.

In fanfic, it totally depends on the story. I can thoroughly enjoy most of the scenarios listed above as long as the story is well-written and true to the characters. My one steadfast rule regarding X/A is that Xena cannot abandon Gabrielle to go off and have a life with Ares. I have a very vague memory of a fanfic where Xena and Ares finally got together on Olympus or some paradise Ares created and unless my memory is failing me, the story ended with Xena deciding to abandon her life completely including Gabrielle to stay there in paradise with Ares. I don't think she even went back to say bye. Totally unacceptable to me! Ares has to fit into Xena and Gabrielle's life together!!

LadyKate's fabulous fanfic Equal to the Gods introduced me to the concept of bitext. Much to my surprise, I found that a very appealing notion but with some caveats. As portrayed in most of ETTG, Xena was having separate relationships with Gabs and Ares with both of them suffering quite a bit of pain, anger, jealousy and basically being forced to live side by side as enemies in order to be with Xena and Xena plagued with guilt over the situation. Additionally, Xena holds all the power with regards to who she will spend her time with and they each have to adjust to Xena's desires. In the longterm, that's not a dynamic that I think is sustainable nor one that I would like to see permanently (which is why I loved LK's ending and am eagerly awaiting the sequel!) I just feel too badly for Gabs and Ares and resent Xena having all the power like that. Bitext scenarios that appeal to me must have Ares and Gabrielle eventually developing a relationship of their own preferably as both friends and lovers who have more of an equal footing in the relationship without Xena calling all the shots. Basically the three need to have a shared life together with all the joy, pain and struggles that go with that, not parallel relationships with Xena and no relationship with each other. Most definitely G/X/A!!!