#princess of power

My first fanart!!

I’m really loving the new she ra it is so good! I was going to include bow but then I got lazy. Anyways here’s the first she ra doodle I have done

I refuse to believe that we’re not getting any more Shera content after Season 5 because if Adora’s version of a “perfect future” is her consistantly wearing her hair down? Honey I needto see that.

So… Shera season 5.

WHAT THE EVER-LOVING FUCK. 

Strap in, this is going to take a while.

I’m going to start with a few relationships. Spinnerella and Netossa own my entire heart, I loved how they were encorporated into the show more this season because I love them so much, and their relationship is so pure. Scorpia and Perfuma, I’m not saying there’s a romantic relationship, but they do care a lot about each other and it’s adorable. I wish we could have seen more of Kyle and Rogelio together, or just that whole team in general, but I’m still okay with it. Along with this, Seahawk and Mermista. I really don’t know how to explain this one, I just love them so much. Seahawks “Because I love you, dearest”, sent me to a ninth realm. And Mermista admitting to setting a ship on fire? Love it.

I’m so happy that Bow and Glimmer were on good terms again. They have the best friendship and I missed seeing them just be kids together, because they are technically still kids. They’re just so pure and they’ve been through so much and I love it. 

Now obviously, the elephant in the room- Catra and Adora. Oh my god they BROKE ME. Every time they were both in a scene I’d back it up and watch it again because there were so many subtle things they did to show they cared. Match that up with Catra’s character development (Which was incredible, by the way,) and it was the best thing ever. They were so gentle with one another and cared so much about the other persons safety, I was sobbing the majority of the time. 

I love the way they did this season. They encorporated so many personal journeys and focused more on Adora than on Shera, which was amazing. This season was more torturous and breathtaking and horrible and wonderful than I ever thought it was going to be, and the fact that I won’t see them again breaks my heart. 

Also, the scene where Shadow weaver stays behind to save them, I was sitting on my bed openly weeping and just quietly asked myself “I don’t even like her, why am I sad?” If you can make me cry over a character that I utterly despise, well then that’s some good writing. 

All in all, this was one of the best shows I’ve ever watched and although I’m insanely upset it’s coming to an end, I’m’ glad I was able to watch it at all. The show changed a lot about how I percieve myself and the world around me, as dramatic as it sounds, and I will never forget this amazing, Lesbian loving show. 

Watching Glimmer gasp out Bow’s name and start crying as she tries to convince Horde Prime not to hurt Adora… That shit gave me physical pain. 

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The whole #SheRa “debate” has shown that male nerds are gonna try to gatekeep EVERYTHING women do, no matter what. The new She-Ra was made by women for young girls, but men are the ones freaking out.

Make no mistake, this is performative. This is intentional. This is to gatekeep.

EVERY time a new property comes out that isn’t directed at them, they freak out. They always target women because they can’t stand the idea that geek culture isn’t being filtered through their male fantasy nostalgic lenses. I’d wager 99% of them never WATCHED She-Ra originally.

This is just another example of men trying to control the conversation to keep it focused on themselves. Well, let me tell YOU that your “hot takes” about what She-Ra looks like are not welcome here. She’s not being made for YOU. Your opinion does not matter.

Deal with it.

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Also… She-Ra and He-Man were always meant to be 16 years old, even in the original properties. The fact that you want a 16 year old girl to look like she stepped out of a Frank Frazetta painting is pretty disgusting if you ask me.

I had to re-blog this just to comment on it since “my opinion doesn’t matter” apparently. 

Firstly, we did watch. We watched He-Man, then when she came along we watched She-Ra too, which I guess nullifies your whole “new property” argument, but my “opinion” doesn’t matter so I can’t point out that fact. 

I also can’t point out the fact that had the author of this post actually bothered to do what they accuse men of not doing and WATCHED the series, they’d see Adam (He-Man, you know, She-Ra’s TWIN brother) celebrate his 18th birthday in the first season of his original show, and then would know that the twins celebrate their birthday together (which just happens to be Christmas) in the Christmas Special. That’s at least 19 and going from memory but there might have been more birthdays specific to the twins along the way, so they weren’t at any point 16 “always meant to be 16 years old, even in the original properties”.

Meanwhile, creators who work on this show say while She-Ra hasn’t been assigned a specific age (people just assign 15-16 based on her design) they state that they think of her more as 19-20. Which is why a lot of us who actually did grow up playing with She-Ra toys (and kept talking about her and making websites and demanding the series on DVD making her relevant enough for this reboot to even happen) wonder why such a drastic redesign is needed for a character that’s supposed to be the same age as the original cartoon.

And for those who claim it’s because she’s “meant for young girls”. Then you’re obviously not aware of the reason She-Ra was created in the first place: To service the large number of young female He-Man fans. And it was for kids, it even had a talking broom. No one freaked out about She-Ra in a skirt then.

Next time you want to rant on men trying to ruin or “gatekeep” things that are supposed to be “for you”, then check your social message at the door, actually do the work it takes to present an informed opinion and remember that when you storm of on your latest tirade against whatever us evil men are doing next and trying to ruin something else in the name of “feminism” and “equality” us men who’s opinions don’t matter will be remembering the fond memories and the actually valuable social lessons we learned from cartoons we watched at kids like She-Ra and we’ll continue to appreciate those things for what they are, because we at least know that She-Ra’s physical appearance in her original incarnation (that version you hate so much) was beautiful because it was an outward reflection of her inner character. Beauty isn’t synonymous with sex, but I don’t really expect Tumblr to understand the complexities of beauty and sexuality, it never has in the past.

She ra characters as videos lol (I have too many videos that I need to show the world)

Adora like all the time: