#she ra bow

[generouskittentidalwave]

Watching the She-ra reboot after 5-6 years

Hey remember that show in 2018 that came out on Netflix during Tumblr's Twitter era and stirred up enough toxicity to turn you into Dave the Skeleton in the highschool science classroom?

Well BUCKLE IN for a RIDE cause I recently watched that show for the first time after avoiding it for YEARS, after seeing the fans and the haters be so devoted to either the fans praising it like a godsent deity or haters devoting their whole life to finding something wrong with every aspect of the show that it makes you wonder if they realized that they've become the Catra that they sought to destroy, I decided to avoid even touching the show and went about my life in other fandoms.

Well years have passed and like a Hallmark movie time abruptly went on and the drama soon faded, the tides have settled, the war has ended, and neither side remains the same. The fans have grown up, matured and enjoy the show as it is and the haters have lost all that sweet sustenance back in 2019 and have went the ways of the DoDo. With everything finally settled, I joined in on the rush of new fans recently that started rewatching the series and wanted to display my thoughts as well as a first time watcher ^^

I went in well aware of all the criticisms in mind, and having seen the original She-ra, and I just gotta say that my worrisome thoughts on watching it was completely washed away from the start of the show. I was worried of Adora being that one marysue character that is from the bad guys side but is actually a good a guy with the personality of white bread and with flaws of just being "a little bit QuiRkY" but she completely shooed away those fears. She is a well balanced character with a unique and well done backstory, her character breaking away from the steriotypical chosen ones and her having flaws that don't take away her being a good person but instead have their own charm and relatability that makes her very fun and down to earth. She is so golden retriever coded and I love it. What I like most though is that she wasn't "random main character comes in to lead everyone to victory out of nowhere" , instead of making her the unsaid leader, they made her the main character who is the muscle of the group and part of the heart and has to learn overtime and understand their ways instead of making her the leader. It makes way for her to pave and earn her way as being the main character instead of it being given by default by making her the leader and I love that break away. And that break away also helps to counter the fears I heard about the white savior trope by making Adora the way she was and making Glimmer and Glimmer's mom the queen the actual leaders of the rebellion that they helped start.

Love the best friends squad, I love Glimmer's growth and her bond with Adora, I like how she went downhill and built herself back up again as a person as it was very realistic with her being so young and having to replace her mom as queen. Bow is my spirit animal, period, but I really want to know more about his huge family. I imagine that because they are all historians they must go to the academy or similar academies that Bow was meant to go to and I can see why they wouldn't question him not being there as 12 siblings is A LOT to keep track of. Swiftwind is great but he shall always be known as Horsie and the queen's sacrifice hurts everytime I see it, I love how she owned up to her own flaws. Shadowweaver messed up being a mother figure 3 times, she needs parenting classes fr, 'nough said. I love all the princesses but Mermista is my personal favorite. Also why is aunt cast named Castaspella, I can't even say it without dying of laughter 💀🖐️

Now I know some of you are sitting at your computer with 5 monsters in hand and sweat anxiously dripping from your forehead as you dramatically hover over the keys just WAITING to write a five page essay response if I even dare to utter the name Catra and her relationship with Adora. So, I'ma give you my opinion.

Honestly, their romance was the end goal since the beginning and the story made that clear and honestly I like Catra's growth as a character from her knowing she has anger issues and actively working on it to better herself, helping to save others and helping to save Adora in the end. Her realizing that pushing others away to protect herself only harms her and everyone around her in the end and her realistically taking it slow and steady to better herself as a person for herself and for Adora is something a really like. Yes their relationship was hella toxic, especially in the middle (but I do like how Adora recognized that and punched Catra when they were in the portal). The build up was great, the middle ground of her doubling down was great, and I think her growth at the end was great and that the two are happy and not in a toxic relationship with eachother anymore at the end. I think what truly makes it odd is although the redemption was great the time constraints made it so they couldn't flesh it out to help answer and address the past actions that were caused by her, they did so great with her slowly becoming better and better, and so it wouldn't have come off as bad as it did if they had just a bit more time to address everything with that instead of being forced to dive right into it which definitely left a- well- less than good impression to it's audience. But they tried their best with what they could do and honestly for a show as surprisingly dark as this I'm just glad they aren't in a toxic relationship anymore and are happy in the end and that Catra got redeemed. It definitely wasn't trying to romanize abuse, however it came off as such due to constraints and them rushing the ending which gave plenty of ammo to people who already hated the show to have a reason to hate it more. In my opinion if you don't like it that's valid, if you do like it that's valid, me personally I'm not a romance person so I couldn't care enough either way.

Now to address some things I know some people are waiting for, but in speed run fashion. Mara's She-ra design was the fault of the designers not agreeing on what they wanted her to look like, I was expecting her to have brown flowing hair not blonde, I get the stripping of individuality message they tried to go with, it just needed better designers and better execution but that's as deep as it goes. It's not that they are racist, they are more along the lines of "you need a more organized team cause her design changes every five seconds like wtf" kind of situation. I'm glad they didn't automatically forgive Hordak or accept him but I'm glad he was changed enough to not be a killer that's mass murdering people anymore and as long no one is dying by his hands anymore and people don't automatically forgive him then that's fine by me, whatever keeps others from dying a horrible unnecessary death.

Overall, in conclusion, love the show, great depth, great characters, love the humor and amazing magical girl transformations, awesome rep, stronk princess punching things, would most definitely recommend, especially now with all the wave of chaos it's initial release sucked in now evaporated. (Seriously there are full tags and blogs deticated to hating a show about glowing princesses fighting aliens, it's okay to not like a show but come on people there is more to life than that 💀) Enjoy it, have fun, and I hope you have a great day/night! ^^

#she ra and the princesses of power #she ra #she ra spop #spop #spop adora #spop she ra #she ra adora #she ra glimmer #she ra bow #she ra mermista #she ra catra #she ra hordak #tv shows #netflix series #netflix tv series #netflix tv shows #netflix shows #netflix #tv series #princess #princesses of power #princesses

[hibiscuit-rose]

im almost done this series so imma post a bunch

these were all done in summer 2023 (and before i figured out how to screenshot netflix)

anyway catra is a silly cat meow

#flighty arty #she ra #she ra and the princesses of power #spop #she ra glimmer #entrapta #she ra bow #she ra adora #catra #catradora #scorpia #light hope #frosta #perfuma #mermista #sea hawk #netossa #spinnerella

[lunar-jewels]

they're having a sleepover and glimmer asked catra why she wears that headpiece

speech is a reference to this scene from riverdale

full version below the cut

#my art #this is my magnum opus #luna? finishing a piece instead of just posting the sketch??? it's more likely than you think!! #spop #she ra #she ra and the princesses of power #adora #catradora #she ra catra #she ra adora #she ra bow #she ra glimmer #spop glimmer #she ra memes #best friends squad #ugh i never know the order to put the character name and show name for tags

[candyskiez]

cropped some pfps out of that one anniversary art ND made! free to use without credit, literally all I did was crop. have fun!

#she ra spoilers #spop spoilers #shera spoilers #just a lil #adora #catra #catradora #glimmer #entrapta #perfuma #mermista #frosta #she ra adora #she ra catra #she ra mermista #she ra bow #she ra frosta #she ra entrapta #she ra perfuma #she ra scorpia #scorpia #spop scorpia #spop bow #spop entrapta #spop adora #spop catra #spop frosta #spop mermista #spop glimmer #she ra icons

[mahou-shoujo-in-training]

Adora is such a sap. But she’s got her best friends and the love of her life, I’d be happy too 🥹💕

#my artwork #my art #shera #she ra #she ra adora #she ra and the princesses of power #she ra fanart #she ra catra #she ra glimmer #she ra bow #she ra melogg #meelogg #catra #catradora #glimbow #glimmer #bow #adora #best friends #best friends squad #bfs

[hoolay-boobs]

Bye, guys!

#more of my stick figures :3 #bi #bisexual #bi pride #bisexuality #nick nelson #heartstopper #charlie x nick #kit conner #achillean #bi men are the best #she ra and the princesses of power #she ra #spop #bow she ra #she ra bow #spop bow #bow spop #sea hawk #repkyle #mlm #dc constantine #john constantine #tim drake #bi tim drake #jon kent #superboy #son of superman #dc #dc comics

[unsaved-changes]

A redraw of some of my catradora fanart from when Nate Stevenson originally posted those drawings of them in summery outfits!

I'm not posting the original cause it was not good lol

#she ra #spop #catradora #spop fanart #she ra adora #she ra catra #she ra glimmer #she ra bow

[sethcoart]

ohboi

#my art #spop #she ra #she ra and the princesses of power #she ra catra #digital art #she ra adora #spop catra #spop adora #spop bow #she ra bow #spop glimmer #she ra glimmer #catradora #glimbow #based on a pic i saw on twitter

[call-me-double-trouble]

Glimmer: What are you two doing? Bow and Double Trouble, causing a ruckus: Oh, just guy stuff, you wouldn't understand. Glimmer: *points at DT* You're not even a guy! DT: I can be whatever I want to be. *shapeshifts into a generic man* Hi, my name's Jeff. Catra: Bet you can't turn into a woman with big titties! Adora: And muscles! Catra: In a bikini! DT: *shifts back* Am I taking requests now? What the fuck is this?

#double trouble #spop double trouble #she ra double trouble #spop incorrect quotes #incorrect spop quotes #spop #adora #catra #glimmer #bow #spop bow #she ra bow #she ra #source: mine #mine

[thatcheesyler]

#she ra #she ra adora #she ra catra #she ra glimmer #she ra bow #she ra shadow weaver #she ra angella #she ra sea hawk #she ra mermista #she ra perfuma #she ra frosta #she ra scorpia #she ra entrapta

[twilleansparks]

It's bisexual visibility month!! It's also coincidentally Glimbow week, so I of course had to draw something featuring these two, even if it isn't one of the Glimbow week prompts :°)

They're one of my favourite ships so it's surprising I haven't drawn then yet haha :P

@glimbowweek

#glimbow #spop #she ra #glimmer #bow #spop bow #spop glimmer #bow spop #glimmer spop #she ra fanart #spop fanart #she ra bow #she ra glimmer #bow she ra #glimmer she ra #doodles for your dashboard #bisexual #bi #queer

[endlessstarssilence-blog]

And another old one again :)

#she ra and the princesses of power #she ra #she ra fanart #spop #spop fanart #spop adora #she ra adora #spop catra #shera catra #catradora #shera glimmer #she ra bow #she ra catra #she-ra #spop glimmer #spop bow

[a-sketchy-bean]

#digital art #my art #spop #spop art #art dump #she ra fanart #spop adora #spop catra #she ra adora #she ra and the princesses of power #she ra spop #she ra #she ra mermista #she ra perfuma #she ra scorpia #she ra bow #she ra glimmer #disabled artist

[toonsy]

❤️🏹✨😼

#cartoons #she ra princess of power #she ra fanart #she ra catra #she ra adora #she ra glimmer #she ra bow #digital aritst #fanart #she ra art #catradora #glimbow

[bi4bination]

Caught red handed

#(posted by mari) #caught in 4k #harlivy #korrasami #glimbow #legend of korra #avatar korra #asami sato #bow spop #spop bow #she ra bow #bow she ra #spop glimmer #glimmer spop #she ra glimmer #glimmer she ra #queen glimmer #harley quinn #harleen quinzel #pamela isely #harley quinn x poison ivy #poison ivy #bisexual #bisexuality #bi4bi #bisexual positivity #lgbtq #bi pride #bisexual memes

[mahou-shoujo-in-training]

Omg I just logged into a wave of love for my catradora art! 🫶🏼🥹 so happy to find the nerdism is strong as ever on tumblr—it’s been like a decade since I’ve been active here but with my recent rediscovery of joy for life and the things I love again, I think I might be back on tumblr way more💕

Thanks and here’s more She Ra fanart bc I love these idiots 😂 BEST FRIENDS SQUAAAAAD

#lgbtq #lgbtq artist #nerd #art #artist #shera #she ra adora #she ra fanart #she ra and the princesses of power #she ra #she ra glimmer #glimmer #bow #she ra catra #she ra bow #glimmer and bow #catra #catradora #swift wind #swiftwind #she ra swift wind #love #best friends squad #bfs