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She-ra and the Princesses of power, Thoughts for Season 1.

It’s been over a week since this show has aired, and I guess I can write this now. This is pretty much my thoughts during the Episodes as I watched them. Please note this is my impressions and not meant as a full on review of the show.

Thoughts under the cut.

Episode 1

So basically Adora and her team are being fed false info regarding the Princesses and Queen Angella. Why am I not surprised by this at all.

So are all the cadets kidnapped or was this a volunteer thing? Like are there Horde recruiters that go to the villages and are like “Yo kids, wanna serve Lord Hordak, come join the Horde for having adventure and making new friends...” Seriously where did these cadets come from.

Also is that Leech? We’re missing his hand suckers.

So we have a Lonnie and a Kyle and a...? Who’s the third green guy? Does he have a name? I’ll have to look at the credits?

Is Kyle supposed to be Mantanna? He’s put in all the gag moments.

Hey at least they show they care for one another, so points on that.

Also, I like Lonnie, why couldn’t we have Lonnie over Catra?

Catra is late...so how did she get in the room before the others did? Seriously someone please explain this to me because it seems like a plot hole right there.

Anyone else feel like she’s a rejected design of someone’s 2015 Thundercat’s OC character? I feel like she’d fit right in there. Also I’m guessing she’s a Magicat, so probably we’re gonna see Kittrina and the Queen of the Magicat’s at some point.

So Catra puts Adora in a hole, bet you anything it’s going to foreshadow something.

“You know nothing is to low for me,” -Yeah we are setting her up to be a bad guy with lines like that.

Their dynamic reminds me of an older sister (Adora) and a jealous younger sister (Catra) who is always in the older sister’s shadow and seen as lesser due to it.

Okay so Adora stands up for her against Shadow Weaver, and shows empathy for Catra, We also see empathy being displayed for Kyle, even if they seem to mock him. So that brings up a point that Weaver may be leading these kids to believe that they can’t show the empathy that they have.

Wever’s not wrong, she’s going about it way the wrong way, but she’s not wrong in regard to Catra letting the others do the heavy lifting for her. She’s still a bitch for what she’s saying. I really don’t like this take of her.

I’m getting Starscream vibes off of Catra, someone very smart and cunning but also her ego is going to be her downfall because she thinks she’s better than anyone.

Placing bet’s here, Shadow Weaver intends to use Adora as a weapon against Hordak and to take him down. Not sure how but it’s clear that’s what shes’ doing here with her comments to her.

So can I call her Shadow Palpatine? Because that’s who she reminds me of. She’s making Adora into her Anakin.

Given the “I raised you and found you as an orphan child” is probably a total fabrication, I don’t by that at all. Someone kidnapped her, but I don’t know if it was Weaver or Hordak in this case. Unless Skelator just up and became Rumplestikin and forced Randor and Marlena to Emma Swan her from Eternia. Which would be weird.

Hello, Dream Works, Disney is calling to get Mother Gothal back. (Man, if I wanted to watch Tangled, I would watch Tangled.)

So Glimmer reminds me of another character from another show that I can’t think of where the young girl tends to disobey their parents and it makes it all about them and their issues and...the whole relationship with her and Angella reminds me of Duke and his brother from the GI Joe movie in the 1980s.

Also, if you’re daughter isn’t old enough to act like a noble in your court, she’s not old enough to lead a battle.

Angella sounds more like Adora at times than Adora does.

Okay scratch that...we have a Little Mermaid moment here mixed in with Nani and Lilo from Lilo and Stitch.

Glimmer acts like she’s 12, and probably designed to appeal to the tweens that are like ‘Parents don’t get it” mind set.

Okay so how the hell does Catra know how Shadow Weaver got the power stone from Hordak? Was she listening at the doors and such? How does she know about any of this? I would think that Shadow Weaver would cover this all up.

So we know that Catra is bitter towards Weaver and will probably end up doing something to pay her back, and she’s jealous of Adora, which means anyone that is her friend going forward has a big target on their backs. Got it.

Yup Catra is Starscream. Thanks for that reminder show. And basically an older sister with bratty younger sister dynamic going down here. Good on them for at least getting that in order.

Catra, you know you don’t have to shove her away from running the skiff, she didn’t need you to do that.

And now they are fighting like some sisters will when they are close in age.

Catra is way to reckless and clearly meant to show immaturity of the two girls. She’s reminding me a lot of Ben Solo, looks like a teen but acts like she’s way younger than that emotionally.

Did you need to have that aside break the forth wall? Could we not have had her look down or up, why at the camera? (Note: This never happens again, so why do a 4th wall joke here? And time stamp is around the 11:30 mark in this show.)

So Adora finds the sword in the ground wrapped in Vines. How long has it been there? Also it gives her flashes, cool at least were sort of taking from the original with that aspect.

Catra pulling her by the hair. Ow! Why? Are you trying to show how immature and mean she can be? What was the point of her pulling her by the hair, why not by the scruff of the neck or the shirt like a cat would?

Diary writing, or at least the way the diary is being written in, positive in that it at least gets her feelings out. I still think she’s only 12 or 13.

The moment with Glimmer and Bow outside reminds me a lot of a Harvey and Sabrina moment from the old DiC cartoon in the 2000s. And why do I feel like Glimmer would fit right into that era’s shows?

Bow and Glimmer yelling is going on too long for my taste. Why doesn’t he shoot her a tin can phone or something useful?

If she can teleport why not do that earlier and make the joke work. It took to long for that joke to land.

Bow is older than Glimmer. The way he treats her and looks after her makes me think he and Adora are around the same age roughly. They are the older siblings to Catra and Glimmer’s younger siblings dynamic.

Oh god make it stop with Glimmer and her mom’s fighting! Please!

So Adora sneaks out and Catra doesn’t hide the fact that she’s gone by you know, stuffing the bed, or doing other things to cover for that? Maybe getting the others involved to help out to cover? Show she can be a decent leader? No? Well okay then.

Oh god, why the screaming! That is not funny or cute. That is like something a toddler would do, and these two are not toddlers!

So the more I see of Light Hope the more the design reminds me a lot of the Sorceress. So Light Hope =program by the Sorceress?

Cool Bow grew up in the woods. Where at? Can we meet his dads? No? Not even gonna talk about it? Okay then.

Devastation at 12 o’clock. Not bad showing the ruins. Kind of pretty in a depressing way.

Yay at least we’re getting the “Evil Horde” talk in some form.

So according to Glimmer the Horde just appeared on Etheria. So does that mean that they were from space first? or are they from Eternia and got poofed there some how? Doesn’t really seem to imply if Hordak targeted this place, or if it was a chance thing. Betting anything Shadow Weaver helped him take over as in the original one.

So can we call Bow the Hawkeye/Green Arrow of the She-ra crew?

Maybe I missed something but how did Adora get out of the ropes?

Also what kind of bug is that creature? Is it normal or is it a mutant? How does anyone live around here anyway?

So Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (Aka, Major Makoto Kusangi) is doing the voice direction here. Well that explains why that aspect is really done well.

Episode 2

Okay, so the Intro is very 2000s in that Winx Club/ W.I.T.C.H. sort of way. (W.I.T.C.H needs to come back too by the way. Good comic as well.) Not digging it as much as those show openings. Maybe it’ll grow on me?

Slap stick, Bow runs into doors, news at 11.

Well interesting, so she’s blurting out Eternia and can read First one’s stuff. Huh. Might be tying more into New Adventure’s of He-man than I thought.

Also we’re showcasing that she’s from Eternia with this, so....

So are the Princesses Living batteries? Does not having magic kill them or something? I’m kind of confused by this? And where does this recharge thing come from?

Glimmer better get better as this story goes on, or she’s ending up on my “Annoying character” list.

Weaver still has a way to watch over things. Only we’re doing it like Mum-ra. Somebody really liked the Reboot of Thundercats. I get they want to use magic with her, but a tracking device I would think would do better. For a group that uses tech, they really don’t use a lot of it.

So Weaver is shown to be a threat, good on them, but yeah there’s some Darth Sidious BS going on with her that I really don’t like very much. Palpatine wasn’t this dumb, even if he was an ass.

Party in the forest, okay cool. Though can anyone tell me what these guys are supposed to be? Animals? Mutants, Furries? What?

Yeah that outfit looks bad, no one would want to wear that at all.

Why is it so shocking that she’s never been to a party, never had a birthday, etc? They’re living in the Fright Zone, of course there wouldn’t be fun.

Also no, horses would not be used in this world apparently there because Tech, so how would she know what it is? Though I would think that in her training they would have at least mentioned them?

Good on Adora for at least going to face down the Horde and realizing that this is not a good situation.

Catra in a tank? Okay?

So Catra knew that they were being manipulated this whole time and didn’t say squat to Adora? Some friend she is. Seriously she’s giving me bad flashbacks to a really possessive friend I had in chldhood.

Oh god. Why? Catra’s pretty much needs a co-dependent -terrific. She’s pretty much become every evil sympathic crazy anime villain rolled into one. Sob story, check, poessive, check, has a need to be in power to overcome those that hurt her, again check. I feel like I’m watching a weird version of Pretty Cure with this.

So Catra is that Jealous younger sister that wants to take over trope. Got it.

Yeah she’s pretty much a selfish brat at this point and several anime tropes rolled into one, and I swear I’ve seen her be for in regard to this sort of character arctype in Pretty cure or shonen shows. I just can’t point to where. So Catra tries to get Adora back by being an ass to her and pointing out that she knew they were evil and all that. Yup all the marks of a magic girl arch rival right there.

Also magically going away ropes when Glimmer pulls the sword. At least she saved her.

Really we’re calling it Horsie? Can’t we give the damn thing a name?

Hey She-ra, Sailor Moon and Pretty Cure called, they want their transformation sequence back. Also is it just me or are they taking music cues from Winx and Witch here mixed in. Yeah also someone really really liked Sailor Moon’s transformations. I mean...it’s not shot for shot, but you can see the influence there.

So people saying that old She-ra couldn’t hit people with her sword, this one just smashes the ground with it...I have no words. Not a bad thing, it’s just weird that people keep saying that Old She-ra didn’t fight and this one does, but it’s clear that this one is smashing things like the hulk, same way He man did.

Well points on the Betrayed look from Catra. That at least is something. Side note...was it just me or was there some frame rate animation when she took Bow off the horse? Also, I guess this is a nod to catra taking Bow down back in the old show early on?

So we’re just leaving the mess? Not gonna use any magic to clean it up huh?

Episode 3

Once more Angella doesn’t seem like a mother figure and seems more like an older sister. They fight way to much in this show.

Adore is reminding me of a character in a Nick show, but I can’t place it.

So they leave a person who has no skills about being in a fancy place, in a fancy room, alone to practice with a sword. Yeah this is going to work out well.

Can we name the damn horse already? He has a name it’s Spirit. Can we not give him that name?

So why isn’t he talking yet? This form means he can talk. Can’t remember if he talks when he’s not in unicorn form.

Well what do you know, you got a laugh out of me show, good job.

So she transforms him by accident and scares the hell out of him. Good work Adora.

Yeah is that Solider supposed to be Double Trouble?

Also, why did you not change shirts? I’m sure Glimmer had some sort of other shirt or something in her wardrobe. Sure it would be big but having a huge Horde mark on your back, yeah that’s a bad idea. Also it’s not a tattoo, you can remove it.

So she got chased by a mob. I get people don’t like the horde, but how do they know she’s with them. It could be that she was an escaped prisoner that was being held captive...this show...I swear.

So she’s down in the water now, and still getting shot at. Where are the guards?

Anyone in the mood for a little Into the Woods moment here?

So add onto Catra’s issues the need to be superior to others. Yeah someone has a love of Starscream.

So this is Madam Razz? Oh what the ever living loving fuck! No seriously, like yes I know Madam Razz in the original was goofy, but she also showed a lot of intellegence, even when she couldn’t get a spell right, and in some cases the results were a lot more terrifying than what she had planned. Hell she turned people into sheep, internal screaming commence.

Who the hell is Mara? (Edit: Looked it up. So either this Mara is Mara Jade from Star Wars who was the wife of Luke Skywalker and was once part of the Empire as a Hand (assassin) who was sent to kill Luke, but later became a smuggler of sorts, trained herself to become a jedi, and later studied under Luke and eventually married him and they had Ben Skywalker. Or...this is a nod to the Mara character from the New Adventures of He-man who replaced Teela as main girl.)

So Madam Razz is Maz from Episode VII. Oooookay. She doesn’t need to be.

I’m not a fan of Razz’s voice. Too much Edna Mode. Also where the hell is Broom? Like she has a broom but it’s not Broom.

More hints of Eternia. Either give her the back story or don’t! Stop playing with it.

Catra has a lot of anger issues it seems.

And Shadow Weaver likes to play games. I surprised that Hordak hasn’t killed her by now. Must be hard to get good helpers on Etheria.

Is that supposed to be Grizzor? I feel like all the cool mutants have been removed for generic baddies. Like they didn’t want to tell a adventure story and wanted it to be a high school drama.

Can we please give her a spell, and not just have her go “Razzle Dazzle”. Yes that is part of her catch phrases but not all she says.

How does she know Mara anyway? She doesn’t answer the questions.

Thank you Swifty for calling the name Horsie a stupid name. Also how does she talk to the Animals?

Alright so...honestly I know the first series was fast on getting Adora as part of the crew, the difference was that it was He-man speaking up for her, or rather Adam and he’d proven to be someone that knew his shit. Bow I can understand trusting, Glimmer...eh...it seemed a bit fast of an acceptance. I would have thought they would have done something a bit more in this case, just to be different than the original. Oh well.

So...Hordak is hot. Who’s with me on this one?

Hey at least he stands up for Catra and knows she’s at least trying. Though that may come back to bite her in the ass later. Also it mirrors his views on her earlier when Weaver was saying that she let Adora get away. Apparently Hordak doesn’t think too much of Adora leaving, or he’s got something larger planned that no one knows about.

Episode 4

So why is it that everyone in the castle seems to trust her so damn much? Or is that just for Glimmer’s sake?

Adora...it’s a bed. You slept in one before. How is it that you think you killed it? Broke it is a better word. Not killed it.

So given the design of the king...does this mean Hordak’s been turning people into the Mutants? I guess that would be a cool twist other then “Well he’s dead.”

And at least Angella shows that she’s still wondering about this girl. Good on that part. Although she seems more bitchy then she should, but still glad to see less trust on Adora right now. She could be a spy.

So small complaint here, why are we making Netossa and Spinnerella a joke? Seriously they are the only real couple on the show and you make a joke out of it.

Apparently we have a tangled reference here with the way Adora looks at the picture of the King and Queen.

Okay so Angella doesn’t trust her daughter, but she’s totally fine with the girl that was, less then a few moments ago, considered not trust worthy, giving an idea and then her okaying it? Yeah.. um...shouldn’t that have been the reverse? And why are they not taking the other two along?

Catra is still being a lazy selfish brat, no new news here regarding her character.

So Hordak is the one controlling the stone? Huh...is he like an Ozai?

Perfuma seemed to have a moment of “Hot guy” sort of reaction to Adora. Good on them...that’s about the only ship I can take in this series outside of Her and Bow so far.

So Perfuma has a bit of a mask going on. That’s a nice change compared to her more ditzy self in the original, but she was very innocent there. So far she’s been the most interesing and likable character, outside of Bow and Adora.

Okay so -Ahem...FUCK YEAH HORDAK! He’s the ONLY thing keeping me interested in watching this so far.

Shadow Weaver probably wants Adora due to the fact that she knows about her being connected to Eternia and is planning on using her to get them back into that dimension, or she’s going to try to take over and kill Hordak with her...one or the other. She’s still an idiot.

Also betting she’s the one that did the Kidnapping of Adora over Hordak. *sighs*

Also Hordak is Magic.

So what are we going for here with Perfuma’s people? Valley, surfer, Cali beach heads? Guru style? What?

Hey what do you know...I got a laugh out of Perfuma! Good job show.

Not a bad message but one that was delivered weirdly.

Episode 5

(Side note...gonna limit the pictures because I’m getting tired.)

Glimmer is still annoying -same with Angella. I don’t get the reason for putting them in this relationship.

So we have Pirates of the Caribbean -at worlds end, with the music and design. Gotcha.

Also is this supposed to be the Star War’s Cantena? Yup it is.

So this is Sea Hawk huh? Wanna be Han Solo...seriously? Okay then...

*Watches the two interact* Yup, in any normal show this would imply that this could be a romantic interest with them arguing like that. This isn’t a normal show so I don’t know if they are just playing up the idea of rivals to crushes.

Probably will be an option for a romantic interest outside of Bow...or she could be single, I’m cool with that.

Could you please stop affecting your voice? It’s annoying Sea Hawk.

Can I call him Lance Solo? He reminds me of Lance early on in Voltron.

Okay yeah we’re digging into Star Wars here because man he’s calling them kids and has some sort of Kessel Run.

Gonna guess a year older than Bow and Adora...

So Shadow weaver needs Adora for some reason. Could we be a bit more specific here.

Wow Scorpia looks a hell of a lot like Shiro. Jeeze! Seriously I had to double take when I saw her. She’s a hugger. Horray.

Song needs to burn, there is no melody to it. I really tend to like music in shows, but this is not even close to the better songs I’ve heard in other shows. Even songs from Steven Universe, which I don’t watch a lot of, tend to have better melodies than this. I’m hoping that this was more meant as a gag.

Can we please stop with the dumb jokes here. They are starting to wear on me. Yes I get it he’s not that good at what he does. Yes I get it he wants to give them an adventure...but this set up sucks.

Don’t like Mermista’s voice. I have always disliked the “Whatever” teenager trope. The relationship here needs work between them. Why does she not like him?

Where the hell is he from? He burns his boats and this is okay?

Wow, he can be serious, can we get more of that from him?

So Adora is trying to help and Catra ends up belittling her and calling her dumb. My oh my she is a catch folks. Either she goes completely dark or she get’s saved in the second season because right now she such a uttler bitch...

Gah, Catra is really really annoying in this episode. She reminds me of the 90s stereotypical younger sister types. Gah...

Hey what do you know...Boat burning works for something. Not much, but something.

Liking the guys in the background on the ship. Can we have a show about them...please?

Awww Adora actually warmed up to Sea Hawk.

Episode 6

Okay so people are working for Entrapta, that’s good?

Oh Shit she’s Doc Oct. Well that explains everything I need to know about her.

So I feel like she’s acting like a DiC cartoon villain. Just can’t get into her all that much.

Why are we making Adora kind of dumb in this one?

Cool Bow’s all about the tech stuff, and is behaving way more mature than the other two.

If you’re going to have a trap like that, at least have a near fall.

Ugly zombie robot done better in Star Wars honestly. I was more “What the hell” in that moment than scared. Hey maybe they should have watched the Episode in Transformers where Optimus lost most of his face, or the removed TMNT 2000 series where Baxter Stockman fell apart. Literally.

Entrapta...please stop.

Also She-ra can get drunk apparently. Or sick, whatever you want to call it.

Well the shit she’s playing with is going to be in season 2, and that looks like crap Evil lynn works with in He-man from time to time.

Okay so Bow does a good job leading...yay for that.

Her parents probably died and she replaced them with Robots.

I could say she’s an odd version of Wheel Jack, though that would mean the staff would have had to have watched Gen 1 transformers.

The maze bit goes on a bit too long.

Well that’s Horde prime shit that was used before in the comics. So someone was paying attention.

The more I watch of Entrapta the more I get Vibes of Doctor K from Power Rangers RPM. Though she’s less weird than this.

Okay make that she reminds me of Doctor Whiley from Megaman.

Hey at least everyone realized Bow is the smart one here.

Episode 7

So Adora in ep 6 wasn’t worried about being infected now she’s on edge over it?

Shadow Weaver is fucking Mum-ra from Thundercat’s 2015 with all the shit she’s doing and how sh’es behaving.

Credit for Sandra O for doing Castaspella. Good choice for this character.

Everyone likes Bow.

Also, she knits sweaters, that’s sweet. She seems like a decent sister.

Lunar Lenses? Where have I heard that before. May be something from New Adventures of He man again.

So we do have Light Spinner as Shadow Weaver. But no teacher? Booo. That was the best part of that story. Also can we tell the story when she was turned? No...man, come on...it’s important.

Creepy Shadow Weaver. She’s really becoming more like a stalker than anything else.

So what the hell is with the weird noises Adora is making when she’s trying to relax?

So really we are heavy in the mother figure aspect of this character right now. Though honestly this bothers me as Shadow should not be scarier than Hordak. She wants to own Hordak and dominate him...(well who wouldn’t but that’s beside the point).

Not sure how I feel about this change. Shadow’s known for being very loyal as she really didn’t have any place to go and blames the others for her fall.

Someone was watching the Labyrinth

So Catra calls Bow the heart. Is she implying that she thinks Adora likes Bow? (If Catra x Adora is the Rey x Kylo of all this does that mean that Bow x Adora is the Finn x Rey of She-ra?) Or does she think that he’s the glue of the group? or is it just a nod to his shirt? Confused by this line

Episode 8

So it’s a ball and not a Prom. Could have just called it that in the title.

Scorpia needs to get a better friend than Catra...go hang out with Lonnie. She seem’s cool.

Okay Fuck you Catra. You’re manipulating the hell out of this girl. She opened up, told you that the other girls came off as uncomfortable around her and then you use her for your weird vendetta against Adora? Get past it, move on, she ain’t coming back.

Also, okay so the Horde crashed in Scorpia’s kingdom and they gave Hordak the stone. Probably out of fear more than anything else.

So are they trying to hint at Bow x Glimmer or are we still on siblings not hanging out anymore. Plus side for Bow’s line about change being good.

Hey what do you know Adora made me laugh.

Hey...why throw that line out there about Sweet Bee and Peekablue, what was the point?

90s Make over music. Joy...

Scorpia dresses better than Adora...that’s all I’m gonna say.

So Frosta is canonically 11. Okay...does that mean the rest are only in their early teens?

Perfuma is Starfire. Please, for the love that is all holy, stop talking like Kori.

Chuckles Austen? WTF? You do not put the twitter handle of your EP on your show. That is not cute. it’s Charles or Chuck, not Chuckles. Ugh.

So Catra’s whole scheme is to kidnap bow...oookay. Weird.

Adora is Dipper, seriously that’s who she reminds me of in this episode.

And Frosta also reminds me way to much of Toph.

More of the high school drama with Glimmer being jealous of Bow. And the whole thing is reminding me of the Northern water tribe look.

Can we take a moment to consider Adora is strong enough on her own to Lift Perfuma up, and she’s taller than her.

Also that dance between Catra and Adora was a threat dance. I think there was something similar in a Star wars book.

If Catra cares so much about Adora, why let that shit fall on her? Seems hypocritical of her.

Hair pins don’t work like that! This is the umteeth time I’ve seen someone do that...they are not like that.

Fight needs work, it was not as good as the one with Adora and Weaver in previous episodes. Also a lot of animation was off for the background characters.

What was that look for? Like “Surprised she saved her?” She’s a hero, it’s what she does.

I’m sorry but that end song sucked. Can we never use that again.

Points for capturing Bow and Glimmer.

Episode 9

Shadow Weaver being a bitch...

Wow how did everyone get there that fast? I’m confused.

Cute with the figures, but can we not fight over who is what on the board.

Energy prison like Steven universe.

YUCK the flushing toilet on Mermista was not funny! That was gross and you can’t hear that.

Robot scrap collector is cute

Plan seems to be working....and then it’s not. Sea Hawk you are an idiot.

Lot’s of Animation errors in this one.

How is her mask working?

Hey what do you know, Sea Hawk actually did something kinda right?

Perfuma still proving to be the best here.

Ball from incredible, inspiration? or round ATATs?

Can we change Lonnie for Catra. I am begging you at this point show. She’s a lot more interesting.

The fight with Kyle talking is amusing and the writer did well with the visual gags here.

Sea Hawk throw is acutally funny I laughed.

Good scene with Bow and Adora. Only to be followed by Catra being a Ben Solo.

Alright points for Glimmer getting out and punching Shadow Weaver. Entrapta’s death and the return of the sword were all well done. Though with Entrapta’s death I felt there needed to be more time with them before hand to feel weight.

Mourning of Entrapta was a good moment, but it would have been better if this was like the last episode of the season maybe?

Episode 10

How does being together mean falling apart?

Strong mourning with Perfuma. She’s becomeing the break out of the characters for me.

Glimmer annoying again with the Hug scene and not wanting to talk about glitching.

I HATE this dynamic between mother and daughter.

Can we get more Hordak please?

Over all thoughts of this episode was that Catra was playing too much with Entrapta. She shouldn’t have fallen so easy for it. Hoping for Scorpia and Entrapta to be friends. Catra and Shadow manipulating one another to turn around and show Angella and Glimmer making up was done well, but I hate the way they got to that. Catra was still annoying in this episode.

Episode 11

So the thing with the robot, Emily, starting to bug me. Watching Light Hope makes me think that someone was trying to mimic what Clone wars did in the past, and honestly I think this doesn’t need to go on the route of the Jedi.

Can I say that Catra in her own way is reminding me way to much of Abu from Aladdin here. The whole thing with Catra and Adora was foreshadowed in episode one, and she seemed like a brat in the past too. Thing that bothered me with this is that it’s not explaining how these two got there. Also some animation errors.

Shadow Wever is Eric from PotO and Scar from the lion king rolled into one. I really thought the fight was done well but the end result sort of sucked. I don’t think there’s a chance for Catra to get redeemed with this.

Episode 12

Light Hope reminds me of Jem’s synergy. Also her way of doing things annoys me because it’s trying way to hard to be a mix of all classic shows without doing it’s own thing here.

Swift wind has become Starlight’s rejected cousin. Why is he talking now? What changed? The magic? Is Etheria cybertron? 13 princesses, well if you know the old show, outside of one, you know exactly who they are going to be. Imp’s a recording device, and the Rune stone can hack the planet?

I want more hordak, and Swifty saved the day cool. Catra lost her compassion, and Shadow weaver is going to come back.

Episode 13

Finally we get some action from Netossa and Spinner. Jeez.

Glimmer was hording weapons.

Over all the last episode was good. Though I would have liked to have seen Hordak do something. Right now he’s just there and I want to see how strong this guy is.

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Written for Day 7 of @spop-palentines: Sleepover.

“This is our newest cadet. I trust you’ll all make him feel welcome,” Somehow when Shadow Weaver said that it seemed to imply the opposite, like she was expecting some sort of initiation beating.

The blonde boy behind her gulped, hearing the tone. He pushed forwards anyway and waved at the three girls in the room.

“Hello. I’m Kyle. I’m new to the Horde, I’ve been living in an orphanage in-” He began.

“Silence!” Shadow Weaver barked and an ominous black shadow surrounded her, causing Kyle to flinch and cower, “Lonnie, you will be responsible for this.”

Shadow indicated one of the girls who was cradling a green lizard in her arms, dressed in clothes matching her own.

“Me? What about Adora? I thought she was meant to be team lead,” Lonnie scowled, not that she minded particularly, but she never missed an opportunity to get one over on Catra.

There was no love lost between the two.

“Adora,” Shadow Weaver crooned the name, before returning to her normal voice, “has other responsibilities,” she began ticking off on her fingers, “Catra is too incompetent, Rogelio can’t talk, so that leaves you.”

“Rogelio can talk. We talk all the time,” Lonnie returned defensively.

“Silence! That is the second time you’ve talked back. Are you trying to challenge Catra for the title of most useless cadet?” Shadow Weaver scolded, “If I were you, I wouldn’t do it a third time.”

Lonnie paled and stayed silent.

Off to the side, the blonde girl had taken the wrist of the cat girl and was giving it a small squeeze. The cat girls face was scrunched up. She looked furious, or maybe just sad.

“As I said: Lonnie, you are in charge of this,” On that statement Shadow Weaver swept from the room.

“Adora, lets get back to playing,” The cat girl took the hand of the blonde, who must be Adora; and tried to pull her away.

“I want to meet the new guy, Catra. Come on,” Adora dug her heels in.

“But…” Catra’s face fell for a minute, before she sneered, “Fine. You weren’t playing right anyway. I’ll play by myself. It’ll be more fun.”

“Catra…” Adora followed the girl to one of the beds and instantly began trying to placate her.

“Ignore her,” Lonnie pointed to the door where Shadow Weaver left, “And them,” She indicated the two girls with her thumb over her shoulder, “They’re unbearable sometimes. I’m Lonnie and this is Rogelio. We’re the cool members of the team. You’re better off with us.”

“Aww! He’s adorable. Is he your emotional support lizard? Can I pet him?” Kyle requested.

“That is your teammate!” Lonnie scolded.

Rogelio roared something in her arms that had Lonnie rolling her eyes.

“He said that you can pet him,” Lonnie explained, holding him out for Kyle.

Kyle carefully pet the lizard, who seemed completely unfazed.

“You know, you should stop acting like an animal, or people are going to treat you like one,” Lonnie sighed, before glancing over to where Adora was scratching the spot behind Catra’s ears.

“So… Where do I sleep?” Kyle wondered, looking at all the beds.

“That one’s free,” Lonnie indicated one.

“And we all sleep here together?” Kyle asked, uncertainly.

“No, only on the third Sunday of the month,” Lonnie scoffed and when Kyle looked like he believed her, she sighed and added, “That’s why all the beds are here.”

“That’s amazing! It’s like having a sleepover every night!” Kyle gushed.

“What’s a sleepover?” Adora asked, having finally persuaded Catra to come over.

“A sleepover… Didn’t you have sleepovers with friends before you joined the Horde?” Kyle wondered.

Adora shrugged and there was something about her expression that made Kyle sad. Catra bumped her forehead against Adora’s arm and Adora smiled at her.

“I didn’t have any friends before the Horde,” Adora confided.

At least she couldn’t remember having any, but then, she couldn’t remember a time before the Fright Zone. Maybe she’d been born there? She hadn’t heard of anyone else being born in the Fright Zone. She’d ask Shadow Weaver about it one day.

Oh. That poor girl. Kyle hadn’t exactly been popular, but he’d had a couple of people to get about with. Adora must have been really lonely.

“It looks like you have friends now,” He pointed out comfortingly, “And I’d like to be your friend.”

Adora beamed, as Catra hissed in outrage.

“I’d like that too. We can all be friends,” Adora decided.

“I don’t want to-” Catra began, but Adora quickly covered her mouth.

“So, about this sleepover, how do we do it?” Adora wondered.

“We can play truth or dare,” Lonnie grinned wickedly at Catra, who growled knowing she wouldn’t like whatever Lonnie was planning to ask.

Rogelio roared in Lonnie’s arms.

“Rogelio says, he’s small enough to sneak through the vents to steal some extra ration bars,” Lonnie added.

“Duh. The vents are huge,” Catra scoffed and then she caught a glimpse of Adora’s pleading face and she was done for: the girl really wanted to know what a sleepover was and knew Catra would be against it, “I can… I don’t know. Pillow fights are lame. Want to sneak down to the drill room and steal some fighting staffs?”

Adora’s face lit up, “But we’re not allowed to train with weapons for another month.”

“Then we just won’t get caught,” Catra smirked at Adora’s excitement, “Come on.”

The two scampered away and as she left Adora gushed, “I can’t believe we get to train at sleepovers. They sound so cool.”

“What’s your favourite part of sleepovers?” Lonnie asked.

“Me? I like all the games and the pranks and stuff. Though I usually mess up the pranks. Are you any good at pranks? We could team up,” Kyle suggested.

“Yeah, alright. The three of us verses those idiots.”

#Horde Trio #spop lonnie #SPOP Kyle #spop rogelio #Catra #Adora #Horde kids #SPOP #Shadow Weaver #I love the headcanon where Rogelio is tiny before shooting up so I included it #SPOP Palentines #Palentines #my stuff

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