#like. i dont mind this sapphic enthusiasm but it would be really nice if the inherent message wasn't that romance

[pega-chan]

probably gonna get flack for this, but imo SPOP should've ended with adora finally saving etheria through the power of self-love. her arc centered a lot on her making a new life for herself after the abuse she had to put up with, and one of her significant struggles was to validate herself and learn that her self-worth isn't measured by how much she gives back to people. as the only one who can handle the Heart, she has to save herself to be stable enough to save everybody else. it would've really cemented her character development much better than the "power of romantic love" ending we got in canon

#spop #shera and the princesses of power #the canon ending was also amatonormative as hell but i made a post about that already #she ra #she-ra #adora shera #if someone tries to scream at me that this is 'thinly veiled homophobia'/that i'm being 'homophobic': #i'm literally a bi woman #i want wlw rep as much as you guys do #but i do wish the storytelling was better than the hot mess that was season 5 #also pointing out amatonormativity in gay communities isn't homophobia it's pointing out what makes romance toxic #amatonormativity affects us all and gays aren't spared from it #y'all would do nicely if you all could identify and dismantle it to the best of your ability #oh btw this post came about after reading rewrites of shera where adora ends up with glimmer instead of catra #like. i dont mind this sapphic enthusiasm but it would be really nice if the inherent message wasn't that romance #is the most powerful form of love