#princesses of power

[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

[mars-doodles]

Catra

#lesbian catgirl #i haven't watched she-re yet #pixel art #pixelart ドット絵 #ドット絵 #dotpict #she ra and the princesses of power #she ra #princesses of power #catra #catra shera #she ra catra #she ra fanart #catra fanart #my art

[queerplatonic-msr]

What I wish the She-Ra fandom was:

People who acknowledge that Catradora is abusive and probably shouldn't have been romanticized in a kids show, but still enjoy it as the dark romance turned wish fulfillment wlw it is.

People who believe that Adora, Catra, Glimmer, and Bow should all be living happy fulfilling lives full of queerness by the end of the show, but that Catra should be living that life away from the people she traumatized. 

These two groups are friends. 

What the She-Ra fandom is: 

People who are in complete denial that Catradora is abusive. 

People who think Catra is irredeemable and should die. 

These two groups hate each other. 

(If you are actually a member of the first two groups though please hit me up I would love to have an spop community like that!!!)

#potentially the spiciest post I've ever made #what do i even tag something that is in a way both pro and anti catradora #guess ill use both #spop #catradora #anti catradora #spop fandom #fandom discourse #she ra #she ra and the princesses of power #princesses of power

[theartofyori]

I literally had the idea of this while listening to Gimme the Price... I have a thing going on in my head about relating the songs heard on Highlander with She-Ra.

Anyways! She-Ra in plate armor! I have quite of an obsession of drawing She-Ra characters in some form of historical armor. I think it fits the series really well for some reason. Maybe is just a way my brain has to combine two things I really like? Who knows, but I love doing it!

Anyways! Armor!

Adora's armor is, of course, based on the gothic armor of Maximilian I (that was later gifted to Sigismund Von Tirol). Catra's armor is based on armors made in the Innsbruck style, and a few elements of armors seen in the Thun Sketchbook.  This is, of course, a redraw of a frame of the opening.

Anyways, hope you like it!

#shera #she ra fanart #she ra and the princess of power fanart #she ra catra #spop #spop fanart #spop art #adora #catra #armor #catradora #melog #she ra and the princess of power icons #princesses of power #fan art #fantasy art #fantasy #gay #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbt characters

[twilleansparks]

The queen of Bright Moon 🌙✨️

Cw: eye strain (?)

[ID: a digital three-quarter shot drawing of Queen Glimmer. She is holding King Michas staff in her left hand. Her right arm is down by her side and her hand is opened with a magic purple-pink ball of magic. A few star shaped sparkles are surrounding her. She has a determined angry look on her face. The atmosphere is a dark blue, with the whole drawing being shadowed with a blue tint. There is slight chromatic aberration on the whole drawing. The background is a dark blue indigo colour. /end ID]

#spop #she ra #glimmer #spop glimmer #spop fanart #she ra glimmer #digital art #she ra fanart #queen glimmer #glimmer spop #glimmer she ra #princesses of power #she ra and the princesses of power #glimmer fanart #described #Doodles for your dashboard #krita #fanart #chromatic aberration #eye strain #? to b safe

[justsomesara]

Last week's animation study! 💖

Reference upper right corner, feat. Catra 🐱🏳‍🌈

#shera #she ra #catra #princesses of power #2d animation #pencil test #finding hq character sheets for catra was practically impossible #so she's not one hundo on model here #spop #my animation

[a-sip-of-milo]

Catra from She-Ra & The Princesses Of Power has BPD!

#requested by anonymous #bpd #bpd safe #catra #she ra #princesses of power #she ra catra

[atiredskeleton]

“Please, just this once, stay.“

#she-ra #princesses of power #she ra #catra fanart #she ra catra #catradora #she-ra and the princesses of power #she-ra fanart #illustration #art #artists on tumblr #fanart #netflix #dance

[pumaloafing]

I started watching this show solely because it has a lesbian catgirl but I'm enjoying it for more than that now.

#she-ra #princesses of power #lesbian #sapphic #catra #adora #catradora

[catherinetheprincessofwales]

The Prince and Princess of Wales meet The Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden at Windsor Castle. - 30 Nov 2023. 🇸🇪 🇬🇧

#kate middleton #british royal family #ktd #prince william #princess of wales #brf #catherine middleton #Windsor castle #crown princess victoria #princess victoria #prince daniel #swedish royal family #princesses of europe #princesses of power #princes of Europe

[nerdylittlegraphs]

#she ra and the princesses of power #she ra #best friend squad #adora shera #glimmer she ra #bow she ra #catradora #catra she ra #hey adora #princesses of power #spop catra #spop bow #spop netflix

[queerplatonic-msr]

Me when I'm starved for close platonic friendships but also starved for healthy romantic relationships that narratively foil unhealthy ones:

platonic Glimmadora... or romantic Glimmadora...

platonic Zutara... or romantic Zutara...

#glimmadora #zutara #spop #atla #katara #zuko #adora #glimmer #avatar #the last airbender #she ra #princesses of power #anti catradora #anti kataang

[cavernanomaly]

should I watch she-ra princesses of power? I want a new show to watch that isn’t live action or emotionally super heavy, and I this one seems cool but I heard that it kinda falls apart near the end? Idk yet but id like to hear what tumblr has to say about it

#she ra #she ra and the princesses of power #princesses of power #she-ra #tv shows #tv series #what to watch

[magicalgirlmelee]

Welcome to the best magical girl tournament!

Have you ever wanted to see your favorite magical girls go head-to-head in a mystical tournament? Now's your chance to submit your favorite girls to fight to the top!

Idea inspired by @redandgreenpoll, @anti-canon-trans-showdown, @character-of-all-time, and many others.

Rules

Only submit a character once. You can submit more than one character, but please don't spam characters.

Fictional characters only please (no real people)

Doesn't have to be a girl. It can be a magical boy/enby, but must exude magical girl energy

Can be from anime, cartoons, movies ect.

Characters must be submitted by April 14th.

Characters automatically in due to owner's bias:

Flora from Winx Club

She-Ra from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Will from W.I.T.C.H.

Here's the link to the Google form to submit your characters:

#winx club #w.i.t.c.h. #she ra #princesses of power #tumblr polls #magical girl poll

[hues-of-purple]

So I absolutely love she ra and I’ve been drawing up tattoo ideas (maybe??)

#hues-of-purple #my art #digital art #drawing #spop #she ra and the Princesses of power #lgbtqia #princesses of power #rainbow #sword #gay #queer #heart of etheria #she ra #tattoos

[catulhu333]

The idea of SPOP Hordak being "ineffectual"

Or (relatively) weak or some other variant.

This is an interesting idea, I think misconception, mostly among SPOP's critics (well more among specifically those who could be exactly called "anti-fans" or "haters"), but also a number of fans.

The issue is, there are many arguments against it.

First, Hordak stated he conquered "galaxies" in Horde Prime name. That's galaxies in plural, it suggesting at least 2, very possibly much more.

After getting stuck on Etheria, Hordak with no resources, proceeded to create the strongest military force on the planet, and fairly quickly carved one of the mightiest countries on it, forcing most of the remaining countries (latter all) to ally against the Horde Empire. He also dealt a defeat to the old Alliance/Rebellion, so significant that it efficiently disbanded. Though it it is possible these battles also weakened the Horde forces, but still.

Horde's conquest slowing down, seems to be largely due to his increasing health issues, and him dividing his time to try counter them and/or contact Horde Prime. It also seems Shadow Weaver is kinda behind the Horde not proceeding more with their conquest, possibly even intentionally doing this to proceed with her own strongly implied plans of "saving" Etheria, releasing magic, and putting the planet in more competent hands (ie her own). Hordak did though notice Shadow Weaver's ineffectually (though hard to say if disloyalty, but it's possible), hence so easily deciding to both replace her, and send her to Beast Island.

After Hordak, as stated by Catra rediscovered his warrior spirit, him being involved and leading battles directly was one of major reasons Horde nearly conquered the whole Etheria in season 4 before Glimmer's counter-offensive.

Hodak's biological degeneration is also a factor that should be discussed. As he consistently fought against it largely through pure will. While it did leave him weakened (up to the spaces between his the ulna and the radius bones in his arms being visible), he did make up for it, especially latter on with Entrapta's help.

Catra "defeating" Hordak at the start of season 4, is also not exactly an anti-feat for him - outside of Catra figuring Hordak's weakness, the situation was meant to parallel how Hordak punished Catra in season 2, by sucking/changing the atmosphere.

With Hordak and Catra, their real/proper fight is also interesting. Catra during the fight was on her defensive, and clearly putting in all of her experience (including even recent, from her fight with Glimmer), just to survive. While she did kinda win, it was only "kinda". Hordak was knocked out, while both at this point, were fighting to kill each other.

Catra was also in a comparably bad shape after this fight, seemingly even a bit worse than Hordak. As Catra, after her adrenaline wore of, had at start difficulties standing up and walking at all:

Hordak in turn, despite a 700 ton piece of metal falling on his head, then crushing him, just got up after regaining consciousness, moved/lifted the giant metal claw crushing him, and was preparing to kill Glimmer (and Catra if he found her).

He also got an explosive directly in his face, and was just temporarily blinded, and was still able to continue:

It's also notable that as Catra ripped out the First One crystal, it either means Hordak installed a secondary power source, or that he was operating here on pure determination (mixed with Power of Hate).

Nate Stevenson also wrote Hordak did, or would kill Catra during the fight, but Catra's ability to have 9 lives (or perhaps more likely to avoid certain death 8 times) saved her. It's hard to tell if he was serious though.

This fight is also relevant, as Catra is one of the deadliest fighters in SPOP, portrayed consistently a challenge or even match for Adora as She-Ra. It's also notable that Glimmer, despite defeating Catra in a fair fight (and being one of the only to do it aside from Adora and the Guardian of the Heart), was hesitant to engage Hordak along with his forces.

This might be a controversial take, but I think it does make SPOP Hordak kinda/maybe comparable to 2002 Hordak in fighting capabilities in terms of their universes. 2002 Hordak kicked King Hiss a*s, and put up a great fight against King Grayskull, nearly wining, and still killing him, but he had an army of Horde Troopers, 3 Horde Wraiths and Grizzlor, Mantenna and Leech to help him out.

While King Grayskull had one Battle Lion to help:

Not to trow shade at 2002 Hordak, I also like him, just noting why I think they are comparable.

It's also important to point out Hordak's force of will. He was, as opposed to most, double mind controlled by being reconnected to the Hive Mind, and then also "slimed":

And he still broke out of this (first partly when discovering the First One crystal Entrapta installed in his armor, then after Horde Prime made the fatal mistake and ordered him to kill Entrapta), and killed big bro Prime (or at least his body):

And only got controlled after Horde Prime's spirit/consciousness fully transferred into him.

With that Hordak seems to a pretty badass military leader and fighter in this series. Or at least that's my opinion.

[Edit]

Fixed stuff, including grammar.

#hordak #spop #catra #entrapta #horde prime #she-ra #princesses of power #2002 #he-man #masters of the universe #king grayskull #battle lion