Between Prince Naveen,Seahawk,Hobie Brown and Marshall Lee Abadeer,i feel fully confident in saying that the 'cocky super flirty male character' trope works best when he's not white.Everyone give some respect to our moc(malewives of color)for doing it justice🙇🏽
Shippers in SPOP be like this is Mermista. And this is Mermista's boyfriend Sea Hawk, and Sea Hawk's boyfriend Bow, and Bow's girlfriend Glimmer, and Glimmer's girlfriend Adora, and Adora's girlfriend Catra, and Catra's girlfriend Scorpia, and Scorpia's girlfriend Perfuma, and Perfuma's girlfriend Mermi-
and one of these lovely and perfect people (@wtylas) was kind enough to create a helpful infographic. here you go:
[ID: A Discord post with an image labeled "introducing tringl." Inside the post is a map demonstrating the relationships between eight characters:
Mermista is dating Seahawk, Seahawk is dating Mermista and Bow, Bow is dating Seahawk and Glimmer, Glimmer is dating Bow, Catra and Adora, Adora is dating Glimmer and Catra, Catra is dating Glimmer, Adora, and Scorpia, Scorpia is dating Catra and Perfuma, and Perfuma is dating Scorpia. End ID.]
I saw a take that if bow was intended to be bi from the start and not see glimmer as a sibling, he'd have flirted with her during the show, and he'd have also fallen in love with adora, because "he flirted with sea hawk in s1 so why never with the two girls who are always around him?"
Ah yeah, because bi people always fall in love with every single person they meet. Airtight logic. So awkward for me to go to the grocery store, can't even get through the produce aisle without falling in love with everyone I pass!
And Bow does not flirt with Sea Hawk? He is crushing on him, sure, but no actual flirting goes on? Do people on the internet not know what flirting is? It is teasing with a romantic intent? There is plenty of flirting in the show but none of it comes from Bow. I can't think of a single time Bow openly flirts with anyone except maybe when he winks at Glimmer and calls her "princess" in the third episode and I think he's just goofing around.
Our literal first glimpse of Bow in the entire show is him sending Glimmer note on which he has doodled hearts on all the open space and drawn a picture of himself winking. Sometimes I wonder if these people who say Glimbow acted like siblings actually have siblings. Either that or they are living in a Folgers commercial.
And I guess the argument this person is trying to make is that Bow was into Sea Hawk so therefore he never showed any interest in women during Season One-- the season where he goes on an entire whole ass date with a woman who gave him a literal flower crown in the bi flag colors-- and that is so breathtakingly stupid I don't feel the need to dignify it.
Listen, I've said this before. It's easy to get caught up in everything with the show and miss Glimbow on the first viewing. I get it. Saying you missed it at first? Totally valid. But its consistently built up starting in the first episode with moments that parallel Catradora, woven right into the themes of the show the entire time, so sticking your head in the sand and pretending it's not there just because you don't like it is clown behavior.
Sometimes I wish people in fandom realized they can just say they don't like this pairing and move on. They don't have to concoct an entire alternate universe where the fact that this couple they don't like ending up together is part of a vast global conspiracy against them personally. They just make fools of themselves and, frankly, its embarrassing for the rest of us have to watch.
What Your Favorite She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Ship Says About You
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Catradora (Catra/Adora) - You’ve been getting really into Killing Eve lately
Glimbow (Glimmer/Bow) - You probably have trans headcanons for both of these characters
Seamista (Sea Hawk/Mermista) - You are a firm believer in the inherent eroticism of the sea
Adorabow (Adora/Bow) - You are a firm believer in mlm/wlw solidarity
Glitra (Glimmer/Catra) - You don’t understand why anyone would mix the childhood friendship trope with the enemies to lovers trope. Isn’t enemies to lovers good enough on its own?
Glimmadora (Glimmer/Adora) - You couldn’t care less about enemies to lovers, but you do believe that THICK 👏 THIGHS 👏 SAVE 👏 LIVES 👏
Adorista (Adora/Mermista) - Your ideal high school romance is jock/goth
Perfumadora (Perfuma/Adora) - Your ideal high school romance is jock/theater kid
Pertrapta (Perfuma/Entrapta) - Your ideal high school romance is nerd/theater kid
Merfuma (Mermista/Perfuma) - You’re always a slut for opposites attracting
Entrapdak (Entrapta/Hordak) - You’re always a slut for mean, cold-hearted characters who have exactly one person they trust and open up to.
Spinnetossa (Spinnerella/Netossa) - You’re always a slut for good representation of same-sex couples in a healthy relationship
Repkyle (Rogelio/Kyle) - You’re a sucker for characters who are in desperate need of more screen time.
Seabow (Sea Hawk/Bow) - Your ideal date involves getting your senpai to notice you
Bowtrapta (Bow/Entrapta) - Your ideal date can best be described as an “epic gamer moment”
Entraptia (Scorpia/Entrapta) - Your ideal date involves wacky hijinks, but the only things the ensue are the friends we made along the way.
Huntadora (Huntara/Adora) - You want a girlfriend who not only could kick your ass, but will do so upon request
Scorpiadora (Scorpia/Adora) - You, hypothetically, want a girlfriend who could kick your ass, but like, realistically you just want to be bridal carried.
Sconnie (Scorpia/Lonnie) - You’re just here for some butch girls.
Scorptra (Scorpia/Catra) - You just wanted good things for Scorpia, and really, who wouldn’t?
Glance (George/Lance) - This is just the same joke as Spinnetossa but with men.
Bowfuma (Bow/Perfuma) - You are hetero- actually, no, knowing this show’s fandom you’re probably either bi or pan.
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