May 17, 2020

Good things from Noelle Stevenson's pop cultural appropriation of She-Ra that could be used in future continuities.

Yes, you read right: Despite my massive hatred for this Bastardization, I'm going to sift through the poop and find the fermented coffee beans.
I won't count having "continuity" or "character arcs" in favor of this bastardization. Why? The original was made for syndication, which meant showing episodes out of order was a valid reason to NOT HAVE ARCS.

-Competent Bow:
While the character of Bow was changed very radically to a point that he no longer was Bow, that's why I dumped him Tyrone, the one Good thing about Tyrone Bow, was that HE WAS COMPETENT. Now if we could have Competent Bow with the Chauvinist Bard/Presditigitator, we could get a badass Batman/Robin Hood kind of guy.

-Catra's Jealousy/pettiness:
While I'm not interested in the incestuous vibe that Stevenson added. (Especially it being reciprocal,  when there were NO SIGNALS AT ALL that Adora loved Catra in THAT WAY) but this version of Catra had a nice vindictive, petty behavior that fits with her Jealous tag.

-Pathetic Sea Hawk:
To be honest, I am biased against Sea Hawk, since he's always being what Bow should be. But being an incompetent pirate who lucks out in his adventures is a rather interesting take on him and the whole Pirate/Mermaid relationship with Mermista makes sense.

-Calm and collected villains: (Hordak, Shadow Weaver, Prime)
Being more in control of their emotions made them look more evil, calculating, and menacing villains. I've praised the actors perfomances, despite having issues with the writing. (Ie. The Horde not truly being a threat.)

-Netossa and Spinnerella's relationship:
While the Gay Adora thing felt forced, Netossa and  Spinnerella's relationship was handled more organically. They simply existed. Also, I wish they had been used more.

-Double Trouble:
While I disliked the whole Gender Neutral Lizard Monster angle for Double Trouble... or Jacob Tobia getting the role because of a stunt... (the stunt was casting the biggest "non-binary stereotype" they could find because they are a prop to fend off criticism.) But they actually USED Double Trouble.

I really wanted to reach to 10 things, but sadly, I couldn't... but there you have it, even in crap, you can find something good.

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