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Topic ID: 1639
Message ID: 7
#7, RE: Recent Cartoons: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Posted by Astynax on Jul-14-20 at 10:26 AM
In response to message #6
>Potentially. However, I'd still say it's very worth your time. Not
>least because the various Princesses and supporting cast members are
>very Eyrie indeed. Also, the final season villain is a bit... meh, but
>the way in which he's defeated is far, far more interesting
>than the usual cartoon villain fare. And while the pacing really
>speeds up in that final season, it still gave us "Save The Cat", which
>is excellent and (again) feels very Eyrie in terms of execution,
>action setpiece design, and crypto-lesbian subtext.
>
>And boy howdy is this Crypto-Lesbian Subtext: The Show. Main character
>Adora is very obviously gay and characterised as such throughout the
>show's story, and she is far from the only explicitly queer woman in
>the cast. There's muscle gays, butch gays, femme gays, adorkable gays,
>smol angry gays; SPOP's got a flavour of lesbicissitude for every
>taste! To say more would be spoilers, but yeah, this is a gay-ass show
>and I Love It, and I think you'd enjoy it very much.
>

I'd argue there is nothing crypto or sub going on here, it's pretty much out and proud. And done -well-. It doesn't feel preachy or tacked on, it is organic to the characters and universe in a way I haven't seen much, if at all, in a show before but hope to see again. Though it also isn't limited to just girl love, seems like most couple combinations are at least hinted at if not outright shown.

Hard to discuss deeply without getting into spoilers, and maybe some of this is just the lens of my perspective, but Adora's preferences weren't that obvious immediately to me, she honestly seemed both understandably ill-equipped to even contemplate romance given her upbringing, and far too busy learning how to be the Big Damn Hero to spare the processor cycles until the feelings snuck up and mugged her later on. So I'm curious if it is just my perspective or if I missed something somewhere.

>
>The final season makes it a piece of cake to slot into UF as
>well. As, if I'm honest, does Scorpia. Scorpia is Best Girl forever
>and has the kind of precious moe smile not seen since K-On.

Scorpia makes just about everything she is involved with better. Which can be really confusing the times you probably shouldn't be rooting for her, but still kinda want to.

Though I was pleasantly surprised with the many contenders for the Best Girl sweepstakes among the cast, and at this point I'm something of an Entrapta partisan if pressed to make a choice.


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