#bc if you don't like spop you're a homophobe or whatever

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i feel really bad for the original adaptations of certain media when a reboot is announced, because you end up seeing a beloved classic be torn to shreds as it's constantly compared to the new show.

i think this way about the original she-ra and i guess voltron, too. i'm not sure if og voltron was good on its own, but regardless i feel bad for it since many people on youtube make fun of it to compare to vld.

both of these cases remind me of the way the fullmetal alchemist fandom treats the 2003 adaptation. brotherhood is always deemed "the better one" because it follows the manga while 2003 is considered to be some "edgy fanfiction", even though it has a way more realistic and critical approach of its themes - not to mention it diverging from the manga being a deliberate choice that was approved by the creator. brotherhood is a basic shounen (which, btw, has a very insensitive view of genocide and imperialism) while 2003 deconstructs the genre.

i know all of these shows are different from one another, but speaking as someone who didn't grow up with them and only watched them recently, i hate how reboots are always used against the original shows, the latter obviously deemed inferior. i'm not saying you're not allowed to like the reboots, but you need to acknowledge the role of the original adaptations. if it weren't for them, the reboots wouldn't even exist.

maybe the original shows can be silly or kind of wild when you look back, but they were popular back in the day and changed an entire generation (idk about voltron because i don't think it was popular in my country, but the point remains about she-ra and fma). please stop ignoring that.

and by the way, nobody is a bad person for preferring the original adaptations.