#orko heman

[catonamatchbox]

I present to y’all this years Halloween costume, Orko!!!

Each year me and dad hand make costumes, mostly it’s him but I help when I can. Dad grew up on he-man and I watched it with him and fell in love with the series and also this silly little blue wizard.

The costume came out so incredibly good and I couldn’t be happier. Thank you dad !!!!

[embarasseddragon234]

He-man Psa voice: So the next time you notice a friend did well, or that they look particularly nice, you should compliment them, I'm sure they'd appreciate it.

I found the thumbnail for this comic in a sketchbook from like, 2020, and thought it was cute

This isn't technically Revelations, I just stole the outfit. I like to think it's for some Important Official Function and that's why he's so nervous

[turret-dorito]

I did Orko's different faces! <3

I did this out of boredom when I found this on a tumblr from a "follower of mine" I liked it and I wanted to do it!

Credits to the creator of these wonderful poses and idea: @mh-presents

Orko belongs to FILMATION

💖💖💖 I simp Orko 💖💖💖

[the-derpy-duck]

Orko not needing to be “useful” to be loved and valued is a thing that I think about often.

My knowledge of He Man is very limited and I only really watched any of the shows for Orko. But like he used to be really great at magic but because of circumstances that were mostly out of his control he can’t really do magic anymore. His abilities are severely stunted for basically his entire time on Eternia. He saves Adam and that wins him favor with the king and queen and he gets to be a court jester. He tries to use magic to do his job and he fails a lot. When he messes up he always works to fix his mistakes and he wants to help. He’s doing his best and the people around him love him for who he is.

He-Man was made and aired during the 1980s. The Cold War had begun to sort of wind down (as in the hostility between the USA and USSR) before this point because Carter (who was president from 1976 to 1980) was actively worked to be less involved in conflicts. Dumbasses who say trump was the first president to not have the USA participate in war during his presidency either ignore or are unaware of Carter until they need to bring up the Iran Hostage Crisis. Reagan, who proceeded Carter, immediately started working on undoing everything Carter worked to do. He removed solar panels from the White House that Jimmy Carter installed and also made the AIDs Crisis a lot worse than it needed to be (Jimmy lead the eradication effort of guinea worm because he saw a woman suffering and decided to do something about it). Regan also deregulated some aspects of the TV industry which allowed for the 30 minute toy commercials that started many beloved franchise. The Regan administration sort of revived the Cold War. Although the red scare had already happened and communists weren’t well liked during Carter’s presidency tensions were still dying down. But when He-Man was airing tensions had begun to rise again.

I don’t know how long production for He-Man was but if it was less than three years than it is safe to say that the writers were at least aware of the political climate. He-Man is not political commentary. Although cartoons at the time definitely did reflect current issues and some of those issue would be political (such as The Transformers clearly commenting on the energy crisis and also just in general being pretty anti war), He-Man and all of these other shows existed to sell toys to children. That is why a good portion of children’s entertainment exists. The capitalist society we live in requires everything to make money, I promise you this will be important in just a second. But the historical context for He-Man was that the Cold War was getting warmer. So the Capitalist v Communist narrative had started up again. I need you to keep this idea in mind or at least entertain it: Orko is, in one way or another, disabled or able to represent disability. He needs to use magic in his everyday life and he now has a significantly harder time using magic. His entire life and world was magic and his role, both on Trolla and on Eternia, requires him to use magic. And because he looses his magic wand he also looses the ability to preform magic at the capacity that he used to. And I know it would be easier for him to preform magic on Trolla but he’s not on Trolla for most of the show so that’s kind of irrelevant. What’s relevant is that he is a magician, he performs magic on Trolla and on Enternia and he is now less able to do his job on Enternia, and he sort of can’t go back to Trolla. Please keep this idea in mind.

We live in a capitalistic society that demands everyone to contribute and if you can’t contribute then you die. Systems exist to help people who are unable to work. I don’t know a lot about those systems and from what little I understand they aren’t that good. Because the foundations of our society relies on people believing that they need to be “useful” to be “valuable” or just worthy of living and not starving on the streets I’ve found that it leads to attitudes that people who can’t work are leaching off of others. However time stops for no one and eventually your body will start to deteriorate and you won’t be as capable of working or preforming tasks as before. And that’s fine. We are valuable because we exist and we are people. No one needs to prove that they are a person and no one has to earn the right to exist and be happy. That is a person’s birth right. I think our society’s obsession with working is partly why aging is seen as negative. Another reason is definitely that death is scary and not being able to do everything you used to isn’t great but part of that being seen as not great isn’t just not being able to do certain things you liked to do (like running or playing a sport) but rather because you can’t contribute as much/work as much as before.

And there’s other factors to this besides capitalism but ultimately it’s the foundation of our modern world and getting rid of it wouldn’t solve everything as the other issues would still exist but it would make things better. Capitalism leads us to be more individualistic and cruel. If you ask most people “hey should our neighbor Bob die because he can’t afford healthcare or his medication” they will say no, but they will also say no to universal healthcare because taxes will increase. Money is absolutely useless. It has no value. Gold is pretty, but ultimately a weak (and also heavy) metal. Money is only valuable because we think it is and gold is/was so valuable because we said it was and because we think it’s pretty (it is). If the world was to collapse tomorrow and everything shut down (like nuclear fallout or a zombie apocalypse), money would be worthless. You can’t eat it, it won’t build you a shelter, it cannot heal you, it cannot protect you. At some point we decided that a piece of paper was more valuable and important than actual human lives.

I’m under no delusion that I am the first person to realize this or that this is a new thing. By ‘we’ I mean humans in general but also at some point every person decides when they are willing to sacrifice the lives and wellbeing of others for their financial gain. And that’s not an entirely bad thing. I believe that being “selfish” is, to an extent, good. This guy named Maslow came up with a hierarchy of needs. It’s not perfect and some levels can be fulfilled before others can but the basic idea is that certain needs must be fulfilled and satisfied before others can be. You can’t be in a relationship or employed if you can’t breath. You MUST look out for yourself and keep yourself alive before you can help others. You need to put on your air mask before attempting to assist others. And if or not that should be considered “selfish” is arguable. Humans are social creatures, so it is generally frowned upon to not look out for others. We would not be where we are today as a species if we followed an “Everyman for themselves” type of philosophy. But capitalism demands that we do. But even without capitalism you still need to be a little selfish to survive. And at some point being unselfish becomes selfish when you are in charge of the care of others. If a person has kids then they must provide and care for those kids and so they would have the interest of their family unit in the forefront of their mind. And it would be fucking insane if they didn’t and if someone looked down on them for that. Drowning yourself won’t help others who are drowning.

We are expected to contribute and to view people who don’t contribute as less than. Orko as a character stands in direct opposition to this idea. He isn’t seen as inherently less than because he isn’t as good at performing magic as he was before. He does his best at his job and he is still treated as a person despite him not being a great magician. He doesn’t need to be great, or good, or even ok at magic because he is good enough. He is a person and that is enough. He tries everyday and that is enough. He is kind and trusting and a little guy and that is enough. Orko is enough and he will always be enough. He isn’t a failure and he is not treated as such. He might be insecure at times but that’s just a part of being alive. He makes mistakes and messes up and can be annoying (to some people) sometimes but that doesn’t make him less worthy of anything. It doesn’t make him less of person. People, disabled or not, do not “loose value” because they are “annoying” or because they make a mistake. Placing superhuman expectations on humans is inherently unfair. You cannot expect (yourself, your neighbors, your family, random people on the street) to be perfect. Humans are flawed and we will all make mistakes. We are all going to age and we will die at some point and that’s ok. If everyone will eventually end up dead then we should spend the time we have being compassionate towards each other. There’s limits of course, and people don’t need to be happy or nice all of the time but I think avoiding being overtly cruel is a good thing.

Orko doesn’t need to be “fixed”. He is loved as he is and the people around him don’t force him to be a thing that he is not. He is loved, and I know I keep saying that but it’s really important to me. He’s silly. He’s an inherently goofy character and he’s a character that means a lot to me personally. I really like him. I like that the people around him love him and care about him. He’s not perfect. He’s a very flawed character but he ultimately wants to do good and be good. He’s not perfect and he never needed to be perfect. He is treated as equal by the people around him and he is treated like a person. Yeah the bar is in hell but a lot of people think that the bar is just a little bit too high for them. Even if Orko isn’t disabled, him not needing to prove that he deserves love is very important to me. He can just be a person who is flawed and just kind of normal.

I know he’s just a silly little guy. I know whoever was writing the he-man episodes wasn’t thinking about this. Or maybe they were, I was actually lying about knowing. But they probably weren’t. He’s a goofy guy. His goofiness and the thoughts I have about him are why I love him so much. And it’s mostly the silliness, but my thoughts are all that I have and they are what makes me myself.

Anyway live laugh love Orko

[flunky-robots]

Commission for @orkojpeg !!

[clown-around-and-find-out]

he-man characters react to you coming out to them

he-man:

g-gay? so then... BY THE POWER OF GAY-SKULL!!!

skeletor:

nyeh heh!!! see you at the pride parade, you sniveling coward!!!!

orko:

so what if you're gay? that's okay! *casts a pride spell*

cringer:

Ourh... that's alright! as long as it means i dont have to go into anymore battles....

man at arms:

Ha Ha! that's quite alright, here on eternia you can be who you are!!!

sorceress:

ah, yes, the crystal of allenar warned me of such!

evil-lyn:

MWAHAHAHAHAHA! you fool, you insolent fool! i have already COME OUT! you think your pathetic display can best me?!?!?!

teela:

gay?? that's great, im so glad you told me! but as i was saying, then prince adam...

beast man:

HRGRGRGRAAAAAARRRH!!!! YOU ARE FREE TO BE YOURSELF, BE TRUE TO WHO YOU ARE!!!!!

[topazstrange21]

y’all in trouble now.

I recently watched through 1983 Heman and the Masters of the Universe. Now I’m gonna make it everyone else’s problem.

These r my faves <3

[orkos-hat]

POV: they just asked for the joint back in the middle of weekly storytime

(It went out)

(you can't find the lighter)

[turret-dorito]

Oh god! HAHAHAHHA

Imagining this in Lou Scheimer's Orko voice made me laugh

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

THE BATTLE FOR ETERNIA HAS BEGUN.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the limited edition 2018 "Masters of the Universe" Sideshow Collectibles lithograph by Alex Ross, plus the full textless wraparound variant cover art to "Masters of the Universe: Revelation" Vol.1 #1. July, 2021. Dark Horse Comics/Books.

Resolution at 2048x1328 & 2040x1443.

Source: www.alexrossart.com/products/masters-of-the-universe-revelation-1.

[catonamatchbox]

Here’s a little edit of my favoritest wizard ever!

[jamesdrako]

Orko - He-Man and the Master of the Universe - Power Attack #Orko #HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse #HeMan #Mattel #Netflix https://www.instagram.com/p/CpHn8sEuQHY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[darksaiyangoku]

I'm in!

SHE-RA and the MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE! A continuation of Adora and her friend’s adventure, WITH HE-MAN! Hey @dreamworksanimation WE SHOULD TOTALLY DO IT!

[turret-dorito]

Alternative of what happens in episode 7 of Masters of the universe 200x in "Lessons" made me laugh when I imagined it XD

I use references for this HAHAHAH XD

[resenhasdemarte]

Masters Of The Universe Origins Mattel Action Figure Nessa foto podemos ver a diferença de escala entre o Gorpo  e as demais figuras. In this photo we can see the difference in scale between Orko and the other figures. #motu #mastersoftheuniverse #heman #manefaces #orko #multifaces #gorpo #motuorigins #mastersoftheuniverseorigins #mastersoftheuniversecollection #mastersoftheuniversetoys #mattel #matteltoys #hemantoys #motutoys #actionfigurecollector  #actionfigure #figurasdeacao #figuras #toy #toys #boneco #action #superherois #hero #heroi #heroes #superheroes #nerd #geek #cactionfigures #bonecos https://www.instagram.com/p/CoFmFkrO0Rv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thedragon21]

🌌Orko (He-Man)🌌

I've come to the conclusion, that I don't really do a lot of art if characters that aren't mine... so I decided to start a little series of drawing some of my favourite cartoon characters (mostly from old shows)... and seeing what they'd look like in my style...

So I started of with the (80s version) of Orco (from He-Man and the masters of the universe)... mainly because... Well... the theme song is fuckin fire... anyway...

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Hope you like it!

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#art #traditionalart #heavymetal #sketch #rocknroll #80s #1980s #heman #hemanandthemastersoftheuniverse #dark #darkart #darkfantasy #monsterdesign #monsters #80sfantasy #retroart #retrocartoons #youngartist #16yearsold #orko #orkoheman #mastersoftheuniverse #filmation #80sart #hemanart #80scharacters #80scartoons #fanart #80sfantasyart