#she-ra and the princess of power season 2

[04-entj-gryffindor]

[yardsards]

also also. there's a difference to me between a "power of friendship" story and a "power of love" story, and that difference is NOT simply that the former is pmatonic and the latter is romantic.

a "power of friendship" story focuses on prosocial behaviors, like teamwork and sharing and mutual encouragement and support. a "power of love" story focuses on the *feelings*. both can be good in different ways.

power of love stories are USUALLY romantic, cuz most writers think of romance as the more intense bond, because of amatonormativity. (additionally, power of friendship stories are usually relegated to children's stories. this is partially because platonic relationships are often seen as less mature than romance. but it's partially just because kids' stories have a responsibility to teach prosocial messages that adult media doesn't)

the season 1 finale of she ra and the princesses of power was a "power of friendship" story. the princess alliance band together and use their combined strengths and teamwork to beat back the horde. the series finale of that same show was a "power of love" story. adora and catra's romantic feelings for each other stops the heart of etheria and defeats horde prime's hivemind.

but there are also platonic "power of love" stories. the adventure zone: balance and its storyline about the power of bonds defeating the hunger is a "power of love" story, which uses both romantic and platonic examples. infinity train book 2 is a "the power of love" story where jesse and lake's platonic feelings (while the two are often shipped by the fandom, canon exclusively calls them "friends" so i'm calling it platonic) for each other were strong enough to break the rules of the train and get lake's freedom.

i don't have a conclusion to this it's just a distinction in my mind

[fifiophobia]

I love it when my girlies are given absolute authority while they grieve the death of their British mom.

[yourhighness6]

"Light Spinner" was honestly the most heartbreaking She Ra episode I've seen so far

Catra constantly insists she is nothing like Shadow Weaver in any way, but the parallels between her journey and Shadow Weaver's as Light Spinner are not even subtle. Shadow Weaver even says they are similar, that she reminds her of herself. And as much as Catra insists she doesn't want that, of course she wants that. She wants them to be similar because she thinks that Shadow Weaver will finally love her and appreciate her if she's another version of her, only better, if she doesn't make the same mistakes, if she comes out on top. She hates her so much but she also wants to BE her, but the thing preventing her from following in Shadow Weaver's footsteps is the best part about her. It's her capacity for love and kindness. It's her lack of selfishness and greed. She never wanted to rule the hoard or be second in command, but she feels like she has to be even as her own nature rebels against it.

[starlight-bread-blog]

Good Omens fandom explaining how they're not unhinged, it's just that Neil Gaiman payed that much attention to details:

[worldsbiggestnerd101]

having your favorite character be a side character is the worst thing because you’ll watch an episode of a show purely because the b-plot involves your fav but then have to suffer through the a-plot which despite being mildly interesting bores you half to death between those absolutely amazing sections when your fav is on screen for a few minutes at a time

[sharrkbaiit]

instead of seven evil exes I have seven evil cartoons you have to defeat

SPOILER ALERT THEIR ALL GAY TOO

[mintmilk-art]

So I started watching She-Ra

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[punk-63]

[ghost-bison]

I just... thought about something

Remember this scene?

Now watch this:

Yeaaah, it hurt the first time, didn't it? But now... twice.

I just...

The desperation in Crowley's and Catra's actions:

Catra runs away, then puts up a physical fight, then cries and asks Adora what she REALLY wants, implying, in the process, what Catra herself actually wants.

Crowley gets angry, and then he gives Aziraphale a bitter, rough kiss in a last attempt to get him to stay. In a last attempt to get him to understand that he wants him.

The naive ignorance behind Adora's and Aziraphale's:

Adora thinks that trusting Shadoweaver and freeing the magic is the best and only thing to do because she wants to save Etheria. She tosses her own interests aside to save the planet, including Catra.

Aziraphale thinks that trusting the Metatron and going back to Heaven is the best thing to do because he wants to make life on earth better. But he also wants to make Crowley's life better, he wants for him to be happy again.

What neither Adora nor Aziraphale understand is that the only thing Catra and Crowley need in order to be happy is them.

If Adora sacrifices herself to save Etheria, Catra will be alive but she will never be happy again.

If Aziraphale goes back to Heaven, with or without Crowley, the latter knows that Zira will just be manipulated into falling out of love for him. Becoming another Gabriel. Crowley remembers how the "good side" treated him before he fell. He remembers how it treated Aziraphale before he said "enough". He doesn't want for any of it to happen, ever again.

Both Catra and Crowley know that they're gonna lose Adora and Aziraphale if they listen to them, and then come to understand that they'll lose them anyway.

I'm bitter af right now.

[mariabrightmoon]

Ekko and Bow

We found one of Bow s 12 (?) Brother

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[shypuddin]

wlw/mlm solidarity

[mikedy92official]

BONUS

[Speed Paint] HELLUVA BOSS: "THIS ASS IS MINE!" - She Ra Version

If you want to see the full episode check out Vivziepop’s channel

Link to Episode: https://youtu.be/j1BfO7VlIw4

[thisisdes]

If I had a nickel for everytime a blonde character say "i need you" to their animal-like lover after they decide to make a sacrifice of themselves then I'd have two nickels...which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice

[this-blog-needs-a-new-name]

Do you all see it…????

[crownspeaksblog]

It's fucked up how after everything shadow weaver did catra still wants her approval.. and this manipulative gesture of "oh let me just caress your face/hair to show you how caring and gentle i am" that shadow weaver does just pisses me off.. catra baby you deserve better!