#this is messier than i wanted it to be sorryyy

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why u should support she-ra (2018) and lgbt creators

we’re always talking about how we want more lgbt representation, especially in cartoons where its available for children to see and learn from, but i feel like we also have a bad habit of never following through on supporting these rare shows because they’re not perfect or not even wanting to give them a chance- but i truly believe this is a show we can’t let fail!!! (if i get anything wrong in this message me and i’ll be sure to correct it!!)

Now I know none of the main characters are canonly queer yet in SPOP but i really do have high hopes for a few reasons so far and ill talk more under a read more but please keep reading! i’m an incredibly skeptical person who never really believes i’ll get the queer rep i always want but i do believe she-ra has a good chance & we need to support the crew behind it

The first season of SPOP felt really queer especially with the lead character Adora (and her princess persona, She-ra); she has all kinds of tension with her childhood best friend turned enemy, and plenty of really sweet tender scenes with her new friend Glimmer, and there are MANY accounts of essentially every other female character falling at the feet of her princess persona She-ra; personally i think this alone is still pretty cool to see-girls fawning over another girl and there’s nothing weird about it

Now I know as well as everyone that having a “queer feeling” is something we’re all common with but the follow through? not so much. HOWEVER- SPOP has already shown us several f/f couples!! Albeit background characters but they didn’t have to animate that! i still think this is pretty neat!! its also been suggested that the future may have a nonbinary character!! the show also does a decent job of making the characters have different body shapes etc

now on to the part that really gives me hope!! the staff of SPOP! 

The showrunner and creator of this reboot is Noelle Stevenson;  Noelle is also the writer of Nimona & Lumberjanes both (award winning) graphic novels that started her success; I’m not 100% on Nimona but I am pretty sure there is either gay rep in it or its suggested but not relevant to the story that there are queer characters but I know for certain that in Lumberjanes (a graphic novel entirely about girls) two girls are queer & one is transgender! other characters are implied to be lgbt but not confirmed i believe (however it is an ongoing series)

Noelle herself is queer! I am not entirely certain on her gender identity but I know she goes by she/they pronouns from her twitter. We need to support queer creators in making stories about us for us. she’s on tumblr over at @gingerhaze

Now I understand maybe this cartoon just isn’t something you’re super interested in (we can’t all love something just because it’s gay) but I urge you to support if in any way!!! If you’d like to watch please watch on Netflix, please encourage your friends to watch, and please upvote it on rating sites etc. The sole reason SPOP isn’t doing as well as it should right now is because of man babies who are upset that the cartoon isn’t as sexualized as the 1985 version of the show and that it has queer vibes to it