I have been wanting to talk about this forever but nobody I know has watched it and I don't want to start anyone off by spoiling the ending. (Full disclosure: I didn't actually watch the video...
I have been wanting to talk about this forever but nobody I know has watched it and I don't want to start anyone off by spoiling the ending.
(Full disclosure: I didn't actually watch the video yet; I just wanted to talk about it)
Watch She-Ra first
This ending was the best thing that could ever happen for anyone in the LGBT community. The show had already shown itself to be LGBT friendly with both lesbian and gay couples introduced relatively early on, but I think the ending is just perfect with that confession of love. Neither Adora or Catra have any hang-ups, self-doubts, identity crises, and they don't even have anyone looking to apply the "lesbian" label to them. The freedom they have is just so powerful of a message. And it's really powerful right now, when so many TV shows have poorly written, insubstantial gay characters that feel like that they were just added to spice up the appeal. The best written gay people are in dramas where they suffer for being who they are. Overall, TV is full of LGBT characters who are shackled by their identities. So to see these characters who are completely free of those shackles is not just refreshing, it's a beautiful portrait depicting a freedom that we have yet to achieve in real life.
I haven't actually watched the show yet myself, but this video and your comment (both of which say similar incredibly appealing things about it) has made me want to check it out despite having...
I haven't actually watched the show yet myself, but this video and your comment (both of which say similar incredibly appealing things about it) has made me want to check it out despite having spoiled the ending for myself now. :)
I have mechanical issues with the final season, but I understand that in the context of what it means, it's super important. Catra and Adora being endgame and an integral and explicit part of the...
I have mechanical issues with the final season, but I understand that in the context of what it means, it's super important.
Catra and Adora being endgame and an integral and explicit part of the resolution of the series is a step up from something like Korra and Asami getting together in the epilogue with as much envelope pushing as early 2010's children's entertainment would allow, and I respect that, and what it means for the future.
I also think that that taking the Doctor Who approach and making everything super epic, kinda rushed and completely solved by a poorly explained, emotional catharsis powered macguffin of fixing does the show a disservice, but I keep coming back for Doctor Who, so that might just be a bias.
I have been wanting to talk about this forever but nobody I know has watched it and I don't want to start anyone off by spoiling the ending.
(Full disclosure: I didn't actually watch the video yet; I just wanted to talk about it)
Watch She-Ra first
This ending was the best thing that could ever happen for anyone in the LGBT community. The show had already shown itself to be LGBT friendly with both lesbian and gay couples introduced relatively early on, but I think the ending is just perfect with that confession of love. Neither Adora or Catra have any hang-ups, self-doubts, identity crises, and they don't even have anyone looking to apply the "lesbian" label to them. The freedom they have is just so powerful of a message. And it's really powerful right now, when so many TV shows have poorly written, insubstantial gay characters that feel like that they were just added to spice up the appeal. The best written gay people are in dramas where they suffer for being who they are. Overall, TV is full of LGBT characters who are shackled by their identities. So to see these characters who are completely free of those shackles is not just refreshing, it's a beautiful portrait depicting a freedom that we have yet to achieve in real life.I haven't actually watched the show yet myself, but this video and your comment (both of which say similar incredibly appealing things about it) has made me want to check it out despite having spoiled the ending for myself now. :)
I have mechanical issues with the final season, but I understand that in the context of what it means, it's super important.
I also think that that taking the Doctor Who approach and making everything super epic, kinda rushed and completely solved by a poorly explained, emotional catharsis powered macguffin of fixing does the show a disservice, but I keep coming back for Doctor Who, so that might just be a bias.