Kaylie ♿

She-Ra superfan working with courageous, vulnerable women in the Wirral and Merseyside | No DMs please 💖

[Kaylie ♿ @KayliePaylie]

As we get older, it is inevitable that we'll see childhood favourites rebooted into new cartoons, movies and toys. The new version of #SheRa has really divided fan opinion, and I'd like to spend a moment to talk about why I believe that is. (Thread)

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@ShawnNOrlando Nah I showed this to my little cousins last night and they said it was tragic and sad.

The art is cute. Wish there was more of it and less dry ass bushes. Lmao

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@Redpyramid9 @Mattel I love the idea of a new MOTU cartoon for kids to enjoy. I wish they'd skewed their target audience a little bit older though.

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@emperor_kane @KevinLamb74 I completely agree. I never liked that, for that reason. It felt exploitative, but they're selling it as progressive. People deserve better representation.

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@DanFriedman81 Teela graduating from Warrior Goddess to Man-Arms-At-Arms didn't help matters either.

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@SolsVengeance "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe", like the cartoon, and then a sequel would be called "Masters of the Universe: whatever"

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@Ashthebunn @RicHuntter @JamesPrescott77 I figure they kept him around hoping to turn him into Snake Mekaneck for a sequel!

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@Ashthebunn @RicHuntter @JamesPrescott77 I'm trying to imagine what Mekaneck and Fisto would be like in a 'Lord of the Rings' aesthetic. Lmao

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@2paulhodge @JamesPrescott77 Weird thing to say about a movie where the white masculine lead literally punches the head off a bad guy.

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@intrascend @TheMobRules73 To be honest, it sounds like you were persuaded by a bombardment of idiots encouraging you to hate a movie before it even came out. I've seen plenty of people saying it doesn't interest them, which is fine, but you seem intent on hating the fact that other people love it?

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@PointmanC That wouldn't have been quite so bad if Teela hadn't also been turned into a completely different, unpleasant character, both in terms of looks as well as personality.

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@WhovianLife It was nice to see Donna being Donna again, and I liked Tennant's suit.

[Kaylie ♿ @KayliePaylie]

If there's one thing I've been pretty consistent with since my time on X/Twitter it's my love for He-Man and She-Ra. 💜 This movie brought all the crazies out of the woodwork! They didn't like the film, as is their right, and they're determined to impose their will upon others.

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@ThomasConnorsJr @TribalSpaceman @desert_starr_57 The director and cast ran their mouths and made the usual ID politics talking points, leading people to believe it was another bait and switch situation like the Kevin Smith mess, but it's actually a fun, earnest movie. Box office success or failure isn'tan indicator of quality.

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@Kneon They really did suck all the fabulousness out of Adora with that design. The movie costume is stunning! 💜

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@WNYBert @Bilalion13 @KevinLamb74 The harms that were done to kids like that were so awful.

[Gabe Eltaeb Big Man Comics @Bigmancomics]

A "serious" he-man?

It'd be like wearing a tuxedo to McDonald's.

A lot of us grew up loving these characters exactly because they were over the top, heroic, and fun. We don’t need to see them get turned into overly serious grim revenge stories or watch the heroes we loved get killed off. That’s not what most of us came for. Making something cynical and hateful, does not equal making it "serious and mature."

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@MoviesThatMaher They shouldn't have killed him off.

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@Redpyramid9 Kevin lost me when he used his platform and privilege to incite targeted harassment against a pair of YouTubers for the crime of reporting on plot rumours which turned out to be true. Revelation turned the beloved Teela into an entitled asshole with a clichéd Netflix haircut.