She-Ra Showrunner Noelle Stevenson Wanted To Broaden Hero Archetypes
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She-Ra showrunner Noelle Stevenson set out to broaden hero archetypes with the creative team’s work on the series. Dreamworks scored a huge hit with the new version of the character. Stevenson’s team made it a focus to showcase the
Princesses of Powerin some slightly new light for the Netflix series. In a conversation with ITV, the showrunner talked about how much of an emphasis representation was on the show. Adore, Glimmer, Bow and all their friends have individual moments of heroism where they can save the day using the skills that set them apart. For the creative team, this was put out in front early. A hero doesn’t always have to be one type of person or look one type of way. There are so many ways to deliver a victory in the face of hardship, and
Within such a short period of time, Netflix’s
She-Ra reboot has come and gone, yet with only 52 episodes, it delivered a more complete, heartfelt, and engaging narrative than many before. What it has done for LGBTQ animation cannot be overstated. Even at its most “conservative,” a lesbian couple has been in the intro card, and Bow had two fathers. It also delivered unto me Catra, one the best female characters in fiction in the past ten yes. No, that is not hyperbole.
She-Ra is part of a new generation of shows where queer creators get to call the shots, and because of the work of shows like
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Lower Decks’ first season struggling to reconcile the disaffected, sarcastically “cool” persona she projects with her earnest desire to be the best Starfleet officer she can be for her friends and family aboard the
Cerritos. That conflict becomes a bit more literal in the show’s excellent pastiche of
Star Trek’s cinematic history when at its climax, Mariner who’s cast herself as the Khan-esque villain in a holodeck movie about the
Cerritos is forced to battle, and ultimately lose to, a holographic version of her true self. It’s not just a hilarious sendup of
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