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Credit goes to the wonderful artist: ChibiGreen

I really do regret my inaction the most. Every time. All of my future problems are always caused by things I failed to do in the present. And every time, I get so mad at past Me for not even trying because I’m so afraid to fail.

A post from twitter upon someone learning about the upcoming She-ra live action.

This right here is why I'm worried about this new adaptation. It's not that I don't want them to lean into certain aspects of the 80's version. It's not that I even need to watch it (or like it). Whatever happens in the live action will mean nothing because we'll still have SPOP 2018. But ever since spop came out in 2018, there have been countless people who's main critique is the fact that Adora is a lesbian (also that they didn't find her to be feminine enough but those two kinda go hand in hand). There are so many reddit threads, tik tok and twitter posts, and conversations in other corners of the internet that love to talk about how horrendous it was that they made the main female character in a show a lesbian. That there's a FMC that has no attraction or romantic ties to men. So that's why I'm worried. It won't ruin anyone in the fandoms experience, we'll still have SPOP. We'll still have catradora. But it still would suck so bad to see these kinds of conversations start making rounds across the internet again.

Adora (and Catra, but Adora as the main character especially) was so huge for the queer, and especially sapphic, community. And to erase that would suck. I completely get that in the original show she wasn't queer, and if that's what they're sticking to that's fine. But a lack of a sapphic FMC will make a certain group of people very happy.

She-Ra has been such a blessing and a light in the queer community, and to see it being erased and have that erasure celebrated is a gut punch.

God forbid a woman love whoever she wants!