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Inside you see a Golf Club, a Club Sandwich, a Caveman Club, and a Club Soda all huddled around a table with playing cards of the suit of Clubs splayed out.

You have interrupted The Club of Club’s Clubhouse meeting.

So, I’ve recentally decided to watch the new She-Ra show (though, I suppose you can’t really call it new anymore can you?).

I’ve watched the whole first season so far and I knew going into it that it was going to be a little bit very LGBT. I was looking forward to it and it didn’t disappoint in that regard. The girls all fauning over She-Ra being a muscular 8 foot tall lady was rather funny.

I also knew Catra and Adora are a very commonly shipped pair and so I had a keen eye out for those two in particular.

but…

They had maybe a moment or two of implied romance, but as I analyzed their relationship more they seemed more… sibling-like?

I expect that to change in later seasons, but in the one season I’ve watched so far, nearly all of their interactions can be framed that way.

if I remember correctly in one of the earliest episodes Adora referred to The Hoard as being like a family, and later in the season she described things Shadow Weaver taught her as being “mom things”. So this type of framing is present, if not common in the theming of the show.

As a younger sibling myself, I can see where a lot of Catra’s aggression could come from in such a framing. Picturing her as being an inexperienced and insecure sibling, who looks up to yet is also envious of her Older Sibling. Wanting the power, attention, and praise Adora gets, while not knowing how to get it or not feeling worthy of it.

Especially in the scenes with young Catra and Adora. It gives me heavy sibling energy.

YOU'RE THE ONE GOING OVER THE SPEED LIMIT!

ENGAGE SPIKE TRAP!

Listening to songs without knowing exactly what the lyrics are is a wild experience at times.

Anonymous by Three Days Grace is a song I’ve had on my playlists since like middle school and I’ve listened to it a lot.

For years I thought the lyrics in the chorus were “I can’t buy into a world with no conscious. I’m shouting it out and being anonymous”.

However, today while walking the track at my local YMCA I put my earbuds in, hit shuffle on my playlist and the song came up.

I almost stopped in the middle of the track as I was hit with the realization that I’ve had the lyrics wrong this entire time.

the lyrics are “I get by in a world with no conscious by shouting it out and being anonymous”. Which isn’t a big change, but it impacts the entire meaning of the whole dang song.

By saying “I can’t buy into a world with no conscious” you’re saying you can’t believe in, accept, support, or participate in a consciousless world and by being anonymous you’re choosing an alternative to it. Turning away from society in disgust.

but by saying “I get by in a world with no conscious” you are saying that you do participate in the consciousless world and being anonymous is a supplement to it, not an alternative. He copes with the world by yelling at it with a mask on, hoping it’ll get better. As opposed to putting the mask on to leave and raise hostilities against it as I had thought. Shouting out your grievances instead of your hatred.

Now I will tell you a story, about a mother and a little boy who lived alone in a cabin the dark woods.

There was a monster in the woods but the mother caught it and kept it locked in the basement.

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the next day the mother went out to find food and the monster sang the lullaby from the basement. The little boy heard the lullaby and opened the door.

I dunno what I was thinking, leaving my child behind...