I was thinking about how the âshe-ra, as a show, is bad queer representation⌠because I donât like catradora!!â talk is so flimsy because it can only veer into one of two directions. Either âah yes, scorfuma, spinnetosa, actual HEALTHY ships I can get behind lolol, catradora could never *elephant chilling in the room at the claim that the show itself is bad queer representation*â OR âthe show is bad queer representation, because of catradora, it promotes abuse, itâs all bad now! *ignores scorfuma and spinnetossa*â. Thereâs no âhave your cake and eat it tooâ outcome from trying to claim she-ra is a bad show because of the one enemies to lovers lesbian ship, when there is variety in the sapphic ships.
Like ya we just gotta block them and keep enjoying our show. But I do want to point out thatâs a sapphicphobic microagression I see, even in non she-ra spaces! Like I have indeed seen ppl try to say that sapphics are all âscary and intimidating and too wokeâ because one queer woman was mean to them. Itâs so surface layer when ppl say âohhh catradora ruined the showwâ because their steadiness with queer rep in she-ra is so fragile! Quite literally, with straight ships in straight shows, itâs rare that one ship will ruin the show for someone! You can dislike catradora, but to say that she-ra promotes abuse because of them, despite the fact that they have spinnetossa and scorfuma- two fluffy ships⌠that say âhey theyâre not a monolith, not all of the sapphic ships are exactly like catradoraâ, is just undermining the representation in the show. And another complaint Iâve seen was âit has more sapphic rep than achilllean rep! Thereâs really only Bowâs Dads-â oh, go put your misogyny elsewhere. Go watch Heartstopper and be quiet.
Mind you! Glimmer, Entrapta, and Mermista are great bisexual and sapphic characters, even though they have bfâs, itâs just that I was discussing sapphic ships in this post so I didn't really get into their characters
TL;DR: claiming catradora promotes abuse⌠factually incorrect (see my tags) but honestly if they trigger any viewers then yeah sure go voice your opinion, I disagree but itâs chill, you do you, I donât have any beef with that. Claiming she-ra as a show promotes abuse, thatâs inherently sapphicphobic to spinnetossa and scorfuma. Letting a different ship in the show ruin them for you. Acting like theyâre not part of the show too.
Do not let overbearing catradora antiâs get to you. Your love for she-ra, love for sapphicism, lesbian rep, sapphic rep, queer rep, all that⌠is much stronger.
Happy pride month!! And Heyyy Adoraaa :3
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