birdie

When I was a tiny tomboy, I was kind of allergic to rainbow and sparkles? But apparently, now that I'm a lesbian grown-up, I'm all for it. Seriously, this show's aesthetics are tooth-achingly adorable and soft. A lot about the show is.

But very predictably, my very favorite part of the show was CATRA! I mean! She's a snarky catgirl with expressive ears struggling with an abusive background and living in someone else's shadow and her Very Big Gay Feelings for her former best friend and she does improbable acrobats and?? That suit??

This show is so, so queer and woman-centric in its very essence, and it is beautiful. I feel like all those times I made fun of Steven Universe fans are gonna come back to bite me in the ass, but you know what, it's all worth it for you, Noelle.

I was also not expecting this kids' show to tap into my own complicated familial feelings but Adora yelling, "I'm not going back! You have no power over me anymore." Wow. Got 'em (me).

I really wanna write some Catra/Adora because, oh my god, the fountaining friends to enemies to lovers?? tension and all the history and, c'mon, smarter people have written essays on this already. Maybe even Catra/Scorpia because I really love a big buff happy character and a tiny grumpy one? And I'm always that multishipper. Right now I'm trying to find fandom with my tumblr defunct, so if any of you know of any Dreamwidth communities or Discord groups for the show, let me know! I'm already subscribed to thehonorofgrayskull, she-ra-fandom, and she-ra-me-ta.