I love she ra because itās just a deeply gay story in every way, if that makes sense? Partially because itās established as such a completely normal and prevalent thing in their world that itās never really discussed, nobodyās ever like āOMG you like girls?!!? You have two dadās?! What???ā. It just exists. And itās not just a couple of token main characters, itās just casually throw in in the background too, down to little details like Scorpia having a photo of herself with what looks like two moms on her nightstand.
But like, thematically itās also just fundamentally super fucking gay in a way Iām still trying to articulate.
Part of it is in the religious oppression narrative. And itās in the found family vibe. Itās in Catra trying to assure Shadow Weaver that itās ājust a phaseā when Adora first defects from the horde. Itās in the princesses forming a literal rainbow when they work together at the end of season one. Itās BowĀ ācoming outā as a rebel fighter to his two dads.
Itās in Adoraās narrative of being told her whole life to deny her own needs and desires, like that part in season five when Shadow Weaver is trying to convince her that Catra is a distraction? And that Catra will always be a dangerous and corrupting influence on her? But then her vision of Mara tells her that she deserves to have love.Ā
Itās in Adora initially being mislead to believe Mara was a monster when she was actually a freedom fighter who refused to submit to her predestined path.
And itās in Catraās angry repressedā¦ everything. On a subtextual level everything about Catraās narrative reads like an angry abused gay teenager whose disconnect with her own feelings has turned both self destructive and outwardly destructive. And then in season 5 when sheās brainwashed/converted by horde prime and tells Adora sheās finally at peace and free from feeling anything about her. Like. THE SUBTEXT.
And then also the way Adora/Catra are paralleled to Spinerella/Netossa in season 5. And Spinerellaās line, when sheās first revealed to be possessed, thatās something like āitās a pity we canāt be together in the light of horde primeā. Which like, obviously refers to the fact that no individual relationships of any kind get to exist, period, under his rule because nobody gets to be an individual. But, again, the subtext. The layer of meaning there that wouldnāt exist if they were a straight couple.
But then the thing that saves the ENTIRE UNIVERSE is Adora and Catra finally accepting their love for each other (and turning into a LITERAL RAINBOW when they kiss).
And just the whole emphasis on supposed imperfections and impurities being peopleās greatest strengths. Itās just.
Itās not just a story that happens to include queer characters, itās a Queer Storyā¢.
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