Okay, so I just finished watching Supernatural Academy and I think it’s actually really good
Like, the characters are diverse without it feeling performative. The world building is pretty cool and I actually find the different groups really interesting. The storyline is really awesome. And the protagonists are powerful without it feeling like they’re needlessly powerful. Not to mention all of the characters are interesting enough that I do fully understand why they act the way they do without hating any of them (except for the villains obvi).
It’s also a really cool depiction of twins that doesn’t feel fetish-y or stereotypical. Like, they just act like normal twins. The art style is really cute. It’s about teens and for teens without being overly juvenile or overly sexual. The characters can all be ignorant at times, but they all improve and have mini redemption arcs of their own that don’t feel unfulfilling and forgiveness never really goes by unearned.
I feel like not enough people are talking about how good Supernatural Academy is compared to most teen fantasy shows for teens. Most teen fantasy shows are overly sexual, with stupid plots that feel over the top, and have unlikeable protagonists, whereas Supernatural Academy doesn’t have any of that. The plot makes sense, it’s not super sexual (literally mentioned like once or twice in 16 episodes) and the protagonists are likeable and relatable.
It also has like, a casual non-binary character that’s handled well. Like, I saw them and really wanted them to be non-binary and they were! They introduce themselves with their pronouns! And when someone misgendered them after their first meeting, they correct the person and the mistake just isn’t brought up again. There’s also an interaction between two completely cisgender people where they state their pronouns meeting each other! Like, hello? Where did this awesome pronoun representation come from?
There isn’t much literal representation for disability, but Dante feels very autism coded to me at least, however the lack of literal physical disability kind of makes sense because of how supernatural healing works, and there are mermaids in wheelchairs. I think the mermaids in wheelchairs thing was handled very well, because the main mermaid that you see isn’t depicted as weak or helpless at all, she’s actually a mean girl which I kind of like because you don’t get to see much of disabled people in media apart from weak and helpless sweethearts.
It also briefly tackles race change and conformity when a black character makes a comment on how they can’t just change another characters skin colour from purple to human because that’s not fair or nice. So instead of changing this persons skin colour, they just give this character rainbow makeup and say the purple skin is a pride thing. Like, the casualness of it all is so awesome, while not feeling like it ignores any issues. It takes note of the issues, addresses them very briefly, and then just carries on very casually. It’s amazing and I love it.
Like, can more people talk about how awesome this show is!?
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