#krasstine

[templeofskelegod]

Can you help me learn more about Ka's lore in MOTU, as well as Saz? Also thank you so much for helping me with 2002 He-Man last time!!!

I assume by "Ka's" you mean "Krass"? (Ram Man and Ram Ma'am.) If so, which version of the character from which iteration of the franchise are you most interested in?

In the Classic MotU (action figures and mini-comics) Krass|Ram Man isn't given much depth or character development. He is a warrior with a strong helmet that can withstand any impact and he launches his body like a battering ram.

The 200x MotU cartoon did give him a personality and expand on his childhood a little bit. When he was young, he once fell into a cave and was lost in the dark for some time. As a result, Krass|Ram Man is now afraid of the dark well into his adulthood. He also is a little lonesome and hopes to fall in love some day, Evil-Lyn exploits this and seduces Ram Man by posing as a siren he meets in the wilderness; Evil-Lyn uses her siren song to manipulate him into betraying He-Man and the Master for an episode. But it's resolved and he remains a member of the hero team.

In the Core/CGI MotU series on Netflix, Krass is a woman ("Krass" is short for Krasstine), and goes my Ram Ma'am. She is an orphan raised by the Tiger Tribe in the Vine Jungle. Her parents were killed in a crash and Krass partially blames herself, at least for her father's death, believing that her father would not have died if he had been wearing his helmet. But he gave his helmet to her shortly before the accident and did not have it with him. The helmet is crack from a previous incident, a rock slide while spelunking, and there is a gem permanently imbedded in the helmet.

Could you explain what character you mean by "Saz"?

[juniaships]

The difference between krass and mal is krass's white woman tears (she's pink) is an actual character flaw she has to move past from and treated as such by the narrative meanwhile mal gets pity for hers and even rewarded while doesn't truly work on it.

[emperorsfoot]

Ram Ma'am from the Core Masters of the Universe Artbook

[artbyoptimus]

An older piece of fanart from a few months ago I never got around to finishing. The character is Krass, aka Ram Ma'am, from the Netflix He-Man reboot.

[emperorsfoot]

This is not part of the clip I just posted. This is from a previous clip that I forgot to share. But this frame is really all I wanna talk about.

There is just something so heart breaking about Krass declaring herself her own person and claiming autonomy when we (the audience) know she's being manipulated and controlled.

I just- TT

[emperorsfoot]

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Skeleteen takes advantage of his secret identity to visit various places in the Light Hemisphere. He visits the Tiger Tribe one day and crosses paths with Ram Man II. He was not expecting to find a kind of kinship in one of his enemies.

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Authors Note:

This fic is an AU that pulls from multiple iterations of the Masters of the Universe franchise. Please note the tag "Canon - Comics & Cartoon Combination", as well as the specific canons I have named in the tags, "Classics-Line Comics" and "CGI MotU".

The Skeleteen, Evil-Lyn, and Keldor in this fic all come from the Classics-Line. So, Keldor is a half-Gar/half-human hybrid, Evil-Lyn is the daughter of the Faceless One, and Skeleteen is their biological son who is the same age as He-Ro II|Prince Dare thanks to absurd time-travel shenanigans.

The Krass|Ram Ma'am and Tiger Tribe come from the Core/CGI cartoon which you can watch on Netflix. Its really good and I highly recommend it!

Ram Man II also comes from the Classics-Line comics, same as Skeleteen. But he only appears in one panel and has no speaking lines. So Ram Man II might as just just be an OC. He's "canon" in name only. Its free real estate.

[emperorsfoot]

Headcanon: Ram Ma'am is Half-Rock Person

This is to explain and expand on the headcanon built by @why-must-a-blog-be-named @forestfairyunicorn and myself that Ram Ma'am from the CGI MotU is half Rock Person. The original thread can be found [ here ].

Who are the Rock People?

The Rock People are a race of mineral based organisms native to a planet called Geolon. Their basic body shape resembles humans, except that they also have an exo-suit like armor that resembles rock. When they curl up, their rock eco-suit locks around them, making them resemble boulders.

Rock people also come in a variety of colors that are likely based on the minerals within the rocks of the area they grew up.

What does this have to do with Ram Ma'am?

Ever since before the CGI show dropped on Netflix, when it was revealed that Ram Man was going to be "Ram Ma'am" in the new show, its been a popular fan theory that Ram Ma'am is the daughter of the original Ram Man. This headcanon builds on that.

Ram Man, Krass Sr., is one of Ram Ma'am, Krastine's parents. But her other parent was a Rock Person.

That sounds dumb, Ram Ma'am is obviously human!

Is she though?

The Rock people come in a variety of colors much more diverse than humans, and Ram Ma'am's skin tone is just noticeable too bright a pink to be a normal human color.

@southernpeach13 has also remarked that her hair looks a little more chunky and solid compared to the other characters' hair, and those pink streaks in the teal look a little too defined to be the result of a bad dye-job. It could instead be a mineral vein.

Also, let's talk powers!

Ram Ma'am's main power is curling up, turning into a ball, and ramming things. Exactly the same power the Rock People have.

The way the Grayskull Wiki describes it, Rock People turn themselves into meteors.

And what is Ram Ma'am's Master symbol?

Looks like a meteor to me!

I'm not saying that the writers intended to make her half-Rock Person, I honestly don't think its that deep. But, her being half-Rock Person seems to me to fit really well and I like the idea of not everyone on the hero team being human. So I'm gonna roll with it.

This is my headcanon until proven otherwise!

Ram Ma'am, Krastine is the daughter of the original Ram Man, Krass Sr. and an as-of-yet unnamed Rock Person.

[emperorsfoot]

What do you expec with Keldor and Krass on the third season of the CGI series?

Personally, I think they're going to try to redeem Skeletor and Krass will be the one to do it. Kind, make Keldor, who grew up feeling slighted (or that's what I understand from the chapter about his birthday and that's why maybe they didn't celebrate), starts to get attached to Krass and sees in her the sister he didn't have with Randor.

What do you think?

That a very good question.

The CGI series of Masters of the Universe is a complete re-imagining of the world and characters. Since they're reinventing the franchise, I went in with no expectations. I wasn't expect Skeletor to die and I wasn't expecting Krass to turn evil and be the final Nemesis.

The show could do literally anything at this point, take any turn, hit us with any plot twist and I'll probably nod and clap politely.

That being said, as a Keldor fan in general, I hope that Keldor is redeemed!! Maybe he even adopts Krass as the daughter he never had. Yes, Krass already has a surrogate parent in Cringer, but the way that she talks about her dead parents makes it very clear that Krass doesn't think of Cringer as her dad. Keldor could adopt her as his daughter, and -since I'd imagine there might still be some punishment or accountability for Keldor- maybe Randor "banishes" Keldor to the Jungle where he atones by helping his daughter defend the Tiger Tribes from poachers. The village is protected just like Krass always wanted, and Keldor finally gets a whole clowder of Battle Cats of his own.