#s1 thoughts

[breebree10]

so i realized this very early on in my rewatch, first when watching leonetta’s first meeting in 1x05 after he saves her from the skaters and his hand is on her arm and she looks down on it very curiously and second in this one scene with ludmila (i think it’s around 1x10?) when ludmila’s pretending to be nice (trying to frame fran for the costume thing) and is like being all touchy with her and every time vilu looks down like ??? and at first i just made a joke like oh, baby’s never been touched, until i was like yeah, she hasn’t.

i honestly completely underestimated how touch starved this kid is. like her only contact with people for the past how many years has been with her dad and his employees. so while it’s incredibly depressing it makes sense that at first she’s so surprised at physical contact. and why later on she’s touchy and cuddly with everyone

[bow-woahh]

MY OPINION ON SHE-RA S1

Note: I want to make more in depth posts about certain characters and episodes soon, but for now, enjoy this mess of a post!

OKAY. Time to be incredibly biased but here are my thoughts on the She Ra (the reboot):

First hearing about it, I wasn't exactly excited. The animation seemed a bit boring to me and it didn't seem like a show I would be interested in (it being called She Ra and the Princesses of Power) though, BOY I WAS WRONG.

I did actually make a post on this account BEFORE the show was released, as @Nessarin said it looked pretty cool, and I was like "Why not?" Still not knowing whether I would like it or not, but I was more enticed than before because of the clips and pictures of the show, which made me more excited to meet characters like Bow and learn more about Catra and Adora's relationship.

Surprisingly I didn't binge the show (only because I had exams coming up) but as soon as I watched the first episode - I was hooked. Hooked on the world, the characters, the story, the art. I love the general aesthetic of the show and attention to detail about small things.

It was NEVER like this with a show like v*ltron, in fact I was fairly disinterested with it at first, on my phone through most of the first episode I recall.

But with She Ra I found myself so much more drawn to the characters, finding them a lot more likable and multifaceted, more human. It was a strong first episode which used the perfect touch of comedy and dramatic irony, but also making that dramatic irony into a serious almost sad thing. The fact Adora didn't know all the harm the horde were causing felt so innocent and just... pure. And even despite the contrasts in Catra and her they hold such strong bond. I got this all from just the first episode. It's astounding really. All the relationships and friendships in the show were developed fairly well too, especially the Glimmer, Bow and Adora's friendship.

It's fair to say, my low expectations were smashed out the park and from there I felt new expectations be met again and again.

DON'T EVEN GET STARTED ON THE DIVERSITY. It was one of the most diverse shows I've ever watched, and that's no overstatment that's for sure.

I am so in love with the show, that as of this moment, I'm blind to any possible negatives. I am not one to nitpick anyway, but there is little to criticize on the story or characters that made me enjoy the show any less.

Swift wind returning three me off though as he was basically irrelevant until needed as a plot device again though - but I get it. And he's cool af. (Idk this isn't a criticism but I noticed it and was kinda like, tha fuck?)

ANYWAY, I could talk for hours about this, but to summarise: I loved She Ra And the Princesses Of Power A LOT. In my opinion, I see little to criticize about the show as it's just a ray of gay and inclusion with a great story and great characters, season 2 needs to be out NOW.

[breebree10]

watching 1x36 and this is like such a small scene but just - león acknowledging how hard everything is for her with hiding things from her dad and him basically suffocating her. like god i bet it feels like a deep breath for her, for someone to just understand it all and acknowledge her struggles

like vilu has gotten so good at just dealing with all of this and carrying all this baggage mostly alone, but still for león to just come in and take some of the baggage off her, at least, for a little while must feel so good. to have someone share the load with. someone to confide in that’s not her tutor (and aunt). just to have that small little “i understand”

and him saying that he’ll help her, because he doesn’t want her to have to do this alone. that he’ll always be there with whatever she needs. and support her in everything

it’s just SO good. and vilu needed this relationship so much, especially at this point in the series.

(and another of those things where it would NOT have worked with tomás, cause that man would’ve just added more problems that she doesn’t fucking need😭)

[breebree10]

how tomás managed to be one of the 4 finalists is beyond me (how he managed to even pass the auditions in the first place tbh) BUT it’s also kinda good. cause that way both him and león are there and both could give up their spots for violetta. but only león does. cause otherwise people could be like “well tomás couldn’t have possibly been able to give up his spot for her because he didn’t have one” y’all know what i mean?

[breebree10]

some of the last episodes of s1 (particularly 1x74 and 1x75) get my blood boiling so much. in general they’re just all over the place and honestly make very little sense in some aspects

it’s obvious they switched the endgames but also that they just had to bring tomletta back for no reason (other than to not piss off tomletta shippers and have their story be ‘finished’ even though it’s been finished for a while) even though vilu hasn’t been thinking about this man in a romantic way in a LONG time by now.

how one episode vilu wants to get back with león and he doesn’t and the next he does want to get back with her but she suddenly doesn’t??? both of them have been wanting to get back together since 1x70 and the only reason all of this drama happens is so vilu is single by the end of s1. but i feel like there were other ways to not have them be together at the end of the season you know? like they literally could’ve had vilu ending the season single, just cause she has a lot of stuff going on in her life and needs some time to figure it out. like that could’ve been her sole reason. not this “oh no i can’t decide” bullshit even though we know damn well her mind’s been made up since like ep 50 at least.

and as whole, the unnecessary conflict between leonetta and franletta - like the way fran acted with vilu in 1x74 is so out of character to me. and literally everyone blaming vilu for ruining tomcesca even though tomás is the one playing with fran’s feelings??? insane. (and don’t even get me started on the cami/vilu talk in 1x75 cause it genuinely hurts me)

everyone telling vilu she’s clearly in love with tomás when she clearly isn’t and basically forcing her with him (at the very least making her question her feelings, that she was very sure of) and everyone telling angie she’s in love with germán, it just HURTS.

just so many moments where it’s just so painfully obvious the show was made in 2012 by mostly men. (and don’t get me wrong there’s moments like these in the whole show but it feels like there’s so much more in this part of the season)

just them trying to gaslight me into thinking vilu would suddenly start thinking about tomás romantically, that fran and cami would say those things to vilu, that león would suddenly start acting like… whatever that was, that angie would defend germán like that… it’s insufferable 😭

[breebree10]

watching 1x64 and i just realized something

(listen i am ALWAYS pointing out the difference between tomás and león because it’s just so big. and this time won’t be any different)

so in 1x08 there’s the whole costume thing where everyone starts bullying violetta. and at this point in the series, something, i do not remember what, had happened between her and tomás so he was on bad terms with her. and of course her and león had just met a few episodes ago so león is on good terms with her. and when everyone starts laughing at her and making fun of her which makes her run out of the room, león immediately follows her, tells the bullies to back off and takes her home, all the while tomás just stands there and watches.

however right now in 1x64, everyone thinks vilu’s some bitch because of the video ludmila uploaded and they’re making fun of her and ridiculing her. and right now it’s the exact opposite of 1x08. her and tomás are friends and are on pretty good terms. her and león however are not, they just broke up two episodes ago and it wasn’t a nice breakup. so now tomás is helping her (took him long enough), but león is as well.

so you have tomás only helping her when they’re on good terms (and it’s convenient enough for him) while león helps her regardless of where they stand. regardless of the hurt he feels rn. and man, just another one of a million reasons why león is just so much better.

[nicolodigenovas]

waiting for Wylan Van Eck casting announcement like-

(Excited for Nikolai too but I’m just excited for the complete casting of the crows)

I am ready to be disappointed by Nikolai’s casting (I’m pessimistic with these things to avoid, well, disappointment), but I am hopeful they’ll do great with Wylan. I can’t wait, really!!!

[nicolodigenovas]

me not crying that we’ll see Wylan and Nikolai but mostly crying for Wylan.

Pack ur bags everyone our demo man is coming, coming for our hearts.

So...casting announcement when. Idk if it’s just me but I really want those soc edits where they all have the soc together and it’s just 🤌

Also my whole body and soul is ready for those Wesper edits

I am so excited to see Wylan, it doesn't feel real!! I am so curious for the casting and I also can't wait for edits with all six crows. Not to mention if the actor won't be completely anonymous we'll have footage of sort-of-Wylan in a possible Au and I love the edits that usually come from those things :D! Wesper AUs!!