This was bothersome to me. Yet again an odd example of how the creators of She-ra treat Kyle like garbage for no reason. I get if you are writing a character that is meant to be hated, a character that you love to hate, but this doesn’t fit that. If you are writing a character meant to be hated, you have to give your audience a reason to despise the character. If you have secret plans to reveal that in the future, then you need to keep quiet about your hate for them, lest you end up looking like a complete bullying ass. Rian Sygh was a background artist on She-ra, so they would have some insight into the production of the show. This isn’t the only thing I’ve seen from the creators that bothers me about how they treat Kyle’s character. I’m tired of them treating Kyle’s suffering like a joke. I like She-ra and I want to enjoy it. But things like this just make it hard to understand the direction. For a show that is supposed to focus on super progressive ideas, you would think that they would take the topic of bullying more seriously. And Kyle isn’t the only character that gets openly bullied by the main cast. Bow, though he participates in making Kyle’s life hell later in the show, gets bullied by Adora and Glimmer in episode 6: System Failure. When Bow is showing off his Sonic Arrow, Glimmer and Adora very rudely make fun of something he worked really hard on, and mock him to his face about it. And it seems completely off for the situation too. I know the episodes are written by different people, but being consistent with your character personality traits is a must. Bow being friendly to everyone, even Catra when they had her as a hostage, is normal for his character. He wants to be friends with people and give them chances. It’s an admirable trait. So then why, when Kyle practically begs him for help and gives him important info on where Glimmer is being held in the Horde, does Bow use him and ditch him? I get that Bow was focused on saving Glimmer, but he treats Kyle like he is the scum on the bottom of his boot. And then he agrees to be Kyle’s friend without even paying attention to what he’s saying. And then, the next time he sees Kyle during the DnD episode, he shoots him with an arrow and cheers his “victory” yelling, “YEAH, GOTCHA!” It is so far out of character it hurts. As a person who was treated badly in school, by people who were supposed to be my friends, I relate a lot to Kyle’s struggle. I was treated like a failure and got thrown under the bus a lot. It is difficult to watch some aspects of this show and not feel like I’m getting smacked in the face all over again. We are two seasons into the show and there hasn’t been any resolution for this situation. This has been a long rant but I needed to get it out and voice these concerns in some way. Just my thoughts on the matter.
