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She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power

I think my favorite thing about this show other than the endless top quality AMVs it produces is how I don't think there is a single character I do not love and would not write a ten thousand word essay explaining actually their war crimes are just an object lesson in the importance of mental health and a non toxic work environment.

There are a lot of complex characters with hidden depths and an inherent lesson in the limitations of our typical understanding of right and wrong and virtues and vices. And there are just one note simps and goons. I love all of them. Its a good show with enjoyable characters and a valuable story to tell.
 
Mortis Nuntius said:
Trusting Shadow Weaver is always a mistake (though um...literally what was Adora doing in season 5 but trusting Shadow Weaver and ignoring Catra?)
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To be fair, that plan worked. And, shockingly, without any last minute backstab (probably because it'd be pretty dumb to endanger a plan to stop the planet you live on from being destroyed).

Catra did have a better understanding of Adora's mental state than Weaver, though, and her contribution there was vital. Probably because Weaver never really understood certain aspects of human behavior, like positive emotional ties. I feel like the closest she got to normal attachments was a sort of... proprietary pride in her students, where she wanted them to have the best and succeed as a reflection on her as a teacher (though her idea of 'having the best' might not be the same as her student's).
 
SolipsistSerpent said:
To be fair, that plan worked. And, shockingly, without any last minute backstab (although to be fair, it'd be pretty dumb to endanger a plan to stop the planet you live on from being destroyed).
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Shadow Weaver did have a last minute backstab prepared, but Catra made her reveal that the failsafe could kill the carrier early.

How rude of her, spoiling the surprise like that.
 
Omegahugger said:
Shadow Weaver did have a last minute backstab prepared, but Catra made her reveal that the failsafe could kill the carrier early.

How rude of her, spoiling the surprise like that.
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I don't think Shadow Weaver had any real reason to want Adora dead (rather the opposite given how she went out) and that knowledge made zero difference in Adora's acceptance of the plan so I don't think that was a backstab per se-- Shadow Weaver certainly knew Adora well enough to have a good chance of knowing Adora would be like that. Especially since one of Shadow Weaver's points for Adora being the one to do it was "She-Ra might be able to survive the process" (which turned out to be true).

Rather, I think she just didn't want to bring it up right away when she was selling people on the plan because she just can't help herself when it comes to being manipulative-- get people to agree and then bring up the downside sounds like her kind of tactic.
 
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