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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/41310487
posting she-ra adjacent memes weekly to sustain moral: 15
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/41310487
posting she-ra adjacent memes weekly to sustain moral: 15
The Horde was Imperialist, not revolutionary. It was also anti-environmentalist.
Yeah, but they fed their troops propaganda about how they’re the good guys liberating Etheria from the evil monarchy. What I’m saying is Adora, as a person, started out as a revolutionary who wanted the monarchy to burn. One she realised the Horde is bad, she switched sides to team liberalism, but never became as based as she thought she was in episode 1.
And?
Are you saying that anyone who goes from being a propagandised drone over to being a pragmatic person, who tries to do their best to ensure the survival of their planet and to minimise suffering, isn’t worthy enough for you?
She recognised the colonialism of her ancestors and rejected it, too.
Adora did the best she could with the story she was written into. I blame ND Stevenson for writing such a messed up story and pitching it as a kids show. The themes in that show, namely the moral complexity surrounding support for the monarchy, are too mature for most kids that age, and cannot be handled appropriately without giving a lot of kids terrible nightmares and trauma. The show needed an MA15 rating at least, in order to properly explore its themes without devolving into monarchist propaganda, which it did immediately.
A better show with a more nuanced and mature take on similar themes is Game of Thrones, and I wouldn’t show that to an 8 year old.
You have a weird outlook on what makes a good kid’s show, and I think you’re attaching your ownbaggage onto your opinion of it
Of course I am, there’s no such thing as objectivity. We’re all speaking from our own unique experiences and subjective worldview. True wisdom is not detaching oneself from the world, but being aware of one’s place in it and making active decisions about how to respond to the world.
I think our authoritarian society grooms children to accept power hierarchies by idolising royalty. Little girls don’t want to dress up as princesses in a vacuum. It’s a propaganda technique to turn them into adults who will accept the monarchy and the power of billionaires.
And we can’t expect small children to be critical consumers of media. Their brains haven’t developed to be able to do that, and putting that much responsibility on them at such a small age is just gonna cause anxiety disorders. It’s adults’ job to introduce these topics in a gradual, age-appropriate manner. For small children, we should give them plenty of stories of evil royals being defeated by brave heroes. With older kids, we can start to introduce more mature themes like the hero being tricked into serving royals, but then outsmarting them. And for adolescents who are starting to use their critical thinking skills in media analysis, we can give them morally complex stories with nuance like Infinity Train or Frozen.
But grimdark stuff like Warhammer 40,000, Game of Thrones, and She-Ra are more appropriate for young adults who will be able to think through the moral quandaries without falling for the propaganda.
Sorry, that’s a lot of reply, but I just can’t get past you calling She-Ra Grimdark
You’re the one who pointed out that Adora had no better option than to fall in with the monarchy. That’s grim. That’s dark.
I prefer children’s stories where the heroes are able to stick to their ideals and still save the day. But as you pointed out, that’s not the kind of story She-Ra is. Adora had to betray nearly everything she believed in, if she wanted to help people. She didn’t get to stick to her values.
I’d consider a story like My Hero Academia more hopeful and lighthearted than She-Ra. Deku was able to keep his ideals.
How is being pragmatic grim?
I’d call it realistic. Also, at no point was she shown as being anti-monarchistic … in the first episode it’s made clear that the princesses are being portrayed as monsters through propaganda, but the show goes on to explain that none if them are inherently evil in reality.
Not only that, but it explains in a way that’s obvious to kids that as leaders they need to aspire to improving the lives of people under their care if they want to enjoy life themselves … if only real life monarchs could think that way!
It’s like you watched the series and understood less of it’s themes than an average 8 year old.