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Additionally, characters in the show may identify under LGBTQ+ sexualities, romanticisms, or genders. She voiced various characters and felt comfortable working as a lesbian at Filmation, while shaping "one of the biggest animated gay icons of all time": She-Ra.

DreamWorks She-Ra and the Princesses of Power 's theme song resonates on multiple levels, with the lush 80s-style power ballad echoing the eponymous main characters' on-screen battle against the oppressive Horde as well as the behind-the-scenes struggle to authentically tell queer stories in children's animation.

The original versions of She-Ra and He-Man were nearly entirely white, and most assuredly heterosexual and cisgender. Steven Universe famously depicted the first lesbian marriage in a children's animated series with the union of Sapphire and Ruby.

According to the latter, he had always planned for She-Ra to be led by a lesbian relationship — though it was a game of Catra and mouse hiding it from studio executives at first. Both self-identified members of the queer community, Sugar and Stevenson felt the rainbow had no place in the shadows.

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Some characters that are not confirmed to be, but are established to be, in the spectrum of a certain sexuality can be anywhere in that. Leading the charge in the battleground of boardrooms was executive producer and showrunner, Nate Stevenson.

Once I was doing Nimona and I realized that I was doing the stories I was passionate about, the stories I wanted to tell, I couldn't go back. I discovered what it was about stories that I responded to — having this powerful central female character, having clear themes that are woven throughout the story as well as an epic cross between fantasy and sci-fi, that magitech kind of world.

Seasons of backstory development, tension and flirting culminated in a kiss between the two near the series' end. The world overall has changed enormously in a short period of time; ingay marriage was only legally acknowledged in seven countries, whereas now legal rights of same-sex spouses are recognized in In a recent interview with PaperStevenson said that the road to diversity in his series — including not only the aforementioned Sapphic relationship, but also gay and gender non-binary characters like Double Trouble — was paved by Steven Universe creator Rebecca Sugar.

The series — a reboot of a He-Man spinoff from the 80s — has become so beloved among fans of all ages that it's almost hard to believe one has not seen its penultimate chapter, particularly those closely following the central lesbian love story between the toon's protagonist, Adora a.

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Several of the characters in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power are officially recognized as being involved in onscreen or post-series romantic relationships. What if we had central, dynamic, complex lesbian, gay and queer characters whose stories were compelling and relatable and inextricably tied to their queerness, and on top of that they had that kind of draw to them that makes them someone's favourite character?

He explains, "I didn't want to write about anything unless it was exactly what I wanted to write about. It was updated in January to reflect the identity of the series' creator. That was something I was really hungry for, because I just don't think you see it enough.

But even in these “straight” shows, queer viewers still found characters and motivations to connect to— that is, if they could look past the cliché dialogue, repetitive and predictable plots, and garish outfits. The world overall has changed enormously in a short period of time; ingay marriage was only legally acknowledged in seven countries, whereas now legal rights of same-sex spouses are recognized in However, due to She-Ra’s rights falling to between Filmation (now owned by NBCUniversal) and Mattel not gaining the TV rights to the character, the original She-Ra series would be the first and last time that the series would crossover with or acknowledge He-Man, and vice-versa.

While working on Nimonawhich evolved from his university senior thesis into a HarperCollins graphic novel, Stevenson developed and flexed his narrative writing muscle to create a story that was true to himself and his vision. Stevenson had been approached by DreamWorks to lead She-Ra and the studio loved his pitch.

The content combines familiar territory for the multifaceted storyteller; he had previously combined science fiction and fantasy tropes in his comic series Nimona and Lumberjanes. She-Raand it's anti-hero, Catra. Breaking from the homophobic tropes of mainstream media, the resulting relationship was requited and neither character died.

For those who have not yet binged the fifth and final season of the Netflix and DreamWorks Animation Television hit, available to stream now, there are spoilers ahead. Both also represented a range of gender and sexual identities.

The hope is that the progress of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power is not just a moment, but rather a series on the frontlines of a movement for increased queer representation in animation. He continues, "I really wanted to try and shake that up. That was more important to me than them being always good and perfectly aspirational and never making mistakes — they have darkness, they struggle and they make the wrong choices sometimes.

I wanted to keep going in this direction. In the same Paper interview, Sugar recalls how when she spoke to Cartoon Network executives: "They told us point-blank, 'you can't have these characters be in a romantic relationship.

Fortunately, the stage had been set and it was too late to go back. [29] In later years, animation producer ND Stevenson, the showrunner of the reboot series, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, would argue that "the original She-Ra was incredibly gay.

The hope is that the progress of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power is not just a moment, but rather a series on the frontlines of a movement for increased queer representation in animation.