>>9846621>I think deep down, even PoP fans know their franchise is no good on its own.I don't accept your negative framing. I think She-Ra is one of the most interesting additions to MotU along with Hordak. There was no point or depth to He-Man being the secret identity of a king and queen's son in the 1982 DC comic or Filmation other than the queen's Earth astronaut backstory. The long-lost sister whose adoptive dad was his archenemy's teacher was the dramatic heart that narratively justified Adam and Randor's existence.
Could you write an interesting drama about MotU's A-listers without her if you have to? Yes, the CGI cartoon did it by making Keldor as much like Claudius from Hamlet as possible without killing off his brother But it's obvious why the 2010s DC writers jumped at the chance to use BOTH the Adora and Keldor drama given the legal rights to.
