bogleech:bogleech:Whenever someone says - as praise OR as homophobic criticism - that Noelle Stevens
bogleech:bogleech:Whenever someone says - as praise OR as homophobic criticism - that Noelle Stevenson “made” She-Ra into an LGBT brand I think they should know that the lead character designer of the original was a lesbian who also said that the entire studio behind He-Man and She-Ra was “the gayest place in town.” And like, honestly, you look me in the eye and tell me a straight person drew a single one of these character’s outfits.A SINGLE one. While I’m on about how people misunderstand these cartoons I’d also like to rant again about their intended tone. If you’ve never seen the original He-Man PLEASE find and watch some episodes (tons are on youtube) because I guarantee you have the wrong mental image of what He-Man is like. He is not a macho Conan the Barbarian ripoff. He’s a big goofball softie who hates hurting anybody and even talks to Skeletor with an absolutely bottomless patience. He won’t directly punch anybody or ever use his sword directly on a sapient being.And that’s NOT!!! Network mandate!!! Other cartoons at the time were in fact showing more direct violence! It was a deliberate creative decision to make He-Man a gentle and nonviolent hero!Same goes for Bravestarr, the studio’s first all-original series that wasn’t commissioned by a toy company. Bravestarr is a Native American space sheriff who hates using guns and tries to handle “criminals” by talking things out first. Again, a deliberate decision and not some kind of parent-teacher mandate! That She-Ra designer who called the whole studio gay was also the daughter of the studio founder Lou Scheimer and together they had a specific goal of making cartoons for all ages and genders that showed forgiving, tolerant, compassionate heroes!!!It is I N S U F F E R A B L E that some newer comics and reboots are so much more aggressive, that they’ll have Skeletor and He-Man roaring and screaming and threatening each other with murder and it’s presented like that’s how they were “meant” to be. No it isn’t! Authentic He-Man wishes Skeletor would calm down and join him for arts and crafts! Netflix She-Ra actually does capture She-Ra’s original personality pretty well and was not at all the softened or watered down series its detractors say it is. if anything Netflix She-Ra was still slightly edgier and darker than 80′s She-Ra!I have heard that the CG Netflix He-Man is cute and silly again because it’s aimed at kids, which is great. I haven’t really gotten into it but these franchises should always be for kids and they should always be nice. They were created to be nice!!!!!!! Fabulous Secret Powers isn’t funny because it twists who He-Man is but because it is EXACTLY who He-Man is!! You don’t GET it! Kevin Smith doesn’t get it! Most of the people complaining about Kevin Smith’s reboot don’t even get it either!!! NOBODY still complaining about the she-ra reboot gets it!!! -- source link
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