#despite carmen sandiego not being as “deep” as spop was trying to be

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Petition to reboot She-Ra again, but on that time make Adora a little shit

She's a troll, she's out there to humiliate her enemies and crush them with her sword while making witty comments like Spider Man, she's flirty, she's sexy, she's a actual adult and she have a loving partner who isn't her adoptive sister. I want Adora to be sardonic, to make fun of people and for the love of god, make her smart as fuck!

She's a good observer, she notices things most people don't and she's funny as hell, like "drunk old man in a tavern" funny! She would definitely be someone to go in a tavern

That's the Adora i want for 2024!

honestly from what i've seen of the 80s she-ra, this was what adora was like in that show. she used to roast the hell out of all her enemies and drove catra crazy. she was also pretty calm and composed, and not the “dumb blonde jock” stereotype that spop tried to create.

yeah, it would have been nice if adora had a more compelling personality. i don't think she's a bad character but i do think that she was way too submissive, especially towards catra.

if i were to rewrite spop, i would make adora a bit like carmen from the carmen sandiego reboot. cunning, quick-witted and teases the hell out of her enemies.

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btw this is my cue to tell y’all to check out carmen sandiego, if you haven’t already! it’s not super deep but it still has a compelling storyline and good messages. and most importantly, it has ACTUAL poc representation, various male AND female characters with different body types, and some casual queer representation.

(mild spoilers below, because i really want to gush about this show)

it also does a lot of the stuff that spop fails to do. shadowsan gets a pretty good redemption arc and carmen isn’t forced to trust or forgive him immediately. he also has an arc with his brother where he rights the wrong he once did, and actually puts in effort to be a better person (and if i remember correctly, his brother still doesn’t forgive him, which is actually really refreshing to see). when the villains try to drive a wedge between carmen and shadowsan, they actually talk things out and COMMUNICATE instead of jumping to conclusions for added drama.

the show also places a lot of emphasis on platonic relationships. carmen’s quest to learn the truth about her family and find her mother is prioritized over her love life. she has a really wholesome friendship with player, ivy and zack (especially player, i love how much they care about each other) and she develops a nice father-daughter type relationship with shadowsan. she also has a platonic sibling-type relationship with her childhood friend graham, and she insists on keeping it platonic and referring to him as her older brother, even when he starts showing romantic interest in her (they weren’t raised as siblings or anything btw they were just school friends).

in the end, the villains get arrested and actually have to pay the price for what they did. and they weren’t even war criminals, they were just thieves, but the story doesn’t insist on coddling them or redeeming all of them for no reason. and the kids (now adults) who were raised in V.I.L.E get a chance to redeem themselves without imposing themselves on any of the people they hurt.

i also love that this isn’t a story of a chosen hero. carmen chose her own destiny, it was not thrust upon her. she was just a normal person and she continues being a normal person while trying to do good in the world, and inspiring people to follow her lead along the way. not to mention, i really like how refreshing her personality is. she’s sassy and cunning and quick-witted, she sometimes uses dubious methods to do the right thing, she knows her worth and knows when to set boundaries, and she’s a hero despite not fitting into the ideal hero archetype.