Cancelled She-ra (2018) Action Dolls
In 2019 Mattel released eight fashion dolls for the 2018 She-ra reboot featuring Adora, Glimmer, Bow, Catra, Shadow Weaver, and 3 versions of She-ra (there was also a Swift Wind model). However, the line was planned to be more extensive before being cancelled (and we all know how disastrous the rollout of the completed line was). Prototypes were made of Mermista, Queen Angella, season four Glimmer, and Entrapta, though no photos of the latter have emerged.
All photos come courtesy of the Instagram of (at the time) Mattel employee and packaging designer Darren Sander (who also worked on the mainline She-ra designs), but Dollect did us all the courtesy of pulling the photos since it's a pain to do with Instagram. Some of these photos feature unfinished doll parts that might be a bit disconcerting.
Mermista:
Designed by someone named Annalise (no last name given, but probably this Annalise since she did the core line), Mermista was probably planned for a second wave of toys that never came to be. This is her prototype. It's unknown how "finalized" she was or if there would have been more passes on her design.
Queen Angella & Queen Glimmer 2-pack:
First two photos are earlier prototypes on immovable dolls, the more unfinished photos feature the "powerfully poseable" bodies and sculpt.
Angella's forehead gem was going to be a separate inset piece (as shown in the head sculpt in the 4th photo). Her wings were going to have an aurora borealis effect on them and both outfits were covered in glitter. Darren Sander seems to have done more work for these two.
Alas, Entrapta's prototype was never shared, but suffice to say, we were robbed.
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the weird thing is realizing I have already felt the worst I'm ever gonna feel in my entire life. like not saying that traumatic or horrible things won't happen to me but over the past few days I'm realizing that its STILL not as bad as the trauma i went though as a kid and teenager. its still easier to cope. because the thing is that I have already been through so much terrible stuff AND I was in a long-term psychologically damaging situation that it's just like. its so much easier just having access to food and hot water and a clean house and santitary bathroom and kitchen etc
like that makes everything SO MUCH easier everything else aside and the independance knowing that you care take care of yourself and it isn't hopeless. there's a level of trauma where once u come back from that there isn't anything worse that can happen to you bcuz you will NEVER again be in that situation ever again. like there's a lot of horrific things that could happen but That specific trauma is never going to happen to me again. if I can survive that then everything else is just easy
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On Crocs, a Threat to Christian Values Across The Nation
It is by no means a remarkable statement to say that as the unyielding constant force of time marches on, so too does the public sensibilities of fashion. The state of fashion seems to change completely in unison with the public consciousness, shifting and re-shifting in response to the relevancies of the era. Time is one of the few irreducible constants within the universe, and with it, is the ever-changing state of culture, flowing congruently with its passage. All this to say that the stylistic fad maintains a certain reliability, you can trust that as one dies out, another will surely be born in its place, these aesthetic motifs seem to find a way of branding themselves to the time they spent in the public eye. Such to the degree that to adhere to any former style today is seen as a posthumous homage to a time long past. In short, fashion changes with the years. Which is why it seemed that nothing was to be questioned when in the recent years a new fad took the public by storm, The Croc. For those who may have been living under a cRock, a Croc is a rubber shoe, characterized by a set of holes located on the dorsum and toes, as when as a useless strap of rubber over the top. Now this may seem fairly pedestrian, and with the comfort advertised by the Croc, it would be no wonder why many seem to be flocking for a Crocing. But when viewed through a lense of skepticism, peering behind the visage of the Croc reveals a sinister truth, as the Croc very well may have its roots in the practice of witchcraft and devilry.
To the untrained eye, the connection may seem unjust, to correlate the wearing of a shoe to the practice of sorcery, but in reality, the similarities are clear, we need only look to the tried-and-true methods of witch-finding used in the 17th century to see the truth. For example, it is well known that a witch is said to float in water, in early witch trials, the accused was often placed into a lake, at which point if they floated, they were a witch, and if they sunk, they would be lovingly remembered as not a witch. Applying this logic we can see that in the same way a witch floats in water, so too, does a Croc. Now this is not to say that a Croc is a witch, but that those who do very well may be, using the croc as a sort of familiar, a method of connection to the realm of sorcery and a guide through witchcraft.
Acknowledging the Croc as a familiar can lead us to our next test for ferreting out a witch. In the trials, the creature said to be the witch's familiar, believed to be a malevolent spirit taking the form of an animal, would be placed on the ground, and if the creature naturally made its way to the accused, it would prove that the witch kept the creature as a familiar. Since a Croc is, as far as we know, immobile, we must assume the test can work the other way around, with the witch being naturally drawn to the familiar. If we take the accused's Croc and place it on the ground about ten feet from them, we can see clearly and unquestionably that the sorceress (or sorcerer, we’re progressive here ) will go to the Croc, pick it up, and put it on their foot, a clear sign of witchcraft.
To grasp a deeper understanding of the connection between the Croc and the unholy we need look no further than the Croc itself. The design of the Croc is undoubtedly peculiar, a clunky shape adorned with a series of holes. It is here we see another concerning correlation, in that the Croc may be shaped in a way designed to give the foot a cloven quality, letting witches pay homage to their macabre practice through ritual costume. Furthermore, looking at the holes we see our next landmark of sorcery. These holes are often decorated with pin-like plugs in various shapes and designs, looking at the catalog of available ornaments we see motifs of goats, dragons, and basketball, all famously unholy symbols. It would appear these adornments are used for witches to display their evil, giving them yet another tether to the realm of dark magics.
Looking at all this you may be wondering, what can I do? How can I do my part in stopping the spread of the Croc? How can I protect my children as well as the entire community of my municipal public? Well it’s quite simple really, just remember to keep the lord in your heart always, and follow in the footsteps of the noble Matthew Hopkins, if you see a Croc wearer in the street, do your community a favor, take a match or lighter, and do the lord's work. So that you may excise sin from your town, baby steps, one foot at a time.
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“Once upon a time there was a beautiful blue hell site. That fell to vanilla extract, and rotted inside and out. The more it’s people clung to memes, the more they suffered. Until they cursed not the hell site itself, but their fellow corrupted. Those who lived and festered. Those who deactivated and decayed… Until the very last of them had wished they had never joined the site at all.”
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