Happy Birthday Bow, I Hope You Get A Really Nice Crop Top

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Here I am, once again celebrating the birthdays of fictional characters from my favourite gay cartoon. Your girl cannot be stopped, and given I’ve already written one article I might as well turn it into a series. Catra has gone to therapy and is having a well deserved nap, so it’s time to stan our favourite bisexual crop-top rocking archer with a love for inventions and intimacy.

Bow is the glue that holds together the Best Friend Squad in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. He’s a smart, considered voice of reason who makes it clear when his friends step out of line or do something that might endanger all of them. He is forever tinkering away with new inventions and arrows, escaping a world of unfair expectations to be with his companions and fight for a cause he truly believes in.

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Like all the characters in ND Stevenson’s adaptation of the classic property, Bow is an infinitely more layered personality with a cohesive arc and motivations that make him so easy to root for. Granted he isn’t afforded the same level of attention in the narrative as Catra, Adora, or even Glimmer - but each and every episode provides a robust picture of whom this person is and why so many fans have fallen in love with him.

When we first meet Bow it can be easy to label him as a brain box that the rest of our characters turn to when there’s a technical problem, or they need to push the narrative forward by making a sudden discovery. That absolutely does happen, but all of these moments align with his personality and come to showcase a utility in situations where everyone else is kinda useless. Glimmer is dealing with the weight of an entire kingdom while Adora