Pride Month Picks: She-Ra's Catradora Remains The Greatest Romance In Animation

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I took an entire day off work to binge the final season of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. Me and a friend had spent months talking about the potential of Catradora being made canon. It would be the perfect ending to a series that was never afraid to broaden the scope of LGBTQ+ representation and showcase that everyone deserves to be seen, even more so in a fantasy world that builds upon and surpasses the classic that inspired it.

We got our wish, with Catra and Adora saving Etheria from devastation through the power of their combined love alone. Even as it played out before us it still didn’t feel real, and the conclusion we had spent seasons hoping for was being fulfilled with no strings attached. It wasn’t just a celebratory finale however, it also recontextualised every single interaction between the two women who, despite going through so much, never stopped loving one another. You’ll be shocked to learn that Catra’s confession made me cry for like two hours.

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Opposite sides of a war couldn’t keep them apart, and neither could the nefarious influences of Shadow Weaver and Horde Prime that sought to poison their minds and make it clear that power will always triumph over love. To them, being alone is the price of success, but Catradora was able to show that life is so much more than a binary goal to be achieved. It’s about the people you meet and fall in love with, the places you travel to and experience, and the lessons you learn to become a better person even after bordering on the brink of self-destruction. ND Stevenson helmed a show that placed this lesbian relationship at the centre, slowly but surely building to a crescendo that he