She-Ra and Halo Are Basically The Same Thing And I Can't Stop Thinking About It

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Destiny is one hell of a thing. We are often expected to live up to unfair expectations we might not even be aware of. Raised under the diligent watch of powers and people who know that one day we will be expected to achieve the impossible.

So many of our favourite heroes abide by these storytelling tenets, but few manage to elicit as much emotion as She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. Adora’s journey to become not only a powerful being capable of saving the world and her loved ones, but also a living weapon designed to destroy all life in the known universe, is a pretty rough hand to be dealt.

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Adora was taken away from her loved ones as a baby and groomed to be the next incarnation of She-Ra. Raised by The Horde, her ancestors knew that one day she would stumble upon the Sword of Protection and set in motion a series of events that can only ever end in tragedy. Being the Princess of Power isn’t a privilege; it places shackles upon the poor soul unfortunate enough to take up its mantle. She might be able to save countless lives with such power, but it’s all in service of mutually assured destruction against a threat that no longer exists. Instead of escaping this archaic cycle, The First Ones instead perpetuate it.

Mara tried to put a stop to it all, tearing Etheria away from the wider universe and making it so a new victim could never be sought out again. She failed, but made enough of an impact that Adora was able to continue her mission to reimagine She-Ra into a figure to be proud of. A vision of the legendary Princess that adopted all of her finest qualities instead of bowing to a legacy that had long doomed itself to ruin.