Adora: "I didn't know being a princess was contagious!"
Bow: "Okay, okay, everyone, calm down!"
Their delivery, lol
"I don't like it." — Adora
Lol, relatable
SCORE: 7/10
Glimmer still has a hard time trusting Adora but Bow obviously already likes her. In this second half of the first episode we figure out a little bit about the First Ones and I'm curious to find out exactly what happened to them and who Adora / She-Ra really is.
Catra is tasked with finding Adora and they clash at a village that's holding a festival, something Adora has never experienced. This is when Adora makes her choice to not go back to the Horde which upsets Catra, who knew Shadow Weaver was manipulating them all along, but she doesn't care because all she wants is for her and Adora to be together.
So far, this show seems really rushed. A girl that's been brainwashed, manipulated, and lied to since childhood having it all come undone and doing a 180 in a couple hours cause she ate some food and pet a horse? And now she's suddenly best friends with Glimmer and Bow and wants to join the rebellion against a force that she was just apart of moments ago? The episode lightly touches on stuff that actually interested me, like what Adora's mindset would be now that she's lost literally everything she's ever known including her best friend. I wanted to watch her struggle to process it and ponder what her purpose in life was now, but it's all gone the next second after Glimmer basically says "now you're one of us, you're our family so come home with us". And suddenly Adora is fine now.
Also I'm struggling to see why Catra is so hostile towards Adora. She knows they're being lied to and manipulated by the Horde, but she doesn't care so long as she's with Adora...so why not leave with Adora? Neither of them have any loyalties to the Horde at this point, and this way she'd get to be with Adora, so it makes no sense why Catra wants to go back and looks down at Adora with anger when she refuses. I wish they could of at least talked longer, their relationship is the most interesting thing so far.
I don't know...I guess it's my fault for wanting everything I watch to be psychologically deep instead of just enjoying things for what they are. Anyway, we've seemingly gotten past the introductory phase of the story and are in the process of setting up the "status quo" of the show, so maybe I might warm up to She-Ra soon.
Shout by DeletedBlockedParent2018-11-18T08:10:24Z
The second half of the premier episode is much better than the first half. Part 1 is slow and too rote to distinguish itself from any other fairytale setting. However, this episode allowed the characters to display their individuality well, making them much easier to like and connect with. From Adora's food-gasm at the festival to Bow telling a horse he just met that it had been an honor to fight alongside it, the writing is now unique and fun enough where I can forgive its fashionable lateness.
This is also where get confirmation on what kind of person we suspected Shadow Weaver is, and how (a bit shockingly) Catra always knew and decided to be okay with it for the sake of her friendship with Adora... a friendship that just got shaken apart by Adora's choice to protect a town that the Horde had chosen to destroy.
It's not the best writing you ever watched, but it's good and worth continuing on if you were on the fence up until now.