She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power is an animated web television series (a Netflix Original Series) that reboots the She-Ra: Princess Of Power franchise.
==Canon==
To according Wikipedia: The series follows Adora, an orphan raised by Hordak, the tyrant who rules the planet Etheria through his evil Horde. One day, after getting lost in the woods, Adora finds a magic sword that transforms her into the Princess of Power, She-Ra. Realizing the suffering that the Horde has inflicted on the planet and its people, Adora joins a resistance group of other magical girls, the Princess Alliance, in order to liberate Etheria from Hordak's grasp. This pits her against her former comrade Catra.
===Main Characters===
* Adora/She-Ra
* Glimmer
* Bow
* Catra
* Scorpia
* Entrapta
* Shadow Weaver
* Hordak
===Supporting Characters===
* Double Trouble
==Fandom==
She-Ra's fandom started with a focus on fanart as artists responded to the redesigns each character was given.Fan artists discuss why the wave of She-Ra fan art is subversive and uplifting This continued after the first season was made available and fanzines quickly began to be organised. Further crafts have been encouraged by She-Ra's official "Makers Guild" on Tumblr which highlights fanworks within the community, as well as hosting tutorials for making props other She-Ra related crafts.official She-Ra Tumblr: The Makers Guild
===Shipping===
Femslash dominates the fandom with Adora/Catra being the juggernaut pairing. Gen works are also fairly popular, but het is much less common and initially consisted mostly of fanworks focusing on Mermista/Sea Hawk. After the third season Entrapta/Hordak seem to be the biggest het ship. The other main femslash pairings include Adora/Glimmer and Catra/Scorpia.
Many ships became canon in the final season of She-Ra, including: Adora/Catra, Mermista/Sea Hawk, Bow/Glimmer, and possibly implied Entrapta/Hordak. Scorpia also hinted that Kyle had a crush on Rogelio, further encouraging that particular ship, though nothing more happened with the pair in the final season.
====Common Pairings====
* Adora/Catra (Catradora)
* Adora/Glimmer (Glimmadora, Glimadora)
* Catra/Scorpia (Scorptra)
* Catra/Glimmer (Glitra)
* Glimmer/Bow (Glimbow)
* Mermista/Sea Hawk (Seamista)
* Entrapta/Hordak (Entrapdak)
* Perfuma/Scorpia (Scorfuma)
====Other Pairings====
* Netossa/Spinnerella (Spinnetossa)
* Catra/Entrapta (Catrapta)
* Entrapta/Scorpia 
* Entrapta/Perfuma (Pertrapta)
* Mermista/Perfuma (Merfuma)
* Bow/Perfuma (Bowfuma)
* Bow/Entrapta (Bowtrapta)
* Adora/Bow (Adorabow, Bowdora)
* Kyle/Rogelio (Repkyle, Kygelio)
* Angella/Micah
* George/Lance
* Catra/Double Trouble (Catrouble)
* Mara/Light Hope (Marahope/Maralight)
====Common OT3s====
* Adora/Catra/Glimmer (Glitradora)
===Challenges and Activities===
* She-Ra Gift Exchange
* She Ra Pride Exchange 2019
* She-Ra Fluff Bang 2020
* Sheratober
==Discussion & Controversies==
===Character Designs===
Fan reaction to She-Ra's character designs was largely positive, although a minority were unhappy. Some did not like the differences between the new design and the original, with further detractors claiming that Adora looked too masculine. Others responded that the new series tried to avoid sexualizing a children's show, and conveyed body positivity. Fan artists responded to She-Ra's redesign and the controversy over it with a wave of artworks celebrating the heroine's new look.
===Clashes with Voltron Fandom===
She-Ra's newly developing fandom had some early clashes with the Voltron fandom. This was mostly was about not wanting She-Ra to be associated with Voltron's fandom, which had gained a negative reputation over the years thanks to shipping wars and general wank. Voltron had also recently faced backslash for its handling of LGBT characters in its 7th season. She-Ra on the other hand was receiving much praise for its handling of representation, leading some fans to use this to further poke fun of Voltron. Another issue was with comparisons between Voltron's Klance ship and She-Ra's Catradora. Klance remained noncanon upon the series finale while Catradora appeared, to many, as being written in canon with clear intentions of being interpreted romantically. In She-Ra's 5th and final season Catradora became canon and the two shared a kiss, further accentuating the divide between the Voltron fandom and the She-ra fandom. The Dragon Prince was often allied with She-Ra in various posts against Voltron.
===Criticisms of Catradora===
Because of Catra repeatedly attacking Adora and the Rebellion, some fans consider Catradora and Catradora shippers to romanticise abuse. To counter this, Catradora shippers have pointed out that the series does not complete Catra's character arc and she does still have reparations to make and a lot to learn about managing her emotions when the show ends, but she is in the process of bettering herself. Another criticism of the ship, although less widespread, is that Catradora can be considered incestuous. This is because Catra and Adora were raised together at the Horde. Most fans do not accept this criticism because Catra and Adora were never shown to view themselves as sisters.
===Character Age===
The ages of the characters were ambiguous from the start, with the She-Ra crew only giving rough estimates for the main casts' ages, with most being older teens.She-Ra’s showrunner on villains, heroes, and the show’s controversial design, The Verge. Nov 15, 2018 (Accessed 5/18/2020)Guess on Character Ages, Reddit. Jan 11, 2019 (Accessed 5/18/2020) The discourse surrounding character age really only became a problem when fans began shipping Entrapta and Hordak, particularly around Season 3 and 4. Due to the ambiguous nature of the casts' ages this lead many fans to understandably assume Entrapta was just as young as the other Princesses in the rebellion. Considering Hordak is not only an adult, but an adult who may have been alive for hundreds of years, this ship became problematic. However, Rae Geiger, one of the story boarders, confirmed that Entrapta was indeed an adult roughly in her mid twenties to thirties, and joked that "she would NEVER do her taxes."Umm are you sure that is this Entrapa's age, Tumblr. May 1, 2019 (Accessed 5/18/2020) Despite this some She-Ra fans still find the ship to be sus.Can’t stop thinking about how that one tweet was like “entrapta is 26”, Tumblr. Aug 6, 2019 (Accessed 5/18/2020) 
Fans who made arguments about Entrapta's age, specifically about how even though she was an adult she "acted like a kid," created their own discourse. Because Entrapta is meant to represent someone autistic fans began to defend her, stated that calling her a child when the crew already stated she was an adult was infantilizing her for her autism.Valid: Not liking Entraptadak as a ship, Tumblr. Sept 2, 2019 (Accessed 5/18/2020)If people would stop infantilizing Entrapta thatd be fucking great, Tumblr. Aug 3, 2019 (Accessed 5/18/2020)
===The Panel===
The show runners and their staff spoke in a number of panels for a show called "She-Ra: Progressive of Power." As of Aug 27, 2020, there are four episodes, each from Aug 2020, with the most contentious episode airing on Aug 26th. This episode has caused controversy throughout the fandom for statements made by the show runners, enough so that the main She Ra tag on Tumblr (as of Aug 27, 2020) is mainly discussion of this panel. The main issues are that the staff, including the show runner ND Stevenson, made comments that were considered racist, ableist, and possibly homophobic (or lesbiophobic) by the fandom. Some members of the fandom are in disagreement that what was stated was as big a deal as others were making it, while others say some of the statements as being problematic and others less so (i.e. saying some of the proposed issues aren't actually issues, such as the accusations of ableism, and are instead taking attention away from the actual issues, such as the comments about slaves/slavery). See Race and Fandom and Ableism in Fandom. Some comments are below.
==Fanworks==
===Fanart===
* For the honor or Grayskull by charlestan
* Princess of Power by 0401mM
* Catra: Prince of the Gays 🗣 by heyjenbartel
* ✨🗡️✨ by yumbles
* It's She-Ra by Dinanshiral124
* I'm ready by rennerei
* Best!!! Friend!!! Squad!!! by soaptaculart
===Fanfiction===
* Whispering Dreams by dragonesdepapel, Dec 2018
* Why you SHOULD bring in your untrained cat to the rebellion by locuas, Nov 2018
* The Silence of Words by sheadoras, Nov 2018
===Fan Games===
* For The Honor A GM-less casual narrative RPG.
===Zines===
* Adorabowl Zine
* Promises: A Catradora Fanzine
* The Edge of Greatness
* Shot Through the Heart: a Bow Appreciation Zine
* Waterlily, a zine for the ship Mermista/Perfuma (2020)
* She-Ra Bisexuality Visibility
* Summer of She-Ra
* Sheer Trouble
===Original Songs/Filk===
* Ghost by Reinaeiry
* After The War by Reinaeiry
* Empty Space by Reinaeiry
* Just This Once by MathematicPony
* Monster by alyssa rae
* Lioness by Cami-Cat
==Memes==
*She-Ra but every instance of the word “princess” being used is replaced by “lesbian”
*"We need more 'X'" Y'all can't even handle 'Y' - (She-Ra version)
==Archives & Fannish Links==
* She-Ra and the Princesses of Power on AO3
* Princesses of Power on Deviantart
* She-Ra and the Princesses of Power on FFN
* Princesses of Power on Reddit
* She-Ra and the Princesses of Power on TV Tropes
===Dreamwidth===
* She-Ra Fandom
* She-Ra Meta
* The Honor of Grayskull 
===Tumblr===
Tumblr tags: She-Ra, SPOP and She-Ra and the Princesses of Power 
* She-Ra Countdown
* incorrect She-Ra quotes
==References==
Category:She-Ra
Category:animation
Category:ND Stevenson