she-ra and the princesses of power (s1) review: some ways it is better & a couple of differences

I have strong feelings about the original She-Ra cartoon, even though it's bad in many ways. I was introduced to it when I was 3 or 4, and it played an important role in my childhood because I rewatched it on VHS frequently, for comfort or when I wanted to watch something about female characters.

Even though She-Ra always read as an adult to me, I identified with her so strongly that at 4 I reportedly held up an imaginary sword in defiance and shouted her transformation words when my mom tried to put me in timeout. At 18, shortly after I discovered slash, I wrote a couple of rather purple pieces of f/f fanfiction of my favorite characters (in spite of the fact that I wasn't aware of any fandom or potential audience for it).

The fact that I love the She-Ra world, yet find the original show only semi-watchable even with nostalgia filters engaged, means I've been wishing futilely that someone would reboot the franchise for almost 20 years. I've been on tenterhooks since the initial announcement of the reboot and I watched half of the series on the release day (13 Nov 2018).

( Review: Some of the ways She-Ra and the Princesses of Power is better than its forebear and a few differences for discussion )