Okay, so, its been a couple of days for Skeletor's newest of origin stories to sink in and I think I've decided...
I don't like it.
It's not the planet of skull-faced people I don't like (I actually did like that a lot, it was hilarious). And it's not the fact that they gave him a Fridge Wife and a Dead Little Sister Daughter (the 2 worst tropes for male-backstory men have ever created). No, the reason I don't like it is-
It doesn't fit.
Like with Skeletor. As a character. It feels like someone else's backstory.
I understand them not going with the Keldor backstory. As much as a love Keldor, he was created in 1987 and the Filmation show (the show that Revelation is a sequel to) went off the air in 1985, two years before "Keldor" was invented. So, it makes sense that they would not use Keldor in this Skeletor's back story.
Some other things they could have done that would fit better with the character would have been...
Skeletor Origin Stories Where Keldor Doesn't Exist:
- Hordak's second-in-command. That's it. That's the whole backstory. Hordak has always figured heavily into Skeletor's origin in every incarnation. Let's just go ahead and make it his whole backstory. Hordak was the right hand of Horde Prime and Skeletor was his Second. They tore through the universe conquering planets until Skeletor wanted more and tried to usurp Hordak. As punishment, Hordak marooned him on Eternia, not realizing that Eternia was the source of all magic in the universe. But Skeletor will have his revenge!
- He could have been the ruler of his world until the Horde came to conquer them. Hordak stole his crown and his home. But Skeletor found a source of power on a new planet: Eternia. And now he's gonna use it to not just take back what's his, but take everything there is to be had! Every planet and every start will fall under the shadow of Skeletor!
Skeletor Origin Story Where Keldor Does Exist (but is NOT Skeletor)
- Skeletor was living his life on his planet in another dimension with his skull-faced race. Just minding his own business. When some puffed-up royal who fancied himself a better sorcerer than he was had a terrible accident with some inter-dimensional magic and Skeletor and Keldor switched places. Skeletor's cool with this though. Eternia has so much power! He could become a god here. And he will! The only way to get rid of Skeletor is to switch them back. Bring back Keldor and Skeletor will just automatically *poof* back to his own dimension. Thus, the search for Keldor could destroy Skeletor!
Three alternate origins for Skeletor where he's not Keldor and that make more sense with his character.
Because through out the whole of the MotU franchise before this point, Skeletor has always been about 3 things:
His backstory needs to reflect that.