MotU Boops

Yup! They're going with the old Filmation continuity. But instead of having Adora be a Force Captain like she was in Filmation and SPOP,

...they're instead going with the persona of Despara used in the Classics-Line comics.

I wish Dare and Skeleteen had interacted with each other more.

They barely even appear in the same panel together! Across the entire Classics-Line comics, Dare and Skeleteen only appear together in 3 panels, and in only ONE(1) of them are they even interacting with each other.

@pennamesmith you and I called it a year ago

Oh! That's very interesting! So, Lyn grew up on Eternia, and Adora grew up on Etheria.

But that also puts Lyn in the same generation as Adam when we know Lyn was already an adult when Adam was 6. She participated in Keldor's original coup.

This depends on which version of Eternia from which iteration of the franchise you're working off of.

Human Eternians don't like non-humans (and especially Gar) in the Classics line. The subject is up for debate in the 200X cartoon.

As for Filmation, there appears to be no tension or distrust between the races of Eternia (except for a few one-off single-episode examples that are resolved by the end).

I think, after being separated from their daughter for so long and finally being reunited, Randor and Marlena wouldn't care that Finn is non-human, they would just be happy that their daughter is alive and thriving enough to give them a grandchild.

I always liked the concept of Oo-Lar. Back in the early days of my hyper-fixation on MotU I used to think that Oo-Lar and King Grayskull were the same person.

I like that Mattel (and the Classics Line specifically) have a whole gallery of heroes and champions who used the Power Sword between Grayskull and Adam, and I love hearing about this.

I'm almost at the point now where I'm ready to just throw out the whole of the DC run of the comics and decide it never happened and doesn't exist.

Overall, I try to put a positive spin on all aspects of the franchise because, even if I don't like it, someone else might; and I have met fellow MotU fans who do enjoy parts of DC Comic's run of Masters of the Universe. (And I will admit that there are small details within the run that I did find interesting.)

But, the vast majority of content DC has produced for Masters of the Universe is just bad.

Their treatment of the women characters at every turn is shameful, for one. Teela, our most solid leading lady is reduced to nothing more than eye-candy. Last year I did a series of post entitled "Out of Context Motu" where I posted random frames from the MotU comics across multiple iterations. In every frame of the DC run, Teela's ass was showing in every shot, often full bare cheeks. When her ass wasn't on display, it was her breasts. They took this skilled warrior, clever strategist, and powerful sorceress and reduced her to fap material.

The Sorceress spent the run with her human body as an empty doll because her soul had fled from it in the form of the falcon Zoar. For the entire run, the Sorceress of Castle Fucking Grayskull didn't have a single speaking line! Then she died. She never even got to speak to her daughter.

Adora got a pretty decent arc when she was transitioning from Despara to She-Ra. But then in Eternity War she was sort of shunted to the side. She still got scenes and a couple very important plot points. But the vast majority of attention in Eternity War was spent on Adam and his personal development as a hero. Then, at the end of Eternity War, it was the combination of both the Twins of Power that saved the day. I'm sorry, if they were planning to make the ending something like "only together" or "with our powers combined" or "it takes both of us" etc. then they should have given Adora equal attention to Adam. But. They. Didn't!

That's just how the DC comics treated women. I haven't even started on how they treated the other characters.

Orko's arc in particular was just an outright hate-crime!

And Adam himself, Adam who is He-Man, He-Man who is supposed to be our pure hearted hero worthy of being the Champion of the Power Sword... he killed civilians. Let me repeat:

IN THE DC RUN OF THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE COMICS, HE-MAN|PRINCE ADAM MURDERS CIVILIANS!

That's DC's idea of a hero.

So, yeah, the DC run of the comics is garbage on rice.

1/10

Do not recommend.

I like the new hairstyle for He-Man. Reminds me of SPOP Adora.

I liked Revelation a lot because it gave focus to characters that didn't get a lot of focus before.

I like Core/CGI a lot because it reinvents the same characters in new ways for a new audience and a new generation of fans.

I love both series equally. But for different reasons and in different ways.

I would love it if they continued either one into New Adventures. It's entirely possible in both. There's even a fan theory floating around that Skeletor in the next installment of Rev (Revolution) will be Lazer Light Skeletor, the version of Skeletor from New Adventures.

As long as we're wishing...

What I really, really, really want from the franchise if for them to give Anti-Eternia/Eternia's Dark Mirror an animated appearance. They don't even have to make it a whole show. Just give me an episode in one of the existing series that shows us the Dark Mirror Eternia. Where He-Man is evil and Prince Keldor leads the rebellion against his evil nephew to save Eternia. Please. That's what I really want.

Adam and Randor wouldn't have sibling banter since they're son and father.

Krass and Skeletor's banter might be making up for the lack of Adam and Adora sibling banter.

Why don’t I see anyone shipping Adora with Lonnie?

A passing thought while holding an all powerful wish-granting McGuffin gives Randor the perfect world and the healed and whole family he always wanted. But can his wish be maintained?

Oh! oof! That is a tall order.

Of course I have ideas. But there'd also be a lot of pressure since Adora is such a popular character right now.

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I would have season 3 end with the defeat of the Snakemen (and possibly King Hiss himself?), but Krass would still be doing her Fifth Nemesis schtick.

The final defeat of the Snakemen would involve the complete destruction of the Sigil of Hiss. The Sigil's destruction creates a tear in the fabric between dimensions, allowing Despondos a view into Eternia. Hordak plans to use this tear to break free and bring his Horde with him to conquer Eternia.

He sends an advanced guard through the tear. Just a small group of his best soldiers. Grizzlor, Mantenna, Shadow Weaver, and... Despara.

Krass is still doing her own thing as a Dark Master and Fifth Nemesis. She's doesn't join the Horde, but she doesn't rejoin the Masters either.

Krass allies herself with the Horde for an episode or two, and she and Despara begin to grow close. Despara kinda reminds Krass a little bit like Adam. But different. Despara is like the version of Adam that Krass wished he would be.

But then the Horde threatens the Tiger Tribe and so Krass ends her alliance with them and adds the Horde to her list of enemies.

Meanwhile, Adam and the Masters are trying to stop Despara and her Horde from widening the rift enough to release Hordak. Randor is present to participate in one of those fights and he ends up knocking Despara's helmet off her head. Her resemblance to Marlena is uncanny (apart from the yellow hair) and Randor recognizes her immediately. It's her. His long lost daughter. Adora.

Randor calls her "Adora" right then and there, and hearing the name spoken sort of "unlocks" some magic something in Despara and she get's a flash of traumatic memories that give her a headache. Shadow Weaver notices her distress and calls a retreat.

Later, in a strategy meeting, the Masters are discussing what their next steps are to defeating the Horde and someone brings up the "permanent solution" of killing them before they seal the tear, as opposed to kicking them back through the tear then sealing it. In the meeting Randor becomes enraged and shouts that they cannot kill "her". Randor storms from the meeting.

Adam follows him out and finds Randor looking at the family portrait in the corridor.

Its then that Randor points out the wide empty space on the couch and that Marlena specifically requested the artist leave that empty space. When Adam asks why, Randor heaves a mournful sigh, and confesses to Adam that he's not an only child. He used to have a twin. A sister. His twin sister, Adora, who was kidnapped when they were still very young. They never found her and assumed her dead. But now Randor knows what happened to her. She was in another dimension. Taken by the Horde and raised as one of them. Groomed to be one of their leaders. Despara. "Despara is your sister."

Adam hasn't "saved" Krass. Now he's determined to "save" Adora.

Meanwhile, the Horde team doesn't understand what's going on with their leader. Despara is kinda checked-out mentally, and Shadow weaver is doing some kind of mind thing with her magic to fix Despara. Shadow Weaver takes a break, leaving Despara asleep.

Despara is asleep. But "Adora" wakes up. She had no memories before she was 5 and doesn't know where she is. Wearing only whatever kind of padding she wears under her armor (appropriate for a kids show) Adora just wanders out of the Horde team base.

No one on Eternia aside from Randor has seen Despara without her helmet, so no one knows who this lost and slightly dazed looking blond girl is. She wanders in the Tiger Tribe and they give her food and some clothing that's not underwear. Krass shows up and takes it as a good sign that things are getting "back to normal" for the Tiger Tribe. The Tribe feels safe enough to once again start taking in strangers and strays. Krass spends some time with this new girl, shows her around the jungle, introduces her to the cubs. Adora really likes the Tiger Tribe. She wouldn't mind a life as a tiger tribe member. Maybe she'll even go through the ceremony of giving up something from her old life (not that she could remember it) and get her stripes, and officially be adopted into the Tribe. Krass loves this idea and encourages Adora to do it.

But as they're hanging out and having a good time in the jungle, they're attacked by beastapoid bots and in the short skirmish, Adora hits her head and changes back to Despara.

Krass is devastated. This is somehow worse than Adam leaving the Tribe.

But Krass now thinks she's the only one who knows Despara's true identity. She thinks this will give her an edge over Adam. Krass goes to try and barter with Adam that she has information that could defeat the Horde but she'll only give it to him if he agrees to give up being He-Man and come back to the Tiger Tribe after the Horde is gone, and actually do it this time!

Adam's like "you have information about Despara that's bigger than she's my sister?"

And Krass kind just pauses for a sec and is stares at him. Like, it clicks. That's why Despara and Adora both reminded her of all the best parts of Adam she always liked. "She's your sister! I thought she was just a mentally ill girl with memory issues."

Krass agrees to help Adam defeat the Horde if it means also saving Adora.

[???? more plot? this is why shows have more than one writer ????]

They save Adora. Defeat the Horde. And live happily ever after.

Adora gives up her Despara helmet as the thing from her old life she sacrifices to join the Tiger Tribe and gets tattooed with her stripes. Adora is now officially Tiger Tribe.

She was given the option of returning to the palace. But she doesn't know Randor or Adam and they have all these expectations of her and what she should be to them. But in the Tiger Tribe no one knew her before, no one has any ideas of who or what she should be. In the Tiger Tribe Adora has the opportunity to figure out who she is and what she wants in her own time.

Years later, Adam succeeds Randor as King.

Krass is the new chief of the Tiger Tribe and attends King Adam's coronation as a show of solidarity. With her, Chief Krass brings her beloved wife: Adora. The two are very happy together.

Turns out, Adora just has a thing for emotionally volatile women with toxic coping mechanisms.

Adam is so overjoyed that his best friend who he always though of as a sister is now his actual sister by law. And he's happy that his biological sister finally found who she is and found happiness with someone who loves her just as she is.

Everyone lives happily ever after.

Before everyone starts losing their minds and sending threatening letters to creators or bullying people on Twitter, please take a moment to note this paragraph from the article:

This new live action show is not gonna be the long desired sequel to SPOP and, in fact, will not be connected to SPOP in any way. Please do not go into this new show expecting it to be Stevenson’s She-Ra and then feel you were “bated”.

No one is bating you. They are being very clear that the two series have nothing to do with each other.