Sometimes I think about how She Ra actually designed one of it’s most powerful characters– the daughter of an immortal being and powerful sorcerer– tp be short and stockier like me and I just— get all emotional?
I very rarely see short, stockier characters like myself. Most of the time if they’re not stick thing they’re “taller” to balance it out, and if they’re short they’re just petite and skinny.
Glimmer is powerful and brave and capable and finds love and… she has my general body type. I could cosplay her and look similar. I wouldn’t feel like the shorter fatter version of whatever Barbie shaped character I had dressed up as.
I mean gosh, case and point just look at new Glimmer compared to the original design.
Leggy, thin, tight waisted and busty supermodel.
I’ve been self conscious about my body my entire life, largely due to the physical characteristics my Turner’s Syndrome (a chromosomal disorder) gives me: including short stature, broad shield- like chest, thick legs lack of curves/ hips, and a general broad, boxy figure without a lot of definition.
Glimmer is depicted as beautiful and has so many (if not all) of these traits, and I actually like to head canon her as having Turner’s Syndrome like me. It gives me so much comfort.
