For me this is the modern She-Ra and the Princesses of Power show.

  • TheDoozer@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I feel like a major turning point was

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    when he first got captured by Peridot and taken on the ship. It opened up the story of a silly boy in a silly town in a silly world to an ongoing threat with past traumas and future looming with danger, and an empire that wasn’t just an enemy of the past. And Steven turned into a member of the team with power of his own, not just a child to be watched.

    I also found it interesting that as Steven grew, matured, and became more loveable,

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    his mom became worse and worse the more you learn of her, despite so many people that loved her, and Steven is the one who has to suffer for it. The movie just hammers the point in unequivocally.

    Tried using spoiler tag for those that haven’t watched.