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beyondthealgorithmUsername: beanboy
Preferred Genres: fiction, poetry, feminist & queer stuff, action
DNW Genres: horror
Preferred Media Types: books, tv shows
DNW Media Types: none
General Likes: feel-good, women with swords, found family, explicit queer & BIPOC representation
General DNWs: animal harm / death, rape, ambiguous endings
Fandom Preferences: all of the things listed and just new content?
Requests for Content Warnings: rape and anything non-consensual (even if its consensual noncon), animal harm
Examples of Media Enjoyed: Community, Pacific Rim, The Queen's Gambit, Letterkenny
Examples of Media to Avoid: None
Streaming Services I Can Access: Hulu, Netflix
Languages I'm Comfortable With: English
Preferred Genres: fiction, poetry, feminist & queer stuff, action
DNW Genres: horror
Preferred Media Types: books, tv shows
DNW Media Types: none
General Likes: feel-good, women with swords, found family, explicit queer & BIPOC representation
General DNWs: animal harm / death, rape, ambiguous endings
Fandom Preferences: all of the things listed and just new content?
Requests for Content Warnings: rape and anything non-consensual (even if its consensual noncon), animal harm
Examples of Media Enjoyed: Community, Pacific Rim, The Queen's Gambit, Letterkenny
Examples of Media to Avoid: None
Streaming Services I Can Access: Hulu, Netflix
Languages I'm Comfortable With: English
Rec: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Date: 2020-12-23 03:44 am (UTC)I feel like I’m about to rec you something that is popular enough you have likely already decided whether you will or will not watch it, BUT. It touches on basically all of the things you mention liking, so JUST IN CASE you have no opinion on this one yet, I'll try to sway you!
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power is an animated series on Netflix. The show is complete at 5 seasons. It is a kids cartoon, but I think it’s easily enjoyed by adults, too. I mean, I enjoyed it! :’D Girl finds magic sword that turns her into a superhero, and then fights evil! With friends! (But evil isn’t always black-and-white.)
It’s got a diverse cast of characters (and the voice acting cast is pretty diverse, too, which I think is uncommon for American animated series), including more queer characters than you can shake a stick at. Superpowered princess wives! Adorable gay dads who work in a library! Nonbinary shapeshifter character who uses they/them pronouns! Main ship is F/F friends-to-enemies-to-friends-to-lovers! And even more characters than that! There are literally too many to list off the top of my head.
No content warnings here as it is a kids show. It does deal with some serious topics including some mind control scenes, but due to its rating, there is no graphic or sexual content at all. Also, one of the characters does acquire a cat, but iirc nothing harmful ever happens to them within the show. <3
All-in-all, it's a feel-good story about friends, and family, and families of choice, and how good friendships actually require that people put in effort, and how everyone deserves to be loved and to be treated with respect, and ALSO being queer is super chill and normal. (I'm SO thrilled that shows such as this one are being created for kids, especially. I know it would have been such a positive influence on my own life while I was growing up.)
It’s full of action! It's full of heart! I highly recommend it! :D
Re: Rec: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Date: 2021-01-06 04:40 pm (UTC)I have seen some content related to She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, but I haven't really formed an opinion on the media. I did see a comic about how empowering the representation was in the show!
I'm really intrigued by the "But evil isn't always black-and-white" bit because I think something that does turn me off from kid shows is the fact that everything goes well for the heroes, which is a totally valid way of writing a child's show, but it's just not something I want. However, this part of the show seems really interesting and it seems like it opens the door to some thought-provoking moments.
I cannot believe how diverse the cast is, especially for a kid's show! Just based on the representation in this show, this seems like something that I would enjoy.
I'm currently watching Letterkenny right now because a new season just came out, but I'm close to finishing it and I definitely need something else to fill in my time. This sounds absolutely perfect to what I'm looking for! I'll probably start it within the week (depending on my course and work load). Thank you so much for the recommendation; you have successfully swayed me to be interested in this show!
Re: Rec: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Date: 2021-01-14 04:25 am (UTC)I really hope you'll like it!!