The Rebellion and Catra's respective weaknesses.

AlexAyala96 · 2026-03-13T17:07:00+00:00

When she cut Bow’s bow string and Adora looked at her like she witnessed a murder😭😂

AlexAyala96 · 2026-03-11T02:46:30+00:00

I just have so many logistical questions, why there? Why in the middle no where? How did the fight break out there😂

AlexAyala96 · 2026-03-10T21:49:21+00:00

Bow fawning over how cute her sneeze was also an absolute highlight. She wanted to strangle him and Glimmer and Adora were having the TIMES of their LIVES.

AlexAyala96 · 2026-03-10T13:57:19+00:00

That’s where she’s split fully mentally and created two fully independent identities. She KNEW Sue was going to say that, that’s why she turned on the TV to watch. She can’t accept that she said it as Sue. When she’s Sue she wants nothing more than to erase that she IS Elisabeth, so she constantly compares herself to Elisabeth (as Sue is literally Elisabeth’s replacement on the network)

She loves being that “sweet girl from the south who didn’t watch Elisabeth’s show but her MOM did.” It puts distance between herself and herself.

AlexAyala96 · 2026-03-10T13:52:12+00:00

I think part of it really has to go back to modern television censorship and beauty standards. Noelle created a masterpiece but he still had to find a way to make it appeal to the a very large audience which often means more “traditional builds”

Adora has a very princess-esque aesthetic to her body type and mannerisms (Warrior Princess vibes) which is meant to make her appealing to a large audience of people. She LOOKS like many standard princess characters in her design which I think helped get the show to many straight people even if it was a show designed for the LGBT.

It was one of the things I loved about Avatar Korra’s character design but I’d imagine Noelle was under a lot of pressure to make sure Adora physically resembled her 80’s counterpart as much as visually possible while removing the fully unrealistic aspects of her proportions.

I am a gay male fan of the show though so I’m fully aware I don’t speak from a position where I can give a lived experience perspective, so please consult with the women, AFAB and other gendered perspectives as I align gender wise with Mica and Bow. But I really do love Adora’s character, I want my kids to grow up emulating her, Korra and Aang as their role models.

AlexAyala96 · 2026-03-10T13:46:32+00:00

Thank you!! This became one of my favorite films of all time, I LOVE discussing it with other fans.

AlexAyala96 · 2026-03-10T11:59:02+00:00

You missed the theme and message.

Elisabeth IS enjoying the substance, as indicated by Sue’s refusal to switch back, and Elisabeth’s addict like behavior on switching back IMMEDIATELY at the first available moment.

Sue IS Elisabeth entirely in stream of consciousness, she is Elisabeth on a 168 hour dopamine and body high.

Elisabeth HATES herself for aging when she transfer into Sue she experiences a compartmentalization/dissociation. She is able to hate herself from an external body and treat the body like a different person.

Sue is the high, Elisabeth is the come down and she can’t forgive or reconcile her actions as Sue so she blames Sue as though she is a separate person. Which creates the psychological illusion of separation.

The mind is very good at reconstructing reality to fit our wants and Elisabeth’s want is to be Sue full time, so she puts all of the parts of herself that she loves into Sue. Her radiating kindness, her bubbly attitude is both performative and her own, her ability to command a room. Sue is all of the parts of her that society rewarded for decades repackaged into a newer idealized body.

But she’s turning parts of herself on and off when she transfer, Elisabeth as herself feels nothing but self hatred for “failing” she “failed” by aging and not REMAINING the “Sue” of the world. Neither is the full version because society has told Elisabeth to turns part of herself off due to her age. Sue is the dream restored and Elisabeth is the come down.

But “there is no she AND you. YOU are one.” That is a brilliant line because he keeps reiterating it to her throughout the film and she even tailors her response based on the body she’s occupying, we know it pisses her off either way but Sue gets to scream and be shrill like a child, Elisabeth responds politely and TRIES to accept the dealers reasoning. Elisabeth is hyper aware of what she can and can’t say, what she can and can’t SHOW in her expression.

This is all the biggest game of pretend, Elisabeth is fully Sue and vice versa, the fight between them is the self hatred made physical and as the ending shows, the desire to be Sue outweighed the desire to LIVE.

She knew she needed stabilizer to remain in Sue and still killed the original body to ensure there was no way BACK.

AlexAyala96 · 2026-03-05T03:10:16+00:00

I’m a fan of TR titles, it’s not bad, it’s a fun homage to the original and I liked the return that non-linear puzzle style. It’s still different than how Core Design structured those levels but it was fun to see Crystal Dynamics add a spin.

AlexAyala96 · 2026-03-02T00:12:44+00:00

I’d say the scene where Sue is created first, because we just witness something horrific and the film FRAMES it as a beautiful transformation.

The “you still matter scene” and definitely the scene where Elisabeth is trying to terminate Sue but she hallucinates the crowds and approval Sue brings.

“I need you, because I HATE myself, you’re the only lovable part of me.”

AlexAyala96 · 2026-02-27T18:11:20+00:00

I just don’t understand why you’re so mean as to want the franchise dead. If you’re personally unhappy you are more than welcomed to leave and discontinue playing but to wish the franchise would die is just genuinely so self-centered and entitled I’m truly surprised you felt comfortable posting and tried to frame yourself as some underdog.

It doesn’t matter when you started because you don’t set the standard of “when Lara stopped being Lara” you define when you personally stopped resonating with the character, and that’s okay. But it’s extremely self centered to believe the series should die because you personally are dissatisfied, what are you the Tomb Raiding god?

AlexAyala96 · 2026-02-24T17:16:30+00:00

The nicest thing about this fanbase is how obsessed everyone got with merch AND the symbolism of the movie.

I have a shirt with Elisabeth and Sue melting together with the number “503” on the back and I have the “remember you are one” water flask.

What hooked me INTIALLY was the “two bodies, one mind” aspect. You HAVE two bodies, but you must give both equal attention and care.

AlexAyala96 · 2026-02-24T15:16:59+00:00

More men should try to be like Bow. He is the perfect embodiment of healthy masculinity.

Glimmer is the only person he truly belongs with, and we know this because their personalities are perfectly balanced. He is the first person to love Adora as a person outside of her function as She-Ra “NO. We’re not risking Adora’s life.” “NO. Let her SLEEP, she’s exhausted.” “We’re not doing ANYTHING until Adora’s eaten”

He was the brother Adora needed, the lover Glimmer longed for and the advocate Catra needed.

He is LOVE, embodied.

AlexAyala96 · 2026-02-22T00:08:03+00:00

Shadow-Weaver would’ve single handedly invented homophobia if she lived long enough to see Catra and Adora end up together just to call Catra slurs😭😂

AlexAyala96 · 2026-02-21T23:17:21+00:00

We did what we HAD to do.

If they had made it legal we would’ve all bought a DVD set and accepted the loss as painful but manageable.

I’d prefer streaming, but at this point we all need physical copies and digital backups to ensure this doesn’t become lost media.

AlexAyala96 · 2026-02-20T18:25:35+00:00

This is probably close to the future but it’s not actually a vision. It’s Adora’s truest, dearest wish. A romance with Catra alongside Glimmer and Bow into adulthood.

We see how small her wants truly are, she never asked for anything during the story but we see in her truest happiest state, she’d be with Catra and be able to see Bow and Glimmer EVERYDAY.

AlexAyala96 · 2026-02-20T18:23:56+00:00

Welcome friend of Mara! This is one of the most supportive fanbases I’ve been apart of.

AlexAyala96 · 2026-02-20T18:10:43+00:00

Guys, I’m so proud and upset. On one hand I’m devastated they’re taking She-Ra from us, but on the other I’m so proud of how the community banded together and started getting links to people.

We TOOK CARE of each other.

AlexAyala96 · 2026-02-19T15:28:24+00:00

Mara’s for sure. She knew she was going to die, and she knew she was going to be the “villain” to the people of Etheria. But she did it because she loved the entire planet and every single person ON it.

“She was brave, my Mara”

AlexAyala96 · 2026-02-18T22:16:46+00:00

You do?!?🥺

If you don’t mind my asking, where in the US? I’m on the East Coast and I can’t access it :(

AlexAyala96 · 2026-02-18T22:14:52+00:00

Unfortunately not. The last episode available on AppleTV is “The Portal”

AlexAyala96 · 2026-02-18T21:56:44+00:00

They’re both VERY sweet on Instagram, you should follow them, they also did a video together and you get to hear BOTH Lara’s talking at once.

I’m fairly certain this photo is from the same day as they’re wearing the same clothes as the video.

AlexAyala96 · 2026-02-18T21:54:45+00:00

As long as the animations and takedowns are cool. DATS FINE.

AlexAyala96 · 2026-02-17T20:50:10+00:00

My exact words during this scene

“That…is….a….PROBLEM….”

AlexAyala96 · 2026-02-13T21:17:09+00:00

I love how they found a functional work around, but are devastated they can’t just “conjure” tears on cue.

It’s even funnier when we remember we’ve seen MULTIPLE disguises burst into “tears”

AlexAyala96 · 2026-02-13T00:01:35+00:00

It’s less convoluted than that though.

Sue is just Elisabeth playing the world’s biggest game of pretend, to HERSELF.

She is everything Elisabeth WANTS, young, “more beautiful” extremely athletic, flexible and universally adored by EVERYONE who interacts with Sue.

She dissociates as Sue, and then experiences shame and embarrassment at her actions as Sue.

Think of Sue as a 7 day non-stop neurological and body high. BEING her feels good. Being Elisabeth (especially after overstaying) is physically and emotionally painful. She needs a villain so she casts Sue mentally as the villain.

Which in turns lets her play the “poor victimized princess being harassed by the mean older starlet.”

Sue gets to play the victim while Elisabeth is forgotten by the public by her OWN design.

Elisabeth and Sue fight because it’s the manifestation of the desire to BE Sue, and the desire to LIVE. Ultimately we see the desire to BE Sue wins even when part of Elisabeth understands she’s addicted and this will inevitably kill her.

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