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She-Ra and the curse of the land

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My original plan was to write a review comparing two Netflix animated fantasy series about warrior princesses that came out during the same time period: Disenchanted and She-Ra. The gesture in itself is already important enough: the setting known as "high fantasy" has been a bastion to conservative imaginations of an idealized past, excusing its imprecision and ignorance to construct an impossible primitive male hero. Surely, there have been numerous exceptions going against the stream, but the figure of the female heroine is finally taking the full spotlight, decentralizing the mainstream of this genre. On the other hand, the personal quest, friendship and transformation also seem to assimilate some of the anime genre of the magical girl. This is why I had high expectations of this entire movement taking place. However, I must confess I was somewhat disappointed by the first season of She-Ra. I was probably overinterpreting things. But since in previous cases I have lea