I’ll always be a never say never kinda gal, but I’ve come to terms with the fact that we’re not getting a She-Ra movie. More specifically, we’re not getting a feature length follow-up to the animated Netflix series from Dreamworks and showrunner 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:ND Stevenson. It’s something fans have rallied for ever sinc♔e the show came to its end four years ago, but it hasn’t come to pass. Judging from Dreamworks seldom acknowledging its popular existence and much of its creative staff moving onto new projects, it likely never will.
It’s fun to dream though, so as ND Stevenson, AJ Michalka, Aimee Carrero, and Karen Fuku🔴hara got together to celebrate the finale’s fourth anniversary this week, it was the perfect time for the fandom to make themselves heard.
It wasn’t a massive panel discussion or an event poised to break news on all things She-Ra, but rather a hosted by where the four cast and crew members had planned to sign prints, answer fan questions, and catch up for the first time in years. It was akin to meeting up with old friends and reminiscing on a beloved part of their careers, while also talking about popular fan theories, where Catra and Adora ended up after the narrative came to an end, and ♚how it felt to say goodbye and look back on all that transpired.
2025 will mark the fifth anniv🐻ersary, so apologies in advance if I end up writing an exhaustive retrospective. I need to do this in order to surviv꧋e, I promise.
The idea of a movi𒐪e was brought up several times, but never confirmed, and only ever seen as a distant possibility that everyone is too busy to entertain right now, not to mention getting all of this talent back together for one last hurrah is way harder than it ever used to be. ND is planning to publish a new book later this year, Fukuhara is tearing bad guys to pieces in The Boys, while Aimee and AJ have been in myriad films, shows, and music projects since. Such a film would need several miracles in order to happen, although the fact its fandom is still so acti🔜ve and passionate all these years later is a testament to its brilliance.
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Besides, I’m not sure if I’d want anyone to return for a movie if it’s not something they’re creatively invested in. In the times I’ve spoken to Stevenson in the past they have talked about the importance that comes from “passing the baton” as a queer creator, something that was also discussed here, as all four attendees touched on the bittersweet nature ofꦇ saying goodbye, while carrying the knowledge that they’d worked on a show that not only broke queer boundaries, but touched its audience in ways that changed their lives.
If you’re a She-Ra fan looking for more content, the fanart and fanfic communities are still alive and well, and one of the friendliest fandomsಌ I’ve ever been a part of. Sorry I typed fan so many times in that last sentence.
“There were about five years where everything I did and thought and talked and dreamed, even those quiet little moments in the car where you’d be daydreaming, it would always be She-Ra,” Stevenson said near the end of the call. “It was really jarring to suddenly have it be over. I love telling stories, I love living in stoꦐries with other people and sharing those with the world.”
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He goes on to describe it as the end of a high school play,ജ like your character’s role has now come to an end, and you need to figure out what life looks like from here on out. You will still come across your castmates and friends who went on that journey with you, but it will be so different, and that’s a special form of grief not everyone considers.
Stevenson continues: “I try to find peace with not being able to make something last forever, at least not exactly the way it was, but instead looking forward and being like what are ways in which we can create somethin𒈔g new.” There is a beauty to looking back and being proud of the stories you’ve told, and appreciating the fact it had a beginning, middle, and end that didn’t outstay its welcome. She-Ra was exactly that, a period in the lives of those behind it who likely didn’t know what they were creating was ever going to be so special.
One of my favourite parts of the stream is AJ Michalka accidentally saying that she’d love to ride Shadow Weaver instead of Swift Wind if she eꦦver ended up in Etheria.
The nostalgic tone throughout the call and the willingness to play fast and loose with both lore and what She-Ra’s characters are up to all these years later also speaks to the small chance of a movie ever coming to pass, but as I’ve stressed throughout this entire piece, accepting that reality is okay. What I love about queer media like this is how they come to represent times in my life where I was so enthralled that they shaped how I not only view my own identity, but those aroundꦡ me and how I shouldn’t be afraid to embrace love, change, identity, or the challenges of trying new things and saying goodbye.
She-Ra is over, and we likely won’t see a movie materialise in the years to come, but this definitive conclusion doesn’t diminish everythin😼g it has come to represent, ඣand that alone should be celebrated all these years later.
