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** She-Ra was made by the first ones, who were an intergalactic empire. Obviously their abilities would be intended to work in space. Being more specific, Glimmer's problem is she's too far from her Runestone, where as She-Ra is her own runestone.
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** Season 5 confirms Hordak is from a literal brainwashing cult hivemind with a purification ritual to prevent him from questioning or becoming worldly in any way. Wrong Hordak shows that the clones can be deprogrammed with a positive support system, but Hordak did not have a "scrambled" brain to make him less aggressive, so he probably spent his first days on Etheria as a violent raving evangelist in the midst of an existential crisis and turned everyone off from helping him.
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** Madame Razz said that the First Ones created the Sword of Protection to control She-Ra, meaning they somehow bound She-Ra to the sword, so that whoever wields it can access She-Ra's powers. The First Ones ''made'' She-Ra dependent on the sword. Also, seeing as how only Mara and Adora could use it, it's likely the First Ones built the sword so only of their own, and not an inhabitant of Etheria could use the sword. It seems like the First Ones were knew to cover all their bases.
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* The elemental powers of Glimmer, Mermista, Perfuma, Frosta and Scorpia come from the magical stones that allow them to channel the natural magic of Etheria. Earlier in the series it was implied ''all'' of the princesses get their powers like that, but later it is revealed that there are only five stones, tied to the aforementioned princesses. But Spinnerella is also shown to possess the elemental power of wind, which (as seen in season 5) makes her just as strong as the other princesses... So what is the source of her powers? It doesn't look like she's using sorcery as characters like Castaspella and Micah are doing, because their magic looks visually different and requires specific hand movements and sigils, whereas Spinnerella's powers seem to come as natural to her as they come to the other princesses.

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* The elemental powers of Glimmer, Mermista, Perfuma, Frosta and Scorpia come from the magical stones Runestones that allow them to channel the natural magic of Etheria. Earlier in the series it was implied ''all'' of the princesses get their powers like that, but later it is revealed that there are only five stones, tied to the aforementioned five princesses. But Spinnerella is also shown to possess the elemental power of wind, which (as seen in season 5) makes her just as strong as the other princesses... So what is the source of her powers? It doesn't look like she's using sorcery as characters like Castaspella and Micah are doing, because their magic looks visually different and requires specific hand movements and sigils, whereas Spinnerella's powers seem to come as natural to her as they come to the other princesses.
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* Since it's revealed She-Ra is some kind of a protector spirit of Etheria, and her existence isn't dependent on someone wielding the Sword of Protection, why didn't Etheria make someone else into She-Ra between Mara and Adora? The Horde had been doing major damage to the planet and its inhabitants for decades, so wouldn't Etheria have needed a new She-Ra long before Adora came around?

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* Since it's revealed She-Ra is some kind of a protector spirit of Etheria, and her existence isn't dependent on someone wielding the Sword of Protection, why didn't Etheria make someone anyone else into She-Ra between Mara and Adora? The Horde had been doing major damage to the planet and its inhabitants for decades, so wouldn't Etheria have needed a new She-Ra long before Adora came around?

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* Since it's revealed She-Ra is some kind of a protector spirit of Etheria, and her existence isn't dependent on someone wielding the Sword of Protection, why didn't Etheria make someone else into She-Ra between Mara and Adora? The Horde had been doing major damage to the planet and its inhabitants for decades, so wouldn't Etheria have needed a new She-Ra long before Adora came around?
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** It’s important to remember that Micah was sent to Beast Island back when the first Princess Alliance was still formed, in the earlier stages of the war. It’s possible that the Horde was not as strong back then or didn’t same strategic advantage. We don’t know the full circumstances. Also remember that Micah’s “death” plays a huge role in what happens later, since Angella blamed herself for what happened and, in her depression, allowed the Alliance to fall apart. Not to mention Micah is clearly a powerful sorcerer. Beast Island wasn’t enough to finish him off, so keeping him as hostage likely may not work. It’s possible we’ll get more info on this in the next season

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** It’s important to remember that Micah was sent to Beast Island back when the first Princess Alliance was still formed, in the earlier stages of the war. It’s possible that the Horde was not as strong back then or didn’t same strategic advantage. We don’t know the full circumstances. Also remember that Micah’s “death” plays a huge role in what happens later, since Angella blamed herself for what happened and, in her depression, allowed the Alliance to fall apart. Not to mention Micah is clearly a powerful sorcerer. Beast Island wasn’t enough to finish him off, so keeping him as hostage likely may not work. It’s possible we’ll get more info on this in the next season
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** Angella is clearly quite different from any other inhabitants of Bright Moon. There is a [=WMG=] that she is actually one the First Ones, which might explain physical differences as well as her immortality. Maybe she was the sole survivor of Mara's rebel cell, and after Mara's death she decided to stay in Bright Moon? Maybe the original dynasty of Bright Moon died for some reason (possibly during the events of Mara's rebellion), and she was elected to become the new ruler?



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* The elemental powers of Glimmer, Mermista, Perfuma, Frosta and Scorpia come from the magical stones that allow them to channel the natural magic of Etheria. Earlier in the series it was implied ''all'' of the princesses get their powers like that, but later it is revealed that there are only five stones, tied to the aforementioned princesses. But Spinnerella is also shown to possess the elemental power of wind, which (as seen in season 5) makes her just as strong as the other princesses... So what is the source of her powers? It doesn't look like she's using sorcery as characters like Castaspella and Micah are, because their magic looks visually different and requires specific hand movements and sigils, whereas Spinnerella's powers seem to come as natural to her as they come to the other princesses.

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* The elemental powers of Glimmer, Mermista, Perfuma, Frosta and Scorpia come from the magical stones that allow them to channel the natural magic of Etheria. Earlier in the series it was implied ''all'' of the princesses get their powers like that, but later it is revealed that there are only five stones, tied to the aforementioned princesses. But Spinnerella is also shown to possess the elemental power of wind, which (as seen in season 5) makes her just as strong as the other princesses... So what is the source of her powers? It doesn't look like she's using sorcery as characters like Castaspella and Micah are, are doing, because their magic looks visually different and requires specific hand movements and sigils, whereas Spinnerella's powers seem to come as natural to her as they come to the other princesses.
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* The elemental powers of Glimmer, Mermista, Perfuma, Frosta and Scorpia come from the magical stones that allow them to channel the natural magic of Etheria. Earlier in the series it was implied ''all'' of the princesses get their powers like that, but later it is revealed that there are only five stones, tied to the aforementioned princesses. But Spinnerella is also shown to possess the elemental power of wind, which (as seen in season 5) makes her just as strong as the other princesses... So what is the source of her powers? It doesn't look like she's using sorcery as characters like Castaspella and Micah are, because their magic looks visually different and requires specific hand movements and sigils, whereas Spinnerella's powers seem to come as natural to her as they come to the other princesses.
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* The powers of She-Ra and the princesses are explicitly tied to planetary magic of Etheria, so when Glimmer is abducted to space, she can't use her teleport powers. But Adora is still able to turn into She-Ra and use her magical powers, both on other planets and in space. Why can she do it but Glimmer can't?
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** part of her character arc this season was learning to focus more so odds are yes she was trying to focus on the mission at hand

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** part Part of her character arc this season was learning to focus more more, so odds are yes are, yes, she was trying to focus on the mission at handhand.



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** You've also got to remember that Entrapta doesn't quite follow the same logic as most people. It's possible that her entire goal was "Identify Hordak," not "Identify ''and Save'' Hordak." Once she managed that, she considered the task done and switched to a different objective. It might have only occurred to her later that she could be genuinely reunited with her dear friend, or she might have been unable to make the connection between "finding" and "reuniting with" Hordak, thus she didn't realize that there was anything she could do at the time to help her with the latter goal. It's in-character for Entrapta to not take people into consideration with her plans (even when she's using tech to help the Princess Alliance, she only comes up with the tech aspect; she needs to be told outright whether the tech will be beneficial or harmful to the team). She's taking baby steps.
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** Considering the timeline: Bow is around the same age as Glimmer. Glimmer's father was lost early in the war against the Horde, which means Glimmer (and therefore, Bow) had to be born shortly before or just after the war started. Bow's father George was a soldier in that initial conflict who became disillusioned around that same time. You know what happens a lot in war? Orphans. Orphans happen. It's not crazy to think that George would be particularly compassionate toward war the war orphans, and since he and Lance seem to genuinely enjoy fatherhood, and apparently have the resources, there isn't a reason given why they ''wouldn't'' have adopted children. Also, since they're quick to consider Adora and Glimmer as part of their family, it's possible some of their children aren't even "adopted" in the legal sense, just young refugees under their care for a period of time who are likewise considered family. There's also the possibility that Bow is a biological child of one of the two from a previous relationship (with his mother also being a war causality), explaining his appearance. George and Lance could have both come into the relationship with children of their own, and they could have adopted more after getting together. Considering we know nothing of their romantic history, there's a huge number of potential origins for their 13 children.
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** Hordak quickly points out that A, Catra is also Shadow Weaver's ward, so presumably Shadow Weaver was supposed to be training them both (and possibly others) to fulfill the Force Captain position, and B, Shadow Weaver is the only one trying to get Adora back into the Horde after her defection. Shadow Weaver is the one pouring all her energy into Adora, ignoring other responsibilities in favor of this one person. Hordak's hands-off approach to running things just compounded the problem. He doesn't know the intricacies of his organization. He knows they have a large number of recruits (and, considering his history as part of a HiveMind CloneArmy, probably assumes they're likewise interchangeable) and believes they have no staffing problem. If Shadow Weaver didn't have target-blindness for Adora, or if Hordak had literally any other person helping run his army near Shadow Weaver's level, there wouldn't have been a problem filling the Force Captain slot Adora rejected.
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** It's also possibly a nickname (Rainbow has been suggested as a full name on Tumblr). It might even have been his sneaky way of renaming himself, noticing the MeaningfulName trend among the princesses, while his dads would have no reason to suspect that he was referring to a weapon/skill they had no idea he had.
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** Horde Prime specifically notes that Adora's existence must mean there is some enclave of survivors somewhere. He considers it nothing more than a curiosity, but it's also a bit of FanficFuel for Adora meeting her family.
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** We have no idea about the speed of time in the Etheria dimension. Are you sure it isn't the case of YearOutsideHourInside?

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** We have no idea about the speed of time in the Etheria dimension.dimension relative to the outside universe. Are you sure it isn't the case of YearOutsideHourInside?
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**We have no idea about the speed of time in the Etheria dimension. Are you sure it isn't the case of YearOutsideHourInside?
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** The narrative wanted to focus on his relationship with Entrapta and get Imp out of the way, so it didn't show whether he thought of Imp or not. Hordak only remembered Entrapta because he found the Luvd crystal, so it's possible he needed something to induce memory recall, like a little Imp shoe or seeing his face (as with Catra).
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*** After re-watching the Promise again, I'm beginning to clear up my confusion. When someone keeps saying 'it's not because I like you' with every other sentence, it becomes clear they are in denial. Catra is definitely not honest with her own feelings so it makes sense she won't admit she is in love with Adora. Also, I realize now that if the situation is reverse, it still won't happen. Adora would not LEAVE the Rebellion and go back to Catra, because Adora puts the fate of the world before her own relationships and Catra's first instinct is to perceive this as a sign of rejection. Even if Adora thought the Horde were the good guys, if Catra wanted to leave, Adora would not leave with her, because Adora, due to Shadow Weaver's manipulations, believes she supposed think of others and never herself.

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*** After When re-watching the Promise again, I'm beginning to clear up my confusion. When Promise, it becomes less confusing. If someone keeps saying 'it's not because I like you' with every other sentence, it becomes clear it's a good sign that they are in denial. Catra is definitely not honest with her own feelings so it makes sense she won't admit she is in love with Adora. Also, I realize now Also worth mentioning is that if the situation is reverse, it still won't happen. was reversed, Adora herself would not LEAVE the Rebellion and go back to Catra, because Catra if Catra asked. Adora puts the fate of the world before her own relationships and Catra's first instinct is to perceive this as a sign of rejection. Even if Adora thought the Horde were the good guys, if Catra wanted to leave, Adora would not leave with her, because Adora, due to Shadow Weaver's manipulations, believes she supposed think of others and never herself.
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*** After re-watching the Promise again, I'm beginning to clear up my confusion. When someone keeps saying 'it's not because I like you' with every other sentence, it's becomes clear they are in denial. Catra is definitely not honest with her own feelings so it makes sense she won't admit she is in love with Adora. Also, I realize now it would happen in reverse. Adora would not LEAVE the Rebellion and go back to Catra, because Adora puts the fate of the world before her own relationships and Catra's first instinct is to perceive this as a sign of rejection

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*** After re-watching the Promise again, I'm beginning to clear up my confusion. When someone keeps saying 'it's not because I like you' with every other sentence, it's it becomes clear they are in denial. Catra is definitely not honest with her own feelings so it makes sense she won't admit she is in love with Adora. Also, I realize now that if the situation is reverse, it would happen in reverse. still won't happen. Adora would not LEAVE the Rebellion and go back to Catra, because Adora puts the fate of the world before her own relationships and Catra's first instinct is to perceive this as a sign of rejectionrejection. Even if Adora thought the Horde were the good guys, if Catra wanted to leave, Adora would not leave with her, because Adora, due to Shadow Weaver's manipulations, believes she supposed think of others and never herself.
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***After re-watching the Promise again, I'm beginning to clear up my confusion. When someone keeps saying 'it's not because I like you' with every other sentence, it's becomes clear they are in denial. Catra is definitely not honest with her own feelings so it makes sense she won't admit she is in love with Adora. Also, I realize now it would happen in reverse. Adora would not LEAVE the Rebellion and go back to Catra, because Adora puts the fate of the world before her own relationships and Catra's first instinct is to perceive this as a sign of rejection
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** Catra is an incredibly stubborn and messed up person and her relationship with Adora was unhealthy and codependet at the start of the series. She loved Adora but at the same time envied and resented her for being Shadow Weaver's favourite. When she finally had the upper hand, she didn't want to just give it up; she wanted Adora to come with her, not vice versa, and took her refusal to do so as a personal betrayal. After that moment every encounter that the two had only expanded the gulf between them and fuelled up Catra's stubborn streak, twisting her love into cruel obsession. Catra had to lose everything she had before she was emotionally ready to open up to Adora again, and figure out her true feelings. And even then she almost left Adora again, unable to accept her martyr complex, until right at the end.
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** For the same reason many abused people stay with their abusers: fear of retaliation. From Catra's perspective, no matter how scrappy the Princess Alliance proves to be, they're always just one major loss away from total defeat. The Horde is demonstrably larger, better equipped, plus Shadow Weaver and Hordak are scary as hell. At the beginning of the series, at least, Catra is more scared of them than she believes in Adora.
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** I agree. Double Trouble wanted entertainment, they directly say that they were trying to get a rise out of Catra, and earlier mentioned enjoying seeing people's reactions, especially to things Double Trouble themself has done. There weren't a lot of a ways to better provoke her, and they weren't likely to settle for momentary surprise or anger. They hit her where it would hurt the most to garner the biggest reaction and at the same time display their skill as an actor.
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** In season 5, Horde Prime does not use generals, and Hordak's previous status is unclear. It's possible that Horde Prime may have used clone generals in the past but has since discontinued the process, that Hordak was a particularly useful or intelligent clone, or that Hordak misinterpreted his value to Horde Prime.

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** In season 5, Horde Prime does not use generals, and Hordak's previous status is unclear. It's possible that Horde Prime may have used clone generals in the past but has since discontinued the process, practice, that Hordak was an exception as a particularly useful or intelligent clone, or that Hordak misinterpreted his value to Horde Prime.
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** In season 5, Horde Prime does not use generals, and Hordak's previous status is unclear. It's possible that Horde Prime may have used clone generals in the past but has since discontinued the process, that Hordak was a particularly useful or intelligent clone, or that Hordak misinterpreted his value to Horde Prime.
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Adora was (probably) born on Eternia, but we never see it referenced as more than a password in the series. She DOES however arrive on Etheria as an infant. This was probably just a minor typo.


* Horde Prime claims he wiped out the First Ones hundreds of years ago, but Adora came to Eternia when she was a baby, roughly 17 years before the start of the series. So doesn't that mean some of the First Ones are still alive somewhere in the universe?

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* Horde Prime claims he wiped out the First Ones hundreds of years ago, but Adora came to Eternia Etheria when she was a baby, roughly 17 years before the start of the series. So doesn't that mean some of the First Ones are still alive somewhere in the universe?
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