Thursday, May 21, 2020

She-Ra, Star Wars, and the Road to Redemption

Trust is hard to win and easy to lose.

Been thinking about that in various shapes for a while now - can't imagine why - but trust is a thing as worth earning as it is easy to break. Inherent dangers of oversimplification accepted, I feel like this comes pretty close to a universal truth for multiple contexts, because it happens with things as well as people. Just ask any Star Wars fan how they feel about various trilogies in the saga and their journey to looking forward to (or not) new films over the years, and what percentage of that may or may not relate to "fixing" issues with previous installments (The Force Awakens literally opens with the line "This will begin to make things right."). Losing trust isn't always an ending, but it means you have to do the work of getting it back.

So, how does this relate to the kids cartoon about the magic sword lesbians?

Like the title says, it's a road.