She-Ra: Princess of Power/Headscratchers

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  • A quote from the main page:

Interestingly, the opening narration is almost identical to the one from He-Man, except that every place He-Man says "power," She-Ra says something different. E.g., "Fabulous secret powers were revealed to me" -> "Fabulous secrets were revealed to me"; ... "By the power of Grayskull!" -> "For the honor of Grayskull!"; ... "I have the poweeeeer!" -> "I am She-Raaaaa!"; ... "I became He-Man, the most powerful man in the universe" -> omitted entirely. Insert feminist rant here.

    • They just wanted it to sound a little different. She-Ra might be technically the Princess of Power but how often is she really referred to as that? The show still mentions she's the most powerful woman in the universe, they just didn't want the openings to be identical.
  • Shadow Weaver's fluctuating power. She spends 95% of the show as a serious threat and quite possibly the most dangerous villain on either Ethera or Eternia but every now and then they'll just have someone completely overpower her as if it was nothing. If the can defeat one of the top two members of the Horde so easily why haven't the rebels won?
  • Hordak had kidnapped Adora as a baby and raised her as his own, right? So why did they use magic to keep her evil since they could raise her to believe evil is right? It's not like she would remember her old life or upbringing since she was so young. It would probably be too complex for a kid's show at the time but it still bugs me.
    • When they went to kidnap Adam and Adora, Skeletor and Hordak knew the twins had a 'special destiny' though they did not know exactly what that was. Considering they were the children of the rulers that actually managed to completely repel the Horde, they likely didn't want to take any chances. Even after brainwashing and magic, Hordak and Shadow Weaver still treat her turning against them as something they knew would happen if the magic failed. Plus, they knew the Sorceress and people of Eternia would be searching for her.
  • Throughout the series the villains have captured both Adora and She-Ra several times. Even if they somehow managed not to notice they carried the exact same sword, a sword Shadow Weaver easily sensed great power within. Shadow Weaver even had a clear interest in analysing it in the pilot, and had assumed She-Ra had stole it. Did they just forget about the powerful magical weapon wielded by their greatest enemy that showed up right around the time everything hit the fan?
    • This bugs me as well, for different reasons. Not that no one in the Horde put two and two together per se, but that Adora/She-Ra made as big a deal about keeping her secret as He-Man. In He-Man's case he has an excuse: if Skeletor found out he was Adam, Randor and Marlena would be even bigger targets than they are now. She-Ra's already wanted as the rebellion's biggest gun: why hide her identity as the ex-Force Captain?
      • Especially since Force Captain Adora is a wanted traitor, so she's a high priority target for the Horde in either identity.
      • Possibly it has something to do with the Crystal Castle. She-Ra is the only individual who is privy to its location and secrets. Maybe the logic was that they could try to force Adora to reveal its location, if it became known that they were the same person, and the show just didn't last long enough to clarify that.
    • There's a difference between having the Horde consider you a traitor and high priority target and having them know you're the one whose pretty much single handedly turning the battle against them. If they knew one of them would put two and two together and figure out Adam/He-Man and Adam, at the very least, would find himself dead when Shadow Weaver portals into his bedroom at night and eliminates a large threat. It's also important that they believe Adora and She-Ra are seperate threats. If they knew She-Ra was neutralised whenever they had Adora captured they'd become more aggressive, knowing She-Ra couldn't stop them. In fact, if I remember correctly, She-Ra/Adora managed to get out of a few tight spots because the Horde turned their attention to capturing her alter-ego instead of focussing on her. And also consider what would happen if teh Horde realized they could have She-Ra as a weapon by simply having Shadow Weaver enslave her mind.
    • Also goes towards the guest appearances made by Adam/He-Man. Didn't anyone, good or evil, find it at all interesting that He-man always showed up when Adam was visiting and never otherwise?
      • Actually, they did show up as only one of their identities on a few occasions ("The Price Of Freedom", for example, had Adam change to He-Man as soon as he arrived and he stayed that way the whole episode). They also know that He-Man/She-ra are in the same position as Adam/Adora, siblings on different worlds so it makes sense for them both to visit at the same time.
  • Something I don't get is when did Kowl and Madame Razz learn that Adora is She-Ra? More specifically, why those two?
    • I've given that a lot of thought myself and figured it was because Madame Razz is Adora's mother figure and they're among the few who wouldn't blurt it out by accident. Bo and Glimmer mean well but when they get mad or upset they don't think before they speak.
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