Me: One of you!
Me: I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF YOU ABOUT SHE-RA
Me: SPEAK, MORTALS
Coworker: It… was me? I think?
Me: GOOD ENOUGH
Coworker: So, you’re watching She-Ra?
Me: You’re goddamn right I am
Other Coworker: Ooooh I love She-Ra
Me: Excellent, I order you to join the party
Other Coworker: I don’t think you can do that. But I also wanna come, so
Me: Scorpia is a fascinating caricature of a Midwesterner.
Coworkers: Uhhhhhhhhhhhh
Me: In the first episode we see her, she’s like “I’m a hugger!” and grabs people left and right, then several episodes later she harshly criticizes someone for touching her scorpion tail without asking. It’s a small detail- hell, the writers might not have even intended it. But it’s there!
Other Coworker: I don’t… how is that a Midwesterner thing? Because she’s a hugger?
Me: I mean, that’s part-
Other Coworker: That’s not a regional thing. That’s a consent thing. Scorpia is enforcing a clear boundary about where and how she wants to be touched, and she’s making others respect her autonomy.
Me: That’s… my point. When we first meet Scorpia, she grabs Catra. Catra physically resists.
Me: Later that episode, she does it again, and it’s played for laughs.
Me: Later that season, Entrapta does the thing where she grabs the tail and Scorpia ain’t havin none of that shit.
Me: Which is an exaggeration of a Midwesterner*. Scorpia cares very much about her own autonomy. But she doesn’t care about yours.
Other Coworker: Oh. That’s… extremely uncomfortable.
Me: I mean, she’s one of the bad guys. It makes sense.
Coworker: Matt are you doing okay? That’s a very dark line of thought.
Me: WELCOME TO MY BRAIN