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Marina Montenegro's avatar

Forever grateful for this show. Seeing lesbians get a happy ending is what made me realize, in my mid-twenties, that I was gay. It changed my entire life. I met my girlfriend on a She-Ra discord. We're so happy. Thank you, so so much, thank you.

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Yanchi's Written Voice's avatar

As a nonbinary person who recently got the physical copy of the entirety of She-ra on DVD, this makes me so happy. Always been a huge fan of your work and hope this year is treating you and your partner well ❤️

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Mabel Jean's avatar

OMG where did you get the dvd set???? I need it!!

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Yanchi's Written Voice's avatar

Surprisingly enough, I got it from Amazon. Be careful though: the slots for the DVDs aren't made very well so I resorted to putting them in my CD case.

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Bina's avatar

i could only find the first three seasons on DVD - how did you track down four and five?

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Clare's avatar

They bought a bootleg. Only the first three seasons were released on DVD by DreamWorks.

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Blake's avatar

You have no idea how much this show means to me. I identify with Adora 100%, she's the reason I got my ADHD diagnosis as well (no joke lol)

At the same time, you helped me to accept and find myself in my queerness and personality. Not only with She-Ra, but Nimona as well, that helped me in my non-binary and lesbian self-acceptance.

You are amazing! Thank you for your incredible books, series and shows.

Lots of love from Brazil 🇧🇷♥️

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Blake's avatar

OMG OFF TOPIC BUT NETOSSA AND SPINNERELLA HAD A CHILD? THAT'S SO ADORABLE OMGGGGG

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JP's avatar

I THOUGHT THE SAME THING AND SQUEALED FOR JOY

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Ari Daniels's avatar

When I stumbled across this show in 2022, I was homeless and on the brink of death - which is a pretty jarring way to start a comment, but accurate nonetheless. My life had been wrecked by the dual meat grinders of poverty and mental illness, and I saw very little in myself worth fighting for. She-Ra’s portrayal of Catra - specifically her attachment trauma - was the first time I’d ever seen a person like me receive a happy ending, in fiction or reality. It allowed me to imagine one of my own for the first time in my adult life.

I began to pursue my dream of writing while I was still institutionalized. I was able to score a youth arts internship through the homeless shelter I lived at - and another once I’d secured housing. A cute girl read one of my She-Ra fics a few months later, and…well, long story short, I’m typing this from her car, which is currently packed with my belongings. We’re closing the long-distance gap today and are happier than ever. *I* am happier than ever.

I want to design video games one day. I don’t think I’m ever going to work on something as culturally impactful as She-Ra, to be honest- shows like this don’t come around very often. But I was probably supposed to die in some LA underpass at the age of 23, and now I’m a thriving college student with a whole future ahead of me. That’s the sort of beauty that speaks for itself.

Thank you for this comic, and thank you for your role in bringing She-Ra to the world.

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Loussine's avatar

this got me.....teary eyes and all, thank you for it 5 years ago, thank you for it now

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Diana Huh's avatar

Damn Nate this got me. I owe so much of my growth as a person and as an artist to being on Shera. Still so grateful to you for it all, love you

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ND Stevenson's avatar

WEHHH DIANA

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Mary's avatar

I've honestly had no choice BUT to reflect often on what She-Ra has meant to me over the past five(ish, I got to the series in June 2020) years, because it was the catalyst for me working out that I was a lesbian after 28 years of life and most of that time spent refusing to explore the possibility... seeing this beautiful celebration of the five-year mark and being literally en route with my girlfriend and all her belongings to her new home, thereby closing our long-distance gap, is making it all hit that much harder. The Spinnetossa panel especially, with all my own hopes for the future. I'm not sure there are even adequate words to express my gratitude at this point, for this and for all of it. 💕

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As a newly out nonbinary person, thank you for creating this beautiful work, it helped me become my true self and feel more like me, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power truly means a lot to me

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Dee's avatar

Nate, thank you so much…I’m sick today and I was really hoping for something like this. Thank you thank you 😭🙏 Miss them all so much. Just totally wild that it’s been 5 years already

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Chris's avatar

I enjoy a good late Thursday afternoon cry.

Thank you, friend.

<3

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AD's avatar

She-Ra is what made me come out in my 30s.

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sopa's avatar

omg i can't believe it's been 5 years! thank you so for your work 🥺

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Goyavoyage's avatar

Ah, frick, this is beautiful. Thank you, again, again, for She-ra, and for giving more weight to the word Stay.

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Brian's avatar

Thank you so much for the show and for this as well!

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Raine Magnus's avatar

I'm a queer transfeminine person in her late 40's. I spent most of my life in denial about my sexuality, repressing my femininity, and living in near-total ignorance of anything outside the gender binary. What I wouldn't have given to have this show or something like it when I was growing up. That young people get to see it means the world to me. I simply don't have the words to tell you how grateful I am to you and all those who worked together to give us this series, so I'm simply going to say thank you.

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