So yeah. To conclude :

Just because it stands for the new, doesn't mean it stands against the old.

That beauty/feminity that you liked bout the old She-Ra isn't lost here. It's just more adapted to this time and age, like the old cartoon once were and like everything to come shall be one day.



Just keep on liking what you like and don't give time to what you don't by -for example- commenting on every picture related to this reboot about how you think it's bad or ugly.

Well, I actually like both designs basically...But you raised some interesting points that I'll try to answer properly.First of all for contextual purposes, please note that I am french and the first show about She-Ra never really got as much attention as He-Man did here in France at the time. Furthermore, I wasn't even born when all of this was on TV. Everything I learned about them was through what other people told me (older friends, parents, YouTubers, or some movie referencing it, etc.) until recently, so I never got directly "attached" to any of it.Which is why I think my opinion on all this jazz has to be taken with a good grain of salt.To begin, I think it is appropriate for such matters to remember that "Beauty is a subjective concept." Which means that what someone likes might be disliked by someone else and both point of view should be respected because they both have legitimate reasons to be. Nothing has ever been proven to be "objectively" beautiful and that will probably never happen. So, me saying that I like the new design or whatever- is not meant to make you change your mind, because it doesn't really matter. Just like you calling this design "ugly" or that the old one was "better" doesn't really mean much, and might actually only be a disservice to your otherwise reasonable statements, but let's leave it at that.Now from my very distant point of view, both She-Ra shows actually look very "similar" to me.The first show emerged to promote a toy line (like a lot of shows from the 80's) and the second to reboot a franchise with actualized characters and animation (like a lot of shows today). They're simple "Marketing" products, as impactful as they might be for some. But let's try to understand their aesthetic and why they diverge so much.Back then, people who were born/raised through the Golden Age of comics became adults and started to be the ones in charge to create new stuff for the next generation, for an economy that has never been more inclined on mass-production/consumption. And it visually shows. You even rightfully said it yourself : "She-Ra was a beautiful woman because strength and beauty walked together in drawings of heroes of that time (1980s)". The whole show's aesthetic was shaped by its "era" and what preceded it. Probably like your definition of beauty (but I'm extrapolating here so, sorry if I'm wrong). But what about today ?Artists, creators, or adults in general are different now, and their children will be as well. Internet has broadened so many fields, and especially human's "average creativity" -if that's a thing-. The place women hold in today's society is nothing like it was before, and the very concept of feminity and masculinity both get more deconstructed every day because of howthey actually are. So obviously, fictional female characters can be expected to be treated differently now, like male characters are. But why the change if the old She-Ra is still cool today ? Why the flat chest/androgynous look ? And why do people care so much about a cartoon character's boobs ? Because that's the time we live in. Real people care about fictional characters and that's cool. Some women have a flat chest, wide shoulders or even muscle and that's cool. People wanted to reboot She-Ra with a more actualized agenda and that's cool. What you personally experienced as a growing individual might lead you to disagree or dislike it and that's cool too. In the end, and despite every subjective appreciation or criticism people will throw at it, "" is just a cartoon.