The impact She-Ra's finale will have on children (and also adults) watching is impossible to overstate, validating queer fans everywhere who have longed to see their own stories told on screen. Whether that be the happy ending of Catra saving Adora by saying she loves her, or the messy drama of Eve taking Villanelle by surprise by kissing her … We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. 1 Synopsis 2 Plot 3 Characters 4 Organizations 5 Artifacts & technology 6 Locations 7 Trivia 8 Transcript 9 External Links Adora enters the First Ones' citadel with Catra on her tail. By ending Adora and Catra's story like this, She-Ra encourages us to imagine a happy ending for ourselves in the real world too, one where we can also find love and be the heroes of our own stories. Noelle Stevenson and Aimee Carrero break down that surprise ending. You can’t do that. Adora is unable to transform, but Catra manages to reach out to her, the two share a kiss, and with the support of her love, She-Ra brings down the Heart, restoring Etheria's magic, and expels Horde Prime's soul from Hordak's body, freeing him and destroying Prime for good. Heart Part 2 is episode thirteen of the fifth season of She-Ra and the princesses of power, episode 52 in general and the final episode of the series. Straight viewers might have missed it, but the romantic tension has always been palpable between these on-and-off-again enemies, most notably when they danced together in the 'Princess Prom' episode. Although Adora and Catra's relationship always lay at the heart of Netflix's reboot, there was no guarantee that the end of their story would be a happy one. I really hope people just continue to elaborate on, and embellish that, in their own works or in their own stories.". This needs to happen for both of these characters'. “[That episode] comes from a love of teen angst, teen romcoms. Unfortunately, that scene in particular didn't go down well with some of the 'powers-that-be'. "I wanted to make it so integral to the story in a way that – one, they wouldn't be able to take it out, and two, to give it a moment… it's the climax. What's beautiful about the end of She-Ra is that it's open to positive interpretations like this which are grounded in something real. Michalka, and Aimee Carrero discuss Adora and Catra… Stevenson admits that Adora and Catra's big moment almost didn't make it into the finale, even though she always saw it as integral to the story: "I had been wanting to do that since season one, and wasn't sure how much of that I was going to be able to have in the show," she said. As show runner Noelle Stevenson pointed out to us: "Cartoon characters have a long history of crushes, first loves, or a matching partner who looks just like them, but if you have two queer characters blush or hold hands or kiss it's somehow 'inappropriate'. She-Ra too had already made huge strides in this regard over its first four seasons, most notably with Bow's two dads and the non-binary character Double Trouble. This content is imported from {embed-name}. In the wake of the final season, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power showrunner Noelle Stevenson and actors A.J. The power of this moment in particular wasn't lost on Stevenson either, who said: "To have a character be openly queer, it gives young queer kids hope and inspiration that maybe their lives could turn out okay, that there's a future for them as bright as anyone else's, and it helps kids who aren't queer develop empathy and understanding for people who might not be exactly like them.