She-Ra Discussion, Meta and Fanworks

This is my second favorite episode of season one. I love just how much it fleshed out Adora's ducked up childhood. This poor girl has never learned to relax because all things must be in service to the Horde. And there was just so much gaslighting. You know her entire childhood was Shadow Weaver telling her how she was/ would be nothing without the Horde and how she actually wanted what Shadow Weaver wanted for her. One thing that struck me was just how touchy SW was with Adora and how visibly uncomfortable Adore was with it. In the flashback in "Promise" Adora looks terrified when SW strokes her cheek. I would love to know what that's about.