She-Ra and the Princesses of Power ended the series with Season 5 this week and fans are having so many emotions about it. Noelle Stevenson delivered an amazing finale that managed to pay off a bunch of lingering story threads. Some long-awaited developments had the fanbase in absolute hysterics on Friday and that has carried into the weekend. In fact, the run-up to Thursday night featured a party with the cast on social media that basically turned into one giant outpouring of love. So, there’s been plenty for She-Ra fans to celebrate. Comicbook.com’s Rollin Bishop talked to the showrunner about her ideas for the finale and bringing everything together.
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“It was something I definitely knew from the start, the basic arc of the show. When I pitched the show, I pitched basically the full 52 episodes,” Stevenson began. “So we always knew that this was going to be the space season. We always knew this was going to be the Horde Prime season. And so that part was, a lot of it was laid out from the start. But within that, I think we were pretty free to explore and expand and follow threads to the conclusion that we found the most interesting. So in a lot of ways, it was something that we found along the way. And a lot of ways it was something that I was really passionate about from the beginning of the show.”
She added, “So it’s something that I think we just wanted to make sure that every character’s conclusion felt natural and it felt like something almost inevitable, something that we’ve been building to since the beginning. And my hope is when, in the future when people watch this all as a whole, it will be really clear where we were going and it will be like, ‘Oh, that was what that meant. And this is where it ended up.’ So I’m hoping that it’s a satisfying story to watch as a whole because that was sort of how it was developed.”
Stevenson also told Comicbook.com about what she wanted viewers to take from the show once it reached this amazing conclusion.
“I hope that, like I said, I hope that the threads, especially as it relates to each character that we’ve been playing with since the beginning of the show that it falls into place and it feels satisfying and it feels like I said, inevitable, but this is where it had to go. This is how it had to happen. And I also hope that it brings a little bit of light in the darkness, because it is a dark time right now,” she elaborated. “And I hope that to see these characters struggle and fight and fail and try again, is something that really comforts everybody watching it and that there is hope and that there is light in the darkness and that it offers us a model of how to be strong and how to be brave in a world that is often out of our control. Yeah. So I hope that it brings a little bit of comfort to our viewers.”
Did you love the She-Ra finale? Let us know in the comments! Check out the fan reactions down below:
She-Ra did good
The season finale of she-ra filled the hole voltron left in me and now im so happy pic.twitter.com/bmi9jWLGtV
โ Gem๐๐ป (@bigyikesppl) May 16, 2020
Worth screaming about
when i tell you guys i S C R E A M E D at the she-ra season finale!!!!!!!!!!!!!
โ killua’s real mom (@tizzmarizz) May 17, 2020
So many emotions
anyway now that i am sober and also it’s not the middle of the night anymore: she-ra season finale was fine. honestly wasn’t super fussed on anything that didn’t include the 4 characters i care about, but it was cute. no spoilers but i felt like certain characters uhhhhhh
โ Cats (2019) @ HORDAK IS ALL I CARE FOR (@dantalione) May 16, 2020
SO good
UM OK SEASON FINALE OF SHE-RA WAS SO GOOD???
โ Eli the Red Panda (@yorialu) May 16, 2020
Relatable reaction
-big ugly sobs, stuffing popcorn into her mouth- that she-ra season finale was AWESOME.
โ Emma Swan (@uglyducklingem) May 16, 2020
Vv Fire
But this She-Ra Season Finale ๐ฅ๐ฅโจ๐ฅ๐ฅ
โ The Black Wallflower๐บ (@The_SweetTalker) May 16, 2020
Can’t say it enough
the she-ra season finale was so well done,,,,
โ ๐น๐๐น๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐ถ (@calciteking) May 16, 2020
Thank You so much
Happy with the season finale of she-ra……thank you from my gay heart
โ Thankful sunflowre (@realsunflowre) May 16, 2020
Everything you could want
This is going to sound really stupid, but I’m really emotional over the fact that She-Ra’s final season is here. That season finale was everything and more I could have wanted. A show I wished I had as a kid and am glad to have now.
โ give me bells thxz๐ฑ๐โจ (@TaynaBicalho) May 16, 2020
AAAAAAHHHHH
SHE-RA SEASON FINALE
โ Pixial (@Pixial_Flash) May 16, 2020
AAAAAAAAAAHHHH pic.twitter.com/OvXgkz62cr
No Disappointments
She-ra season finale: ZERO DISAPPOINTMENTS. Perfect way to end the series. @Gingerhazing thank you. This is one one the best shows I have ever watched. ๐
โ Julie (@joolielei) May 15, 2020
Very happy with how this weekend turned out
percy jackson tv series and catradora in season finale of she-ra,,,, the flavor pic.twitter.com/ywCmDAxdM0
โ tรคylรฉรซ (@fordhotdogmonth) May 15, 2020
Only speak the truth
She-ra season finale is what TROS should have been
โ Nsu ๐ฆ (@Knight_Yeula) May 15, 2020
LOL accurate
me after she-ra’s season finale pic.twitter.com/uB2tKxln0T
โ chi (@buckozier) May 15, 2020
Pretty much
that season finale was quite possibly the best thing iโve ever seen in my life
โ ๐ด๐ช๐ป๐ฒ โก mikaโs wife (@yamayachii) May 15, 2020