
So, while I was at Target this weekend, I saw a DVD set of He-Man and Masters of the Universe, a version done in 2002. There's an anime-influenced feel (not just some of the art, but a lot of the fighting is more fluid than 80s cartoons) to it, and it makes a little more sense than the classic 80's series, because it starts before Prince Adam knows he's He-Man. (Also, it apparently reveals that Skeletor is Adam's uncle...who had a bad encounter with some acid, partly leading to the whole skull thing.)
It was a whole seventeen bucks, so I picked it up. Well worth the money.
And then, on a whim, went to check on ff.net to see how that fandom looks. On the whole, not too bad. There's some bad and scary, but there always will be, so no big deal. And some of the good is really good.
Allow me to present the following links:
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2322336/1/A_Family_Divided - A "what-if" retelling of Secret of the Sword. Very good, very nicely done.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1145611/1/Homesick_for_the_Holidays - A slightly cracktastic, but hilarious holiday story.
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