I really love this show because they gave us mermista, who’s like the opposite of the stereotypical princess. she’s dressed in blues and sighs a lot. she makes faces and she pretends she doesn’t care about most things. not really formal at all. lots of emo vibes. BUT they also gave us perfuma, who is basically the stereotypical princess. lots of pinks, lots of flowers. she’s fun and bright. she’s got that friends with everyone vibe. generally happy and seems to care a lot. pretty.
and they’re both presented as good and valid and they both fight for the same side and work together and are even friends and just like wow I love that. perfuma isn’t seen as bad because of her “”weak“” or “”more feminine“” traits and mermista isn’t seen as bad because she “”acts like a man“” or doesn’t have all the Visible Soft Emotions that media usually gives women. and that’s such a big deal because we need to see that more, and especially young children need to see that more in media
I’ll step off my soap box before this becomes an essay but like jesus christ I don’t think I can put into words what some of the stuff in this show means to me