Mara: I Never Wanted To Be A Hero

[@RikoSato]

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[@mochi-jz5io]

I thought your pfp was Lance and Keith for a second-

[@ToeEater1108]

“She didn’t seemed unhinged she seemed scared.” - Adora

[@lawjiawern5172]

She's one of the most sympathetic character in the show despite her limited screentime. I'm glad we had that episode that focuses on her side of the story.

[@TP-bw5jx]

The fact that the show managed to forge such a bond with Mara with the limited screentime is brilliant

[@DD-po2hh]

Fr I’m going to need a show with mara

[@ares.peralta]

I’m literally a Mara simp and I’m crying rn. I wanted to see more of Mara 😔

[@calhuh1232]

Same

[@levi16._]

What episode is it?

[@miriamreyes3297]

I wanna cry every time I see Razz: this is for you Mara, deary. I love Mara and she deserved better :’(

[@RikoSato]

That damn pie gets me every time.

[@willowarkan2263]

Just rewatched it and I can't stop crying. It's She-ra's Leaves from the vine for me.

[@gabe1671]

It makes me sad Everytime I watch that episode

[@applef1uffy]

*”Tommorow, Razz. We’ll make a pie tommorow, I promise”* I’m crying rn

[@Majorday]

Omg ikr ! Aww that was so sad

[@oinkpersonpeeps1692]

Agh, the goosebumps

[@cristinaacosta8938]

I actually started crying right on cue

[@redrasegarden]

All my sadness!😢😭

[@ViktorMukhamadeev96]

This hits the heart strings every time 😭😭😭

[@Starmadien2019]

OMG, a hero who scaraficed themselves and didn't want to?! That's not something you see very often. It's usually treated as a noble act, but you don't get to hear them be scared and regret it. You rarely get them to say that they didn't want it but it was their only option. I'm so glad they went this route, yes what Mara did was noble and yes it helped save the world. But that doesn't mean she wanted to die.

[@XaranAlamas]

I really liked that with both Mara and later Adora they deconstructed/examined the hell out of that trope and how toxic it really can be, when you say, it is glorified.

[@morbidhime]

pyrrha from rwby had a similar character arc, mara reminded me so much of her when i watched she-ra for the first time.

[@MoonXsquad]

That is so true most characters look like the did not regret sacrificing themselves I feel so bad she made such a noble sacrifice

[@monkeyofchaos13]

Jesus Christ

[@ifellinlovewithawar]

“We’ll make a pie tomorrow”😭

[@yusufkurdi3582]

Yeah most of us said that before death RIP mara 😔💔😭

[@juliaguevara4512]

@@yusufkurdi3582 yeah in sure very one said we would make a pie before we died

[@yusufkurdi3582]

@@juliaguevara4512 you know what I mean most of us before doing something they want they died 💔

[@calhuh1232]

😭

[@hersheyss9374]

Now I wanna bake a pie tmrw just for Mara ;-;

[@msk-qp6fn]

Just thinking of Mara makes me tear up. She truly didn’t deserve that fate. She truly didn’t. She didn’t deserve to be forgotten and falsely recorded as a failure. She didn’t deserve the pain and death. She didn’t deserve any of it. But she chose it anyway because she was brave and kind enough to think of the world, her home, and her successor who she never even met. Ultimately her sacrifice was not in vain, but she still didn’t get to have pie with Razz…or meet HER Light Hope again. Mara’s story ring deeply because sometime…or often the real heroes never get to return home and see the fruit of their labor, and that is so sad. Gosh im bawling now

[@fairyblu6929]

Let's not forget about the fact that she sacrificed herself even though she knew that she was not going to be remembered as a hero. "I never wanted to be a hero and I won't be remembered as one". Oh gosh now I'm bawling now.

[@MistressFearless]

I personally take comfort that she was eventually remembered as a hero thanks to Adora and Madam Razz. But now, I'm tearing up again because I freaking love Mara.

[@adderous]

@@fairyblu6929 And over a thousand years later, the Light Hope that she knew and loved claws her way back through the reprogramming and makes the same sacrifice.

[@joemomma2189]

' The Hero never gets to see if their sacrifice made a difference. They'll never know if the day was saved. In the end, they just have faith...ain't that a Bitch?' I think that quote (horribly paraphrased as it is) fits perfectly.

[@msk-qp6fn]

@@joemomma2189 aaaaaaaaaahhhhhh Church!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@wiktorm153]

Omg The Ending 😢 For me this is the best story and the ending always make me sad

[@RikoSato]

Wiktor M same here.

[@aleenaayub8928]

Even me 😭😢

[@HighPhoenix1754]

that ending hit different. Oof.

[@unknownroyalty9787]

Not me doing fine not even sad at all until the ending...now I’m bawling 😭

[@calhuh1232]

Same

[@arr8wboii]

mara is such a special character to me. i think she helped save universe. if she gave up completely, the universe wouldve been destroyed. she was so helpful even after she died. stan mara.

[@RikoSato]

arr8w always Stan Mara.

[@andylt.23]

Yeah :')

[@calhuh1232]

Yup

[@willowarkan2263]

@ANDREA E AMEGASHIE I suppose she had some form of group, given the code friends of Mara. Some sort of resistance that identified as her friends. Makes me think how cool a show about her rebellion could be, a show that starts with the scenes from the flashbacks of her last moments and the tells the story that led her there.

[@lunarialoonatic]

And she didn’t do it for the credit 😭 she just wanted to help

[@jinxedbisexual]

“I never wanted to be a hero, I won’t be remembered as one” “I sacrificed myself so you wouldn’t have to” “We’ll make a pie tomorrow, I promise” “I won’t destroy worlds to bring peace!” “You are not Light Hope, you are not her and you don’t get to tell me what my destiny is!” “I never wanted to die…” I’m not crying...you are... T^T

[@mylove.3700]

That lines broke my heart.

[@xempororhxppyx]

Its actually “How will destroying worlds bring peace?!”

[@shaquilleoatmeal8222]

1:27 “We’ll make a pie tomorrow, I promise.” 1:40 “I never wanted to be a hero. I won’t be remembered as one.” 1:56 “I sacrificed myself so you would never have to.” 2:04 “How will destroying worlds bring peace?!” 2:10 “You are not Light Hope, you are not her and you don’t get to tell me what my destiny is!” 2:18 “I never wanted to die…”

[@B3IIatrix]

The pie gets me every goddamn time 😭

[@RikoSato]

Bia Germanotta me too😩

[@redrasegarden]

Bonus 😭

[@kira1842]

Me too

[@elisabethwhat7842]

Same 😭💕

[@randomcat4940]

mara needs her own movie and how she became a she ra herself.

[@squidgig]

FR !! honestly we deserve a whole series based on everything that happened in mara’s timeline🥺

[@samanthawright1193]

MARA MOVIE MARA MOVIE

[@tkdpharmboy]

I didn’t know I needed this. But you have spoken it and it is now a MIGHTY NEED.

[@XaranAlamas]

Yes!

[@zagnose]

I know this isn't related, but I was wondering, can you become She Ra at any age? Cause Adora found the sword when she was like 17, but I wonder at what age Mara became She Ra. Idk. Just wanted to start a discussion 🤷‍♀️

[@ag-dn1vl]

I cried during this episode, I also feel bad for Light Hope. She didn’t want to (almost) destroy the world but was programmed to do it.

[@hunniepots8062]

I think this is one of the common themes in the show, overcoming or making their own, one's programming/conditioning/ external expectations/destiny in order to be truly free, authentic, happy. There are aspects of this in multiple characters - Adora, Catra, Mara, Light hope, Bow, Hordak.

[@fandomdark4989]

Her story was tragic, she never wanted to die, but she did :c

[@ledeltaorokin6114]

Not gonna lie, I cried when the last flashback and hologram ended and the old witch gave the Pie to Mara, who no longer was alive. Mad respect for this show!!!

[@wiibrockster]

What makes this even more tragic to me are these two facts. 1) Light Hope was only following her programming and was esentially caught in the crossfire. 2) You can kind of understand why The Eternians/First One's would've wanted to use The Heart of Etheria. I read somewhere that they were going to use it against The Horde to defeat Horde Prime but using the weapon would kill Etheria. They were willing to sacrifice one planet to save the rest of the universe,a small price to pay in the grand scheme of the universe.

[@itsquinci7879]

I felt so bad for light hope she truly didn't wanna do it

[@wiibrockster]

@@itsquinci7879 I did too but her programming got the better of her. It was bound to happen eventually

[@sai.ashley1478]

disgusting

[@Nite-Rise]

A hero... to the very end

[@ran6643]

Since the shera cycle is very similar to the avatar cycle, heres something; Beast island. Crystal Castle. The Horde. Mistacor. Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when The Horde attacked. Only shera, princess of power, could stop them, but when the world needed her most, she vanished. A hundred years passed and my friend, Bow and I discovered the new Shera, an force captain named Adora, and although her fighting skills are great, she has a lot to learn before she's ready to save anyone. But I believe Adora can save the world.

[@RikoSato]

Randomly Creating I always love when people do stuff like this.

[@Majorday]

OMG YESSS!

[@primolla4609]

Oh the Atla parallels... I love them (Plus, Korrasami walked so Catradora could run baby, oh yeah, my shipps)

[@gh0stth3k1d]

does that make catra zuko?

[@primolla4609]

@@gh0stth3k1d well they do have amazings redemptions arcs

[@willowarkan2263]

I would love a spin off about Mara's story, a bitter sweet story, where the tragic end can be the intro, a story about how her life led to that moment. To see the journey would be amazing.

[@camiliamisbkawy2853]

I would kill for that

[@jennisangel4537]

A lot of people wanted a she ra movie about the best friend squad’s final adventure that they talked about in the last scene, but god I would kill for a Mara movie

[@clearquartz5836]

Mara is the saddest character in this show and her lines “I never wanted to die” and “we’ll make the pie tomorrow razz” make me cry and I can easily say Mara is the most underrated character and as little lines she has she is one of my favorite characters

[@gukane4573]

Adora discovering more about Mara give me the heartbreaking vibe of: *i tell it because she cant*

[@sennsomethingaris9452]

Literal chills at the end of the video

[@RikoSato]

Senn Somethingaris right?

[@Eymologymentality]

We need a movie just about Mara's experience as Shera.

[@piperbarlow1672]

Mara is a very unique character. Even in media explicitly made for adults you dont often see the dark side of martyrdom. To be a martyr is not just honorable, it's tragic, nobody should have to die for a better world, and we shouldnt romanticize the fact that they do.

[@cupcakeprime559]

Honestly Her inclusion was one of better changes they made in the reboot compared to the original. Its always hinted that the swords chose Adam and adora, as one of their many wielders in the 1980s cartoon. but they never really explored that possibility beyond a few lines from the sorceress. It nice to put a name on to someone we've never seen but was probably always there.

[@tunasalad9693]

"I never wanted to be a hero, I won't be remembered as one." I don't know what it is but that always gets me.

[@unverredebeurre7633]

"For you Mara Dearie" Of all She-Ra characters didn't expect Razz to make me cry 🥺😢

[@erika-paigehutch3930]

"tomorrow, we'll make a pie tomorrow" and "i never wanted to die" are the Mara lines that always make me cry

[@JP.calamity]

Showed this to someone who didn’t watch She-Ra. He agreed that this video was bone chilling, heartbreaking and tragically beautiful. Now I’ll just cry some more over Mara and the life she never wanted ;-;

[@CyberController-]

From a humble archivist on Primus to the Champion of Protection, Mara and her Galactic Guardians must never be forgotten.

[@sugarbunny6235]

When mara said that they would make a pie tomorrow I started crying and at the end where raz said for you mara dearie I started baling just like I did when I watched the show 😅😭

[@vikibushi6121]

" For you Mara dearie " Yall should have seen me sobb It was hilarious This episode always makes me sad

[@ChBrahm]

I always cry when I watch the scene of Razz leaving the pie at Mara’s seat. Holy shit they did a good job on that scene

[@Flws_Katherine]

Mara needs her own series now

[@applesodaking745]

haven't even seen the whole thing, tears came to my eyes at the 'for you Mara, dearie'

[@randombrunette177]

Mara wasn't compromised , Mara was overwhelmed by the love for her planet.

[@brooklynbaby7676]

madam razz couldve been a brightmoon queen? since she is immortal bc how could she last so long for 1000 years since mara was the last shera before adora

[@L4zyf41ry]

Honestly that hurt me tho...

[@RikoSato]

Stolen acrylics her story hurts in general.

[@mels33an]

She deserved better Rest in peace thank you for your sacrifice

[@ahlam4859]

She's like Aang, she never wanted to be She-ra, and Aang never wanted to be the Avatar. 😭😭😭

[@toriblackwood5920]

It have been months, months!! And that pie, still make me cry. Rest in peace, Mara dear. You were a true hero.

[@RikoSato]

Same!

[@Ella-sf3rq]

Oh my god this video got me in tears, so moving. The part with the pie, she died before she could make the pie so Razz put the pie on the seat where she risked her very life. And all the thumbs down are because it made them too sad.

[@kasterborous9246]

She’s my favourite character in this show 💛 she had such a tragic story but it was a beautiful one to 💙 you did an amazing job showing her character 🤍

[@RikoSato]

Kasterborous thank you!

[@emrys8047]

She is my favorite she ra character, and she will live on in my heart. I wish we could see more of her, maybe in an movie or something ? Nice video✨

[@RikoSato]

Douxie Casperan she deserves better. And thank you!

[@soulmateofseulgi]

A Trollhunters fan!!!

[@mayflowers6171]

I can’t stop rewatching this. Your editing is gorgeous

[@RikoSato]

May Flowers thank you😭

[@honeybeemoo]

Is it just me, or does Mara and Adora have very similar looks in their eyes when they are excited, happy or sad?

[@marriot3849]

I love Mara so much and she barely had any screentime. When the series began, I kind of thought she ruined everything (by how they insinuated she had failed) but by season 4 I was bawling my eyes out and wished she didn't have to end the way that she did. Her humanity paved the way for Adora in the future. 🥺💖💖💖

[@Majorday]

OMG focusing this video on Mara is amazing 👏. I was so distracted watching Catra and Adora and the princesses, I never really considered Maras story. She's now one of my favorites. Mara and Adora have almost the same mindset of sacrificing themselves though. I don't know if it's because they're pressured and it's a SheRa thing or they really have big hearts and that mindset :)

[@Phaidelic]

It really sucks that Mara was chosen, she never wanted to become the hero. That makes me sad.

[@dakotaiversen3964]

It wasn't here but I love her line from season 3: "Maybe it's been a week... Maybe it's been thousands of years..." it really drives home how cut off she felt at the very end. She doesn't have any guarantee her sacrifice will mean anything except a few days' delay. But she did it anyways. That's heroism.

[@CyberController-]

Eternian society would collapse shortly after this, with the death of their king, D'vann Grayskull. Their empire would split into 3 kingdoms, their extraplanetary colonies would be lost to them, and most of their advanced technology would be lost.

[@elliedykhuizen782]

Mara is my 2nd favorite character in shera. She did what was right and she doesn’t go about bragging she’s a hero. We will remember you, Mara.

[@maxwellwilliamson8544]

1:29 Mara gave up on her promise so that Adora didn't have to

[@TheUnsongUnknown]

I was so curious about Mara since i last watched this show, and I felt bad for Mara, she descovered Life in Etheria and when she realized it will get destroyed she then sacrifice herself form the whole planet, now her story is so sad 😢

[@melon4804]

mara is one of the bravest cartoon characters i know

[@fairyblu6929]

I will literally never be able to eat a pie without crying after watching this.

[@chiaravargas8853]

I found it powerful when she say that she don't get to tell her destiny because the chosen story are usually some who live a destiny that others people tell them to do even if it mean put themself in harm way/get hurt/or die but mara say cut the bullshit and i love it. It's their life not others people life they should not tell them what to do with their life .

[@tictac4063]

"i never wanted to die" and "i wont be remembered as one" literally destroy me

[@EllaAngeli]

"I never wanted to die." God that hits like a truck In the end she was scared, alone on a ship crashing to the ground.

[@mysterious8953]

are we going to talk about how light hope is a computer that probably fell in love with mara but the first ones probably over-rid her coding because it would ruin their experiment and stuff and the scene where light hope discovers a memory of mara and deletes it meant that light hope really was gone

[@FireflowerGurl]

"You would be proud, Mara dearie..."

[@torihundley511]

Poor madam razz she never deserves to lose someone like Mara and Mara should never had died

[@peteralexandergraae2830]

She never wanted to be a hero. She wanted to be a lumberjack.

[@jaymoon2377]

Honestly, this entire thing was beautifully made and very, very well executed, but the thing that caught me right in the throat was that quiet "for you, Mara dearie" riiight at the end. The entire thing made me tear up, but that? That shit got me right in the chest

[@novaroose1679]

“i never wanted to die.” ouch.

[@kp2258]

Aw this is so sweet!! Great job this is well made 👍 Mara always deserved love, and she was such a good friend to razz which makes me so sad every time razz thinks that adora is Mara :( this is beautiful my eyes are actually full with tears

[@RikoSato]

Catra I’m so glad you like it😭. Thank you so much!

[@kp2258]

@@RikoSato no problem at all!

[@mayrazenteno7159]

She’s one of my favorite characters honestly 💙, and I’m sad that she didn’t have much screen time

[@softsoonie4566]

She was my fav character and I cried everytime she got the screentime😭

[@LightMoua]

How dare you make me cry! I love Mara, she deserved better. It always sucks when you don't want to be the hero but no one else can so you have to do it because of your terribly good heart.

[@cherylcolleenbelford8409]

Mara will forever be my favorite character in the show. She made the greatest sacrifice. She didn't want to but she did it anyway. She deserves the world

[@tasheve3015]

“for you, mara deary” brb crying

[@liamh8571]

8 months late- but I can't stop watching this, I've watched it like 5 times. Its really good, but also so sad.

[@alexuniverse1207]

Everything on this video literally made me cry with a lot of tears..

[@RikoSato]

Alex Universe me too actually.

[@alexuniverse1207]

@@RikoSato TwT👌

[@gracekim1998]

Agreed. I kinda want to do a story on her😅 given in a tweet apparently Grayskull is her resistance group name something I wish was said in universe

[@RikoSato]

She does mention in the show that her rebel group was called Grayskull, not just a tweet after the fact. Her story is very interesting though.

[@gracekim1998]

Riko Sato oh darn it what episode was it?😨 I need to rewatch it

[@rebeccachia]

I never knew much about Mara (because i jumped seasons ) and this is the best compilation ever

[@RikoSato]

Thank you

[@rubybliss7844]

this is soooooooo good it made me cry mara is one of my favourite characters

[@RikoSato]

Ruby Bliss thank you!

[@Melosketch426]

*bro I'm freaking crying rn*

[@juliannechen9094]

Them: iTs JuSt A kIdS sHoW! iT cAnT gEt ThAt SaD! The show:

[@kinda_cold_in_the_closet]

Mara to me is the epitome of brilliant writing. We only have 3 scenes and a monologue and yet she holds so much symbolism and defines the themes of the show. Her story is a tragedy done right and it's so heartbreaking while also giving the audience questions of morality and honor and heroism and life and remembrance. I love Mara and I love that the writers were able to take a children's show and make it just that good

[@ASceND_3d]

“For you Mara dearie” That line got me in tears

[@leeloo87]

Shouldn't be crying at 2:30 am but here I am

[@NoxAtlas]

Mara's story is so heartbreaking and makes me cry every time. 😭 Btw when I watched the show I actually thought Mara and Razz were a married lesbian couple and Razz got dementia after growing so old, so that's why she thought Adora is actually Mara. That was before I learned that Razz already was an confused old lady when Mara was still alive

[@peonyflowerking]

You know she was such a mysterious character when she was introduce and now that I know more of her...It really hurts me. She didn't choose this and she had no options. Her death was very heartbreaking knowing she never wanted to die but yet...she did not have a choice.

[@Blank-en2kh]

Mara was my favourite Character #wearefriendsofmara💙

[@ghoulishAlchemist]

the gods have given us a masterpiece

[@RikoSato]

Ginger Moore thank you😭

[@shaquilleoatmeal8222]

1:27 “Tomorrow Razz. We’ll make a pie tomorrow, I promise.” 1:40 “I never wanted to be a hero. I won’t be remembered as one.” 1:56 “I sacrificed myself so you would never have to.” 2:04 “How will destroying worlds bring peace?!” 2:10 “You are not Light Hope, you are not her and you don’t get to tell me what my destiny is!” 2:18 “I never wanted to die…”

[@duyguecemertan8521]

"I didn't want to be a hero, just want to stay in the line" - More Than Survive, Be More Chill

[@someonebla6021]

That episode with the old lady made me cry so much, I loved it, it was beautiful

[@leila7254]

Everytime Razz says Mara dearie I want to cry

[@maudrslt3575]

I really need a whole show about her and her love story with light hope

[@ZagTheRaccoon]

What a beautiful story, and beautiful video.

[@RikoSato]

Thank you❤️

[@cassiopeiasfire6457]

Just weeping over Mara again...

[@dogdoodles8728]

This makes me cry, this also looks like a trailer for a show of mara

[@philiphamiltonpoetsixroman9357]

I wish there was more people in the fandom to write stories about her. She deserves love.

[@JessicaVian-cw4vb]

''Tomorrow Razz...tomorrow'' ''I never wanted to die'' ''she was brave...my Mara'' THANK YOU NOW I'M CRYING Mara was not remembered as a hero, but for me she was one of the greatest heroes, she deserves more love

[@NordicFireDKK]

"For you Mara deary" yep and this is how to make someone cry.

[@dew__drops7844]

The way I got WAVES of chills..

[@etherealedits434]

This was so beautiful 😭

[@RikoSato]

Avatarvoltron thank you!

[@jareddodds9199]

This video gives off such a pure goosebump energy! Amaras story is so powerful

[@davidcase8635]

I would walk barefoot into Hell itself to save Mara.