Stevenson stated that while the romantic relationship between Adora and Catra was planned from the show's conception, she wasn't sure how overt she could portray it. In May 2020, Stevenson argued that depicting characters who are incidental to the story and showing their 'central and somewhat ambiguous, slow unfolding of a relationship,' is tough but that there shouldn't be shows with queer characters dying.
She noted that whenever a show has a 'really powerful piece of representation,' it encourages other productions. Stevenson also admitted that for the first season, they hadn't been as explicit as they had wanted but were overwhelmed by the positive responses. In an interview for Paper, Stevenson said that she and the show staff 'fought very hard for the 'Princess Prom' episode', working to set up a ' framework for the show' in order to normalize it 'within the executive structure itself', and had hoped to garner support from its viewers. Noelle Stevenson worked as the series' show-runner for five years up until its final season. She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, a reboot of the original 1985 series, premiered on Netflix on Novemand received praise for its diverse cast and inclusion of LGBT characters. Noelle Stevenson at the 2019 WonderCon in Anaheim, California.
