Of Swords and Parasols

In a discussion of 80s cartoons:

Tall Cynical Boy:  But what about She-Ra?  What was up with her?
Him What Was Hanging Out In Here:  Wasn't she He-Man's cousin or something?
Me:  She was his twin sister who was raised on a different planet or something and they didn't meet until they were adults.
Him What Was Hanging Out In Here:  What?  That's stupid.
Tall Cynical Boy:  Wait, you watched She-Ra?
Me:  You didn't have a lot there when you were a little girl in the 80s!
Tall Cynical Boy:  You had Jem and Rainbow Bright and Strawberry Shortcake.
Me:  Excuse me, did they have swords?  Were they off having adventures?  What did they do, anyway?

[Interlude:  I think they...frolicked?  And were everyone's BFFs?]

Tall Cynical Boy:  Yeah but...
Him What Was Hanging Out In Here:  But what was the point of She-Ra?
Me:  Action figures for little girls!  And, you know, all the other adventure shows were about boys.

*insert back and forth for a bit*

Tall Cynical Boy:  Hey, she's right.  Wikipedia  says she was He-Man's twin sister.
Me: Ha!
Him What Was Hanging Out In Here: Wikipedia isn't always right.
Me:  You just don't want to be wrong.
Him What Was Hanging Out In Here: I hate being wrong.  And what kind of stupid origin is that?
Me:  I didn't make it up!
Tall Cynical Boy:  It is kinda stupid though.

The rest was more of the same.

The Boys:  In the doghouse.  So to speak.
Me:  Fondly remembering being 8 and realizing OMG I CAN SWITCH THE HEADS ON MY SHE-RA  ACTION FICURES AND THAT IS SO COOL!!!