Motherland: Fort Salem (2020)

Overview
Set in an alternate America where witches ended their persecution over 300 years ago by cutting a deal with the government to fight for their country, the series follows three young women from basic training in combat magic into early deployment.
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Overview
Set in an alternate America where witches ended their persecution over 300 years ago by cutting a deal with the government to fight for their country, the series follows three young women from basic training in combat magic into early deployment.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
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Primary
The series explicitly promotes progressive ideology through its central thesis of a matriarchal society, its critique of patriarchal oppression, and its focus on identity politics and systemic power structures.
The series establishes a matriarchal society where women hold all power, fundamentally inverting traditional gender roles. It features a diverse main cast, including prominent LGBTQ+ and minority characters, and centers narratives of female empowerment and agency. The world-building itself serves as a critique of traditional power structures.
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Motherland: Fort Salem features prominent and positive LGBTQ+ representation. The central relationship between Raelle and Scylla is depicted with depth and dignity, serving as a core narrative driver. The show's world normalizes same-sex relationships, allowing queer characters to have complex arcs and agency, affirming their worth and love against external conflicts.
Female characters in the show primarily engage in combat using their 'Work' (vocal magic), which constitutes a superpower. While they undergo physical training, their victories against male opponents are consistently achieved through their magical abilities rather than through skill, strength, or martial arts in non-superpowered physical combat.
Motherland: Fort Salem is an original series, not an adaptation of pre-existing source material with established characters. All characters are new creations for the show, therefore no gender swaps from prior canon can occur.
Motherland: Fort Salem is an original series, meaning all its characters were created specifically for this show. There is no prior source material or historical record from which character races could be established and subsequently altered.
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