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Seth: Good question. If you think about it, not only were the Masters of the Universe not masters of the universe, but they were not in fact masters of Eternia. It's pretty clear that areas within Eternia did not respect the rule of King Randor - most obviously, the environs of Snake Mountain, but also independent kingdoms like that of Ram-Man before his alliance with He-Man and Fisto (no, honestly) before his. The possession as a strategic resource the butchest man on the planet clearly helped to speed up the process by which neutral states allied themselves with Randor, after having first mistakenly thrown in their lot with Skeletor in a commendable example of not judging the male model with the head of a boiled corpse by appearances, but it seems clear enough that a feudal model operates throughout Eternia, with the local lords having greater or lesser autonomy.
Snake Mountain is presumably geographically distant from the main trade routes, and largely inaccessible. Note that many of Skeletor's aides are summoned from other dimensions rather than the locality. The exception being Beast Man, IIRC, who was the alpha male of an entire society of feral being - again, these must have lived outside the bailiwick of the so-called "Masters of the Universe".
Apparently, the original title - "He-Man and the Deluded Fuckwits" - was vetoed as too negative.
(In the movie, of course, He-Man's party is on the run having been driven off Eternia by Skeletor. So they are masters of fuck all) |
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