TV Show review
Review basis: 3 seasons, 24 episodes · through August 11, 2022
March 25, 2021 · 25 min · TV-MA · Ended
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
DOTA: Dragon's Blood is an animated Netflix series about a dragon knight named Davion who merges with a dragon soul and joins exiled princess Mirana and her friend Marci to stop a demon from collecting dragon souls in a fantasy world of gods and magic. The story spans three seasons of quests, battles, and choices based on the Dota 2 game. Strong female characters fill traditional fantasy roles such as princess and goddess, but the narrative stays focused on heroism and fate without visible identity-driven messaging.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for DOTA: Dragon's Blood.
Woke representation / casting
Voice cast features women in prominent fantasy roles such as princess Mirana and goddess Selemene. No reported emphasis on diversity quotas, identity signaling, or mismatched casting in promotion or visible production choices.
Woke political dialogue
The dialogue stays within fantasy elements like dragons, gods, souls, and battles with no modern activist language or lectures.
Identity-driven story themes
The core story follows a traditional fantasy quest against a demon with themes of fate, choice, heroism, and faith. Minor group tensions appear but remain internal to the plot without modern identity framing.
Western institutional / cultural critique
A tyrannical goddess demands worship within the fantasy setting. This stays as story world-building with no reframing into current activist critiques of patriarchy, capitalism, or Western institutions.
Production
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Public discussion centers on story and animation. Almost no complaints call the show woke or accuse it of pushing identity politics. Evidence of such backlash is very thin.
Creator track record context
Ashley Edward Miller has a mainstream genre career with credits on Thor, X-Men First Class, and Black Sails. No pattern of activist or identity-driven work appears in his record.
