The film lacks explicit depictions of non-cisnormative identities or same-sex intimacy. Narratives primarily operate within heteronormative frameworks of fantasy and eroticism.

High-agency female protagonists, such as the warrior Taarna, disrupt conventional gender hierarchies. While visual language occasionally leans into sexualization, women are not relegated to submissive roles.

Stylized animation and speculative settings allow for a degree of race-blind casting through archetypal design. However, the film lacks nuanced portrayals of diverse ethnic identities.

The film excels at deconstructing traditional Western institutions and religious duty. It centers on survivalism and personal vendettas within a post-institutional, often corrupt, social landscape.

Physical traumas and bodily transformations serve as aesthetic markers or plot devices. There is little exploration of lived experience or characters with disabilities possessing independent agency.