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one of my fave s5 spop parallels

first episode

vs last

catra and adora were always willing to give up everything for their cause bc that's how the horde conditioned them -- as commodities.

catra, after beginning the healing process from her horde trauma, was able to recognize the behavior in adora which gave her the push she needed to be honest with herself and stay by the love of her life's side when she needed her. a choice which ultimately saved the universe.

the way catra's pupils shrink after she hears adora give up her agency and herself in the same way she had just weeks prior, is soooo striking and well done. the concern and anger at the unfairness of it all as she draws together her eyebrows makes my heart hurt sooo much. i think this is the moment catra fully realizes the truth of adora's character and the way their shared trauma has shaped it and how directly it mirrors her own.

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Sometimes it's useful to look at your dialogue and ask yourself, "would a real human being talk like that?" But it's also good to ask the follow-up questions of "would the way a real human being talks sound good here" and "does this character actually talk like a real human being or are they weird about it."

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IS ANYONE ELSE FEELING THE HOPE OF SPRING

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february lasted 8 years but march is already half over even though it started 3 days ago

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best friend squad 2023

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i think abt them 24/7

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babyy

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now kiss

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disgusting gays

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rewatching she ra more and I completely forgot about adora saying "I'm useless, no matter what form I take" and I am officially: Fucking Concerned! holy shit! she thinks she's useless without the horde, without someone to give her orders. without praise she falls apart. her entire self worth is based almost solely on outside approval because that's what she was conditioned to be. shadow weaver taught her to be dependent on her praise and instructions. she rushes to razz to try and get her approval and instructions because that's what she was taught. she was never taught she was allowed to think for herself or to be her own person.

she thinks she's useless the second she can't be what everyone tells her to be because that's what she was taught to base her self worth on. she was taught to base her worth on how well she can follow orders. holyyyy fuck.

I forgot how obviously traumatized this girl was holy shit. I want to fistfight shadow weaver in a dennys parking lot

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some catra+dora

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when uhhh gay ppl

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ohboi

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rewatching she ra is a wild ride man like damn I forgot how obviously traumatized adora is in retrospect. how she acts around angella? "People like me better when I'm she-ra"? running to get some sort of validation from any adult figure the second everything in her life goes to shit? her first reaction to a perceived fuck up is to self punish and leave glimmer and bow entirely since she "ruined" their lives by being "irrational" in shadows of mystacore? the fact everything is her fault in some way somehow since season one??? holy shit she was seriously considering staying behind with light hope and never leaving because she thought her friends were better off without her. I forgot how much she self punished. whoever thinks adora didn't suffer in she ra has never watched the show istg

also just. the fact she sleeps with a *knife* is so telling. what happened to her in the horde that made her feel the need to start? she was fully prepared to fight shadow weaver the second she woke up. she *sleep fights.* what the fuck did they do to her. this kid has been through so much.

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I love that Entrapta wears the same clothes she always wears, grease stains and all, to Princess Prom. Super characteristic of her.

It’s also probably exactly what Adora would’ve done, if Glimmer hadn’t stopped her. I bet Adora pointed this out to Glimmer (if Entrapta's doing it, how come Glimmer said Adora couldn't?).

Glimmer replies with something like, “Entrapta is crouching behind furniture and babbling into her recorder.”

Adora doesn’t see the problem.

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The handholding shots of Catradora and the metaphor behind them leading to the finale and them finally reaching together and holding one another is the most beautiful representation of love I've ever seen. Catradora's love is truly so beautiful.