#*i do actually know i want to draw 3 refs for hordak for pre- mid- and post-canon but that doesnt actually add to the story asldkgjs

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hey folks! to keep this,, as short as possible, ive been pretty lacking in the executive function/mental health/motivation departments as of late, but am trying to get back in the swing of things- particularly in regards to the au I want to put on paper somehow (no clue how that’s gonna happen yet. fic? art? both??), but dont have a good starting point for.* the whole thing is pretty much ready to go, and i dont think im gonna change the stupid name (/j because actually the hordak loredak is a bop), but i honestly dont think im going to be able to get the ball rolling entirely on my own.

in short, if anyone’s interested, i’d really appreciate some asks with questions/thoughts about the au! (dw about coming up with any if you just.. dont have them though lmao) i’ll include a bunch of non-spoiler-y context below the cut, and i’ll be trying to give every ask a relatively detailed answer, unless i happen to get a ton?? either way, i’ll definitely get around to it.... eventually, in the vague future- but having some discussion and prompts to go off of could probably be a huge help in that process, too ^^

so!! the hordak loredak, my beloved pet project au that aims to fill in the blanks of Hordak’s history and also rewrite way more than half the show in the process. the vague plan so far is to follow Hordak, from the moment he gains consciousness in the galactic horde to some time “post-canon,” and is guaranteed to go a little apeshit bonkers on the characterization in some ways because im embracing the fact that this is just. the story i want to do. it probably wont feel much like canon because it’s not supposed to, and it’s fine if it’s not your thing!

some important things do stay consistent: hordak is a defect, and gets banished to etheria; adora is she-ra; micah gets sent to beast island; shadow weaver joins the horde, albeit slightly later than she does in canon; entrapdak is... an entire thing.

the differences are where it’s at though: catra and adora are never placed under shadow weaver’s care; scorpion people lore also happens, and hordak winds up caring for baby scorpia; the galactic horde gets such a huge overhaul im gonna give it its own paragraph.

the galactic horde is fucking bonkers huge here, easily billions strong, and we take a way deeper look at how that works (ie... barely). prime is still at the head, but even with the hivemind, his grip on the clones falters in some ways. it’s a system running way, way beyond max capacity, to the point that even prime has to be willing to let things slide or turn a blind eye on occasion in order to keep things moving. the vast majority of clones are defective in some way, but it’s rarely immediately noticeable (if it were, they would’t still be there). i also do some fun and wacky things with hordak’s defects, specifically- including eventually losing his legs up to the knee (prosthetics headcanon my beloved <3), going blind at a very inconvenient time (and then rolling a 20 for luck for the next multiple weeks), and good ol’ organ failure. tl;dr for that paragraph - galactic horde culture is fucked up, and hordak even moreso.

i’d dump more but ive been trying to ‘finish’ this post for hours and i just need to call it done at this point, hopefully that sounds intriguing?? maybe?? shrugs

#*i do actually know i want to draw 3 refs for hordak for pre- mid- and post-canon but that doesnt actually add to the story asldkgjs #hordak #entrapdak #hello to the people browsing the tags. sorry to the people browsing the tags #and THANK YOU SO MUCH IN ADVANCE to anyone planning on sending an ask i will metaphorically die for you