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She-Ra S5 E04 - Stranded

I probably don’t need to say this anymore at this point, but there will be spoilers for the rest of the season in this post.

- “She [Catra] said she was doing it for you.” Oh, the emotions on Adora’s face when Glimmer says this. Seriously, watch her face.

- Small detail when Glimmer first tries to apologize: When Bow pulls away, he says he’s “going to check on Entrapta”. Which makes sense, since something seems to be wrong with the ship, but I wonder if there’s also a silent accusation in those words - Up until this point, Glimmer didn’t know if Entrapta was alive. And whether they should save her from Beast Island or not was the last thing Bow and Glimmer argued about; it’s one of the big things that caused their whole fallout. So I wonder if this was also Bow subtly saying “Oh yeah, Entrapta’s alive by the way - no thanks to you.”

- While Glimmer and Adora’s reconciliation might be a little rushed when you consider how big their fight was, I get that the writers wanted to focus on Glimmer and Bow’s conflict here instead. And I still think their reconciliation and Glimmer’s apology were nicely done. I especially like that Glimmer acknowledges that Adora was “right about everything” and that the show didn’t try to pull some sort of “well, they were both right”.* And after everything that’s happened, I do think it’s in character that Adora would just be glad to have Glimmer back and would forgive her very quickly.

[*Small edit here just to clarify: I’m referring to the end of season 4 and what went down with the Heart of Etheria. In the beginning of s4, I think Adora and Glimmer’s conflict is very well-balanced and they are both right about different things. Also, this isn’t meant to be hate against Glimmer. I like characters who have darker sides and mess up and I think Glimmer’s s4 arc was great and made her infinitely more interesting. So yeah, this isn’t meant to be hate, I just like that the show let Glimmer acknowledge her mistakes and apologize to Adora.]

- In general, I like that the show’s actually addressing Glimmer’s actions and letting someone be angry at her. It’s also an interesting reversal since’s Bow’s not usually the one to hold a grudge - but it makes sense that he’d feel especially hurt since he and Glimmer are so close.

- “I’m great with secrets! Like, one time, Kyle told me he had a crush on Rogel...” THANK YOU NOELLE FOR GIVING THE GAYS EVERYTHING WE WANTED!

- “Darla and I are going to spend some quality time together.” I don’t know how Entrapta is somehow dating a literal ship, but she somehow is. I also love Adora’s weirded out expresion after Entrapta says this.

- “Bow’s usually the friendship stuff guy and I’m usually the “punch your feelings out” guy.” Yeah, basically.

- This exchange:

Adora: “I think I see a light. I’m gonna go towards it!”

Bow: “Don’t go towards the light!”

Adora: “It’s not that kind of light!”

😂😂😂 Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

- I know people love to hate Swiftwind, but his report about what’s been going on on Etheria is absolutely hilarious. My favourite part is definitely: “No. Bad Shadow Weaver. Bad.” “But magic, magic, magic, power, power, power, blah, blah, blah.” 😂

- Also, I think Swiftwind missing Adora and trying to contact her is really sweet.

- I’m pretty sure the reason the writers decided Glimmer can’t teleport in space is because she’d be pretty op and and it’d make things way too easy for the heroes. (It does also make sense that she can’t use her powers while away from her runestone, though.)

- I really like the Star Siblings, but it’s a shame they don’t really show up anymore after this.

- “If you’re smart, you’ll run away.” “Well, I’m not.” Amazing. 😂😂😂

- “He has to pay for what he did, and he... He has someone on his ship. Someone I... We’re stopping him. Period.” 👀 Yeah, Adora? Someone you what exactly? Finish that sentence, please? This was another one of those moments that had me all “omg, it’s actually happening, isn’t it?”

- Adora’s expression when Jewelstar tells her there’s no point in going back for Catra since “no one stands up to Prime and survives” is so heartbreaking.

- “Please, Bow. Just trust me, okay?” Yeah, I’m tearing up. 😢

- “My friends are on the other side. I am not going anywhere! I am not leaving anyone behind!” *cue She-Ra transformation music* And now I’m actually crying. This scene is so beautiful. (side-note: I also love how we didn’t have to wait the whole season to get She-Ra back.)

- I’ve got to say that whole scene of Bow and Glimmer hanging from that cliff and almost falling and the cave almost collapsing is almost too suspenseful for my taste. Even when I rewatch it, I still feel nervous.

- Glimmer’s apology to Bow in the end is a really beautiful scene. What I like the most about it is that it really nicely shows how to properly apologize to someone. Glimmer acknowledges that she made a mistake and that Bow has a right to be mad at her for as long as he wants. She’s not asking him to forgive her, she just tells him that she won’t stop trying to make it better and that she’ll be here when he’s ready. And Bow gets to accept the apology without being pressured into ignoring his feelings or forgiving her right away. A very well-written scene.

- Also, talking Glimbow for a second: I was a blind idiot when it comes to this ship. I saw Catradora coming a mile away (before seeing season 5, I gave it a 70% chance of canonically happening, which turned to 100% after I saw Save The Cat), but it literally took me until Failsafe to realize that Glimbow is a thing. In retrospect, I feel like an idiot for not seeing it sooner. The parallels to Catradora were there all along, in season 1 there was Glimmer’s jealousy over Bow and Perfuma at Princess Prom, and in this episode they got their own “hanging from a cliff” moment and that really beautiful apology scene (and the whole Catradora parallel of having to reconcile after one of them almost destroyed the world). Them being in love makes so much sense, but somehow it completely flew over my head when I first watched the show. I think I was so focused on all the same-sex ships in this show that I just didn’t register anything m/f as a possibility unless it was super obvious. I also tend to generally be a little blind in regards to friends-to-lovers pairings, unless the romantic undertones are very hard to miss - it’s like I mentally sort those pairings into a “just friends” box, and then I proceed to be blind to any romantic hints from there. So yeah, in an ironic “oh how the turntables” way, I actually wasn’t surprised when Catradora happened in the finale, but I was surprised about Glimbow. That said, it wasn’t an unpleasant surprise - it was just a ship I hadn’t considered before. But it’s now been a while since the finale was released and since then Glimbow has become a ship I really like. So when I rewatch an episode like Stranded now, I’m always wondering how the hell I didn’t see the beautiful shipping potential there sooner.

- So Adora watches Glimmer and Bow make up with each other, then sighs and looks at the stars while thinking of Catra. Seriously, how did I not see this?

- The scene where Adora tells Glimmer and Bow she wants to go back for Catra messes me up every time. I love how Adora looks so desperate (probably thinking about what Jewelstar said), admits that it’s dangerous and reckless, probably feels guilty for wanting to save one person and possibly endangering all of them and the rebellion through it - but Glimmer and Bow are so understanding and agree to help right away. Also, I’ll admit when I first watched it, as much as I love Catra, I wasn’t sure if going back for her would be the right thing to do (meanwhile my sister who watched with me said right after Corridors that she’d be disappointed in the BFS if they didn’t go back for her).

- “I can’t just leave her there. I have to try.” Can we talk about how beautiful this is? For the entire show, Catra has always accused Adora of leaving her behind in the Horde and not caring enough about her. And now, when everything already seems to be too late, Adora is willing to walk right into the heart of the way more evil version of the Horde because she doesn’t want to leave Catra behind there. IT’S POETIC CINEMA.

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[istudyrainbows69]

Catradora fic where Catra and Adora grew up together and where best friends until Adora moved away at the beginning of freshman year maybe? And years later they meet again at a bookstore but Adora doesn’t recognize Catra and Catra makes it her goal to make Adora’s life hell for not remembering her but what Catra doesn’t know that Adora had been in a car accident and lost her memory and she’s recovering and trying to get her memories back and it’s just really hard for Adora bc this really pretty girl who caught her attention at the bookstore is just really mean to her for no apparent reason and she reminds her of home for some reason bc in the few memories she has she’s seen those mismatched eyes and they make her feel safe and happy but then Catra is mean to her and she’s just sad bc the only possible familiarity she has to her past is just a cute cruel girl who hates her guts. Months later Glimmer and Bow follow Adora to the bookstore to see where she’s been going bc they were worried about her and they notice Catra being mean to Adora so Glimmer starts arguing with Catra and Bow tries to get Adora out of the store and Catra then says something along the lines of “just bc you’re her new best friend doesn’t mean you know her better than I do. I grew up with her and she meant everything to me. To finally see her after all these years? That was a relief and then I find out she doesn’t even remember me? Yeah no that shit hurt like hell and now I’m just returning the favor” and then have Glimmer just stare at Catra and softly say “she lost her memory. She was in a car accident. A hit and run they said. She isn’t even supposed to be alive. Doctors called it a miracle. She didn’t even know who she was when she woke up! She didn’t forget you bc she wanted to. She doesn’t know anyone. Her parent took it hard. Apparently they had an argument and she went on a run to calm down. Next thing they know they’re getting a call from the police department telling them they’re daughter’s on her way to the hospital bc of some asshole who didn’t even stop to make sure she was ok after they hit her. They checked security cameras and it had been almost 2 hours before someone found her and called 911. They left her for dead and somehow she survived that. They don’t know when she’ll get her memory back. Or if she ever will. All I ask for you is to please let her be. She comes her bc of you. She remembers you she just doesn’t know it yet. She talks about your eyes a lot. She likes them. Told me she feels safe when you’re around bc of your eyes. She’s trying so hard to remember. Please don’t hurt her anymore. It’s not fair. Not to Adora. Not when it’s not her fault.” And than have Glimmer leave and Catra just stare after her while trying to stay calm until Scorpia finds her and asks her what happened and have Catra break down and explain how she had been an asshole to Adora bc Adora didn’t remember her and have her tell Scorpia everything that Glimmer told her and that she didn’t know what to do and then have Scorpia say “well the first thing you have to do is apologize to Adora. You didn’t know what happened and she doesn’t know you know her so apologize first and see how that goes. Then if you want you can take out those old photo albums your mom has and show her the pictures of you two together. See if that helps jog her memory a bit. Help her remember Catra. Bc something about the way Glimmer talked to you me makes me think that Adora never forgot you. And I don’t know about you but that sound like a very good thing. So talk to her Catra. You’ll regret it if you don’t.” And then have Catra talk with her mom about the albums and the next time she sees Adora she doesn’t say anything she just goes up to her with the albums and sits down next to her and just puts the albums in front of her and says “here. You can give them back next time you come if you want” and then just leaves and Adora is just confused and carefully gets one and opens it. She gasps as soon as she sees the pictures bc she knows those little girls!!!

She knows the blonde one is her. They’ve shown her pictures of when she was little. But the other girl she knows. It’s the one from her dreams!!! Or memories. She takes a picture out and a piece of paper falls out. She opens the letter and turns out Catra wrote down what happened in every picture. All pictures have papers inside explaining the story behind them. Her favorite is one of when they’re like 5 or 6 and they’re wearing ring pops. There’s two paper behind that one. A “marriage” certificate signed by both of them and the letter. Apparently Adora had proposed to Catra bc she was her very best friend and she wanted to be with her together forever and she knew that mommy and daddy were together forever bc they were married so she and Catra had to get married. She looked through half the album before they told her they were closing. She asked for a bag to put the albums and went home. She looked through the albums for days before she went back to the bookstore in hopes to see Catra and give them back. She wasn’t expecting to see her right away tho, but the moment she did she gave back the albums and apologized for forgetting her. Catra just stared at her like she was crazy. “Why are you apologizing for? I was the one who was an asshole to you not the other way around. If it wasn’t bc of your glitter friend I would probably still be an asshole to you right now but she told me what happened and I’m so sorry Adora. I honestly thought you just didn’t remember me bc of how long it has been since we had seen each other. I know that’s no excuse but that’s all I can say to you. I hope these helped a little bit at least.” And then she turns to leave but Adora grabs her hand and asks her if they could maybe meet up and stay in touch and Catra says that she’d like that and they meet up every once in a while just to talk and Adora would ask her if they did something that she dreamed about and Adora would get really excited when Catra said yes and Catra would just get the softest smile when that happened and whenever they’re texting they would both get the softest smile and literally everyone knew that they were crushing on each other and omg please someone write this I can’t 😭😭😭😭

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