#catradora good

[clefadrylcorner]

Obsessed with lovers and piners calling the object of their affections their best friend. Like yessss blur the lines between platonic and romantic love. show how important they are to you in a multifaceted way. Cover up your feelings with another kind of love that is just as true. One type of love does not negate the other and but tragedy can rip both out from under you single handedly, and it will hurt so much more that way. Losing a friend and a lover. Gaining both and not needing any labels for what they are. Using labels but having it be so much more than a title. Were they friends before they were lovers? Or were they lovers whose friendship grew inside of their love? Unclear! Who cares!

#any time one side of the pairing pulls out the best friend card I am immediately on the floor #they can be side by side! they can be distinct! it doesn't have to be explained! #they did this in the new nimona movie and i crumpled #call me arospec and biased but holy shit this is my bread and butter #nimona #goldenheart #good omens #ineffable husbands #she ra #catradora #ace attorney #narumitsu #they ARE best friends. they are also lovers. are you listening to me. #should i tag queerplatonic here? that's definitely part of this too #clefadrylcorner talks a lot

[galaxy-of-me]

hi, i love dynamics that r like “we make each other worse” on the surface but when u look deeper it is actually just “we understand each other on a level that no one else does and nudge each other out of our typical comfort zone” which just circles around to “we make each other better”. it’s abt the accidental growth just by being in each other’s lives. idk

#original posts #lawlight #terukane #bobutter #< shamefully adding that #imahana #sns #zadr #zadf #whichever. both r good #symbrock #c!tntduo #renkaza #catradora #togachako #kakuhida #hotwings #startrix #etc etc #100 #500 #1k #5k #10k #i will add any ship tagged that i enjoy n think fits this to a t 👍🏻 #yes i know this is kismesistude i don’t go to homestuck tho

[catradoraism]

ND is like what if two gay childhood friends were horribly fucked up growing up and in love and divorced

true love is found in the childhood friend u were brainwashed with and has tried to kill u multiple times since u defected to the ‘wrong side’ <3

#greatest storyteller of our times #who else is doing it like him!!! #also i totally forgot that comic blackheart referred to ambrosius as ‘someone he loves’ #ugh their og dynamic is so good #i miss catradora u guys 😔 #nimona #spop #catradora

[shalaaex]

Is there a she-ra fandom on tumblr somewhere?

#she ra #shera #she ra fanart #she ra and the princesses of power #catradora #catra #adorable #adora #I didn’t mean tk add adorable LNFAO #uhhhh Idek if the fandom alive but seeing all my fav ROTTMNT artists making stuff for other fandoms.. I thought I’d revisit some of my #fav shows #I missed this show I started rewatching it #they mean the world to me #I’m starting to see a pattern on my fav characters #first Leo from rise whos cocky and an asshole but feels like he’s not good enough. he’s just a face man. he’s nothing without his team. #Catra is cocky confident and an asshole #but feels left behind #feels like she can’t compare to adora #so she sabotages herself #I kin them!!!

[idiosinkrasies]

fav ship dynamic is “i’ve loved you for so long yet i keep finding reasons to fall even more in love with you”

#matchablossom #sk8 the infinity #catradora #she ra and the princesses of power #narumitsu #wrightworth #ace attorney #i don’t watch it but that one heaven officials blessing ship that my friend keeps talking about #that’s all i can think of rn #ineffable husbands #good omens

[darkfire359]

#blackhands #lonelyeyes #izzy hands #edward teach #edward teach x izzy hands #elias bouchard #peter lukas #scorptra #kind of #jonelias #I suppose scorptra and jonelias aren't divorcecore though #jayvik #specifically the LoL kind after Viktor becomes the Machine Herald #actually I wouldn't call them a toxic dumpster-fire even if they're divorcecore #blackbonnet and jonmartin and catradora and violyn are perfectly good though and I read them sometimes #they just aren't my favs #I do think 'healthy' is an overstatement for the canon ships #But I think they're probably 'healthier' at least

[yourhighness6]

This. THIS. Catra saying there's no one left who cares about her only to immediately cut to Adora was so, so, SO perfect because Adora STILL loves her. Adora will still come for her. Adora still cares about her.

#catradora #I love this so much #corridors is such a good episode I love it #I had a little problem I'll talk about later but anyway #catra #adora

[aoiveaeart]

Medusa AU

A story where Adora is a greek Princess cursed to become a gorgon for the rest of her live, making her live hidden and in fear, and Catra is a blind magicat sent as a sacrifice by her village to ‘save’ them from the gods’ fury. They end up falling in love until a jealous goddess returns Catra sight as a curse and Adora, afraid of hurting her, sends her away. Catra tries to take her sight with her own hands so they can be together but the gods take pity on them and reunite them again 🤍

#catradora #my art #fanart #illustration #shera #greek myth retellings #greek mythology #myths #mythology #gorgon #medusa #medusa au #Catra #adora #i can’t remember if I posted this one already but here it goes again #such a good au #i should draw more about them #maybe i will #“Bombastic side eye #gotta be Greek and gay

[grayluforever]

when your favorite het ships begrudgingly get destroyed by weak lame LGBT brownie points

#charlastor #lunter #makorra #anti chaggie #anti korrasami #anti lumity #the owl house #hazbin hotel #the legend of korra #anti catradora #she ra and the princesses of power #anti stolitz #blitzika #enough is enough give us some good ships #i am sick and tired of the LGBT community coming at me for shipping straight ships #adorabow #LGBT Representation gets done and used so many times

[james-p-sullivan]

so im watching nimona and

edit: apparently i was wrong

#goldenheart #nimona #im glad i took the time to read the comic earlier #it was so freaking good #sulley speaks #catradora

[tequiilasunriise]

Sapphics are so wild because instead of directly going for ‘I love you’ they say things like, “The mark you have left on me is indelible” and, “You are my only friend. I am undone without you” and, “She is not protecting me, Adam, and I am not protecting her. We’re protecting each other” and, “It is incredible how essential to me you have become” and, “I must no longer accept being a stranger to you” and, “Because we work. We shouldn’t, but we do” and, “How could I be there for her if she doesn't let me? …..What if I needed her here for me?” and, “I can’t keep my promise, because the entire pont of me is you. There is no me without you” and, “I have been dull; I have missed you. I do miss you. I shall miss you. And if you don’t believe it, you’re a longeared owl and ass” and SO much more and then they expect us to just act normal about it.

#dont be shy tag more ships and add ur favorite lines that makes u froth #this is just off of the top of my head sorryyyy #like theres definitely more like Bubbline and Catradora and Harlivy etc etc #so many good sapphic ships #but this was getting too long so WHOOPSIESS #argh all these ppl i gotta tag now alrighty lets go #wenclair #woewolf #enid sinclair #wednesday addams #bumbleby #yang xiao long #blake belladonna #rwby #griddlehark #tlt #the locked tomb #gideon nav #harrowhark nonagesimus #virgina woolf #vita sackville west #OOHH BET YALL DIDNT SEE T H A T DID YA #love Virgina and Vita’s relationship truly no one was doing it like them #wenclair warriors rise up

[invisible-pink-toast]

i never liked soulmates. i think it feels cheap, to some degree, if there is someone or something out there that picked you out and declared, “this is the one. there is only Them.” - i don’t want to love if it’s pre- determined or foretold or in any way guaranteed. i want a mystery. i want to be able to hope. i want to look at you and say, “i am choosing this on my own. i am the one who decides to love on purpose, and nobody told me to love you, and nobody taught me how, and that is the sublimity of it: i love you because we are not destined. i love the choice of you.”

no hate to canonically soulmate couples, some of my favourite fictional couples are, but honestly i love the idea that you find someone and care about them and decide to love them and make it work much more romantic then being 'destined' to be with 'the one'

also i wrote this poem down years ago and i cannot find it anywhere online if anyone knows the author please tell me!

#my post #tropes compilation #my edit #wildmoore #beauty and the beast #friends #yoi #victuuri #the lovebirds #the mountain between us #catradora #schitt's creek #nomanita #the good place #anti soulmates #not really but i'll tag it in case

[booksandpaperss]

god catradora is so good it’s SO GOOD and I fall in love with it every time I rewatch spop. i will Never understand their haters it’s genuinely one of my favorite ships to ever ship, they have everything that makes a romance good idc. people will write aus of their faves with a fanon dynamic that catradora already has in the show (I’ve seen this. childhood best friends to enemies to lovers is where it’s at fr) bc it’s just that good. catradora haters I feel sad for you. cant enjoy an amazing sapphic ship bc catra is “too toxic” for u to handle (this is a magical princess show). it’s so good I almost can’t believe we have it. oh what a great day it is to be a lesbian 🙏

#now if you’ll excuse me I’m going to splurge on catradora fics (after my final today ofc) #catradora #spop #she ra and the princesses of power #catra and adora #elli’s random thoughts #posting this at 3 am Hm yes this seems like a good idea

[catra-come-out]

Catra: Some day I'll tell you guys about the time I stabbed the cop.

Glimmer: Oh my God, Catra.

Catra: He stabbed me first!

#spop #incorrect spop quotes #she ra and the princesses of power #spop incorrect quotes #incorrect she ra quotes #catra #adora #she ra incorrect quotes #she ra spop #catradora #since I don't seem to be able to maintain the headspace to post with a modicum of consistency #I've decided I'm going to use the outreach I've developed on this blog for good #and continuously queue up spop posts to be spread #maybe it'll help folks reach more people idk #the queue tag will be 'i am not queuete!' as an. obvious reference. #anyway that's my update #happy blogging everyone!

[raviosprovidence]

This is such a dumb fucking post because holy shit, IT DID! Y'all saying it didn't either ignored the entire first four seasons, or just straight up think gaslighting, physical abuse, emotional abuse, and forcefully mind controlling someone and fantasizing about how you'll make them kill their friends is perfectly fine (yes, the latter thing did happen within the show, check out the episode White Out)

The problem is that CATRA SAYS 2 SHITTY APOLOGIES AND THATS IT. There is barely any acknowledgement on 90% of the bad shit she did. Nothing on calling adora stupid in a derogatory way. nothing about the excessive amount of violence or the insane amount of gaslighting done within the show. Hell, they didn't even acknowledge the fact that catra nearly destroyed the world out of spite and thus, *indirectly killed someone*. Never acknowledged!

We DO like less sanitized queer stories! When they're actually given the weight they deserve and characters doing shitty things aren't constantly excused or told that they're in the right. Gen V is pretty gruesome and that's very lgbtq+ friendly and not sanitized. Arcane is leading towards a lesbian romance and it's FAR from sanitized and child friendly. Everything Everywhere All At Once (though not technically a queer focused story) casts a lesbian AS THE ANTAGONISTIC ROLE against a straight woman and no one had a problem with that! Bottoms! Exists! The fact that it exists and got as popular as it is shows that this is just wrong.

Y'all just didn't watch the She ra . I unfortunately paid attention. Having a character get brain washed, apologize twice vaguely, and then kiss the main character doesn't excuse all the prior abuse that character committed.

#media talk #media criticism #she ra #anti catradora #anti catra #queer stories #also im so mad that 14 minute video showcasing all of the abuse #got taken off youtube #anyways we do like less sanitized queer stories #we just like good ones #she ra doesn't count

[girlinlavender]

one of the most intriguing things about sapphic pairings, which, in my opinion, cements them as the best type of ship gender wise, (don’t come at me), is the dialectic parralels they often showcase. Very commonly, a narrative will queercode it’s characters by presenting them as something of a matched set, whether they be friends, enemies, rivals, etc.

This is especially and irrevocably true in sapphic relationships specifically because of how insanely close and often toxic and codependent female friendships can become, especially between repressed queer girls. The comparing yourself to them, the resentment and jealousy, the love, the possessiveness— it’s easy for those types of relationships to bridge on romantic, and that’s why queer girl “friend breakups” are so intense, and often so romantically charged. Because it’s essentially an actual breakup.

Similarly, as is often seen with two characters who are intertwined in this way, or any other, the narrative will present them as parallels to the other’s character, essentially inversions of each other, furthur proving the notion that these two people are a matched set— you cannot talk about one without also discussing the other, because their development within the storyline is entirely dependent on each other. Specifically, female relationships are known to present themselves in this way to a T; it’s what raises the extremely common question within queer women: do I want to be her, or do I want to be with her?

Take Jackieshauna, two girls so insanely connected that even their fucking funko pops had to be together, still codependent even when separated by death. Their relationship was insanely homoerotic, even without being canonical, which makes them one of the most popular ships in the entire Yellowjackets fandom.

Take Catradora, who were super duper codependent in their early days in the horde, and who’s narratives paralleled each other even right up to the very end of the series. They were also a matched set— yes, they had independent character arcs, but their traumas were so connected to each other that without the other, they would have turned out a completely different person, and very likely a worse one..

Take literally any sapphic ship, and you’ll likely see this issue presented in one way or another. This entanglement, like souls bound together, that can’t even become completely separate from each other in the midst of war, death, politics, starvation or cult activity. That’s what makes these kinds of dynamics so interesting, and ripe with motifs to discuss, like I’m doing now. To put it simply: fiction is bonkers bannanas, and girls are extremely close with one another in a way that cannot be understood by outsiders. People of any nature, gender, whatever, are shipped together because they are interesting together, and nothing is more interesting than people who cannot exist without some semblance of the person they care for most. Even if you don’t see them as romantic, you can’t deny the intensity and emotional intimacy share. The human condition is an endlessly expanding atrocity, and the depth that lies within it is easily exemplified by other people, and that, my friends, is why stories are good.

#whooooo that was a lot #everyone good? anyone need water? #shipping dynamics #shipping discourse #i can add as many tags as i want to thank you #wlw #sapphic #jackieshauna #yellowjackets #yj #catradora #she-ra #spop #lesbian #my lil mini essay yahoo #lottienat #mistynat #tumblr discourse #maybe #let’s hope not