#to this day i'm sad entrapta never got to fight the princesses

[princesshalfdemon]

What would you say is the worst anti-entrapdak take?

the insinuation that Entrapta “deserves better” because “Hordak is evil” for a lot of reasons largely relating to infantilizing her while also overlooking what i feel is one of the most interesting parts of her character that even her stans overlook (and honestly i could go on an entire tangent on this without even talking about entrapdak at all): Entrapta wasn’t a good person either

Entrapta is always a member of the Evil Horde. in the original She-Ra stuff she’s part of the Horde. Entrapta is One Of The Main Villains Of The She-Ra IP. Entrapta is always... evil. in this new cartoon like EVERYTHING Noelle was able to put an incredibly new and original fresh take on everything all the way to Greyskull by crafting an original story in its entirety which allowed to give Catra, Scorpia, and others fresh new characterizations than just “evil villain lady grrr” but nontheless had her as, quite frankly, extremely ammoral.

yes, Entrapta was lied to by Catra about being abandoned, and yes Entrapta decided at that point she had no reason to honor an Alliance with people who consistently treated her as weird and made no attempts to understand her. but she also didn’t need to help the Horde conquer the world; but she did because she was getting something out of it. she could have pleaded and begged to be taken back to Dryl while refusing to help; but the moment she saw the Horde had the tech that could advance her research she was on-board. and her conversation with Bow and Glimmer made it very abundantly clear she didn’t harbor a grudge either, this wasn’t about revenge against the Alliance.” Entrapta really only cared about her research without any regard for the safety or well being of others:

and in this case, that her research would actively assist the Evil Horde in conquering the world

she didn’t. care about that. chances are if Hordak or Catra had offered an alliance before Entrapta even met the others showing them what they could offer her, Entrapta probably would have allied Dryl with the Horde immediately. Entrapta did not care that her research and endeavors would actively assist with the entire world being conquered: Entrapta did not care that her research and assistance would kill and enslave thousands. it is not because she is autistic and doesn’t know better (fuck right the hell off with that ableist nonsense) or because she was tortured and brainwashed or because she wanted revenge against the Alliance: she just wanted to advance her research by any means necessary no matter what had to be destroyed to get it. yes Entrapta had a limit: destroying the entire universe is usually that for most people not named Catra. and then she actively works in assisting against the destruction of the world and all creation upon realizing the full scope of how truly fucked up the situation was and realizing “oh god, oh fuck, my research fucked things up oh god”

Entrapta is a hero who helped save the entire universe. but she was, for quite a while, genuinely ammoral and clearly did not care: she did what she wanted in order to get her results. and during that time willingly and intentionally become close to Hordak, with whom she formed by far her closest relationship, one that created a love that ultimately helped save the entire universe from Prime by giving Hordak the desire to be more than he was and betray the only thing he ever knew to keep her and those like her safe.

yes, Entrapta helped save the universe and fully redeemed herself; that doesn’t change the fact she was willing to assist with the subjugation of an entire world as long as she was getting something out of it. it is to me partly what makes Entrapta such an incredibly interesting character, something that... is weirdly overlooked??? people want to act like Entrapta is uwuwuwuwuwu perfect pure sunshine goodness when like... dudes no she was helping Hordak take over the world asdfk;lajsdf;klajs

tl;dr: Entrapta was objectively speaking a villain complacent in a lot of really terrible things who became a better person in the same way Hordak would later grow to evolve as a person, but was nontheless one of the main obstacles the Alliance had to overcome as her inventions as an active obstacle to living in a free world and it’s Really Dumb and overlooks the fact Entrapta was also a villain, so i especially hate “Hordak was an evil villain!” being an arguement on why entrapdak is back as it overlooks everything Entrapta did and the fact she’s an adult woman who willing to work with evil as long as she got something out of it

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