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Like a flame to a willow

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THEY WILL COWER!

she dismiss~

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I love when you’re reading multiple fics by the same author and you start to spot all the phrases and adjectives they like to use

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the cavalry's...mad

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In celebration of the incredible fifth season of She-Ra, I wanted to finally share this amazing commission @fujifingerz did for me a few months back of a future Catradora family! Long story shot, the HC involves two kitten/babies named Mara ® and Hope (L). This piece came out beyond kick-ass.

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Dang son

In an interview, Noelle said about Adora, “she’s convinced that it would be better for her to die than for her friends to get hurt, and honestly, she’s kind of been trying to do that for a while.”

What “trying to do that for a while” means is that this isn’t behavior particular to season 5 and, oh hey, Adora has actually been suicidally self-sacrificing in EVERY season finale.

Season 1:  When the Horde is invading Bright Moon, Adora tells her friends to stay back defending the castle and goes to meet the army all on her own. But she’s been doubting herself even more than usual since the disastrous aftermath of Princess Prom and the confrontation with Catra in the First Ones temple, and as a result, her She-Ra form is severely weakened and she gets beaten up pretty badly. It’s only because her friends step in and support her that her confidence and She-Ra’s power return, enabling the Rebellion to fight off the Horde. 

Season 2/3 (developed together as one arc): Catra breaks reality, and Adora has every intention of throwing herself into a portal and trapping herself in a pocket dimension in order to repair the fabric of space and time before everything collapses on itself. The only reason she isn’t able to do it is because Angella steps in and does it in her place. Adora is unable to prevent Angella from sacrificing herself and has to watch it happen, and she’s clearly dealing with a lot of guilt over it in season 4 because she believes it should’ve been her. 

Season 4: Following her First Ones programming, Light Hope tries to fire the Heart of Etheria using She-Ra as the weapon’s trigger, so Adora breaks the sword to prevent massive universal destruction. Breaking the sword in her She-Ra form could have potentially caused her harm (it didn’t, but it’s not like she could’ve known that). But really, this one is more metaphorical than literal. Even though this is a triumphant moment of Adora breaking away from a forced destiny and refusing to be a weapon and saving the universe, she still makes a huge sacrifice and loses something vital to her. By severing her connection to She-Ra (as far as she knows), you could say she “kills” She-Ra in a way, and because her sense of self is so completely wrapped up in her ability to be She-Ra, she “kills” a part of herself too. As we see in early season 5, this action has severe emotional consequences for her. 

Season 5: In order to prevent Horde Prime from using the Heart and destroying the universe, Adora chooses to host the Failsafe, which turns her body into a conduit through which Etheria’s magic will be released from the Heart and returned to the planet. She makes this decision knowing the process might kill her, even with She-Ra’s protection. When she finally makes it to the Heart, she can’t access She-Ra because she’s been poisoned, and she still intends to see it through to the end, knowing she will definitely die, but at least her sacrifice will protect her friends and save the universe.

And those are just examples from the season finales. We could definitely pick out other moments throughout the show where she’s way too quick to put herself in danger and sacrifice herself for others. (“Why are you like this?” Catra asks her, in frustration and desperation, and the reasons why deserve their own detailed analysis.) 

Of course, Adora doesn’t succeed at this thing she’s been trying to do for a while. Because she chooses to live, because she finally lets herself want and have something for herself, and because of the Power of Love, baby. 

Still, these aren’t the kind of issues that go away overnight, and Adora’s going to be spending quite a long time working through them. But she’s going to be okay, because she’s surrounded by people that love her for reasons that have nothing to do with what she can sacrifice for them, people that will take her by the shoulders and say, “oh my fucking god, please care about yourself the way we care about you,” and at some point, it’ll actually sink in and they’ll finally make her understand what she’s worth.

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So good as always ;__;

“You love me?”

“You’re such an idiot…”

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Catra in a ponytail... and she's wearing Adora's sweater. 👀

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I'm so glad that Yang is making more use of her semblance mow than previous seasons. Makes me happy inside :)

THE POWER, THE SEMBLANCES, THE SMIRKS

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“Bored of your tablet, you look over your shoulder at Lapis. Your eyes automatically gravitate towards her gem, then following the curve of her slim shoulders and back, down to her rumpled skirt and bare feet. It suddenly hits you that she’s sleeping with her gem facing you and not away like she typically does. Not underneath her, either. She’s just laying there with the most vulnerable part of herself facing you, breathing deep and easy. Something about that makes your chest flutter oddly.

She must feel safe with you.”

headcanon that lapis likes to sleep or lay down on her back because it protects her gem and makes her feel safe. eventually she stops needing to, because she has someone who makes her feel safe all the time.

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I found a love for me Darling just dive right in And follow my lead ~

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Homework for my animation class (we had to pick a rubber-hose style character :D)

Feedbacks are more than welcome !

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Ok but what if