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I was so excited to actually have confirmation of the timeskip we all knew happened before Season 4 only for ND to immediately derail the convo into jokes š
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#spop#shera#she ra#entrapta#glimmer#catra#nd stevenson#crew-ra#she ra and the princesses of power#things from twitter#spop meta
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sooo wrong hordak
i often see lots about him being a pointless character who could open doors at the time and ended up along for the ride - and don't get me wrong -
they needed to be opening some doors forsure.
but i see more to him than that. it's even in his (lack of a) name. so much mirroring in this show done in the traditional flip across the vertical axis, but to me, i see wrong hordak as kinda swapping across the horizontal. you take the concept of hordak, and flip it upside down. maybe it's even a funhouse mirror or some shit, cause idk, but i can kiiiinda see it.
dude's been exposed to sooo many things hordak never was, and soo sooo quickly, too.
-cut off from the hive mind --goofy ass etherians in bright fun fckin clothing treating him as one of them for no goddamn reason ---being fed undeniable proof from prime's own logs that he's been lied to ----wanting to bring him down -----realizing he's already w the people he needs to be with to try n do that
how quick, how simple the turn around is for wrong hordak reads to me as something of significance. there's so much in this show that challenges indoctrinated thought - which exists in many forms, but i can't help seeing wrong hordak as a juxtaposition to hordak by employing what seem like such simple, laughable differences in their experience of being separated from horde prime, in order to show how little it sometimes takes to really pull back the curtain for someone so they suddenly see what they couldn't before, vs how long it can take for someone to even get a glimpse of it when that curtain never moves, unless they find a way to move it on their own.
hordak can thank entrapta for that one. and tbh this is just one of a few posts i've been making cause i felt like i wanted to say some of it before i made the post i really wanna about hordak and entrapta, but esp hordak, tbh. dude's been doin the big bad thing, but in all honesty, he's been playing a part as much as anyone else you could accuse that of; knowing nothing else; a perpetuated cycle, if you will.
dude wanted to break it. "there was even a time you wished i would not come for you..." but ended up pulled right back in. luckily, prime was arrogant enough to put the person he had to have known brought hordak to that feeling- right in front of him (didn't learn how to calculate after save the cat, i guess) resulting in nothing more than prime issuing hordak the last command he ever would.
cause he ain't your brother, bitch. he's more than that.
and you don't understand what makes them strong. but hordak finally did. and he won't let it go.
<3
#spop#she ra#spop hordak#wrong hordak#spop horde prime#spop entrapta#spop meta#spop analysis#love is what makes them strong#in case it wasn't clear <3
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My housemates and I are watching S5 of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, which my bff J and I love, and Ash had never seen. She's been having a blast with it and it's been really cool to watch through her eyes.
I've seen some condemnations of how Entrapta is handled in S5 that I found, let's say, unpersuasive. Re-watching now, I'm not just fine with how she's handled, but have realized how much I really love it. It's still refreshing for me to see a narrative where an obviously autistic personāan adult, which is extra refreshing!āis treated as a moral agent without ignoring her actual handicaps.
Entrapta is capable of moral failure and has failed morally in the past, despite her basic good nature and personal kindness. She has lines she won't cross and where she'll stand her ground, and she hits that line before most everyone in the Horde but Adora, but her priorities were still very wrong. She's not just an avatar of Autism, and by S5 we see that she's grown and changed without any indication that she's less autistic now or more authentically Entrapta than she ever was. AND at the same time, it's clear that there is something rather cruel when other characters evaluate and judge her behavior without making any allowances for how Entrapta perceives and processes things around her. Sometimes they don't seem to even slightly consider how differently Entrapta experiences and understands the world.
The scene (in S5!) where she belatedly figures out that the others in the scene are angry at her, and everyone except Scorpia acts like she's stupid for not already realizing it, is incredibly familiar, honestly. It's one of those moments where I felt like it could seem forced or artificial in a "teaching moment for the kids" way, and yet it's one of the most relatable moments in the show for me.
#honestly i think a lot of people IRL struggle to unite the ideas that autistic people are moral agents AND that it's often pretty cruel#to evaluate their actions without any consideration of them being autistic. like. these can both be true but it's very polarized#even when talking about actual rl autistic people where the stakes for this kind of reductionism are far higher#so the idea that this bit of nuance is bad representation or something is fairly nonsensical to me. i wish i'd had it as a kid!#anghraine babbles#long post#entrapta#she ra and the princesses of power#rare breed of attack unicorn#rl: bff#rl: ash#anghraine's meta#general fanwank#actually autistic
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Question 6 from the entrapdak question game? :))

Thank you for the ask! There are two terrible takes that to this day make me believe that some antis watched spop skipping every scene that had Hordak in it
Well, the first one is more of a crazy conspiracy theory, but I still wanna mention it - "Entrapdak is a pedo ship cause Entrapta was meant to be a teenager" and "her age was actually retconned so the writers could ship Entrapta with Hordak". I do wish that Entrapta's age was confirmed in the show itself, cause this aspect of her character did genuiely confused a lot of fans, but thinking that she was actually written as a minor but then was aged up just cause the writers wanted to make entrapdak less problematic?? Insane
The other take is "entrapdak bad because Hordak was manipulating Entrapta to work for him and was abusive towards her". And it used to be such a prevalent opinion in the main fandom too! I honestly think those people just hated Hordak sooo much (mainly for being a threat to Catra) that they were making shit up to make him even more evil and irredeemable so everyone would stop liking him or wishing him a happy ending. Many also loved Entrapta, but hated Hordak so much that they imagined he'd be a terrible partner to her and were insisting that she "deserved better" and was actually unhappy with him (some fake ass Entrapta fans imo) Like, lets dissect this take again. At first, as fellow Hordak fans always say, Hordak couldn't even manipulate himself out of a plastic bag. Plus there wasnt a single scene where Hordak manipulates Entrapta to do smth for him. It was Catra who made Entrapta side with the Horde and convinced her to work for them. Hordak didnt mind, but he also had no say in this. And when they became lab partners it was Entrapta who forced herself into Hordak's lab and in his life, she was the one always insisting on getting information and knowledge out of him, who insisted on working with him, bro just could not make her leave!
Many used to say Hordak was only using Entrapta for her skills (and also didnt care about her as a person, like hello?? have they seen s4 and 5?) when Hordak never made her do anything she wasnt intersted in - he didnt made Entrapta help him build the portal, she was already curious about portals! he didnt make her take care of him or build him a new set of armor, it was her gift! and he was never forcing Entrapta to stay by his side or be loyal to him or the Horde - she simply enjoyed working on this project and spending time with him. And when Hordak was told that she betrayed him he just... accepted it and never thought about revenge or punishment or anything like that. And he wasnt angry cause he lost a tool that could upgrade his tech or fix his problems, he was devastated because he lost his only friend. But you know who only saw Entrapta as a tool-
Then the abuse part - by that antis usually meant those two moments when he yelled at her/ cut her off while being in pain (and also brushed off Entrapta's hair). Like, yeah, Hordak has anger issues and he does scream a lot, and my boy should work on that, but such behaviour never made Entrapta feel distressed or afraid of him. She was either unbothered by Hordak's attempts at being scary and intimidating, or she was sad FOR him (and slightly dissapointed) - she never took his outbirsts as Hordak being genuinely mad at her, she knew smth was wrong with him, but it had nothing to do with her. He yells when he tries to imitate Prime and make ppl leave him alone, or when he's in so much pain he can't handle it and once again wants to be left alone (all because he himself doesnt feel safe around ppl T-T). Should he still apologize for snapping at Entrapta? Yeah. But is such behaviour abusive? I can be, but in case of Hordak? I dont think so
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Here's the results of my Color Wheel Challenge from Twitter. Had such a blast with this one!
#color wheel challenge#magma leader maxie#pokemon oras#garfield#curious george#shego#kim possible#hatsune miku#vocaloid#meta knight#kirby#entrapta#she ra#sofdti#terrain of magical expertise
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Yes right? You know, I loved their friendship, and I shipped them, but that both died the second Scorpia decided to completely refuse to protect Entrapta for an entitled anti-vaxer she just met.
The sad thing is, its not even that unrealistic, I had "friends" who were as pathetic spineless and careless as soon as they met their oh so perfect partners, even if the stood up for them before. It even makes sense that Scorpia, being a people pleaser and abused by Catra for several seasons, would be like that. But it would have been needed to be called out as an huge character flaw and betraying Entrapta.
If you date someones abuser, you are not their friend anymore.
it still bothers me that scorpia and entrapta were close friends but scorpia is shipped with the same person who grossly mistreated entrapta and was blatantly ableist to her. scorpia left the horde because she realized how toxic catra was towards entrapta, you think she's just gonna fall in love with perfuma while knowing that she was also toxic towards entrapta?
scorpia may not have known about the first time that happened but she was literally present the second time. she was there when they were trying to find glimmer's coordinates, she saw perfuma leash entrapta and she said nothing!
i know that scorpia isn't the type to get into an argument or anything, but s1-4 scorpia would NOT idly stand by while her friend is being dragged around and yelled at for no reason. remember how she got mad at corrupted adora for trying to attack catra (and catra was 100% in the wrong there). and furthermore, she would absolutely not fall in love with someone who dehumanized and infantilized her friend.
another character who was ruined by s5's shit writing.
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Silly Game Time: Who are some of your favorite tech-oriented characters? And what do you like about them?
The technology they're good with can be very real-world based or complete fiction; it can be digital or mechanical (a hacker or a machinist), electric or nuclear or solar or petroleum or clockwork or steampunk or magic or use futuristic power sources.
They can be of any race/species from any genre of any media (books, movies, shows, games, etc.), too. What matters is that one of their primary skills, roles in the story, and traits as a character is being good with the story's available level of technology.
entrapdak my beloved

Entrapta truly is in my opinion justā¦PEAK when it comes to character-writing. She's great autism representation, and I also just love how morally grey she is when you think about it for a bit. Her moment of going āI don't know people, I know tech, so I thought I could help people by knowing techā is very moving.
And Hordak makes for an interesting spin on a story of discovering your identity. I'll always be down for characters I can look at as a trans metaphor. āI am Hordak, and I defy your willā goes hard as hell.
Combined? Well, I love myself a pastel x goth ship. Hordak doesn't really know how to connect with people, and Entrapta, funnily enough cancels that out. She sees through a lot of his behaviour. Very steadily, they become two people wishing the absolute best for each other, two people who want to see each other rise above all that they have been through.
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also obligatory Meta Knight and the Meta Knights mention, that guy and his crew BUILT A WARSHIP. Presumably a lot of the things that came with it too! When you think about it, that's insane!
#athy rambles#also shout out to the Dr Verit Lemuel Barlakoden (the artificer I'm playing rn) for radiating autism and loving men#Silly Game Time#she ra#she ra and the princesses of power#she ra entrapta#entraptdak#entrapta#hordak#entrapdak
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"Are we just gonna ignore that?"
Mermista is, of course, referring to Hordak and Entrapta together at the end of the Finale. I think its an interesting question, and represents far more than a meta look at the ship of Entrapta and Hordak.
Fundamentally, She-Ra Princess of Powers (2018) has a drastically different view of what it means to be "moral" and what "punishing villains" mean. It does not necessarily hold every individual who does something evil responsible for their actions, instead, investigating the system that prompts this evil. I want to explore that concept primarily through the characters of Entrapta and Hordak.
Hordak (The Derivative of Pure Evil) Starting with Hordak because he's frankly a bit less nuanced than Entrapta, not unnunaced, just less. He's introduced as the leader of the Horde, passive himself, but frustrated with Shadow Weaver's lack of progress. As the leader of the Horde, all-commanding, responsible for the (at least) decades of devastation and death.
However, despite that, he is- at least later on -given sympathy by proxy of standing next to Prime. Sure, Hordak has tried to dominate a world for decades, Prime has ruled the Universe for hundreds of years-maybe even a milenia. Further, while Hordak rules from afar, delegating his violence to Shadow Weaver and Catra, Prime manipulates directly- robbing will and mocking any form of attempted dignity in his presence.
Note that when Hordak does attempt to be charismatic he mimics Prime, most likely intentionally. It is clear that the evil Hordak has shown is fundamentally deritive, and that creates some amount of distance between Hordak and his actions. Further, there is the-slight as it is- possibility that Hordak had-fundamentally- no choice but to do as Prime programmed him. I find this interpretation doubtful due to the existence of Wrong Hordak, but, in fairness- he was severely physically damaged immediately.
Regardless of your take on that, Hordak is shown sympathy by Entrapta. This is interesting, not because Entrapta "doesn't care about her friends" as some people try to argue, but because it clearly displays how Entrapta cares about her friends. Sidelining that for a moment, Hordak is a great example of systemic oppression at work- not just as a leader, but as a victim of it. He was created "flawed" and was cast out, having only known one thing- Prime and his conquest- he attempts to emulate it but can't, not totally.
In his mission he recruits people like Shadow Weaver, and encourages her when she creates people like Catra and Adora- no doubt- even ordering the creation of the program which creates child soldiers. Stripping them of their indviduality through uniform and loyalty, twisting collectivism to benefit one individual through the gathering and hording of resources. When we see Hordak interact with his empire its strictly toward his end or delegated to another party. He expects his soldiers to be an extension of himself in totality, obviously, as a result of him being a clone of Prime.
The fact that most of the antagonism for at least the earlier seasons is a result of Shadow Weaver should not be ignored. Despite explicitly ordering Shadow Weaver to stop focusing on Adora she continues to do so, she has the capability to summon Force Captains and order them against his wishes- even one he promoted himself! By his own creation, Shadow Weaver is able to push a system where she wants to go, thats because at this point SW is who controls it, not Hordak. Once Catra defeats and imprisons Shadow Weaver, she attempts to take her place- and then the focus switches from SW to Catra as the primary antagonist.
Hordak is, never really the "true" narrative antagonist of She-Ra, not really, instead he represents the impersonal ambitious and destructive system of oppression.
So why the hell does he let a short, genius, probably neurodivergent woman invade his sanctum and aid him with something he hasn't confided in his closest generals with?
Entrapta (Schrodinger's Scientist) Lets talk about Entrapta.
Entrapta begins fairly simply, as the typical "mad genius" archetype, even introduced in a stereotypically villainous way cinnematically- a silhouette on a canvas of forboding colors. Then, revealed to be, fairly short, and asymetrical design wise- with top heavy hair that supports her. Immediately cutting most of the threat from the introduction. Entrapta seems to embody that contradiction as we move forward. Simultanously focused on doing whatever she can to learn and experiment and still being so anchored to others.
Over and over, we see Entrapta convinced not necessarily by helping friends or stopping enemies, but by studying more and more technology. Ot at least, thats what seems to happen, I want to posit another explanation. Mostly, I want to focus on her decision to stay in the Horde, and I do think its a decision. While Catra does indeed manipulate Entrapta at least to an extent, is isn't using false information or to lure her to some forboding place. Catra feels- imo -empathetic toward Entrapta. Her friends who had claimed to care for her had left her, used her as a tool to accomplish their goals, thats something Catra can relate to.
While this perception isn't true, Entrapta seems to believe it, and is visibly disturbed by the relation. Quickly, Scorpia befriends Entrapta, and even Catra seems somewhat fond of Entrapta's company. Entrapta explores all sorts of situations, helps the Horde quite a bit, and even begins to befriend(?) Hordak? Why? Is it because she feels betrayed and whats vengeance? Is it because she doesn't care about whats right and whats wrong? I don't think so- I think Entrapta fails to see the system behind an individual, or maybe doesn't care for it. She's almost a mirror to Catra in that way.
However, where Catra thinks herself immune to the propaganda of the system just by knowing it, Entrapta seems unaware or unconcerned by the logical ends of her actions. In a way that seems to both contradict her focus on scientific rigidity and completely fit with how she was introduced: in the throws of experiment, and completely unprepared when the logical end of it backfired. It is both a strength and a weakness of the character- something I have to agree with user Gythyanki (https://www.tumblr.com/gythyanki) that She-Ra 2018 does quite well.
Humanizing Hordak (And Destroying the System) It is precisely due to Entrapta's unique perception of systems that she is able to befriend Hordak. Keep in mind, for his entire life, Hordak has only known conquest and using people as a means to their ends. Thats how Prime sees him, thats how Shadow Weaver sees him, thats even how Catra sees him. So- when this woman- who should be an enemy, who should be a prisoner- not provides aid to him when he thought no one else could, but doesn't just use him it makes perfect sense that he becomes fond of her.
And while Entrapta's decision to help a tyrannical dictator build a portal that could have ended the world was.... not good, in the end, if Hordak hadn't been turned at least to Entrapta's side, there's a chance Prime could have won. And really, thats sorta the point right? Its not that Hordak didn't do horrible things. Its not that Entrapta was right to build robots for Catra or help Hordak build a portal, but that, it was not wrong for Entrapta to extend compassion toward him. That the evil being done is not ultimately caused by the individual, not really, but by the larger system at play.
Once you elminate Hordak from his context as ruler of the Horde, what do you have? You have a "defective" clone who'll do anything to return to his "brother's" good graces, but has fundamentally failed him by becoming an individual. Hordak learns to have his own values and chooses the one that showed him kindness over the one that used him. So "Are we just gonna ignore that?" has an answer, no, we aren't. Because we've already dealt with the problem. Hordak's means of doing harm has been taken from him, and his motivation to do it similarly.
Fundamentally, what would killing Hordak accomplish here? I might even ask, what would punishig him accomplish? She-Ra Princess of Powers seems to refuse the traditional concept of punitive punishment, and instead focus on how people are actually effected. How was Catra and Adora affected by Shadow Weaver? How was Shadow Weaver affected by Hordak? How was Hordak affected by Prime? What sort of system perpetuated the harm these individuals did? And how do we stop it?
I can't claim to know what the objectively best moral framework is, but I do know, that I can agree with the idea that maybe people matter a bit more than vague notions of "justice" which harm more people than they actually help.
End Note I: I am NOT saying Entrapta and Hordak are justified in their actions, and I am also not saying that Hordak shouldn't probably have to do a lot of rebuilding. One more note: individualism isn't inherently a "bad" thing, but it can be weaponized to attack geniune collectivism used to aid people in securing resources, be wary of that sort of thinking.
End Note II: Just in case you were busy reading and didn't wanna open a new tab GO READ GYTHYANKI'S STUFF, I WILL FIND AND RANT ABOUT HOW GOOD IT IS IF YOU DON'T
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Being an autistic myself, I'm curious to hear your thoughts on Entrapta, if you don't mind sharing them.
Hey lately its just been me answering asks and I'm not autistic (self diagnosed ADHD tho)
also I haven't gotten around to she ra sorry but if we could get our followers help to reblog with links to meta that would be great.
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It is also definitely ableism.
You can definitely see Catra as being mentally ill too - but she is still very, very capable to think and talk like a neurotypical, and the ways it does manifest are very easily understandable to neurotypicals.
That is not the case for Entrapta.
And Hordak is physically disabled, and while the show loves to understate this and then just erase it in the last season because oh we are so progressive, that is also not something you can explain away cutsyly.
Wrong Hordak is a bit harder to grasp, but I think here too it is that the kind of trauma he has is just not something neurotypicals experience, mixed with "if its not X bad it is not valid".
It is also, and I don't even know what to call that specific form of bigotry, this sense that trauma and mental health issues are only valid when the person experiencing them is attractive to them. Aka a able-bodied, thin, pretty much neurotypical passing lesbian teenage girl.
And don't even get me started on the raging ableism in pretty much all of the fandom except for the Entrapdak shippers (though I have to admit that the Shadow Weaver fans and Glimmadora shippers were at least lesser extreme and gross than the rest about it), and how the parts of the crew that weren't harassed by said puritanical bullies totally refused to acknowledge the problem.
I never understood why their trauma was treated as jokes when catra gets her trauma treatment with absolute seriousness.
Entrapta never confronted catra for betraying and shocking her, her time at beast island gets played for jokes.
Wrong hordak gets treated like a complete joke, his trauma treated as comedy then proper trauma.
Hordak trauma gets overshadowed and mocked when Catra took his crystal, the scene treats it like a badass moment when I see it as catra being ablest since hordak is a disabled character yet his trauma with his disability doesnāt fully get taken seriously and gets used against him so many times.
How is that fair? I love the show but thatās my biggest problem, the favoritism is so obvious in show and fandom.
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Dear Podficcer letter 2024 (for @summerpodficswap)
Dear Podficcer:
Thanks for considering recording something for me! I am so excited.
Some general notes: I prefer podfics with simple soundscaping and quiet music, so itās easy to hear the person speaking. My hearing is not known for being good, unfortunately.
I am okay with any rating and category. If the fic is NSFW, I would prefer it to be F/F, M/M, or Other. However, if itās M/F and really funny, Iāll allow it. (Hopefully this goes without saying, but please donāt record an NSFW fic for me if youāre younger than 18).
When it comes to writing/recording fics, my preferences are generally the same as listed here, except I am not comfortable creating NSFW works.
Without further ado, here are my current fandoms! Currently The Stanley Parable is the main fandom that lives in my head rent free, but I have several others as well.
Main Fandoms:
Welcome to Night Vale
the Magnus Archives/Protocol
Hello from the Hallowoods
The Stanley Parable
Secondary Fandoms:
Starkid
The Mistholme Museum of Mystery, Morbidity, and Mortality
She-ra
Meow Wolf
Favorite genres:
Comedy
Sci-Fi
Fantasy
Horror
Tags and Tropes I enjoy:
Crack/crack treated seriously
Crossovers
Social media AU
Post-Canon
angst with a happy ending
identity shenanigans
Genderbending
F/F ships
Filk
Autistic characters/disabled characters in general
Unreality
multiverses
4th wall breaking/meta
Fics formatted like an episode of the podcast theyāre from
Outsider POV
fics that will make you cry but are also comforting
fics where the main characters slowly realizes theyāre living in a dream/simulation
Do Not Want:
Non-con or Underage archive warnings
Incest or pedophilia
RPF
Character X Reader (unless itās funny and/or it gets meta)
And now, time for my fandom-related preferences!
Welcome to Night Vale:
Cecil/Carlos
Michelle/Maureen
The Magnus Archives:
Fix-it fics
Post-canon, especially if itās a crossover
Jon/Martin
Melanie/Georgie
Hello from the Hallowoods:
Angst
NikignikĀ
Riot/Olivier
Hector/Jonah
Percy/Diggory
Violet/Bern
Yaretzi/The Countess
Polly & Yaretzi & Mort
The Stanley Parable:
Stanley/Narrator
Timekeeper | The Settings PersonĀ
4th wall breaking fics
Hatchetfield:
Paul/Emma
Steph/Pete
Grace Chastity
The Lords in Black
I still havenāt watched Nightmare Time 2 and the last episode of Nightmare Time 1, so please donāt spoil them!
Post-canon - specifically if you have a fic set right after Nerdy Prudes Must Die, I so want to hear it.
She-Ra:
Catra/Adora
Entrapta/Hordak
Entrapta/Darla
Post-canon
Iām not too fond of the headcanon that Entrapta is asexual and not interested in sex (although I could see her as a sex favorable ace)
Thanks for reading! Feel free to check out my bookmarks to get some examples of fics that I like: https://archiveofourown.org/users/crackfics_georg/pseuds/crackfics_georg/bookmarksĀ
If you podfic one thatās tagged āinspirationā I would be very happy, but Iād also love the opportunity to hear a completely new fic. Podfics of my own fics are absolutely welcome as well!
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So Iāve seen quite a few posts complaining about the way Entrapta was treated by the Princesses, particularly with a lot of vitriol towards Mermista. I know a lot of us who are neurodivergent are really excited about Entrapta as a character because sheās autistic coded and a lot of us can really relate to her. I think a lot of us are also, and rightfully so, very defensive of the way these types of characters are treated because they get treated honestly so badly by show creators and other characters in their series more often than not, and thatās totally reasonable. If youāre uncomfortable with the way she was treated in regards to what Iām about to talk about Iām in no way saying you canāt still be uncomfortable about this because this is just my opinion and the way I saw it as one touch-averse ND person. To preface this I have not received an autism diagnoses, but I have an ADHD diagnoses and have started to suspect that I might be autistic as well (though itās hard to tell with the overlapping symptoms.) My fiance is autistic and also has ADHD and has agreed with me on several of these points.Ā
SOĀ
[id: Screenshot of Mermista pulling Entraptaās hair while they approach Horde Primeās spire in season 5. Caption reads āIām sorry Iām bad at listening!ā end id]
This scene, which a lot of people had an issue with. I had an issue with it at first too bc like pulling peoples hair is generally like not okay! Though the situation was very stressful and dire and Mermista was under a lot of stress. I think this episode was actually particularly important because it showed Entraptaās issues with feelings and people (like not realizing they were all upset with her) and the stress and residual resentment from fighting on opposite sides and the issues that the other princesses had with understanding Entrapta with a resolution that got talked through. Something that in my personal experience is really important for everyone, but especially ND people and people with mental illnesses. Miscommunications and misunderstandings happen and they all talked it through and I thought it was very sweet.Ā
But, the hair pulling (and the weird leash thing that Perfuma made with vines but thatās a whole post on itās own and Iām not gonna get into it)Ā
Now like I said I thought it was kinda shitty at first, but thanks to quarantine and depression Iāve re-watched spop probably fifteen times now and Iāve noticed a bit of a pattern.Ā
Most of us have already noticed that Entrapta uses her hair as hands for stuffĀ
[id: Screenshot of Entrapta leaning over in Hordakās lab and shaping one of her pigtails into a hand. Caption readsĀ āFailure is a vital part of scientific endeavor.ā end id]
Like literal hands
[id: Screenshot of Entrapta standing in Darlaās doorway holding her tools with her hair and making a suggestive face. end id]Ā
Itās her superpower, and while the other princesses do use their powers as a bit of an extension of themselves, for Entrapta her hair is straight up another body part/limb for her. Tbh if I had hair like that I would use it for literally everything and never touch shit with my hands.Ā
I think Iāve seen people point this out to an extent before but I noticed that Entrapta never really reaches out to touch anybody with her actual hands with the exception of Hordak.
[id: Screenshot of Entrapta smilingĀ in the Fright Zone squishing Catraās cheeks with her hair. Caption readsĀ āHi, Catra. I saved your life. Youāre welcome.ā end id]
When she convinces Hordak to send Catra to the Crimson Waste instead of to Beast Island she like grabs her cheeks with her hair, and again in season 5 she pats Catra on the head when she tells her she forgives her.Ā
[id: Screenshot of Entrapta and Hordak in Hordakās lab. Entrapta is using her hair to hold out Hordakās arms in a T-pose. Caption readsĀ āAnd youāre really way too obsessed with this whole failure thing.ā end id]Ā
And when sheās talking about Hordakās disability and brainstorming about his suit. I actually chose both of the above screenshots because I thought at first that she only used her hair in place of her hands because her hands always had her tablet in them but both of her hands are free in these scenes, though one could argue that she needs to use her hair to reach Hordakās hands, she could lift herself up with her hair if she really wanted to reach out with her hands.Ā
Actually thereās a point in Season 3, episode 4 where she straight up just scratches her hair with the Shera sword so Iām not even sure she has feeling in her hair???Ā
[id: Screenshot of Entrapta in Hordakās lab scratching her head with the Shera sword. Caption readsĀ āIām not sure if we just need the sword or if we need She-Ra, too.ā end id]Ā
Sheās scratching her head with a big fuck off sword so I think that we can infer two things from that: that she canāt really feel much through her hair, and that her hair is like durable as fuck. Considering she lifts herself up by her hair a ton Iād imagine itās not attached to her scalp in quite the same sensitive way that like non-magic hair would be.Ā
So I think it makes sense, and might be a respect of her boundaries, to reach for her hair over her hand if they need to keep her from going somewhere. You could argue that grabbing someone in general is a disrespect of boundaries, and in a lot of cases it can be, but in the case of a battle or dangerous mission grabbing someone isnāt really out of the ordinary. We see it with the Best Friends Squad a lot, but also with Scorpia and like literally everyone sheās around.Ā
When Hordak saves Entrapta from the portal exploding we do see him grab her by the hand, but itās continuously established that Entrapta exhibits way more intimacy with him than with pretty much anyone else. She allows touch from others and doesnāt seem bothered by it, but Hordak is the person she most consistently reaches out to in regards to touch.Ā
[id: Screenshot of Bow kissing Entraptaās pigtail like itās her hand. end id]Ā
When Bow first officially meets Entrapta he kisses her pigtail like itās her hand, which by the way is just super adorable I love fanboy Bow, but itās not just Bow. Catra and Scorpia also mainly interact with Entrapta through her hair.
Whenever someone needs to interact with Entrapta in a tactile way, itās pretty much always through her hair. When Entrapta needs to interact with others in a tactile way, itās pretty much always through her hair. Entraptaās hair is like another set (sets?? She can split her hair up a lot) of hands. So I donāt think itās as rough of a treatment as people are making it out to be. Itās not like pulling a non-magic personās hair. Entraptaās hair is magic and she uses it in place of her hands near constantly. Itās not like pulling someone elseās hair because Entraptaās hair is her power, itās an extension of herself in a way that otherās hair is not.Ā
Itās okay to feel uncomfortable with Mermista (or others) pulling Entraptaās hair if that makes you uncomfortable, especially if youāre neurodivergent as many of us have experiences of people completely disregarding our bodily autonomy and infantilizing us in a way thatās frustrating and harmful, but (and Iām not gonna name names bc this isnāt meant to be a discourse post and Iāve seen it a lot) demonizing Mermista for pulling her hair in a high stress situation when sheās struggling with leadership already and Entrapta is seemingly ignoring her orders to do whatever for the sake of science. Though we find out thatās not the case, Mermista doesnāt know that at first and was intending to keep Entrapta from putting herself or the rest of the team in danger which is a foundation of leadership responsibility.Ā
Should she have tried to be more understanding of Entrapta and actually try to communicate frankly that she was mad instead of assuming that Entrapta would realize it on her own? Absolutely, especially as a leader. But sheās new to leadership and thatās like half of what that episode was about, and people make mistakes, especially with communication. Thatās something that I think spop as a show handles really well. People make mistakes, people do things they regret, and people struggle with things like communicating and boundaries even when they have the best of intentions. What matters is that itās talked out, apologized for, resolved, etc. Iām ND myself, and Iām friends with a lot of neurodivergent people and miscommunications happen A LOT even with like the base knowledge that we need to speak bluntly, clearly, and honestly in order to be understood. Sometimes even when youāre blunt and honest and open things still get miscommunicated. I definitely think the princesses infantilize Entrapta far too much, but I donāt think the hair pulling is as much of an issue as Iāve seen people make it out to be and I definitely donāt think Mermista is some Vile Bitch (tm) for doing what she did.Ā
(Also I took all these screenshots myself please appreciate that I spent like two hours combing through spop episodes to find them djsfjklds)Ā
#spop#shera and the princesses of power#mermista#entrapta#hordak#bow#adora#shera#catra#scorpio#perfuma#glimmer#the best friends squad#darla#entrapta centric post#entrapta meta#meta#is this meta???#holy shit my first full meta#spop meta#fandom meta#fandom drama#kind of#long post
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I think the thing that hits me really hard abt Entrapta is shes not fuelled by hate at all. Like Catra to a certain degree is fuelled by her anger and her need to prove herself, Scorpia wanted somewhere she cld belong. BUT ENTRAPTA IS FUELLED BY CURIOSITY, BEING HERSELF AND THAT'S SO PURE AND POSITIVE!!!! Like when they told her the princesses weren't coming back for her, she wasn't angry, she was sad. BUT AFTER THAT, SHE NEVER TALKS ABOUT IT AGAIN. YOU KNOW WHY? CAUSE SHES USED TO IT!!! Look at the way everyone treats her like shes annoying just cause shes a bit different like shes not just some hehe comic relief, she's a person with feelings who is used to being treated like shes different just because she doesn't understand things. And the worst part is she is shown to be a genuinely nice person. She came to help rescue Glimmer and Bow. She didn't have to do that. She even tries to make things easier for the rest pf the princesses to find her by not moving not because she knew she was in danger but because it would be easier for them! I STAN ENTRAPTA AND NO ONE CAN STOP ME! WELCOME TO MY TED TALK.
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You summarized it so well. Honestly, I know the antis said we would all just scream ableism and biphobia whenever, but with the way they acted, it was so obvious that most of the time that was their reason for their behavior. Not all the time, but most. It was either ableism, biphobia, or "for the first time in my life someone is not catering to me so I am butthurt" or several of these
Being an E/C shipper makes me question how I could stand dealing with Entrapdak discourse for so long.
Like Erik and Christine? Yeah theyāre messy, I totally get having conversations about their dynamic in canon, especially when we as an audience donāt see much of Erik trying to better himself.
But Entrapta and Hordak? Where we saw them in a symbiotic partnership in which both parties were improving their confidence and self esteem with help from the other? That was a problem???
The discourse Hordak and Entrapta caused retrospectively is very bizarre. Like, seriously wtf were people that mad about when when the main couple were deliberately a hot mess
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a thing about she ra that I think is *criminally* underrated is scorpia and entrapta's friendship.
why? simple. they're some of the only people who actually try to understand and accommodate each other.
when scorpia rambles on about something she already told her, entrapta doesn't get upset. if she's annoyed, she doesn't lash out or demean her. she just checks if she told her with the recorder, and gently remind her she already said that. no yelling at her for being so annoying or loud. just politely telling her she already said that and scorpia responds to it immediately. when scorpia gets insecure in moment of truth thinking she's just bothering her, entrapta is quick to reassure her and tell her she can stay. no getting upset at her for being clingy. just reassuring her she can stay and explaining what was going on. entrapta never gets cross with scorpia for making mistakes.
this goes both ways. when catra shuts down entrapta wanting to drink hot cocoa in the north, scorpia is quick to go get it instead and make jokes about it. she is the FIRST one to defend her when people are too harsh on her, she vouches for her character with no hesitation. hell, she was able to think like entrapta surprisingly well. in my mind, they're very close.
neither of them are "normal" and they get each other. they don't expect the other to understand everything immediately. they just explain and are patient with each other even when they struggle.
(don't tag as ship.)
#entrapta#scorpia#not a ship entraptas like thirty#spop spoilers#she ra spoilers#she ra#spop#she ra and the princesses of power#NOT A SHIP.#candy meta
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Bow's Character Arc
There was a discussion on Twitter from people who were confused about Bowās character arc and whether he had one (he very much does, and itās actually one of the clearest / most spelled out in the entire show!). To help anyone experiencing that confusion and because itās never a bad idea to understand how character arcs work if you want to be a writer/storyteller, I might as well break Bowās character arc down for anyone who might find it helpful.
Buckle in, it's nerd time!
At the most basic, a character arc is a change (usually growth) a character goes through over the course of a story. Usually good (positive change arc) but sometimes bad (negative change arc). Itās very often a reversal aka the character is often in the exact opposite state by the end of the story than how they start it out. It can be trickier to follow in an ensemble story like SPOP because there are a lot of characters with parallel story lines going on and multiple arcs colliding in different ways, but She-Ra does a really good job of giving each of the four leads arcs (with Catradora as the main leads, Glimbow as the secondary) near equal time.
Yes, including Bow.
What I think throws people about Bowās arc is itās based on hypocrisy.
Meaningā¦
He encourages his friends to talk it out and share their feelings⦠while hiding his own feelings from his dads and repressing his frustrations with having to be the middle man between Adora and Glimmer (Season 4)
He declares that average people (such as the kitchen staff at Dryl) donāt need the princesses and are just as capable of fighting the Horde themselves⦠while he believes himself and his abilities inferior to Princess Entraptaās
He reminds the others (esp Adora) about the need to accept help⦠while refusing any help for himself (think about āDon't worry about me. I'm the one who worries about you. Can we go back to that? Please?ā in Pulse through to that moment when he agrees to let Glimmer take him to check on his dads in Return to the Fright Zone and literally leans on her)
I think a funny way to sum up his character issue is: Not me, though.
This arc progresses across all five season as he gradually changes. He starts the series out repressing his feelings from both his family and friends while doubting his abilities and refusing to ask for help (he IS Adoraās mirror, after all!). Over the course of the series he learns to express his feelings instead of bottling them up (The Beacon > Reunion > really all of Season 4 but it comes to head starting with Boys Night Out through Beast Island > Stranded), gains more confidence in his tech skills (The Frozen Forest > Signals > Flutterina > Mer-Mysteries > Corridors), and starts to learn to ask for help (The Beacon > Pulse > Return to the Fright Zone).

Which of course all culminates in The Heart Parts 1 and 2 where he finally wraps up all threads at once by
a) asking Scorpia to trust him (putting faith in someone else to help)
b) completing Entraptaās program to unchip everyone (proving he IS as good a scientist as she is)
c) giving the speech to everyone on Etheria rousing the common people to fight Prime (average people can make a difference⦠which he now fully believes that includes him).
And while you can make the argument that confessing to Glimmer is part of his arc to share his feelings, the fact is that he completes a full character arc without ever behind reduced to just someoneās love interest because none of his character growth is tied to his romantic relationship at all (which was what the original tweet claimed). It's all his inner journey to have faith in himself and his abilities and how they relate to his friends and loved ones.
And thus the guy who starts the series as āonly one around here whoās not a princessā with doubt in his tech abilities ends the series as confident Tech Master and future King of the regular people he sought to inspire, which is about as textbook a reversal as you can get.
Does it come out of nowhere?
His character arc progresses and takes significant focus in the following episodesā¦.
S1:E6 System Failure
S1:E10 The Beacon
S2:E1 The Frozen Forest
S2:E3 Signals
S2:E7 Reunion
S4:E3 Flutterina
S4:E4 Pulse
S4:E7 Mer-Mysteries
S4:E8 Boys Night Out
S4:E10 Fractures
S4:E11 Beast Island
S5:E3 Corridors
S5:E4 Stranded
S5:E9 An Ill Wind
S5:E10 Return to the Fright Zone
S5:E12 Heart Part 1
S5:E13 Heart Part 2
Thatās 17 episodes out of 52 which means his character development gets approximately 32% of the focus of the entire show⦠which for an ensemble cast like this where heās one of four leads is just about dead on as it's over a quarter of the episodes.
That's a significant chunk of screentime with multiple episodes devoted specifically to his character journey.
Is his journey as flashy and action sequence-y as what Adora, Catra and Glimmer get? No, but it's a) a show marketed to girls so it makes sense they get the more cinematic scenes and b) his arc is more emotional and thus didn't need to hinge on big action like theirs did. Though considering the culmination of his arc is him as a 100 foot tall hologram speaking to the entire planet, I personally feel like that was pretty hard to miss.
If you look at all of this and still want to say that Bow did nothing or had no character arc, I think the thing to ask yourself is: why is it so important to you to discount the accomplishments and character growth of this character specifically?
In conclusion, this is the face Bow makes when he spent five season growing, changing and kicking butt as Tech Master and Voice of Reason and you say he did "literally nothing"...
#spop#shera#she ra#bow#meta#literary analysis#if I had more free time I would do a whole series analyzing the writing in this show#because it's so well done#spop bow#glimmer#adora#entrapta#tippen's posts#you all forget I'm a writing nerd until I bust out the craft talk don't cha?#i would like the record to show that I put the picture sets side by side#to show the start and end of each part of his arc#but tumblr ignored that layout
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