#mariecate

[polar-biscuit]

@ genv show the s2 trailer to us now or i wont stop drawing these two kissing!!

[yameoto]

yam love love love that analysis on cate you just posted and was curious what your thoughts are on queers (lesbians in specific obviously) reading her as a closeted lesbian going through comphet?

tbh i could talk about this for hours but would just like to say that she legitimately had queen maeve posters all over her childhood bedroom lol didn’t believe that soldier boy shit for a SECOND.

comphet reading of cate dunlap ft. mariecate

TLDR so u don’t have to read the whole thing; all of cate’s relationships with men are overall fake and do not revolve around love, rather the forging of an idealised identity formed around media (comphet Classic). cate’s only real raw genuine untainted relationship is with a woman. ft. mariecate

id love to my favourite hobby is looking at characters through a orangepinkwhite tinged lens. cate’s relationship with luke fits the comphet bill almost too well. firstly, cate being locked up her whole childhood means the formation of identity would be entirely based on media. a very heteronormative landscape of media, which aligns with traditional comphet. you could say her relationship with luke—literally golden boy—is comphet based, the ‘gold standard’ for a relationship cate’s drawn from all that she’s consumed in her childhood years. effectually, cate’s entire early life was robbed of her. and here, she achieves her perception’s ‘perfect’ idea of a life through luke, and forms her entire identity around him (hence her desperation to keep him). this is especially evident in the fact she changed her major to ‘hero management’ just to support luke’s career. to fully commit in shadowing him, for the rest of her life.

except, it’s fake. the entire relationship is fake. by the time of the show, cate has erased and changed and warped luke’s memory, his identity to the point where his mind breaks by the pilot. the fauxness and dysfunction of luke/cate’s relationship despite their image of unattainable perfection is probably her largest comphet indicator. maybe she loved him (not enough to remain faithful, however), but it reads as more of a subconscious love of what he represented, and something to anchor her identity to, which she’s never had a chance to form. as well as a means as to gain shetty’s affection and trust, no matter if she thought it was for his own good or not. her relationship with luke was poisoned, for a multitude of reasons.

(sidenote: cate/luke comphet reminds me of jiper comphet down to the false memories piper’s charmspeak and jason as the golden boy who literally explodes so like. there’s that’s free tidbit for anybody who is tapped the fuck in.)

cate has been so deprived of love she seeks it wherever she can find it. hence her stint with andre, which obviously ends in shambles because it’s foundations are already shaky, considering she’s cheating on luke with him, and andre is fucking his best friend’s girlfriend, but is also disingenuous, because cate’s compulsion powers arguably affect andre the secondmost to luke (though, by a wide margin). these are her two only romantic interests, and they suffer the worst consequences of it.

enter.. marie moreau. and cate’s relationship with marie is more genuine than any of her romantic relationships, which i think is the most telling thing. cate and marie serve as foils to each other: both in the manslaughter of their loved ones, the way shetty attempts to use them, and how can you NOT ship two reflections of each other?

in the finale, cate reaches out her hand, and andre can’t take it, because he doesn’t trust her. you can’t blame him. inversely, marie is the one always reaching out to cate, who is constantly defending cate’s intentions and her motivations to the others—when cate doesn’t deserve the benefit of doubt. partly, it’s because marie has known cate the least amount of time, making the betrayal sting the least. but also, cate’s relationship with marie is also the one least tainted by her compulsion powers; marie is the least affected by cate’s manipulations (to love her, to stay with her), and yet, despite marie not being compelled to do so; she still retains her faith in cate. that cate is good. that cate can be good, which is a fact not even cate believes in.

marie actively sees through cate’s compulsion, and later, nulls it. there’s a reason why marie is the one to discover cate’s betryal. there’s also a reason why marie is the one to blow cate’s arm off when saving jordan. in the same episode that cate reaches out and andre draws away, marie reaches out to cate, and cate draws away. that is a very direct comparison. it also speaks to cate’s larger unwillingness to accept love that is untainted, either fear she herself will ruin it, or because she doesn’t think she deserves it.

anyways, all this to say that yes, cate could totally be read as comphet. and mariecate is totally metal as they are, romantically involved or not.

[thelolarahaii]

GEN V 1.05 | 1.07

[usuratongaychi]

mariecate my lovelies

[jaxieshauna]

LESBIAN CATE YES!!!

idc what anyone says

give me more lesbian cate thoughts please im begging you

YEA ASS so glad somebody asked i #cheered ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و <- me

i think she is PEAK comphet repressed lesbian... imagine her feeling a brief sickening relief after luke because she's free . she never admits it to anybody && shoves that thought away because of course she loved him , grief works in mysterious ways but she's plagued frequently with the thought when she's left alone in the dark.

cate is sooo jealous she gets jealous over everything. her thinking she hates jordan because they're full of themself && overly competitive && can be cocky but really it's because of the way marie looks at them. the way she lights up when she sees them , the way she looks at them like they hung the stars , the way they exchange "secret" looks && have all these stupid inside jokes.... no yeah it's Definitely the cockiness i think

she's obsessed with keeping up the image of the perfect little princess. perfectly crafted dgaf attitude. she's known for being noncommittal && passes up a lot of guys . she's "picky" && she's like a prize to guys because of it ( ew ) .. the real reason she for this is because she HATESS sex with men. pda in general with them , it makes her feel so gross. of course she finds herself thinking about what it would be like to touch a girl or call a girl "baby" but everyone does that... right ? O_o

she's secretly suuuch a loser , god she's so needy && clingy. she pretends she doesn't care but if she doesn't get good morning && good night texts at Least she gets super moody. she's sooo possessive you give someone else more attention for a second && she's planning their downfall... lowkey manipulative.. giving you the biggest puppy eyes , "so you don't love me... :C ..." && you reassure her but every time she hits you with the "prove it" && you can't say no to those big wet puppy eyes. of course you have to keep your relationship a secret but you love her , don't you ૮ ⸝⸝o̴̶̷᷄ ·̭ o̴̶̷̥᷅⸝⸝ ྀིა

she follows marie around like a little pet. she's so puppygirl ( sensing a pattern in jaxieshauna blorbos / true forms ) . if she likes a girl she's following them around her whole mood depends on them. FREAKKK ( same ) trying to act so chill && nonchalant but she's losing it if they smile at her.

she lovees butches ^__^ .. she would love a little himbo butch boyfriend .. she's femme4all but boy does she love a good butch . .

she's a pro at picking crushes.. comphet is a Beast ... she has 3 hallway crushes , 1 more "serious" one && 2 "boyfriend contenders" picked out at all time. perfected the tears when "he doesn't like me back ૮₍˶ ╥ ‸ ╥ ⑅₎ა" && still has trouble distinguishing if they're genuine sometimes.

my brain is fried atm because i stupidly pulled an all nighter but i can && will cook more my thoughts are just a jumbled mess right now :L .. hope at least some of this is coherent erm !! number one lesbian!cate truther has come home

[bopplebees]

me when toxic yuri: 🙂‍↕️💗🤭💐

[calliopes-corner]

literally them

[rhaenizziettie]

[glassycoffins]

Cate every time she kills someone: Marie, I did it for you. you’ll thank me later when you finally understand 😒😒

She’s so unserious

[polar-biscuit]

mariecate crumbs

[mariejordans]

was kinda seeing the mariecate vision this episode when cate was like “marie i’m doing this for you”

[thelolarahaii]

marie can control the body (the blood) and cate can control the mind. the writers knew if they were on the same side the war would be over so quick

[tommensbaratheons]

Innocence died screaming, honey, ask me I should know

[noqtrnality]

why are you making excuses for her? [marie/cate]

[murvensworld]

gen v era went by so quickly.

[calliopes-corner]

shame — cate dunlap

fandom : gen v

pairings : mentioned jordan x marie & cate x marie

word count : 659

summary : cate realizes something about herself

warnings : internalized lesbophobia

author's note : i literally just finished gen v and i'm hyperfixating on it and cate ( especially cate ) so hard. . . she is a lesbian TO ME !!!!!!!!!!! mariecate is real TO ME !!!!!!!!!! ( i live in delusion ) i don't know if this is even remotely good but i desperately needed to write something for her so :33 , mitski title also

The pitch dark encompasses Cate, swallowing her and her surroundings, leaving her with nothing to distract herself from the unwanted thoughts. The kind of thoughts that creep in only in the dark when you’re unable to hide even from yourself. Her mind conjures up all of the moments she’s stared just a second too long at Marie, the shameful unsatisfied feelings she’s buried after sex with Luke despite how fucking perfect he is. Was she quickly corrects herself. And another memory resurfaces. 

Her stomach twists as she recalls the split second of relief she had felt when he’d done what he had done. It was sick and it was twisted and she blocked that memory out for a reason. Of course she had been heartbroken after that second and that’s what mattered. It didn’t mean anything, it was just a result of the shock of his death. She had lost her boyfriend after all. The boy that she had loved had been suddenly ripped away from her. 

She had loved him, hadn’t she? Yes. Of course. She tells herself firmly but she’s not so certain if it’s true. She was supposed to love him. She definitely had liked him but she’s not quite sure she’s ever really loved a boy before. She’s never felt the nervous butterflies or the giddy excitement that people always talked about when they talked about being in love. Not with Luke and certainly not with Andre. She had never been “boy crazy” or had particularly strong feelings about any of the boys she’d dated. She’d always felt uncomfortable when Luke told her he loved her- when any boy had. Forcing herself to say it back was even worse - how could she reassure someone of something she wasn’t even sure about herself? At least she told herself she wasn’t sure. Deep down she knows she just hadn’t cared about them the way they cared about her. She wanted to love them - she wanted it desperately. Maybe there was something wrong with her. Maybe there still is. 

Or maybe, just maybe it’s something else. Marie isn’t the first girl she’s caught herself staring at. There have been others… She’s possibly felt that shy awkwardness of wanting to be noticed by someone else you like maybe a little too much. She can’t help but feel the shameful nauseating feeling of jealousy whenever she sees Marie take Jordan’s hand or offer them a secret smile. And there are other things too… She often finds her fantasies full of soft skin and long hair, and too often she plays the role of the male partner in them. She’s never once questioned her gender, she’s definitely a girl, but it’s far too shameful for her to imagine her real self with another girl in that way. 

No, there’s no way that she, Cate Dunlap, could be anything but straight. It’s not that she’s homophobic or anything - she’s perfectly fine with other people being queer - but it’s not an option for her. Plus, everyone has had those kinds of thoughts about girls, haven’t they? They’re just a part of growing up, aren't they? It’s silly for her to even entertain the possibility of her being… like that. 

Still, she lays there in the dark and a part of her knows. Lesbian. She examines the word in her mind, repeating it over and over again. Lesbian. Lesbian lesbian lesbian lesbian. She repeats it until it doesn’t sound like a threat to her, to everything she’s ever known. She repeats it until it doesn’t even sound like a word anymore. 

Tears prick her tired eyes. She can’t think about it anymore. She’s overwhelmed and God she’s tired. She’s beyond tired - she’s fucking exhausted. She tries to think of anything else. Something calming, comforting even, anything to get these shameful thoughts out of her mind. Still, when she eventually drifts off into a fitful sleep all she can think about is Marie’s sweet smile.