#not approved by the RMCSA

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So, uh, didn't expect to get this one done today or I woulda pushed my WiP Wednesday back a week but whatever. It's fine! ANYHOW Adora's got a headache, literal and figurative, dealing with day two of Trio Moving. Scorpia plays matchmaker, Entrapta hacks the rest stop, and Catra is a disgusting cheese gremlin.

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So. That was it. The summer romance of her life over in three days without so much as a kiss.

Typical.

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....................so

This is one of the first fics I ever wrote for SPOP. I started it in February of 2019 and then I hated the ending because it went too serious and I’ve tried to re-write the whole thing at least four times.

My bad.

BUT HEY! I’ve decided since I have a bunch of unfinished WiPs posted on Ao3 right now (which I didn’t back then lol, how the turns table) I might as well get this S1 18-wheeler a’rolling!

Anyhow, this is the one where Adora is moving cross country and Catra is a trucker who is part of a business that’s only somewhat legal. :)

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Catra would really, really, REALLY like to be working a job and luckily for her their newest sucker has signed up for Trio's services.

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Adora does her best to force this move to happen perfectly according to her plan. And, well, the road to hell is paved with good intentions...

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Catra is doing her best to be nice, but it's definitely a work in progress considering she wants to WIN.

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A fated meeting happens and Adora signs a lot of paperwork. Like. A lot.

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So I saw an author I love post a snippet like this and thought to myself, “Hey, that might be a great way to jump start the SPOP Moving AU I started working on A YEAR AGO!”  So I went in, thinking to myself, I know I need to add probably a good 5k min to the fic. Well let’s just see where I am. Oh my god....oohhhhhh my gooooooooooood, y’all!? 21k+ words of catradora fic featuring ace catra and I’m not only not done, I haven’t published any chapters yet. wtf. WTF. *dies* *revives so I can die dramatically again*

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Six Sentence Sunday

The Moving AU (AKA Not Approved by the RMCSA) lives! Here’s the part where in the process of convincing Adora to take care of herself and go for her dreams Glimmer tries to fist fight her.

Glimmer threw her hands in the air. “We would have starved, had heatstroke, frozen, or failed classes without you. And if you disagree I will physically fight you. Meet me in the conversation pit Adora.”

“Glimmer-”

“PUT THEM UP GRAYSKULL!” Glimmer teleported over to the weird section of her mother’s living room where the floor dipped down. Her hands were up as she bounced on her feet like an old timey boxer, a slight pink glow around them as she shadow boxed for a few seconds.

“No fist fighting in the conversation pit Glimma,” Angella somehow managed to say without an ounce of humor. “You know I can’t afford to replace those windows again.”

Glimmer had spent, perhaps, too much time perfecting throws and grapples with Adora down there during her sophomore year of high school.

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So what fics are you working on at the minute?:)

Right now I’m working on SPOP fics, the 3rd season just dropped though and I kinda need to re-tool the two main ones I’d like to post at some point. But I’m also plugging along on a modern au from Shadow Weaver’s perspective as a shitty abusive parent...so that’s...rough.Star Wars wise, Barriss Finds Ahsoka Via Sonar is finally done and I had someone look at it, giving it a few more days for a final pass before I post either at the end of the week or next week.

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Hey I'm curious about the catradora au wip you have where catra is ace and uses sexual jokes as a kind of shield since that's honestly so realistic and heartbreaking at the same time. Did catra and adora grow up together in this one, and how did each come to terms with their sexualities (obvi if it isn't spoilers)

(absolutely love your fics btw ❤️)

Hey there! Thank you for asking, and the lovely comment! :D 

Absolutely I wanna share, so let’s talk about Not Approved by the RMCSA, AKA the Moving AU. :)

In this AU they didn’t know one another until the fic starts, it’s essentially a little bit of meet cute. Adora is moving across the country with Glimmer and Bow (to attend college after supporting them financial through university), and the company they hired had to cancel on them at the last minute. Adora panics and finds the Perfect Company! They can move her literally the next day, their rate seemed reasonable, and they are available :D Glimmer asks if it’s a scam, and Adora realizes this is probably 100% a scam.

Super Pal Trio Moving is a moving business that is only partially a scam, but they absolutely will move you as promised. Adora rides with them for the next three days and falls in love with this grumpy truck driving cat. They part after her move but stay in touch and then when Adora needs to move again she jokingly contacts Catra to hire SPTM, and they reconnect as Catra shows up to help her move with the truck again.

For reasons that are spoilers they end up living together and the fic wraps out happy. The reason I wanted to give you this full summary is that Adora realized earlier in her life she was a lesbian. She’s been out since she was a kid and is very comfortable with her sexuality. Catra thinks she’s a lesbian. She finds women attractive but has always thought of herself as low sex drive (and that people are just fucking liars about sex being amazing/enjoyable).She thinks Adora’s cute but mostly she likes the way Adora acts. It’s not until she’s living with Adora and the two are sort of dating that Catra begins to freak out about something being wrong with her. Entrapta is the one who just says she’s asexual and a giant cartoony lightbulb goes off over Catra’s head as she realizes, “Holy shit, yeah I am!”

Because she’s been uncomfortable about sex her whole life though, Catra has experienced the unique cruelty and pressure that comes with disinterest or distaste for it. And, consequently, has discovered one of the easiest ways to avoid people trying to set her up for a hook up or prove her wrong or talk graphically about sex to make her uncomfortable (among much more bullshit) is to be the first one making a sexual suggestion. A waggle of the eyebrows here, picking the low hanging fruit jokes (that’s a big dick joke, ba dum tish), and joking about raunchy stuff is more than enough for most folks to laugh and nod and most importantly leave her alone. 

A crinkled nose when someone talks about sex is inviting others to make fun of her, but cracking an explicit joke in a suggestive manner invites people to laugh with her instead of at her. 

This confused Adora a lot because they had to share a bed during the initial trip and night one Catra was already teasing her and joking about “getting between her legs”.  So she also spends a good chunk of them living together wondering what’s up, like, is it her? Is she not as attractive as she was or like what’s wrong here? They talk about it a little at the end of the story after Catra goes, “...well fuck, actually that sounds right.” but it’s not a major plot point so much as a minor side story for it.

Thanks again for asking! :D

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what stories are you working on right now?

Sorry Anon, I was off Tumblr for a hot minute there!

For the most part I'm jumping between so many stories it's not even funny anymore and writing a little here and editing a little there, without any clear main story in the lead.

Like, honestly? What am I NOT working on these days? (road trip AU, not approved by the RMCSA, LTTA Short Stories, the sequel to The Apprenticeship, Legacy, Violence is the Question: Yes is the Answer, Hawkdora Fake Dating AU- this was a bad hypothetical question, such a bad hypothetical question!)

Things I am technically working on right now below the cut because good fricking god wtf there's a lot????? And I don't know why I'm surprised about this???????????????????????

How to Quit You is one I'm in and out of frequently right now (Glimmer is pitching a fit and I am struggling to keep expanding on all the things I didn't know we were going to show lol). Ch 20 is more than halfway there, and when it's done glitra will be back together and in the next chapter or two they'll be married and then they can live happily ever after and we are all dying because I can't move forward. Glimmer wants to take things slow and more realistically instead of dipping Catra in a kiss at sunset, and it's quickly becoming a me problem lol.

The Bloodborne AU is probably the next most frequent as I'm able to hop all over the timeline. It's somewhat stalled out as I had to completely re-write the outline and worldbuilding elements for the third time T-T Plus side, each time I am forced to do this the story is stronger! Down side is the whole Micah and Angella section is now showing it's weaknesses 0.0

It's All Fun and Games has paused spectacularly because the "Prank Chapter" accidentally went full angst instead of comedy crack and I don't want that gosh darn it that's the FUN fic and I will DIE ON THIS HILL!!!! And I don't have any prompts past the prank so I can't even skip ahead to get the funny ha ha's back (yes I am begging people to prompt me on that fic again).

Balance to the Force has been opened a lot, can't say I got much done after I went in a few weeks back and realized how big Catra's chapter is lol. Like, I ended up already writing twice as much as I thought I would then realized I really need to split it into the "more funny ha ha Inquisitorium" and the "Catra actually becomes a Sith apprentice and that is not fun nor funny". Plus I think I need to rework the story, I don't know if I want it to be catradora anymore and also I have a lot of big [SOMETHING SOMETHING PLOT AND NOW THEY'RE HERE] holes to fill.

I keep thinking of stuff for the Assassin Collection AU, but then when I open it up my mind goes completely blank and I just re-read what I already have and go, "Hell yeah I love this thing" then close the doc again. :)

In dead last is Colony and Princess & The Thief, both of which keep jumping me with feels and a desperate desire to read them. Not so much with writing but that deep longing for someone else to magically finish what I started :p

Beyond that I've had some very nice comment recently on Declarations and Close But No Cigar, which was lovely after a long stint of people who didn't like where I took the stories lol. So I've also had a lot of Ahsoka feels recently but each time I open Twice Bitten, Once Removed that whole world just spirals out in front of me and I feel a little of my soul leave my body before I close the doc again. It's a weird the motivation is there but the drive is not situation.

And then all the random new idea WiPs keep smacking me in the face too (Guardian Angel (Angella is basically a ghost that only Catra can see), Tears (exploring the way Catra and Adora react to different things in a modern AU where they are both somewhere on the infinity spectrum), Hordak and/or Catra Time Travel (2 ideas for the price of one because I can't choose but don't want to write both so either: Young Hordak ends up in the future and Catra has to confront how young, naive, and traumatized he was compared to the grumpy asshole she kind likes these days OR Catra ends up in roughly S2 her's body and instantly everything gets fucked up because she keeps having appropriate coping skills and emotional maturity), Each Time We Give A Little Bit: It Comes Back to Haunt Us (Scorpia and Entrapta help ghosts and spirits who are trapped possessing items to try and finish their unfinished business or at least be brought somewhere nicer, Catra is possessing her old ring and wants to go home to Adora, it's been somewhere around 40-60 years since she died though), Post Military Life Thing (exploring the way Adora and Catra are living their lives after being discharged, it has not apparent point to it besides to show how similar but different they are so I keep editing it and trying to figure out what it wants from me), Missing Person Catra Weaver (Catra runs away after threatening to kill herself, for 10 years everyone assumes the worst and then she moves back to town totally unaware of the "Catra Come Home" project, I've got so many feels for this and have even written a little more but mostly it's just me wishing someone else would write it), Dad!Micah and Catra Bonding (same universe as "We Will Raise You in Safety and Peace", Micah and Catra do some awkward bonding and Two Step thinks they're father and daughter causing some more awkwardness but also some feels), Com-MOM-der and Clawdeen (I have another chapter for this featuring the SPT and their daughter showing everyone up at the next Princess Prom and also a chapter about how Clawdeen and Adora end up bonding despite the tension between her and Clawdeen's three moms), and There Was Only ONE Bed (By Design) (The one where Glimmer lies about her pull out couch being a regular love seat to force Catra to sleep in her bed while visiting, strangely everything works out until they're already basically married and then Catra learns about the couch and is more shocked this worked than anything))

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ASKRDSEJEH You're the author of the ace Adora smut fics??? Holy shit I love them, and I go absolutely crazy over any -good- ace representation there is in fics. Istg I've read the green with jealousy one at least a dozen times by now and I love it more after each read. Are any more of the WIPs related to these series or other asexual headcanons??

(the fact that you're the same author legit just made my day though)

:DDDDDD Hello and yes!!! And I am so glad this made your day! 

*touches all my fics with my aroace hands to mark them as mine* Absolutely I do friend! To be fair, several of the wips/headcanons are in star wars with Ahsoka Tano. That girl is aroace representation imo (C’mon, pretty girl says I could kiss you and you say “Uhm, well, thanks for that.”)

BUT 

Let’s talk She Ra.

I’ve also been kicking around the idea (but again not writing) that the Super Pal Trio is all aro and/or ace of some variety and only find out after the war. Originally I’d thought I’d put this into It’s All Fun and Games Until, but then Catra got thirsty as fuck so I’m not sure where I’m gonna put this T-T

In another wip I did have in the list (Not Approved by the RMCSA) Catra is also asexual but is very flirty and leans into sexual humor as sort of a coping shield. This is the fic where Adora is moving cross country and gets somewhat scammed by the Super Pal Trio via their legitimate business Trio Moving.

Outside of catradora, I actually originally wrote HtQY as another asexual partnership and still somewhat see it that way. But I’ve decided to not make that canon since those two are such disasters and messes that they’d find a way to make me retcon it (I mean, Adora literally changed her name without me noticing sooooooo)

I actually haven’t started writing this one, hence not on the list, but I’ve been thinking about doing a Green with Jealousy wedding fic where Glimmer’s something blue is actually green and she’s getting heckled for it while trying to explain it. They are both getting fed up with all the insinuations around their first night together as a married couple and nearly come to blows with the hotel staff who keep making suggestive jokes. Adora begs them to not get arrested on their wedding night, she or Bow end up taking the fight on themself :p (Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Green is the working title in my brain pan)

I also started trying to write (and have had to delete so many frigging times) a Glimmadora fic that half the time starts wading into this same territory with Glimmer. But again that story has changed so much it’s a total crap shoot at this point on if it’ll happen or not. 

Honestly 99% of my fics are written with me thinking of one or more main characters as aro or ace and then usually I go back and retcon a little bit to fit the story I was intending to write. :p

Headcanon wise, I think that Catra is asexual and Adora is aromantic which is part of why they had so many communications about being in love. They’re QPP your honor. Adora always knew that Catra meant more to her but never at that gushing lovey dovey romance level she’d heard about (mostly on leaving the rebellion but also rumors while in the Horde). Catra did manage to fluster Adora all the time though and never noticed because asexual, so she always attributed Adora’s reactions to something else.

I also think that Scorpia might be ace as well, maybe more on the demi side of things but need to sit down and think that out further before I can really claim it I think. 

And while I see Entrapta as being allo (just touch averse in general), I do see Hordak as aroace. Which is something she noticed hence calling him her lab partner to be considerate of him not really being on his self discovery journey atm. I know that Entrapdak aroace head canons are apparently Problematic though so I tend to not do much with this one.

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Birthday WiPs Because I Can

SPOP - Not Approved by the RMCSA - AKA The Moving AU

When Adora turned around the vending machines were all spitting out their products in tandem. It was such a surreal sight that she pinched herself.

“Gathering sustenance!” Entrapta responded. “These new machines actually have low level operating systems in them, so if you access the debug menu you can do all sorts of interesting things! Like get coins from them to operate older machines and then dispense soda. Wanna learn?”

Adora twitched and rubbed at her temples. Apparently Catra and her stall hogging was the least of her concerns in the morally ambiguous grey zone. If she was really She-Ra she wouldn’t be spending time with law breakers right? Right. Therefore she wasn’t too lame as a person. Point proven, bam!

“Uh, but what about the cameras?” Scorpia asked before laughing. “I’m kidding, I know you probably hacked those too! Nah, I’ll start taking these back to the truck. Oh look! I didn’t know you could get pickles from a vending machine. Wild!”

“How are you guys still in business?” Adora asked, bewildered to watch Entrapta’s hair continuously split to load coins into the machines while also punching in numbers into the newer ones.

Entrapta asked distractedly, “Define in business.” 

Adora decided that while not surprising in the least, she didn’t really want to know.

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Not Approved by the RMCSA- more snippets!

Adora woke up slowly, groaning as she pushed her face deeper into the pillow. To say her gamble had not paid off was a bit of an understatement. Catra had, as usual, fallen asleep immediately and Adora couldn’t find another position to sleep in around the balled up form at the foot of the too small bed. It also hadn’t helped that Scorpia and Entrapta had “whispered” back and forth about anything and everything that passed their minds for an hour before finally crashing out.

Even then Adora spent a while worrying about her pitifully low bank account, then took a quick stroll down “everything I do is wrong and this is why I deserve to go destitute and all my friends hate me in secret”, before finally wrapping out her evening re-calculating how much time she had left to sleep approximately every minute.

Although those last three were much more her usual speed anyways.

At some point she’d managed to flip onto her stomach and as a consequence her boobs hurt from not having shifted them around on the rock hard mattress. And her lower back. And her chest. And her neck. Adora glared at the nightstand where her phone was charging before looking at the clock again. 5:57 AM. If she fell asleep now she would have three minutes before her alarm went off so she could go for a jog and take a shower while hunting down the cheapest breakfast possible. It wasn’t worth it. Sadly she reached over and turned the alarm off.

She sighed, finally resigning herself to just getting up early even if the now two minute difference made her skin crawl. Carefully Adora pushed  herself up onto her elbows and tried to drag her knees up to free her feet, only to feel something soft and warm tickle against her calf. Risking a glance over her shoulder, Adora saw that it was Catra’s tail draped over her. She very slowly tugged her leg up again while trying to leave Catra asleep. She did not need to deal with that particular brand of aggravation this early in the morning.

“Mrrp?” Catra gave the softest most adorable chirp that Adora had ever heard, her head popping up off her hands before she yawned. That was a lot of sharp teeth. Wow. Catra huffed and then stretched out laying fully over Adora’s other leg. Apparently instantly back to sleep. She stuffed down her jealousy at Catra’s blatant disregard for her own everyday superpower. What would she give to fall asleep that easily? Dang it!

Adora also had to admit, the whole thing had been super cute, but now that she’d turned her alarm off Adora needed to get up or risk falling back asleep. She whispered, trying to not fully wake the other woman up while still getting her to move, “Hey Catra, I need to get up.”

One fluffy ear flicked before Catra grumbled and buried her face into the back of Adora’s knee. Adora, for her part, deserved a medal for not shrieking with laughter over how ticklish she was. She jammed her fist into her mouth to stop a squeak from escaping as she discovered that Catra did actually have very, very short whiskers hidden by the thin layer of fur on her face.

“Oh god,” She wheezed, twitching as Catra finally settled down luckily no longer jamming her whiskers into one of Adora’s most ticklish spots. It was now 6:04 and Adora was officially late to her own morning routine. “Ok, ok, I can fix this.”

Catra started to softly purr, her throat rumbling with bubbles on the back of Adora’s leg.

“No, no, no, no, no!” Adora hissed to herself as she covered her face.

How was Catra even this cute in sleep? It should be illegal! It was rude! It was messing with Adora’s careful plans! She buried her face back in the pillow with a dramatic groan and decided to wait until Catra was fully back asleep before trying to move again. Gosh, whose snoring was even that soothing?

When Entrapta’s alarm went off at 8:00 AM, it was with a spectacular bang. Literally. Adora screamed, bouncing up to her feet on the bed and ready to fight whatever was attacking them only to immediately lose her footing as Catra jumped up with a yowl and hiss. The two had still been tangled together and mostly just threw each other off balance. In slow motion Adora fell hard onto the cheap puke colored carpet, skinning her elbows along the way, and could do nothing but watch as Catra fell on top of her.

“Good morning fellow compatriots!” Entrapta shouted, sounding as if she’d been awake the whole time.

“Hey Biggie,” Scorpia gasped, clearly trying to slow her breathing back down after the scare.

“I will fucking kill you,” Catra growled, pushing off of Adora quickly.

Not quick enough for the image of a sleep mussed Catra straddling her stomach and boxing her in with both arms to not be burned directly into her brain where it would torment her for the rest of her life most likely. God damn!