#please note that i don't hold anything against noelle amd the crew

[the-darkness-does-not-bargain]

I have to agree with you, I don't like Catdora myself. I'm not even a huge fan of the show but I have been watching it. Haven't watch the 5th yet but seen the other seasons. Catra never felt like Adora's friend, let alone a lover and worse she abuses people who try to help her just for the sake to be better than Adora. That ain't love! That's a psycho! I get we need LGBT+ representation in media but we need HEALTHY LGBT+ representation. Not abusive!

My thoughts exactly! Adora deserved better! And, quite frankly, so did Catra. She deserved a better and more fleshed out redemption.

If it had been up to me, they would have reunited and worked together to defeat Horde Prime, Catra would apologize for her actions, they might even have that one kiss everyone keeps posting, BUT. But, after the dust settled, with Prime and Shadow Weaver dead and Etheria poised to start healing from the war, Adora and Catra would sit down and have a long, honest conversation, where they would dive into everything that happened and deal with the fallout of their relationship. Adora would say something like, "I still really care about you and I want you to be happy, but I can't put myself in a situation where you could hurt me again. I don't think we can be together."

And Catra, gifted with the great and heavy blessings of perspective and self-awareness, would say, "I think you're right. I really want to be with you, but I'm not sure that would be good for either of us. There's too much between us, and I'm scared that I might suddenly fall back into being that horrible, broken person who hurt you. So, yeah, I don't think we should be together either."

And then they would hug because they still love each other despite everything, and later on Catra would announce her plans to leave for the Crimson Waste with Lonnie, Kyle, Rogelio, and Huntara, to start over.

And in the epilogue, we see Adora happily dating a 7ft. tall beautiful hulk of a woman with biceps as wide as watermelons, and Catra is happy and healthy, running a sanctuary for the victims of the war in the Waste.

Think about how much better that would have been! Think about what a good message that would have sent! Ugh, it drives me crazy imagining it!