#she Ra and the princesses of power

[skipppppy]

Fortiche really went to the ND Stevenson school of emotionally devastating series finales then huh

[what-is-going-on-im-confused]

ENTRAPTAAAAA

i know this pretty rave girl...

[darklinaforever]

Catradora :

Caitvi :

Lumity :

Agathario :

They are so important to me...

[alcarian-does]

breaking art block by drawing buff women? it's more likely than you'd think

i might have had another idea for a fanfic entirely based off of the fact that watching Twilight has made me think about the Pacific Northwest

[elleskinner-justart]

Catradora!

A commission of these two post-series being cute together.

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[aidylweiss16]

Furthermore, I think Catra's treatment of people that are trying to be part of her ingroup is a part of her trying to process her feelings about Adora joining the Princesses. She has a harder time letting new people in to begin with (because of her abuse), but I think it's also reasonable to view it as not being completely comfortable with writing Adora off completely.

The trouble is, she views Adora leaving as a betrayal when it was never about her. And if someone in her ingroup can treat her (as she sees it) badly, then all bets are off in terms of how to treat other people.

But her actions towards Entrapta and Scorpia are actually worse than Adora's towards her. And we as an audience recognize that dissonance. It rubs us wrong and it should, because people should be treated better in general. But that doesn't mean her actions are towards them are worse than Entrapta's and Scorpia's towards the Princesses. They're just more likely to lead ultimately to isolation (and they do) because they're focused on what should be her ingroup.

Humans are social creatures. The concept of an ingroup, of recognizing that we need to treat the people we interact with regularly well is what has helped us thrive as a species. But it comes with this double edged sword of making it easier to treat outgroups badly and that's something we need to move past. That's part of the point of the show, why Adora is the central character, because her immediate recognition that they've been misled is necessary for us to internalize in a world where our differences are so much more obvious.

So I guess my point is: it's understandable that people had more of a problem with Catra's redemption than Scorpia's and Entrapta's. That doesn't mean we should write anyone who feels like that off as a bad person. It just means we need to do more as a culture to talk about how to help people that are self-destructing like Catra.

one thing that this spop rewatch is really opening my eyes on is how hypocritical the Catra redemption discourse was back when the show was still airing. i could make a compilation of all the times Scorpia tries to murder someone in the Rebellion or Entrapta disregards basic morals to uphold her partnership with the Horde and yet they get passes in regards to their redemption while people complain about Catra not “deserving it”. and like, it’s literally only because Scorpia and Entrapta are nicer than Catra. if Catra wasn’t a huge bitch no one would be saying her redemption was rushed or undeserved. people care far more about personality than they do about actions.

[hotdoghottakes]

[gashh72]

Let's drown in a hot kiss

I think I'll do that from time to time. But I'll always hide the interesting stuff))

[viscountess-nila]

with a dash of trauma and a spoonful of sexiness

I don't know about y'all but I like my women morally questionable

[le-corbeau]

If I had a nickel for every ship I have that has a vague canon status with two scientists

one trying to eradicate their imperfections and the other that tells them their imperfections makes them beautiful I would have two nickels which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice

[the-irreverend]

If I had a nickel every time Netflix animated show where one of the characters valiantly proclaims that imperfections are beautiful in the series finale.

I'd have two nickles... which isn't a lot, but it's weird it's happened twice.

[fifiophobia]

Reject suppression, embrace your nemesis

Also this:

[limepool]

How can they adopt me?

[heartofhyrule]

Feeling Supremely Normal about this my guys 🙃

[theflowerthatdraws]

[mcdonaldsforehead-emofurry]

The McDonald’s Forehead and Emo Furry trio is finally complete