#the bulk of Catra's tom fuckery really is the ladder climbing before hand her

[nny11writes]

i dont know about catra putting up with ANY of that, however. i can see adora falling into exactly the same trap as the op because she didnt know what her star sign was, and feeling too awkward to explain it

Would she like it? No. Would she enjoy it? Also no.

But I think to keep her job Catra would lie to be a dick to them and as soon as she started getting extra work/praised at work/semi-promoted or fully promoted she would be like, "Yup, sure love the wisdom of those stars, never wrong about us [star sign]'s'." Catra would find it 100% insufferable, but if it's gonna get her some prestige and not be in her face 24/7 she'd eventually roll with it for her own benefit.

I think she'd get uncomfortable once it became about dating Casta's niece because they'd get along perfectly! Then she'd start feeling some pressure and all that simmering annoyance would become a hair trigger on the topic. Then she meets Glimmer and is willing to suck it up once again to talk with a pretty girl, and is beyond grateful that Glimmer also doesn't like it but humors her aunt (And also she maybe had a phase, don't judge her). Catra and Glimmer would get closer and fall in love starting by bonding over something petty and snarky like that, only to realize there is a spark. Catra has a two minute panic that maybe it's all real before realizing that sounds stupid as hell, but she's dating a really cool person now so she'll try to be less mean about it. Like, 5-10% less mean.

Meanwhile-

Adora I would see being immediately uncomfortable, not lying because fuck them but a sort of anxiety lie blurt where she just wants to move this all along please. But once it leaves her mouth she doesn't want to say she lied and doesn't know why so she's dedicated to the bit. Unlike Catra she'd be looking for help and a way out of it once she realizes she's getting semi-promotions/extra jobs/etc. because of this lie, and she'd do what the OP did and finally admit to it... only to have it get twisted around at that point so it's still a fate and star sign thing. Maybe Casta walks in a Adora tries to spin the situation to not make anyone feel bad but all she's done is jump from one lie to another. She would be viscerally uncomfortable when Casta starts trying to pair her and Glimmer up, pretty girl or not Adora feels so much guilt over the lie and situation.

She would also be very grateful that Glimmer doesn't like it but humors her aunt, but Adora would then rope her into finding a way out of her Throne of Lies (which is, like, two minor lies, but this is Adora and she is going to over think this so hard and Glimmer doesn't stop to think getting swept up in the story to undo the damage). I could see them getting closer and falling in love in the process of some ridiculous elaborate scheme that never needed to exist in the first place. At the end of the day Adora would just be fully honest and nothing bad would come out of it.