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n7punk · 11 months ago

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“By the Sea (Drown Me Already)” Fic Notes

By the Sea is done! It took a longer than I was expecting with everything that happened in my life, but it’s also longer than I was originally intending so that's to be expected lol.

Playlist:

This AU was purely vibes for a while, and thus the playlist was mostly vibe-based at first, but a few of these are very good fits.

GOOD GIRL ERA (SIDE A) — UPSAHL. FBL (SIDE B) — UPSAHL. WEEKEND — Betty Who. Silk Chiffon — MUNA (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) Bed — Niko Rubio. Love Seasons — Nina Nesbitt. Yellow — XANA. bad idea right? — Olivia Rodrigo. Casual — Chappell Roan. HOT TO GO! — Chappell Roan. Shy — K.Flay. Naked In Manhatten — Chappell Roan. Borderline — Sigrid. Minute — Kim Petras.

Epilogue Life:

I did more of a traditional epilogue than I usually do, so there’s not too much to say here, but they date working through their issues for six months before Catra officially moves in with Adora and not long after Scorpia, Entrapta, and Perfuma move in together. Catra does stay at the marina for a lot longer than she ever thought she would before eventually getting too fed up with the waves and getting an opportunity to work for one of the resorts instead.

Chapter 1:

⦁ This AU is heavily based on an area I used to visit as a kid, which sucked so much you can bet there was not a single resort there, but it was the basis of my beach experiences, so it inspired certain parts of this set up. I wanted to do a resort-type AU, but there are also some moral issues when it comes to resorts so I focused on the general vacation town angle.

⦁ I made a lot of jokes about not knowing jackshit about what I was writing, which is partially true, but I actually have Some experience related to the water parts of this fic, it’s just rather removed, and I don’t know the first thing about diving. I haven’t even been to a beach in seven years, but I dated a girl with a boat once and I leaned heavily on that experience lmao.

⦁ “Hot surfer chicks coming to the marina might make it a bit more bearable.” Catra, honey, you have Got to stop jinxing yourself.

⦁ Entrapta was right about Perfuma being anxious. She has so much experience trying to decipher emotions that are easily evident to others and picked up on the body language.

⦁ My POV for fics is always somewhat reactionary. If I do a fic that is primarily from one perspective (Adora POV in Roses & Thorns) it’s almost inevitable that the next fic (Catra POV in By The Sea) will swing the other way to balance it out. That’s not planned at all, it just happens a lot. My brain misses whatever girl it got to spend less time with lol.

Chapter 2:

⦁ Mermista’s dad owned the marina for several decades before he sold it to Netossa when he retired because Mermista wasn’t interested in running it and also in middle school. They get a free boat spot for life.

⦁ I mentioned this in a comment but couldn’t expand on it at the time: Adora and Catra’s relationship is very inspired by the setting. It’s a surprise reunion in an unexpected place, which works well with the vacation town vibes, but they’re both also worried about losing it, which matches with the transience of such a place.

Chapter 3:

⦁ Adora’s small talk was actually really important stuff for diving, that just didn’t have any relevance to the rest of the office, nor did Frosta care, and to Catra it just sounded like weather small talk.

Chapter 4:

⦁ Catra kept up most of their photos from high school. There’s one or two she had said something too glowing about Adora in the caption and thus deleted in a fit of spitefulness, but for the most part she couldn’t stand to lose them. Except that one. That one hurt so much every time she read it because it just seemed like lies, and when she was feeling generous enough to not view it was that, it was the ramblings of a best friend who only felt friendly. It was either lies, a goodbye, or a consolation prize to being “friendzoned.” She wiped it from her account and then quickly regretted it.

⦁ On Adora’s part, you can guess, but she wiped her social media in a low fit after her shoulder. The last thing she had posted was a photo taken by the training pool, gushing about how excited she was for the scouting. It hurt too much. Every photo from college did, and every photo from high school had for a while, but those were at least good memories. Now everything from college was tinged with regret and failure. She saved a lot of the old photos — mostly from high school — and even screenshotted some captions or comments — Catra-related, or even left by Catra herself — and then stuck all of that on her harddrive and pretended none of it existed. After she found a life again, she found herself occasionally going back to look at those high school photos, but she rarely revisited the few she saved from college. It took her months to feel like she could post again. It wasn’t until the next summer, when she hoped enough of her college friends had moved on or forgotten either her or what happened, that she felt comfortable doing it, and when she did she went public on her account, trying to open back up her life. Being public also felt like it gave her a layer of separation from those old high school/college followers even if all it really did was add more strangers to the pool.

⦁ I went back and forth on how to describe the age of the account and the timing of the incident, because they’re kind of halfway. Adora’s shoulder got injured at the end of sophomore year, and her social media existence started many months later, after healing time, so her account got remade roughly two-two and a half years ago and she got injured around three.

⦁ The post of Adora getting fancy dinner after the surfboard post was because her friends saw her anxiety and her overworking herself to get the money to get it fixed and knew she would never let them just pay for the repairs, so they took her to dinner instead and didn’t let her pay for the check. She needed a good time with her friends, and the free meal couldn’t hurt.

⦁ The line about crutches in Adora’s caption is actually something I said to my friend once when they were feeling ashamed of their aid. When you need them, you need them, and something being a “crutch” doesn’t mean it’s bad or unnecessary.

⦁ Adora’s injury was her “breaking the sword” moment in this universe.

⦁ It got cut because it was awkwardly shoehorned in the dinner conversation, but Adora’s Serenia bio says she has four years of experience because she actually tried diving while at college, but it was basically just some fun lessons she did that she never expected to go beyond that. It’s part of why Mara took her under her wing so hard, though. She recognized Adora’s trauma with water, but also how it was so tied to her identity and left her feeling like a shell after “failing” at swimming, so she found new ways for Adora to use those talents and find fun in them. And honestly she needed another hand with the town’s growth.

⦁ I’ll be honest: my knowledge of torn ligaments comes not from sports, but from my dog tearing her knee. I remember the vet told us some wild statistic like half of all dogs will have torn their other leg within a year of the first injury but we made all the lifestyle changes recommended while healing from surgery to mitigate risk factors and she never had any more problems! That was like six years ago now and she’s still super peppy. You’d have no idea she’s a senior dog with a knee surgery under her belt. Oh anyway that’s why I mention the injury lingering because yeah it can affect dogs at least so bad they fuck up their other leg the same way from compensation within months.

⦁ Adora talking about being happy in Bright Moon making her realize how much she missed Catra actually was a pretty big revelation for her. College was just hard the whole way through and Adora was distracting herself from her pain (emotional and physical when she overworked herself) by… overworking herself more. Taking a full load, spending too much energy at practice, working a part-time job after school, she had absolutely no room to breathe and honestly the only surprising thing is that it took her that long to get injured. She never had room to look up and see what was missing because she was explicitly avoiding doing that and pretty much everything was a pain point. Once she was healed and happy, the loss of Catra reared its head again and refused to be pushed aside, even if she was more prepared to process it. It was a lot less painful, but still present.

Chapter 5:

⦁ I think Bow 100% is the kind of guy who would enjoy being made into a sand castle but sand is so unpleasant in a lot of places and to get it out of your binder you’d have to take it off and then put it back on, which is kind of difficult on the go.

Chapter 6:

⦁ Okay so the “armor” from the title is Catra’s bravado combined with the emotional armor of making her wants and Adora’s lingering eyes all about desire instead of acknowledging the enormity of her feelings. Adora is doing a similar thing in her head, but she’s also trying to deny her desire too, so her head is a full on shitshow.

⦁ Originally the grocery store scene was going to be later in the fic when they were “Maybes” because I love the casual intimacy of grocery shopping together (romantically or platonically! It’s just fun), but I needed an Adora scene in this chapter to give a little more of a read on where she was at (denial) and the chapter was really short without it, so I decided to write it now.

⦁ I have actually seen a guy “rescue” a grocery store lobster and keep it as a pet for years on youtube. The transformation she went through under his care is insane.

⦁ Apparently cats and dogs aren’t really suppose to have nuts because it’s a big risk to them, but for the most part it has nothing to do with toxins and is just because they’re a choking hazard or at risk of being a blockage since cats and dogs don’t usually chew things up a lot. Anyway there are a few that are actual problems and that’s specifically raw cashews.

Chapter 7:

⦁ I actually wrote the scene with Mara talking about Adora surfing before chapter five, but it was too early in the fic for that and they needed to build more before something that important. The entire point of putting it early was Catra being surprised by how quickly Mara was willing to accept her and thus wondering what Adora had said about her in the past, but 1) it’s honestly still like that even being pushed back, and it’s more reasonable in that regard, 2) it was both too assuring and too insecure for the vibes I wanted.

⦁ Everything from chapter 8 was originally in chapter 7, but then all the swimming/hook up stuff got so long I had to separate them out, so CH7 ended up being mostly transition. I tell myself transitions are important when I just want to write angsty trash make outs lol.

Chapter 8:

⦁ The make out against the pool deck is like The Scene Lite™️ for this fic. It’s one of like two points I was building to early.

⦁ The original idea for the fic was that Adora would live in a house on Mara’s big property out of town, but when I went to write this scene Adora just said some stuff about living twenty-five minutes away and that got abandoned.

Chapter 9:

⦁ Honestly you can take your pick on whether Bow couldn’t arm wrestle Sea Hawk because it would make his arm too sore to drive or the losing penalty was taking shots. Both were ideas.

⦁ The closet scene is The Scene™️ for this fic. I think I wrote it before the first hookup scene in the first outline when things were more antagonistic (more on that later).

⦁ It’s so not relevant to the fic so I’m sticking it here, but Adora’s old swim coach was almost as bad as Weaver, but that actually worked out for her when it came to scouting. The swim coach wanted Adora to go pro for the glory to her team, and she knew Weaver wanted her to go to a local college, so when scouting started, the coach worked with Adora behind Weaver’s back to help her get seen and apply. This made it even easier to hide, and without it she probably would have needed Catra’s help to pull that off, thus assuring Catra actually knew about it and wasn’t totally blindsided. Adora’s coach actually helped her out and drove her to the airport for her flight out since Adora had a total blow-up with Weaver when she found out. It was something Adora needed, but it was still self-serving.

Chapter 10:

⦁ Their whole conversation here was supposed to be a quick joke and then it became the entire chapter somehow and that’s just the story of all my fics tbh. I really wanted it to be quick since I didn’t want people to think I was making light of IRL racial fetishes but I truly do think all of that would function very differently in any world with multiple species, especially the more diverse the species get and thus the less alike. It starts becoming increasingly harder for a human to be wired to find them attractive, and obviously the species in SPOP aren’t that different, but it’s a topic that always intrigued me in Mass Effect/sci-fi fic that there really is nothing like in our reality, so I was interested in at least brushing up against it and that’s how the joke happened. I’ve made some jokes about it before but they were always the quick jokes I meant for this one to be and obviously that didn’t end up happening here.

Chapter 11:

⦁ A lot of people clocked it but the musical song was Dead Girl Walking (not the reprise) from the Heathers musical (which is infinitely better than the movie, god, don’t watch that thing).

⦁ I went back and forth on if Catra would like the Ferris wheel, because on one hand, they have their secret place really high up and she doesn’t seem to be afraid of falling off the railing, but on the other hand, cats getting stuck in trees. Lol no but it is very different when you’re in something that feels as precarious as a dangling basket versus a solid building seemingly made from steel.

⦁ Okay so Bow’s whole thing here was actually written before I had the idea for Adora to ask Catra if she’s aromantic and I ended up turning this scene into that Seed Of Doubt instead of the single mention. It was another thing I meant to be a quick joke (well, Catra to be the joke where she managed to act unbothered so well — to Adora at least — that she screwed herself) but it ended up expanding into a full plot point. Also I should probably mention here I’m greyaro for the people who don’t follow me on Tumblr usually.

Chapter 12:

⦁ Let’s just say that Catra’s work day here is incredibly realistic.

⦁ I know I’ve mentioned this fic spiraling a few times, but the title “Surfboard at Midnight (I Just Might Swim)” was originally on… chapter 5. Okay, okay, it wasn’t that bad because I came up with the name before the chapter contents, but yeah, I was constantly kicking it back. The title belonged to chapter 5, and then 6, and then 8, and then like 10, and then 11, and 12, just constantly kicking it down the road as things leading up to the skinny dipping moment spiraled.

Chapter 13:

⦁ I originally said the POV for this fic was whoever because I wanted to leave the door open for having a scene from Scorfumtrapta’s perspective, but that was back when the fic didn’t have plot, and as the lesbians got increasingly dramatic, the focus on their relationship fell into the background. The main scene I was thinking of was what ended up being turned into the dinner scene. At the time, I just thought it was funny for Scorpia to realize months late that she was in a three-way relationship, but in the fic it turned into this thing about Catra feeling adrift and alone even with her friends, which wouldn’t have come through if I had used Scorpia’s perspective or something.

⦁ This chapter has a Secret Theme. So sometimes — quite often — I’ll write scenes in my head for a fic that I know have no place in it. Maybe it conflicts with the overall tone (in the fic, or just that portion of it) that I’m going for, sometimes it doesn’t super make sense, etc. Some of these things end up repurposed or I do find a way to integrate them, and that’s what this entire chapter is. When I was outlining Catra turning up at Adora’s in the middle of night for sleep cuddles, I wasn’t actually planning to put it in the fic, but then it was really sweet and I realized fit with the transition of their relationship, so it became an unofficial part of the outline before being promoted to part of the story.

⦁ I did say this entire chapter was from scenes that weren’t supposed to be used, though, so what about the boat scenes? Well, the boat scenes were originally outlined… for Roses & Thorns. Yes, okay, I know. Let me explain. That fic wasn’t supposed to be nearly as horny as this one, but when I was writing the very end of it I had this vision of a scene with the two of them messing around backstage (being vague to avoid spoilers if you haven’t read it). It included some of the dialogue that ended up in the make out scene on the boat, but I knew it wouldn’t fit with the rest of the fic to suddenly have them getting hot and heavy on screen, so I just kind of saved the dialogue with the plan to implement it somewhere else down the line. As I was outlining this fic I had the idea for them to hook up in the storage room at the docks at one point, but I ended up moving it to the boat because that would have necessitated luring Netossa away first if they wanted to get away with it, which was less likely after the summer rush faded.

⦁ So I don’t know how all phones work but on iPhone you can set certain people to break through Do Not Disturb and Adora put Catra on that list because sometimes they would text past when hers activated for the night.

Chapter 14:

⦁ Kinds of chocolate according to Catra: White Dark Super Dark Baking Semi-sweet Sweet Milk Orange (wildcard)

⦁ The “there’s other ways to get these endorphins” thing really goes to show how little Adora understands what Catra is doing. Those kisses are “I love you”s and bids for assurance that Adora just isn’t getting and thus isn’t giving back because she’s so focused on not taking advantage of Catra and the such.

⦁ I’ll be honest I tried to get them together here and it didn’t work. Catra reacted too strongly, too fast. When I first outlined this scene I was thinking about another possible get together (that didn’t end up happening) and wondered how I would even get out of this scene without them getting together and then when it came time and the plan had changed I couldn’t MAKE them talk.

Chapter 15:

⦁ Samantha is dressed like a butch prince and I think that’s great. Also I pulled the name Samantha out of my ass because I didn’t feel like coming up with a reference like a week ago- psyche nevermind the song it's from literally just came on shuffle as I was posting this so it's actually from a Leah Kate song and I just forgot why I picked it.

⦁ This chapter easily could/should be split into two, but I like the flow of it all being together.

Original Outline:

So, this AU didn’t have an outline. It was pure vibes when I started it, with plot just taking vague shape in the back of my mind as I wrote. Pretty quickly I had a few big scenes — the make out at the pool, the closet scene — but I was building the rails as I drove at first. As such, I kept having ideas that pushed the few ideas I started with further out in a spiral.

When this AU was extremely nebulous, there were some different ideas for the concept where maybe Catra worked for the resort so she and Adora were closer to being coworkers, and then others where they all worked totally unrelated jobs on the pier but were hooking up in the “offices” when others weren’t looking, which is closer to what the final thing became, but these were all fleeting ideas before I really started writing. Originally the AU featured more antagonism between them at first too, with Catra denying even being her friend at first, but again, things just happened as I wrote and that didn’t materialize at all.

There was a draft with a very different final chapter/get together, but I honestly might use it in another AU where it fits a lot better (there’s a reason it was kicked) so I don’t want to say what it was lmao. Aside from that, this AU was something I wrote as the ideas came to me, which is fun to do sometimes.

Upcoming:

I’ve got a couple of one shots in the works and then we’ll see what AU takes me, but for now I’m playing around in canon universe (mostly).

#btsdma #ficmeta #fic notes #new share link will go up later

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hersterical · 1 year ago

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The sports different Willow characters would be into in modern au (imo):

Jade: All around athlete, is crazy good at pretty much any sport she tries. Her favorites are soccer (football), fencing, and MMA, though she did play soft/baseball in highschool and still sometimes hits the batting cages when she’s stressed and needs a break from the sports she takes more seriously.

Kit: Passable at pretty much any sport but her favorites are soccer, fencing and kickboxing. (She did try MMA and it just didn’t click). She also enjoyed watching her school’s women’s soft/baseball team in highschool.

Boorman: He has two extremes and there is no in between. He either plays the sports that allows him to gracelessly full-body tackle people at full speed (American football, rugby, hockey, etc), or he is the most graceful person ever (dancing, especially ballet, cheerleading, gymnastics, ice dancing, etc). Might occasionally take part in boxing when he feels like it. His most consistently paying job is being a yoga instructor.

Graydon: Ultimate frisbee and mini-golf. He also enjoys the statistical side of baseball. Willing to play other sports with his friends but is quick to bow out when Kit takes it too far.

Elora: Mostly just tennis and volleyball, but will play other sports with her friends. Is often the reason Kit takes things too far, especially when they were younger.

Airk: Grew up playing on the same soccer team and taking the same fencing classes as Kit, and still enjoys them in non-competitive situations, but mostly gravitates towards basketball and swimming when he gets older. The only time he takes a sport seriously is when he’s either playing against, or on the same team as Kit.

Willow: Strangely good at shooting clay pigeons and enjoys swing/square dancing but not as much as when he was younger. He also likes to go fishing.

Scorpia: Mostly she’s into any full-contact sport though she makes an exception for soccer which is only partial-contact. She also owns a rival yoga studio to Boorman’s.

They are all on the same recreational bowling team. Elora made shirts and everything.

#guess who’s getting back into willow!#willow 2022 #modern au #kit tanthalos #jade claymore #thraxus boorman #graydon hastur #elora danon #i’m still not convinced golf is a real sport

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the-entire-cast-needs-therapy · 2 years ago

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Let’s talk about Adora in Princess Prom

So, for context, because this will be important later: at this point in the series, between Adora’s defection and the All-Princess Ball, Catra and Adora have only fought once. Well, “fought” is a strong word- Catra climbed up to Adora while she was trying to heal the Sea Gate, vented at her a bit, scratched her, and then got blown away by Mermista. That is it. Catra hasn’t kidnapped her friends yet or thrown her off a cliff. Honestly, the biggest blow Catra has dealt to Adora so far is probably refusing to defect with her.

Okay, okay. So, I have been Inspired (by @ericas-spop-blog . Again.) and I have Thoughts about Adora and how she behaves towards Catra at the ball- some joking and some more serious. I’m putting all of them here because it’s easier.

The Part Where I (Lovingly) Dunk On Adora

Adora sees Catra and all thoughts except “prevent Catra from Catra-ing” fly out of her head. She immediately tries to get them kicked out because “they’re from the Horde”, even though Adora already knows at this point that Frosta doesn’t see the Horde as a threat (and bugging her about it more will probably only irritate her). And then she loudly announces her intention to stalk Catra (and to have Glimmer stalk Scorpia, which goes Great)... why, exactly? I get just following them around to make sure they don’t kill anyone, but why tell them about it? To intimidate them? Adora, babe, all you’re doing is letting Catra lead you on a wild goose chase.

Everything Catra does here is comically minor, by the way. “Ooo, I’m gonna show up with a date. And she’s gonna be even buffer than you. And I’m gonna leave you a silly little ‘hi adora :3′ note because I know you will dig through the trash for it. And I’m going to make friends with your weapons dealer. Truly, I am evil and heartless”- Catra, probably.

“Oh god oh no Catra is existing again I have to stop her. Yes she has done Literally Nothing but her intentions are nefarious I can feel it in the Force. There is trash on the floor now. Surely the next time she does something suspicious-looking it will actually be something that proves she is being Bad. I will crack this case if it is the last thing I ever do” -Adora, probably.

Catra is undoubtedly screwing with her, but honestly she wouldn’t even have to. She could just pretend Adora wasn’t there and go about her night, and it would still keep Adora occupied. But it’s more fun to leave her notes and chat up her friends and dance with her.

And then Adora tackles Catra across the room. And that is where I have to get a little more serious.

The Part Where We Talk About How Creepy This Is

Adora is obsessed with catching Catra in the act of doing something wrong, in order to validate her own suspicions. And while she might make the token effort of acknowledging Scorpia, it is all about Catra to her. Even when she actually gets information that suggests the Horde is actually up to something (Bow and Scorpia disappearing within the same timeframe), she puts the blame on specifically Catra- “what did you do to him”.

And I think it’s important to mention at this point that Catra has no idea what happened to Bow. She literally cannot know, Adora has been on her tail (ha) the entire night, and she hasn’t talked to Scorpia since Scorpia went to plant the heat bombs. When she says they did “nothing permanent” to him, she is just egging Adora on. And we have no reason to believe kidnapping Bow was even part of the plan- Glimmer, maybe, but Bow? Scorpia doesn’t lure Bow away, he leaves on his own and stumbles upon her, at which point she has to stop him from telling anyone else what she’s doing. Why Catra even brings Bow up in the first place, I don’t know, but my guess is that her ears are good enough that she overheard Adora talking with Glimmer and Perfuma and decided to fuck with her a bit. And it worked. Spectacularly.

Adora violently snaps at Catra in the middle of the dance floor and grills her instead of doing something useful like, oh I don’t know, trying to find him? The only possible point to doing this- specifically, to doing it publicly- is to get Catra to confess that she did something, that Adora isn’t crazy, that she was right. And even after she gets frozen in a block of ice and the palace starts exploding, well.

Fucking hell, Adora, this is embarrassing. Look, Catra does not “have Bow”. Catra has been in the room with you the whole time, dancing and getting beaten up. Scorpia, who you know went missing earlier, is the only logical culprit. But Adora is so determined to blame Catra that she just... ignores all that. Maybe because she doesn’t want to admit she spent all her energy on the decoy.

And it’s honestly a little worrying that Catra knew that using herself as a decoy would work so well. That she knew Adora would latch onto her like this and not catch on to the ruse. It implies that this behavior is normal for Adora, expected of her. That Adora’s first instinct is always “blame Catra” (and then secretly blame herself for not stopping her, but I don’t think Catra knows that). Catra isn’t at all surprised by the way Adora conducts herself, even though they haven’t been enemies for that long. She’s seen this before.

#catradora are always living rent free in each other's heads in a distinctly unhealthy way #catra #adora #spop #i so wish this weren't as unsettling as it is so i could just enjoy adora being cringefail

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lastlymatt · 7 months ago

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You make very good points comparing book and tv Alex, thanks for replying to my ask! I clearly have not reread the books in a while so I should go do that :)

And you are very right about tv!Alex being naive. Yes, I felt he was more mature than book!Alex in the way he presents himself generally, and maybe this is partly due to his appearance on screen vs what I used to envision of book!Alex. But you are right that a lot of his actions and decisions are very naive.

Going to scorpia knowing it's a literal terrorist organization and not only not wanting to kill anyone but not even trying to pretend he's into it so that he could go in undercover? He's lucky Yassen had his back or he'd be so dead.

There were many moments in the show where I did go, 'Alex, come on,' when he was doing something stupid. But maybe I have rose tinted glasses on or expect little, because I love the show enough that I'm like, 'okay they have low budget, I get that they can't film everything, I can look past this plot point/plot armor/lazy writing because I know they don't have the time/budget for everything.' But hey, again, maybe I should have higher expectations anyway haha.

Like having Tom and Kyra somehow so easily show up on Malagosto and do surveillance without getting caught. The department leaving the flash drive in the computer for no reason. Alex getting into Mrs. Jones' apartment so easily, and conveniently having no earpiece so that Yassen couldn't hear what happened?

I spotted all of that and the rest, but let it go. I think I am just so glad we have this show that I'll take what we get 😅

It makes complete sense to assume that TV!Alex is more mature than book!Alex! TV!Alex isn't as sassy as his book counterpart and mostly comes across as calmer and more mature. This might also have something to do with the fact that we don't get to hear Alex's thoughts like we do in the books.

Yes, he is incredibly lucky Yassen had his back; otherwise, I'm not sure what TV!Nile would've done to him (Nile is another character who is very different from his book counterpart, but someone else I believe already talked about that)

Believe me, I utterly adore this show! It made so many improvements on the original material, which is also why I think it's important to point out the parts where it stumbled. Those are also often the bits that generate interesting discussions. But also, those faults can be explained very often with a little suspension of disbelief.

And yeah, I can absolutely see those things as faults, but it's also not very fun when Scorpia has all the cards and knows how to block their plans perfectly. Scorpia needs weaknesses that can be exploited! An all-powerful organisation that makes no mistakes is honestly boring and no fun.

Some of these things make sense if you consider that Scorpia, specifically Julia, feels complacent and overconfident. They managed to make the world believe that they were dead and gone while they continued to work in the shadows. Why would they worry so much about guarding one of their hard-to-reach training facilities against two untrained teenagers?

Also, it's nice to show off that Alex isn't the only one with skills since the TV series so heavily emphasises the importance of friends, family, and teamwork.

I fully agree with you about the flash drive issue. They tried to excuse it later but come on, you should be more paranoid than that!

Alex getting into Mrs Jones' apartment so easily is almost exactly like it went in the book (as far as I remember), so that is on Ahorz. And Alex can have a little competence as a treat before his breakdown 🙃

I honestly hadn't considered the idea of Yassen giving him an earpiece! I think it would've been caught by the metal detector, maybe? But this can also be chalked up to Yassen trusting his boy.

So yeah, it may have its issues, but I also genuinely believe it is one of the better adaptations I've seen in a very long time despite the many changes, and I couldn't be happier with what we got!

#alex rider #ask

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icebluecyanide · 7 months ago

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Alex Rider S03E07 Reaction

My unspoiled reactions to the episode, books spoilers do apply, etc etc. Only two episodes left!

Liveblog

Lots of John/Yassen in the ‘previously’ I’m 👀👀

Really not a fan of Mrs Jones being so much softer in the TV show tbh

Ayyy Alex getting arrested \o/ CONSEQUENCES

‘Take those off him!’ no!!!! Stop being nice to him!!! Only five minutes with handcuffs on 😭 At least put him in a cell for the night or something 😭

The show is not mean enough to Alex 😭

Awww Yassen is worried about Alex being captured!!

“Have you actually done anything worth going to prison for?” I mean attempted murder is a crime actually!!! Joining a terrorist organisation, there’s that time he inadvertently helped Yassen murder someone in Malta, can we *please* at least treat this seriously 😭😭

What is the point of the whole body bag and fake autopsy if they are then going to let Alex go home 😭

I’m sorry but this part is so much better in the book and I’m really struggling and I just bet Alex is going to investigate the Scorpia thing with only his friends for backup or something stupid

“No it’s not okay. And we all know it, so let’s stop pretending” THANK YOU KYRA

Mrs Jones being the one to suggest that they have an agent (Alex) in place 👀

“Everyone breaks into houses” lmao Kyra

But also I love that Kyra really did worry that Alex was the one who killed that man and it was part of why she was more worried they couldn’t get Alex back.

“No, not use him” says the person already claiming to have an agent in place without consulting with Alex 🙄

“Your little protégé” 🥺🥺 Yassen just completely ignoring Nile’s jabs at him and Alex ahsldfhs

“He’s an asset, we need him back” Oh Yassen really doesn’t know they meant to kill Alex :((( He’s upset :((

“About your friend. John Rider” omg Yassen didn’t know!!

Omg is that a picture of John with baby Alex half hidden there??

“Be a good agent, or be a good father. He chose you” 😭😭

“Like someone should be paying me more” “I hear that Scorpia pay really well” ahsdflhsfh JOHN

“Your father was a hero” 😭

“They both were” wait who?

“John never deceived me or played me” 🥺

“It’s quite mad, Julia” lmao Yassen I am so scared for your wellbeing but also good on you

“I know my place” what does that mean????

“I need to know that you’re your father’s son” !!!!! oh I am loving this

“I’m coming home, I promise” oh he’s getting so shot

Overall

Really struggling through the first half of the episode there, what with everyone refusing to make a big deal of Alex joining Scorpia, but the second half really saved it and I absolutely adored the story of the bridge and the flashbacks and the fact that Yassen got told the same story as Alex. Loved Alex deciding to help and his conversations with Blunt.

Thoughts/Predictions

Okay just to get a little bit of ranting out of the way, but I cannot deal with everyone immediately being nice to Alex. Like yeah very sad that he’s sad and angsty but can we please at least lock him up for a bit? Why are you letting him go home when you try to make it look like he succeeded, what kind of foolish plan is that?? You’re lucky Yassen actually did take the surveillance off Jack because frankly if I were Yassen I would not have. Half the characters in this episode were absolutely ridiculous and it made me want to scream. I only trust Blunt and Yassen at this point and maybe Alex, who at least thought he was going to prison.

On the plus side, I was so delighted by the confirmation that Yassen didn’t know about any of the secrets, that he didn’t know about Julia’s plan for Alex (and simply never asked) and that he never knew the truth about John either. And gosh that bit he said about how John never played or deceived him, because yeah, I don’t imagine he did. Yassen was never high up enough to play or get info from, but John looked out for him and saved his life. He cared about baby assassin Yassen. Love Yassen being sincere to Alex about John being his friend and wanting him to join Scorpia because he believes Alex can make a good killer and not knowing they want to kill him, it makes for a better story imo.

I really enjoyed Blunt this episode (as in most eps honestly), I liked how he was already planning ahead with the body bag even if Mrs Jones was the one to suggest Alex going in. His scenes with Alex were some of my favourites in the book and the scene on the bridge was just as good as I imagined based on the behind the scenes footage we got ages ago. Love how Blunt managed to make the flashbacks appear before their eyes simply by talking about it, very impressive.

John’s actor is still such a mixed bag for me, but I like how posh he sounds and any scene where his hair looks more light brown/blonde he immediately becomes more like how I imagined John. I hope we might at least get one scene with Alex’s mother, but I’m not holding too much hope. Has she even been named yet? Aside from the grave, I mean. Loved the bit about John having to choose between being a good agent and a good father and picking Alex though.

Also gosh what was Julia thinking, telling Yassen the story about John? I imagine maybe she wanted him to stop getting hung up on wanting to rescue Alex (which I LOVE, he’s very impersonal about it but he clearly cares about Alex and worries about him), but it seemed to have backfired on her, what with him now thinking she’s taking it all too person. Where will this lead? I hope perhaps we will see Yassen choosing Alex over Scorpia, especially once he sees Alex again and he knows Alex will die if he’s around.

Questions

What did Yassen mean when he said he knew his place??

Is there going to be a hot air balloon??

How is Nile going to die? Is Nile going to die?

#alex rider spoilers #alex rider tv spoilers #alex rider tv #alex rider s3 #cyan watches alex rider s3 #this show alternates between being excruciating to watch and giving me everything i hoped for lol

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aprillikesthings · 8 months ago

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The next episode itself is a two-parter, and I think that rather than split them up I will just watch through, which might mean I have to reblog this post multiple times.

Finishing out season four!

s4, eps 12&13 Destiny

Usual reminder: this is a REwatch and there’s spoilers ahoy, I make a lot of bad jokes (some of which are Adult In Nature), I reference other cartoons, I make random asides.

(also, this time specifically, I had some alcohol)

Tbh? it's a lot like watching things like this with me in person aaahahaha I always want to pause and infodump shit -_-

lol Emily is destroying Shadow Weaver's garden

Emily acts like Mal the cat does sometimes. WHAT IS IN YOUR MOUTH you are not supposed to have that! Get out of there!

UGGGH

it's easy to forget how BIG Scorpia is??

LOLOL oh my god I went downstairs for like an hour and a half talking to my partners about the most random shit and then playing with the cat and also: I've had most of a can of wine.

One of these:

YEAH (that's a huge image)

so if these get weird: blame the wine I guess

oh also @corpseauthority and I picked out fake fur and minky fabric for the ears and tail of my Catra cosplay :D :D :D I'M SO EXCITED

OKAY BACK TO SHE-RA

the only thing better than Scorpia's "huh?" is Shadow Weaver's flat "what"

Shadow Weaver: no we need the other princesses Glimmer: well they're gone but-- Scorpia, Shadow Weaver, and Emily: WAIT, WHAT???

AND THEN

okay but is the guard telling you this Double Trouble

ROLL INTRO

that thing was not meant to hold four humans and a horse with wings

why are you SNIFFING HIM

Entrapta: "I don't know you" Micah: "Yes, you do. You stole my food." Entrapta: "OH YEAH! It was delicious :D"

oh god Adora's like "....but are you okay? we came here to find you 🥺"

and she's like YEAH I'M GREAT

"each more deadly than the next??? it's PARADISE"

I love her so much oh my godddd

Bow: "We're here to rescue you" Entrapta: "didn't I just rescue YOU?"

Bow mentions Hordak and Entrapta pulls her little new bug-eye mask down :(

Adora: so hey we uhhhhhhhh really need your help due to a terrible secret of the First Ones that nobody but us knows

"WHy didn't you say so???"

well that's a callback to s1 ep1

THERE SHE IS!! MY BABY 😍 I LOVE HER SO MUCH

nooo

anyway Kyle, Rogelio, and Lonnie come in and Catra's like OH UHHH so...what's happening

Lonnie: "we just got back from conquering another Rebel town" Kyle: ":D You should've seen us!! It was all:"

and then he kicks Scorpia's old locker, with the drawings on it, and Catra gets mad

Ironically the degree to which Catra is UPSET is making me ship them harder lol

bb you need a break you are getting feral

Man Lonnie has her number lol. "What is wrong with you? We're winning! Even you should be happy."

god I love when she's this deranged

she slams poor Lonnie against a locker

john cena dot gif

but also OH DO THEY REMIND YOU OF WHO YOU USED TO BE? HMM? what you really wanted??? what actually gave you something like joy or contentment????? are you trying to just erase any part of you capable of feeling good?????????

Kyle is RIGHT

The cinematic parallels between Catra and Glimmer in this episode ("forget my friends I'M IN CHARGE HERE and YOU NEED TO FOLLOW ORDERS") are *chef's kiss*

Catra realizing this isn't what she actually wants: part ....a lot

STOP REMINDING ME I HAVE FEELINGS!!

The other three leave, she yanks the drawings off Scorpia's old locker, then THUMPs her head on it. And then Double Trouble shows up!

okay wait tho the way she pauses and then thumps her head on it is so funny I wish I could gif it, it's so cat-like and also Very Emo

I don't think this is supposed to be funny but it IS and I cannot stop rewinding and laughing. I blame the wine.

THONK

help i've rewatched it like five times now

okay

lol right??

Me, when I was info-dumping my own fic at myself: is it weird to imagine these two banging??? Me now: nope

Double Trouble: "Apologies for the delay, kitten. I got ...held up...in Bright Moon"

Anyway they give a little speech about how the Princesses keep fighting and She-Ra is away

NO SHIT, SHERLOCK

(now THERE's an old fandom reference ahahaha)

"We can't let them return to the Fright Zone!" TOO FUCKING LATE

YOU STOLE HER GARNET YOU WOULD THINK SO

Anyway they argue about the possibility of Glimmer taking Scorpia back to the Fright Zone

GOD I HATE IT WHEN SHE'S RIGHT UGGGHHHH

lolol I am. like. less than ten minutes into the FIRST OF TWO EPISODES and i've hit the image limit.

#april rewatches spop #destiny

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fenmere · 4 months ago

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OC tag game

thank you @the-letterbox-archives for the tag!! the rule is to share some inspirations for the name/personality/design of a character! (originally it said to do more than 1, but letter only did one and we kinda want to focus on one too, only it's still a lot of characters)

the Audreys (they/them)

You know that illustration/cartoon going around where the caption says that if you're queer you know 28 people that look like this?

The Audrey's don't look like that.

A lot about them isn't clearly defined, because we want readers to fill in the blanks as needed. What we know is that they're taller than 5' and shorter than 5'10, willowy and kinda rail thin (the opposite of Erik), with long, straight blonde hair they don't really style, and a lazy queer style of clothing. In one scene, they wear a navy blue hoodie with gold mermaid print leggings and a pair of plain black boots. They also have a simple store bought cane that's black with a scale print etched into it.

We own that cane. That part comes from us.

They mostly use the cane for fatigue and balance.

Like so, so many of our friends, they're trans, autistic, and plural.

And like a lot of them they relate to crows and other corvids. Which is to say, as headmates they're actually literally a bunch of birds. They won't claim to be therian or otherkin, or alterhuman, because they don't really think much about such labels and are used to masking themselves around neurotypicals. But they are. Well, they might relate to corvids the most, but some of them are other things. Like, Brock is a bald eagle.

And their inner government is called The Parliament, and meets in an oak savanna inworld.

There's 140 of them at the beginning of the story, and they grow a little by the third book. And they're mostly full of fictives.

You can decide if they're traumagenic or endogenic or what. Whatever you relate to the most.

As far as we know, they don't look like anybody we know. They don't really behave like anybody we know. Because they are, effectively, a mishmash of every single mid to late twenties something trans masc autistic enby who has ever been our friend. They are an homage to the people who raised us as a baby trans, and the people we feel most comfortable around who don't outright share every trait we have.

They're also a bunch of doofy guys with "they/them" for pronouns. You've got Bock Samson, Donnie from the Big Lebowski, Ray Stance and Egon Spangler, Xander from Buffy, Shaggy, and people like that. Scorpia is also in there, along with any other character like her, too.

A huge part of their fate in the world is to serve as kind of a foil for the other characters. Which, believe it or not, is inspired by how we almost always felt while we were in the closet and trying to move through the world as a man.

It's sort of the reason we love all the fictives that we've put in their system. They're guys who aren't the leads, but who do struggle with that, and have varying success expressing their own presences. Brock is particularly successful, for instance, while Ray not so much.

But the Audreys do lead the way in a few scenes and also get something special out of the deal. We do our best to keep it all pretty even.

To talk specifically about what inspired them, though, we gotta talk about our own life a bit.

In 2004, we started a group called the Bellingham School of Comics, which met twice weekly at a place called the Black Drop. We just put a couple of fliers up for it, and within a month there were thirty members.

Just one of the significant things about the B.S. of Comics is that over the course of our tenure there, it had ten trans masc members. And we got to be pretty good friends with most of them.

But we didn't come out as trans ourselves until 2015. They were our first support group when we hit that dysphoric wall and had to come out. They saved our life. But before that, they also taught us everything they knew about trans feminism at the time. We owe them a lot.

And then, shortly after that, we came out as plural and autistic, and again, the first peers we had in that regard were also trans masc.

And along with Erik, the Audreys are kind of our way of saying, "You guys all really rock, you know that?" Because we made both of these characters to be people we could love. And we had a bunch of good role models for that.

--- Anyway, consider yourself tagged if you have an OC, then tag us in thanks when you post your version of this, so we know it's safe to tag you in the future.

#OC questions #oc tag game #plural fiction #the End of the Tunnel #Sunspot Chronicles #The Tunnel Apparati Diaries

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corinneecrivaine · 11 months ago

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SAPPHIC ROMANCE FANFIC

THE DAY YOU HEALED MY SOUL

Main characters Kit and Jade (Willow TV Show)

Parallele Universe

Part 5

Titre : NEW WINDS

Co-writer : Elodie DragonMystic

Kit was both excited and nervous; it had been a few years since she'd last worked as a barmaid. As she entered the restaurant, the bewitching aroma of the kitchen filled the air. Jade, welcoming as usual, came to meet her.

- Ready for the first day ? she asked

- Yes, but I haven't been in the business for three years. Kit replied, trying to hide her nervousness, her fingers discreetly brushing the edge of the counter.

Scorpia came out of the kitchen and joined them. "Hello, here's the cocktail menu and in this notebook designed by our mother, you'll find the different ingredients used. If you need anything, don't hesitate." She declared confidently, frowning slightly, before returning to the kitchen.

Kit couldn't help joking to dispel her anxiety about the first days of a new job and the coldness between them. "Good, General." she murmured.

She stood behind the counter, anxious, feeling Jade's soothing gaze.

- Everything's going to be fine. Don't worry." she assured him, offering him a comforting smile.

Melissa arrived just then, "My darlings, I'm so proud of all of you. You're going to make this restaurant magical." she declared tenderly.

Kit felt a sense of gratitude and encouragement at these kind words, offering her a little more serenity.

During the first few hours of service, Jade would stand by her side, helping her master the preparation of cocktails while sharing anecdotes. Every time their hands brushed or their eyes met, Kit felt overwhelmed by a wave of conflicting emotions. Jade's gestures were fluid and assured, but every time she touched her, a spark of electricity ran through her body. These shared moments were both enjoyable and confusing for Kit. She tried to stay focused on preparing the cocktails in order to dissipate this growing inner tension.

For her part, while organizing the utensils, a concerned Scorpia kept a watchful eye on the budding relationship between the two young women. Melissa, busy supervising the preparation of the dishes, couldn't help smiling at her daughter's protective demeanor. "They seem to be adapting well to each other," she said in a gentle voice.

- I don't know, Mom. I don't want Jade to get hurt again.

Melissa put a hand on her daughter's shoulder, "Sweet heart, Kit seems like a beautiful person. Look how your sister glows. Give her a chance. Don't be too hard on her."

Scorpia nodded slightly and frowned "I'll keep an eye on them anyway."

She resumed her work, continuing to cast occasional brief glances towards the counter. When she felt they were too close, she opened the kitchen door and discreetly waved in Jade's direction.

"I must go. My sister's waiting for me in the kitchen to serve. But if you need anything, I'm not far away." she added,

As Jade walked away, Kit's nervousness gradually subsided, replaced by a sense of calm.

As the day progressed, Kit felt his anxiety gradually dissipate, exchanging knowing smiles with Jade.

The restaurant was buzzing with laughter and lively conversation, fragrant with the culinary smells emanating from the kitchens. This atmosphere took her back three years, to a time when she was working in a pub to serve a clientele of university students and finance her studies.

*******

The nostalgia of this memory was both warm and melancholy.

That evening, the atmosphere seemed to be peaceful, until the arrival of a group of four friends, including Emma, who had come to celebrate her birthday.

"Girls, this is my party! Let's have some fun! The cocktails are on me." she exclaimed, beaming and full of energy.

The moment she entered the pub, her presence lit up the atmosphere with her joyful laughter, which mingled with the ambience. Kit was immediately captivated by the sweetness of her voice and her mischievous gaze. She couldn't take her eyes off the graceful figure, dressed in jeans and a bustier, which highlighted her natural beauty. As her friends settled in, the young woman approached the bar. A dazzling smile lit up her face, captivating Kit's gaze as she tried not to feel unsettled.

- Hi! Can I have your most special cocktail to celebrate my birthday ?

- Sure, I think I've got just the thing. Kit replied, with a mixture of nervousness and enthusiasm.

As she prepared her drink, she couldn't help but sneak glances at Emma, who occasionally turned to her impatient friends.

- Here's your birthday cocktail.

The young woman took the glass, her sparkling eyes meeting Kit's, a spark of complicity emerging between them, revealing reserved emotions.

- Thanks, Kit. It looks delicious.

She raised the glass to her lips, gazing languorously at her interlocutor. The drink was both soft and sweet.

- Wow, that's excellent. Can you make three more for my friends ?

- I'll bring them to you.

Emma returned to her group of friends. As she sat down, one of them teased her, "I think you've made a real impression on her." For her part, Kit was fascinated by the way she radiated happiness and drew people around her.

The evening unfolded in an atmosphere of cocktails, laughter and lively discussion, to the musical beat of a local rock band. In the midst of this festive atmosphere, the two young women exchanged a fleeting, even shy, smile, an invitation to share this fleeting moment of complicity.

Time had passed quickly and the evening was drawing to a close. Before leaving the pub, Emma approached the counter. "Your cocktail was really delicious. I'm Emma, by the way."

Kit felt her heart skip a beat, "I'm so glad you liked it. I'm Kit."

A glint of excitement shone in Emma's eyes as she walked away with her friends. A shy smile played on Kit's lips as she murmured, "Maybe I'll see you soon."

*******

"Kit, are you okay? You seem out of it." Jade asked, noticing the distant expression on her friend's face.

The young woman blinked, returning to the present moment, smiling sadly. "All's well. Thanks, Jade. It's just memories resurfacing."

Jade sensed the complexity of her friend's emotions, "Memories can be both sweet and heartbreaking."

Much more than just memories, Kit had felt that Emma had walked through the doors of this restaurant to find her. "I thought that by coming to The Brigthly Stars Island, I might find some semblance of inner peace, but instead, this place keeps rekindling my far too deep pain." She murmured, letting out her pent-up emotions.

- Sometimes places that seem to be refuges become mirrors of our sorrows.

The morning was drawing to a close. The last customers had finished their meal and were about to leave the restaurant. In a burst of joy and excitement, Jade, her face beaming, grabbed Kit's hand, "Bravo, all the customers seemed delighted, even our regulars." The young woman, caught off guard by this friendly gesture, folded her fingers so as not to graze Jade's. "Thank you, Jade, for your support."

Melissa approached the counter, a benevolent smile on her face, accompanied by Scorpia. "I'm delighted with the work you've done this morning. She winked at Scorpia, "Good job. That's not all, but I need to clean the kitchen."

A few hours later, Jade joined Kit sitting by the beach, holding her itinerary tightly like a precious treasure.

"May I ?" Jade asked softly.

Kit looked at her furtively, "Yes."

She sat down beside her, preferring silence so as not to rush her or hurt her with words that might be awkward, her eyes fixed on the ocean.

A brief moment passed, thus, in an understanding and respectful silence, before Kit finally spoke. "This itinerary is all I have left as a link with Emma."

- Emma lives inside you, in every heartbeat, every breath, every memory.

Kit smiled discreetly, touched by her friend's empathy.

Jade stood up, "Come with me."

- What ?

- Come with me.

- Are you going to take me to one of your secret places ?

- Oh no, much more than that, I'm going to lead you to my dream.

Jade led Kit to the fishing port, a completely atypical place where the colorful boats, each uniquely designed and painted, seemed to sway on the crystal-clear waters. Each boat was adorned with symbols, protective signs, carefully placed by the island's fishermen to honor the mystical spirits of the sea.

Sunlight bathed the place in a soft golden glow. As they moved forward, a sea breeze caressed Kit's face, carrying with it a light scent of salt. The turquoise waters sparkled like a shower of tiny diamonds.

The soft murmur of the waves whispered tales of distant lands and forgotten legends in Kit's ear.

Each little hut had its own unique charm, its own little touch of magic, each standing like a rainbow wall.

Jade stopped in front of a medium-sized sailboat dancing on the shimmering waters of the harbor, seemingly straight out of an enchanted fairy tale. Its pure white hull, smooth and polished, was adorned with wave-like patterns and floral designs that came to life under the caresses of the sun's rays. The silvery sails resembled light feathers, ready to unfurl and vibrate in the breeze. Decorated with stars, each one containing a piece of magic shimmering beneath its brilliance.

"This is my dream." Jade murmured with a touch of emotion in her voice. Every word carried her aspirations.

- It's magnificent.

- Come on, let's go aboard.

Kit had just entered a veritable enchantment, intoxicated by the smell of wood. She walked among sculptures of mythical sea creatures, mermaids and nymphs, ready to awaken at any moment.

- Did you carve all these figures ?

- With my father. Come on, I'll show you around.

It was magnificent, and she could feel the softness of the wood as she placed her hand on the shiny banister. The young woman discovered a cabin, with walls adorned with marine animals - dolphins, seahorses, starfish - lit by a soft orange lantern casting a warm glow. The bed faced a window offering a superb panoramic view of the ocean. She was dazzled by this sailboat, which seemed to be inhabited by Jade's magic and dreams, ready to take her on marvellous adventures at the whim of the winds.

- It's incredible! It's like entering a magical world. You've put so much passion into every detail.

- It's not over yet, I still have more to do. I want this boat to reflect adventure and freedom.

The two young women now stood at the stern of the sailboat, admiring the sunset reflected on the ocean, creating a warm, romantic atmosphere. Seeking respite from her inner pain, Kit allowed herself to be drawn into the growing complicity with Jade. Jade, noticing a subtle change in her friend's expression, gently suggested, "You know, you could join me on this adventure, make this boat even more beautiful than it is."

Kit gently turned her gaze towards her, disconcerted "Ho... I... Jade, I…"

Seeing that his proposal had confused her, she pulled herself together, "I mean, you could think about it."

She smiled discreetly. Suddenly, Jade delicately took her hand, gently caressing the bandage. Surprised, Kit wanted to pull it away, but the way her friend was holding it prevented her from doing so.

- Do you want to talk about it ?

Kit's eyes turned away, staring at the orange horizon, reluctant to share this trying stage of her life, but Jade's sincere affection urged her to speak up: "They're just painful memories. Emma was convinced that coming here would allow me to mend this scar. Unfortunately, some scars can't be fixed."

Without a word, the young woman hugged her, eager to ease the weight of her grief. Reluctant at first, Kit eventually relented to the comforting embrace. She clung to Jade as if to absorb all the comfort she was offering and closed her eyes, savoring this intimate exchange, letting the pain of the past temporarily fade away. Jade's embrace brought Kit a brief moment of sweetness in her troubled world. Feeling the warmth of this friendship had shaken the shell she'd built around her grief. The waves rocked the sailboat as if to soothe them together and strengthen their embrace.

When they parted, Kit was a little lost between the pleasant moment that had brought her a little affection and the emotion of betrayal towards Emma's memory, like an infidelity to have found comfort in the arms of another.

Jade's tender gaze brought her back to reality, breaking the flow of her thoughts,

"We've got to get back to the restaurant."

The young woman nodded silently.

By late evening, as Kit made her way home, emotions were swirling inside her. It had been an exhausting day, but Melissa's warmth and Jade's embrace had brought her a tenderness she thought she'd never experience again.

She sat on the edge of the bed, lit by the subdued light of a bedside lamp. She carefully removed a photo of Emma from the shell of her cell phone. Despite the photo's wear, Emma's smile was as radiant as ever. Kit placed it beside her, grabbed her notebook, in which every page mirrored her innermost thoughts, and began to write a fictitious letter to the love of her life. Her eyes went from her words to the photo.

"My dear, sweet Emma,

Here I sit, surrounded by the memories that unite us. How I wish I could hear your voice, your laughter, cherish you, share every moment on this island by your side. This place, which for you was supposed to bring me comfort, continues to carry the weight of this pain that still haunts me.

Today, I let myself be carried away by this new emotion that only increases when I'm in Jade's presence. I never thought I could feel this way about anyone else. Sometimes I feel as if I'm betraying you by sharing my sorrows with Jade and giving in to her affection.

She's full of tenderness and understanding that gives me a little respite and helps me to let go of this suffering. I feel torn between my love for you and this new encounter.

It's so difficult because every smile I exchange, every moment I share with Jade pushes me to let go a little more of my pain and my past. Every moment spent with her is a painful reminder of my internal dilemma.

It frightens me, because I refuse to lose you forever, I refuse to forget you. I want to keep you preciously in my heart. You hold a place in my heart that no one else can take.

I love you."

She fell asleep, Emma's photo against her heart.

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prongsmydeer · 2 years ago

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Ayesha Liveblogs She-Ra S2-S3

“Wow, Flower Princesses can’t aim.” Mermista said we believe in power profiling LMAO also how many flower princesses could there possibly be

You know, I was expecting more emotional consequences from last season’s interactions for Catra and Adora

“Is the one you call Catra... not mean?” “No, she is.” Update from 1 minute later: The consequence is that Adora must work through her feelings through Codependent Romantically-Charged Unhealthy Friendship Simulation

“Can you teleport anything you want? Like a cannon? I can make ice cannonballs.” Hahahah awww Frosta wants to be friends

“When you grow up with someone, they just know how to push your buttons.” “I can relate. I also have buttons.” Light Hope really is deLightful lmaoooo

Catra’s emotional consequences are her becoming a peer mentor for Gaslighting Gatekeeping and Girlbossing

Also I can’t wait to see Kyle’s inevitable defection into the Rebellion

I love how often Bow says exactly what I’m thinking:

Why is Mermista bullying Perfuma LMAO is this her way of inviting her to become a throuple with her and Sea Hawk

“Maybe we should hold hands and think healing thoughts.” ARE they flirting? It really seems like they’re flirting

Frosta is readily demonstrating the problem of having 10-year-olds in your army with her inability to listen to a single order

“I thought I could help and be the Rebellion’s tech master.” Not to make everything about how much I love Bow but I love Bow

“Why can’t you be what I want you to be?” It’s a Miraculous Lucky Charm situation, Adora; your sword is telling you you need to be better hydrated and to use less brute force

WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THE FOREST REGROWING BECAUSE OF THEIR TEAMWORK. I KNOW IT’S ONE EPISODE INTO THE SEASON BUT I LOVE A MAGICAL GLOWING FRIENDS MOMENT:

“When they’re ready to roll out, I’ll be at the head, and you’ll be here, rotting. Thanks, I needed this.” You know those posts that are like ‘traumatize ur parents BACK’ that’s Catra and Shadow Weaver

“Entrapta’s alive. And we left her behind.” THE FACT THAT THIS IS BOW’S FIRST THOUGHT RATHER THAN THE RECOGNITION SHE IS HELPING THE HORDE. I LOOOOOVE BOW

The fact that Dryl has been forced to cede to the Horde just because Entrapta has no strength of character. Dissolve the monarchy!!!

“He is apart of you. Your destines are intertwined.” I won’t lie, I wasn’t expecting Horsey to have such a significant role

“We’ve got to save her.” Glimmer my love... your friend sucks kjghkjgh

I really am trying to give Entrapta some grace mentally, cause I get it, she’s like 16, her friends abandoned her, she’s got a hyper-fixation on alien tech, these guys offered her new friendship and encouraged her technological growth... but it’s not a good enough reason to like. Colonize and oppress a planet. Like, okay, Entraptylo Ren. Have some perspective, my girl. LOL

Hahahaha Light Hope having to reboot for her software update

“But [the Watchtower] was destroyed by Mara when she lost control and attacked Etheria.” I am so interested in them explaining Mara’s story. I love a legend inside a narrative. Avatar Wan was by far the coolest part of LOK, I am not accepting constructive criticism at this time

This fight with Catra and Scorpia really suggests that Bow should work on his hand-to-hand. He’s a mid-range fighter compared to Glimmer and Adora’s close combat

Perhaps Adora, like me, just doesn’t really know what to do with a talking horse:

“We took a hostage! We’re supposed to be the good guys.” Bow did this show not literally start with you and Glimmer capturing Adora LOL

Not directly related to the content, but it does bother me that the captions don’t match the audio. Like they shorten Scorpia’s “Catra, you beautiful genius, I’m coming,” to “Catra, I’m coming.” Why! Shouldn’t it be accurate? Those aren’t filler words or stuttering that might take away from the readability, it’s literally the way Scorpia is addressing her

I too, like Swift Wind, appreciate the toppling of unjust hierarchies

Entrapta really has -1,000 empathy. Casually telling Bow and Glimmer about hacking the Black Garnet which almost killed Glimmer’s mother. With peace and love. Get some help.

“I saved a little magic, just for you.” [Blows raspberry] I think Glimmer should be a little spiteful, as a treat

I want to see the shady backstory between Mara and Light Hope!!

“Who needs Entrapta? You’ve got Bow, tech master and premier member of the Etherian Maker Community.” I love that Bow’s narrative arc is him being Rebellion tech whiz who is all empathy, all the time

“Thus far, your performance has been lacking.” Wow, so the emotionally-malnourished 10th grader you made your General HASN’T changed the tide of the war in two episodes? Who’d have thunk it, Hordak?

You know what’s genuinely a little funny. I think Catra came because she wanted parental attention (to be yelled at) and Hordak entertained her because he wanted someone to yell at. New fucked up father-daughter dynamic unlocked

“Nothing gets past us,” said Glimmer, which I’m sure isn’t foreshadowing

I’m sorry I’m so sassy about Entrapta but I cannot believe she has more moral quandary over whether to go into Hordak’s sanctum than about orchestrating the downfall of society lmao

“Portals aren’t theoretical, they’re real. And I’m going to open one.” I love how quickly Hordak has embraced Entrapta as his lab assistant hahahah. Finally something funny!!

“Etheria is the only planet I’ve encountered that does not seem to understand [that there are countless planets and galaxies].” Is Hordak’s story about how he wants to go home like E.T. I’d laugh so hard

“You are the one bothering me, Force Captain, with your unwanted intrusion. I am working. With Entrapta’s assistance.” Daddy Hordak’s got a new favourite daughter

Also. Why is Glimmer the only Princess with parents? Are the rest of these gals orphans? Like Frosta for sure bc she took the throne at age 8, but all of them??

“I need [Catra’s gift] to be something that says ‘Thank you,’ but also, ‘We are soulmates tied together by the beautiful threads of fate.” Scorpia’s adoration of Catra is very sweet

It kills me that in their DnD war simulation campaign, Bow imagines everyone in outfits accurate to their 80s design. I truly love him to pieces:

HAHAHAHAH PERMISSION FOR THE REST OF THE STORY TO BE TOLD ONLY FROM BOW’S PERSPECTIVE:

Bow: It looks like I’ve got you meow, evildoer.

Catra: I’d paws to reflect on your upcoming death if I were mew.

Bow: I don’t know, I’m feline pretty good right now.

“Adora, isn’t this all going a little overboard. We’ve faced the Horde before. What’s the worst that could happen?” said Bow, as if Glimmer’s father didn’t literally DIE in battle

Fjkfhkjhfkjfh apparently Glimmer is still team pro-improvising. RIP Daddy Glimmer

Hahahahaha @ them taking halfway through the second season to identify Rogelio the Lizard Guy

Love that there is no justification or explanation for why Perfuma can create sentient plants:

DID GLIMMER JUST MURDER ROGELIO THE LIZARD GUY. SHE THREW HIM OFF THE TOWER OMGGGG

Update from a minute later: Rogelio is fine. We did not witness a live casual murder by one of the protagonists just yet

“All in favour of blaming this on Kyle?” We continue the inevitable steps towards Kyle’s defection LOL

Legitimate question. If they glow every time their teamwork is good, would that become their main metric for how successful they’ve been? Like if you’re not glowing, the plan isn’t going well?

“Mermista cancelled our plans this week, and she’s hanging out with her other friends and didn’t invite me to join.” HKJHGKJGH Mermista told Seahawk you’re not invited to my weird flirt-bullying with Perfuma, actually

I’ve been wondering if Scorpia’s feelings for Catra were romantic or not (it seemed romantic, but like, could easily be read also as just loving her a lot as a friend) but this Arctic After-Hours Invite seems very clearly to be a date hahaha

Interesting that She-Ra is impervious to the cold! How exactly do these powers work lmao

“Maybe there’s scientific truth to the rumours about strange things happening in this region,” said the Magical Technology Princess to her two friends, who are half-scorpion and half-cat

1) Why have I never noticed Sea Hawk fighting with a lightsabre!!! Is that new? 2) I love him asking Scorpia if he’s cool mid-fight and her going, “Potentially.”

“Looks like you’re mine now, Adora.” Gay and rude. Catra’s only two personality traits

“Yay! It’s a girls’ night in.” It’s interesting that infecting her sword has effectively made Adora drunk LOL

I won’t lie, I paused to watch some other stuff, so I forgot about the terrifying snow monster hahahaha

It’s so funny that Sea Hawk just politely announces he’s come to rescue Adora instead of you know, attacking with his laser sword. I am wondering if he is the diversion:

“Whatever the Horde is giving you, it’s not worth the damage you’re doing to Etheria.” Bow brought logic to a magical science fight

“Does she even understand how much I do for her?” “Exactly, it seems like the only time anyone wants to hang is when they need me to give them a ride or do something for them.”

1) It is so funny that Sea Hawk is bonding with Scorpia but please don’t tell me he’s going to join the Horde. I will lose my mind

2) Isn’t the way you met Adora, Glimmer and Bow literally bc they needed a ride to Mermista’s place? Why are you surprised that continues to be your role?

3) You’re in the Rebellion! Of course people need things from you, Sea Hawk

4) However, I get that you need some good friends who want you around. Maybe u should expand your social circle beyond miscellaneous rebel princesses lmao

“I don’t need their opinions to validate me. I’m Sea Hawk.” “And me, I am brave, strong, and give great hugs, and I’m loyal.” YEAHHHHHH SEA HAWK AND SCORPIAAAA

“I’ve got control of Adora. I am not giving that up.” I wonder how many of Catra’s problems could be solved by getting some therapy

Sea Hawk telling Scorpia that caring is the greatest adventure of all. It is cheesy and I am WEAK and soft-hearted. I love them <3

“You can’t expect me to out-cast Light Spinner, the greatest sorcerer to ever walk the halls of Mystacor.” I can’t believe we’re getting Shadow Weaver backstory AND finding out that boys can do magic

I don’t remember if they’ve ever said his name, but based on him needing to a relevant character, and on his similar appearance to Castaspella, I’m gonna say that Micah must be Glimmer’s dad.

Are we to gather from the lines and circles on Hordak’s back that HE is First One’s tech? Is he Mara or Light Hope’s weird boyfriend? I don’t know how I’d handle that

Daddy Hordak has really found a way to recreate Catra’s exact Favourite and Scapegoat childhood trauma. He’s really embracing his place in the parent dynamic

[Light Spinner, but also me, voice]: I’ve only had Micah for one day but if anything happened to him I’d [redact] everyone in this room and then myself:

“You’ll make [the Guild] see [the threat of the Horde]. If anyone can do it, it’s you!” Awww so Shadow Weaver wasn’t ALWAYS a terrible influence on teen lives. It’s a fun spicy update that we get later on

“Why do you really want to keep her around?” Stockholm Syndrome and Mommy Issues

I can’t believe that Shadow Weaver’s origin story is that she got Alphonse Elric’d by trying to do dark magic with a twelve-year-old

“I had to earn my power. Fight for it. Why should it be any different for you?” “I was a child when you took me in. What could I have possibly done to deserve the way you treated me?” Yaddah Yaddah Generational Trauma: The Sequel

“Serenia. Portal. Mara.” I’m doubling down on Hordak as Mara’s Weird Boyfriend

Are we gonna find more about Bow’s family!! I LOVE BACKSTORIES. WHAT A FUN COUPLE OF EPISODES

“Adora! Glimmer! We’re so happy to finally meet Bow’s school friends!”

Bow having two dads is actually one of the few things I knew about this show going in, but I am SO happy that they are depicted on screen, and not just like, mentioned. <3 YEAHHHH SHE-RA!!!

KJHGKJHGKJHGJK I CANNOT BELIEVE BOW NEVER TOLD HIS PARENTS HE WAS IN THE REBELLION OH MY GOD

This scheme has really forced me to remember that Adora STILL only wears her Horde uniform as her everyday outfit. HOW DO BOWS DAD’S NOT NOTICE JGHKJGHKGJH

“Youngest of 13! All historians just like us.” THIRTEEN??? THAT’S SO MANY SIBLINGS. ALSO HOW ARE YOU HISTORIANS THAT DON’T KNOW WHAT A HORDE UNIFORM LOOKS LIKE OH MY GOD

“So I did the only thing I could. I secretly taught myself archery, ran away and pretended I was at a made-up boarding school.” “That seems really elaborate, Bow.” Honestly. Honestly! Life mood for wanting not to upset your parents but still to live your life in way that reflects your values and identity

Yaddah yaddah parallel journeys to queerness in youth while inverting the heteronormative structures in which they usually take place

From 5 min later: “I act like someone I’m not with my family because the truth would hurt them.” LIKE HELLO???? BOW!! I LOVE HOW CLEARLY THIS WAS WRITTEN BY A QUEER PERSON

And: “I’ve tried to tell them before but they don’t want to hear it. So, I pretend.” AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

HAHAAHAHA funny how they did not have a way to organically bring up Lance and George’s names so they made Bow first-name his own dads

“We’ll find Shadow Weaver, the two of us, and not a word of it will leave this room.” I KNEW THE iROBOT BABY RECORDER WOULD BE LISTENING

HKJFHKJGHKJGHKJHF Bow’s historian dad having a First Ones tattoo that says, “Lunch.” Poetic cinema. This is why u should never get a tattoo in a language you don’t understand

“Adora is a sixth major in She-Ra?” I love how quickly Bow’s lie has fallen apart

I’m losing my mind that the thing that signifies Bow returning to himself his him wearing a crop top. Also his dads SCREAMING as he rips his shirt

“You only listened to me if I said what you wanted to hear.” [...] “We love you the way you are, Bow. And we’re proud of you, no matter what path you take in life.” CRYIN’

“This was a test, and you failed.” I won’t lie to you, I took a long pause from this show purely because I knew whatever emotional trap Daddy Hordak laid out for Disgraced Daughter Catra was going to make my heart clench LOL. Delayed this two minute scene by weeks

Shadow Weaver said: I will not let Daddy Hordak take the terrible surrogate parent spotlight. Time to haunt Adora’s room like a sleep paralysis demon

“Technically it’s the spare room. But it is more than adequate as a holding cell.” You’re telling me with guards as attack-happy as in S1, you’ve NEVER imprisoned anyone in the castle? I CANNOT BELIEVE. AREN’T U IMMORTAL ANGELLA. SURELY U’VE BEEN RULING LONG ENOUGH TO CREATE SOME KIND OF JUSTICE/REHABILITATION SYSTEM ON BRIGHT MOON. DIDN’T YOU FIGHT A WAR!!!

“Shadow Weaver is dangerous. I will not let that woman near you.” Angella said: Maternal bond with Shadow Weaver ended, Adora. Now I am your best mom

“You will answer for the crimes you committed during your time as my brother’s teacher.” I’m glad that the Micah thing is coming into the main narrative because I keep forgetting if they confirmed it before bc I’ve stopped watching this episode for months at a time LOL

“I have to believe that others can change too, even Shadow Weaver.” Ohhhhh Adora <3

Adora referring to Shadow Weaver as the woman who raised her :’( I’m with Angella, Adora deserves to not be around these adults who only want to use her

Shocked that Shadow Weaver is being honest about Hordak’s plan. Shadow Weaver said manipulate, momtrauma, military defection

“You were bought through a portal from another world.” AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH?????????????

“I was a baby! Babies don’t remember things.” “Interesting, I will make a note of this.” Light Hope’s not wrong about her assumption though, there are studies on trauma in infancy. This is truly the story of how your fucked up childhood can come back to haunt you later on LOL.

“Don’t I get a say in what happens to me? Don’t I get a choice?” “No, this is your destiny, you do not choose.” 1) The heartbreak in Adora’s voice as she’s finding out she’s a First One is killing me and 2) WRONG

KJGHGKJHGJH Catra dunking on Hordak in front of his entire army. She’s right, he is incapable of defeating teenagers

Bow tapping Adora on the head reassuringly with his Space iPad to let her know they’re there for her as much as they’re there for the Rebellion. I love himmmmmmmmmm

I have this series on 1.25x speed atm because it’s so hard to focus and let me tell you. It sounds normal. So I stand by the view that they just pace the dialogue too slowly LOL

Bizarrely, the more screentime they get, the more invested I am in the father-daughter relationship of Entrapta and Daddy Hordak. He really does seem to care for her. If it was just her value as a tech person, he wouldn’t have listened to her about changing his plans for Catra to go to the Crimson Waste instead of Beast Island:

THE STAR WARS BAR??????????? ARE WE ON TATTOINE???

Why is the proportion of furries in this bar so much higher than in any other place. Furry Exile Wasteland

I’m with Adora in terms of immediately admiring Huntara. I think it’s the voice and how she stepped in to protect the kids. Also maybe the ponytail

However. I believe her when she says no one should be trusted, including herself LOL

IFjkfjfkjfkjfh is that a smaller Hordak inside a test tube? Daddy Hordak making a new clone baby????????????? Saving an old baby???????

“We should say something.” “NO! We are supporting her.” LMAO @ GLIMMER AND BOW. When ur friend is making bad decisions but u don’t want to alienate them gkjhgkjhgjhg

“Paralyzing darts. But you probably figured that out, being a fast learner and all.” Best Friends Squad said: Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal, Huntara

Why is Hordak and Entrapta’s relationship so fucking endearing???? It’s killing me as he hisses while she tries to force-feed him soup:

Are they still morally bankrupt. Yes, I do think so. Are they very funny. Also yes!!!!

“I am not discussing this.” “Your armor, it’s holding you together.” “It’s none of your concern.” Maybe I wouldn’t feel this way about Hordak if I didn’t have Repressed Immigrant Father Syndrome kjhgjhgkjhgb

“I am a clone. A clone of the Emperor of the Known Universe.” HELLO???????? I THOUGHT HE WAS CLONING, NOT CLONED. IT DOESN’T EVEN SOUND LIKE A WORD ANYMORE

“And Horde Prime will see that he was wrong. I am not a defect. I am worth something.” WOW, IT REALLY IS THE STORY OF YADDAH YADDAH GENERATIONAL TRAUMA. EVEN HORDAK’S PROBLEMS ALL CIRCLE BACK TO DADDY ISSUES

HOWEVER. I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ALL OF THE DEATHS ATTRIBUTED TO THE HORDE. [Insert coolmotivestillmurder.jpg LOL]

LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE CHRONIC ILLNESSES AND DISABILITIES HORDAK, NOT ALL OF US COLONIZE SPACE

Side note: Adora and Hordak are really carrying the voice acting for this season so far. Like Adora’s yelling at Light Hope and Hordak’s “I am not a defect.” AHH!!!!!!

Also I really do love how they animated this cutaway sequence. Conveying the energy of Hordak’s past without necessarily revealing everything, and giving us a sense of how Hordak views himself and his history:

“I do not need your help.” “Everyone needs help sometimes.” Entrapta said: I’m here for you, Daddy Hordak!!! The generational trauma ends here, as I am impervious to criticism

You can tell that she really doesn’t absorb criticism by the fact she talks about her homies abandoning her like she had nothing to do with it LMAO. THEY THOUGHT U WERE DEAD, FOUND U LATER, GAVE U THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT AND U SAID ‘ACTUALLY I PREFER SPACE COLONIZATION INSTEAD XOXO’

“No matter what you say, you are not a failure. Any who discount you are utter fools.” Wow, Hordak’s using his words. Growth?

Awwwww I love that Adora’s comment from last episode about people can change is immediately coming to fruition with Huntara. Ex-Horde mentor!!!

“I’m looking at the Crimson Waste, the place Hordak sent me to die. I have no idea what you’re doing, as the last thing I told you was to leave me alone.” Scorpia’s just here to love you, Catra

Fhkjghkjghkj I feel like Catra and Scorpia fit in better at the Star Wars Bar because they are also Criminal Furries

“But me? I’ve already lost it all,” said Catra, as if her homie Scorpia who would go to the ends of the galaxy for her wasn’t standing right there

Same energy as Kakashi saying everyone he cares about is dead when he has at LEAST four friends

“Who’s the strongest in the Crimson Waste?” “LASHOR.” Tung Lashor said my love language is words of affirmation

Wild how so far Catra has been achieving victory over all these adults through no other skill than bullying jkhgjghkjgh. Although $10 says she wins this battle through the convenient paralytic darts she asked for earlier

Update from 1 minute later: Alright, I owe you $10. Bullying it is

“This is the one place they’ll never find us. I saw what they would do. The deaths that would follow.” !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Assuming ‘they’ is the army of Horde Prime? But it would be interesting if it were someone else. I really, really want to see more of Mara’s backstory

You know. This past two and a half seasons I have been assuming that this would lead up to a Catra and Adora relationship because they are the main characters. But they have also made it clear that Scorpia likes Catra and based on this episode, it does seem like Catra is starting to respond to those feelings:

“So why would we go back? Let’s stay here. Forget Hordak. Forget Adora. Forget all of them. We could rule the Crimson Waste together, just the two of us. We could, you know, be happy.” Scorpia is shooting her shot

“We are going back. We are going to open a portal. And we are going to crush them all.” Wow. Didn’t take much to sway her in the other direction

Hordak 🤝 Catra 🤝 Entrapta

Pretending like your abandonment issues are a good reason to colonize space

Speaking of abandonment issues. LMAO @ BOTH HORDAK AND ENTRAPTA NOT WANTING THIS PORTAL TO DISRUPT THEIR FUCKED UP LITTLE FOUND FAMILY

“Before I started ‘rushing in,’ the Rebellion hadn’t made a move in years. You need me.” I feel like what I’ve learned is that Glimmer is usually not the best judge of what to do, unless she’s directly defying Angella, in which case it is the right call kjghkjghkgjhgkjh

“I could not have lied to you about who you are, because I have never known or cared about someone as inconsequential as you.” Daddy Hordak said Shadow Weaver got full-custody of Adora in the divorce

Glimmer hasn’t really learned much from her dad’s journey with having Shadow Weaver as a mentor. This is what happens when you keep secrets from your kids

Adora trying desperately to reason with Entrapta while Entrapta continues to facilitate the downfall of the planet. Just Quirky Girl things:

You know, thus far this seems to be amounting to a rough day for everyone involved

“If we open a portal, the anomalies will be catastrophic. It’ll unhinge time and space, creating a warped reality that will collapse in on itself, erasing us from existence.” OH, SO NOW WE CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PLANET. WHERE WAS THIS THE PAST TWO SEASONS, ENTRAPTA?

“Adora gets everything she wants.” LIKE ALL OF EXISTENCE NOT EXPLODING, CATRA? WHY ARE YOU ALL SO STUPID LMAO

[Insert Guardians of the Galaxy, “We’re the idiots who live in it.” LOL]

“Who do you think let the princesses in?” “She wouldn’t--” LOL @ CATRA TRYING TO RUIN ENTRAPTA AND HORDAK’S WEIRD FAMILY. Catra said: If I can’t maintain any meaningful relationships with the adults in my life, NEITHER CAN ANYONE ELSE

“Wow, I can’t believe you like me, that is so embarrassing for you.” [Laughing and playfighting] “Stop it, get off! This is not because I like you.” If Adora and Catra do end up together it will be a tough pill to swallow considering Catra has been so SO MEAN TO HER this whole time like she literally broke reality rather than listen to people side with Adora LOL

“I don’t know what it is, but I do not like you.” It’s because your crush is obsessed with her, Scorpia

“If you get us out of this, I promise I won’t hate you. I will just dislike you a reasonable amount.” I kind fo love that this has turned into a Buddy Adventure for Adora and Scorpia:

I like that Adora is connecting with people (Scorpia, Lonnie, Madame Razz) every step of the way <3

“Don’t you get it? I am never going to go with you.” I know I’ve called Catra Space Lesbian Furry Sasuke, but truly that is unkind to Sasuke bc it’s absolutely understandable why Sasuke does what he does, but Catra barely has a whisper of a motive for her actions. What? You miss Adora? She’s right there extending her hand every time. Shadow Weaver doesn’t love you? Tough. Glimmer and Bow are the only kids in this show who have parents. You got an inferiority complex? Surely the legions of followers and the putting down everyone you meet helps. You were raised by the Horde? So the hell was everyone else, you don’t see them collapsing reality. Get! Some! Help!

“That’s alright, dearie. You don’t need to understand. You just need to remember.” I love Madame Razz

MICAH <3 At least one good thing has come out of this!!!!

It is tragic though, that in order to preserve the world, Glimmer will have to give up her father

“You’re a great fighter, a genius inventor, and you shouldn’t worry about what your dads think. They’re proud of you, just like I am. And Glimmer, you never give up, and you never admit defeat. I know making friends is hard for you, yet you’re the one who pulled us all together. I’ve never met anyone like you.” ADORA TALKING ABOUT ALL THE REASONS SHE LOVES HER FRIENDS <3 SWEET GIRL

Ohhhhhhhhh Angella’s goodbye to Micah is killing me. They love each other so much

MICHAH CALLING OUT TO ANGELLA “I’M NOT” IS DADDY GLIMMER ALIVE??????????

“But whoever shuts the portal down can’t leave.” AHHHHH is Angella going to strand herself here? Poor Glimmer!!!!!!!!!!!! She’s going to lose both her parents at once

You know, I actually thought now was gonna be the time that Horsey’s fate and Adora’s intertwined

“You made me this.” SHUT UP CATRA, YOU MADE YOU THIS!!!!!!

“I didn’t make you do anything. I didn’t break the world, but I am gonna fix it. And you? You made your choice. Now live with it!” YEAHHHHHHHHHH ADORA

“And now I choose to be brave.” ANGELLA NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Does this mean Shadow Weaver is the only adult figure for these princesses now? Oh how the turn tables

“So that’s where you’ve been, little brother.” Not only did Glimmer lose both of her parents, but also the plan didn’t really succeed? What a deeply sad ending to this season omg

#ayesha liveblogs she-ra #liveblogging #she-ra #television #long post #finally finished season 3!!!#2 more seasons 2 go #ayesha says things

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rarijackistheshit · 2 years ago

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Yay button! Tell me all about the Catra Christmas Carol plx!

Sure!

Tw: Nothing of this will make sense if you don't read the story first. So go ahead:

There. Have you read it? Good. So...

On one hand, not much to tell, just another f*****g retelling of a tale old as time. I hadn't really been writing anything for ages and this was just something I found easy to do.

On the other, it was a very fun experience, I enjoyed writing it very much. The name was pretty much the starting point, with the three C's in a row. And with Catra being the major villian along with her redemption arc made her more or less the only scrooge possible.

Shadow Weaver as Marley was also clear from the start. Now that I think about it, Scorpia would have worked as well, if I wanted to go a bit more xlose to the original... but on the other hand, who wants dead scorpia?

The plot about the melting pot is stolen from Peer Gynt, but it feels a bit OOC for Shadow Weaver to be so remorseful, but... she is dead and she has seen more than us mortals so... eh. But it was a stretch, and a step away from the main plot.

What to include more then... Well, the three ghosts was a must, that was more about who fit which where. Christmas past is always Jiminy Cricket for me, and that was the reason for the first ghost being Angella. Swift Wind as present was more of an ass pull, but I hadn't written him in a while so... he's there because I wanted to. (Also, I wanted to have an annoyed Catra.)

When it came to make Mara/She-ra the third... To use her was pretty clear from the start. I wanted to do something different. Something a bit more light, and then throw in a twist. I'm as bad as that director we don't mention... oroginally it was supposed to be DT but they're not that sinister. Prime is evil enough. And Mara had to show up at the end. My constant pre-reader Bagge suggested more focus on the choice and that Catra had time left to change. I was going for something else but as usual, his suggestion was better.

Well, Catras life... having Hordak as her boss and Prime as some sort of etheral judge... Perhaps not the best match, but you know what, my fanfic, my rules.

Scorpia as the nephew, AND tiny Tim? Of course. I try to keep the cast restricted, and I couldn’t really see Frosta there.

Catras childhood, I went for "poor, strict but fair and Catra doesn't get it." Maybe it low hanging fruit, but the idea of never wanting to be poor again felt like it suited Catra, and.as in the show, she takes it to the extreme. Lonnie is my favourite supporting carachter and I want her in.my work a.m.a.p. and if she's there, so is Kyle and Rodge

Originally, Lonnie was to be the sole friend, but to not include Adora? Really? Of course not. The childhood friend turned rival had to be there, but to go the full enchillada and do Catradora felt like to much. Hence Glimmer. She kinda doubles as a high class person, someone Catra would look for as a sign of her status. It's not explicit, but part of Catras quest for power is to show Glimmer that she has enough to provide for someone like her. Also, Glimmer is much better as neglected gf. More drama. Now, is Angella her mother? Who knows?

As with 99% of all She-Ra fanfics, shipping has to be there. Scrooge did once have a fiancee, Catra still has one.

Originally, chapter one was written more ambiguously since I couldn't make up my mind if Glimmer or Adora was the LI. But as soon as I had chapter 2 written I knew.

Huntara was originally mermista but her voice didn't fit the part. Also, I have huge problems separating her and.Sea-Hawk.

(I also have enormous problems separating Glimmer and BOW. Making him.Glimmers pet felt a bit like a cop out, but come on! He HAS to be in her life!)

I have a few regrets. I threw in madam Razz mostly.because I wanted to,.and her part feels a bit unnecessary. I also feel I missed the opportunity to use her as spirit of Christmas past, it would make her later appearance so much better. But that's how it is when you make shit up as you write.

It annoys me I forgot to write what happened to Lonnie but... You know what, your idea of what happened to her is probably better than mine.

I think that was all?

#spop #catra #adora #glimmer #glitra #fanfic #she ra and the princesses of power #read my fanfic boy

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beezoobledoodles · 2 years ago

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So the she ra finale of season 5 emotionally broke me.

I wasn't expecting to actually cru over shadow weaver. Yet. I did.

I never thought I'd cheer for hordaks return but I did. I love his friendship with entrapta so much.

Also wrong hordaks blep toward the middle of part 1 was very adorable. Hordak is much of the guy ever. Very 10/10

Shadow weavers face reveal!!! AGHHH!!! and her "catra. I'm proud of you" broke me into SOBS!! UGH!

Scorpia.

Catra is just every comedians wife ever and I love her so much. Her arc in the story puts a very special place in my heart I love her.

Double trouble is one of my favorite anti-villians. I LOVE their sass! I love everything about them!

Glimmers arc was pure and fun and I love her I love her relationship with frostia very much big sis vibes.

Speaking of frostia- I LOVE the sassy child (kinda reminds me of sody pop ifykyk) I love her taste for violence after the ball, I love her just so much, just the most child ever.

Mermista is amazing I love her attitude and the fact it's just: "yep. This is what we're doing today" her sass is unhinged.

Scorpia is amazing. I love her, I want more of her. She's so nice....I bet she Does Give great hugs.

Netossa and spinnerella were great side characters I love the fact they're canonically married!

Perfuma is adorable I love her peaceful energy and just. She's a mom friend for sure. Perfuma is the friend you go to when you need help deciding what to wear and that's amazing. I love her.

Bo. Bo is best boy. I love him. I will do anything for bo. Bo deserved absolutely every right to be the way he is. Good for him.

Adora...I wasn't expecting to really like adora but I do. I really REALLY do. I don't know why but I do.

I think out of qll the characters...I really feel the most with entrapta. Maybe it's because she's canonically autistic and the tism brain waves connected easier for me but I really do like entraptas character. I understood her the most.

The big fight between her, mermista, perfuma and frostia when they were first trying to get into primes ship....oof...I felt that...like...IN my soul...like I get it... feelings and emotions aren't easy for me and when I DO feel them...their big and loud and I can't help it. Seeing her interact with hordak...especially AFTER he gets..."reborn" kinda hurt cause that was technically her best friend... she was in the hoard for the promise of first ones tech and she made a friend along the way.

Although I do wish she and scorpia interacted more.

Anyway. I love this series and I wish there was more of it.

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sometipsygnostalgic · 3 years ago

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Super Pal Trio post series

Was talking to Tippen about this in DMs and I thought I may as well express it here.

So in season 5, we got the scenes where Catra and Entrapta reunited on the ship and sorted out their problems, they even grew a bit closer in Stevenson’s missing scene fic, and you can get a sense for what their dynamic is - they’re both trying to make up for their fuck-ups, and they face difficult integration into the Rebellion. In spite of everything, they build a good rapport, and are pretty happy chilling in the background while the other characters do the hero planning. While their onscreen interactions are few, there is the foundation for what was once a messed-up dynamic to become an incredibly wholesome friendship.

With Scorpia, it’s different. While she does get scenes with Entrapta, it’s kind of tense due to Entrapta’s friction with the other princesses, and then they don’t interact or mention each other for the rest of the season (even when Scorpia’s chipped which...yeah, they could’ve had ONE line on this... but okay).

Then with Catra, obviously there’s everything that happened in season 4 and in this season they only get one hug as a reunion. There is no big Super Pal Trio Reunion, sadly. Just one on one meetups.

The characters Scorpia has truly bonded with most in S5 are Emily (the robot) and Perfuma and Frosta. These are her main relationships in the season, in part because she was separated from the other two during the space mission and when she was chipped. These characters validate and support Scorpia in a way that the other two SPT members could not.

The impression you get from this is kind of sad, in that, Scorpia wasn’t getting what she needed from the other two, and found it from somewhere else. That’s fucked up on accounts of, we had all the scenes in season 4 of Scorpia seeing Entrapta as her first friend, that SUPER WHOLESOME “Princess Scorpia” episode, but they don’t build on that in season 5, and even though Catra was Scorpia’s main relationship for the entire show, it’s not given any time here. A more pessimistic view is that Scorpia went for “better adjusted” friends, people who could reciprocate and communicate their love for her better. So yeah, their friendships with Scorpia got screwed over by the timing and plot of s5.

But, I was thinking - wouldn’t that make for an interesting story?

Like, okay. Picture this scenario:

Catra and Entrapta have been out in space for a long time. The war ends, everyone is friends again, but Scorpia is far closer to the other Princesses than she ever was with them, and they know it. They’ve grown apart over time and while Scorpia is very eager to be buddies, it’s clear that “Super Pal Trio” has some issues to work out if they want to be closer.

Catra and Entrapta feel sad about this. They didn’t - couldn’t - give Scorpia what she needed, simply because of who they are.

Catra was not able to be vulnerable in the Horde, but Scorpia kept trying to be there for her. Catra was never going to love Scorpia the way Scorpia loved her, not with the Adora brainrot and the way things were and everything Scorpia reminded her about, but she’s obviously been beating herself up for mistreating Scorpia the way she did, and perhaps Catra feels like Scorpia deserves better and she’s lost out on the chance to be close to her.

And Entrapta, god, it’s not her fault that she’s weird and aloof and bad at explaining to people how much they mean to her, but that’s how it is. Part of her feared this was inevitable. Scorpia was her best friend too, but she didn’t tell her, and she couldn’t identify what Scorpia wanted out of their friendship. She barely knows what healthy friendship looks like either, and stands no chance compared to Perfuma in telling Scorpia what she needs to hear.

So, they’re a bit heartbroken, they feel like they were not good enough for their friend. I think there’s a beautiful tragedy in this. Like, it’s messed up, but in a realistic way. In fact.... It’s the same energy as Glimmer not being good enough for Adora, not being able to make her feel as comfortable as Catra does. I feel like Glimmer would get the sads about that.

ANYWAY, not all hope is lost - in typical Catrapta fashion, they decide they CAN’T give up, and scheme on how to show Scorpia they really care about her, developing a onesided rivalry with Perfuma and the Princesses. They enlist help from Best Friend Squad on what the best way to reach Scorpia is, and things get silly.

That’s what I was thinking when I was making this comic... Considering how much Catra and Entrapta use gift-giving as a demonstration of their love language, birthday celebrations are going to be one hell of an event for Scorpia.

I don’t know how easy it would be for the two to TALK to Scorpia about these feelings in this scenario, I feel like they’d have to get caught out first. Maybe after setting fire to the kitchen six times there’d be a “Sorry, we were trying to outdo your girlfriend and show you that we care and that we can be good friends too, but we messed it up.”

And then Scorpia gets really emotional and pulls them into a hug and says she’s sorry she made them feel like they weren’t enough, and Entrapta pulls into the hug hard and gives a full hair wrap, and even Catra hugs her back this time and says “don’t apologise, dummy”, everyone is crying and--- yeah I basically just wrote a Steven Universe episode but damn I just want my Super Pal Trio feels.

There is some irony in it going from Scorpia feeling insecure about whether she’s liked by Catra and Entrapta, and working hard for their affection, to it swapping to the other way around and everyone competing for Scorpia, misguided or otherwise.

#she ra #spop #super pal trio #scorpia #catra #entrapta #my art

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