#catra and shadow weaver

[transsweets]

FOUND DISOWNED FAMILY!

down with found family. UP with FOUND DIVORCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cletusthurstonbeauregard]

another old-account exhumation, for those who missed it the first time.

[sans-eats-mulch]

[sharrkbaiitcartoonz]

I did it hehe

[johannas-motivational-insults]

YES @laas-yahnir go off

How did y’all think Catra knew how to take down Hordak? [1x04/4x01]

[gashh72]

Today, I come with a sketch👀

I prefer not to leave you waiting for too long while I'm in the process of creating something different my friends

[catboymoments]

Thinking about how Hunter was probably so touch starved he sought out any comforting touch he could get even if it was just manipulation (I’m in the trenches)

HE’S JUST A BOY!!!!! HE WANTED TO BE LOVED!!

[bonvesk]

oughghg a glimpse of the result of shadow weaver's conditioning in the flesh... catra is not allowed to be individually defined outside of adora. she is force captain catra now but she is always stationed to adora. she is still curled at the foot of adora's bed. shadow weaver's powers might be borrowed but it's crazy how easily she puts adora's big shadow over catra and asks her to chase it so that she never leaves that shadow. that'll damage a person in a way magics can't.

i'm gnawing on this actually. catra should develop an identity crisis and singleminded obsession over adora as a treat. for me specifically.

[xenaisnumber1]

I've wondered why Glimmer was so quick to forgive Catra.

But then I realized that she experienced Shadow Weaver's manipulation herself. You see Shadow Weaver do the same thing that she did to Adora and Catra to get what she wants. And after Glimmer mom has just died she more susceptible to Shadow Weaver influence.

And what Shadow Weaver does to Catra that she has no doubt done before.

And after Glimmer realized that Shadow Weaver used her, she has to realize that Catra experienced worse with Shadow Weaver, which is why she is the way she is.

And the fact Catra both saves her and is actively trying to change makes it easy for her to forgive Catra. And you have to wonder if the reason why Glimmer was able to resist Shadow Weaver influence more than the other two was because she actually knows what a mother's love feels like.

[niennaisme]

Part 10

[landofanimes]

She-ra and the Princesses of Power

Posters

[gazelles-gazelles]

Catra being told at the age of 6 by shadow weaver that the only reason she was kept around was because Adora was fond of her. A little girl is being told by her mother figure that her entire existence is conditional around another person’s affection of her, that her value is measured by how much she’s wanted by that person, that worth is defined by that relationship, that her survival depends on that relationship, the literal difference between life and death for her depends on that relationship.

The fact that this reflects the reality of so many women for so many centuries, how their worth in a patriarchal society is defined by their relationship to others (mostly men) and the enactment of their roles as wives or daughters. How their safety and survival depended on those relationships and how the loss of them meant danger and even death. Which is exactly what happened with Catra. She wasn’t treated that well before when Adora was around, but there were still some limits, soldiers would apologise to her due to her relationship to adora, but then adora left and she wasn’t around to protect her anymore. Catra’s literal lifeline was gone, and so was her safety and worth. Catra spends the entirety of show trying to reclaim that safety and worth, by making a name of herself, by carving a place for herself, by establishing her value and independence and gaining recognition as her own person instead of another person’s accessory or shadow or extension.

[manic-sapphic]

Failsafe puts on stilettos and does a tap dance on my heart for a lotta reasons, but these are the ones i feel like ranting on today~

i can’t get enough of this moment. when adora finally sees it and takes the first opportunity she gets to say it right to this bitch’s face--

it seems like the whole episode are these shared, full-realizations of the other’s trauma and that, while their experience of it differs and so it produced distinct effects for each of them, it’s still very real and has taken its toll on them both--

and is still taking its toll.

and it’s a savage slaughter on my emotions when catra calls out sw ^^ for her typical tricky bull shit and she audibly says “why are you surprised by this?!” & immediately her voice gets lost in the others' and their indignant words in defense of adora, but catra goes on to say something like:

“she doesn’t care about adora! adora can’t even care about herself!”

and that’s it. the moment you know: catra’s gotten to the bottom of it. she’s figured it out and she's prob so angry at herself for (due in part to her own trauma tho) not seeing it sooner.

all those times she said adora just needed to be the hero, it was quite literal in a way far more unhealthy than catra had ever realized. any problem that arose; if there were lives on the line; adora needed to fix it, no matter the cost. if it had to be someone, it needed to be her. a necessity of which praise was a small perk but for which glory was never the goal. on the contrary, it was even more devastatingly toxic for adora than that.

want is not a sin. there are many clarifications i could make to that, but if you're a decent human being, i shouldn't need to.

and yeah, they both fall prey to the trauma of their careful grooming one more time.

but ultimately, they both embrace love in order to overcome it.

catra decides that if adora can’t let up and simply has to do this, she’s going to do it with her. disregarding the insecurity that adora doesn’t need her, so she’s just following her around; instead, catra stands beside adora with the conviction that she’s there because that’s where she wants to be.

and adora finally allows herself to want love. as adora. just adora.

not only acknowledging that she deserves it,

but even letting herself accept it.

<3

[tigerlily340]

Unmasked Shadow Weaver with E5 for the draw meme?

You got it!

Original Post~

[yourhighness6]

Shadow Weaver: I have raised Catra and Adora to be so strong

Glimmer: You fucked up some perfectly good lesbians is what you did. Look at them. They've got anxiety.

[sharrkbaiitcartoonz]

Catra (and one Adora) doodles

Eat, my children.