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Catra is not the best character in spop (satpop), she's just the only one they actualy tried (but failed) to write correctly. You only feel like she's great because 'uwu mama don't love me wawa😢 Adora i hate you!1!1!'

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Honestly, if Catra didn't want to be a blood thirsty abuser then she wouldn't be one. Being a bad person is a choice. Same for Shadow weaver, i agree they're both responsible for their actions, when i said "she's an evil witch working for an evil army" i was simply pointing out that expecting her to be nice is kinda naive(i guess?) But i understand if you took it as me blaming Hordak, people always make it seem like he's the worst.

I always saw catra and adora as sisters and Shadow weaver as their mom. Obviously she's an awfull mom. But i also get this urge to say that she owe them nothing. Like, she's an evil witch working for an evil army, what did you expect? Flowers? I doubt she wanted to have kids annoying her all the time, especialy catra. The only child she actualy wanted to take care of is Adora but she was always followed by some annoying trouble maker.

I know it's weird, i can't argue she's their mother and then say the opposite. What i'm trying to say is she was never going to be good with them, she didn't bring them to the horde so she owe them nothing, if that makes sense🤔

I'm just questionning how much Shadow weaver is responsible for Adora and Catra. I wouldn't say 100% honestly but they were also little kids. What could they do against her or their envirement?

Well this is an. . . interesting take.

Sure Shadow Weaver is not their biological mother, but she was the closest thing Adora and Catra had to a parent.

Shadow Weaver chosed to take Adora under her guidance when she was a baby and so it was her responsability to raise her. She was also a Force Captain, so in some ways she was responsable for her subordinates and had to make sure the cadets grew up to be fine soldiers. Don't ask me why a Force Captain second in command to Hordak had to take care of the kids, but that's what Shadow Weaver was supposed to do. As an ex teacher you'd think she knew how to handle some children, but in reality she only cared for Adora because she was a prodigy. Catra wasn't part of her plan, but she existed and had the needs every child has.

As the adult and a Force Captain, Shadow Weaver should have made sure the cadets stayed in line, but she actually terrorized a little girl for simply going in her room without permission and being a child.

Shadow Weaver did own something to both girls. She's the one who decided to raise Adora and make her a ruthless warrior. She's also the one who f*cked up Catra's life with many years of abuse. She's absolutely responsable for the way they turned out. If she didn't make Adora feel responsable for everything (including Catra), she wouldn't have developped an Atlas complex and became so self-sacrifical. And if Shadow Weaver didn't treat Catra like a nuisance and a disappointement, the girl wouldn't have turned into a blood thirst war criminal who cannot see past her own needs.

The argument "She's an evil witch working for an evil army" doesn't work. It's not the Horde that made Shadow Weaver the way she was. Hordak didn't force her to join him and he didn't tell her to pin Adora and Catra against each other. Shadow Weaver is responsable for her actions and the way she treated others as much as Catra is.

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another thing that i remember about s5 is this.

rather than feeling guilty or remorseful that she almost killed entrapta, catra is just scared for herself. she just wants to stay away from entrapta because she doesn't want to be killed for what she did. i don't know about you but this doesn't scream “good redemption” to me.

remember in ‘understanding willow’ when luz asks amity to go into willow's mind with her?

the way amity responded here makes it clear that she feels bad about burning willow's memories (and also bullying willow her entire life). imagine if she was just like “NO WAY SHE'S GONNA KILL ME” it would sound like she doesn't really feel guilty about what she did, she just wants to save her own skin.

don't forget how catra snaps at entrapta while entrapta is trying to remove the chip.

i know that catra was in pain but if i were her, i would not be yelling at someone who's trying to save my life. not to mention, if catra was really scared that entrapta would hurt her, she would be a lot more careful around her. good thing entrapta completely got over this traumatic experience that catra put her through, right?

catra's reaction to everything just feels so inauthentic, it really hammers in the idea that she only pretended to redeem herself so that she could be saved from horde prime. it would have been interesting if the writers actually went that route, instead of trying to convince us that catra is a hero now, all the while she continues being a piece of shit and hurting people around her.

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"Of course Catra stopped taking her trainings seriously. Why would she even try when she knew Shadow Weaver wasn't going to praise her efforts anyway?"

That would make sense if we were talking about school or soccer practice, but military training isn't like those things. The cadets were trained to survive on the battlefield, so if meow-meow doesn't bother to show up during their trainings and does the bare minimum, the one who has more chances to die it's her.

If Catra wasn't such a Mary Sue/creator's pet, her lack of training would have effected her as soon as she stepped out of the Fright Zone. She even skipped Force Captain orientation and as a result, she didn't know a lot of things.

Not to mention that if you go bad in a class, the one who's going to be affected by that is you, but a bad captain can bring down the their soldiers with them. Maybe Catra would be more successful if she had taken her job seriously from the start instead of "Hey, Adora! Check this out: without you, I was promoted 😜 Now I get to command our friends and blow things up whenever I want!" .

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Usualy writers make the villains stupid to make the writting easier but they manage to still make them interesting (to an extent). In spop the heroes are boring and stupid kinda like Millie in HB: she's supposed to be healty and that's all there is to her. But then when the writers finaly have the balls to develop those characters they give them ONE issue and never mention it again unless it's in a comedic relief moment. A character doesn't need to have 2000 mental brzakdowns and try to kill people to be interesting but spop writers don't know that. Spop characters are just clowns with super powers, they're Catra's perfect 'found family of idiots uwu🥰'

One of the biggest sins spop does for me is that they put an awful lot of time developing the relationship between the villains but the heroes don't get as much attention

Cause we see friendship, conflicts, love, hate, all of that with the villains and even some very emotional moments like Entrapta talking about imperfections to Hordak. I think that's why there's so many people that simpathize with the Horde father than the Rebellion, cause we actually see their personality dynamics and how that affects one another, while with the heroes we only have Bow, Adora and Glimmer talking about stuff and that's it. Seriously, how can the writers make a friend group so boring like this, i think the only dynamic i truly liked with them is Glimmer and Adora cause their adorable but i like them more as a couple than friends so idk if that counts much

Now the others princesses are a mess, they have absolutly no dynamic whatsoever and they are painfully one dimensional (Mermista the emo girl, Perfuma the hippie, Frosta the child, etc) is like the show was written based completly on fanon characteristics. Think about it, the way the show treats their characters is exaclty how the fandom would treat it, they pretty much became their fanon selfs on the show (Adora's dumb, Glimmer's annoying, Bow does nothing other than being annoying, Catra's badass and sexy, Shadow Weaver get unnecessery hate in moments that she's actually right, Angella's just a mom)

I totally agree (exept for Bow being annoying. Poor guy already has almost no development, I wouldn't say he's also annoying).

I do like when villains are more than just jokes or one dimentional jerks, but Spop focuses a bit too much on them, making the princesses even less than secondary characters. Not to mention that we were so overwelmed with sad backstories for the bad guys that some people got confused on who they were supposed to root for. Which explains why there are more posts about Catra than the war itself.

Everyone talk about Catra's childhood of abuse, how Scorpia lost her kingdom and her family, and Hordak's tragic past. Meanwhile we don't know almost anything about the princesses. How was Mermista's relationship like with her dad? How does Perfuma rule a kingdom if she hates to be incharge? What happened to Frosta's parents? What happened to ALL their parents? Do I really have to believe that they were killed by the Horde and their daughters are doing fine while Glimmer went to a short corruption arc after she lost her mom???

We could sum up this with. . .

Imagine if they made a movie about WW2, and instead of talking about the people who died because of the n*zis, we get a documentary of Hitler's sad life 💀

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"Hey Adora" "let's be honest" "you just loving feeling like a hero" "all of this is your fault" *any form of gaslighting*

Me: *traumatic flash back of Catra*

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That's facts🗣‼️

What Catra deserved is jail. F those characters who are worse than their abusers and still end up happy with the very people they torture!

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Catra didn't abuse Adora! They were enemies and even if their fights were a little violent, Adora could atleast get threapy. What teraphy did Catre have in da hrozde? She was truamtised and her wlordview was shaped by fckning Shadow weaveo! Her m8nd was in surviavl mode and shelost her only home (wich is Aodra). Catria judt waned to win, she diddin't want to hurt Adora. From chlidhoold she was tauhgt that strenght is bettar than love and that feeling were bad! Of crouse she was goign to trun out wrong! Atelast Aodea undrstodd her! And now theiyre married😍😍😍😍😍

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i agree with anon

I absolutely hate the argument that Luz can be excused for her actions and people have no right to dislike her just because she’s neurodivergent. I struggled immensely in school both academically and socially in large to my own “neurodivergence”-can I just say I hate that word-but I was never so stupid as to think about bringing live animals and fireworks inside my school. The fact that Luz, the 14-year-old daughter of a veterinarian, saw a bunch of living, breathing animals and thought-‘yeah, I’m gonna use those as props! My book report is gonna be so cool! I surely can’t just use rubber snakes!’ Which probably why they were so damn aggressive! Because snakes only really bite and attack when they’re threatened, or stressed, or pissed off! Which really does not paint Luz as being a very caring or thoughtful person!

“But that’s the point! She needs to get better and she does!”-No she absolutely fucking does not. Instead of realizing that she can’t just run away and live in fantasy-land, the show again and again reaffirms that Luz can do no wrong, everybody else never should’ve felt angry about her reckless idiocy-because that’s what it is, idiocy-she gets to live out her little fantasy world and do whatever she wants. The way the show acts like the principal giving the summer camp pamphlet was some horrible evil thing, how could anyone do that? B I T CH LUZ IS FUCKING LUCKY that she weren’t expelled or arrested! She brought EXPLOSIVES WITH THE INTENT OF SETTING THEM OFF INSIDE A SCHOOL BUILDING. In an area of mass shoring fears and schools prohibiting anything can looks like or emulates(even if it is just a foam sword or something), Luz really should’ve just taken two seconds to think to at least leave the fireworks. Course at 14 I would think that a person who have the common sense for that to never be a thought.

And no, “neurodivergence” is not an excuse. It pains me when characters in media doing stupid shit and senseless(especially when it gets on the audience’s nerves) gets pinned on having autism or ADHD like it makes it okay, and that the character can’t be blamed or held accountable for it. Why do people hold those with these conditions to such low standards? When this happens, it feels like people are saying, “Yeah, this could’ve easily caused grievous bodily harm or death but they’ve got anxiety and autism, so we can’t be mad, they couldn’t possibly know better because they’re simply not on our level, they’re too stupid to understand!” Hell no. Stop giving excuses! The “I’m literally neurodivergent and a minor” attitude does not work in court!

And maybe if they understood this and actually challenged Luz on being very episodic on learning her lessons and that she did in fact run away to avoid consequences of her actions and reality won’t bend to her interests and she can’t treat everything like it’s a fanfiction instead of beating the dead horse with another dead horse about how Luz ““““helped”””” Belos when all she did was teach him one glyph and got used as bait by someone who she KNOWS tricked her. By that logic Lilith is just as responsible for Belos meeting the Collector as Luz is. Yeah she’s 14 but did it really have to stretch through the entirety of season 3?

Because season 3 is where I officially knew that Luz hadn’t learned a thing. The way the show frames the art teacher giving Luz the side eye like it’s wrong for her to distrust the kid who used the art supplies-that she probably paid out of pocket for-to infest the school with spiders and snakes and then would’ve blown it up if she hadn’t gotten sent to the principal’s office is so out of pocket. She has every right to view Luz with suspicion! People don’t tend to like others who make a mess in their areas with their stuff, shocker. I’ve already said a bit about the summer camp thing, but seriously, a summer camp that teaches teens about mortgages, how to manage a bank account and checkbook, do taxes, etc is literally the best thing Luz could’ve gotten out of that situation. She would’ve learned something many people complain wasn’t taught to them at a young age AND would’ve met people who she could easily befriended. Yeah, it’s boring and Luz probably would’ve checked out of the situation but it’s better than juvie! Also boring stuff is apart of life, it’s part of the way we can live the way we do because everything is easier said than done. Also with Camila, it’s a dumb retcon to have her not understand anime or Luz’s interests in Season 1 and 2 but a secret nerd who just got put down by the man in season 3. Like, Camila had to make a change with Luz, because 14 is not far from 18, and if Luz did do something stupid that ended up being a crime, she could very well be charged as an adult.

Then the whole ‘I just wanna be understood!’ Luz, honey, you’ve been surrounded by people who understand you and don’t get mad when you mess up, even if it’s spectacularly. Your girlfriend literally immediately told you she essentially wanted to spend the rest of her life by your side right after you got revealed as a liar which you promised you wouldn’t do anymore. Your best buds have always been on your side even when you’ve gone behind their backs. Your mom was sending you to that camp bc she had too, even though she originally believed it would expose you to kids with similar interests that could be befriended. And again, her hands were tied, because you were being reckless to the point of danger. But oh wait, it’s all okay now because you’re ‘understood’.

Not finding that happy balance where you can express yourself but not act like an idiot or endanger yourself and others, just some vague ‘understanding’ by an anonymous ‘them’. Do you mean everyone, all the time has to understand you the way Camila, Eda, King, Willow, Gus, Amity and Hunter do? Because that’s not how real life works.

And this isn’t a character hate-though I do hate the way Luz was finished-this is on the writers for not going through with the themes of Fantasy Vs. Reality they had going that could’ve taught Luz that balance and management; which in my personal opinion, would’ve been a better arc for a person with ADHD.

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I don't know if Stella was ever meant to be good but i do know that Chloe was ruined. All so that Thomas could make the show even more about the stupid mary sue and her boring life. I bet he was mad the fandom wasn't entirely made of Marinette stans who hate Chloe for existing and i say that as a person who realy disliked Chooe in the beginning. Now Chloe has no purpose, she's just there to be bad and to make Zoe and Marinette look good.

I feel so bad for these two characters.

As an ex Miraculous fan, I hate the way they ruined Chloe's character just to make her go back to be a bully. Chloe had the best character arc in the show, she became better than she was in season 1 and she earned the bee Miraculous. But because of Thomas, Chloe returned to be a spoiled mean girl who has no problem working with Lila to cause problems and she's not even friends with Adrien anymore.

Stella wasn't the show bad guy at the beginning. She was a woman who got cheated on by her imp-obsessed husband and wanted revenge. Vivziepop being Vivziepop had to turn Stella into an abuser, a dumb childish one who needs her brother's help because she cannot get that if Stolas dies, all the money and power goes to Octavia.

In the hands of better writers, Chloe would have been a great hero and Stella would have been a decent antagonist.

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🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨 oh so when Catra is getting mIstReaTed, suddenly Shadow weaver is both their mother?

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I just don't understand how trauma could be such a big part of a person. If all there is to Catra is her trauma then who is she? Not trying to pretend i don't have issues but moving on usualy helps healing (Catra didn't want to heal tho or atleast she didn't know it was possible and how to do it. She prefered power over her own friend so🤷🏾‍♀️)

a funny thing about Catra is that, if Shadow weaver didn't abuse her she would probably have turned out the same since she obsesses about 'Adora's betrayal' and she's so resentfull. Abuse didn't make her cruel, her ego is just that big.

Mmmm. . .I don't fully agree with this, sorry.

Catra's abuse is a fondamental part of her character. The way Shadow Weaver raised her is what shaped Catra into the person that caused so much pain to the people around her.

Catra picked up from Shadow Weaver her abusive tendeces and manipulation tattics. Patronize Adora, stalk her, call her weak, make her doubt herself, make her think she's going crazy, and the list continues. Those are all things Catra learned from her abuser.

But even without abuse, Catra wouldn't be exactly a "good person", as it was showed in the portal reality. Even in that perfect world where Shadow Weaver treated her well, Catra gaslighted Adora;

Slapped Adora across the face;

Prioritized her own desires over Adora's feelings;

Wanted Adora to stay in a world that was crumbling around them, refused to listen to Adora and didn't want to admit that she knew there was something wrong.

About "Adora's betrayal", I'm conflicted on this because Catra was obsessed with Adora ALSO due to Shadow Weaver. The woman told Catra that if it wasn't for Adora's simpathy towards her, she would have got rid of Catra in no time.

In episode 1, Catra said she had to bring Adora back or else Shadow Weaver was going to have her head. So Catra needed Adora to stay alive, but I think her abbandonament issues played an important part in her obsession.

Catra was afraid of Adora leaving her since they were kids, way before Adora left the Horde. But I'm not excusing Catra over this. If she was so afraid of Adora leaving her, she shouldn't have abused her and blamed her for what Shadow Weaver did.

If you don't want your friends to leave you, don't treat them like Catra did 🤷‍♀️

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Catra stans: you want complex messed up characters but you couldn't handle Catra!

Also Catra stans: *woobify Catra, hate Glimmer, Double trouble, Shadow weaver, Scorpia and even Adora sometimes. Make characters like Adora or Glimmer look mean so that Catra looks less bad. Praise Catra for the evil things she does and are fine with her character only existing for a ship*

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People should understand that life isn't about feelings. Glimmer had responsibilities and it's not like the princesses were realy reliable. Sure she was still acting stupid but atleast she was trying to be serious. Everyone one else was either goofy or her enemy, the only person with valuable knowledge was Shadow weaver. Castaspella was there byt she was too busy being goofy.

one thing i haven't seen people talking about enough when it comes to glimmer's relationship with shadow weaver is that glimmer was always underestimated by almost everyone else until she met shadow weaver.

she was the weak princess, the one who had to recharge her powers ever so often. angella was overprotective of her because of her trauma after losing her husband. castaspella jokingly says that she didn't expect glimmer to have any real friends, and that she thought that bow was an imaginary friend at first.

glimmer was younger than most of the other princesses (except for frosta) and was not in a position of power yet. she even calls herself a “screw-up” at some point. it's clear from s1 that she had low self-esteem and wanted to prove herself to everyone, especially her mother.

it makes sense that she warmed towards the first person who actually saw her for who she was. adora and bow cared about her, of course, but they didn't know much about her powers. they didn't see her potential in magic, shadow weaver was the first one who saw that.

and since glimmer didn't have anyone else to teach her how to nurture her powers, she had to rely on shadow weaver. not to mention, after angella died, she had no one to help her or give her some guidance. she had no prior experience in ruling a kingdom and shadow weaver was the only one who even remotely offered some advice and support.

this isn't meant to excuse glimmer's behaviour in s4, of course. but people often reduce her entire attitude in s4 to “glimmer siding with adora's abuser and acting bitchy” when it's a lot more complicated than that. glimmer had very few options and they were in the middle of a war. she had to weigh her options carefully and choose the most effective one, even if it meant accidentally hurting or inconveniencing people along the way.

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i hate the Horde but if Adora had gone evil i wouldn't be too mad at her tbh

I drew this, what do you think? I tried to draw Adora if she had stayed in the Horde. She becomes force captain and fights princesses with a bow(is that how it's called? It's the glowing stick. She used to fight with those in the fright zone) Her weapon is powered with Shadow weaver's magic.