Tumblr crosspost (2 March 2021)

[anghraine]

It’s probably been done a bunch of times, but I’ve decided the Catradora AU of my dreams is one where Catra does leave the Horde well before the events of the end of S4, perhaps right at the beginning with Adora—but is still more or less the same person she was at that point.

I’m not sure how it would work tbh … likely she’d have to see better opportunities in the Rebellion than the Horde for some reason. But I just really like the idea of Catra in her calculating, opportunistic, yet loose cannon phase operating within the Rebellion, and thinking about how her fixation on Adora would wind out in that context. I mean, w/ Catradora obviously, but I’m also interested in what the dynamic would look like before they got there, and when it would happen, and just, AU Adora and Catra’s relationship in general.

Also, the whole concept of the Rebellion dealing with someone like Catra in their ranks is amazing to me. IDK, maybe they’d just kick her out and it’d be terrible, but if she held herself together enough to succeed and people just had to put up with her … <3 <3

Tagged: #and i love the idea of catra and glimmer having to work together /before/ their respective character developments #a magnificent disaster waiting to happen #the au could happen in a lot of ways #it's also possible that the au could split off /before/ the show's timeline #maybe younger catra and adora nope out of the horde together for some reason—things are worse than canon or something #escape into the whispering woods and find the sword #catra's like... okay this is the stupidest thing we've ever done! how are we going to rule the world now??? #*adora turns into she-ra* #catra: ... actually i have some ideas