anghraine: a close shot of catra from she-ra, a girl with cat ears, heterochromia, and long hair (catra)
Things I really enjoy about Adora’s fantasy of the future in “Heart”:
  • while Glimmer’s and Bow’s hairstyles have changed, Catra’s hair has grown back the way it was (though she now wears it in a ponytail). I like the short-haired look, but it was something forced on her in terrible circumstances, and even subconsciously, Adora seems to get that.
  • she imagines future!Bow with a desperate attempt at a beard. lol
  • she imagines Glimmer combining a fancy princess dress, her sparkly cloak, and an … undercut, I think?
  • she imagines herself with longer, mostly-flowy hair (not on the She-Ra level, but she does have She-Ra hair envy…), a delicate tiara, and a simple She-Ra-themed dress, while Catra is wearing everyday clothes and dodging Glimmer’s attempts to spruce her up.
  • Adora is on to Glimbow, or really wants it to happen; Bow is wearing a royal cloak and Glimmer’s other earring (apparently wearing an item from the other person is a very big deal in Etherian romantic relationships) and Glimmer leans into him
  • meanwhile, Catra is wearing Adora’s Rebel pin (I can’t remember if real Catra is doing that)
  • Catra is carting around a white and gold jacket that matches Adora’s dress, either to put on Adora or to match Adora.
  • this time, it’s Catra reaching out to her—and indeed, when Catra declares her love, Adora does envision it as Catra physically reaching out for her.
Tagged: #i hope adora does get her she-ra dress someday! #but the sequence is both charming and a little sad #like... the episode raises the question of what /adora/ wants #and she honestly wants so little? #a) catra b) her friends c) a princess outfit of her own #i do love the little snippet though
anghraine: a close shot of catra from she-ra, a girl with cat ears, heterochromia, and long hair (catra)
“Peekablue” was sad (though yay, Double Trouble!), but we’re onto “Shot in the Dark” and adfk;jadf I love grumpy redeemed Catra

(Maybe Horde Prime was driven off by poorly-planned architecture!)

Tagged: #glad she's still catra haha #also i really like the haphazard jumble of sci-fi and fantasy #+ bow is completely right #catra's fuzzed-up tail is the most adorable thing #and her tiny sneeze!
anghraine: adora from spop, transformed into she-ra, narrowing her eyes in anger (adora (angry))
I'm going back to my SPOP re-watch and I'd gotten to S4, but I honestly forgot how hard Glimmer is to take in S4. The thing is that I do like her overall arc and I think where S4 takes her is organic and compelling. But her dismissal of Adora's abuse by Shadow Weaver, up to and including accusing Adora of just being jealous that she's no longer Shadow Weaver's focus while Shadow Weaver goes on about how paranoid Adora is (?!), is just ... rough.

(Her blaming Adora for Angella's death is also a low point, but a more understandable one, at least.)

I am looking forward to Bow's "because you're wrong!" though.

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