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hey, adora

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#I almost shrieked when this came up on my Instagram #babies #─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 catra... she's mean. catra. ❫ #─ ❛❛ ────── 💫 ʜᴇʏ ᴀʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜱᴛᴀʏ. catradora. ❫ #─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ʟʏɪɴɢ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ. adora. ❫

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Ester Exposito at "El Juego" premiere, August 30th, 2023

#─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴀɴ ᴇxᴘʟᴏʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴏᴜᴛᴇʀ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇ / fc ❫ #what she ra/adora vibes omg

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#what an adora vibe #─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ʟʏɪɴɢ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ. adora. ❫ #─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴀɴ ᴇxᴘʟᴏʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴏᴜᴛᴇʀ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇ / fc ❫

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i want her and all her problems

#─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ʜᴀɴᴅꜱ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴛ ɪᴛ ɢᴏ ꜰʀᴇᴇ. catradora. ❫ #─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ᴄᴀᴛʀᴀ... ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴍᴇᴀɴ. catra. ❫

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- what do you think you’re doing?!

#love that this interaction applies in no matter what verse #─ ❛❛ ────── 💫 ʜᴇʏ ᴀʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜱᴛᴀʏ. catradora. ❫ #─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ʟʏɪɴɢ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ. adora. ❫ #─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ᴄᴀᴛʀᴀ... ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴍᴇᴀɴ. catra. ❫

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they found their own ways of redeeming the shadows

#babies #happy valentine's day 💖 #─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ʜᴀɴᴅꜱ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴛ ɪᴛ ɢᴏ ꜰʀᴇᴇ. catradora. ❫ #─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ʟʏɪɴɢ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ. adora. ❫ #─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ᴄᴀᴛʀᴀ... ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴍᴇᴀɴ. catra. ❫

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— Conan Gray, The Exit

#─ ❛❛ ────── 💫 ʜᴇʏ ᴀʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜱᴛᴀʏ. catradora. ❫

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Yep I’ve been watching She-Ra again

#─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ʟʏɪɴɢ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ. adora. ❫

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──── catra

❝Fill you in?❞

Wow, she really does have an inflated sense of importance. Guess she was always too distracted by the perfect, golden hair and stupidly blue eyes to notice. Seriously, how has she never realised this?

She can barely stop herself from bursting into full-on, hysterical belly laughter. 

The more stricken Adora looks, the more it fills Catra up  — until she towers over Adora, her mouth more snarl than a grin, her fists clenched but this time in triumph. Her words have always been her best weapon, and the pain in her expression is more leverage over Adora than she could ever have dreamed of. 

All this time, she thought she was the one who needed Adora —  always threatened by every new person who couldn’t help but be drawn in by her charm, always waiting for the inevitable day when Adora would find someone worth her time. But this? This is perfect. Because now she gets to leave, and the idiot might actually feel a little something about it. 

( It won’t last, not like the way the smiling pictures and nights alone still bleed like a wound that will never heal. 

But it’s enough for tonight. )

❝I wouldn’t have known that I needed to do that. After all, it’s not like you gave me a heads up when you decided to replace me.❞

the sound of her laughter was making her think the lump in her throat might actually be her dinner coming back up as nausea gripped into her.     that laugh was never a good thing,      &    her whole body tensed on instinct,   in preparation for what was to come. 

she didn’t look afraid when catra ripped the space between them away,    levelling her with look that screamed danger.       she clenched her fists in return,   a deep frown her line of defence.       but at least she was finally talking to her---- she just wanted answers.      &   maybe she would finally get them

---- or  not. 

everything was feeling right now was so heightened right now it was hard to think----   she couldn’t tell whether she owed that to catra or  the shots she’d done with mermista,      barely considering the amount of glasses tipped into her throat as she stared with a single focus at catra across the bar----    because right now she wanted the burst from everything that was itching beneath her skin.      her bare forearms flung into the air,       " uhh---   what  are you talking about  ?      you’re the one who replaced me,    remember  ?  ”   her voice rose in pitch once again,        unable to believe catra was actually trying to accuse her of the thing that she was accusing her of. 

she poked a finger at her,       her inhibited depth perception meaning the tip of her finger barged into catra’s collar bone     &    she momentarily looked surprised about it   before rolling on to show catra she was wrong,      “  --   i couldn’t replace you.       you’re not even--- --- -- replaceable,  ”      she openly criticised her logic in a dramatically incredulous tone ,    eyes in the air----   who was she even meant to replace her with  ?    catra was... catra,     there would never be anyone else.

#─ ❛❛ ────── 💫 ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ. ᴄᴀᴛʀᴀ / catrages. ❫

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another part

#─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ʜᴀɴᴅꜱ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴛ ɪᴛ ɢᴏ ꜰʀᴇᴇ. catradora. ❫ #─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ᴄᴀᴛʀᴀ... ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴍᴇᴀɴ. catra. ❫ #─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ʟʏɪɴɢ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ. adora. ❫

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Shera commission! Prompt was catra struggling to write a letter to her younger self

Thanks to the ever patient commissioner for letting me get a bit off track with it!

#we love therapy gfs #and adora being cute and dumb #─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ᴄᴀᴛʀᴀ... ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴍᴇᴀɴ. catra. ❫ #─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ʟʏɪɴɢ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ. adora. ❫ #─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ʜᴀɴᴅꜱ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴛ ɪᴛ ɢᴏ ꜰʀᴇᴇ. catradora. ❫

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ESTER EXPÓSITO as LUCÍA VENUS (2022) | dir. Jaume Balagueró

#─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ʟʏɪɴɢ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ. adora. ❫ #─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴀɴ ᴇxᴘʟᴏʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴏᴜᴛᴇʀ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇ / fc ❫

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──── catra

❝What?!❞

It’s short, sharp, and full of not wanting to be here talking to Adora right now. But that’s before she looks back and sees her eyes so full of— 

of what? Adora has never fallen or lost or been anywhere close to considering giving up in all her life. So Catra calling the look defeat? Unthinkable. 

Still, they’re full of some hurt Catra can’t understand. Oh, so she can go make all the new friends in the world, but she can’t? That’s rich, considering how many nights she’s stayed out “hanging” with these people who don’t even come close to her. Catra hates other people as a general rule, but to assume she’d stay Catra’s only friend forever? That’s exactly the kind of thoughtlessness that’s starting to more than chafe about Adora. 

She clenches her fist.

❝Maybe it is, Adora. People change, and they move on.❞

— She’d know a thing or two about that.

she could do nothing but stare at her like an open wound,     bleeding all of that emotion onto the sticky,     bar floor...   so it was true.      they were--- -- ?      that had to explain it,   right  ? ....  right ?      why she hadn’t seen her in weeks when they were supposed to be room mates,       why she felt her stomach churn every time she entered their empty room.                she’d just offered up her heart to show her how much this was hurting    &   catra had decided to clench it in her grasp   &   twist.       

she had no choice but to retreat,    defences up as the lump in her throat rose higher. 

she scoffs,     her words barely landing like they should,    “  so  were you ever going to fill me in on that --- or  ?    or--  were you just going to never speak to me again ? ”   

catra was---  --- impossible.      she wasn’t making any sense right now.       catra was mad,    livid with something she was holding over her;       it was terrifying   &    beautiful the way she was looking at her----   she hated it but how could she hate being the subject of all of that  ?       especially after weeks on empty without even a glance from her.           oh it was settled.     she didn’t just replace her,      she definitely hated her    &    there was way more to this.    she at least owed it to her to tell her.   

she rolled up her sleeves,       desperation once again seeping in,    “   --- just tell me what i did wrong,   catra.      this is--- is -- dumb.  ”

#help her #─ ❛❛ ────── 💫 ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ. ᴄᴀᴛʀᴀ / catrages. ❫

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sex is great but have you ever tried rubbing her back, kissing her forehead, and telling her you've got her no matter what?

#─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ʜᴀɴᴅꜱ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴛ ɪᴛ ɢᴏ ꜰʀᴇᴇ. catradora. ❫

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apollo-cackling​:

it still breaks me how devastated Adora looks when she realises that Catra coming back was just the Crystal Castle trying to lure her into walking off a cliff

#k what the fuck #😢😢 #─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ʜᴀɴᴅꜱ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴛ ɪᴛ ɢᴏ ꜰʀᴇᴇ. catradora. ❫ #─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ɪ'ᴍ ᴀꜰʀᴀɪᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪ'ᴍ ʀɪꜱᴋɪɴɢ ɪꜰ ɪ ꜰᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴᴋɴᴏᴡɴ. she-ra. ❫ #─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ʟʏɪɴɢ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ. adora. ❫

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Ester Expósito photographed by Unai Huizi 

San Sebastián Festival, 2020

#─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ʟʏɪɴɢ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ. adora. ❫ #─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴀɴ ᴇxᴘʟᴏʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴏᴜᴛᴇʀ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇ / fc ❫

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tell me why my gods look like you  and tell me why its wrong  - twitter | instagram | inprnt

#─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ʟʏɪɴɢ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ. adora. ❫ #─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ʜᴀɴᴅꜱ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴛ ɪᴛ ɢᴏ ꜰʀᴇᴇ. catradora. ❫ #─ ❛❛ ─────── 💫 ᴄᴀᴛʀᴀ... ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴍᴇᴀɴ. catra. ❫