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ahsterism​:

    ADORA DOESN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO– Princess Prom was supposed to be a chance to bring the alliance together, and her confrontation with Catra ( the thought of her, it only brings an ACHE in her chest, a hole left by a missing piece that wouldn’t fly from the wire with her ) only led to a mission where they made it out…but with a cost. 

   It’s on her hands, she knows it– if only she had done something MORE, gone back maybe, then…who knows, Entrapta could have been saved. With everything clouding her mind, she almost FORGOT about the latest Horde defector– if she’s being honest with herself, she never expected Kyle to leave ( or…anyone else, but figures Kyle would simply anxiously stick with the group’s decisions ), and when he approaches her, she finds herself suddenly surprised, walking alongside him now as if they were still young and playful cadets, living a lie. 

   “Hey– Kyle. And…it’s fine. About Entrapta, I mean, you…didn’t cause that…none of us could save her.” Gaze cast downwards for a moment, before looking back up quick. “The kidnapping was– yeah, but you’re with us now.” 

“I went along with it though.” Though he knew she didn’t blame him (through her insistence and remark that he was with them) he still couldn’t escape the feeling that she did in fact blame him for his part. Anxiety was a bitch. “That whole mission was Catra’s idea, and Lonnie, Lonnie was all for it as long as Catra agreed to leave Rogelio back in the Fright Zone.” They both knew Rogelio would’ve had enough problems in the Kingdom of Snows to begin with, with the fact he’d never handled cold too well.

Lonnie had poured herself into her training. Trying to prove herself the best and he was pretty sure she’d seen the ball as a way of besting Adora. It’d eaten her up that Catra was made Force Captain in Adora’s absence, it seemed as if everyone but Shadow Weaver and Lord Hordak had seen that Lonnie was the superior candidate.

“I can still try to help.” Kyle offered. “They finished some of the placement evaluations, said the only place I wouldn’t screw it all up was mechanics. It’s not as good as what Entrapta could’ve done but I can try.” Even as he was trying to be optimistic he was unconsciously going back to some of his anxious tics, wringing hands together and pressing around the pressure point between thumb and index finger. He was acutely aware of his voice sounding more tense than usual and it was only at this point that he became aware of the thought potentially crossing her mind that he was going to spy on them. Nope, not an idea he even wanted to consider.

Again, anxiety was a bitch.

#ahsterism #kyle is not a potato; verse

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Physical Contact Starters

No explicit NSFW, but some could be interpreted that way. Alter as necessary!

SOFT

“Your hands are so warm.”

“Ah, that feels good…”

“Wait… are you braiding my hair?”

“Is it okay if I lean on you?”

“Just hold me for awhile. Please.”

“You don’t mind me touching you there, right?”

“Oh! I didn’t mean to fall asleep leaning on you.”

“Don’t stop stroking my hair…”

“Be gentle with me.”

“Y’know, I could go for a back rub right now. Just saying.”

“Please… Kiss me, even if it’s just this once.”

“I bet I’m strong enough to pick you up.”

“Can I use your lap as a pillow?”

“Touch me. I don’t care how. I just need to feel something right now…”

“I could kiss you all over.”

“That tickles!”

“Mind washing my back for me?”

“I didn’t know you were the cuddling type.”

“I love how soft your lips are.”

“Don’t get up just yet, I’ll miss having you next to me.”

“No one’s kissed me like that in a long time.”

ROUGH

“Ow! That fucking hurt!”

“Keep talking, and I’ll seriously slap the shit out of you.”

“You stepped on my foot!”

“Did you do that on purpose?”

“Please be more gentle next time…”

“Don’t squeeze so tight!”

“Hey, don’t touch me there. It hurts.”

“Did you just bite me?!”

“Next time I’ll hit you like I mean it.”

“Is that the best you’ve got?”

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to hurt you.”

“I’ll make you bleed.”

“You really can’t take a hit, can you?”

“Hey!! What was that for?!”

“Shit, are you crying? I didn’t mean to do it that hard.”

“That stung a little. Go easy on me next time.”

“Don’t tell me you can’t handle a little sparring.”

“You almost knocked me over!”

“I won’t stop until I hear you scream.”

“That’s gonna leave a bruise…”

“You broke my nose!”

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Everyone’s been talking about the big moments in Catra’s redemption arc, and rightly so, but I just want to mention a few smaller moments which I loved because they were just as vital to making it work.

First, when she saves Glimmer Catra says she’s doing it for Adora, not Glimmer. But there are few other moments which suggest otherwise. Catra visits Glimmer’s cell even when they’re not talking, showing that she’s not only going to see her because she’s lonely.

Horde Prime also calls her out on feeling sorry for Glimmer, much like he called her out on still caring about Adora before, and Catra doesn’t deny it. In fact her face gives her away much like it did before too.

And this is backed up further by the fact that Catra goes out of her way to get Glimmer the cake she mentioned wanting in their previous talk.

She was trying to downplay her selflessness to Glimmer so that Glimmer wouldn’t convince Adora to come back for her, but Catra clearly didn’t only save Glimmer for Adora, she did it because she’d genuinely come to care about her as well.

Second, throughout this entire season Catra’s single greatest fear is that Adora will end up sacrificing herself to stop Horde Prime, but when she realises exactly what he’s doing to the people on Etheria, she actively encourages Adora to stop him.

It’s obvious that she’s truly concerned about the damage Horde Prime is causing, which makes a lot of sense when you remember that Catra has experienced being chipped herself. She doesn’t want anyone else to have to go through what she did.

Third, the importance of this scene is obvious but I want to touch on something specific about it. Entrapta is about to leave here, ready to move past everything that Catra did before, but Catra still stops her so that she can thank her and apologise.

This is huge, because it would have been so easy for Catra to just let Entrapta brush it all off instead of bringing up her own mistakes and taking responsibility for them, but she makes the hard choice anyway, because she knows it’s the least Entrapta deserves from her.

Fourth, this moment is pretty funny but also incredibly important. Catra tells Adora she’s working on her anger management, and follows it up with concrete action seconds later. She doesn’t just promise to do better, she actually does the work to change her behaviour.

Words on their own mean nothing if you don’t back them up with your actions, and it’s crucial that Catra doesn’t just say she’s going to work through her problems, but actually puts the effort in to make real changes and better herself.

Fifth and last, Catra reassures Netossa about Spinnerella, even though they have no prior bond and she knows Netossa still has every reason to hate her, simply because she feels bad for her and wants to make her feel a little better.

What all these moments have in common is that they show Catra expressing sincere empathy for other people. Her feelings for Adora may have been a big factor in her initial desire to improve, but Adora is definitely not the only thing Catra cares about.

tl;dr - Catra doesn’t just choose to stop being bad, she consciously makes the effort to start being good as well, and that’s why her development this season feels so satisfying and well earned.

#sharp claws and a bad attitude; catra

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#he’s trying his best

#the one with the crop top; bow

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can’t spell disappointment without “me”. 

#lacks confidence not courage; musings

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She-Ra and the Princesses of Power - Season 5

#grayskull's honored soldier; adora

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Send “STOP PRETENDING TO BE OK!” for my muse’s reaction to yours yelling this at them

#incoming message; meme

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nothing fucks me up more than that time i looked for kyle in a fic and found his demeanor described as “as if he was always seconds away from a panic attack”

#beep beep bitch; ooc

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that moment when an injured character slowly looks down at their own wounds, realizing the extent of their injuries for the first time

and then falls the fuck over

#things mun wants; wishlist

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why am i posting just caps i’ve taken with dumb faces? to help me fill my tags of course

#beep beep bitch; ooc

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#katie's a fucking dumbass; mun stuff #soft touches with strong hands; rogelio #the one with the brain cell; lonnie

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#katie's a fucking dumbass; mun stuff #soft touches with strong hands; rogelio #the one with the brain cell; lonnie

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some of my favorite caps from No Princess Left Behind

the faces on these short snippets are a gift, especially rogelio’s faces he can be so expressive when he wants to be

#katie's a fucking dumbass; mun stuff #beep beep bitch; ooc

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someday i would like to be like lonnie and just not give a single fuck

#katie's a fucking dumbass; mun stuff #the one with the brain cell; lonnie #beep beep bitch; ooc

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Nonverbal RP Starters

#incoming message; meme

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** platonic / familial actions.

send  one  of  these  in  to  see  my  muse’s  reaction (  add “ +reverse”  for  my  muse  to  do  the  action  to  yours )

[ embrace ]  -  your  muse  pulls  mine  in  for  a  gentle  embrace.

[ coffee ]  -  your  muse  brings  mine  a  mug  of  fresh  coffee.

[ ruffle ]  -  your  muse  ruffles  my  muses  hair.

[ pat ]  -  your  muse  pats  mine  on  the  shoulder.

[ piggyback ]  -  your  muse  jumping  on  my  muses  back.

[ kiss ]  -  your  muse  presses  a  kiss  to  my  muses  forehead.

[ bake ]  -  your  muse  presents  mine  with  freshly  baked  cookies.

[ flower crown ]  -  your  muse  places  a  flower  crown  atop  my  muses  head.

[ cook ]  -  your  muse  cooks  my  muse  a  meal.

[ lullaby ]  -  your  muse  sings  my  muse  to  sleep.

[ fort ]  -  your  muse  surprises  my  muse  with  a  pillow  fort.

[ gift ]  -  your  muse  presents  my  muse  with  a  gift.

[ hold ]  -  your  muse  holds  my  muses  hand.

[ calm ]  -  your  muse  calms  down  my  panicked  muse.

[ cheek ]  -  your  muses  kisses  my  muse  on  the  cheek.

[ boop ]  -  your  muses  boops  my  muse  on  the  nose.

#incoming message; meme

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Send me    “ what happened to you? “    for your muse to find mine bandaging up a wound. 

#incoming message; meme