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vivaciouscynner · 1 year

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When She Stopped Picking Scabs

by VivaciousCynner

"Okay."

"Okay?" This was new. Adora was suspicious. Any moment now Catra would call her an idiot. Any moment. She narrowed her eyes at Catra and waited for that nonplussed expression to change. Something where her eyes would round their sockets and spit-laugh an insult.

They sat on the edge of the bed together. An invite to a party rested in Catra's hands. The torn envelope, with royal seal, rested in Adora's.

"I'm serious," she said, "I'm 40 and I need to forgive myself like you said," she sighed because Adora instantly started squirming with contained excitement, "Adora!"

"I'm sorry, go ahead," and yet she still held a toothy smile while she listened. The kind that said I'm trying to be patient but not really.

She grumbled another sigh. "I'm 40. It's not fair to you that I keep punishing myself when we can enjoy things together. So..., let's enjo- Adora! Why are you crying!? It wasn't even that deep!"

Adora leap-hugged her wife. Arms wrapped around brown-gray hair, still unbrushed, as she pinned Catra to the bed. "I'm not crying," she sniffled, "I've just been waiting for this."

She groaned a little to the tight hug, "I know." They were silent a moment and then Catra gave her a peck on the cheek. "Come on, we should get ready."

Adora vibrated with excitement, hand-sprung off Catra, and dashed to the closet giggling. And then she yelled, "Catra!" "What? Wha- What's wrong?"

She poked her ahead around the door frame out of the closet with calm demeanor, "What should I wear? Should I go suit this time? Pants and shirt? Dress? Shorts?" Then she looked at Catra suggestively, "Skirt?" Suggesting what was a question of its own.

Catra flopped backwards into her pillows and let out an irritated groan, "This was a mistake."

"Catra!"

"Okay! It's not a mistake but tone it down a notch, I'm just a year older. It's not that important."

Adora relaxed her shoulders a little and made her way to the edge of the bed. She sat somewhat in front of her. "Catra, you turning 40 or a million-"

"That's a bit much."

Adora dismissed without skipping a beat, "-isn't important. It's you. It's not that you made it to some number. It's the day. Today would be less good without you. It's celebrating you."

"But I'm-"

"Forgiven. Loved. APPRECIATED! And I don't want to hear an adjective any different, okay?" Adora stared at her and waited for some form of an agreement. Catra grunted. That was enough she supposed.

That evening, they rode up to the Castle Bright Moon on Swift Wind, albeit slowly. Catra made sure they wouldn't fly. The last thing she needed was to vomit on her clothes just as they arrive.

Swifty was panting heavily to the tiresome, uphill stride to the castle. Who knew that flying took a lot less energy than walking? His front knees buckled suddenly forcing Adora and Catra to lean back hard to compensate for the imbalance. As Adora leaned forward slowly to check on him, he shot he head up and very nearly bashed Adora's head in. He shouted a big, "WOO! I DON'T KNOW HOW I DID THIS BEFORE I HAD WINGS! This is just AWFUL, Adora!" He shared a few more complaints before allowing them off his back.

Catra took an irritated slow breath in, straightened her clothes, and smoothed her lightly bristled tail outside the palace doors. Her nose flared a moment, "Oh good, I sure am glad I smell like a musty fowl."

"Hey, this wouldn't have been a problem if you let me fly. It's not my fault you have the tummy resistance of a small child who ate too much ice cream." He gasped for air, "WOO! I'm uh, just gonna take a breather over here, you guys go on ahead." He then slumped to the ground and muttered, "Please stop looking at me."

Catra snorted, "Alright, don't have to tell me twice." She received a jab from her dear wife. "Uh, fine. Thank you for the ride."

Good enough, Adora thought. It was Catra's birthday after all. And as Catra headed to the door dressed in black slacks and a light-gray blazer, patterned with branches of gold around the collar which seemed to travel down and line the seams of her pockets and the edges of the garment, Adora took a short moment to check on Swifty and affirm he wasn't about to keel over. With a pat and glow that washed over Swift Wind's head, Adora parted with a nod.

When Adora caught up with Catra before entering, Catra shook her head at her. "He's not taking care of himself. You gotta stop magic-ing him better all the time."

"Pff, it's fine. He's fine. Also, I have something to tell you." A raised brow and an encouraging jostle of Catra's head later: "I forgot to tell Glimmer we're coming." She faced the door and continued to walk into the palace.

And while Catra watched her wife, dressed in that black, knee-high and pleated skirt that delicately cinched a waist - and the red halter that exposed the still very toned muscles of her shoulders - she shook her head and lightly admonished Adora under her breath.

As they entered the halls lined with royal guards who stood with quiet rigidness, Catra stayed close to Adora as they headed to the ball room. Hip to hip and tail that brushed against Adora's thigh.

Adora turned to Catra, "Ready?"

Catra's jaw shifted a little. Uneasy. "i think you know the answer to that." Adora kissed her temple, it'll be fine. Remember, they are literally celebrating you.

Catra breathed a slow sigh, "I guess."

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nny11writes · 2 years

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is that deep feels prompt thing a request? i'll treat it like a request. part 1: 24 "Whyy are you crying?" "I don't know" and part 2: "laughing at yourself while crying". any pairing of your choosing. go fucking crazy!!!

ahjdfkgjsf, sorry this took so long anon!!!

Any time you see I've reblogged a prompt thing/ask a question thing/etc it is 100% there for you to ask or prompt away :D

Anyways I started this in my catrapta mode so I just followed through on that, sorta. There's a crush happening for suresies.

Rating: T for Cursing

Tags: happy ending, hurt/comfort, panic attack, sensory overload, mental health, crying, self blaming, lot of negative talk because this is catra folks I don't know what to tell you, Entrapta is the best at that's a fact, Scorpia makes an appearance, super pal trio, healthy coping? idfk I just projected onto the sad cat, it's my fanfic and I get to give the characters whichever bits of my own mental illness/coping skills that I wanna!, puppy crush catrapta

She really should have known better than to try and quietly have a breakdown while at Entrapta’s house, but Catra was never really known for logical decision making. Especially when the choice needing to be made came hot and heavy without warning. She’d been at the sleepover, felt fine, then woke up in a cold sweat at one in the morning with the distinct feeling that it was too late for her to flee. So Catra had barely managed to shuffle to what looked like the least used bathroom in the place, turned on the shower and quickly squeezed under the sink as her mind started to race.

You know, as you do.

Something in her felt better just by knowing that she wouldn’t bother anyone, and equally important that no one would bother her. If Catra could have pulled the crust of the planet back to slip into a magma flow, she would have. But sobbing uncontrollably at sometime past 1:00 AM at your best friend’s house while said best friends are sleeping nearby is a totally normal and healthy way to deal with whatever this was. Yes, she was going to handle it alone and be fine and no one would be any wiser because it was fucking stupid (she was being so fucking stupid).

But while Scorpia had been snoring away, she’d made a miscalculation by assuming that Entrapta had any sort of sleep schedule that made any sort of sense. Weird out of the blue mental breakdown or not, that one really was on her.

“Why are you crying?” Entrapta asked, sounding the same way she did when someone tried to make small talk that she found particularly confusing.

Why was she crying? The detached bit of her turned to look at what Catra thought of as her inner Rogelio, who was normally very logical and made decisions when she was upset, but the bitch only shrugged. Probably a bad dream. Might be dehydrated. You ate dinner at least so it’s not hunger.

“I-I don’t know!” Catra miserably sobbed. The detached part of her sighed heavily and rolled her eyes while faux Rogelio lifted an eyebrow condescendingly. Yeah, yeah, I know, can’t be hard on myself right now. There was the other eyebrow now completing a look that any exasperated instructor would kill to have. Shut up, I’ll be hard on myself if I wanna! He was less than impressed. Oh fucking well, get in line.

“You don’t know why, but…” Entrapta tilted her head. “Is it a tag in your sleep wear? I can get scissors.”

Humiliating to remember that one, it had practically been her villain origin story over the holidays when everyone kept calling her cute and forcing her to wear different new clothes that were stiff, constraining, and itchy. Somehow Catra had failed to notice the tag in the new pajamas she’d been given and harassed into wearing as a friend bonding thing. She wishes she could blame it on the overly scented detergent Bow used but no, she just missed it. They almost made it to midnight before Catra had a massive freak out starting with her chapped lips and spilling some hot chocolate (not even all of it just a drop or two) and ending with the soul breaking realization that the problem was the tags in her clothes. Who doesn’t realize tags are bothering them until they’re halfway through trying to burn down their own life?

Catra apparently. Fuck she was an idiot and a mess. Detached her looked at Rogelio for confirmation and he nodded. Cool. No tags.Maybe a bad dream. Yeah that made sense at least.

“No, n-nothing like that.”

“I’m not sure I understand.”

Catra’s sobbing turned a little hysterical because no duh. Inner Rogelio mentally gave her head a little pat pat, which was making an already awful but slowly becoming absurd situation a little more outrageous. “Yeah, me neither!”

Entrapta stayed squatted where she was, tapping her fingers away on her exposed knees as she looked around for something. Then offered, “Would you like me to turn the light off?”

Her “What?” sounded a lot more like “wah” in her head, and there was bastard Catra right on time. Wow, pathetic much? Couldn’t handle one bad dream and now look at you, a little baby. Always need something, don't you? Crying just to make people do whatever you want. Disgusting. Her fake Rogelio and detached mind were already starting to merge a little and that part of her reminded her of how stupid that sounded. Shadow Weaver nonsense.

“...the lights? Do you want them off? It can help to reduce stimulation.” Entrapta spoke slowly, clearly trying to think through what exactly she was trying to say and how to say it properly.

Oh! Yes, less input, she’d like the whole everything to get a lot less and smaller right now, please! “That would- that would be nice. Uh, hit the, uhm, hit the lights.”

“GREAT!” Entrapta all but leaped to her feet and smacked the light switch hard enough that Catra was sure she’d heard the drywall crack..

But it was also enough for Catra to giggle a little helplessly.

“Gotta commit to the bit.” Entrapta nodded, and even in the darkness Catra could see her smiling brightly. “Can I join you? Not in crying, I hope it’s okay but I don’t really feel like crying tonight. Just under the sink I mean.”

Catra scooted into the corner and waved a hand towards the open space, and within seconds she was surrounded by the grounding cold of the tiles on three sides and the soothing warmth of Entrapta’s arm and leg on the other.

They didn’t talk again, but it was nice when Entrapta eventually got up to turn the shower off. The steam was already starting to make her clothes stick uncomfortably to her, and Catra appreciated not having to talk to have the problem fixed.

Entrapta tapped her toes, wiggled her fingers, and rocked back and forth a little while humming and occasionally popping her lips which provided Catra with something pleasant to focus on instead of the three versions of her that were still trying to duke it out over why she felt so shitty. Which was a feat considering they were slowly melding back together with Catra’s more conscious emotional side. A thoroughly unpleasant feeling as she became a functional human again.

“Wow,” she eventually croaked, trying to scrub the remaining tears and snot off her face, “Hated that. Hated that for me. It was fucking lame.”

Entrapta frowned at her. “That was not lame. Or stupid, I know you really mean stupid when you say lame. It’s your favorite insult.”

Catra did somehow manage to not blurt, “Stupid is a stupid favorite insult, stupid!” and huffed instead. “Well it’s stu- it’s dumb that I don’t even know what set me off.”

“That doesn’t mean it’s stupid.” Entrapta whispered to herself, but it was plenty loud enough for Catra’s sensitive hearing. At a louder level she said, “I’m guessing it’s all the stuff happening right now.”

“What stuff? There’s, like, nothing happening in my life right now.” Catra was confused and her head and throat hurt from all the crying, and she just wanted to sleep for fifteen years and also never sleep again. But if Entrapta said she knew what the problem was, she probably knew exactly in excruciating detail what the problem was. She honestly wasn’t sure if she asked to figure it out or just to make herself feel worse.

“Well, you’re not at your own home. That’s one. You said it was kind of warm too. I know you forgot your meds a few days ago, that could be part of it. Your stomach is sensitive to acidic foods and we had pizza last night-” Entrapta didn’t even list off each point on her fingers, already seeming to know she’d need more fingers than possible. Catra just sat there stiff and embarrassed as her weirdo sins got listed one by one. “-you were worried Glimmer is mad at you, you took the lumpy bed to be nice to Scorpia, Scorpia snores pretty loudly, you’re picking up your car today and don’t know how much it’ll be, and you have that big project due next week. That’s a lot of stuff Catra.”

“You make it sound like my life’s awful.” She grumbled, unable to really provide a rebuttal considering Entrapta was probably right. That was a lot of little things stacked up, so one bad dream would be more than enough to crush her under the weight. Still, it was a lot better than getting vibe checked by DT when she got like this. Their way of helping often hurt a shit ton before Catra managed to shake a few nuggets of good out of it.

“MeeeEEEEeeeeeh,” Entrapta wiggled her hand in a so-so motion. “Not that it’s awful, there’s just a lot. …and I’m sorry I didn’t think about that last night, I should have let you use my bed.”

Catra snorted and groaned as everything flared painfully to life. Yup, she’d been right, she was being stupid and now Entrapta was trying to be stupid with her. “Self sacrifice isn’t good friendship.”

Rule one of the Reformed Super Pal Trio: Sacrificing something to make the others happy does not, typically, make them happy.

Scorpia had to stop giving ground, Catra had to stop taking/assuming blame, and Entrapta had to stop giving up her own physical comforts for others. It was a necessary rule for them to function as a friend group, otherwise Scorpia would start to feel steamrolled, Catra would get resentful, and Entrapta would just straight up shut down.

“Well, we could’ve shared it. It’s big enough.” Entrapta said this the same way someone might point out an obvious plot point in a cartoon to a small child. A bed. Sharing a bed. With Entrapta? She did not need this in her life right now, that was a whole minefield of feelings she did NOT need right now.

“It’s a full size, that’s barely big enough for two people.”

“We are ‘fun sized’ though,” Entrapta argued, pouting a little as she continued, “besides you’re a real cuddler so we’d basically be a one sized fun size.”

“I am not!” Oh yeah, she was burning up right now.

“Small or a cuddler? You are only three inches taller than me and I can assure you you are snuggly.”

Normally that would be a declaration of war, right now Catra could only whine, “No, I’m not snuggly.”

“...but you are? Do you want to see the photographic evidence?”

“What photographic evidence!?”

Entrapta smiled awkwardly, “I forgot I was not supposed to tell you about that, so don’t worry! There is no photographic evidence to see anywhere, and especially not here, especially not from road trips! OH HEY, I smell coffee! Let’s go get coffee and breakfast!”

Coffee? Oh yeah, Catra could smell coffee too and food. Bacon? How fucking long were we under the sink!? Didn’t matter, she’d spent the night a miserable damp ball of dissociation fragments stuffed into a corner where she’d made Entrapta hang out the whole night to feel better. Stop being an idiot, stupid. Man, maybe stupid was her favorite insult? Huh. Probably more Weaver lies she needed to unpack later. Much later.

Catra was already half dragged out from her hidey hole before Entrapta paused and quietly asked, “Unless you’d rather not? We can stay here if you want to. I don’t mind!”

She scrambled to get her feet under her and not just be pulled like a sack of potatoes. Mmm, potatoes. Her stomach growled pitifully. Inner Rogelio got one last pot shot off before vanishing and leaving her head free of any weird fake versions of herself she compartmentalized into to cope. You ate last night and it’s now morning, eat something. “Only if there’s the little fried boys.”

“Let me check!” And with that Entrapta darted out the door shouting hello to Scorpia who gleefully shouted back a good morning.

Yeah, Catra was going to wash her face and let them get it out of their systems before making an appearance. She still felt off. Tired and sick, both sensitive and a little numb. But considering she was functional and had an appetite, Catra would take the win for what it was. By the time she made it to the kitchen, her friends had both calmed down a little and Entrapta was concentrating while pouring coffee as Scorpia put the last finishing touches on cutting up the toast into little bites.

A plate of eggs, skillet potatoes, toast, and two coffees later she was feeling a lot more human. They hadn’t talked during breakfast, which helped a lot more than she wanted to admit. In fact, Scorpia only made a peep when she coo’d quietly and pointed to Entrapta who was now sleeping on the table, her plate of quail eggs, mini toasts, and bacon cut into cute shapes nearly empty. It would have been darling if not for the raging guilt coursing through Catra’s veins at being the cause.

“Want me to get her?” Scorpia asked softly.

It was tempting, but Entrapta had helped her and it would make her feel better to help her. Did that make her a bad person? Too early for that. She pushed the thought aside to agonize over later. “Nah, I think we both need some sleep.”

“Gotcha, sleep well buddy!”

Did she almost drop Entrapta on the way to her bed? Shut up, maybe, what are you, a cop?

Did she pass out within minutes of settling them both on the super plush mattress? Duh, she had a rough night and Entrapta’s bed was suspiciously comfy. Don’t judge!

Did she wake up to discover Entrapta trying to stealthily take a selfie of her and Catra (who was basically clinging to her like some sort of octopus) together? That information is classified.

Did she feel a lot better thanks to having some really amazing friends?

Yeah. She did.

#she ra #spop #prompt game #feels prompt #thanks for playing!#thanks for asking!#sorry it took so long T-T #catra #entrapta #catrapta (sorta)#see the fic tags listed above #should I post this to AO3? kinda wanna but not sure

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obi-troll-kenobi · 1 year

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Aaand I think I ship Glitra now?

#this ship is so cool #spop #glitra #i'm still not fond of c//a and g//c//a tho #but i think glimmer and catra could work well if given some developement #damn i have swearyshera to thank for it xD

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devondespresso · 1 year

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god i fucking wish i could practice filmmaking like artists can practice drawing. i can practice specifics like practicing camera work and composition or screenwriting and working scripts but actually practicing making a whole ass film? theres so much going into that i can't just sit down one day and make a short film real quick. just a little doodle film y'know might delete later idk was just trying stuff out. no i need actors and fucking so much equipment and a good script and fuckin sound design and and maybe three or four clones of myself capable of individual thought but also hive-mindedness and maybe some self confidence and enough guts to express my ideas and opinions to others without fear that my interests are dumb or my execution will be laughably bad and all i have is an obsession with cinematography and some fanfic thoughts i can't translate to the screen and a canon m50 and an ensemble of cheap leds.

i have like two options: practice a small specific skill for hours or days or make a big project that'll take months to finish if i can even get my brain to stick to it long enough

i just wanna doodle a film

#personal #sorry guys i was watching studiobinder again on yt #also what makes me so sad is all these films talked about in film critique and art are so white dude dominated #like i tried watching a video about insanity in film and it was all old white dude characters like Joker Hannibal Patrick Bateman etc #im sorry i can't hear you over jinx from arcane azula from avatar catra from shera harley quinn literally everywhere #and thats just off the top of my head and i definitely haven't seen every critically acclaimed movie #anyway thank you for coming to my ted talk

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rotisseries · 2 years

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🎬📺 Share ten different favorite characters from ten different pieces of media in no particular order 🎮🃏 Then send this to 10 people (anon or not, your choice) /nf !!

HELLO🤩🤩

nancy wheeler stranger things. my babygirl my sweet cheese my everything. I don't talk about her enough but I promise she's my fave

link legend of zelda. specifically botw, but all links are good. perfect character, any and every queer headcanon works with this guy. he's transfem he's transmasc he's gay he's bi he's a lesbian, truly thee character of all time

percy jackson. not to choose the main character like I'm the most boring person ever but I love him <333

yennefer the witcher. I LOVE HER I LOVE "MEAN" WOMEN. fun fact: my introduction to the witcher franchise was the 3rd game and literally the second she was on screen I knew she was the one for me. you can also romance triss in that game but she never stood a chance with me. also I feel like I'm the only person in the witcher fandom who prefers yenralt to geraskier bc of this (but both are good)

zelda botw. I know I already put a zelda character on this list but I love her too much, she is soooo. I'm the only one who understands her and every gamer bro on the internet who calls her whiny and annoying will die by my hand

inej six of crows. not to out myself as a ya reader, but, knife wife <33

sokka atla. if you saw earlier when this said a different character no you didn't<3 I completely forgot about atla for some reason and I couldn't live with myself

vi arcane. I'm a lesbian

kassandra assassin's creed odyssey. I'm a lesbian

beverly marsh. I love her I wish stephen king didn't hate women

#thanks for this it was fun!#I DO have to figure out ten people to send this to now though #ask #keepyourmoney-seeyouinhell #stranger things #loz #pjo #six of crows #the witcher #it 2017 #arcane #atla #ac odyssey #the character I replaced with sokka was catra btw so now she's an honorary mention

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mars-ipan · 2 years

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it’s @magiskarp ’s birthday which means i MUST draw another birthday piece :D happy day of being born buddy!!

#martzipan #a while back i asked finn how she'd want to be designed if i drew him #they said 'think catra' and listed a bunch of animal features #unfortunately i'm two steps away from being a furry and have selective hearing so i internalized:#'think catgirl'#and then. i was drawing the design. and this happened #also this hair is BARELY accurate to his actual hairstyle but. that's ok. i got the signature jacket in that's what counts #uhh right birthday wishes!#ur a real good friend of mine and i'm super happy to have u in my life ^^#thanks for being kind to me when i was a horrified little theatre kid who thought everyone older than me was scary #it was nice knowing that i had someone who'd always talk to me #plus it's fun to be divorced (ex fiances but divorced is funnier) with you so i appreciate it

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transgirl-catra · 1 year

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hiiii catra today my coworker was talking about how much they love she-ra and it made me think about you ^_^ in my head i was like well i bet you don’t love it as much as my friend jamie does cause to me she-ra is literally your show. you own it <3

MY CATGIRL NOW

#thank u this makes me so happy <3 #i also had a cashier notice my catra pin today so good day all around

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solarpowerlesbian · 2 years

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just had a lesbian time at the aly & aj concert

#thank u redacted college for the free concert. and thank u aly & aj for dedicating a song to the gays #oh and ty to my friend who reminded me aj was in she-ra so i could send pics to my sibling captioned This Is Catra #🧃

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feathersandthorns · 2 years

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Catra for character bingo :3

Catra's character arc is extremely interesting, although I DO think it could have been handled better. Watching the show for the second (or third or fourth or...) time, you definitely notice how Catra slowly slips further and further down into the metaphorical vortex of revenge and hunger for power until she hits rock bottom when she realizes she's totally, entirely alone after Scorpia leaves due to her verbal abuse. And after Double Trouble's speech in the S4 finale, she slowly begins to reconsider her choices, saving Glimmer and coming to talk to her, and eventually decides to make the right choice and rescue Glimmer. However, here's where my issue with her lies: How fast she was redeemed. While I know they had only a certain number of episodes, there's just a few things I wish I had seen, those being Glimmer and Catra's conversation about Angella's death, a full apology scene between Catra and Scorpia, and for Adora and Catra to talk a bit more about Shadow Weaver's abuse and how this affected them. I just feel like with one more season to defeat Horde Prime, Catra could have so much more positive development. Most of this depends more on the issue of time in the show, and is just my opinion. But overall, I love Catra's design, character, and character arc!

#she ra #catra #thank you so much!

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itsheartbeat13 · 2 years

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Something I don’t think enough people recognize when it comes to making shows more diverse, there is so much going on behind the scene that you literally can’t “just add them.”

Alex Hirsch had to wait until the end of Gravity Falls to show that Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland were in love so that way the show didn’t get prematurely cancelled. And even still, that was censored in other countries.

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The Owl House has a bisexual afro Latina protagonist that falls in love with a white lesbian. They kiss several times on screen and say “my awesome girlfriend.” It also has Disney’s first nonbinary character (Raine Whispers), their bisexual love interest (Eda Clawthorne), and an aro/ace woman (Lilith Clawthorne). However, because like five people said that TOH wasn’t the “Disney brand” the show is prematurely cancelled. So even with everything that TOH did, it only won battle but lost the war.

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The art crew for Encanto had to fight to make Luisa buff. And when they were finally able to make her buff, Disney didn’t make as much Luisa merchandise because they thought little girls would want Mirabel or Isabela’s since they’re more “feminine.” (I think the same thing happened with Namaari when RATLD came out but I’m not sure. So don’t quote me on that.)

*Also, Luisa out preformed. So that’s a win.

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Bubblegum and Marceline couldn’t kiss until the series finale of Adventure Time because it would’ve been cancelled. So throughout the entire series, the crew always just had to imply undertones about their past. Since HBO produced Obsidian, they were able to kiss on screen.

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Korra and Asami’s relationship had to tempt down so that way Nick could continue airing the show and they weren’t allowed to kiss until the comics.

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Turning Red got so much unwarranted criticism because not only did Mei’s mom say “pads” but she showed them on screen. (I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, if that made you uncomfortable, that’s a sign that we need to do this more and not less.)

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Some countries marked She Ra as 18+ because Catra and Adora kissed on screen. (Once again, I’m not sure if this completely true but Nate Stevenson had to fight to actually show them kissing on screen instead of a fade to white.)

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Steven Universe is the gayest show I’ve ever seen in my life which was both good and bad. It was good for obvious reasons. Example being that it was the first show that introduced to me nonbinary people in a way that wasn’t “haha, look, she uses they/them pronouns. She’s so funny and quirky.”

And it’s bad because it put a target on it’s back. SU has been censored so much that it’s honestly a miracle that we got an ending. And in most of the countries that censored SU, they usually portray Ruby as a man. So I can’t imagine how bad the censors were when the wedding happened and Ruby wore a dress and Sapphire wore a suit.

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Also, you have to remember the outdated idea that gay/trans topics are “too mature” for kids to handle (there’s an episode of Adam Ruins Everything that talks about this). So it’s easier for shows with an older audience (like Arcane) to have queer/trans rep.

Not to mention, if you ever go on Insider’s website to look at the queer/trans characters in cartoons [here], most of the characters are revealed to be queer only online and not in the actual show.

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All of this BS because God forbid that kids find out that other people exist.

Representation is important but please, just be aware of the actually struggles that go on that you don’t see and be thankful that this is where we are now because even though it might seem like it at times remember that this is actual progress. We need to keep pushing studios to do more. I’m sure that there’s millions of untold stories that would be made if not for this prejudice.

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