i feel part of the reason why abuse apologism is so rampant is because a lot of people have been raised on the "just ignore them" rhetoric that pins the responsibility on the victims instead of the bullies // abusers.

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i feel part of the reason why abuse apologism is so rampant is because a lot of people have been raised on the "just ignore them" rhetoric that pins the responsibility on the victims instead of the bullies // abusers.
a redemption arc is not a sacrifice.
a redemption arc is not some grand act of selflessness.
a redemption arc is not meaningless pain and suffering.
a redemption arc is simply facing the consequences of your actions, fixing your mistakes and doing better, regardless of whether you will be forgiven or accepted. that's it.
This is soo dramatic for no reason lol
Kept seeing this idk meme? Whatever you call it, and it was always adora crying saying im sorry i left you to catra. While catra was crying about being abandoned. Buuut WE all know thats not what really happend so i made this. Its blurry, its cringe but idk i made it nonetheless ┐('~`;)┌
This might be reaching but I noticed Angella is missing too despite other dead characters being in the background. Could be that Stevenson didn't want to remind us of what was arguably one of the worse consequences of Catra's actions: Angella's death. We have seen Stevenson keeps trying to shift the blame of Catra's actions onto others but Angella's fate is not something that can be so easily downplayed so she was just omitted.
Oh totally. If Stevenson would admit that Catra murdered Angella out of pure pettiness, oh sorry, because she loves Adora so much that she wants to kill her and the entire universe with her, see, such deep love, they would have to admit that Catra is just a pathetic, violent, petty creep who even refused to admit that she did things wrong.
I mean of course Glimmer just lets her mothers murderer who she knows abused her best friend who knows how often start a romantic relationship with that friend, of course, totally in character...
Catra should have gotten the Azula treatment from ATLA. She doesn’t look like she was set up for redemption when she’s willing to destroy all of reality just to spite her crush. If she lacks empathy for the safety for the world just piss off Adora shows that she’s irredeemable. Just change her gender to a male than no one would like her.
I largely agree with this and my biggest thing about the difference between the two is that Catra was ~17-19 in the show while Azula was 14. In my eyes Azula was actually more redeemable because she was a traumatized young teenager who went through a full on mental breakdown before our eyes. She needed help and no one (of any consequence in her life) offered it to her (in the show specifically, I know her story progressed in the comics).
Conversely, Catra was given chance after chance after chance to leave the horde and join the princesses and she lashed out and doubled down every time. And then, as you mentioned, attempted to destroy the entire world because she was mad at Adora for something she had literally never done. Other than Kyle Ren I can’t think of a single male character who would get this much support for doing the things she did.
what i never understand with "misunderstood characters" is that.
they're literally never misunderstood. people try to help and understand them all the time. they just usually don't want that.
that's not being misunderstood, that's being difficult bc you wanna be broody and edgy and sad to justify making everyone else's life difficult on purpose.
the only characters i've seen that are misunderstood are women that don't fit into the mold sexist people ( commonly men ) want them to fit, disabled characters, and genuinely kind-hearted characters who are somehow always believed to have ulterior motives.
but the ones that are claimed to be "misunderstood"? we get it. the other characters get it. you're not misunderstood, you just refuse to help yourself and make it everyone else's problem.
i never understand how stans will humanize Catra in every non-villain scene she's in ( even when she's acting like a bitch ), but infantilize // demonize Adora for every non-hero scene she's in.
like, Catra not knowing what a party is is seen as sad and adorable, but Adora not knowing what it is is considered her being stupid.
Catra having a rough day, low on sleep, and treating others like shit because of it is seen as accurate mental health rep, but Adora having a rough day, low on sleep, and not treating others like shit because of it is seen as her being goofy.
Catra being victimized by literally anyone is seen as an angsty moment that shows how vulnerable she is, but Adora being victimized by literally anyone ( including Catra ) is seen as her "just being xyz" or "homoerotic tension".
Catra being awful to everyone is seen as an accurate victim, but Adora being awful to herself is seen as a "pretty" victim.
Catra physically abusing Adora at every turn is seen as a hot villain moment, but Adora giving her a taste of her own medicine is seen as abusive.
what sense does this even make?
you know how, in White Out, we have Scorpia tell us that "even when you're trying to kill each other, you can tell there's a real bond there"? ( bc it's always fantastic storytelling when you have to tell your audience something you could've shown instead, right? )
didn't Catra taunt Adora about not being able to kill her not long before that, with Adora only being close to doing so because she was infected // drugged with the First One's disc?
in the same episode?
it wouldn't bother me so much if it was just Scorpia believing this, because i can sort of understand that, but the show and fandom takes this as complete fact when it isn't.
and the show simultaneously only has Adora say out loud, numerous times, that Catra is the one that almost killed her. i don't recall Catra saying anything like that about Adora. she made a bigger fuss about Entrapta looking the chip on her neck than Adora ever did about Catra betraying her, almost murdering her numerous times, harassing and stalking her, etc.
and Scorpia says this after just witnessing Catra drug Adora. a person. she saw Catra do an abhorrent thing, looked visibly uncomfortable while seeing Catra do that thing ( which is a big deal, since Scorpia doesn't seem uncomfortable with most things Catra does ), and still went "but there's a bond there, don't you see? there's such a bond that i have to tell you guys about it, because it's such a great bond-"