So I write this SPOP drabble series called “Snapshots of Recovery” that is post canon, canon compliant, and, well, short. Like, really short. Like, we’re 12 in and it’s 1200 words because, you know, drabbles.
But you should totally read it! And subscribe to it so that every week when I manage to heroically type another hundred words of that sweet sweet catradora angst or catrauma or occasionally even fluff, you will be notified.
I have a secret goal for when this series is “finished”, and we have not even begun to approach it yet. So, here’s a link:
https://archiveofourown.org/series/2221122
I promise you two things:
1. Whatever happens, Catra and Adora are going to win in the end. I’m not a monster.
2. You will, at some point, wonder if I’m lying about number 1.
3. This is a series of drabbles. I am not even kidding. 100 words a week. No more. No less. 101 if you count the title. Maybe 200-300 with notes. But 100 words in the middle where the story goes.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Adora/Catra (She-Ra), Adora & Catra (She-Ra)
Characters: Adora (She-Ra), Catra (She-Ra)
Additional Tags: Drabble, Drabble Collection, Post-Canon, Canon Universe, Pain, Trauma, Non-Graphic Violence, Injury Recovery, Catra Needs Therapy (She-Ra), the title is somewhat ironic, Suicide Attempt, Triggers
Series: Part 13 of Snapshots of Recovery
Summary:
Catra is not universally accepted.
This is not the story I would have expected to be the first drabble in this series to go past 1000 hits, but it is.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 12/13
Fandom: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Adora/Catra (She-Ra)
Characters: Catra (She-Ra), Adora (She-Ra), Scorpia (She-Ra), Frosta (She-Ra), Entrapta (She-Ra), Shadow Weaver | Light Spinner (She-Ra)
Additional Tags: Canon Universe, Alternate Canon, TW: animal cruelty, Threats of Rape/Non-Con, Graphic Violence, Trans Catra (She-Ra), Lesbian Adora (She-Ra), Suicidal Thoughts, Suicide Attempt, Past Child Abuse, Childhood Sexual Abuse
Series: Part 1 of Catran
Summary:
Catran lives in a cruel world of abuse, neglect, and violence. As a child in the Horde, he is expected to grow up to kill and destroy, efficiently and without mercy, and he has learned those lessons well. He's also learned that even the people who are supposed to be on his side can't be trusted. The adult who raised him tortured him with her magic, the team he grows up with don't respect him. In the brutal world of the Horde, Catran grows up without friends or protection. Every day is a fight.
The only bright spot in his life is Adora, his lifelong companion. She's the only person he's ever trusted, the only person who seems to care.
On top of that, Catran hasn't been feeling all that comfortable in his body, lately. It has its advantages, sure, but sometimes... sometimes it just doesn't fit. And there isn't a single person he can talk to about that. Even Adora might not understand.
When Adora leaves the Horde and joins the enemy, Catran's entire world collapses. But he's been fighting his entire life. He isn't going to give up now.
(It's She-Ra Season One told from the POV of non-binary Catra.)
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Adora/Catra (She-Ra)
Characters: Adora (She-Ra), Catra (She-Ra), Entrapta (She-Ra), Hordak (She-Ra)
Additional Tags: Aftermath of Violence, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Past Abuse
Series: Part 25 of Snapshots of Recovery
Summary:
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 3/13
Fandom: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Adora/Catra (She-Ra)
Characters: Catra (She-Ra), Adora (She-Ra)
Additional Tags: Canon Universe, Alternate Canon, TW: animal cruelty, Threats of Rape/Non-Con, Graphic Violence, Trans Catra (She-Ra), Lesbian Adora (She-Ra)
Series: Part 1 of Catran
Summary:
Catran lives in a cruel world of abuse, neglect, and violence. As a child in the Horde, he is expected to grow up to kill and destroy, efficiently and without mercy, and he has learned those lessons well. He's also learned that even the people who are supposed to be on his side can't be trusted. The adult who raised him tortured him with her magic, the team he grows up with don't respect him. In the brutal world of the Horde, Catran grows up without friends or protection. Every day is a fight.
The only bright spot in his life is Adora, his lifelong companion. She's the only person he's ever trusted, the only person who seems to care.
On top of that, Catran hasn't been feeling all that comfortable in his body, lately. It has its advantages, sure, but sometimes... sometimes it just doesn't fit. And there isn't a single person he can talk to about that. Even Adora might not understand.
When Adora leaves the Horde and joins the enemy, Catran's entire world collapses. But he's been fighting his entire life. He isn't going to give up now.
(It's She-Ra Season One told from the POV of non-binary Catra.)
Chapter Three. I think this is the first chapter where we start to get into Catran’s body dysmorphia. We don’t go very far, but we’ll touch on it.
It took a long time for things to sort of click for me, and it’s going to take a while for things to click for Catran as well. He has thoughts and feelings he simply doesn’t understand, and he’s going to have to figure some of that out over a fair amount of time.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 2/13
Fandom: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Adora/Catra (She-Ra)
Characters: Catra (She-Ra), Adora (She-Ra)
Additional Tags: Canon Universe, Alternate Canon, TW: animal cruelty, Threats of Rape/Non-Con, Graphic Violence, Trans Catra (She-Ra), Lesbian Adora (She-Ra)
Series: Part 1 of Catran
Summary:
It's She-Ra Season One told from the POV of non-binary Catra.
So the last time I posted this it still said “Chapter 1″ in the heading so I’m posting it again. Because this is Chapter 2.
In which we get a little more childhood trauma because Catran’s childhood was bleak and awful in every conceivable way.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/13
Fandom: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Adora/Catra (She-Ra)
Characters: Catra (She-Ra), Adora (She-Ra)
Additional Tags: Canon Universe, Alternate Canon, TW: animal cruelty, Threats of Rape/Non-Con, Graphic Violence, Trans Catra (She-Ra), Lesbian Adora (She-Ra)
Series: Part 1 of Catran
Summary:
It's She-Ra Season One told from the POV of non-binary Catra.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Adora/Catra (She-Ra)
Characters: Bow (She-Ra), Adora (She-Ra), Catra (She-Ra)
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Canon Compliant, Catra Goes to Therapy (She-Ra), Adora Needs Therapy (She-Ra), Bow Is a Good Friend (She-Ra), Nightmares, Trauma, Drabble, Drabble Sequence
Series: Part 18 of Snapshots of Recovery
Summary:
It's hard for Catra to accept what Bow is trying to teach her.
I gotta write something soft and smut adjacent. The girls deserve it, I’m putting them through hell here.
