#cleopcatra

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Can we appreciate how gay She-Ra 2019 actually is tho?

Canon wlw couple side characters with lines and names

Canon mlm dad’s with lines and names

S2 Scorpia is shown pinning after Catra. She gushes about her, blushes when she's near her, ect. It’s not subtext. Its right there. It’s not any different from when Sea Hawk does it about Mermista.

I love this show.

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Oh could you do a blind!adora AU where maybe like once Adora becomes She-Ra she gets Toph-like perception ability based on her other senses? Just a thought. I be Catra would be super protective of her her they were in the Horde

send me an AU and i’ll tell you my headcanons for it (1/15)

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Even tho she can’t see Adora is the best tactical fighter the Horde ever had it’s like she can predict the future, like she can know how the other person will act just by their voice

Catra thinks it’s some of Shadow Weaver’s witchcraft

But she also knows Adora obsesses over every detail so maybe it’s just how she adapted to survive.

For most of her life Catra has been Adora’s eyes, they would sit for hours as kids with Catra just describing things while Adora listened.

She can pretty much navigate everything with just a description of the place from Catra.

It’s like her brain is a super machine

But this “weakness” in her part is not seen as great by most of the Horde, the only reason she’s still even around is that Shadow Weaver as stuck up for her at every turn

That could only go so far, however - she hasn’t been in classes with the rest of the kids since she was 7, once the play fighting turned into sharp edges and metal rods. 

Once Catra could no longer protect Adora and herself and the teachers encouraged the other kids to gang up on them.

Since then she became kinda like Shadow Weaver’s apprentice. 

Catra says she’s more like a slave - doing all the things Shadow Weaver doesn’t want to do.

She can’t see how Shadow Weaver does magic so she feels safe having Adora around- and Adora loves being around cause the runestone calls to her. Sings even when she’s in the room. It’s not quite like an image in her mind, not any that Catra described before anyways. But Adora imagines this is what colors feel like.

Since Adora is not a Horde Fighter, Catra took that spot. 

Once Adora wasn’t in classes anymore Catra quickly raised through the ranks must to the other recruits disdain.

She’s most teachers favorite and even Hordak has taken an interest in her- so much so she’s the youngest ever force captain.

Still - once it’s all over at the end of the day - Catra back from conquering some Princess place, and Adora done with her chores, they still lay together in the same bed like they did as kids and Catra had to protect Adora.

They’re too big for it now but it’s home - something that no other place in the Horde ever felt like.

(In this AU the sword has been waiting for Adora longer than in the show)

Adora finds the sword because it tells her where to go. It does sound like Catra- not even slightly - but it has the same care with her. 

It tells her about things in her path to avoid, about animals she’ll hear that mean no harm. It takes her straight to itself with such love that Adora tricks herself into believing it is Catra guiding her. That it’s fine to be following this voice.

Catra notices her gone only slightly too late. Adora just disappeared into the treeline when she looks. 

She panics for a second before seeing the leafs moving. Adora is rarely out of the Frightzone- Catra can only vaguely remember the last time. 

Unlike Catra who has been leading attacks for close to a year - even meet a couple princesses.

This one was a short mission and she managed to convince Hordak she needed Adora there - give her a bit of freedom for a change. 

Perhaps this is good. For Adora to feel like she’s on a real adventure for once. 

(Catra leaves Lonnie in charge and follows a few dozen feet behind)

Which means Catra sees her finding the sword - or more she sees her stopping in front of a few branches and start ripping them off

After a few minutes, shes almost going to stop her before she sees there’s something there. Something all these plants grew around. But how would Adora know about it.

Adora careful pulls out each vine as the voice tells her - her hands and forearms with small cuts by now but it’s ok. Because the closer she gets the more clear everything is. 

Cause from the second she started every time she touches it - whatever it is under all that - she sees a little glimpse. 

A tree, a patch of grass, a hidden catgirl behind her. She’s beautiful just as Adora imagined. 

Adora smiles at that but doesn’t stop pulling things off. She can’t- because things are sharper and clearer and she needs to know.

A sword she realizes in one of the glimpses - the voice seems happy with her excitement.

“YOU STOP RIGHT THERE THAT SWORD IS PROPRIETY OF THE REBEL ALLIANCE”

The voice comes from somewhere to the right - but she doesn’t have time to react before she’s being tackled. 

Soon Catra is in the fight too with razor-sharp focus pulling these two people off Adora who is looking around in fear. She can no longer see, blurry or otherwise.

She doesn’t know to which side the sword is anymore either.

Catra - once Adora is safely behind her goes more into her usual persona.

She’s teasing them - a Shiny and Arrow-Boy. Adora hardly thinks these are their names but Catra seems to know them quite well.

And the girl seems quite annoyed with her.

Adora ignores them and starts trying to get to her feet.

Is the boy how actually notices - Catra and Shiny to entertained with each other banter - “Is- is she ok?”

“Bow she’s a Horde Soldier! We don’t care”

“But she looks-”

“Blind.” its Catra who interrupts. Adora doesn’t much care she just found the sword again. And now she actually has it fully in her hand.

“I was gonna say scared” Adora barely notices the words - slightly pitchy as if this Bow is embarrassed for commenting on it.

But Adora couldn’t care less - because she can see now. The trees and the grass and the cat girl and the other two, a slightly shorter girl with puffy hair and a taller boy with a bow in his hand. And she’s crying.

Well see is not the right description. It’s not just colors like Shadow Weavers magic, but something more concrete. 

Something more solid - but not the world Catra talks about. It’s a world made up of electricity - ever changing. Like a life force, only she can see that surrounds the things giving them shape.

Colors are only suggestions. Like someone decided to tell Adora how to feel about these things.

Catra is all sharp and angles, bold reds and warm browns. 

The girl is softer - pinks and purples and blues - but the electricity bounces yellow of her. 

The boy is warm but contrasting - dark browns and soft beige. Bold red but soft purple.

Adora doesn’t realize she’s full crying sitting on the floor hugging the sword until Catra moves to touch her shoulder. None of them say much - even Glimmer (she later learns her name) has softened, the yellow volts turning soft pink. 

They all give her a long time to calm down, then they give her a long time to explain, and then Catra and Glimmer reach an agreement about Adora and the Sword. 

Because Glimmer hates the Horde, and she doesn’t much like Catra either (no matter how much Bow seems to disagree) and she never met this Adora before today. But she’s not a monster to try and separate her from the Sword. But she can’t let the Horde keep first one’s tech either.

And Catra is on top of her career, and she can’t believe she’s working with tweedle dim and tweedle dumb over her, but she loves Adora. And if the Sword is going, Adora is going and if Adora is going she guesses she will go to Brightmoon too. 

And like the decision has nothing to do with the big bug they find a few minutes later and how Adora gets like - really big and buff and how she kinda sees Glimmer staring.

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Glimmer, about Catra: In 10 years she's going to be my second wife.

Adora, currently balancing her sword in her nose or some other dumb shit: what happened to your first wife?

Bow, not even looking up: If you keep treating that sword like a toy? A lot.

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Catras full name is Cleopcatra.

Discuss.

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AU where Shadow Weaver succeeds in wiping Adora's mind and Catra joins the Rebellion after freeing Glimmer herself.

First thing Glimmer does when one of her hands is free is punch Catra because she does not trust cat girl.

And she thinks she’s just being moved to be tortured some more and not being released by one of the red evil ladies minions

Catra is very offended about being called a minion

Their whisper fight lasts several moments that they don’t have and really if sparkly wants to see mom and dad again soon or ever she should get her cute shiny butt moving.

Glimmer doesn’t believe her that Adora turned sides.

Catra dead eyes make her believe it a little more- as if this isn’t the first time it’s happened. As if this is normal but painful for the girl that has attacked them so many times

Catra shows Glimmer, hides her in the shadows like she’s done alone a million times before. Shows her Adora laughing with the other Horde members. People Adora would call friends and Catra hated with every fiber of her being. 

Shows her Adora smiling as Shadow Weaver compliments her, as she’s relaxed when the woman places a hand in her shoulder.

Glimmer doesn’t want to see more.

Scorpia takes a bit convincing before she leaves with them - her eyes wide as she watches Glimmer and Catra, who couldn’t stand out more from each other if they tried but with similar looks in their eyes. Not determination, but not exactly doubt either. A quiet acceptance. 

It’s Scorpia who goes grab Bow, who kicks for his life until he’s in a room with Glimmer and calms down. He asks for an explanation but when Glimmer offers only small quick words just goes with the plan. They’ll talk when they’re out of here.

“Wait where’s Adora” “Adora’s not coming Bow” “What do-” “She’s not coming”

They meet up with the other guys soon after- there’s a lot of questions and none get answered that day. Glimmer is exhausted. Catra refuses to even look at anyone and Scorpia only knows so much but is willing to share all of that.

In Bright Moon, the preparations start right away.

Catra and Glimmer wear for days the same bags under their eyes, though only Glimmer is really preparing anything. 

No one trusts the horde soldier - even the one who saved the princess.

Catra doesn’t sleep because everything is to nice but she’s once again the outsider, the odd one out, and perhaps when everyone was living poorly kicking into survive mood saved her some headspace, but here all her thoughts are her own.

They grow closer not by choice but because Glimmer is the only one who lets Catra do anything

And the closer they grow the more Glimmer understands why Adora kept going back for Catra no matter how many times she was turned away.

And if there was anyone who could bring Adora back to her senses it was these two.

send me an AU and i’ll tell you my headcanons for it

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Catra’s hurt face when Glimmer said Adora didn’t run away from the Horde she ran away from Catra >>>> all cinematography to this day

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Catra: Hey Princess~

Glimmer: How are you such a nightmare?!

Catra: Ah! Years of practice.

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Here's an AU idea! AU where Castaspella defected instead of Shadow Weaver; and Catra grew up in Brightmoon and Glimmer grew up a Horde Soldier with Adora

send me an AU and i’ll tell you my headcanons for it (2/15)

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((I’m so sorry this took so long to do))

((AGES: Castaspella - 15; Micah - 24; Angella - 25; Glimmer - 8 months))

The problem is not that Castaspella has always been in her brother’s shadow.

Micah the promised wizard

Micah who would end the war

Micah who married Princess Angella - immortal daughter of Brightmoon

(whose immortality didn’t even impress Cas that much honestly- she was only a year older than Micah. Apparently, you get called immortal from the get-go. Cas really thought they should at least wait so see if she would live past a normal human.)

((Then again maybe the immortal daughter of Brightmoon was just a fancy title - she looked the type. A special princess and a special wizard. What a perfect couple. It made her want to puke.))

The problem wasn’t even that she was said to be to young to partake in the actual fighting - with all her 15 years of age she was more than ready to show some Horde scum what she was made off

The real problem was that there was no actual way for her to ever beat Micah or for her to learn fighting

All of Mystacor was involved in the fighting by now - all but the students.

Students with no teacher - sounded like bullshit.

She was a glorified babysitter to a bunch of snotty kids who could barely levitate a feather in a windy day.

Even Light Spinner, the best wizard in history, her brother’s teacher and Cas personal idol hadn’t been to Mystacor in months. So much so Cas had managed to break into her room and grab her books with no one even noticing.

It was like being invisible.

And since she was going to live with that whether she wanted to or not she was gonna make the most of it.

So she studied alone

Practiced the spells in the books Light Spinner kept

Read and reread her notes until they made sense

Until she could repeat them in her sleep

Until she was better than Micah.

At some point - after a particularly bad attack on Brightmoon Micah left his newborn daughter with her in Mystacor.

“The safest place on Etheria - and the best apprentice on Mystacor”

Cas thought he was full of shit. But Glimmer, her niece, was perhaps the sweetest baby that ever existed. So she agreed.

From then on everything she did she did with Glimmer - on her lap, hanging from her back or when she got the hang of it, levitating by her side giggling.

She was the greatest company Cas could ask for.

Soon she realized just how powerful Glimmer was. The teleportations started with Glimmer being distraught and crying. Cas had probably taken to long to wake up and go check on her because just as she was getting up from bed an armful of baby was in her lap clinging to her.

It was - an experience to get around

Soon Cas started trying to predict Glimmer’s teleportations. Then trying to make her power stronger.

That is until Micah and Angella found out.

It was a whole thing - from she’s to young to Cas didn’t know what she was doing.

they took all the books.

And worst of all they took Glimmer with them.

And she was alone again

She had to get busy so she started studying the war and horde. If she learned enough maybe Micah would let her at least attend meetings in a year.

So she could get away from these walls.

But it seemed no matter what she did Micah and Angella were still to mad. Just saw a stupid little girl who they didn’t have time for.

The anger and solitude grew inside her, rotting and festering.

By no she no longer remember what was the breaking point - only that one night after a particularly nasty fight with her brother she read about the Horde’s possession of the Black Garnet again. And her mind was made

She quickly packed her things - she would slip out before anyone noticed and make her way there. There was no one on this side she would miss.

Or at least that’s what she told herself - but as she found herself in the woods she knew that wasn’t true.

Glimmer’s face kept haunting her dreams. She had to take her with her.

Breaking into Brightmoon was hard but she was a good enough sorcerer by then

In the room slept two girl - her niece with the fluffy pink her like cotton candy and who would grow up to be her biggest ally. Catra. The youngest heir to the Magicats.

Once she was far away from the castle Cas let her self rest for a second. She could make it to the Frightzone by morning. And then it was a fresh start for her and Glimmer.

19 years later  -  Fright Zone

Glimmer and Adora did everything together as far back as they could both remember.

Adora’s first steps are recorded in a photograph with glimmer’s teleportation shimmers just starting to show up behind her - the next photo has both girls flat on the floor giggling.

In whatever class they would train until they were both equally good at it - spending sometimes twice as long as their teammates perfecting every move.

With Castaspella - glimmer’s aunt - as the keeper of the black garnet they were all the only two students allowed to have a try at magic.

Glimmer was a natural

Adora once burned half of her hair off and has been trying to grow out her bangs since.

Cas still always has a smile for both girls - her girls.

She would never want either of them to feel as she did in childhood - second best. So Adora isn’t great at spells - but her emotional magic is amazing and it’s hard for people not to fall immediately in love with the blonde.

And Glimmer is perhaps as powerful as her father was.

She’s sure Angella still blames her for his death- she tried to stop him but Micah never seemed to listen to his little sister. Much less after the change of side.

But Glimmer grew a happy child despite this - knowing full well her place in Etheria. And wishing to one day take Brightmoon and it’s throne for herself.

19 years later  -  Brightmoon

Catra grew up with a missing piece in her life.

From the moment she could understand anything she knew what had been stolen from her and from her adoptive Brightmoon - and she was determined to have it back.

A princess in blood in her own right she was supposed to form a bond with the Princess Heir of Brightmoon, protect her and advise her. Be her second shadow.

But Princess Glimmer had been stolen from her crib as an infant by the wicked Horde.

And so Catra grew up alone. Wandering the cold walls of the castle. Studying and learning how to fight so she could someday defend Brightmoon and - were she lucky - Glimmer.

The only moments she had contact with other people were at dinner - Queen Angella, her godmother, and Light Spinner, her teacher.

They ate in silence for the most part - a few questions here and there between courses.

Other than that she spoke to Light Spinner in classes and once a month had an afternoon with Queen Angella learning about the war.

Which is a very long way to explain why she was currently climbing down a rope out of her window.

You see the past couple of years Catra had been sneaking out to go the village. Laugh and talk with the kids her age- play a few games in the fair nights or have a drink in the pub.

It’s where she met her best friend - Bow. The best archer in town. The two couldn’t be more different from each other. But they both refused to talk about their past - so they got along. Learned to respect the parts of each other the other kept hidden and cherish the ones they brought to the light.

All was great really - until one-day Catra wanted to explore more of the woods.

She had always look out to them from her room. The room that would have been Glimmers.

Plus Bow had grown up in those woods- knew them better than the back of his hand. What problem could they fun into?

The answer to that? Horde Soldiers.

Two of them too - because her night couldn’t get better.

One of them seemed really focused on this cool sword on the floor and the other was looking around and complaining they should go back. But it was dark and Catra couldn’t quite see either of them.

That is until the sword started to glow - illuminating the blonde girl first and them making Glimmer’s hair shimmer. Pink and purple with glittering like ground up diamonds.

“It’s her” She whispered to Bow who was currently passing through the five stages of grief and mumbling how he should have never have agreed to come here.

“Bow it’s her” she repeated her eyes and smile widening. “Wh-” before he could finish Catra was moving into the clearing

“Princess Glimmer I’ve found you - I’m here to bring you home”

“Who the fuck-”

“Glimmer move”

Before Catra could respond the other- about her hight but instead of skinny she was lean but all muscle - was swinging the sword at her. She jumped back just in time and Bow seemed to get the memo and jumped from the trees.

And at that Catra was focused “Horde Soldier - that’s first one’s tec. Release it. And let the princess go.”

“Who are you calling a princess freak?” Glimmer started to pull out a green electric thing but just as she made to move she was tied up with one of Bow’s rope arrows

Catra gasped “Bow!”

“She was going to kill us!”

“STILL CAN!”

“She’s your princess!”

“Hey, Kitty Kat” The other one was back - seemingly angrier with he developments swinging the sword wildly at Catra.

“Bow protect the princess!”

“Who’s protecting me from her?!” Bow asked his voice cracking slightly as he tried to take Glimmer’s taser from her.

Catra’s not sure how it happens. But after a while Glimmer and the Horde Soldier (who they learned is called Adora) are tied up.

Catra and Bow are just both kinda lying on the floor catching up on their breath for now.

But then Catra sits up exited “Bow can you believe - Queen Angella is going to be so happy. I can’t believe I’m going to be the one to bring Princess Glimmer back”

“How do you even know it’s her?” He asked not moving from her possession.

“Oh- uhm” Right Catra never told him. “I-”

“She’s the Magicat Dimwit” Glimmer replied from her place leaning again a tree - Catra had made sure she was comfortable.

“Wait- really?” Bow asked now his own eyes wide “No way!”

“She has cat ears what do you mean you didn’t know?!” She seemed annoyed. This was not how Catra had hoped to meet her oldest friend.

Bla Bla gigantic bug

Bla Bla Glimmer teleports them to safety from the First One’s ruins.

Bla Bla Adora and Glimmer trust Catra and Bow then - (plus they need to find out what’s up with this She ra business anyways.)

So they find themselves in Brightmoon - just for a little while, they tell themselves. Just until Adora can control her powers, and in the meantime, Glimmer can learn everything about it so she can take it over when they return.

But days become weeks, and weeks become months. And her aunt is great but having a mom is quite nice too.

And Catra grows on her - with her blushing cheeks and honest smile whenever Glimmer pays her attention. 

And the food is much better - which is a plus.