What do you think of the 2 flashback kids adora and catra scenes in season 5 corridors? Also what do you think happened to adora's scar? I wonder how did it heal perfectly fine throughout the years and didn't stick, did shadow weaver heal it? Did it not stick due to adora being young at the time? I'm curious tbh
i mean… it was a reflexive cat scratch in response to someone being right in her personal space, which would otherwise be a normal reaction realistically if she wasn’t more humanoid in nature with more progressive development of consciousness (though it still is anyway because she’s a child, and kids tend to act impulsively before thinking rationally). i’ve had my lip scratched like that before because one of my cats is extremely paranoid and defensive all the time so she lashed out, and it healed just fine. these things don’t typically scar — i’d imagine the only one that did in adora’s case is when catra, while chipped, practically dug her claws deep into her back to the point of it practically being a knife stab, which she had not done prior of her own will worse than then surface level of breaking skin superficially.
to visualize what i mean, compare these shots:
and to make it clearer, here it is in motion:
so, i honestly don't think this moment was the worst pain of adora's life (especially considering... everything else she's ever gone through in many events of the show) ─ not to say that it didn't suck, just that it was about as big of an issue speaking in long-term as a scraped knee on the sidewalk:
i would think that shove caused more damage than the strike, right?
i suppose it’s possible that, being a sorceress, shadow weaver could have healed it almost immediately, but if not then it would have taken care of itself over a minor period of time. it certainly wouldn’t take years if that’s what you’re implying, more like a few weeks at the most if even that long.
i don’t even say this to defend catra necessarily (though i’m doing that too), it’s just… been my experience and that’s the knowledge i possess.
as for analysis on the actual flashback scenes themselves… watch this short video. the symbolism of them taking place in the darkness is, to say the least, immaculate. 🤌











