Catradora and abuse
The brilliance of Catra and Adora’s growth is that they both came from an abusive situation and internalised those mindsets and behaviours. Catra pushes people away because she’s scared of being vulnerable leading her to hurting people and forcing herself to stay in a place where she isn’t safe of valued while Adora pushes peoples problems onto herself leading her to violate boundaries and define herself by what she can do for others. neither of their reactions to their abuse is healthy or better than the other. Both reactions deserve to be called out. In the end they only heal from the abuse by acknowledging it and processing it. Them not being in a position to process their abuse is the fundamental conflict and neither is an abuser to the other for it. Conclusion: Shadow Weaver deserved a more painful death.