I was talking 'bout She-Ra's ending (2018) with a friend and wrote some stuff about Shadow Weaver (spoilers). Anyways, I just wanna share 😌✨️
AHEM (this is the tumblr edition),
I feel like her sacrifice was selfish but also selfless. Like, she could've just blocked the hallway leading to the heart of Etheria with a force field after rescuing Catra from the creature trying to kill them. But she chose to sacrifice herself instead of trying to survive and mend her relationship with Catra and Adora. I think maybe she was punishing herself too, for contributing to their pain over the years and just being selfish (would explain the "It's too late for me." This could've also been said because she realized that she could not gain any more power). She felt that there was nothing left to do, and chose to do something that'd force them to appreciate her and know that a part of her did actually care (and removed her mask for extra emphasis).
She was always driven by self-interest in some way, always doing something shady and looking for power (even while helping to save the planet she was low-key hoping to gain some magical power from the heart).
But in the end she finally said enough, and decided that she wanted to give the future to her prize pupils. Adora needed Catra by her side to save the world (plus the universe), so she wasn't gonna let either of them die and gave her own life instead. Tis like... A fucked up apology that you can't reject asdfghjm (ya could see it as her still being manipulative in her final moments. Classic shadow weaver-). And she's like "You're welcome."
Alr I done get outta here.