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And now for some Shadow Weaver's Dead asks, which I'll answer all as one
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ALT@capndragn94 @floorgoblin @baronbrian I'm glad you all enjoyed that scene, so here's a little about my thoughts on it.
I wanted to make her final words similar to canon in their effect, especially with the ambiguity. And I'll point out particularly her lines about regrets ("I thought it'd be black and white - I'd regret these things and I wouldn't regret those things. But now it's looking very gray."). I specifically didn't want her to say 'I'm sorry' or 'I regret how I treated you', because that's too clear, too final, and I wanted to leave both Catra and the audience not knowing whether she did regret how she treated them or not. At the same time, this admission that she might be regretting some of the things she did gives a little bit of hope that will never be confirmed - which is probably going to hurt more than never having that hope!
Looking at the "You win" part, that one came fairly late in development. Initially, I was just going to echo her "It's pronounced thank you, dickhead" or whatever it was I'd written back in S5E2, just as the show did. But that line never seemed to feel like it fit there, and I started rethinking. I also toyed with the idea of something along the lines of "Isn't this what you wanted?" - and that's really the meaning of "You win."
Catra and Shadow Weaver both know that Catra holds no love for her, and has actively hoped for Shadow Weaver to die multiple times (even saying so to her face). But it's one of those situations where it was more from anger rather than an actual desire to see her killed. Indeed, their whole relationship over the years has been more of a struggle or a fight than anything else. They both know it has. So for Shadow Weaver to say "You win" is an acknowledgement that this fight that's been going on for years is over - that Catra is free of it.
But it's not a wholly positive thing. There's a far more traumatising side to those two words, and it is that idea that Catra's getting exactly what she wished for. She's won, but nothing in that moment feels like a victory. As much as Catra despises Shadow Weaver, there's still some weird, fucked-up kind of familial love somewhere deep inside that she hates and that doesn't want her to 'win'. It doesn't want Shadow Weaver to die.
Then you've got a third layer (fuck, that line is like an onion!). She's blaming Catra. Shadow Weaver is looking Catra in the eye and saying "You did this." Remember that she's only at the Heart because Catra made her teleport there. She's only fighting the monster because Catra got caught by it. That "You win" is Shadow Weaver looking at every bit of fighting they've done over the years as one long battle and saying "You finally found a way to kill me. Well done". And it comes at a time when Catra is desperately trying to put that aspect of herself in the past.
There's so much in those two words, and I think it may well be one of my favourite lines on this whole thing.
everytime someone says arugan looks like fairies i smile and giggle and blush and then i go back to normal (im not, im still giggling)
Alpha literally has fairy ears and the fairyness goes over on his bf argue w the wall
exactly.
his pink hair. this hissatsu exactly, the pose he does everytime he shoot, sir youre litteraly fairy-coded
The evidence is on screen
I’m so so sO happy what do I do how do I handle this
imagine being a lesbian and drawing gays in a strict family like pick 1 struggle morrex
i love them
I LOVE THEM SO MUCH 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
actually my dad never caught me (im still alive(imagine the day he sees it UGGGGUUHHHHHHY or MY MOM))
This just made me get the zoomies. For real. I just- ahahah I don’t know where to put my hands or what to do. You rendered me speechless for a while. DHFHDGXHFHFFDRDGFHGHGHGGFDFFRFGGGFGGHGTFZCHGZHIHCHGFGFJJFZFHCHGFGFGGGGFGFFCGGHGGHGHCZFGGGZJKLBNJBKJGFGFGFDGFHGHJBGJHJBGHGGBCHJHGVGJJGH
