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Shadow Weaver’s Death, Her True Abusiveness, And Her Final, Beautiful, Gift To Catra
::The resistance fighters stand in the failsafe chamber. Catra has just called Shadow Weaver out on her manipulation. Shadow Weaver reluctantly explains the danger of the failsafe, and then implores Adora to take it: even if she fails, SW says, she will save her friends, and the universe. As literally every other person in that room cries out against Adora taking the risk, Adora turns and says she will do it. Catra, dismayed, runs to her telling her that SW is sacrificing her, and demands to know why she’s letting her do that. Adora tells Catra “Because even if she is, it’s better than Prime getting the Heart and destroying the universe.” Catra trembles in deathly fear, her face consumed in terrible realization: if Adora does as SW wishes, she will die. Shadow Weaver is trying to kill Adora. She knows this to her very soul, because… she is Shadow Weaver… And Adora is letting it happen…
Hi there, my name is Joel, and in this segment I’ll be looking at Shadow Weaver’s death, her being a child abuser, her terrible manipulations of Catra and Adora and the monstrous pains the two girls have to conquer to save themselves from her.
The main premise I’ll be trying to explain here is that, like Horde Prime, Shadow Weaver is a villain of utmost seriousness. And, like Horde Prime, the girls will treat her as one, surpassing and defeating her once and for all. But it won’t be with violence, but instead with love, creating a beautiful story of two people transcending their trauma and hurt through coming together over their love for one another.
I feel obliged to warn readers: this post will cover child abuse, even predatation. It may be hard to read. Also warning: tl;dr, please consider at least sitting down to read this!
Finally, I know there are SW fans out there; that’s good. Shadow Weaver is, at times, cool af. But, definitively a terrible person within the plot of the show.
So, even if you’re a fan of SW, I still encourage you to read along because as we reveal her truth and the damage she deals to Catra and Adora, it makes her final moment so, so much more beautiful… and it gives entirely new meaning to her final… two… words….
Disclaimer time: Taking on Shadow Weavers death is ambitious for a first post, I know. But understanding her is crucial to understanding most of the major moments in this show. Still, I should say here that while this may seem a bit ‘head’ canon-y, I assure you my conclusions come from watching the show carefully and referencing the entirety of the rest of the show back to this one moment. I’m instead positing these as theories, and let’s just say I feel I have the data, and Data Never Lies! Please *do* ask questions or seek calcifications in the comments or Ask me anything (I’m new to Tumblr).
—-Part 1: Catra, Micah, and the Truth—-
To start this journey we will travel backwards in the series to investigate the what and why of the terrible child abuse Catra suffered growing up under SW’s care. We will be looking chiefly at the Light Spinner episode in the 2nd season. We will cover Catra’s confrontation and SW’s -supposed- explanation for her abuse, then the tale of Micah and SW’s manipulation of him, and then the terrible truth of why Catra -really- was abused.
>A terribly alone Catra asks her abusive mother why she did it. Why did she treat her so badly ?
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