it just hit me that catra still chose to lie down on adora’s bed, not her own. because isn’t that where she belongs? if not there, then where? no one at the horde likes her–not her fellow cadets, and especially not shadow weaver, who terrorizes her and hurts her for every “failure.” she’s all alone now, and she knows it.
catra even admitted that defecting seemed like the best option–but even if she did, where would she go? she believed that adora had abandoned her, so she couldn’t go after her again.
the thing is, unlike adora, who is now driven by selfless compassion towards everyone around her (as bow pointed out, everyone on bright moon has lost someone they loved to the horde, y’know?), catra has a more selfish, narrow sense of compassion. she thought she could only afford to care about adora, but now adora has “chosen” Good over her. the idea that she could also fight, not for the sake of herself or even for adora, but for the sake of the greater good, just hasn’t occurred to her yet. i’m confident that catra will realize this eventually, but for now, boy is it painful to watch her struggle.
mustloveshera 