Not To Be Cliche, But Life Really Isthe Little Things. That Cup Of Coffee In The Morning I Make While

not to be cliche, but life really is the little things. that cup of coffee in the morning i make while dancing to silly songs. that one time someone said my hair looked really cute (even though i disagree). or when i draw something and finally feel confident about it. when i find a quote i deeply resonate with and it stays with me. minutes i spend laughing with someone i love. life is that. the small, really small stuff adds up to the big picture, so when i look back i see little snippets of everything and everyone i’ve ever loved.

I see a lot of people implying that Glimmer was the only one in the wrong in the conflict between her and Adora and while in the end her mistake turned out to have horrible consequences I am not okay with acting like Adora was entirely in the right here, because she wasn’t.

When Adora and Bow bring up the plan of saving Entrapta from the Beast Island, Glimmer tries to talk it out, but Adora and Bow already made up their minds, the way they see it there is no need to talk. And Glimmer, who already feels insecure about how she isn’t being treated seriously as a queen and feeling like she and all her friends are drifting apart, is rightfully frustrated. She wasn’t with them when they saw what happened to Mara. She wasn’t there and they aren’t exactly explaining it well to her, because they already have their own plan and their own mission and the way they see it, their way is the only way.

And yet, Glimmer still tries to talk to them. And show them that their plan isn’t really a plan at all.

And she makes some very good points.

Adora doesn’t have a plan.

She doesn’t really know how to get there and even when they do get to the Beast Island for the most time they are literally making it up as they go and hoping for the best. 

And in the end, they are lucky. 

Their plan works out, yes, but it gets really close to failing and in the end they are impossibly lucky to have She-ra powers on their side and that Adora finds the strength to overcome her weaknesses and continue to fight.

It’s also important to note that Glimmer specifically is the reason why she chooses to fight. She wants to be, in Adora’s own words, the hero Glimmer deserves.

One other argument that I’ve seen flying around is that Glimmer didn’t really give a fuck about Entrapta and while to some extent I can see where it came from, it isn’t exactly true.

Glimmer even admits - when asked directly - that it’s not like she isn’t planning on rescuing Entrapta, but now is not a good time to do it, especially since from her perspective Entrapta did betray them and Glimmer did already try to save her as soon as she discovered that she’s still alive. And for all they know, Entrapta might be already dead. She has her people and the Alliance to worry about and protect she can’t risk it just because there is a chance that they might find Entrapta and she might help them. She is the queen and she has to learn the hard way that this title in many ways limits her more than she could have ever imagined. She has the power, yes, but responsibility it requires makes her feel useless.

And I mean, I love Entrapta with all my heart, but Glimmer is right. They don’t really know Entrapta as well as we, as the audience, do. Also, when she says that, neither Adora nor Bow have a good answer, they both look away, because they know that even though rescuing Entrapta is the right thing to do - they don’t know if she’ll actually help them. 

Also, Glimmer didn’t really intend to use the full potential of the Heart. 

She wanted to use some of it in hope to defeat people who are responsible for the war she’s known her entire life, the same war that took both of her parents away from her. She isn’t being completely unreasonable here, it’s a war and she is the queen, if the universe puts a powerful weapon at your disposal, one that you could use to end the war and save lives, of course you would at least consider the possibility of using it. 

And in the end, Light Hope used her. 

Should she have seen it coming? Well, yes. Probably. But we as the audience have the luxury of seeing the big picture and having access to the perspective of more than just one character. We can see that she’s going to fail, but we know more than she does and we couldn’t possibly imagine the weight of responsibility and sorrow she’s been carrying around ever since Angella died and left her alone to rule the kingdom which is losing to an evil force while slowly and surely losing her only support group. Glimmer was desperate for something, anything, that would help her win this war. She was the one who started a new Princess Aliance. She was the one who had to sneak out, because Angella kept holding her back. She spent her entire childhood living this war and doing her best to both stand up against the enemy on her own and to make people believe in her cause and join her.

Unlike Catra, Glimmer recognizes her mistake and while it happens too late to take it back - she still tries. The moment she recognizes that what she did was wrong she admits it and she owns it, even though at this point there’s nothing that could be done.

But she doesn’t just sit back and watch it happen.

She tries. She fights. Until the very last moment we see her desperately trying to stop the Heart. She doesn’t lose time trying to convince herself it’s too late, she doesn’t hesitate, she doesn’t let go until she passes out. 

We as the audience get to see it happen. And most importantly, Catra - the person who reflects so many of the same mistakes that Glimmer made - sees it happen.

She sees someone who does the exact opposite of what she did. Someone who admits that she was wrong and doesn’t blame the person who told her that. She understands that Adora was right. She understands that what she did was a mistake.

Glimmer isn’t and she never was a bad person.

She never really turned dark, like some people like to imply, because her intentions were always good, all she ever wanted to do was protect her kingdom, save her home and be happy with her friends. Dark Glimmer sounds wrong to me because it’s dangerously close to evil or corrupted, but… It’s not what happened. Even at her darkest moment what motivated her was her love to her kingdom and her friends. I fail to see how it’s dark or wrong. She was dealing with an impossible situation and while she handled things not as well as she probably should have, at no point did this happen because she meant it to go that way.

Until the very last moment she believed she’s doing her best trying to help and as soon as she realized what she’s done - she fought to undo it.

One thing I absolutely love about Jayce as a character is the fact that he is always very quick to apologize when he feels he is in the wrong. Like, he doesn’t even hesitate – if he thinks he’s overstepped or hurt someone he cares about (*ahem* Viktor) he apologizes immediately. 

And when he says it he means it. It’s not because he thinks it will make things better, he says “I’m sorry” because he truly is. That takes a really strong, selfless person to do that. And despite Jayce’s privilege and the fact that he is kind of an Idiot, he always puts the feelings of his friends before any pride he might have.

I think it’s really cool to see that in a character like him, one does tend to seem proud and “stuck-up” in a way, because of his status. It’s just neat that he’s not afraid to apologize very openly to people.  

i hate the way the fandom treats Glimmer. she has so much depth and the writers don't shy away from making her have realistic flaws, and at season 4 even though what she did was bad she lost her mom and didn't have time to grief with all these new responsibilities and after that one breakdown she bottled up her emotions and ignored her own grief herself. and she didn't do any of it on purpose she only wanted to help and she thought the heart was the only way

One of my favorite Catra scenes is this quick moment in Shot in the Dark in which Melog appears threateningly behind the group, and Catra's immediate reaction is to push Glimmer and Bow out of the way and jump at Melog.

I wish we've seen more of this Catra. Rather than showing her being rude to everyone around her - including people she severely hurted - I wish we could have seen more of her actively caring about and protecting the people that surrounds her, close allies or randoms civilians ; it would have shown a real development of her chaotic personality and would have made it easier to accept her redemption.

Hi! I wish we could have seen more of this Catra as well.

I'd like to point out that my personal understanding of Melog as a "character" (bear with me here) is that she is a reflection of whatever is going through Catra's head... So, this "character" is essentially... Catra. Almost... talking to herself? Naturally, I could be missing the mark with Melog (who has never stood out to me in my first watch of the show, nor any of other time). I'm sure there's something to analyze there with, at least, this interpretation of Melog... What does it say about Catra...? Is she protecting the group... from herself?

Either way... What did stand to me about Melog was that she's introduced entirely too late have any lasting impact on Catra (and the narrative). Which is also to say that this moment of Catra being, uh, protective of her, um, friends? Also comes... entirely too late to have made any lasting impact.

But, yes, I wish we would have more of this. Earlier. Much earlier.

the thing about bakugo finally acknowledging the hurt he’s caused deku and apologizing in front of the entire class is that, generally, yes it would be respectful to do that in private, but the context didn’t allow for that. deku deserved to hear an apology for a long time, but what he needed most in this moment was a boost in his self worth. he needed to stop running himself ragged, into danger after danger, no matter the cost to himself, because this path would wear him down and kill him. he needed to hear that he’s no less deserving of kindness, of effort, of support, of all the appreciation for what makes him who he is. and that boost was possible—assisted by the rest of class a’s efforts—because of the apology. by calling deku by his real name, he finally showed him the respect he knew deku always deserved, but had denied him all their lives, in front of the group of people who had come to know them throughout their rivalry (more specifically, during the year of turmoil in which bakugo came to terms with deku’s strength and his own weakness). what’s more, he expressed support of deku’s efforts and choices, but he knows that for all deku is willing to give, he still needs support. one person shouldn’t bear the load of the world. all might’s example showed him that. so bakugo brought that support. “we’re here to step in when you can’t handle it all on your own. because to live up to those ideals and surpass all might, we gotta save you, the civilians at ua, and the people on the streets. because saving people is how we win.” they’ll do this together, following deku’s lead, being his support, both as his friends and in battle, not just because he’s a true hero, but because he’s their friend, and worth the effort.