She gives great hugs. She is protective. She has *such* a good heart. For these reasons and more, Scorpia is best girl.

can we also just talk about how great double trouble’s character design is?? i love EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM

Watching Double Trouble tear Catra down was double-sided even on that front for me. It was sad for Catra, but at the same time it's *what she really needed.* She's evaded over and over the thought that any of this could be *her* fault. No, it's always Adora, or Shadow Weaver, or anyone but her. "You made your choice. *NOW LIVE WITH IT!* " Her entire redemption arc hinges on that message having finally made it through.

The horde: Yes we destroy kingdoms and want to take over the world, but we will respect your prounons while doing so

Honestly I’ve never hated Entrapta, she’s always been my favorite!

So basically, Double Trouble's character is "be gay do crimes"? Also, I think the moment with them and Catra was more of a wake up call for Catra. True, she doesn't deserve how Shadow Weaver treated her, but she is responsible for pushing people like Scorpia away, or Adora when she kept asking Catra to come join her and then blaming them for abandoning her because she can't deal with her own issues. Double Trouble is a perfect character for the others development because they have no emotional baggage like the others do and can view the situation their in objectively and give it to them straight (or not so straight, cause, y'know). I can't wait for the next season!

I think you misread that ending scene. I think it's Catra's eye opening moment. I think this moment is why she tries to save glimmer. I think double troubles betrayal was an important moment for her redemption arc but we'll see.

I definitely appreciate how Shadow Weaver wasn't "redeemed." Much like Adora leaving the Fright Zone, she's still ultimately the same person. And you make a great point in how it emphasizes how Adora was able to move past Shadow Weaver's past abuse and tolerate her while Catra could not and obsessed over her long after they were gone from her life. Scorpia: Forget the Fright Zone! Forget Hordak! We could, you know, _be happy._ *But she won't.*

One of the reasons I love Scorpia is that her dialogue is way more realistic than the others.

Why i like Shadow weaver: She respects prounouns

Double Trouble is just, Be Gay, Do Crime™️ and I LOVE them. Also, i refuse to call Scorpia a villain, she is babey and I love her.

you know what my mom always said? “You can’t have a crush on a cartoon character!” then fine. who is double troubles voice actor?

I think that Shadow Weaver doesn’t have good intentions. She’s definitely a complex character, but she manipulated both Catra and Adora to get to Brightmoon, and the scene where Micah gets back from Beast Island she is sitting on the throne. She’s power hungry, and the show is good at showing it. I don’t feel like she has good intentions based on that. I really agree with every other part of this video, though!

Gotta be honest, loved the villains more than the main cast

I loved kyle and I love characters like him. A small scrawny kid who's strengths are his compassion and loyalty. The kind of person who can't help much in a fight but could have an inspiring speech moment

I know Hordak is a villain, but god he and Entrapta are just so adorable together! I mean, when he tells her she's not a failure, it's dorky and cute. I try to rationalize their relationship with two things. 1) Hordak was pretty much created to be a conqueror, he has literally known nothing else and is in some ways affected by his creator's neglect. Entrapta has given him a few positive/good moments in his life. 2) In order for Hordak to have happiness while at the same time paying for his war crimes, it'd be best for his punishment to be exile/banishment to some far off place, and Entrapta decides to join him so they won't be alone/abandoned again. They can live together in exile and be awesome lab partners.

Took the words right out of my mouth! I love Shadow Weaver as a villain, because they are manipulative and cunning. They don't need to possess a large amount of physical prowess to be dangerous, as she can whisper in your ear, telling sweet lies, and lead you down the path she wants. Time will tell how much her influence on Glimmer will take effect, but needless to say, she isn't one so easily beaten!

Honestly, the part about Entrapa broke my mind slightly. I never thought about her being a villain or on even on the bad side. I guess I just always saw her as being misguided and naive.

5:20 Oh my god someone draw Evil Horde Perfuma.

I would like to point out that Double Trouble's "your problems are your fault" to Catra would come across as no pushing Adora away isn't her fault if it came before S3 finale. By S3 Catra is entirely responsible for pushing Adora away from herself, she had three major points where she could have left the horde and done the right thing for herself, and just as many to mitigate her own actions. But her insecurities and tendency to blame others for her failings led to her attempting to destroy the world largely out of spite. By the end of Season 3 Catra is responsible for pushing Adora away, that's the whole point of Adora's big moment in the S3 finale.

I love how the villains and heroes are equally well written and relatable. I love Scorpia especially!

double troubles was actually a step up, a huge wake up to her that made her change on the last season

The writer of She-ra: Yeah, Double Trouble betraying Catra would make the kids happy! the kids: yeah okay, cool the older viewers: *we ride at dawn*

Double trouble didn’t push Catra farther away from people, they gave her a wake up call. She ended up actually changing because of that wake up call

catra: * treats scorpia like literally garbage * scorpia: everybody makes mistakes-

I was so sad when Catra decided she didn't want to live in the Crimson Waste with Scorpia. She was so happy there! But at least it all turned out good in the end

I enjoyed the "Why you suck" speech delivered by Double Trouble greatly, it was on point and it worked. It is my greatest grievance with toxic people that you cannot just *tell them* to their faces all the ways in which they've fucked up their own and other's lives. I mean, you sure can, but they will just create more excuses for themselves. Catra actually developed from her Never My Fault phase and became the best version of herself. I don't believe that would happen if Double Trouble hasn't chewed her up.

We all love Scorpia, fight me

9:12 I'd like to point out that DT themselves say "It's for your own good darling" while pointing out the obvious to Catra. I'd like to think DT has a wide enough view of the big picture to realize how someone's actions impacts the world at large. We see this later on when they impersonate that far-seer prince and they explain how living under Horde Prime™'s rule was a life so utterly devoid of enjoyment and artistic fulfillment for them, they went out of their way to try and get the Alliance's attention in order to relay very crucial information. At their heart, DT is just as obsessed with their artistic fulfillment as an actor as Entrapta is passionate about tech. Both are lacking a moral compass, without being full-on Sociopaths (as demonstrated by their, albeit limited, capacity to develop attachments to other people) The difference is DT is always looking at the bigger picture, as opposed to Entrapta's laser-focus.

Entrapta is my favorite character

This videos analysis on Catra: exists Season 5: I’m about end this mans whole career

This makes me wonder how She-Ra will handle the "bigger bad" Horde Prime. Just looking at his character design I spot some glaring things that could come up later: -all the Horde clones except him have two eyes. He has...3 on one side? That's....abnormal. Almost a *mutation.* A design flaw. -Not only that, but he also has mechanical augments, just like Hordak does. They're in his hair. Horde Prime has a god complex, but shows cracks along the edges. Where did *he* come from?

The moment we met double trouble I was in love with them..from character design to personality they show duality and fluidity.. everything they say can't be trusted and they use everything they know about a person to currupt them emotionally..I just want to see a little more of them at season 5

How could you not talk about glimmer?? she made awful choices, that show us how easily the good guy can turn into a bad one. She didn't want to destroy the world, but she knew there was the possibility, and she choose to do even so.

Adora NOT being the usual "Super Special ~*Pure Heart*~" defector-from-evil protagonist is SO GODDAMN REFRESHING. And fascinating, realistic, relatable, deep, and makes for better storytelling. That she doesn't do a quick and easy total 180 away from the former comrades who she *literally grew up with* (looking at you, Star Wars). Both real life and psychological research have proven we are just about all capable of doing very bad things if caught in the wrong combination of situations. You might not even realize it until much later. And meanwhile very few people are always totally evil all the time.

Here's why I like shadow weaver, scorpia, and catra: Shadow weaver is a manipulative villain who's a mixed bag on if she's good or bad, and I love it. And scorpia and catra, well... They're just adorable.

Shadow Weaver is a character I love to hate

Can we talk about how everyone blames stuff of and seems to not care about Kyle! until season 4 when they get in the acid snow, big oof

Hordaks weak spot *is* Entrapta !!!

i’m so glad they didnt do the same to Shadow Weavers character as they did with Snapes character in Harry Potter, you’re not forced to like Shadow Weaver by the end and neither Catra or Adora will remember her fondly like Harry does with Snape. she didn’t deserve a redemption and i’m glad they ended it the way they did

I watch the show for them😂 the heroes are okay but the “villains” are the reason I stan

Btw, can we talk about that scene where Catra is betrayed by Shadow Waver just so she could escape? I’m talking about the prison scene, SW (Shadow Waver) made Catra think she was cared for, loved even, SW showed motherly love for Catra for the very first time that day and it was *fake.*

Loved your previous She-ra analysis back in season 1 and definitely this one as well! I'm really curious and yet nervous how they will take Catra's character from there, she could either go the Zuko or Azula route- we may never know! 😬

I fully agree that Entrapta is chaotic neutral

We did get to see Shadow Weaver's back story. The fact that she used to be part of the Rebellion but was snubbed, rightfully so because she was willing to take gigantic risks. She was a mentor to Micah. She let the evil consume her, then she became the abusive narcissistic mother to Adora and Catra. The way she shows respect to Glimmer is fascinating. She becomes this voice of reason.

I love that Shadow Weaver isn't a world-threatening villian but a personal villian to our main characters, Adora and Catra, but also Glimmer's Family because of her connection to Micah.

Scorpia and Kyle deserve the world. C H A N G E M Y M I N D.

I absolutely LOVED watching Double Trouble betray Catra; She needed someone to just lay it out for her and they delivered.

I think it's kinda funny that even the people who designed catra cant figure out which eye is blue and which is yellow. 3:49-3:51

I love how they showed Catra learning to open up to people in S5. When she was talking to Glimmer while in Horde Prime’s ship, it felt like she was starting to let other people in to her heart. I also liked how it took a while for Catra to actually be nice and truly a good friend instead of changing her personality in one episode.

Wholesome breakdown of the character dynamics for the villains.

I was SUPER happy when double trouble betrayed catra cause of Scorpia

I was surprised someone felt bad about DT chewing out Catra. I was low key cheering them on. This video changed my mind tho.

CATRA'S REDEMPTION ARC 2020

17:03 That’s me to other LGBT peeps

Catra is mean not only because she was raised by shadow weaver, Adora was the only good thing in her life. Without her, she was all alone. And when Adora leaves, it hurts her more than everything else.

I've been wanting to watch this show for a while now, but I can never find the time to do it. But this video makes me want to just sit down and start watching it. Great video

Am I the only one who was more invested in the villains story than the main characters?

With Scorpia, I feel like if she had been given the connection to her runestone, wouldn't the heart of Atheria activate as soon as Adora touched the sword? Since the planet would have already been balanced and there would be no need for the "epic quest" to become She-Ra, she just would have done it and the world would have imploded.

Great video, and some really good points were made. Although, I have to disagree with your take on that scene with Catra and Double Trouble. I really don't see it as a step back for Catra's redemption, because she was at a point where she just needed to hear all of this. It certainly didn't ease her pain, but the route she was taking during the whole show (especially in season 4) was way more painful to her. She was already breaking down and believing too hard in the things she kept telling herself, she just needed to be called out. Because everything DT said was true. I think it may resonate with Catra, probably traumatizing her, but also giving her a new perspective on her situation, and I found that hopeful. So, like you said, I definitely didn't know how to feel about that scene, but not for the reasons you explained. It was just really painful to watch Catra get hurt so deeply once again, but it also felt right and necessary. Anyway, these were just my thoughts.. Loved the vid!

I kind of felt like no matter how "good" Shadow Weaver became/acted, she was always manipulating the people around her. I felt like she spent ALL of season 4 manipulating Glimmer. That isn't to say that what Glimmer did wasn't her fault, but Glimmer was hurting after losing her mom and Shadow Weaver (and a little bit Double Trouble) just exacerbated that by egging her in what was constantly the wrong direction. Plus then....season 5 I just wanted to smack Shadow Weaver every time she was on screen. Lol

While I disagree that Shadow Weaver has true intent to change right now (I bet she will in S5 now that Micah's back uwu) I think you were spot-on with the thesis of her story. It's easy to love Catra and Hordak because they're abuse victims, but what about Shadow Weaver, who's deeply complicated and whose own actions have hurt her so desperately? What about her, who has a loved one? I feel the thesis of her story is about how you should love everyone and see the human in them even when it's hard.

Excellent video! I love She-Ra and your analysis made me appreciate it even more.

It absolutely helps, I assume, that almost nobody ever seems to kill anyone else. There's a lot of fighting and virtually no killing. The only deaths were the result of self-sacrifices as far as I can remember.

I like when shows make the antagonists as *actual people* and not just villains. Like, they aren't just things with absolutely no feelings whatsoever.

Shadow weaver: the chill gardener

I really enjoyed the friendship of Entrapta and Hordac. It was a lot of fun to watch and an interesting dynamic

I physically can't function when I see how freaking adorable and wholesome Scorpia is. It genuinely hurts. Like-- she's so damn precious-💞💗🌸✨🌟🌈

Honestly my favorite characters are actually Shadow Weaver and double trouble idk why they just have cool character designs and personalities

You CANNOT hate SCORPIA no matter what there is NO WAY you could hate the big softie

this might be just me, but i really only see entrapta and hordak as like, colleagues/friends. And I like that about them, they can work in peace together and be friendly, chaotic neutral together.

I don't want to sound like I'm leaving a hate comment because I'm not, I watched one of your other She-Ra videos and immensely enjoyed it! Thank you for that, but I would argue that Double Trouble betraying Catra was the beginning to her redemption. I definitely felt bad for Catra in that scene but what Double Trouble did was say "Hey, stop blaming everyone else for your accidents." (to sum it up) which I think started her growth in Season 5, because of that Catra looking at Adora and her past and how they always interacted showed her, "Adora wasn't using me, she genuinly loved and cared about me." Which prior to that scene of Double Trouble was taken as "She wants me to think she's my friends so then she would have power over me." So i think that whole thing with Double Trouble was really good and important for her to realize the way she acts is far from ok. I still love the rest of the video this is not hate I wanted to share my opinion/what I believed happened in that scene :)

KZfaqr: These are the complex reasons that Catra’s circumstances cause the viewer to show sympathy for her. Me: Lesbian kitty go brrrr

Thank goodness I'm up to speed on She-Ra so I can watch this video without fearing Spoilers 😃 (Personally, I was a bit disgusted by what Catra did at the end of Season 3..that I kinda don't feel sympathy for her anymore..? Can't wait for Season 5, though)

Double Trouble giving Catra a reality check was one of my favorite moments of the show

I think Perfuma has the best understanding of Shadow Weaver's character arc; is she an enemy, a prisoner, or an ally?

I literally couldn't hate any character there's no way you could hate them you just can't this show is just THAT great

you talk so nicely about this

I fucking love that show! There is no good or evil people in this show, but individuals just trying to get by in the shit show that is war. And when it all comes to it’s conclusion there’s no longer a division. For God sake we even see a drone who was cut off from his flock get adopted by Entrapta. That shit is just fucking brilliant! I for one will be rewatching the whole thing again and again. 😊

The first time I seen she-ra, I didn’t like Entraptraa whole lot. But now that I see everyone’s point of views and logical explanations I now see that she’s probably the most chillest character in the show and she’s just doing her own thing. And yes I’m writing this comment after szn 5 came out a few months ago.

Easy: Scorpia is wholesome Catra is hot DT is iconic Hordak is tragic Prime is trash

Great video, I haven’t seen s4 yet but I think you definitely hit the nail on the head with this analysis.

my favirotes are litrally scorpia,catra and entrapta,entrapta i can never considere a villian as she is just lead by science and stuff and she is so good.

You all can call me crazy but I just love Shadow Weaver, especially from season 3 onwards, I know she is like the worst of the worst, but her unnerving presence is just cup of my tea. Shes the thing you gotta trust but know it might not be good for you. Gladly, her character hits 2 fly's at the same hit. At the end of season 5.

frickin love double trouble

I adore the show and I really wish more people could watch cartoons/animation and not just see it as “a kids cartoon”

Thank you for the closed captioning; it's very much appreciated by those for whom hearing is a little more complicated than perhaps for others.

5:30 it wasn't Scorpia's moms who made a deal w the Horde. It was her grandfather

I actually do like Shadoweaver, I think she's cool and though definitely evil she does end up being sort of good in the end

Why She-Ra makes you like the villains: Avatar the Last Airbender. 😉

Awesome video, Riley 💚

I'm really glad that scorpia promises to always stay by catra's side and then is allowed to go back on that promise (and have it be framed as the right decision) once she understands that she doesn't deserve the way catra treats her

Double Trouble is my favorite character of She Ra

*"As kids, we adored heroes. As we age, we understand villans."*

I DIDN'T KNOW DOUBLE TROUBLE WAS NON BINARY!!!?? :0 YAY MORE REPRESENTATION IN THIS SHOW!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Scorpia is one of my favorite characters she's so precious ❤️

This hits different after S5. *-Catadora best ship f i g h t m e-*

When Double Trouble betrayed Catra, personally, it wasn't a moment of "I feel bad for Catra" but rather, it was a moment of "Finally, it's about time Catra heard what needed to be said. You can't fix a problem if no one brings attention to it". I believe that if it weren't for Double Trouble's aggressive therapy speedrun plus the complete annihilation of Hordak's Horde, Catra would have never been redeemed.

This series should air on Cartoon Network, like the He-Man reboot did.

Thank you for another she ra video 🥺💖💖💖 I love your perspective