The Famdom

“Dad, I.. I think I’m gay.”

“Albus Severus Potter, you were named after two headmasters-“

“Oh God. Dad, I’ve already heard this. I know how this ends.”

“One of them was gay and-“

“For the love of all that is magic, I get it!”

“He was one of the bravest gay wizards I’ve ever known. Brave, but gay.”

“Please stop.”

“BRAVEST GAY HEADMASTER ALL OF HOGWARTS HAS EVER HAD!”

“…”

“Were you safe, son?”

“Yeah. I made him wear a condom.”

“Well, as long as you were safe about it. Congrats on the sex, honey. Let me go get the cake.”

“Mom, I had sex with a guy.”

you need other people in order to be a better person.

the reason why this is often misunderstood is because, at some level, we all believe you should do good things for the sake of being a good person. this simple definition is flawed, not everyone does good just for the sake of it but it doesn’t make them bad people. if we applied this definition to the show then the only good people would arguably be adora and bow which we know is not true. for example, scorpia’s motives for doing good is rooted in her love for her friends, she joins the rebellion not because it was the morally right thing to do but to save entrapta.

another reason it is misunderstood is because of the constant comparisons to zuko. a redemption arc often falls on a spectrum of dependency-independency and since zuko’s redemption largely relied on introspection it has created this misconception that you can simply reflect on your actions and change for the better. redemption is a lot more complex than that and often requires a combination of third party intervention and personal reflection. the level of intervention and introspection needed has to be contextualised to fit a character (that’s why zuko and catra’s arcs are so different). but even zuko needed someone (iroh) in order to help him be a better person. and if you’re going to compare arcs, catra’s redemption is way more similar to someone like eleanor shellstrop’s from the good place. eleanor is a deeply selfish person who was traumatised from childhood neglect and this manifested into destructive behaviours, an unwillingness to be vulnerable and an inclination to push away anyone who tried to get close to her. eleanor becomes a good person with the intervention of chidi, an ethics professor who literally teaches her how to be a good person. eleanor is able to unlearn years of selfish behaviour but she needed her love for chidi in order to do that. the good place explicitly frames this as good, in fact, the running theme of the show is that you become a better person through your connections with other people.

now yes, this does sound like “catra needed adora to fix her” or that she was codependent but you can need people in a way that is still healthy. adora sticks by catra through her bad decisions. but she doesn’t fix her. she simply helps catra be better, sounds similar but there’s a big difference. this is an example of interdependence rather than codependece. if adora “fixed” catra it implies that catra has no autonomy in her redemption which isn’t true. when catra refuses to face the people she hurt, adora gives her an out. adora doesn’t force catra to stay, she doesn’t fix her. catra realises she’s in the wrong and of her own accord and desire to stay by adora, she makes up for it and meets adora halfway.

I mean, Steve’s doing this:

and then this is Bucky’s face:

This is not the face of a man who is annoyed sjskjdksa.The level of thirst is amazing.