* INFERIOR / RULER

Hey folks. Next monday I’m moving back on campus and will be working part time and taking full time college classes. From today (the 26th) I’ll be moving, applying to jobs, etc. I won’t be able to be on nearly as much while preparing to move and while in college. Below is a rough idea of when and where I’ll be on the next two weeks so you’ll understand why your reply might be taking a little bit.

MON the 26th - ofsteelandstardust + inferiorruled TUES the 27th ofsteelandstardust + realsm00th

WED the 28th starssurvivor

THURS the 29th starssurvior

FRI the 30th ofsteelandstardust

SAT the 31st starssurvivor

SUN  the 1st inferiorrulled & realsm00th

MON  the 2nd (maybe) one or two replies on a random blog I’m in the mood for that day

FRI the 5th ofsteelandstardust

SAT the 6th starssurvivor

“I AM NOT USELESS.”

Fingers twitching just inches away from her arm, he bites his lip. Just what could he say to remedy this situation? More importantly, is there anything he can do to salvage this friendship? “I’m sorry. I really am.”

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠.

❛ What happened? ❜

❛ How are your injuries? ❜

❛ Just promise me you’ll stay here. ❜

❛ You can’t blame yourself. ❜

❛ You know I’m here for you, right? ❜

❛ I’ve never seen you like this before. ❜

❛ When I wake up, you won’t be there. ❜

❛ Okay. You get to leave now. ❜

❛ No. I don’t believe you. ❜

❛ Just.. put down the very sharp knife… ❜

❛ It wasn’t your fault. It hurts. ❜

❛ This isn’t you. ❜

❛ Stop it. ❜

❛ You should be resting. ❜

❛ Are you okay? Did they hurt you? ❜

❛ How can you act like that? ❜

❛ Then why are you still here? ❜

❛ Are you okay? ❜

❛ You can’t live in the past. You gotta move on. Let it go. ❜

❛ And when were you planning on telling me? ❜

❛ What are you, trying to give me a heart attack? ❜

❛ What’s wrong? What happened? ❜

❛ I thought we agreed that secrets are bad! ❜

❛ Sorry. Didn’t want to push any sore spots. ❜

❛ Everything okay? ❜

❛ Do you even know where you’re headed? ❜

❛ I can’t help you unless you talk to me. ❜

❛ Promise me you’re not gonna over-react. ❜

❛ It’s okay, it’s gonna be okay. ❜

❛ Whoa, what are you doing? ❜

❛ Why do you run from me? ❜

❛ You’re changing the subject. ❜

❛ It’s four o'clock in the morning, what are you doing? ❜

❛ You’re bleeding. ❜

❛ You gotta be more careful. ❜

❛ I meant… How are you holding up? ❜

❛ You’re avoiding my question. ❜

❛ I think the worst of it’s over now. ❜

Lab partners at the beach, drawn in may 2018 as a part of this set.

As someone who is also disabled and experiences chronic pain, he immediately became my favourite character in the show this season. Disabled folks don’t get a lot of representation in things, and seeing Hordak’s body falling apart and watching how he deals with the pain was really important for me because I can relate to that. not to even mention the psychological trauma he’s been through

Entrapta’s treatment of him has been beyond exceptional in how she’s handled this information. She gently makes him take care of himself, she provides him accessibility, she’s okay with his imperfections. After learning that he’s disabled, she makes it very clear that she still wants to be his friend and still be around him. 

Abled people have NO idea how meaningful that is to hear, because it can be very isolating to be disabled. I mean, it cost Hordak his “family” and his status. Nobody has been close to him as a person (not as a leader) until Entrapta came into his life. 

I can relate to the idea of trying to prove yourself to people who don’t think you’re worthy because you’re not “whole” or “complete” because you’re disabled. That’s essentially my entire relationship with my father, hah. 

Is he a villain? Yeah, he is. I’m not going to deny that he’s done REALLY BAD THINGS to get what he wants. Disabled folks don’t really get a lot of representation in the media, and when we DO it’s usually bad representation (inspiration junk, not well researched, or poorly portrayed versions of debilitating issues). Bad representation is worse than no representation, as they say. 

That said, I can understand and sympathize with Hordak’s position, which already puts She-Ra ahead of most other media out there with disabled characters. And there’s the potential for some redemption there, just as there has been for Catra all along. Though redemption isn’t what I need. What I need is for his disability to be treated fairly. The writers have been really good about the handling of their representation so far, so I’m fairly optimistic. 

Hordak shows promise for being good representation, despite being a villain. I’m really hopeful he’ll get a Zuko-esque redemption arc, but even if he doesn’t, I’m okay with it. (It would be interesting to see him play as some kind of neutral force between Horde Prime and the Princesses.) As long as his disability isn’t just magic’d away or healed spontaneously or he doesn’t turn into other inspiration fodder for abled people.

💜REUNION💜