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mustloveshera:

so, this amazing post already went over all of the autistic traits that entrapta has, but i wanted to delve into something that i haven’t really seen discussed yet–something that isn’t necessarily a trait but rather a byproduct of the experiences that autistic people often have. 

i want to talk about entrapta’s connection to animals and robots. 

in entrapta’s intro episode, we see a lot of animals. her kitchen staff knows to make the cupcakes shaped like a little piggy. when adora and glimmer are falling through her castle, we see a little robot with a guinea pig/hamster design. while entrapta is guiding them through her castle, we see two framed portraits–one of a little kitten, and another of a little dog. 

autistics tend to be drawn towards animals because, frankly, they make more sense than allistics do, and are thus much easier to interact with. there are no complicated social rules to follow (see: entrapta’s confused response to being imprisoned, trying to return to her restraints in order to fit the role of “prisoner”), they won’t judge you for being “weird”, and they won’t tell you to shut up as you yammer on about your special interests. 

interestingly, allistics just love to compare autistics, particularly autistic children, to animals, in order to dehumanize them and justify abusing them, advocating for eugenics, or trying to “cure” them. instead of taking a moment to understand them, just as autistics do when approaching animals (or, y’know, allistics who insist on eye contact for some reason), people just write them off as a burden. 

i highly recommend reading this poem for another perspective on this topic.

entrapta herself has major issues empathizing with other people. we’ve seen her defend her friends, and wait 45 hours for them to come back for her, and cry in front of the enemy when realizing they weren’t coming back for her, and brighten when catra told her about finding a place in the horde not just for tech but for belonging. yet, she wanted to take she-ra apart as if she-ra was another robot and didn’t ask before touching scorpia’s tail. that’s something she struggles with, and something that i think she’ll learn to understand as she interacts more with other people. 

now, as for entrapta’s robots… 

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translocate:

I’m sure this has already been talked about but im going to put my opinion + view out there anyway. so I’ve seen people refer to Scorpia as a butch, and normally those are the same people who make those usually transphobic or racist (depending on the person they’re talking about and the situation) comments like ‘omg I wish this chick would step on me or punch me’. and honestly, it feels like Scorpia is getting that sorta shitty treatment as well just bc she isn’t gender conforming or a ‘smol’ girl. just like how Zarya in overwatch got the whole ’she’s not conventionally attractive so she must be butch!’ sorta label pinned on her. 

being butch isn’t about your body type or physical appearance. your hair cut doesn’t dictate if you’re butch or not. you can have long hair and be butch. you can have short hair and be femme. being butch is about not aligning with femininity. more often than not you can find a lot of lesbians who are butches and find a disconnect with womanhood. it’s why he/him lesbians are a thing. it’s also in part of stylistic choices and what a person is most comfortable with. 

when we look at Scorpia, she normally wears her horde uniform. when she has a chance to dress otherwise, here is how she choses to represent herself: 

and ultimately decides on:

as soon as she had the ability to wear something outside of her uniform, she picked super femme dresses. they include a lot of jewelry, skirts, and makeup. this was her choice. while we don’t necessarily have to label these things as ‘women only’, but you can’t deny the fact that when u look at femme history they tend to dress in a way that is associated by society as feminine because that’s what they like and are comfortable in. 

this isnt a ‘DreamWorks doesn’t allow butches’ situation. we clearly see in the gif that Catra is 100% dressed in a suit and loose bowtie. dressed in- you guessed it, butch fashion! I really think the she-ra team did an amazing job with Scorpia by showing that you can be a high femme and wear makeup and dresses even if u don’t align with what society (read as: men) view how women should be. it shows us that you can embrace femininity and be beautiful without having to be the thin and perfect feminine women we usually see in media. 

anyway, I love my high femme scorpion queen!!