>>107942521Alright. My favorite member of the horde is Catra because she is a tragic figure. Her entire life was pretty much just being the whipping mule to Shadow Weaver and the only person she was able to trust and admire to any capacity was Adora. Because of this and the fact that Adora ditched the horde, Catra has a pretty big inferiority complex. She strives for validation from those above her for all the work she's put into the Horde. The problem is that the Horde, while a competent army, is full of emotionally stunted soldiers who were raised to be the best. Even the leadership is fucked with Shadow Weaver only caring about power and Hordak being a reject of Horde Prime. The only person that can give even a degree of compassion to Catra is Scorpia, but the sentimentality is not mutual because Catra herself is also emotionally stunted. She doesn't want to open up to anyone because she'll get hurt, but at the same time, she wants what the princesses have, actual compassionate comrades.
I may be rambling here but basically, I like Catra because she wants to be appreciated and in a sense, loved. The problem is that she knows that if she does open up, she'll doom the people around her in the same way Shadow Weaver doomed her. Whipping everyone around and making herself distant, cold, and actually harmful to others.
I guess this is why I like Scorpia. She's none of those things. She's genuinely happy and wants to be near Catra. She wants to be the person that Catra can hold on to. She wants a bond with Catra, but isn't realizing the harm that'll come her way by doing so. She's the antithesis to Catra despite being of the same mold.
This is just my interpretation. There's others that can probably describe this better than me, but that's why I like the Horde.
