>>122072066>I do think that adds up to enough to leave a state of mind worth taking into consideration when asking if the character can be redeemed.And if the season afterwards had in any way shape or form had her deal with the fallout, we could at least consider it. After all, someone making a mistake that big, literally killing someone, is bound to be a big enough impact that if, at that point, they realized where it had all gone wrong and tried to atone, they should at least be considered.
That's not what happened. What happened is Catra never once felt bad, immediately went drunk on power, tried to murder more people, burned a city to the ground and pretty much just continued on. How do you redeem someone who goes full evil any time they get even a sliver of what they want? Especially when we now have confirmation as to her sympathy for someone she murdered?
>I was specifically talking about when Double-Trouble laid out why Catra sucked to her faceToo bad that's a whole season after the whole murder thing, when it would've mattered. See, the reason Catra's redemption was bad on every possible level is they didn't even do the basic idea behind a redemption, the one who wants redeemed gives up the thing they were willing to hurt others for to show they've changed. The DT writing fails because he's telling her when the Fright Zone is literally on fire and everyone rightfully hates her, of course she's not happy then. If the confrontation had come at the height of her power, maybe it would be believeable, but coupled with the scenes where she was clearly having a ball while attacking others makes it ring completely hollow.
The "Big change" was the murder event, that was how she was going to be defined as redeemable or just another shitty person, and she picked "Smile while setting a city on fire." It also should've included Adora's "you suck" speech but that pairing has so little chemistry nobody is that confused when nothing came of it.
