Was able to start my ENTRAPTA cosplay tonight! I am so excited to be the geeky princess! I was able to drape the entire pattern myself and put the top together in a day! More progress to come!

WRONG HORDAK ANALYSIS

@argentdandelion here ya go

Wrong Hordak’s first appearance is in “Save The Cat” after he gets separated from the hive-mind of Horde-Prime. What I find so interesting about Wrong Hordak, is that he is representative of losing one’s-self and is a middle ground character that can connect to all of our main characters when they are all facing issues with separation from their true selves. We all are aware that Entrapta names him Wrong Hordak because despite being genetically the same, he is vastly different from the Hordak we know. In this season the characters are struggling with feeling lost and there is a lack of unity. This is shown with the Best-Friend Squad’s semi-breakup after Bow, Adora, and Glimmer separate over their opinions on what to do to handle the heart of Etheria, and how to deal with the threat of their home. When Glimmer, and Adora fight and separate, while Glimmer turns to Adora’s abuser for help, the viewer comes to understand that the character’s all lose themselves a bit. Adora loses herself and her powers as She-Ra, Bow loses his place as a mediator and Glimmer loses her influence over others by becoming so absorbed into her role as queen that she fails to maintain her relationships. The splitting of the trio causes a rippling crack. At this point in the series when Wrong Hordak arrives, all of our main characters are displaced. Catra has lost all her influence in the Horde, and loses herself to Horde-Prime after having pushed the only person she had left (Scorpia) away in her arrogance. Adora and Bow have one another but it is clear in many ways that Adora feels alone in her experience at this point. Bow may attempt to comfort Adora, but her intense fear of letting others down, and savior complex stemming from her childhood abuse are feelings that make her feel isolated. To add on, Glimmer is feeling disconnected after realizing that her actions caused quite possibly the worst outcome for all of her loved ones. We can make a comparison between Wrong Hordak’s feelings of isolation to Adora’s once she realized she had broken away from the narrative the Horde had indoctrinated her with. Wrong Hordak is a middle point for all the character’s issues at this point in the series and this is because all of the characters have individual ways to relate to him. Starting with Adora,

“Where…am I? I cannot connect to the hive-mind. I am…alone? [begins to sob] I am alone…” - Wrong Hordak, Save The Cat

“I did it. I turned against the Horde. I turned against the Horde! Why did I do that? I can’t go back now. Where am I supposed to go?”- Adora, The Sword: Part 2

These two quotes show that both experience the shock of separation and are both taken in by people who they meet briefly and distrust them. Wrong Hordak is a parallel for Adora being taken in by Glimmer and Bow in the first season. Adora and Wrong Hordak are both thrown into new environments in which they are suddenly swept away by “enemies”, and now have to unlearn all of the programming that they were fed their entire life. Wrong Hordak comes to learn that his life spent serving Horde Prime was not bringing about peace, just like how Adora had to realize the Horde was not fighting “evil princesses”, but rather innocent civilians. This is something that Catra cannot relate to as from a young age, she was fully aware of the atrocities that the Horde were doing, but was ok with it because she had Adora with her. Therefor, Wrong Hordak is someone who can represent earlier season versions of Adora, specifically seasons 1 and 2. This is especially important because Adora regains her powers as She-Ra in this episode, but Wrong Hordak is representative of the Adora who had just found out she was She-Ra. Having this comparison allows us to be reminded of the reason that Adora chose to start her journey in the first place, which is an important thing for Adora herself to remember in order for her to regain her strength as She-Ra again.

Now the reason we needed to have Entrapta in this moment rather than Glimmer because of the emotional significance of Entrapta’s relationship with Hordak, and the Horde itself as she was the only Princess other than Scorpia to work for the Horde and find comfort in the odd community that stemmed from inside the Fright Zone. Entrapta was important to have instead of Glimmer in this scene because she manages to find humanity in everyone no matter what side they are on, which is something Glimmer severely struggles with throughout the entirety of the show.

Now when it comes to Entrapta’s personal connection with Wrong-Hordak, we know it stems from her missing Hordak, but it also relates to the fact that Hordak was one of the only few people who found a way to connect with Entrapta in a way no one else could. Entrapta has always felt misunderstood, and felt trouble connecting to others.

Lines such as “I just wasn’t made for friendship.” (Beast Island episode), and “I don’t fit in. I became friends with Adora, but she abandoned me. Then I became friends with Catra, but she doesn’t talk to me anymore.” (Season 3: Huntara) Are explanations as to why Entrapta is the most understanding of outsiders, because the others always had a place, or someone to go to, so Wrong Hordak feelings of being completely alone are something that Entrapta knows incredibly well. She is one of the only people in the show who can form bonds without bias and Wrong Hordak is so naive that he develops this trait as well because without the control of Horde-Prime he is solely reliant on perceiving the world by himself. There is no one there to think for him, and Entrapta is someone who knows way too much about being purely self sufficient.

For Catra, we will discuss how Wrong Hordak is also someone who is now an outcast from his original home, but not by choice. unlike Adora, Catra strived her entire life to prove herself and move up the ranks in the Horde only to eventually be pushed out without her consent. This is something that Wrong Hordak also deals with as he is forcefully removed from the hive-mind and taken in by Bow and Entrapta. Another important connection here is that both Wrong-Hordak, and Catra were welcomed openly by Entrapta despite the fact that she was supposed to be their enemy. Obviously in this episode, Save the Cat, Catra is being controlled by Horde Prime, and lost herself to them after having lost everyone and everything else. What is so interesting about this is that losing everything for her at this point in time meant she had become one with Horde-Prime, and for Wrong Hordak, it meant separation. What I find so interesting about this is that it represents the shift in perspective that Catra develops over the course of the show in which before, losing her place in the Horde was the worst thing that could have happened to her, and that narrative changes as she grows to understand the true nature of what being in the Horde really means, and then develops to the point where the last thing she wants to do is associate with the Horde. Wrong Hordak is representative in her shift from codependent to independent and her decision to not stick beside the Horde after being forcefully cast out. Catra, like Wrong Hordak, used her place in the Horde as a way of comfort and reassurance, and the fact that we see that contrast between both these characters in this episode is a wonderful reminder of just how drastic of a change Catra has made in her mentality from season 1 to this point. We also witness the reminder of her change from literally begging Adora to return to the Horde with her, to actively sacrificing herself to keep Adora away from it.

In conclusion, Wrong Hordak is a crucial character because he is in fact a reference point for all of the characters to connect and relate to and despite him being used as comedic relief, also allows the viewer to be reminded of the true beginnings of the characters that they are now seeing in one of the most crucial episodes in the series.

ya bois been watching the new season of she ra and oh my god i absolutely adore double trouble