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0multifandomweirdo0 · 7 months

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If Callum dies because Rayla has to kill him and doesn't come back to life - I'M LEAVING THE FANDOM AND NEVER COMING BACK, EVER

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raayllum · 1 year

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We haven’t seen each other in two years. Don’t you think that’s worth staying up a little past your bedtime? I’m tired. [A look of disappointment crosses Rayla’s face.] Fine. What do you want to talk about?

#rayllum #rayllumedit #arc 2 #constantly chasing after you #s4 #4x03 #my edits #graphics #raylaedit #callumedit #tag ramble #i think besides the initial first look/framing & the second choice to Stay on the couch #this is my favourite interaction in the reunion #bc it's so loaded #& shows so much about each of them #bc like callum tries to Leave right - to Sever to do to her what she did to him #and rayla is somewhat understandably/somewhat understandably thrown by the sudden display of anger when he was just #being sad & awkward earlier. she was Nervous to see him. probs hoping for a hug and expecting yelling #not... severance so for once (but not for the first time) She follows Him #but callum reaffirms that he's tired (tired of everything tired of her bullshit of her choices)#and rayla lets go of his arm she lets it Go. she was going to let him walk away #but she looks disappointed and he still can't disappoint her #HE CAN NEVER BRING HIMSELF TO /LEAVE/ HER IN TURN #(at least not like this and not Over this)#and we see that stay true for the rest of the season #he never leaves her he just goes back to his old pattern (pre 2x07 mostly) of letting her Go #otherwise known as: rayla being Big Sad for 0.5 seconds and callum Immediately folding like always

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sp3akfromtheart · 3 months

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everytime i think i be chilling but then i remember how the dragon prince was my favourite show in the world and THEY ABSOLUTELY RUINED IT

#art talkz #WHY DID THEY DO TAHT?#WHYYYYYY????#i was so sad when I read through the moon #ahy did they make rayla leave #why build up a whole relationship of two characters #just to rip it away from me #then do a STUPID TIME SKIP #I DONY CARE ABKUT AAVROAS I HATE BIS STUOID PURPLE ASS #IM ACTUALLY STILL NKG OVER THIS #cartoon runners stop destroying all my favourite shows challenge #it was like voltron all over again #and tdp was supposed to be my escape from voltron #WHATEVER. RANT OVER. FILLED WITH FURY

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pheonixrainbow15 · 2 years

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HE DOES WEAR THE SCARF AGAIN

#the dragon prince season 4 #the dragon prince #the dragon prince mystery of aaravos #tdp spoilers #tdp callum #callum #did rayla take it #or did he just leave at in his room cause it smells a bit like her #its weird #but emotional i guess

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m4rs-ex3 · 9 months

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something about the fact that ghosting is "a unanimous community decision that has to be discussed by all members of the silvergrove and is not taken lightly." every single elf in the community committed to symbolically killing two loving parents for a supposed moment of shame. including rayla. every single elf in the community committed to symbolically killing a child, for making it out alive. for what they so momentously assumed was abandoning ship. they destroyed the life of a child for not being willing to die.

tiadrin and lain were--to reiterate--loving parents. they were brave enough to dedicate their lives to protecting the future of xadia. i'm sure everyone admired and honored them greatly. then, everyone (symbolically) ended their lives. their best friends, whom they trusted enough to leave their child with them. their own daughter, who loved them, and who spent years of her life looking up to them--revering them to the point where she could validate their decision.

rayla was 15. rayla was endlessly hardworking, achieving, mature, kind, heroic, brave, resilient, and noble. rayla went out of her way to become an assassin, a role in the silvergrove highly respected for their understanding and handling of life and death. rayla did everything she could to be as valiant as her parents. rayla betrayed her own parents, and did everything she could to be nothing like them. rayla was everything the silvergrove could ask for. and rayla made one presumed blunder, and she had the gall to live on.

rayla was 15 when her community, her entire world, abominated her for "cowardice." her honorary father. grief-stricken over the love of his life, but nonetheless having taken her in, shown her the utmost kindness and sensitivity, and raised her for half a decade, at the very least.

i am normal. wdym rayla has trauma? wdym rayla is incredible for having come this far? wdym rayla doesn't deserve to lose everything she has left for what she good-intentional-ly did when she was as fractured a person as you can be? wdym tdp is really good at building cultures with nuance? wdym

#hrgghhhhhhhhhgdsuhsgfdshgfyugshgfdshbfhsdbjcfbsjgfhsdg #:(#justice for my baby #--in the words of viren “MY BABY GIRL”#rayla #rayla tdp #tdp rayla #the dragon prince rayla #rayla the dragon prince #moon fam #moonshadow elves #the silvergrove #silvergrove #tdp #the dragon prince

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jelzorz · 10 months

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154.

Callum makes a couple of ice packs after Villads declares himself Captain of Sea Legs: a little air, a little water, both things he can do magic with now, and a wonderful relief on the bruises on his face. Rayla clucks her tongue thoughtfully at the patch of purple blossoming beneath his eye, but her hands are gentle and cool, and honestly, the proximity, and the knowledge that she's safe, is what feels best.

She leaves him (reluctantly) to talk to Nyx and Villads about borrowing a lifeboat once they're all fixed up, and Soren fills her absence looking far too pleased with himself for someone with a black eye.

"Look at you," he says. "All beat up for the girl. Bet she thought it was super heroic."

Callum scoffs in spite of himself and shakes his head. "I didn't do it to be heroic," he mumbles. "I did it so she wouldn't get hurt."

"I know." Soren doffs his arm gently. "Always knew you had it in you. You're pretty tough for a skinny mage."

"If you say so," laughs Callum. "How're you doing?"

"Eh." Soren shrugs and grins. "I've definitely had worse. I have been wondering, though. How'd you get out of those chains? You got muscles hiding under those noodle arms?"

Callum pauses. Then he flinches. Then he looks away, his stomach pitching like the Ruthless in stormy weather. He can still taste the power on his tongue, the warped hissing syllables like spiders slipping from his mouth.

Soren's face falls. "You didn't."

Callum doesn't answer. Not right away. He glances at Rayla and anchors his thoughts to her, to the concept of her whole and unhurt and safe. He swallows. "I would do anything for the people I love."

"I'll bet you would," says Soren quietly. "Careful. I've heard other people say that too."

Callum scoffs. "I'm sure you have."

#in anticipation #had to be done #rayllum #soren&callum brotp

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tategaminu · 17 days

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SOOO the title for 05X6 dropped and I'm going feral

Be prepared to hear my long ass theory about this episode and why it will be the rayllum fully gets back together episode (I'm annoying)

Of course we already know season 6 will mirror S3 or at least that's what it looks like. "Moonless Night" is episode 5‚ the same one when Callum and Rayla first got together‚ just as 4 had the title of the place they reach. (The Midnight Desert‚ The Starcrapper)

I have to add‚ just as season 3 had Nyx‚ there's this sky girl called Astrid who may act as the Nyx parallel‚ who knows.

I don't use Discord but my info provider (hello there) told me Devon said episode five would be emotionally heavy and a favourite. A person said ep2 of season 5 were their favourite because the cute rayllum moments and Devon said "until 5 of 6" 🧐

Aparently, it was confirmed by writers this episode would DESTROY people KILL EVEN, well maybe not that but you get me. We know how emotional these two blorbos are for each other right? and we for them. In Discord, a person said ep2 of season 5 were their favourite because the cute rayllum moments and Devon said "until 5 of 6" 🧐

Now let's go to the juicy part. The title. This title is absolutely loaded. like wth. We all know whose favourite girl is related to the moon right? of course we are worried. But I think she's gonna be ok, in the end at least, let me explain.

Of course I'm asuming this scene from the teaser may be from episode 5. We see Callum falling in a moonless night but I'm guessing the title isn't that literal. I think Callum is falling emotionally and literally just as he has before for Rayla. He fell in love with her‚ he fell off a cliff for her and then fell emotionally when she left. The sky he is in is dark‚ no moon‚ representing his own mental state without Rayla. Rayla left him at night just as Callum is falling in the night (omg)

Callum had a moonless night every day for two years because his guiding moon wasn't in his life. I think they may talk about it or it will affect Callum in this episode some way.

Note that the teaser opens with this scene, next we have Aaravos saying "we are all of us, stardust, held together by love for an instant"

(wow subtle foreshadowing you guys)

and the teaser ends with Callum losing his love wings. The wings he got for her. Basically opening with a rayllum scene and closing with a "rayllum" scene ya know

In Chasing Shadows Rayla specifically mentions the stars in his eyes‚ when he does the big speech:

Now‚ what do I think will happen?

EP3: They visit the Silvergroove? just like in ep 3x3. Maybe visit Ethari? "heeey your husband is alive ok bye". My own guess is that they will get the boat from the leaked scene there since there are moon animals in that thing and reach the frozen ship with that.

Ep4: they reach destination and meet the sky elves, Astrid included, with no hiccups. ba dum tss

Ep5: Basically 05x3 but different and sexier

Whatever Callum is about to do I highly doubt Rayla will agree with it because you know how they are (me getting hurt is ok but not you). He convinces her like he did in TTM‚

But this time Rayla is the one to say it

I think that even if Callum promises he will be ok‚ he will have a "I want you to know" moment again and that may lead to talking about her leaving. This may derive into a kinda argument. Callum and Rayla can't continue their talk because they get interrumped (once again) but the memories of a broken heart and feelings affects him badly. He's just emotionally distraught and loses his love wings because whatever. I doubt Rayla isn't seeing any of this, you know how she is. She didn't spend 7 hours watching him sleep to actually not watch this like c'mon

This time Rayla may be the one saving Callum from falling (literally and metaphorically). Now yeah Rayla can't fly but maybeeee

A: she calls out for his name, "waking" him up

B: she just jumps (im going for this one) like Callum did for her. She jumps, not knowing if it's going to work, wakes him up after catching him‚ Callum is able to get his wings back and fly them both into safety, Callum gets his love wings again for her but this time she's being the savior (in the most part). Maybe even completing whatever mission they ask as well. TOGETHER.

After this we may get a Rayla is a hero speech or this time Callum is a hero speech, I don't know‚ I think it would be more fitting if it's from Callum and the hero Callum speech is from Rayla to her parents. Whateve, they finally have their three sesaon dragged conversation and they both kiss like in S3 but maybe reversed this time (Rayla kissing first and apologizing and Callum kissing her next) and they fully come back together :'). I dont think we will get an I love you until ep 9 but we won't really need it here right? we already know!

The episode ends with them kissing under the moon. Moonless Night ending with with a moon night (metaforically and literally)

Now‚ this is just my own guess and it sounds very very self-indulgent (heh) but a girl can dream

#i may be wrong but my heart is in the right place and thats what matters #listen im still fangirling #THE TITLE JOAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGH #now even if they get back together here i dont think this will the fully “i forgive her” i think that will be in ep 9 with the love confess #after something bad happens ya knowpossesion #listen im not a meta blog sorry if this doesnt make sense but im going rabid and needed to do this #rayllum #tdp #the dragon prince #tdp theory #tdpredictions #rayla #callum #tdp s6 spoilers #tdp s6

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mjbarrosart · 10 months

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My Dragon Prince Boards season 5 part 1

So, now that season 5 is out I can share with you some of the work I did in the show as Storyboard Artist. This boards were done between the last months of 2021 and the first ones of 2022.

If you have questions about the process of boarding for the show please ask, just remember not to ask about seasons 6 and 7 :)

This is going to be more than one post, so It's divided by episode.

Episode 502

My first sequences was with Callum and Rayla in the forest in their way to Xadia.

Jack de Senna acting was so animated that was hard to not make Callum's acting super extra too. Callum/Rayla's dynamic is pretty fun.

My next sequence was with Claudia's team. A much dark mood than the previous one. Racquel Belmonte is my favorite voice actor in the show, so any chance to work with Claudia was a privilege. Also, Terry is a sweetheart.

The next one was when Viren meets Kpp'ar on his fever dream. This one was hard, is an slow moment that needs to feel tense but still interesting. I really love what the lighting and compositing team did with the lights here.

I also did the sequence when Callum and Rayla are leaving the comfy Inn, their interactions are so fun in that sequence, hahaha.

My last sequence on this episode (and my favorite of it) is the one where Callum and Rayla are crossing "The Scar".

I remember clearly reading on the script the line where Rayla is talking about how is a wound that is healing, and in one of the meetings I asked Aaron "Is Rayla talking about the scar or about their relationship?" ... well I leave the answer he gave me to your imagination ;) but after that meeting I added this shots :3

I really like the little symbolism at the end of the sequence with new life growing in a place like this. The world can heal.

Those were my contributions to episode 502, next post will be 505. Thanks for checking my art!

#the dragon prince season 5 #storyboard #the dragon prince #dragon prince crew #mjbarros #callum #rayla #Claudia dpr #Viren #kpp'ar

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cerinelle-stellarium · 4 months

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Callum: I had a fight with Rayla yesterday. I told her to pack her things and leave.

Ezran: Well, what did she do?

Callum: ...she picked me up and left.

#the dragon prince #incorrect quotes #rayllum

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1lovepeace · 10 months

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I would like to say that S5 E4 is probably my third favorite episode. Not only did we get some of the best dialogue with Rayla and Amaya, and seeing Amaya tell Rayla how wrong she was for leaving Callum.

But I also love that Rayla, while admitting in a way that she was wrong and feels guilt for it, still defends herself in a sense of why she couldn't bear to put Callum in danger. How much she horribly feared losing him to Viren. She believed that she had to be strong, stoic, and fearless no matter what.

Seeing Amaya, while telling Rayla her decision was wrong, still listens to her and, while, of course, not agreeing with it, but still being compassionate and understanding towards Rayla about why she felt this way so much because it reminded her so heavily of herself. How she had lived through the most darkest time of her life. How she felt lost, heartbroken, and alone after losing her sister, Sarai. She used to be and think the exact same way Rayla did. But having found love with Janai taught her how their love, loyalty, dedication, and commitment gave her the reassurance of how she was not alone. That it gives you the strength to trust and share your your burdens with someone who loves you, cares for you, who's devoted to you, and is always there for you. Then, passing her newfound wisdom and advice to Rayla and Rayla gaining a newfound understanding and reassurance while remembering their journey together was absolutely beautiful and incredible.

#the dragon prince #rayla #tdp spoilers #callum #amaya #tdp s5 spoilers #rayllum #beautiful and mesmerizing

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lobstermobster-95 · 10 months

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Down in the Wicked Depths Below

Woe to the man

The dark-eyed sailor

Ship’s adrift

And the sea’s his jailor

Drag him down

Down, down, down

Down in the wicked depths below

Woe to the man

The dark-eyed sailor

Ship’s adrift

And the sea’s his jailor

Drag him down

Down, down, down

Down in the wicked depths below

Lost at sea, the sailor cried

I will not die

The sea shall bow to me

“That was quite a display,” Finnegrin said as he rummaged through the piles of assorted junk on his desk. His gruff voice drowning out the singing voices of the crew on deck. “All that talk about how love makes you stronger, but the second you see that elf girl in pain, you completely lost yourself.”

Callum looked away.

The tidebound captain wasn’t wrong. Seeing Rayla like that – writhing and screaming in pain, skin turning blue as if she were already dead – it did something to him. Just like it always did something to him when he thought he’d lost her.

That spell had simultaneously caused a pain in Callum that was so deep that he couldn’t think or see straight. He’d forgotten any spells or tricks that could have helped him and instead did the only thing he could think of.

It had at least been a solid hit – something his younger self would be in awe of for several reasons. A lot of good it had done him though.

At that moment, Callum caught sight of Bait’s empty cage and for a terrible, brief second, thought perhaps the little guy had already been cast into the depths. However, Finnegrin stepped aside and revealed the glow toad had been crammed into another smaller cage.

“What are you doing?” Callum asked, feeling confident he already knew the answer.

“Oh, don’t worry. The cage is for his protection,” the captain replied with a smug smile. “This way, he lures us a leviathan but doesn’t get eaten.”

He crossed the room and stood before Callum, looking down at him with the black-hearted confidence of a man who had spilled more than his fair share of blood. “The one getting thrown into the sea serpent’s hungry mouth is your elf girl.”

He may as well have been strapped to an anchor and dropped into the sea for how quickly Callum became submerged in the crushing weight of dread and panic. He struggled against the chains that bound him to the post, but there was no give.

He couldn’t lose Rayla. Not again. Not ever again.

“No, no wait!” The words leapt from his tongue without his consent. “A dying breath, blood filled with hatred, and a unicorn horn. That’s the dark magic you want. Just…just let her go.”

They could deal with the ramifications. They would find a way to protect Domina Profundis, but Callum had to protect Rayla first.

A beat passed as Finnegrin paused in the doorway before he began to click his tongue in disappointment like a parent about to scold their child. “Oh, my poor lad,” he said. “That deal was no longer on the table.” He chuckled, pulling the door open and quickly disappearing through it, leaving Callum alone as he sunk even deeper into despair.

“No!” He called out to no avail. “No!”

Again he struggled and again the chains around his wrists did not budge.

Hot tears began cutting their way down his cheeks. This was really it. Rayla would die and a piece of him would die right alongside her. They had only just begun to truly mend their relationship. The last few weeks began replaying in Callum’s mind

Staying in his and Ez’s old, adjoining rooms had been his idea. After Umber Tor, he’d shed the last piece of the already-cracked and crumbling armor he’d built around his heart over the last two years. He’d opened himself back up to her, and it was wonderful. They’d often stayed up late during those nights, fretting over Ezran and the others or just talking like they used to.

Then they’d traveled to Lux Aurea, retracing the steps they’d taken together on that first world-changing journey. The route had been easier this time. There was no dragon egg to hide and protect, no duplicitous aid from Soren and Claudia, and no race to outrun an impending battle with Viren’s corrupted army.

And with the border open, the route itself had become more traveled, leading to amenities like the inn they’d stayed at. Seeing Rayla happy and at peace that night had filled Callum’s heart in a way it hadn’t been in two years. He’d wanted to kiss her again, to hold her and tell her he loved her.

Now he desperately wished he had.

He could hear shouts and thuds from above him and his heart began to pound. He didn’t have much time.

Looking around for something, anything he could use to free himself, Callum spotted it. The slug Finnegrin had offered as a dark magic conduit.

No. No he couldn’t. He wouldn’t.

He’d sworn to himself that he would never do dark magic again. It wasn’t him. It wasn’t who he wanted to be. He’d vowed to write his own destiny.

…But what would that destiny look like without Rayla?

The question seared his heart like a brand because he knew the answer immediately. Without Rayla, he had no destiny. If he allowed her to die when there was something, anything , he could have done to save her, the anguish would fester in his body like a blight and consume him from the inside out.

He would do anything for her.

Anything.

Pulling against the chains one last time, Callum reached out and grabbed the slug.

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The sunrise was beautiful, almost mockingly so after all that had happened the night before.

Callum sat at the base of the mast, feeling no modicum of triumph or elation at their victory. He felt like a liar, a sham. He was the first human mage to do primal magic and still he’d resorted to dark magic.

He thought he was better than this. But was he? Was he any better than Viren or Claudia if he would dirty his hands with the lives of innocent creatures if pushed far enough?

“So…” Came a voice through the fog. “Two primal sources? Now you’re just getting greedy, mister mage.”

Callum saw Rayla as she sat down next to him, felt the warmth of her living, breathing body, but he didn’t feel any less ashamed. If she knew what he’d done to save her, she’d be disgusted and furious, as she should be.

“Callum, are you okay?”

Was he? He let the question sink deep before nodding his head and letting his eyes finally unfocus from the abyss he’d been staring into.

“Yeah,” he said, pulling a smile up along with him. “Yeah, I’m okay. I am.”

He looked at Rayla as she smiled back at him, his heart feeling full and complete as she brought a hand up to his cheek.

“I’m glad,” she said softly.

She pulled him into a hug and Callum felt guilt wrap itself around him along with her arms. Below them, somewhere in the guts of the hull, two dark magic snakes now slithered and slunk because he’d brought them to life.

He’d broken his oath, and as Rayla sighed contentedly, holding Callum like she had when they’d first fallen in love, he knew that he would do it again in a heartbeat to save her.

And that’s what scared him more than anything.

#tdp #the dragon prince #tdp spoilers #tdp season 5 #rayllum #angst #i wasnt ready #stayed up all night #ahhhh

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raayllum · 7 months

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in honour of this post, tags on another of mine i cannot remember that talked briefly about Rayla's issues, and that I've talked about Claudia and Callum's moments of being hypocritical, now I want to actually talk about Rayla's hypocritical tendencies cause it's something S4 and S5 made a fun little consistency - let's dive in

Rayla can sometimes ignore (or react indignantly to) other people possibly having their own reasons/justifications because she's tunnel visioned into only thinking about her own justifications as uniquely warranted

Let me explain

The first time I noticed this was in 2x03, mostly because it was one of those moments that made me laugh even though it's not trying to be funny because

Cause Rayla, honey, you know you lied to them too ("lying and hiding the truth aren't that different") - and Callum forgave you for that and is still your friend. Why would Claudia and Soren be any different to him? (And they are, but not the point of this point).

Now, unlike Soren (who is the person they're primarily discussing), Rayla didn't lie outright, but she did lie by omission - much the same way Claudia did. And Rayla has known her own motivations all along - probably worried they might give up on their mission if they knew (especially at the start), and she doesn't want them to hate her, and most of all by this point in the show, she didn't want to hurt them ("I'm afraid of hurting him" / "when you care about someone, it's hard to hurt them").

This made sense to me in terms of Rayla being good at being initially (often times rightfully, sometimes not so) indignant on her own behalf. She is able to justify herself and does so often, both angrily - as the next examples will show - and more neutrally ("How could I take his life?"). She defends herself both physically and personally to Corvus ("I didn't kill anyone"), she smarts at Callum when he (rightfully) tries to push at her ("I don't have to explain anything to you"), and is mad at Ethari when they initially talk ("Yeah, it's me. Surprised to see my face?"). This initial defense of herself doesn't usually persist and typically gives way to self loathing ("I can fix this" / "I don't deserve your trust, not yet" / "They're right to reject me") but it is there at first and is usually her first reaction, which is very fun.

However, this coupled together with the other two instances arc 2 brings up in terms of her being kind of a hypocrite makes it a pattern, beginning in early season four. (Callum also isn't at his best in early season four, saying he doesn't want to talk about stuff and then bringing it up the next episode to take a jab at her - but he's still dealing with the fallout of the problems she caused, so he absolutely gets more of a pass. As always, see my In Defense of Callum's Narrative Lens from way back in the day if you're interested in more of how his perspectives are portrayed.)

Because gee, Rayla, I wonder whose fault that is? And again, it does make sense that she's angry - she's spent two years just wanting to be with him with none of the messy complex heartbreak he had to go through because she was the one who made the choice to leave. She expected him to at least shout at her, not ice her out completely. And again, we see that initial indignant streak fade when he reiterates he wants to go, and she looks down disappointed, but accepting of it (and puts whether she'll stay or not in his hands, too).

Since she had a good reason for leaving, and it's what her parents did, while she expected anger, she also wants affection and love. Isn't her justification enough, in some ways? Shouldn't it be? And while Rayla wrestled back and forth with this, it's clear she does think that it should be (even if both seasons show she's starting to realize just why she was wrong).

But we do see this hypocritical tendency of hers perhaps pop up most prominently in S5 with Nyx

Again, in Rayla's head, lying and stealing the key wasn't perhaps the right thing to do, but the better thing to do than burden Callum with what she was going through / to be open and vulnerable. It makes sense why she'd do so - and her shot at Nyx gets a tiny pass cause she's technically sticking up for Ezran - but it still falls back on Rayla leaning too heavily on her logic / independent streak to justify actions that are actually counterproductive to having healthy, wilfully open relationships.

And this is something I love about TDP. Even when the characters are genuinely making the worst possible fucking decisions they ever could (hi arc 1 Viren, Claudia and Karim constantly in particular) you completely understand how and why they're justifying those decisions, and Rayla is no different. Doesn't mean they're right, doesn't mean it's not logically stupid or fair or whatever, but it's emotionally consistent, and that's what matters most in the end. And now we have a fun little consistency to add to the pile

#in that vein of 'ezran can steamroll others bc the emotional solution is so obvious to him /#he suppresses the hell out of shit' spirit #tdp rayla #characterization #mini meta #analysis series #tdp #the dragon prince #like i love rayla but she's so full of shit sometimes lmao #analysis #like rayla really is a character where one of her core flaws is both #a lack of grounded self awareness amid too much self awareness #bc sometimes she's on the right path about her actual flaws (lying & leaving)#and other times she's so off base it's like girl what planet are you on this is Not one of your problems #steering her into the pile of actual flaws lmao #also why callum is good for her #'nah you're good. but that other dumb shit you did? jc"

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numptypylon · 4 months

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Downtime’s Up - Chapter 14

“Rayla?”

She didn’t answer him, couldn’t, didn’t… know what to say.

Any answer as to what she was doing out here would either be a lie or a hurtful, unnecessary truth.

Time passed, and he didn’t say anything else.

He also didn’t leave.

“It stopped raining?” she sniffed, suddenly realizing. But it hadn’t, the thunder was still roaring in the distance, the rain still splattering against the balcony around them.

It just wasn’t hitting her, an invisible dome hovering above, the raindrops bouncing off it, rolling to the side and dripping down.

“No,” Callum said, from behind her. “I could do that, changing the winds to move the rainclouds, but… it’s much harder, takes longer, and it’s better not to, the plants need it.”

“So you… did this?”

“Yeah.”

“Well, you can stop,” she said, tears forcing themselves out with the words. And she had just… no right to put this on him, no right at all to take what he, against all reason, was still offering her. “Stop… doing things for me… stop giving me the nicest-looking jellytart on the tray, stop shooing away the arseholes of the world before they have a chance to be shitty to me!” She had to make him go away so she didn’t have to leave, she had promised she wouldn’t- “Let me get rained on if I’m an idiot who goes into the rain! Stop protecting me! Stop going easy on me! Stop being so damn gentle!”

Read more of the fourteenth chapter of Downtime's Up on Ao3, wherein I find a way to make the rain umbrella concept lil bit angsty

#rayllum #rayla #the dragon prince #tdp #callum #numpty fic tag #downtime’s up

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zuppizup · 5 months

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The Christmas Break - Chapter 2

Summary: Callum wasn’t expecting much from his time spent in the mountains. Work in a soulless cafe, up-date his portfolio, and decidedly not ski.

That is until he runs into a particular instructor.

AO3 Link: The Christmas Break

Pairing: Rayla/Callum

Chapter: 2/3

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

“You, eh, managed to get home, okay?” Rayla asked, biting her lip, which only served to distract Callum more. “Yep.” He fixed his eyes firmly on hers and not on her mouth or her lips or whatever. He was doing terribly. All day practicing talking normally and actively to her, and it was like his brain forgot how to have a conversation. Drawing desperately on the various topics he had shortlisted as “useful”, he went with the one that seemed less jarring. “Is Soren okay?” Rayla chuckled, rolling her eyes. “Well, I’m not sure if I’d ever describe him as okay, but he did manage to get up for work today.” She smiled a little wider. “Though he did go with something a little less sickly than that whole gingerbread latte thing this morning.” “Probably for the best.” Callum found himself relaxing a little. He could talk about coffee. That was a relatively safe, normal subject. “Not a weird coffee guy?” Rayla asked, playing with the jacket in her hands. “Na, I don’t really like overly sweet things. Those weird lattes or, em, cakes and stuff.” Callum shook his head, turning up his nose a little at the idea of those sugary concoctions. “Just a latte kinda guy.” “Oh, em, well… maybe…” Rayla paused, her eyes leaving his and darting to the menu above his head. Shaking himself, Callum took a deep breath. He was getting too comfortable, obviously… waffling on about cakes. What was he thinking? “Sorry, em, what can I get you?”

The Christmas Break - Chapter 2

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bisexualenbyblueberry · 7 months

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Honestly I think that "Rayla is worse than both Aaravos and Viren combined" is the most fucking stupid and upsetting takes of the fandom. Because, as has been said before: RAYLA WAS A FIFTEEN YEAR OLD TRAUMATIZED GIRL WITH A FALSE SENSE OF DUTY FROM GROWING UP IN A WORLD THAT MAKES MURDER A RESPONSIBILITY WHO MADE ONE FUCKING MISTAKE. ONE. Sure, it was a big mistake. But compare that to the literal remorseless crimes of Aaravos and Viren's abuse, and the fact that he LITERALLY ATTEMPTED TO MURDER CHILDREN TO GET POWER, leaving your boyfriend to deliver justice really is not all that bad. And you know what? She apoligized! She undestands what she did ws wrong, and she fucking actually tried to fix burnt bridges! Aaravos didn't do shit! Viren hasn't talked to his son in years and didn't mention him at all during his redemption speech! Terry literally killed someone and none of you are calling him a terrible person/worse than Aaravos! So fucking leave her alone! Please!

#The amount of times I've seen this said is really concerning #like girl no Aaravos didn't do nothing wrong!! He took over the body of a seventeen year old!!#so sorry for angry rant this has just annoyed me so much #back to your regularily scheduled screaming crying throwing up soon #tdp #the dragon prince #tdp s5 #dragon prince #tdp season 5 #tdp spoilers #tdp terry #tdp rayla #tdp viren #tdp aaravos #tdp rant

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m4rs-ex3 · 9 months

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people always make silly little lists of characters' crimes which i love but i'm gonna do smth a lillllll different

tdp character trauma log 🫶✨

callum

lost his father at a Baby age (the perfect age actually; young enough to be very emotional and impressionable but old enough to have to process it)

was thrown into a drastically different + high-key terrifying environment at Baby Age

lost his mother--his comfort person, his only connection to his og life (besides amaya), and also just an amazing individual--leaving him alone in said environment

was constantly belittled for being bad at the thing he never asked to be

lost his stepfather aka his only parent left and experienced an array of regret over what he didn't do while harrow was alive

almost watched his little brother down/freeze to death

was betrayed by his childhood friend

endured a severe dark magic sickness + traumatizing fever dream

almost choked to death

watched his whole world jump off of the highest point in the world

almost died plummeting off of the highest point in the world

was abandoned by Love of His Life for several depressed years

was literally fucking possessed

was taxed with the decision between becoming a vessel for the most dangerous individual in the world to destroy everything and hurt everyone he loves OR essentially ending his life (a conclusion he himself had to come to)

was under the impression that Love of His Life was dead (and he never got to tell her what he wanted to)

almost died pt 3

almost died pt 4-5

bound and brutally beaten + electrocuted (?)

watched the most important person in the world to him mercilessly tortured within an inch of her life

almost lost her AGAIN and had to destroy his entire moral compass in order to save her

tortured

almost died 6: choked pt 2

rayla

where do i begin

well first off grew up in the silvergrove and hey moonshadow elves i love ya but oh dear god -promotes "strength" and stoicism over discussing your feelings and admitting to your weaknesses -so bound (literally) by duty and oaths that faltering results in either being good as dead or dead as dead -ETC

equipped with a debilitating phobia of water--a fear most would see as bizarre and silly and exceptionally irrational--in a culture that as previously mentioned shuns fear to all hell

was left by her parents and (despite them having a perfectly good reason) never really healed

almost drowned which was not helped by the phobia

almost ravaged by an ancient vampire

an ASSASSIN who has to KILL PEOPLE but is a WHOLESOME SWEETHEART

haunted by her "constant" mistakes; her strengths get wholly overshadowed by her weaknesses

told by the father figure she revered that she is a stupid baby useless idiot (roughly)

was flatly told by Father Figure he expected to kill her (to which she's just like "fr prolly" good god girl you are fucked)

had to not only sit and listen to, but conform to horrid stereotypes she's been haunted by since she was a kid

nearly slowly lost a hand (and just straight up accepted like ik this isn't the point but i feel the need to address when she does some insanely broken shit)

saw a person wither to dust before her eyes i feel like we forget about this

almost died like pt 4 ish i literally cannot keep track what counts and whats too minor a near death experience and why do i have to ask these questions

watched the love of her life (shut up harry styles) suffocate in his sleep in her arms

almost died pt 5-8 ?

i once again don't even know where to begin this time with her ghosting. linking this post again but tldr she didn't do anything wrong, she believed she did, her society not only confirmed these suspicions but god they pinned her with so much more, and she was told that actually no and what the fuck is she supposed to do with that u just told her everything she knows is wrong and that she actually has worth and she is not keen on that mindset

almost died 9? i include this one bc soulfangs are terrifying

cooly came to the conclusion that she deserved to die for her parents mistakes (and fully intended on doing so)

almost died jumping off the highest point in the world

suffered from persistent nightmares

almost drowned (the phobia once again did not help)

was nearly killed by the dead former co-workers she feels responsible for killing

forced herself to leave behind Love of Her Life and if you don't think that was the hardest fucking thing in the world for her

spent two, miserable years alone, getting beaten down again and again (mentally and physically,) plagued by her vendetta, haunted by all she lost, never knowing comfort, never knowing love, and probably so much worse that we don't even know woohoo!

thought that, after years of painful wondering, the parents she desperately wanted back were killed right in front of her

almost died pt who even fucking knows

almost died

was absolutely fucking brutally tortured (within an inch of her life) 😚✌🌸✨✨

almost died horrendously (she rlly couldnt catch a break that day)

had to choose between pushing her trauma to the absolute limit or hating herself for not protecting her friends

almost died

ez

motherless

couldn't make friends (for a reason no one would believe)

that's why yo [daddy] dead. dead as hell. what shoes [he] got on what shoes [he] got on in [his] casket

almost drowned/froze

had the pressure of surviving as an orphan ANDD being a fucking king forced upon him at the same time

felt responsible for thousands of lives

was imprisoned

was almost motherfucking impaled by scary adult

all that? yea he was like 10

therefore

grew up weird like his brother and rayla

probably almost died a lot of times

imprisoned again & was threatened and bared witness to his brother + his closest friend tortured (+ almost murdered)

almost murdered by someone he once trusted

prolly a lot more idk i was gonna include soren n claudia but i am so fucking exhausted THESE KIDS ARE SO FUCKED OML 😭😭

#uhh like for part 2 #dear god #callum #callum tdp #tdp callum #rayla #rayla tdp #tdp rayla #ezran #ezran tdp #tdp ezran #tdp #the dragon prince

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