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I haven't seen enough appreciation specifically for that one scene where Finnegrin threatens to cut off the hand of whoever stole his glow toads and everyone immediately tries to get him to pick them over the others in like... the most them way possible. Ezran immediately trying to do the selfless thing, Rayla showing her dark humor, Soren just advertising his hand because he knows his worth, and Villads immediately joining in and making the best of it. They're all so ride-or-die and it was kind of delightful how genuinely it confused Finnegrin
#the dragon prince#tdp finnegrin#tdp ezran#tdp soren#tdp rayla#tdp villads#tdp#tdp spoilers#the dragon prince spoilers#ray rambles
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listen I know we're rooting for "white hair streak" Callum as a symbol / effect of dark magic, and while I think it's more likely than the alternative, given that it has largely been Claudia (and Ziard's) territory thus far, I think we're underselling the tragic potential of Callum being given the corruptive face instead of a white streak
The facial / bodily corruption physically manifesting has solely been demonstrated through Viren thus far, who is Callum's primary foil (even if he, like many others, also has parallels with Claudia and her dark magic use in particular)
We know that just one spell can warrant the corruption (Viren received his after healing Soren) and require it to be hidden
Seeing the corrupted face of himself was enough for Callum to reject being a dark mage in 2x08, but as we know, neither that nor the threat of Aaravos was enough to make him not do it again in 5x08
Just as Viren's dark magic face informs his duality and how honest he's being with himself and others, if Callum wears his / in the lead up to his immediate second possession, it could show a similar erosion of identity (i.e. that Callum has lost himself physically and mentally due to the possession)
We also know there's a way to heal heavy dark magic corruption other than just Purification given the Mushroom mage's spell with Zubeia. Possible symbolism of Callum being returned to normal / uncorrupted and healed once he breaks free?
Viren's corrupted face, even though he covered it up, is something he links to Lissa ultimately leaving him. Meanwhile, one of S6's inversions will seemingly be Callum likewise going to extremes / following in Viren's footsteps, and Rayla being the opposite of Lissa in refusing to leave
#tdp callum#dark magic#mine#text post#s6 speculation#prompts#arc 2#like do i think this'll be canon? not really / not at all no. fic / fanart wise? fun to play around with#it was just red#rayllum#sort of#just consider ezran or rayla taking his face in their hands while he cries and promising that they still love him#that he's still himself and they know why he did it / forgive him and they're going to fix this for him#bc he's not alone and they'll make sure of it#tag ramble
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Obsessing over my crossover au (again)
Just planning out some chapters atm - mostly taking my time since this is a very self indulgent au lol
#bfb#tts#hilda netflix#the dragon prince#the owl house#inanimate insanity#fan ii#four bfb#hooty toh#cassandra tts#sprig amphibia#ezran tdp#crossover au#manifold magic madness au#im having a lot of fun with this hehe#cress rambles
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I feel like upon getting overstimulated and tired, Callum would hyper-focus on something momentarily irrelevant (maybe like his drawings?), and Ezran would just eventually zone out.
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He really took that advice to heart
(Sorry if someone’s already done this, I’ve been meaning to make this joke literally since before the season came out but I kept forgetting)
#tdp#Callum#ezran#Callum and ezran#tdp Callum#tdp ezran#the dragon prince#tdp season 4#tdp s4#tdp rambles with bj#(even tho it’s not rly a ramble)
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Methinks that Rayla will have to keep the peace between not just Callum and Runaan after the latter is freed and is adjusting to the major changes that occured over the course of his imprisonment but also consult Ezran about how he feels about the arrangement and the matter of Harrow's death.
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theyre really pushing this dark!callum thing and if it doesn't lead to some kind of "dark magic can be used ethically in moderation" thing then it's going to be so boring
#thunder rambles#tdp#day 7394 of waitin for them to add nuance to dark magic#cuz like. we did this in s2. he chose the sky arcanum. he has the sky arcanum. why would he ever use dark magic#oh ezran might die or something#thats be pretty. uh. well itd be interesting at least
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Ya all are sleeping on found family Corvus and Ezran
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TDP S4 E3
I understand Callum being reprehensive about Reyla coming back but it hurts my heart to see them like this.
I really missed Reyla, I love her accent it makes me very happy, and I just missed her.
The little creature's named Stella that's so cute I love it!
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they keep ruining Claudia's cute moments with fart jokes, and it just makes me so grossed out and disappointed.
I want normal jokes in my kids show god damn it!
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I love Rayla and Callum so much!
None of the common folk want progress?
SO, ITS THE OLD PEOPLE BEING CONSERVATIVE!
Why am I not surprised!
Lol the government lady looks so concerned, as she should be with Soren being the entertainment.
NOOOOOO THE TART
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Ooooh I like a good dragon horde
I like all the clothes I wonder what they're from like eras of dragon guard or armour of those thwarted. Either way they look really cool!
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People are assholes! Who would ruin a painting like that? that makes me so sad!
the dragons don't deserve that kind of disrespect...
SORAN YOURE NOT HELPING!
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THIS WHOLE SPEACH IS SO FUCKING COOL AND IT MIXING WITH THE FIGHT IS SO AHHHHH
Ez is so mature! I'm so proud of him.
Terry coming in clutch but also noooo I liked that character so much last season he was cool!
Also, terry should not be here. He's too good to be on Claudia's side I mean she already got him to murder someone. Not like in a manipulative way but in a he wouldn't be in this situation if she was around way.
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Love the fallen star title for Aaravos wonder what it alludes to how he came to be known as the fallen star and he's made of stars and the whole constellation stuff in the opening, I'm really curious to see how this goes.
I'm a history nerd if history was dragons and magic. I love knowing about world lore but if you give me a war book, I would be so bored.
Anyway, thanks for coming to hang out in the dumpster w/ me!
~Racoon 🦝
#the dragon prince: mystery of aaravos#tdp ezran#tdp callum#tdp rayla#tdp 4 spoilers#tdp aaravos#rayllum#tdp rayllum#tdp soren#tdp claudia#tdp terry#ramblings
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You have all these cool sunfire and skywing and moonshadow elves and everything, and then you have RAYLA AND CALLUM, the most boring designs in this entire show
#ill excuse ezran because hes like 10#but theres no reason for them to be this utterly boring#rayla is an elf and callum is a prince and they look like npcs compared to everyone else#mb's two am rambling
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For the record the knowledge of a two-year time skip is making me lose my mind the number of implications this has
New outfits
Late-teens Callum and Rayla
Darker tone
Twelve-year-old Aanya
Ezran has been king for two years
Zym is two years old
Soren and Claudia have been apart for two years
Amaya and Janai have had plenty of time to start dating
Runaan has been IN THAT FREAKING COIN FOR TWO YEARS
ETHARI STILL THINKS HE’S DEAD
#the dragon prince#tdp spoilers#tdp callum#tdp rayla#tdp ezran#tdp zym#tdp soren#tdp claudia#tdp amaya#tdp janai#tdp runaan#tdp ethari#ruthari#janaya#tdp#ray rambles#the dragon prince spoilers
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You think I've done awful things, and I have. But I'm not evil. It's me. You know me. I'm still the same person.
I actually think these lines / scene from Claudia is one of her most interesting in the entire show, so let's talk about it, beat by beat.
You think I've done some awful things, and I have.
This line, along with others from Viren (his "I had to" is another form of justification, and what's to justify if you done nothing 'wrong' or nothing to be blamed for?), i.e. "In the name of love, you will perform acts so unforgivable, you will never forgive yourself" as well as Claudia's explanation in 4x01 ("I had to do things... I never imagined I would be able to do" with tears in her eyes) and Terry's assertion ("I've seen you do a lot of awful things, dark magic things") is like... while Claudia still doesn't see the error, I'm willing to bet, with the bulk of her actions (elves and dragons are still clearly not wholly people to her), she's still done things that she considers awful. Things that crossed her previous moral lines, beginning, I'd bet, with the deer in 2x09, and that which only escalated from there.
Claudia still thinks she's a good person (which we will get to in a second, believe me) but she doesn't think she's squeaky clean. She knows, just as Viren knows (and just as Callum knows/believes) that she's done genuinely awful, terrible things.
A character feeling bad about doing something, or a character recognizing that something they've done is terrible ("It's horrific, Viren" "We have no other choice"), is not a get off scot free card in this show, and it never has been. Not for Claudia, and not for anyone else.
While Claudia has been manipulated by Aaravos, everything she's done is of her free will, and without lying to herself about the exact nature of them (even if there's still plenty she's in denial of like the plague, but I digress).
Claudia is like 5 different cognitive dissonances in a trenchcoat, but she's not stupid, either.
But I'm not evil. It's me.
This to me shows the mask slipping the post, because if there wasn't even a hint of possibility at being evil, you would feel no need to declare otherwise. I forget where I've said this before but Claudia cares (esp in arc 1, less so in arc 2 but it's not nonexistent) about being a good person. It's kinda like how Viren doesn't really care if he's good or not, but he wants to be important (matter). Bonus points for Claudia's hypocrisy/shields being worn down over time ("She kidnapped you and Prince Ezran, how can she be good?" -> attempting to do the exact same thing an episode later). She's cracking, but desperately trying to convince them (for mostly manipulation reasons) and herself (genuinely) that she's not, that instead...
You know me. I'm still the same person. I am.
TDP has always been very interested in identity, most notably for characters like Callum, Rayla, and Soren in arc 1, but it's fun to see it be expanded and interrogated further by looping Claudia in during arc 2. S5 and arc 2 places a lot of emphasis in particular on the idea of knowing yourself ("That's not my name. I am Elmer") or knowing others ("She's not the elf, she's Rayla") / preserving your sense of self in the face of change or hard circumstances ("But violence tests us" "Callum, you're the 'destiny is a book you write yourself' guy").
Claudia highlights this twofold. She asks the boys to know her, despite how much time and bad blood has gone by. She appeals to the many years of friendship they had in contrast to their few months turned years of being foes. It's barking up the wrong tree (Callum's Spellbook asserts that even as of s2/s3, "I feel like I don't know who she is anymore" on his end) but I am actually inclined to believe her.
This may be a misread, simply because from S1 but especially S2 onwards I always figured Claudia would end up precisely where she is now, so I don't know if it's the consistency influencing my judgement call possibly clouding more intense changes (she refused to use Harrow against the boys in 2x02, to a degree) but... I don't think almost anything Claudia does in S5 is something she wouldn't have done the bulk of in S1, other than threatening the boys, and she's done that multiple times by the time the end of S2 and S3 rolls around, most notably towards Ezran.
She's still the same person, but her circumstances and therefore her responses have gotten steadily, consistently worse. But this has always lived inside her. She's the same person (but worse), they know her and see her more clearly than they ever did before, and both of those things are precisely the problem.
#tdp claudia#dragons liveblogs#5x09#analysis series#eye motif#the dragon prince#tdp#tag ramble#reminds me of callum's assertion that 'not everything's changed' i.e. he's still as devoted to rayla as he always has been#since arguably 2x03 but i could argue for earlier#or even rayla and ezran and soren of like#by and large in arc 2 they are the same ppl they used ot be#but things are getting worse. so most of them are getting worse. and i think that's really interesting#negative character development/circumstance my beloved#altho rayla is getting better. For Now#one day i'll write a thing just about the claudia + viren eye motif properly
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New Crossover AU Chapter out!!
Would do some art for it but my tablet’s dead, oof
This chapter introduces group 2 of the lost adventurers- Glimmer, Ezran, and fan! (And technically hooty aswell but barely)
Chapter 3 coming soon :]
#manifold magic madness au#cress rambles#object shows#amphibia au#spop#spop glimmer#tdp#the dragon prince#tdp ezran#inanimate insanity#fan ii#hooty toh#fhshfhs i didnt intend for this to come out on final day so the toh tag will probs be swamped atm
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Good lord the humor in the dragon prince just Does Not Hit.
#and this is coming from me. Who LOVES weird and silly worlds mixed with serious things#please I cannot deal with fart and helly tarts joke please put me out of my misery#jen rambles#I will say. ezran hitting puberty but not getting a slight voice change was weird as hell
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reverse unpopular opinion on Ezran?
I love him so much! he's so precious and has a really good heart (as rayla says). he's the kind of male character that I love to see. it's gonna be very interesting to see how the forces that oppose him either change his personality or how he manages to remain unscathed. I really really like him <3
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feelings abt older callum
#he looks less dorky now :( wish they made him less spiky#excited to see how rayla and ezran look tho#rambles
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