So Sigmund Authen was in neurology, huh? Someone who deals with the brain and how it works. Which is probably necessary to have extensive knowledge about, if you were to ever manage to produce genuine telepathic abilities.
And he just so happens to be interested in the field of classical language, something Anya is inexplicably good at.
And he just so happens to have Spy Wars comic books on hand, something Anya has been a fan of, presumably, for quite some time, especially since her telepathy was (probably) meant to be used for espionage.
And then he ceases to seem like he has dementia as he's tutoring Anya. How convenient!
Nation's greatest treasure.
Looks like Albert Einstein.
Was introduced right around we got this special illustration
Twilight didn't catch anything suspicious, but then again, he doesn't always manage to, lol.
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Eclipse, when you say a guardian lives about 120 years, does that include the time before they become a guardian or does it start when it becomes official? Like if someone became a guardian at 30, would they technically live until they turn about 150 in total?
From creation to expiration. 120 years.
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why won't it hurt if you get hit by a 2 liter of coke?
because it's a soft drink
*chuckles* I've heard that one before, but thank you!
I have watched the Lord of the Rings trilogy with Donnie today.
It's funny how much I relate to Frodo nowadays... bearing this... burden...
"But there is some good in this world to fight for."
( ・ั﹏・ั)
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For some S4 positivity:
I am loving the different outlooks on Aaravos we are getting! I know people were/are ranting about how Zubeia did an exposition dump on Aaravos’s backstory. But we have to remember: a) the entire arc of s4-s6 is called the mystery of aaravos, not the season. and b) she’s a bias party who does not have all the information (and at one point, she did like him too. since he was “respected and loved by all” she’s not excluding herself from this, notably). in contrast with claudia’s words to soren during their conversation, it’s so *chef’s kiss.*
it honestly makes me excited to see what other views we’ll get on aaravos, and his true motives.
I also really enjoyed terry’s coming out to viren, viren’s panic attacks and how they were handled, claudia being a badass and no longer passive, and all of soren’s scenes. aaravos’s single scene in episode 4 was also 👌🏻 delicious. the new intro is also fun to listen & watch to! i love going back just to analyze it.
i’m sure i have more to say, but this is what i can think of off the top my head!
Right, like S4 pushes what we already knew (there was a mutual history of some kind between the Draconic Royal family and Aaravos) and then just amplifies it
Then we S4 we get hints at both of their perspectives on how they felt about each other personally
Like all we learned was that
Aaravos may have been involved in getting rid of the previous dragon monarch, Luna Tenebris. This is not confirmed.
Aaravos was likely involved in getting rid of Queen Aditti but we already knew that thanks to be the audience in 3x07
Aaravos has done what he did to Viren (and is doing to Claudia) many times across history. This doesn't tell us much of anything new, merely that his current machinations aren't anything new, either.
The Orphan Queen exposed his treachery in some way, according to Zubeia. The Key of Aaravos was symbolically or literally involved in doing so
Claudia confirms that Aaravos did, or at least tells humans that he did, give him magic through dark magic. This was implied all the way back in 3x01. Now it's confirmed
And... that's it. We still don't know exactly how the prison was constructed, or what crimes he was precisely imprisoned for, or what exactly he wants besides Zubeia and Soren's best guesses that are vague, but communicate intense destruction and upheaval. There's still plenty of mystery, but given that 1) this information had to be communicated orally to some degree (as Aaravos' name disappears when you read it) and 2) Zubeia has been alive for 300+ years to know what happened, even if her mate wasn't involved, I'd take this any day over only hearing from Aaravos himself, because that's about as untrustworthy as they come
It makes me think about how we hear about the death of the Dragon King and Zym over and over again. In 1x02, Rayla claims that humans attacked them unprovoked and Callum doesn't dispute it, even if we only learn in 2x05-2x06 this isn't true at all, thanks to his mother's dead at Thunder's hands. We're led to believe in the 1x01 intro that something rivalling an army took Avizandum down, and then learn in 3x06 that it was literally just Viren and King Harrow with two big dark magic spells that are extremely rare and powerful to manifest. We learn about Rayla's parents fleeing in 1x05 and only get the truth of how that encounter (and how indeed how Viren played into it, after it was hinted in 1x08) played out in 3x08. The show loooves to recontextualize and build to / add to things and perspectives over time. At this point I don't think they have to spell it out
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