#Bait the Glow Toad

[stacescotty-art]

I couldn’t resist these cuties.

#the dragon prince #glow toads #the dragon prince bait #bait the glow toad #baby glow toads #the dragon prince season 5 #the dragon prince fanart #digitalart #procreatedrawing

[disneyfanatic1993]

💛Glowtads🩵

These little guys were such an adorable surprise in the new season of @dragonprinceofficial ! I can’t wait to see more of them! (But poor Bait…😜😂)

#the dragon prince #dragon prince #the dragon prince fanart #dragon prince fanart #the dragon prince fandom #dragon prince fandom #bait fanart #bait the glow toad #glow toad #glow toads #baby glow toads #glowtads #rayllum #callum and rayla #callum x rayla #dragon prince season 5 #the dragon prince season 5 #netflix #netflix fanart

[wheretwofacesmeet]

#the dragon prince #through the looking glass #callum #high mage callum #king ezran #prince azymondias #zym #rayla #soren #Bait the Glow Toad #dragon's lair #storm dragon #crownguard #moonshadow elf assassin

[konmaao3]

Has someone already tried kissing Bait to see if he'd turn into yet another prince?

#only now wondering if they chose a glow toad for The Dragon Prince because of this whole frog prince thingy #the dragon prince #tdp bait

[sexually-confused-goblin]

Have you met Bait? Say hello to my little friend.

(Ezran, The Dragon Prince S1E2)

I made an earring with our favourite Grumpy Frog and the baby Glow Toads out of polymer clay and acrylic paint :) I love Bait, and the Baitlings Sneezles, Hat and Jellybug were just so adorable😍

To anyone struggling with dried out polymer clay, like I did (because mine was apparently so old even the one in its original packaging dried out), here is what worked for the Fimo I used: Crumble it into small pieces, add a drop or two of vegetable oil to those bits and then knead it for a while (I recommend gloves for that). Repeat this until you believe it's soft enough to work with :)

#the dragon prince #tdp #fanart #tdp fanart #tdp bait #glow toads #baitlings #polymer clay #earrings #diy

[ftvs-cm45]

A Rough Start That Leads to an Incredible Discovery

Callum Meets Rayla

Rayla Meets Ezran

Discovering the Egg of the Dragon Prince

#the dragon prince #animated gif #tdp callum #tdp rayla #tdp ezran #tdp bait #Youtube #painting #dragon egg #glow toad #elf #moonshadow elf

[blubberingblobmonster]

This is what i expect tdp season 5 to be like:

#if this doesn't happen I will riot #pure comedy #callum tdp #soren tdp #tdp season 5 #tdp #rayla #rayla tdp #nyx tdp #the dragon prince #the dragon prince season 5 #tdp ezran #I can just imagine how hard Bait is going to laugh or atleast do the glow toad equivalent of a laugh #Nyx would probably join him #and everyone else would feel a bit bad about Callum especially Ezran #Nyx would be like “A free lightning rod? Well don't mind if I use it!” #she so would

[dragonprincequotesimadeup]

#tdp #the dragon prince #dragon prince #tdp spoilers #tdp s5 #tdp sneezles #tdp hat #tdp jellybug #tdp bait #tdp baitlings #glow toad #plush #merch #tdp merch

[escapeaddict]

Finnegrin could've at least had something plot relevant worth risking lives for

#unless #please no #I'll accept their plot relevance when they're blinding enemies #if glow toads save the universe i will lose my shit #but saving the world I'll only accept if they need to be sacrificed #because i am so tired #of the “oh no we left bait behind” thing #the dragon prince #tdp #glow toads

[wheretwofacesmeet]

#the dragon prince #tdp callum #rayla #don't do dark magic kids #moonshadow elf #prince of katolis #sky mage #ezran #azymondias #Bait the Glow Toad

[ms-poltergeist]

TWO YEARS . two years . TWO FUCKING YEARS . SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY DAYS . 525600 MINUTES TIMES TWO . IM GOING BONKERS

#I NEED TO SEE EZRAN RN #AND RAYLA #pls short hair rayla gimmie gimmie gimmie #FUCK GOD. #IS SHE EVEN LIKE . PRESENT ?? #WHATS THE SOCIAL CLIMATE AROUND ELVES AND HUMANS #HAVE OTHER HUMANS CONNECTED 2 ARCANUMS THE WAY CALLUM HAS #WHAT DOES EZ LOOK LIKE #WHAT DOES ZYM LOOK LIKE #HOW FAST DO DRAGONS AGE IS HE A BIG BOY #oh my god is bait alive how long do glow toads live #i want someone to be trans . the crow guy should be the crow lady now or something #IS CORVUS STILL AROUND I NEED TO SEE HIM #i dont think the adults designs will change all that much #BUT I STILL WANNA SEE HIM #clauds n soren have been apart 2 years :( #God soren …… I need to see him also like rn #how is lujane honestly . love her wanna see my queen #also hate the implications of runaan being in that coin for 2 FUCKING YEARS #free my mans #i know they won’t but it would b so funny if ethari got a new boyfriend #and then runaan finally gets out of the coin #and is like wow can’t wait to return to my husband #pls god show me ezran goodnight #i managed to forget #the dragon prince #tdp spoilers #tdp #the dragon prince spoilers

[lobstermobster-95]

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.

~

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

[jelzorz]

161.

The trip home is pretty quick, but after Aaravos' prison is safe in their hands, and they can rest easy, at least for now, Ezran sits away from the others and plays the journey over in his mind—and what a journey it's been.

Ezran's pretty used to danger now. He will never forget their first adventure: the smoke wolves, the avalanche, the ice, the illusions, Pyrrah, Xadia, the Battle of the Storm Spire—it's so easy to lose track of but he remembers it all in vivid detail, and he was nine then, and far too young to have been in those situations to begin with. Then there was the journey they took to see Rex Igneous, and those were filled with Earthblood elf bandits, and cave monsters, and more dragons, cave-ins, and again—too much, too young, and like, it's fine, and he always comes out fine but—

He looks at the yellowing bruise under Callum's eye, and catches the way Soren winces and clutches his ribs when he moves too quickly, and dreams of Rayla dangling over the mouth of a sea leviathan, and those things are... Not fine. Not even a little. Because yeah, danger is part of an adventurer's job, but the danger his friends were in were not because they were on the adventure—they were because of him.

He'd thought, at the time, that it was barbaric to use baby glow toads as bait for Leviathans, and it felt like the right thing at the time, but what had it cost? Rayla had almost died, and Callum won't say the word, but he knows Finnegrin tried to torture him into dark magic, and Soren took hit after hit after hit, and for what? For him. For stealing three baby glow toads that he could probably have just bought if he'd been a bit better prepared. There were other ways, other avenues he should have considered, and instead—

He looks at the pile of glow toads in his lap and swallows, picturing his friends, his family, bruised and in danger all over again, his gut writhing with shame.

"You okay?"

That's Soren. He looks up at him and offers him a grin that doesn't reach his eyes. "Fine," he says. "Just thinking."

"You gotta be thinking about something pretty sad to lie to me that badly." Soren twitches his lips at him, wry but kind, and sits down, feet dangling over the ocean through the balusters. "Go on. What's wrong?"

Ez sighs and ducks his head. "Sorry," he mumbles. "Everything with Finnegrin was my fault. And you, and Callum, and Rayla... you shouldn't have gotten hurt like that."

"I mean." Soren laughs. "I've had worse."

"No you haven't."

"I broke my back once. I've definitely had worse." He smirks, far too smug for someone with broken ribs. "I did that for the wrong reasons, though. That sucked. This time?" He picks up Hat, his favourite, and sets the glow toad on his head. "Worth it. Would do it again."

"Soren..."

Soren gives him a look, far sterner than Ez thought he was capable. "Don't," he says. "Seriously. I'm not going to let you feel guilty about this. Everybody makes mistakes, and maybe stealing these little guys wasn't the best idea but, like—" He pauses like he's looking for the right words. "We'll do dumber things in the future, I'm sure of it, but we're never going to regret them if we're doing them for the right reasons. You're the right reason. Okay?"

"But I mean—"

"Ezran."

Ez ducks his head. "I just don't want you guys to get hurt because of me."

"Better than you getting hurt because of us." Soren ruffles his hair affectionately. "You're the king. And you're Ezran. We'll do what we have to do, the same as you would for us. It happened. You're forgiven. It's all good." He nudges Ez and winks, even as Hat slips off his head and over his face.

Ez snorts. "Yeah. I guess. Thanks Soren."

(He wonders, inwardly, if that's his cue to forgive himself and he understands, for the first time, why it's so hard, and why some people never do).

#in anticipation #soren&ezran brotp #i mean #hes been thinking about it since #tell me im wrong go on

[bisexualenbyblueberry]

I think the one thing that unifies us as a society is the love of Bait the glow toad. People love Bait. I've met people who haven't seen the show who, when I bring up TDP for the first time, answer with 'Oh, is that that show with the little frog guy? I love him. He's so cute.' Hell, even my younger cousin, who's one of the show's biggest haters ('It's unrealistic' this, along with his claim that a single episode of The Office is better than the entire LOTR franchise, leads me to belive that he doesn't understand the fantasy genre), told me in complete honestly that if Bait were to be killed off, he'd cry. People around the world just really, geniunely love Bait and I'm living for it tbh

#the dragon prince #tdp #tdp s5 #dragon prince #tdp season 5 #tdp bait #tdp book 5

[willowshimmer]

My entire reaction to season 4 of The Dragon Prince Mystery of Aaravos

- Claudia at first I was like "aw" then when she tricked Rayla into thinking she threw the coins I was like "FUCK YOU" but then when Terry convinced her to give them I was like " YES GO MY FAVORITE TRANS BOY"

- GIVE ME MORE SCREEN TIME FOR SOREN

- Claudia be like " Guess what I have a boyfriend now unlike you" and Soren's like "JOKES ON YOU I HAVE A BOYFRIEND AND HIS NAMES CORVUS"

- Give me more Rayllum content

- STELLAS SOOOO CUTE

- and Zym

- I LOVE ZYMS MOM SHE'S THE BEST

- Janaya

- My reaction to the Janaya proposal "YESS MY FAVORITE LESBIANS"

- Fuck you Karim

- I hope Viren gets a bit more of a redemption arc but after what happened I don't think there's gonna be more of that

- kinda want to know what the 7 cakes of Xadia are sounds delicious

- I LOVE JANAYA CONTENT

- My fav trans boy Terry

- Really hoped there'd be more Rayllum

- We only get to see Aaravos for a couple minutes when the season is literally called Mystery of Aaravos bruh😑

- Can we get Runaan reuniting with Ethari PLSSS

- YESSS RAYLA GOT THE COINS THEY CAN BE FREE!!!

- I love everyone's new designs

- Soren being my favorite himbo

- Soren and Corvus are really giving me "meet my dumb himbo boyfriend" vibes this season and they are really fruity this season

- I really like N'than like he seems really nice

- I love how Zym doesn't want to eat his vegetables relatable

- I really don't like Karim

- I love how Viren isn't even bothered that his daughter is dating a trans elf

- Claudia really gives me asexual vibes

- I love how they kept the fact that Ezran can still talk to animals

- BAIT MY FAVORITE GLOW TOAD

- DESTROY THAT CUBE

Overall I liked this season just wish we learned more about Aaravos's past and I need more Rayllum content

#tdp zubeia #tpd spoilers #the dragon prince #sorvus #claudia #rayllum #callum #king ezran #the dragon prince viren #the dragon prince season 4 #the dragon prince zym #transgender #queen janai #general amaya #janaya #tdp soren #tdp fandom #tdp amaya #tdp season 4 #tdp rayla #aaravos #mystery of aaravos #tdp terry