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randompoetemogirl · 9 months

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Okay, so everyone’s talking about the reaction Ezran and Callum are gonna have when Runaan’s freed from the coin, and I think I’m one of the few people who genuinely think that Runaan should apologize, but should not be punished in any way.

Firstly, is everyone forgetting it was the Dragon Queen herself who ordered for Ezran and King Harrow to be killed? It’s not like Runaan made the decision by himself to risk the lives of his comrades and surrogate daughter to kill the king and prince. I’m honestly surprised that the show has glossed over this so much. Runaan was literally just doing his job and if he didn’t he risked losing an arm.

Secondly, people like to forget that King Harrow himself said that he DESERVED his death. HE was the one who crossed the border, and blamed the Dragon King later for his wife’s death. Granted, he was emotionally manipulated by Viren, but that doesn’t excuse a thing. Then, when he was given the chance to go home, he didn’t and killed the literal king of dragons. Then, instead of insisting that they just go the heck home, he let Viren go up the Storm Spire, which led to the egg being stolen which led to his life being taken and Ezran being put in danger. If this was all from Runaan’s point of view and we didn’t see King Harrow be a father to his sons, we would WANT for him to be killed. If anything, Runaan was more justified in killing Harrow and Ezran than Harrow was in killing the Dragon King. There was already a war going on, it really wouldn’t make sense for the Moonshadows elves NOT to go to Katolis after their king and prince were killed. Like, were they supposed to be fine after their enemy made an attack on their country?

Thirdly, I don’t think Runaan realized he was going to kill a child. When Rayla first broke into the palace, she took Callum’s word for it when he said he was Ezran, meaning she had no idea what he looked like. Remember, Ezran was 10, Callum was almost 15, so they weren’t even aware of his AGE. If they had of known that, Rayla would have immediately called bull, killed Callum on the spot and start searching for Ezran. I’m not saying Runaan WOULDN’T have killed Ezran, but there’s a chance he would have at least reconsidered it.

Fourthly, Runaan still wanting to kill Ezran and refusing to call off the mission is arguably out of character for him, but I’ll discuss that in part two of this.

Part two: https://www.tumblr.com/randompoetemogirl/726232640206913536/part-one?source=share

#Runaan #Ruthari #JusticeForRuthari #TDP #The dragon prince #Ezran #Callum #Rayla

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randompoetemogirl · 9 months

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Quick question:

What the heck is the actual point of Rayla’s parents. So far, we’ve only ever heard them speak once in the whole series, and only see them with Rayla in The Bloodmoon Huntress, when she was a CHILD. Rayla is closely approaching her 20s and yet still feels an undying love for them even before she finds the coins. Keep in mind she didn’t find the coins until season 4. Now, I’m not saying Rayla can’t still love her parents.

But I want to see anger.

It’s perfectly reasonable for Rayla to resent her parents for leaving to go join the dragon guard, even after finding out that they didn’t run away. It’s not their fault, but they still didn’t raise their child, Runaan and Ethari did. Which is why Ethari’s choice to ghost Rayla doesn’t make sense, because he was essentially banishing his own child.

Now, there is a theory that Redfeather is Ethari’s mother who was banished and the reason he banished Rayla is because he learned from a young age that even family could commit crimes. This is a good theory, but considering how the writing’s been going, I doubt they’ll go down this route, and even if they do, this theory stems from a side story that isn’t even in the show. So if it comes true, a lot of people who haven’t read the side stories are going to be confused seeing this random elf show up.

My main point is, Rayla and the rest of the moon fam have been severely screwed over.

#the dragon prince season five #spoilers #Runaan #Ethari #Ruthari #Moonfam #Lain #Tiadrin #Rayla #JusticeForRuthari

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randompoetemogirl · 9 months

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Part one: https://www.tumblr.com/randompoetemogirl/726226415712927744/okay-so-everyones-talking-about-the-reaction?source=share

Part two of why Runaan deserves no punishment when he gets out of the coin:

So in the comic, Runaan discusses how he only kills to protect life and how in order to take a life one has to value life because that’s the balance of things.

This contradicts show Runaan. Even though he still has a high sense of honor, he was still willing to kill Ezran after finding out there was a more peaceful alternative. You could argue that he would still want Harrow dead, considering all that he had done, but Ezran is a CHILD.

I feel like Wonderstorm wasn’t planning for us to become so attached to Ruthari. I also feel like they didn’t properly flush out Runaan’s character until much later, and so they came out with The Bloodmoon Huntress. I feel like they did the same thing with Ethari, but I’ll discuss this in a later post.

It honestly would have been more interesting for Runaan to try and call off the mission, only for the other assassins to be too afraid of going back home disgraced and kill King Harrow anyways. Forcing Runaan to go with Rayla, Callum, Ezran, and Bait to return Zym. Or Runaan tries to call off the mission but when the other elves don’t listen, he has to fight his own comrades to stop them from killing Ezran, letting the gang escape and causing him to be captured and King Harrow is still killed. This way, we still have the plot of Runaan being stuck in the coin, but Ezran and Callum have a reason to forgive him. Because not only he fought against those he cared for and trusted to do what was right, he was also willing to let his binding take off his arm. This is more like the Runaan Wonderstorm wants us to see, a Runaan willing to do what is right and honorable.

This is just one of the examples of how season four wasn’t the only season with bad writing, it’s just that it wasn’t as bad. Like for instance, Moonshadow elves become near invisible on a full moon, yet everyone BUT Runaan died. How were the guards even able to see what they were fighting? Why did everyone assume that Rayla was a traitor and that she wasn’t just the sole survivor? People already knew that Rayla was like a daughter to Runaan, so it’s not unreasonable to assume that he would have died to keep her safe. Also, it just proves that if Rayla had listened to Runaan, sat on that rock, and they had all died, she would have been ghosted anyways. Runaan should KNOW THIS. He’s been in this line of work for years, so why in the world would he make her sit this one out? Actually, why would he send her alone to kill that guard knowing full well that Rayla had never killed anyone? Wouldn’t it make more sense to make Rayla prove herself capable of killing someone before she goes on a mission that dictates the future of Xadia?

This isn’t Runaan being a bad person, this is Runaan falling victim to bad writing. And it’s not just Runaan. Why would King Harrow have the cube with all primal sources on it at a winter lodge? What if one of the boys had gotten careless and lost it? Why wouldn’t he have someone retrieve and give it to Callum when he gave him the letter? Why was Viren just able to say that the princes were killed even though there’s definitely guards to contradict his story and he’s not even having a funeral for them? How come Callum and Ezran didn’t hear about King Harrow’s death sooner? Aunt Amaya didn’t tell them for some reason, and you’re telling me that not once they didn’t hear a passing comment about the king of Katolis not getting a proper funeral? Why are we in season five and Rayla STILL hasn’t killed anyone despite having to fend for herself for two years? Why is Zubeia happy to see elves and humans together after she ordered the death of King Harrow and his son? Why is nobody talking about how she wanted Ezran dead? Why are so many people willing to give Zubeia a pass and not Runaan?

Speaking of giving people a pass, Callum let Rayla off way too easy. I’ll talk about that more in part three.

#Runaan #Ethari #Ruthari #tdp season 5 #the dragon prince season 5 #the dragon prince #Rayla #Callum #Ezran #Harrow #JusticeForRuthari

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