#TDP fix it

[m4rs-ex3]

ALLLL RIGHTY YALL

if u haven't already seen.............. guys i was late i was fucking late for the panel give me a break

BUT here is a play by play of everything from the second i got in

[A GOOD CHUNK OF THE SECRET SCENE] if you saw this post within the first few *hours you got to see but you know what? they got to me i don't wanna be the snitch (i did on accident but its the though that counts)

opeli is being led blindfolded (which we see from opeli's pov. riveting visuals i tell you) by soren to the ✨secret meeting location✨

when she comments on the fact that it is literally just callum's office soren shuts her up bless him

opeli's like "DID BAIT GIVE BIRTH??!?!?" and soren's like no these are "rescue baits" and opeli gives them the greatest fucking look i can't even describe it to you

you've seen that leak "look it's the pearl :D""WHA""yep he's in there :)))))"

rayla says it like "per-al." just thought you should know

soren suggests forming a Fellowship of the Pearl and going to throw it into a volcano i fucking hate this show

they're all debating what to do with it meanwhile the most cryptic-ass shots of callum with the pearl like we get it he's fucked (i take it back i want more)

they finally get to him and he's like "uh????? destroy it obviously?????"

he suggests--and these are 100% his words (not actually cuz u know but its the general idea)--"smash it? throw it off a cliff? take a big ol axe and just--KA CHOP." i love him so much

rayla asks how they know it won't just release him

the way callum is so confused and conflicted and he just says "i... i don't know" oh my god by precious baby

cool ass top-down to the pearl whirlpool esq transtion into the next scene hello??

zym is being emo at a painting of his mother (the one from 4x03 yeah they just stitched that shit up it's all good)

ezran's like. huh. we oughtta do smth abt this

callum is Thinking Thoughts on the turrets(?? yk where soren does his lunges) and tossin the rune cube when he sees the star rune light up......................................

it's stella stella's there and the way he reacts to her is so precious 😭 he's not the step dad he's the dad who stepped up type shit

enter rayla "they told me u would be up here brooding"

(in a tragic turn of events the rayllum of this scene had my brain fuzzy so i can't remember a few chunks here and there have pity my brain has rotten)

callum's like "we have to do something i'm scared he's gonna use me. i know what we need to do ok we need to go to the starscraper"

it's honestly hilarious the way he says "and *WE.* should go" he's like "don't be gettin any ideas now this is an us thing"

and then ohoho "they have something there for you, too" (THAT was an exact quote)

he's like "PLSPLSPLS i've studied star magic i know the spells i know the runes i just need the quasar diamonds!! LET ME FREE UR PARENTS AND RUNAAN PLEAAAASSSSEEEE"

rayla is veryyyyyy opposed she's like "NO i want to help my parents as much as you"--honestly i don't think ANYONE wants to as much as him--"but i don't want my biases to affect that" BIASES?!??!! like that was the word she used i can't stop thinking about it

zym has entered his wolf child era his ass is HOWLING at the moon

soren hears him and goes "aww little guy misses his mom :((( sometimes i wonder where my mom is...." WHAT AWHAT WHAT AWHAT PJARDON SAY IT AGIAN YOU WAHGTS SAY IT AGIAND HUAH HUWH A

ok. yeah callum does not have pajamas BUT I THINK WE HAVE BIGGER ISSUES HERE????????????? HE WAS SLEEPING IN HIS OFFICE

THAT COUCH THING THAT THEY WERE ON WHEN RAYLA CAME BACK IN 4x03???? HES JUST SLEEPING ON IT I CANT MY GUY WHAT R U DOINGGG

in other news

bruv is tossing and turning and then just. ~stops.~ this can only mean good things (i think you know where i'm going with this)

he sits up. hobbles over to the door. there was a really cool transition (can u tell i respect the cinematography) and he's in the cellar holding the pearl.

he wakes up in aaravos' prison and is like "well this looks neat!" until he sees the mirror and screams and wakes up. when he realizes where he is he goes "what have i done" dude you fell asleep?? god he's never sleeping again (<- me when i lie 😈)

the description we got of this next scene did NOT do it justice it was fucking incredible

callum kicks down the fucking door (not actually) screaming for rayla

rayla TUMBLES OUT OF BED ON TO THE FLOOR, pillows in hands and unafraid to use them

"WHOA. HEY HEY ITS OKAY ITS ME! it's just me rayla. it's me. callum" i feel like he was saying the same 5 words for 7 hours it was beautiful

rayla: "callum?? jeez i could have-" *looks at pillows*

callum giggles the cutest fucking giggle and says something along the lines of "yeah, it would've hurt real bad :)"

oh yeah DE-LAYERED PONYTAIL RAYLA CONFIRMEDED??!?!?!?!?!

she sits back on the bed and my guy KNEELS DOWN AT THE CORNER OF THE BED TO PICK UP HER STUFF BEFORE HE SITS DOWN NEXT TO HER and they say chivalry is dead romance was birthed and ended with this scene

he tells her about it and she goes "callum, you're exhausted. you had a nightmare. if i thought you were in any real danger you know i would-" and then ironically i forget the same line that the person from nycc did wouldja look at that

can i just mention how close they were sitting in this scene i mean i jsut thikn i should mention hwo clo

yada yada he has a lightbulb and runs off with her blanket

the iconic "i know stella.. he took our blankie :("

god knows why barius is up in the middle of the night whispering sweet nothings to his jelly tarts

callum comes in with a certain proposition mwuhahaha

rayla comes into his office and sees his aesthetic ass sewing by fireside and graciously says "ah i get it! you're taking your mind off things by peacefully knitting" so iconic for both of them

callum explains that he's stitching runes to create a protection spell when barius comes in with the """"""""pearl""""""""""

rayla DIVES in front of callum and says "what r you doing get that thing AWAY from him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" she got SO protective SO fast it was blessed

callum's like au contraire 😈

ok so obviously we had all heard about the fake pearl but. you know that one guy who makes insane sculptures out of nothing but chocolate? that's what they did the pearl is brown sludge with a candy coating 💀 i'm losing my mind that is so funny to me

so yeah with the decoy out the real pearl is protected by--and callum literally said this--"a magic blankie >:)"

he also pops in to tell ez and omg GUYS BAIT HAS HIS OWN LITTLE ROYAL CANOPY BED ITS SO FUCKING CUTE

dawn in the courtyard--ez is saying goodbye to soren, zym, and pyrrah who are going to look for zubeia (i almost just typed zendaya i need sleep) and callum and rayla who r going to the starscraper

my roman empire is this: callum was acting all eepy and then when they get going hE RESTS HIS HEAD ON RAYLA'S BACK AND FALLS ASLEEP. I CANNOT FUCKING MAKE THIS UP IT WAS PHENOMENAL SHE LOOKED SO FUCKING HAPPY I I I I I I HAKJSDHFKJASHFDKJHSADKFHKJASHFIHASEKFH

on a slightly lower note

scene from teaser except they did cut a couple lines in the teaser. mainly just terry going "didn't see you there,, cuz i was asleep. with my eyes closed"

he does not in fact get impaled but claudia tells him she's gonna leave him first and does just that

as she's going omfg terry's cries and pleas and "I LOVE YOU"s and "I WILL WAIT. I WILL WAIT HERE FOR YOU" was absolutely insane idk what was in the air in that recording studio but shout out to ben

i am so tired goodbye!

#SO SORRY i couldn't get this out last night #but here she is #tdp s6 #tdp s6 spoilers #tdp spoilers #tdp wondercon #tdp #the dragon prince #*thought i fixed it within minutes but iiii did not💀

[raayllum]

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

[self-spaghettification]

so this was infantis sanguine right

(finally posting this meme hejhwfajhw)

#Guess who has 4 fingers and is too lazy to draw puffs wings/didn’t get the chance bc I forgot I had the post queued 🥰 #Anyway if you saw this before no you didn’t. Post fixed now!!! #self spaghettification #the dragon prince #viravos #tdp crack #tdp art #tdp memes #my art #50

[imminent-danger-came]

[id: a drawing of callum from the dragon prince. he looks scared at the viewer. one of his eyes is normal and the other is white with possession. his hands loosely cover his face. lightning shoots behind him. end id]

Nothing but trouble

#hahah eheheh hohohoh #Thank you season 4 #Sorry Callum I've never drawn you so sad #I really struggled on deciding colors here #I've been unhappy with my coloring/shading on all of my pieces recently #Nothing an Aaravos eye can't fix just look at that isn't it angsty #tdp #the dragon prince #tdp spoilers #tdp callum #tdp art #tdp fanart #the dragon prince art #the dragon prince fanart #art #my art #i LOVE naming pieces baller quotes it's my favorite pass time #I need to do lineart like this more often I really like how this turned out

[0multifandomweirdo0]

Hear me out: Callum kissing Rayla's scars

#thats it #it would be so cute #it would fix me quicker than therapy #im not okay #neither is Rayla #she needs therapy #and Callum kissing her #the dragon prince #tdp #rayllum #the dragon prince mystery of aaravos #tdp rayla #tdp callum #tdp rayllum

[wofdesignhub]

#fjord #icewing #arc 1 #tdp #had to fix him #he looked… off

[beautifulterriblequeen]

If S6 leads Callum further down his dark path by having him talk to Kpp'Ar about how to free Rayla's family from their coins

If Stella stole Kpp'Ar from the dungeon when we weren't looking

If Callum has to endure a dark magic nightmare to make contact

If part of the deal is freeing Kpp'Ar too

If Ezran doesn't learn about the coins until it's too late to stop his father's killer from returning

If his brother endured pain and corruption for love and family and all it does is set Ezran against him for siding with the assassin who killed his dad

If the first time Ezran sees Runaan again he has a slow mo murder strut with his bowblade in his hand and the little king breaks and runs again

If the sweet gentle boy who just wanted peace becomes the furious, terrified king who musters his mighty will and heaves the machinery of the cycle back into motion

#tdp speculation #tdp angst #ezran #callum #runaan #harrow #tdp #i need my angst fix it's been too long

[stuck-in-jelly]

Maybe I’m delusional but I cant be the only one who believes that the “Rise Again” short story is a parallel to what must’ve happened when Lisa realized what Viren “had to do” to save their son.

Pretty consistently we see that Claudia is a parallel to her father meanwhile more subtly we see Soren as a parallel to his mother.

I believe it is strongest in the scene where Soren makes the decision to runaway and he tries to ask Claudia to come with him. Claudia shakes her head overwhelmed with whats going on and begging Soren to not make her choose between him and their father, much like when their parents asked her to choose which parent she’d stay with.

And so, just like their mother, Soren chooses for Claudia. Telling her goodbye.

I feel like it is especially reinforced with these images.

With that established i want to clarify my thoughts on exactly what happened to Soren when he was a kid.

I know a lot of people believe Soren didn’t actually die and instead was just really sick and about to die but between the symbolism of being turned to stone=death and how whatever spell he did crossed a line even his Mentor wouldn’t to the point of getting into a physical altercation I believed Soren actually died.

It seems to me that to at least to some degree this was resurrection. But why it didn’t require a blood of his child?

Soren was young and small and probably not dead for very long unlike Viren who had been dead for TWO YEARS.

But now onto ‘Rise Again’.

Of course the spell Claudia used wasn’t as strong as bringing something to life. She didn’t actually bring back a dead cat she was just animating cat ashes into the form of the cat she loved but regardless other she and Soren treat it as if the ashes were truly the cat and not a puppet Claudia made. But these snippets stuck out the most to me

If we take this short story as a parallel of their parents after Soren’s death/near death I feel like the language paints a good picture of how it went:

Viren:

“- I know but I fixed it.”

“It wasn’t fair that [he] died. [He] wasn’t even that old.”

Lisa:

“We had a little ceremony remember?”

“Because [Soren] died.”

But I think the biggest one is this scene:

#mama’s boy Soren and papa’s girl Claudia is making me go insane do you understand #we probably wont get it but i need soren to see his mom again for both of them to see a stranger standing in front them through a mirror #jelly tarts #my brain rot is rotting send help #how different their lives would’ve been if soren and Claudia went with their mother #Claudia wouldnt have a kill count thats for sure #sll im saying is that if i was mentally preparing for weeks or possibly months for my sons death only for a day after he died my spouse to #go ‘it’s alright i fixed it :33 dont check the basement’ id also fucking run far away #its 1am im going to bed but this will haunt me #the dragon prince #tdp claudia #tdp viren #tdp soren

[themistdragon]

"Just because I willfully killed a man doesn't mean I can't feel sad about it :/"

#i am still on the fence about terry #i can't help but feel like he's in an 'i can fix her' relationship #at the same time though his support of his gf's dark magic is very sus #can't wait to see what becomes of him in future episodes #tdp #tdp memes #tdp terry #s4 meme

[inflammatoryfandomblog]

the fandom’s discourse around dark magic is pretty much just a manifestation of “people know what they’re upset with, but not the root cause/can’t verbalize a solution to what they’re upset about.”

people who are unhappy with how dark magic is treated generally understand how the narrative frames it. they are correct in saying that there is a problem, and that it somehow involves the setting and dark magic, and then say that maybe it could be fixed if the magic system were changed. but their prescribed solution doesn’t work. the deeper problem is how the narrative uses (or doesn’t use) dark magic.

(flashback reel effect here, basically entirely rewritten but the format still doesn’t work for a full-fleged post so i will keep this transition in.)

that’s what really kills dark magic in this series, right? the fantasy question, “was dark magic good to use and when should it be used, if ever?” should be a jumping off point to explore all the other ways in which people value and instrumentalize power (ie sol regem literally saying the humans are inferior because they are less powerful) instead of staying only at the shallow level of “dork magic is bad for you.” just because the elves don’t use dark magic doesn’t mean they are immune to this discussion. indeed, the very first episode of the show shows us the moon elves engaging in a ritual that can be described as blood magic--binding their limbs to the blood of their targets; is this supposed to be magic that is Pure and Good? is the base problem really just dark magic, or what it represents? and more importantly, is what it represents limited to its practioners? the early answer--especially that we see this stuff from the xadians and are informed of their implied failed genocide early on--would be “no.”

but the later answer is “yes.” this early promise of the show is undercut by the show’s babybrained morality re: xadia and the elves. it never really critiques power in general at all except if its dark magic. it’s all fine and dandy and fun and smart to dunk on the humans, but xadians? insensitive. soren is bad and stupid for making a bad tactical decision, but pyrrah is a Good Dragon Friend even when retaliating against a whole village. it’s not tragic when ezran (a dumb child king who just let this happen) napalms his own people, because they have already been de-personed by dark magic. how convenient! 

and the story that dark magic creates--even if it is inherently harmful--is a great tragic story! the xadians, obsessed with power and how power makes you who you are, are stabbed in the back when some of the dredges finally discover a way to speak their language--and this doesn’t cause basically any self-reflection on their part. instead they basically go all out genocidal and no matter how bad dark magic is, this is extremely disproportionate. but the series still goes “but they are no angels!!! but they are no angels!!!” to basically one side only. for the xadians, the show (and even the supplementary material!) basically does backflips and contortions to show how they are nuanced and how humans should respect them, but there’s basically nothing the other direction.

you can say “oh good inflammatoryfandomblog!!! you’re seeing the point!!!” except i don’t really believe that the show has any intentions of making good on this initial promise. it has given me no indication of doing so, and its asymmetric treatment of the conflict basically does the opposite of the above. this problem does not go away if you change the magic system. this problem does not go away by simply noting the thematic potential of the setup of dark magic. ideas are cheap, though this is one that perhaps costs a nickel instead of a penny. the real problem is the execution.

#oh we spent four seasons trying to bamboozle you #the REAL twist is coming!!! #and if it's like #then it's too late #extremely frustrating that people just. intentionally decide that the problem is that detractors just don't understand the show uwu #people don't invest so much time hating on something unless it has disappointed them in some way #(or for clicks lol. but let's be real. the dragon prince is not a popular show.) #the dragon prince fundementally fails in its themeing and applying it across all the story and the actors in it #no amount of scrubbing away plot inconsistencies (or fixing them) can fix this #and the show is deciding to focus on the eggplant elf #you thought you could get away from aaravos hating? #you can't. #tied with ezran for being the worst character in the show #tdp #tdp critical #me.txt #begone thought

[archivedbyebye]

Rayla finally came back from getting her coffee

#here's the weird little sketch i did at 4 in the morning #my poor sketchbook #have i mentioned i actually don't know how to draw? #rayllum #rayla #callum #stella #tdp #the dragon prince #season 4 #book 4 #book four #earth #oh dear god i just realized i forgot rayla's face markings #human rayla strikes again! #it's okay i fixed it

[raayllum]

He has nightmares, afterwards.

Callum has always been a night owl, staying up too late in his office, and he'd been better at actually going to sleep on purpose once Rayla had come back, uncertainly settling in Ezran's old room across the way, but...

He wakes her up one night crying and sticks to the cot in the high mage study after that, neck damp from chilled sweat as he stares at where the mirror used to sit. She doesn't need this, and he knows if he tells her about the dreams, he'll have to tell her why they're happening, and how much she'll blame herself right when she was starting to get better, and—

Half the nightmares are about being possessed again, the snakes from Finnegrin's office ensnaring his wrists and hissing in his ears. Biting his neck with sharp pointy fangs and injecting poison in his blood. Turning him to nothing more than Aaravos' puppet all over again, but by his own hand.

You knew the risk you were taking, Aaravos' voice mocks, cold and deep, his upper lip curling in a sneer. The irony isn't lost on either of them. By setting yourself free.

The worst of those dreams is a carousel of his loved ones — Soren, Ezran, Rayla — strangled, bloody, him helpless to stop it, to stop any of it, the primal stone like prison smashed at his feet, the glassy shards piercing his eyes. He's played right into Aaravos' hands and lost everything, and—

The other half — the worst better half is when Aaravos doesn't need to possess him to get what he wants. There's the same fear, the violence, the same pool of blood collecting at his knees, the same result — Aaravos, out — and yet...

If you want her to live, little mage, you'll do as I tell you.

When he wakes up from those dreams, it's still with a cold sweat, but with a steadier heart. And he hates it — hates how it reminds him of all the parts of himself he doesn't want, the parts of himself that he doesn't like, that scare him. How could he possibly be that selfish? And yet, he knows... he knows—

The tides are true as the ocean is deep.

The ocean arcanum thrums alongside the beating of his heart. He wakes and looks towards the window Rayla had climbed through, haloed in light, and him unaware of the dark creature he'd found in the mirror. He swallows hard.

He knows which nightmares he'd choose to have come true, his fingers folding over his knees.

I would do anything for you.

He knows exactly what he'd choose, because at least he'd still have her.

And the worst part of it all is that he knows, somehow, in his bones, that Aaravos knows it too. Has known it for much longer than Callum has, anyway.

It's almost what scares him the most.

"Your bedhead's getting worse," Rayla says cheerily at breakfast, combing her fingers through it, a butter knife clasped in her other hand.

That's the best response I could think of to your stupid request. I'm not going to kill you!

Almost.

#tdp callum #devil and the lovers #rayllum #i need you to kill me #if there is longing on the mirror of my heart #tdp #ficlet #fic #my fic #post season five #realized none of the projects i have going except 'electric sheep' (that will need to be tweaked anyway) #for post s5 have had callum pov so hard to fix that #poor boy #arc 2 #s5 #is the implication clear that he fears her death even more. is it clear #snake boi callum #i would do anything for you

[sage-nebula]

> opens the official TDP discord

> immediately sees people mocking how M. Night corrected Bryke's mispronunciation of Asian names in the live-action ATLA movie

> closes official TDP discord

#there was a shitton wrong with that movie but fixing Bryke's fucking weeb ass mispronuciations was NOT one of them #''wow Bryke put SO much research into making bending based on martial arts!!!111!'' #and yet they can't pronounce names like Sokka or Mai correctly #even tho Mai is ONE. FUCKING. SYLLABLE. #IT'S ONE SYLLABLE. AND SAID LIKE A WORD IN ENGLISH. AND THEY STILL FUCKED IT UP #AND IF THEY WANTED HER TO HAVE A NAME THAT SOUNDED LIKE ''May'' THE NAME MEI IS RIGHT FUCKING THERE #BUT THEY ONLY CARED ABOUT THE ANIME AESTHETIC LIKE THE FUCKING WHITE BOY WEEBS THEY ARE #AND NOT ABOUT THE ACTUAL FUCMING CULTURE #so while the white washing and racist implications that came with it in live action ATLA movie were terrible #(i.e. the water tribe sibs should NOT have been white and the Fire Nation peeps should NOT have been dark skinned) #M Night being like ''u know what let's bother to actually pronounce names correctly'' #was not the fucking problem with that adaptation #signed - someone who wishes TDP fans would shut up forever about ATLA for the love of fucking god

[moon-swag-tourney]

No propaganda was submitted for either character.

#sorry for rayla's cropping i tried to fix it #tdp rayla #the dragon prince #cure moonlight #yuri tsukikage #heartcatch precure #poll #moon poll

[imminent-danger-came]

how do you think s5 of lmk will continue the thread of heavens bureaucracy being questionable? it's definitely something that's been set up

I have no idea how heaven functions in Chinese mythos, so please take everything I say with a grain of salt!

But, I'm wondering if lmk is going the "non-interventionist" diety/heaven route. At this point, it seems that anytime a single individual tries to dictate the future of the entire world, it ends poorly. I wonder if even heaven is bound by certain rules.

#idk it's like MK said there's no way to fix everything #It's all too nuanced. #Pulling from by beloved tdp ''there's no monster you can slay and solve all your problems'' #Tis just not that simple #Like Azure was never going to be able to just kill the Jade Emperor and then suddenly fix everything #but I also don't know exactly how involved heaven is in everything in jttw #but tis my current interpretation #lmk #lego monkie kid #asks

[self-spaghettification]

so we know aaravos has some spell to save/extend viren’s life in season 5.

expectation: magic life saving kiss, viren becomes part elf or something, aaravos expends a bunch of his magic energy for the sake of this guy he met like basically a day ago (relative to how he probably perceives the passage of time as basically immortal)

reality, probably: aaravos has some key knowledge/ingredient but makes claudia do the spell to extend her father’s life knowing full well it may permanently scar if not kill her in the process to make her choose between her own life, but more importantly her own happiness and humanity, and her father’s life.

—the father who never wanted his daughter to go through the same pain and sacrifice that he had and was hesitant to let her learn dark magic in the first place—

just for kicks and giggles. maybe to test how far claudia would go for her dad.

like sure hey he may not be that cruel (or at least, more pragmatic) but just think. the angst potential

and of course, she would do it.

#claudia #aaravos #the dragon prince #tdp s5 speculation #tdp s5 theory #ish #and then again we still gotta factor in the practicality of everything liiike #why would aaravos purposefully expend the magic resources of someone whose power he’s potentially relying on to help conquer xadia #especially after all he did to help humanity and nourish the city of elarion in the first place #but just think. the potential for the toxic dynamic where claudia continues to destroy herself in order to try to fix everything #if aaravos is really here for all the drama and chaos i think mmm he’d be here for it #self spaghettification #claudia & aaravos #starlight