#if she legit had rayla on purpose for weapon reasons i will perish

[beautifulterriblequeen]

Little Weapons

Oh no.

Remember this pretty fadeout, which shows the egg superimposed over Rayla?

I had a galaxy brain Tiadrin idea last night, and I guess I was still thinking about it this morning, because I remembered this shot, and two other scenes, and tied them together. See what you think of this angst:

Tiadrin's idea when trying to spare Zym's life is to tell Viren that the baby is a weapon, so he should spare it.

That story gets passed to Claudia

but Rayla stands up for the egg's personhood.

Claudia still wants it

and Rayla protests again

that the egg has a mother, and it needs to go back to her.

Rayla is the egg. She never asked to be made a weapon. She just wants her mom. But what if her mom created her as a weapon from the very start? Loved and adored her, yes, but still gave her over to the most focused assassin in the Silvergrove to train her for the role she was meant to play, as Xadia's most deadly weapon.

That baby-weapon idea came to Tiadrin real quick. Maybe it wasn't the first time she'd had it.

#tdp #tdp angst #tiadrin #rayla #claudia #viren #callum #ezran #runaan #moonfam #moonfam angst #holy cats this is Sad #am i feeling more violet evergarden vibes yes i am #tiadrin my god woman #impressive and alarming #if she legit had rayla on purpose for weapon reasons i will perish #god tier momming #pls note i did not say a benevolent god