#mini meta in the tags

[eyestrain-addict]

Iwtv s2 ep2 spoilers

My thing I'm wondering is that in the promos/trailers claudia screams that Louis "picked another one over me" but in this episode she's encouraging louis to live outside of her and pursue a romance with Armand. I wonder what's going to change in the next few episodes.

#mini meta in the tags #its an interesting dynamic theyve written #because i cant yet really blame claudia or louis for feeling the way they feel #louis can call claudia his sister all he wants but she'll forever be his baby girl. their relationship cannot change. but what happens when #the daughter feels defined by said relationship? #does having a child mean one cannot ever love again? if not what does claudia mean by choosing another? #do we as children owe our parents anything? and when we become adults do our parents owe us anything? things to ponder #how can i say claudia deserves to live her own life but say louis doesnt #iwtv #interview with the vampire #louis de pointe du lac #claudia iwtv #iwtv spoilers #iwtv s2

[westwing19]

In the light novels, the Meta-Knights almost always have tea. Do you think Kirby also likes tea ?

Yeah, I think Kirby enjoys just about anything! If we're talking Meta-Knights-adopted-Kirby, he'd absolutely be in on all the tea. Between serious tea drinkers MK and Vul, he'd get indoctrinated pretty quickly ^^

He'd have his own personal tableware and everything ✨

#ask #kirby #meta knight #captain vul #drinks and snacks with the fam what's not to love? #after staring blankly at the asks in my inbox for however long they've been in there I am finally getting around to them👍 #I need a tag for this mini AU but I have no idea what #meart #adopted au #(going back and adding this ultra generic au name to the relevant posts!)

[littledead-ridinghood]

It’s not that Jason came back to a changed family where he didn’t fit into the gap he left behind anymore. It’s the fact that his family never scooted over to make more space for him once he returned.

#jason todd #jason todd meta #<- mini and tagging because I can <3 #going insane over Jason being fine with changing but never expected that the others around him wouldn’t acknowledge change #like Jason was alive before anyone else knew. he knew he was different. he was around for those years before he returned to Gotham #Bruce—and others—thought hw was still underground #Jason had years to adjust to himself (no matter how well he did or didn’t) while the others had to play catch up #Jason wasn’t trying to squeeze himself back into the dynamic that once was #but he didn’t expected to be shoved back into that space and then denied more by others #jason fully preparing for one obvious outcome unaware that theirs another hiding in plain sight is murdering me #I was going to add caveats but I’m going to try to trust others to acknowledge long term relationships and not just focus on pre-flashpoint #returned as in both to Gotham and as a ‘prodigal son’ <-you all know how I feel about that :/

[bicheetopuff]

So, saying as how this was shown before AM attacked AFO at the end of the chapter, it’s probably safe to say that this vestige disappearing is part of OFA going to Katsuki and/or Katsuki waking up, referencing the panel of when he died.

AMs vestige disappearing to signify death doesn’t make any sense because all of the other vestiges of OFA are dead. So, if AM died, wouldn’t he become a full vestige instead of a ghostly one like the rest of them? And by that logic, the disappearing vestige may not even be AM at all cuz if anything, his ghostly vestige disappearing would mean he’s a user of OFA which… he’s not. So you know what that means?

This blurry little guy is actually Katsuki waking up as a user of OFA.

Just a hunch but it’s 4am so take what I say with a grain of salt.

This is kinda funny because when the leaks started I was literally about to post something along the lines of how I hate being right but realized that AMs old ass probably isn’t dying yet

#bnha spoilers #bnha 402 #bakudeku #bkdk #literally only tagging this cuz Deku unknowingly passing ofa to Katsuki through his soul is very gay #idc what anybody says #bakugou katsuki #all might #midoriya izuku #anyways gn I haven’t slept in like 19 hrs #also it’s actually 5am by the time I posted this #also I might still be right who knows🤷🏽‍♀️ #bnha meta #mini meta

[markscherz]

The mini tag is so wonderful because half the posts on it are your frogs puns and half are pictures of tiny apple pies and itty bitty little sculptures

Also excellent Warhammer and other gaming minis, and then a lot of classic Mini Coopers. You're right, it's an excellent tag.

#Mini #answers by Mark #tags #wow this is meta #anon #anonymous

[raayllum]

i think a lot of what keeps a character sympathetic * honestly, is just letting them have good intentions and even better, a genuine lack of awareness. even if they're lying to themselves, and we know they're lying to themselves, they have to earnestly believe that they're not. they have to truly believe that what they're doing is right, even if we know it isn't, and that it's not self motivated, even when it often is.

take, for example, viren, claudia, and rayla. they both make massive mistakes (basically everything viren and claudia have ever done / rayla leaving callum the way they did) and most of those mistakes were self motivated. claudia bought her father's gaslighting because she wanted to believe in a world where her family could stay together, and then overruled viren's reservations about his ressurection when she brought him back; viren does many terrible things in arc 1, but is genuinely motivated by what he believes is ultimately better, long term, for the world at large even over his family, or that he knows better for his family in general, and having that lie stripped away is so much what s5 is about. for rayla, she's so selfless it rounds back into being selfish, where she had the security of knowing callum was safe while he worried over her for two years, leading to her deeply wounding him even when that was the last thing she wanted (and deeply hurting herself). they all thought they were genuinely doing the right thing, often putting themselves on the chopping block for their choices (claudia and rayla in particular) even as it just made everything worse.

but even when we see them being selfish, we know they're still genuinely motivated by their love for other people, and it's coming out in very misguided ways, we can still have sympathy, we can still understand. and that to me is great character writing

* obviously sympathy isn't the most important to feel towards a character, but it can certainly be helpful in having an audience be interested in, at the very least, understanding them even if we don't like them

#tdp #the dragon prince #why it ends why it always ends #mini meta #also one of the reasons i think catra fell flat bc #1) she always has awareness that what shadow weaver & the horde is doing is Terrible and just #does not Care and 2) she prioritizes her own selfish desires and ego over anyone who might care about her over & over again #with no 'oh but i love them i'm doing this for their own good' like no she's just ruining their lives and doing whatever she wants #which makes the switch in s5 jarring and way too sudden #spop critical #in the tags

[mamawasatesttube]

that last post reminds me of how, similarly, it drives me up the wall whenever fandom (esp with regards to timkon) portrays kon as completely and utterly spineless and intimidated when it comes to bruce. (i mean, i'm not surprised, bc this comes from the same place as the content where tim is a fainting victorian maiden who needs to be protected by her strong stoic owner i mean father, which is definitely not a homophobic trope rooted in misogyny at all, but. that's a complaint for a different post.)

like, bruce's relationship with kon has admittedly been done differently by different writers and all, but at no point has kon ever backed down to him. during hypertime arc, bruce is cordial and even warm, in his way, as they send kon off:

later, towards the end of superboy '94, when kon and cass get into trouble and nearly get themselves killed, kon sees bruce being harsh on cass about it and inserts himself to demand he get half the blame and half the punishment, because it wasn't all on her. (i personally think the way bruce talks here is extremely cringefail and shitty, like... let's not make batman parrot racist rhetoric thanks, but. i blame that on writers moreso than the character.)

like, sure, he's a little hesitant (the "s-sir..." gets me.) but not enough to hold back an ounce in telling batman he's being unfair and an ass. he's not a shrinking violet just bc batman is ooo scary.

also coming to mind are:

a) the panels from batgirl (2000) where bruce is being an extremely overprotective and controlling figure over the idea of cass and kon being friends and clark tells him off for this (it's not directly kon interacting with bruce, but feels... relevant, lol, to the topic of bruce threatening kon and trying to scare him off in that possessive, steeped-in-misogyny way), as well as

b) the ones from tt03 where kon goes to gotham looking for tim, runs into bruce and steph-as-robin, and flips out like WHERE is tim, and bruce is just like. use your superhearing and figure it out. (note that he doesn't try to kick him out of gotham just for being there, either.)

i didn't include those last two bc i don't have them saved and frankly this post is long enough as is, but. you get the idea. kon isn't scared of batman. batman even likes him sometimes. and batman trying to intimidate him on purpose is something clark gets mad about.

#kon #bruce #timkon #rimi talks #maybe at this point i need to accept sometimes i write lil mini essays and i need a meta tag :/ #anyway im just saying. the shovel talk trope is fucking stupid on so many counts like #kon tells bruce to stop being an asshole. he will never be scared by any of the others lol #also the boy literally hands out a kryptonite stake to anyone he dates like ''oh just in case you need to kill me!'' #try to shovel talk that and he'll be like oh yes if you think it's better if i'm dead actually i super get that #and if you get to that point tim is going on the warpath i think. against you . #but. i also think any of the bats doing a shovel talk over tim is ooc to begin with #anyway

[nanomooselet]

Wait. Wait a second.

In Knives's mind, Rem died because she rejected him and Vash.

That the ships were going down and she prioritised the twins' survival over that of everyone else on board didn't occur to him. She rejected them and ran into the flames and that's why she died, and that's why he hates her so much. She was the only human worth offering a chance to live and she refused for the sake of those parasites. It was the most painful betrayal of Knives's life. He's done everything he's done to keep it from ever happening again.

So what can Knives do when it happens again anyway? When Vash makes the same choice as Rem, to betray his family's love and prove he'd rather die than stay? When he's completely out of ways to change his brother's mind?

Knives can inflict the agony that he himself felt when Rem made her final choice. By rejecting Vash the same way Rem rejected them both.

I won't let you take anyone else away from me!

I didn't take her away, brother. She was the one who ran into the flames.

So he'll follow her. He'll make it Vash's fault. And then maybe, finally, Vash will understand that Rem was the one who chose wrong.

#trigun stampede #trigun meta #mini meta #it's been bubbling away in my mind #that the two people vash loves most in the world met the same fate #and that knives takes after rem in all the worst ways #he wants her place in vash's heart #so bereft of other ways to supplant her he took the same way out and left vash behind #and i must scream #mother is the name of god #that's rem's tag now #terrible terrible plant man

[yokyoaaa]

Meta Knight would definitely sulk

Btw don’t ask me how he got his hands on halbert 😭😭 I just needed some plot

#yes kirby teleported out of nowhere #idk if i should tag this as metadede #meta knight #king dedede #kirby nintendo #kirby #mini comic #my art

[lykosangelic]

not to write meta or anything, but something about delissandro's relationships to his skalds are so...tragic?

like. colin. the man he hired to protect him. the one he trusted implicitly to continue to do so, as long as it was needed. his best, maybe only friend. the one who trusted him with a secret he'd told nobody before, a secret he had seen kill his father, even after deli was needlessly harsh out of emotion. a man so deeply cautious and certain of what was right. a man who balanced and completed his strategy and planning.

karna. the girl, later woman, that he shares his secret with. who trusted him with hers first. who establishes and maintains bare minimum trust which becomes more. who allows herself to desire him more than she fears him, even as that desire goes nowhere but unnamed devotion. who tore out her eye for him. who killed for him. a woman who balances and completes his ruthlessness.

delissandro's relationships are a tangled mess of emotion and function, and he refuses to acknowledge that someone's opinion can be important to him no matter their "use". if colin was purely functional in his position, he could have been a knight or a commander of some sort. karna could have been a spymaster. but no. delissandro uses "skald." a title as unique as the people he places it upon. somehow missing the gentleness with which he says the word.

#sorry if this makes no sense it's 2:30am #also i didn't proofread this so. shh #skald def: a person warlord delissandro katzon refuses to admit he loves #based entirely upon the similarity in vibes between karna & colin's relationships to deli #and also 'whatever this is' plus the gesturing between himself and colin and later karna and deli saying it isn't like that wrt them #tstalks #thane delissandro katzon #colin provolone #karna solara #karna trw #deli trw #colin trw #trw #the ravening war #dimension 20 #d20 #d20 the ravening war #the ravening war meta #trw meta #idk i'm just covering my bases on tags so people who want to see my mini essay can see it and people who don't want to can avoid it lmao #maybe i'll write another one later about karna being so damn relatable to me (ed culture diet culture making yourself perfect etc. etc.)

[araneitela]

Seeing Kafka in overtly revealing ("sexy") dresses in fan arts: I just... don't see why? Me over here: The most 'revealing' thing that I can imagine her in, if I envision her without a coat draped over her shoulders, is something like this. Am I just weird; where am I supposed to see this 'overtly revealing' nature of hers that oozes 'sexy'? That woman has class, and in that, I think she's sexy (f I have to use the word). And where do I get that impression from? Her entire default attire screams it at me from the rooftops.

#[ mini study. ] she must have sought something extraordinary. everything she does comes at a great cost. #[ class. class. /class/. ] #[ she's refined. everything from how she walks; to her mannerisms; to how she phrases her sentences. all of it plays into it. ] #[ that's also /why/ she's so good at unnerving everyone in my opinion; it's because she has a certain stature to her. ] #[ i swear. she wears high-waist shorts. yes. but can we remember that the /high waist/ element is very important? ] #[ that was literally an element in the 1960s when these shorts became more mainstream to counteract the concept... ] #[ of bare legs. ensuring the waist was covered. even if with high-waist; the waist gets cinched which is inherently an 'attractive' thing. #[ yes. ] #[ but still; that keeps her shorts also within a realm of some semblance of attire conservatism/classiness. ] #[ and then out of everything she could 'collect'-- it's COATS. ] #[ an item of clothing that is often the first thing we judge a person by; and often is tied to perception/judgement of elegance. ] #[ sophistication and even a level of... professionalism. and if we look at public figures-- we often account status by their presentation. #[ or hell; their sense of style. and the first element of someone's presentation is often derived from their coat. ] #[ i feel like i need to stuff this post into the longer meta tag as well for sheer reference for myself. but i just!!! ] #[ i hate the super overtly fan arts of her. i don't understand where this perception comes from. ] #[ meta. ] the mara's tether is firmly in her grasp. she will not pull upon it before the designated time; nor shall she relinquish it.

[cheeekycharchar]

When you're trying to adult and get real life things done but a small brain itch turns into another full on meta analysis essay.... help!

I can't stop overthinking about Good Omens and it's becoming a serious problem.

And the only cure is a Season 3 with a dash of South Downs Cottage ending D:

#Good Omens #GO #I've seriously got like 3 mini essays in the works that I can't stop thinking about #when did my tumblr become a GO theory/speculation/meta blog? LOL #ineffable husbands #ineffable idiots #give me season 3 or give me death #good omens meta #good omens speculation #good omens analysis #ps. I totally read and love all the replies and tags to my previous posts. thank you everyone for taking the time to indulge me! <3

[god-of-a-thousand-demons]

my favorite characterization of all time in persona is how the characters play tycoon in royal that was the real character and bond exploration i was looking for all game just kids getting ready to commit murder over a card game that's the real shit baby ty

#og #thief posting #i am very particular that akechi isnt a part of the phantom thieves of hearts (loser name btw what a bunch of dorks thats our full name) bu #he is a phantom thief just like sumire they make it clear those two titles are not the same and i love it #therefore he can be included in theif posting #just me justfying my own tagging system dont mind me #akechi posting #sumire posting #i love that sumire's name is sumire its pretty #i fucking love tycoon man that was the best part of royal that and darts give me a mini game bitch i love meta gaming give me a mini game #within a game with my favorite characters i will demolish that shit its so fun #tycoon posting

[radiosummons]

I don't think Obi-Wan would ever have become a Sith. Literally, one of the biggest points about him as a character is that despite all the bullshit and absolute insanity he goes through, he never gives in to the Dark Side.

BUT--

A part of me can't help but wonder what would have happened if Obi-Wan--for whatever absolutely character breaking reason--took Dooku up on his offer and joined the Sith/Separatist, how differently things would have gone down in the Clone Wars.

Because from where I'm standing, we all already know that Obi-Wan's biggest things is never half-assing literally anything he does. He always puts himself into any task he's given. He's just incapable of not seeing things to their absolute finish and then some.

I've read a few Sith!Obi-Wan AU fics and fan comics with this exact premise and I do find it fascinating how people have gone about exploring this sort of concept. There are, of course, quite a number of powerhouse Sith!Obi-Wan AUs where he just straight decimates the GAR and the Republic (usually with the intent of killing Darth Sidious in the end). But I'm also fascinated by the handful of stories I've seen where Obi-Wan doesn't necessarily become an actual Sith, but joins Dooku (whether as a voluntary double agent or due to time-travel shenanigans) in order to 1) Find out who the true Sith Lord is and take them down and/or 2) To attempt stymieing the overall devastation the war has on the entire galaxy.

So as OOC as Sith!Obi-Wan feels to me, I can't help but share the fascination that others do with the endless "What ifs?" scenarios that can spring to mind with an AU like this.

Especially, when you start thinking about the potential ways Darth Sidious would react to having a hypercompetent Force User and experienced military general "on his side."

Yeah, Sheev was hyperfocused on Anakin for reasons. But I can't help but sorta vibe with some of Sith!Obi-Wan AUs I've seen where Mister Sidious either 1) Realizes what an actual threat Obi-Wan is to his ultimate goal of becoming Emperor of the entire galaxy, and tries to get Dooku to get rid of him as result (similar to what he ordered Dooku to do with Asajj) or 2) Realizes that while Anakin is an absolute powerhouse in the force, Obi-Wan is sort of next level due to not having the copious, never ending layers of unstable emotional drama that Anakin is.

(Of course, being emotionally unstable is sort of the prime requirement for any powerful Dark Sider, but I raise you this--the amount of traumatic bullshit Obi-Wan has gone through is just about as insane, if not a little more, than Anakin. It would just take someone immorally depraved enough, like Mister Sidious, to really torture and drag all that trauma out of Obi-Wan to the point that he'd use said trauma to fuel his Sith abilities. Again, I don't think Obi-Wan would ever give in to the Dark Side even if Sheev was his main tormentor, but we're playing around in the Sith!Obi-Wan AU right now. After all, "The Dark Side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural").

I do feel obligated to sort of mention that sheer amount of angst that naturally comes with this sort of AU, but I don't feel the actual need to go super in depth with it. Just because, well, Obi-Wan in his natural canon state is already a bottomless well of angst and sadness pfffttt

Making him a Sith doesn't really change much in that regard for me, other than for other artists and fic writers to explore the darker elements of SW. Mainly, the horrific and outright torture that comes with being trained as a Sith and, you know, the atrocities of a galaxy wide war (just typically in more graphic detail and from a far more bleak perspective).

Tldr: I don't have an issue with Sith!Obi-Wan despite how horribly OOC it feels to me. I am absolutely and utterly impressed with the writers and artists who have fleshed out this AU in the detail and depths that they have. Y'all are so much stronger than me and I am grateful to everyone who was able to answer some of the questions bouncing around in my head through their art.

*fic recs underneath*

Yeah, I went on a Sith!Obi-Wan/Separatist AU spree a while back just out of curiousity and these are what I personally consider to be some of best (or at the very least, the ones I enjoyed most). Keep in mind, these fics range everywhere from Gen to Explicit/Mature and some do pertain to particular ships. That being said, I find the way these authors go about tackling Dark Sider/Sith/Separatist Obi-Wan to be pretty compelling. So approach these fics with all of that in mind, but do give extra kudos and comments to these writers. They did all the heavy lifting here, and they deserve all the attention and praise they're owed. So in no particular order, here are the fics I'd recommend for this particular AU:

Rank, Designation, Unit Name by soft_but_gremlin

You Shall Become (Me) by jedipati

Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ambassador of Mandalore series by alexjana91

I Got My Head Checked by frostbitebakery

What came after by galateaGalvanized

Name of the Game by esama

Certain Point by esama

Cuy'kaysh Dar by mneiai

Feel free to add your own personal recommendations in the tags, if you'd like. I know there's so much more of this AU out there, but I am in no way an expert. So I leave the additional fic recs in your hands.

#sith obi wan #obi wan kenobi #separatist obi wan #fic rec #star wars meta #i suppose this could count as a mini meta post #i'll get rid of the tag if people think otherwise though #obi wan meta

[fluffypotatey]

Hello! Hope you're doing well. Got any other meta about LMK Sun Wukong, the Brotherhood, or of the Stableboys duo, Ao Lie and Wukong? Have a great week, eat your fruits and sleep early regularly. Thank you for your LMK posts!

hey! tbh my week has been shit :) but i’ll have you know that the best place to find stableboys meta is from the account Dr. Chalk on Twitter. literally get my heart ripped out every time (also their art is fire).

[I ended up having a lot to say about SWK under the cut lol]

As for some delectable Sun Wukong meta/headcanons, I’ll have you know that I am a firm believer of this immortal monkey having such shit survival/preservation skills for himself bc of his 7-fold immortality that he will pull suicidal/heroic feats as the “easier solution” (see s3 where this monkey thought it would be a brilliant idea to place the Samadhi Fire INSIDE himself (even when that is like one of his greatest weaknesses as the JTTW book details) as an easy way to ensure none of MK and his friends would get hurt and he could (probably) spare LBD’s host)

Also, notice how the s4 special revealed to us that Sun Wukong feared death so much he went ahead to finding ways to ensure he never dies. Ever. (Not to mention that this fear stemmed from the fear of failing the people he cared about and that since he was the strongest in FFM and their king, if he died, they would be defenseless bc that is literally what happened when Wukong first left to train under Master Subodhi). But now, Wukong has lived for a very long time (longer than he even thought possible). And he is t i r e d (i will NEVER forget that quick cut to Wukong’s face as he said “focusing on the fact that I am an immortal being, who will never die!”)

Although, my theory is that his suicidal tendicies isn’t because he is that suicidal (or maybe not cognizant if it) but because he knows that even with experiencing something super brutal (such as the Samadhi Fire or drowning in Sandy’s sub), better him than anyone else. Like a “I don’t intend to die, but so be it” that I think really concerns me (in a “I wanna study you under a microscope but also give you cocoa” way)

honestly, it doesn’t help that Tripitaka found himself in such dire situations where Wukong would need to save him from, and some of them were suicidal but you kind of brushed it off bc “he is the Monkey King, immortal 7 times over, and crossed his own name out of the underworld” (and I know we definitely did since everything would work out in the end but like…..come on!), so that kind of life risking behavior was met with positive reinforcement so like….I would not put it past Wukong to unintentionally throw himself into these circumstances in order to help or fix an issue (especially if it concerns MK 👀 he will not hesitate and my heart cannot take it T^T)

but yeah

#this meta/ramble thing is not in any way me dissing or slandering the JTTW crew or Tripitaka #I have seen the discourse about that and ngl it kind of bothers me (a lot) bc the book makes it clear by the end that the group formed a #really close bond with each other so all the theories about the jttw’s gang being one of convenience feels very shallow to me #like yeah ok sure in the beginning none of the group dynamics were the best or solid but that was the point!!!! it’s an allegorical journey #the mind is in conflict with the heart/desires (swk & zhu baije) and is why Tripitaka will argue w/ swk and side with baije #anyway #that was not the pint of this pint but tldr: JTTW found family is a slow burn and I would like for ppl to acknowledge that more #amen #lmk #lmk meta #lmk sun wukong #sorry for the mini rant in the tags lol #lego monkie kid #sun wukong #asks #angstandhappiness

[raayllum]

Already touched on this scene regarding the differences to the brothers, so I'm not going to repeat myself too much here, but I am thinking about the like... Purpose of this scene from a narrative/characterization standpoint in line with that. Because like, think about it... This scene would hit so different, as a debate, if we didn't know how far along Claudia and co. were in their quest to free Aaravos; then we could lean one way or another operating with the exact same information the characters have.

But we the audience Know that Aaravos isn't out, which is the primary reason Callum gives regarding incentive to get the Nova Blade. Nor is this the first time that Callum has a perspective we know isn't necessarily, well, necessary because we know more than the characters do. So we're already inclined to be more on Ezran's side because we know his line of thinking - that Aaravos isn't out and it's worth trying to just stop his release - is worth following.

It is likewise worth noting though, that Callum thinks the Novablade plan is good whether Aaravos is out or not. While he brings up that Claudia and Viren might've already released the Startouch elf, when Callum initially proposes the plan (shown above) he says, "Then we wait for Aaravos to get out." Even though if Aaravos gets out, that would kind of put him in the best possible place to possess Callum again, given how it operated last time. Even though if Aaravos gets out, he'll be even more powerful and likely to do real harm and even harder to defeat.

All of which to say this scene has approximately three purposes

To reinforce the differences between the brothers and possible seeds of conflict for the future, in both Ezran's pacifism (possibly to set up contrast with his latter choices) as well as Callum's more pragmatic side

To reinforce, by giving Rayla the deciding vote and having her side with Ezran, that Callum's morality and inclinations is different than both his brother and his partner

And on that note, characterization wise, to start highlighting what Callum is willing to do and that he's always had this streak in him (cue both he and Viren watching dark magic corrupted enemies die by their own hand at the Storm Spire while Ezran and Harrow feel somewhat conflicted about it, at least) / can often be more solution oriented ("How does this solve anything?" from 1x02) and willing to take the path he perceives as easier/more efficient

Sarai: You said you want to make a difference, to build a better world. But that's going to take decades of hard work. There's no monster you can slay to solve all of your problems. There's no shortcut.

Some other interesting notes:

Shows the different in the trio's dynamic regarding decision making, since previously it had normally been Callum and Rayla having the final call with Ezran going along with it (2x03, 3x08). Now, the brothers discuss first with each other, highlighting that they've spent the last two years without her and that Ezran has become more assertive, but that they still fully include her in the decision and have it be one they made as a group, signifying their heightened unity upon reunion and healing, and the way they all trust/look to each other.

It also demonstrates growth from Rayla, as last time she thought there was a potential threat to the world, she went the more violent route in wanting to track Viren down (alone) and kill him. But now that she's come back and reintegrated herself into the group, she's taking the more level headed, preventative route in some ways.

#tdp meta #tdp #dragons liveblogs #5x05 #mini meta #analysis series #analysis #this isn't as coherent as i wanted it to be bc i'm Sleepy but here enjoy #the dragon prince #also final screencap please be foreshadowing do it for me #tdp broyals #the english major strikes again #bc that's the tag for structure