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raayllum · 11 months

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i love it when characters are unfair, actually. i love it when they’re uncouth and cranky and hypocritical, i love it when they have cognitive dissonances, i love it when they make good and bad choices for the wrong reasons. i love when they’re short to anger and hard to understand. i love it when they’ve destroyed themselves for nothing but can’t even see either part of it yet. i love it when they’re messy and selfish and bad at communicating. i love it when they get convinced of their own ego and stuck in a feedback loop regarding their own warped paranoia. i love it when characters actively make their lives unknowingly harder for themselves. i love it when characters don’t know they’re in a story. i love it when characters are like real people

#text post #the dragon prince #the gang's all here #s4 is my best friend #tragedy enjoyer #morally ambiguous fam #viren #claudia #rayla #callum #runaan #tdp viren #tdp claudia #tdp harrow #tdp runaan #tdp rayla #tdp callum #king harrow

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jedidragonwarriorqueen · 4 months

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#the dragon prince #tdp rayla #tdp callum #tdp ezran #tdp claudia #tdp viren #tdp harrow #tdp runaan #my edit

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teartra · 1 year

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Siblings paralleling villain’s relationship my unbeloved

#the dragon prince #tdp #the dragon prince season 4 spoilers #tdp spoilers #the dragon prince season 4 #the owl house #toh #luz noceda #toh hunter #hunter noceda #tdp callum #tdp ezran #philip wittebane #caleb wittebane #tdp viren #tdp harrow

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bisexualenbyblueberry · 5 months

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Got three absolutely-perfect-for-TDP Twitter screenshots suggested to me over the course of a few hours so I feel like Pinterest knew somehow

#the dragon prince #tdp #dragon prince #tdp terry #tdp claudia #tdp soren #soren wears socks in the shower #tdp viren #tdp harrow

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m4rs-ex3 · 4 months

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ok but CALLUM WAS THE FIRST SON HARROW EVER HAD OK

#like we only see them together after ezran was born #which kind of inherently puts callum at number 2 #and this is incredibly obvious like it's literally just a statement #but for a good year he w a s his kid #even if they probably became closer because of ezran #im hoping u guys get me here but imagine someone sees this out of context and its just like #“BRO THE OLDEST CHILD WAS THEIR PARENTS FIRST EVER CHILD OMGASASDFASDHFAHSDF”#callum #callum tdp #tdp callum #king harrow #harrow #harrow tdp #tdp harrow #katolis royal family #tdp #the dragon prince

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likeastars · 9 months

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Callum with Ibis' staff Rayla with Runaan's bow Ezran with Harrow's sword as crown something something legacy something something history's cycle something something I am going insane

#the dragon prince #tdp #rayla #callum #ezran #runaan #harrow tdp #tdp harrow #tdp ibis

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bluegooo · 4 months

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The voice in my head (besty) says to post this. Who am I to disobey

#this ot3 is so magical that it made me draw fanart for the first time and post something on tumblr #throws niche ship at you and runs back into the void for the next half a year probably #wth I never even thought that I would be in any fandom #I overdid the saturation and it will happen again #they were supposed to have clothes on idk where it went it just disappeared #the dragon prince #fanart #tdp viren #viren #aaravos #tdp aaravos #harrow #tdp harrow #tdp #virrow #viravos #idk how to call it

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elvesdragonsanddarkmagic · 3 months

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Something new, something magical

#the dragon prince #tdp #tdp harrow #tdp king harrow #king harrow #prince harrow #tdp viren #lord viren #viren #varrow #virrow #viren x harrow #and then viren got so light headed from casting spells for 15 minutes straight that he fell off the roof lmao #the day I figure out how to un-slightly-pixelate my fanart when I post on here is the day I'll become invincible #alas that day is not today #Dayah draws

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squigglyscribble · 9 months

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Young Harrow & Viren 💖 Drew this after your ask yesterday, @wuekka!

#viren #tdp harrow #virrow #the dragon prince #tdp fanart #squigglyscribble #I drew young harrow as a total dreamboat and I’m 👀

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toknowthatimatter · 9 months

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Viren + hugs

bonus:

#if we don't get a viren and terry hug in season 6 i don't want it >:(#the dragon prince #tdp s5 spoilers #tdp s5 #tdp season 5 #tdp #tdp spoilers #tdp viren #tdp claudia #tdp terry #tdp harrow #viren #harrow #terry #claudia #mine

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starwberryshenanigans · 9 months

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AND YOU CANT CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE

#tdp harrow #tdp viren #tdp theory #tdp #the dragon prince

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raayllum · 25 days

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Anyway earlier this month I said I had a lot of feelings about how visual framing is used in Viren and Harrow's relationship so time to talk about it, i.e.

Harrow is almost always framed as being above Viren

Now, some of the meaning behind this is obvious. In spite of their longterm friendship, the fact that Harrow was king and had the final say, and Viren very much did not (and likely went from being Harrow's closest advisor to second fiddle with Sarai, and then back again) is something that Viren concerns himself a great deal with: "My whole life I've been chasing after things I didn't have. Status, influence, power" (4x02). Due to this difference in status, Viren's plans are suggestions, whereas Harrow's word is law, and Viren each time has to present his ideas accordingly, and the framing reflects that:

We see this desire to be close to Harrow and power more generally bleed over into other areas of Viren's life, such as his obsession with the mirror. Viren assumes the proximity to power begets or informs importance/worth, and that because "the mirror was kept closest to where [the Dragon King and Queen] slept, it must be important."

This of course is a mirror (ha) to his image of himself, in which, "I thought you were going to be something special, something important!" (2x02) and exactly why Harrow's words of, "I see the problem now: it's that you believe you are special, above the laws of this kingdom."

His happiest moment with Harrow then arguably, within the text of the show, is when Harrow invites him up to be on equal standing (and also why said portrait is what inspires Viren to offer himself up as Harrow's "equal" - amid a self-importance kink, of course). When they were 'brothers', and why the dissolution of their bond undoes this framing entirely.

It's not surprising, then, that his psyche reenacts the Happy moment with the portrait with an even sweeter, cherry on top of not just Harrow's forgiveness, but his love, acceptance, and admiration, in Viren's dark magic dreams.

Symbolized by Harrow lowering himself in order literally lift Viren up from a kneel, to standing as equals, and into a hug (+ acceptance and a mutual assurance of familial connection/importance).

(Bonus points for Harrow's sword being changed into Viren's staff immediately after their hug, btw.)

But just like 2x05 with the portrait, this moment of reconciliation and happiness even inside Viren's mind cannot last forever, as he's pushed and stumbles into an even lower place than on his knees, and this part of the nightmare is over.

This is also, of course, the most overt framing to display power and control vs feeling powerless or helpless.

That said, while Harrow above and Viren below framing wise is the most consistent framing we see for the two (besides just regular shots with things like pillars and titan hearts in between them) are the ones where Viren is framed above... and it's not usually good.

We see the Standing to Kneeling to be on level with Harrow to Standing again progression as Viren makes his case regarding Zym. Like before, I think this serves a few purposes.

Viren standing at first when Harrow does not reflects their attitudes, specifically Harrow's relief that it's finally over and Viren's suspicion that it's not

Viren then moves to be on Harrow's level and this communicates how he's pleading / trying to have Harrow understand his point of view by bringing himself down to Harrow's level. This, of course, is ironic, because by doing so, Viren is bringing Harrow down to his level in terms of morality

Viren straightening up again indicates assertiveness, being active rather than passive, and perpetuating a path that offers agency, safety, and control, horrible as it is.

And it works, since as we know, Harrow goes along with and agrees to it in spite of his reservations.

However, the most interesting flip of "Viren looking down at Harrow instead" has always been this one at Harrow's funeral in 1x04, as Viren is attempting to rush things along and take his former's friend throne. All the power is there within his grasp as he stares impassively into the fire, and yet it rings hollow and reminds him ("In his final hours, he called me brother") of precisely what lies he's telling not only the populace, but also himself.