#tdp pre-canon

[aaravos-brainrot]

Falling Star

based on this idea I had that aaravos was stabbed by the novablade, which resulted in him becoming a fallen star. I hced that he also lost his connection to the star arcanum temporarily before it returned, albeit much fainter than before. I really like how this turned out!

#Aaravos #tdp #my art #tdp fanart #aaravos fanart #aaravos tdp #aarangst?? #Pre canon

[raayllum]

every rayllum scene ever: 313/?

You’re home now, Zym. 

#rayllum #this edit series: surprise bitch i bet you thought you'd seen the last of me #every scene #rayllumedit #my edits #graphics #s3 #3x02 #pre canon #our kids with their dragon son #brotp: oathbreakers #arc 1 #hey remember that time rayllum had an entire episode plot line go by and just got to have Fun and nothing bad happened #can we have that again #tdpedit #tdp

[themistdragon]

A Quick Theory:

I know the fandom is still speculating abt Aaravos 'swallowing' Aditi, and here's my two cents.

Way back when in S3, Viren tried to steal Zym’s magical energy. The dark magic chant for this translates to "He swallows your heart. He swallows your mind. He swallows your power." Pretty self-explanatory, and very plausible to be the same spell he used on Aditi.

Here's the question: What if this spell has nothing to do with the physical body?

What if the spell steals the victims power and leaves them as a lesser version of themselves? Like if Viren's spell was completed, Zym would be left as a regular lizard, without the might or intelligence that dragons have?

What if... Aaravos swallowed Aditi's magic, her might, her 'heart' (I believe heart, in this context, means passion and drive, perhaps even memory), and left her as a lesser version of an elf?

What are shown to be lesser versions of elves?

Humans.

And immediately after Aditi vanished, who appeared to the dragons and revealed Aaravos' plan?

This girl did.

And who does this girl happen to bear a striking resemblance to?

Queen Aditi.

Braids? Similar facial and body features? Seeking peace and justice? Uncanny knowledge of Aaravos?

Makes you wonder if that strange ability of Ezran's is just a weird phenomenon, or the result of elven abilities living on...

#idk tho #just a thought #tdp #tdp theory #queen aditi #the orphan queen #s6 theory #s7 theory #pre-canon theory

[quietninjakitty]

#rayla #runaan #ethari #moonfam #moonshadow assassins #moonshadow elf #pre canon #tdp #tdp background

[thrandilf]

do you have a guide as to the extra materials for The Dragon Prince? i keep seeing stuff about comics or books but idk where to start

Not on hand but I can make one here! :D

There are two, soon to be three, canon graphic novels.

Through the Moon takes place between seasons 3 and 4, like a little season 3.5 It isn't Necessary to read it before watching S4 but the story is cool and the extra information is neat. It feels like we might get more info regarding what happened to Rayla while she was gone later in the show

Bloodmoon Huntress takes place when Rayla is a child around when her parents leave. Lots of Runaan and Ethari, also introduces Kim'dael who will be in S5. Again, not Required reading but a fun extra story.

Puzzle House is coming out August 1st and is about Claudia and Soren as children, and we also get a look at younger Viren and other people. Harrow's father, King Atticus is still king in this one so interesting Katolis lore, SUPER hyped for when we get to read all of this one. The Scholastic link has a 15 pages preview if you wanna take a peek.

There are novelizations for Dragon Prince Season 1 and Season 2, they add a bit of introspection and small extra details. Viren in particular gets more of his internal thought processes laid out and for me it just Confirmed a lot of things. Season 3's novelization is coming out April 2nd, 2024. I'm sure all 7 seasons will eventually have novelizations.

Tales of Xadia is the ttrpg book and it's gorgeous and is probably the most lore heavy supplemental material as far as world building goes. The system also looks fun! The website has a character builder too for OC making. As a writer, it's been a great help as far as seeing some aspects of the world laid out. The system looks fun and there are videos of some of the cortex(?) team playing ToX official tales/campaigns but I haven't watched them yet. The campaigns are also available to look at online too.

I think that ToX is getting an expansion at some point since the base game doesn't touch much on Ocean or Star magic, I imagine due to spoilers for the seasons we're coming up on.

There's also a tabletop game called Battlecharged which I haven't personally played and I don't think it Adds lore but I've heard it's fun.

Also, it will likely be a long time before we see it, but there's a video game in the works as well that's in alpha testing right now called Project Arcanum. Wonderstorm is pretty busy!

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE

The Free Stuff:

Reflections are official short stories hosted on TDP's website and all of them are excellent and provide little extra scenes. Some of them are quite impactful, and the ones in this second batch are promising an absolutely wild S5. The first batch was released pre S4 and the second batch is being released now pre S5 as we count down to the new season. They aren't Required reading since the most key information from them will be in the show (going by the S4 ones) but I highly HIGHLY rec reading them all. Banger after banger. As of posting this there may be one more coming.

There's also little 4 panel comics called Everyday Xadia that have been also released during countdown mode and they're just fun/cute. Volume One and Volume 2 (still coming out). Sometimes when people say comics they might mean these, or the graphic novels lol.

Thank you for the ask, I'm always happy to share the TDP love and I hope this was helpful to you and anyone else who'd like a ref!

#tdp #the dragon prince #tdp netflix #puzzle house #tales of xadia #ref #reference #feel free to rb/save!

[jamieedlund]

What's ur favorite hc for Aaravos?

This is a surprisingly hard question to unpack for a lot of reasons- but I'll do my best to articulate myself (ง •_•)ง

I think this spoke for itself but just in case, here is a short elaboration: if I had to pick a favorite, it would have to be this.

He is someone who - despite all of the odds, despite how the world treated to him, despite being ridiculed, subjected to the worst torture known to man(yes solitary confinement is considered one of the most inhumane methods of torture) for over 300 years and had his name dragged through the mud for literal centuries-

-could still smile so brightly and sincerely like that, affirming that he does, with all of his heart, still very much love this world. However twisted that love might be, however difficult it was for him to learn how to use and express that love in a healthy way, it still speaks volume about who he is as a person.

Now if you have the time, allow me to explain bellow. If not, stop here, the question is basically answered 🙏💗 Thank you for reading!

Hello, if you're reading this that means you are willing to listen/read more about my thoughts and therefore I expect you to have a leveled head and a polite attitude to what I'm about to say.

If not then why are you here there was LITERALLY A STOP BUTTON. Please click off this post, what are you doing with your life wasting it hate watching me? 

With that being said, hello! fellow polite person who is reading this - - - Spoiler there is no illust down here because I'm running low on time on my thesis I'm so sorry ;;A;; Here is the elaboration to why this is my default favorite headcanon!

While I am aware of the amount of WILDLY different headcanons that exist out there for him, which are very popular within the fandom and even taken as gospel, I strongly feel that mine isn't really aligned with some, if not most of the hc out there at all.

Personally, I don't even agree with the canon version of in him ss4.

I'm assuming that you are asking me about my- personal favorite headcanon for him so for now, my answer will be: Ignoring the terrible characterization of him in season 4, my absolute favorite thing about him has to be: Despite everything, despite what everyone says about him, despite how the world perceives him

He is

without a doubt

Someone who loves this world very much.

Again this all ties in with what I'm going to present in my thesis, so I can't elaborate on it too much without giving any spoilers to the case I'm going to present for him. But for now, and especially right now at the time of writing this, they just released another vaguely worded and filled to the brim with plot holes short story regarding his past ... I-- hm I sincerely have no intention to keep up with the series... Therefore my hc will definitely contradict vastly with the horrendous plot holes ridden pre-established canon

-which then made the act of answering to this question exceedingly difficult due to the way I personally perceive him.

To wrap it up, all I want to say is, we could have had it all, a character who would make us cry, laugh and want to root for, had they written him with love and care, rather than trying to stuff him into the shoes a villain, which just felt forced and unnatural. Villains who are terrible only to be stopped have been overdone, and for tdp to be another generic show is a huge waste of potential

Wouldn't most of us have killed for, finally, an antagonist who isn't actually the antagonist but rather the very system that these people are experiencing is the actual villain ? ? ?

Best of all, they could have contrasted this with Callum, our protagonist. In Callum's case, despite being portrayed as one of "the good guys" or "heroes", he has all the reason to hate the world. This in turn create a complex narrative about the nature of people - Or in this case, the hero acting morally righteous despite hating the world vs the guy who was deemed evil and terrible by the world and yet still loves it with all of his heart. It could have been a heart-warming story about how two individuals find their way in this messed up world-- but nope~ non of this is canon :DDD

When in the history of television has any shows have a twist with the "hero" and "villain" ditching their role immediately to become a neutral party to reflect all the flaws in the world they live in? ? ? TDP had the perfect setup, but then proceeded to drop all of the balls spectacularly in ss4...

I always try my best to not touch ss4 but it feels almost impossible to talk about Aaravos w/out addressing the disservice that it did to his character. And that is all, I have to say for now~

Sincerely, thank you for reading.

#my art #ask jamie #about #aaravos #tdp #the dragon prince #callum #doodle #comic #short #and then there was a literal essay #you asked #and you will now receive #i honestly had feelings drawing him smile #it's bonkers #I have a strong feeling I'm being hate watched #so sorry if some of the wording are strange #but to anyone who loves what i make and stayed here for my shenanigans #hi #this one is for you #thank you for loving aaravos #anyways #bye.

[kradogsrats]

raised to spouse the question of “wait, what the hell is Opeli High Cleric OF, exactly, in this setting that appears to be completely devoid of actual religion?” last night, causing us to rehash a discussion that apparently we had before and I somehow completely forgot (thanks ADHD?)

Opeli is very clearly designed to look religious, and she has this explicitly religious title in some official sources (Callum’s Spellbook, at least... I haven’t dug through the novelizations to see if it’s referenced there), but for a fantasy setting TDP is actually shockingly areligious. Where there would usually be gods of various elemental powers, instead there are the primal sources, regarded more as natural phenomena. (And also, through the arcana, instilling a bit of the divine in every Xadian, but that’s irrelevant.) The Archdragons, which could also be a focus of religious worship, are instead portrayed and regarded as essentially political beings. (Rayla acknowledges Sol Regem’s power and prestige, but also that he’s kind of a dick in a very non-reverent way.)

Opeli is also presented entirely as political--every official source description of her emphasizes her focus on law and her competence as an administrator. Not her spirituality. Not her religious morality. Those simply don’t exist. In fact, the rituals we see performed in Katolis are also pretty much devoid of any religious significance. Take Harrow’s funeral: there’s a prescribed set of rituals around the burial of a king, including a set amount of time that the body is expected to lie in state before interment. But Viren breaking those rules is a violation of propriety, not blasphemy. He has offended Opeli and the traditions of Katolis, but not god. And Harrow’s soul isn’t going to be trapped in the the mortal realm because his body was destroyed early, or anything. It’s just rude.

It’s all just legalistic ritual. Which aligns with Opeli’s character as described, sure, but the religious nature of her design still makes me itchy.

I’d like to do a deeper check for references to religion in canon through rewatch/reread, even just any errant “gods/god” light cursing, but until then the only thing I remember is in the Tales of Xadia sourcebook’s section on--get this--Startouch elves. It describes a poem held by the Royal Library of Evenere called “The Epic of the Void,” which pre-dates the fall of Elarion and is held in greatest secrecy and security:

Those hoping to study the poem must petition the High Mage of Evenere personally, but she is notoriously strict in allowing access to the work. Most hopeful readers are turned away without explanation (and often with a stern lecture on the sacred nature of Startouch scholarship), creating ever more mystery around this ambiguous poem.

(Emphasis added.)

A stanza of the poem is included:

Where do the fabled Great Ones hide? What secrets have you locked inside? From rising Sun to Moonlight’s grace I search the Sky for any trace Of Starfolk, fabled, fallen, found-- Once everywhere, now none around. Is all we are to know of thee Consumed by Dark, or cast to Sea? So bound to Earth, are we denied The touch of Stars? Have our Gods died? Where do the fabled Great Ones hide?

(Again, emphasis added.)

So a) nice tie-in with the recent Aaravos short Patience, but b) wasn’t Aaravos just casually standing around at the expulsion of humans from Xadia? Pretty sure that was after the fall of Elarion. So unless he’s like... the only Startouch elf who has ever manifested on Xadia, something’s weird. (Also, just for fun, c) note the inclusion of Dark among the references to the primals.)

So idk but what I’m getting here is that modern humans are largely areligious, but deep in the history of human culture there is the concept of a plural divinity associated with the stars that has, for some reason, not survived. This could be something shared in elven culture, but the inclusion of dark magic with the other primal sources in the poem implies a human author, and the same section in Tales of Xadia describes an elven children’s rhyme that references Startouch elves being gone(tm) but not really distinct from other elves. (Elves are more likely to have religion-adjacent rituals associated with their primals, imo. For example, the ostentatious purification ritual of the Sun elves.)

Anyway, to circle back to what started the discussion: Opeli’s role is almost definitely more of a “master of laws and rituals” one than a “spiritual guide” one, and also (the real reason I was thinking about this) the routine mild blasphemy used by humans for emphasis would likely be “gods,” or possibly some variant of “stars,” “stars above,” etc.

#the dragon prince #yes i did all of this to figure out what people should be saying during sex #i am a simple creature #'stars' bothers me because it was heavily adopted by star wars fandom so now i get cognitive dissonance #i should just buy digital editions of the novelizations shouldn't i #being able to search text would be SO useful

[butididnottried]

Unicorns: hey humans, we’re felling sad for you so here, have some primal stones so you can do primal magic and not be so miserable anymore :)

Primal stones, hard type of magic:

Aaravos: hey humans, watch what i got, daaark magic. I’m giving it to you just because i want to help you. Worship me.

Dark magic, easy type of magic:

So, these news about how it all started are surely something, huh?

#tdp #the dragon prince #aaravos #dark magic #dark mages #primal magic #primal stones #tdp canon #the dragon prince canon #tdp pre-canon #the dragon prince pre-canon #tdp spoilers #the dragon prince spoilers #maybe aary was just jealous that unicorns we're first to do that?

[npinkbin]

New fans: oh no what will we do while we wait for season two:(

Tdp veterans: :)

#wlwsheratdp #the dragon prince #tdp #tdp shitpost #pre canon tdp #tdp veterans

[harrowofficial]

Ok but for realsies, the dragon prince fandom is a REALLY interesting look at effective character design and how people can agree on not only a characters personality but also their role in the show and their dynamic with other characters with basically 0 content out. Like to the extent that we can already tell (with some back and forth) which characters are killeable. That's wild.

#and the more i think about it the more i feel like everyone subconsciously does this with every show #like after watching the first episode #but ive never hung out in a pre canon community so this is like a really cool experiment #tdp #the dragon prince #noragrets

[kakunamatatq]

NFJDJDJD CODE FIVEHEAD

me: i’m not really feeling the animation in T.D/P ://

also me: *watches budget animation in CL where they repeatedlyreuse clips resulting in multiple instances of characters being teleportedbetween scene locations*

#this is such an easy dig to make at me complaining about that or pre-Elibe FE designs dsjkf #“how can you watch that and then turn around and say—’’ #listen i don’t choose what does and doesn’t gel with me #although admittedly CL does have nostalgia working in its favor #and cheesy humor that goes so overboard i find it endearing and the animation helps it #combined with a semi-serialized plot that’s fun to play around with and insert plenty of extended/missing scenes into canon #aaawunder #Asks #KM Komments #Code Lyoko #TDP

[raayllum]

2x07 / 2x04 / 3x09

#god they're so INSANE FOR THIS #rayllum #tdp callum #arc 1 #pre canon #parallels #mage boy #2x04 #s2 #2x07 #3x09 #s3 #as much as i love arc 2 / s4 arc 1 really is so special

[sapphictdp]

Rayla being Emo(tm): oh, you dont want to be friends with me, I'm a handful

Ezran, excitedly: I have two hands!!

#rayla #ezran #tdp #the dragon prince #g: egg boy and elf girl #i mean this is mostly pre-canon rayla but! #uwu

[beautifulterriblequeen]

Want more TDP canon goodies? Tales of Xadia has got your back!

Today's Role and Keep Twitch stream covered the Table of Contents from Tales of Xadia's upcoming rules handbook, which is scheduled for release in the first 3 months of 2022, before Bloodmoon Huntress comes out. Take a look!

The first chapter, Welcome to Xadia, is for those who don't know The Dragon Prince at all. It covers the basics, and there probably won't be too much in the way of stuff the TDP fandom doesn't know in there.

Chapter II, Welcome to Cortex, covers the gaming system. If you know D&D, try to ignore it. Cortex doesn't run terribly similarly, and the focus of the gameplay in ToX is very different, in a more intuitive way that really embraces cooperative storytelling.

Chapter III, Gazeteer of Xadia, is - ohoho fams - this is the good stuff, this is the grand prize! This chapter is the deep dive into all kinds of lore, culture, locations, myths, and other worldbuilding that we have not learned anywhere else before - and it's all canon, created in collaboration with Wonderstorm.

And there's art in this book. Glorious art. I am so excited!

Chapter IV, Player's Guide, is the meat of the handbook, containing a complete guide to creating a character from scratch and learning how to interact with the tale you're playing. I've participated in one of ToX's online character creation workshops and created a dozen or so catalyst and narrator characters, and it's very simple once you get the pattern.

Chapter V, Mage's Guide, goes more in depth on how magic works in ToX - and it's going to give us shiny new details on how Ocean and Earth magic work! Aah! It sounds like we should be getting a full explanation for dark magic as well as all the primal magics, except for Stars. Because someone has to be a mysterious drama queen in his mirror.

Chapter VI, Narrator's Guide, is all about how to be the person spinning the tale for your friends, and what you'll need to do it. I've been writing and running original tales for a few months, and it's still a bit wibbly without the full ruleset, but the online tools on the ToX website are really helpful and I always have them open for reference.

Also of note: I asked a question in the stream about whether we'd be getting any new pre-gen characters, or perhaps if there were character sheets out there for canon show characters that players might want to interact with or play. Cam Banks (Cortex's creator) responded to say that there are some characters from the show that are available as catalyst characters - I assume that's in this chapter, under Featured Catalysts - and that it's very easy to shift a character from narrator-character to catalyst-character to playable-character. Which, yes, it should be, because there are only so many stats you need for each of those three roles. So I guess we'll see who got into the book as a featured catalyst!

Chapter VII, The Tale of the Corrupted Core, is, I expect, the long-awaited playable tale set in Lux Aurea between S3 and S4. It's been a long time since anyone mentioned this specific setting, but I have been waiting for this for a while, and Cam confirmed that this tale is very much a Sun tale, just like Gloaming Glade was a Moon tale and Lost Oasis was a Sky tale.

The Appendix is where all the glorious lists are, for the good details like Distinctions and SFX, which will be so much fun to delve deep into for nosy nuggets on our favorite characters from the show! See, Cortex's first ever game was based on the TV show Firefly, (which has a Cortex) and its character distinctions were pulled from characters on the show itself. I have been assuming that ToX will do the same, from the few distinctions I've have seen so far - because Cortex has been delightfully coy with sharing these. I'm expecting that all the available character distinctions and SFX will have been created and included in the handbook because they belong to a character we know or will meet eventually. So if you want to piece together a playable version of Nyx, or Callum, or Amaya, or Corvus, or Ethari, or Claudia, or literally any canon character at all, and there isn't a character sheet for them yet, you won't have too much trouble crafting something that feels very much like them!

Also: ToX has released 12 pre-gen characters, thus far, for people to just jump into gameplay with. They're amazing, with humans and elves as mages and fighters and diplomats and adventurers and rogues and more. But in the Appendix, that little section there says a Baker's Dozen. That means 13, guys. Looks like we're gonna get blessed with one more secret playable pre-gen character! OMG WHO IS IT??

I am SO HYPE for this book, I have had it pre-ordered forever! But there's more canon fun to come, and it's just around the corner.

Every Wednesday at 3PT, Role and Keep has a live Twitch stream. And on December 2, 9, and 16, Cam Banks will be running a 3-part ToX holiday celebration ttrpg which will include new canon details straight from Wonderstorm about how various cultures and/or characters around Xadia celebrate - or don't - during the holiday season! That's right, Wonderstorm is gonna dump all the fun fluffy cuteness (and angst? maybe? I gotta go find out) we need for our upcoming holiday fics, right into our arms. Oh, I'll definitely be taking notes while I watch.

Hmmm. Maybe I can write up a tale that starts out as a perfectly innocent travelers' visit to one of the newly revealed locations in the handbook... until......... Bahaha. Whatever you do, don't touch anything.

#ToX #tales of xadia #tdp #aaaaa new tdp canon deeds incoming i am so hype #tdp ttrpg #role and keep #cortex ttrpg #cortex

[jedidragonwarriorqueen]

Jedi’s Fanfic Masterpost

You can go straight to my AO3 account, starsinherblood, or use the individual links below the cut.

Organized by fandom (TDP, FMA and MLB) with quick descriptions, word counts, and ratings next to the link. Completed unless stated otherwise.

Happy reading! 😊

The Dragon Prince

i would trade the wealth of ages (for a warmer hand to hold): Oneshot, 5.7k, T for heavy themes. Rayllum Christmas special modern AU. Grief, angst, hurt/comfort. She’s half convinced he’s an elf or a faerie. He’s half convinced she’s a Christmas angel. Either way, they found each other when they each needed someone most, and maybe there’s still some magic in the world after all.

we took the step, oh we took the leap (and we'll take what comes): Oneshot, 5.5k, T for passive suicidal ideation. Star Wars AU.  A series of interconnected scenes following an exiled Mandalorian, a fledgling Jedi prince, and the heir apparent of a planet on their quest to return a star dragon egg to its home.

Rayllum Valentine's 2021

Valentine's Day: Oneshot, 3.6k, G. Rayllum modern AU. Fluff. Rayla might be having a terrible shift, but at least she's not the poor bloke being stood up by his date. Who actually likes Valentine's Day, anyway?

Flowers and an Unexpected Party:  Oneshot, 4.7k, G. Rayllum modern AU. Fluff.  Callum can't help but try to cheer up his newest customer, especially when her unusual floral arrangement request is livening up his own afternoon.

and finding answers (is forgetting all of the questions we called home): Three chapters, 13k, T for violence. Post-canon Rayllum. Angst with a happy ending.   After a run-in with Viren and Claudia, Callum awakens with no memory past the afternoon he learned assassins were coming for King Harrow.

(reach out and find your) happily ever after: Oneshot, 696 words, G. Rayllum songfic.

Aspiro Calor: Oneshot, 1.4k, G. Pure tooth-rotting Rayllum fluff. Rayla's finally stormed off to brood after a full evening of mingling with the Katolin Court, but Callum isn't going to stand for that.

The Legend of Lady Luna (Robin Hood AU)

The Legend Begins: In-progress multi-chap, currently 4 chapters, 21.4k, T for violence. When Prince Callum and the elven outlaw known as Lady Luna accidently cross paths, it might just spell the beginning of the end for the Lord Protector Viren’s tyrannical reign. Slow-burn Rayllum, heaps of found family, action and adventure.

Ghosts in the Silverwood: In-progress series of interconnect oneshots, currently 2 chapters, 4.7k, T for violence. Prequel to The Legend Begins. No Rayllum, but loads of found family.

Rayllum Bad Vibes Rodeo 2023

and now that you're close i feel like coming undone: Oneshot, 1.7k, G, prompt "Flowers." Emotional angst, hurt/no comfort. Post-TTM. One year after leaving Callum at the Moon Nexus, Rayla's mission brings her too close for comfort.

it only feels this raw right now (lost in the fabric of my own mind): Oneshot, 1.1k, G, prompt "Possession." Angst, nightmares, references to violence. Aftermath of the season 5 preview clip "Stargazing." Callum's nightmares have changed again.

who could ever leave me, darling (but who could stay?): Oneshot, 2.3k, G, prompt "Reconciliation." Angst, emotional hurt/comfort, Big Feelings Time. Pre-season 5 speculation, TTM fallout. Before embarking on yet another cross-continental trip, this time just the two of them, Rayla and Callum need to let some Big Feelings air.

long live all the mountains we moved (i had the time of my life fighting dragons with you): Oneshot, 3k, T, prompt "End of the World." Major Character Death, angst, tragedy, graphic violence, blood and injury, bittersweet ending. One day, we will be remembered.

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood and Manga

colors fade into the flames (black and white is what remains): Oneshot, 3.3k, T for violence. The events at the Third Laboratory in a double role-reversal AU. Flame Alchemist!Riza, Armor!Ed. Royai angst, because it’s the Third Laboratory lol.

may i be your shield (when no one can be found): Oneshot, 2.1k, T for injury and consequences of violence. Royai angst. When Riza wakes up, she doesn't know where the colonel is, or if he's safe.

and when you can’t rise (i’ll crawl with you on hands and knees): Four chapters, 24k, T for violence and injury. Royai. Angst with a happy ending, hurt/comfort. Attacked on their way home from a diplomatic trip to Drachma, General Mustang and Captain Hawkeye find themselves contending with a group of insurgents, but the odds are stacked against them. (So much angst. I'm not kidding about the angst)

let us burn, let us burn (in this fire that makes us yearn): Collection of unconnected Royai drabbles/oneshots from requested angst prompts on Tumblr. Prompts as chapter titles, summaries at the beginning of each chapter.

in the cracks of light i dreamed of you (it was real enough to get me through): Oneshot, 1.2k, G. Royai angst and pining. Also featuring a very good boy. On the anniversary of Black Hayate's adoption, Riza takes him to the park after a long day of working under the Fuhrer.

i shot straight as an arrow (you caught me in your bullseye): Oneshot, 11.4k, T. Royai, fluff and angst, mutual pining. Coffee shop AU, modern setting. Brief hostage situation because I’m me. Full-time undergraduate student and part-time barista Riza Hawkeye has a full schedule on Thursdays, but she always makes sure to brew the usual for the private detective from the office upstairs.

the story's just beginning (time we did some living): Oneshot, 4.9k, G. Royai, domestic fluff, dancing in the kitchen, first kiss, post-canon. He’s here, and she’s here. They’re both alive, despite everything.

it's perfectly strange, you run in my veins: One-shot, 3k, T. Royai, angst, hurt-comfort. Vampire!Roy AU, blood and injury. Badly injured and in hiding, there's only one source of blood that can save vampire Roy Mustang's life, and she's more than willing to offer---even at cost to herself.

your secrets are kept where you think no one sees (but your fortress is made out of glass): One-shot, 2.6k, G. Riza-centric, background/implied Royai. Light angst, hurt/comfort, mild description of injury. Team Mustang looking after their girl. Her team knows her better than she realizes.

don't you ever tame your demons (but always keep them on a leash): One-shot, 2.3k, T. Royai, angst. Gun violence, blood and injury. He's going to the top. She'll make sure he gets there. It's always the same, and it kills a piece of him every time.

Royai Week 2022

yesterday I died (tomorrow's bleeding): oneshot, 1.6k, T. Prompts: saudade, backstabber (art prompt). Angst, hurt comfort, post-promised day hospital stay. Without his sight, Roy can't tell if his lieutenant is still there.

and we’re the only ones dancing on the sun: oneshot, 6k, T. Prompts: free-for-all, twin flame. Star Wars AU. Angst, action, blood and injury. When Rebel demolitions expert Roy Mustang is stranded on a hostile planet after a mission, it's up to X-wing pilot Riza Hawkeye to rescue him.

holy water cannot help you now: oneshot, 4.5k, T. Prompts: Reunion, rainy day. Graphic descriptions of violence, implied/referenced torture, angst, blood and injury, POV outsider. Colonel Mustang recovers his lieutenant.

Miraculous Ladybug

She Never Came: Oneshot, 3.4k, T for violence and major character death. Angst with an unhappy ending. Ladynoir, Mari and Alya friendship. This last time, Ladybug didn't repair the damage, and no one knows why, not even Ladybug herself. Sometimes, your best is not enough, and yet others, it's too much.

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😂, okay, I get all that but what I'm saying is that in this hypothetical ML AU where their personalities are still the same as in cannon with it taking place in Modern times like ML, how would the love square dynamic work? Like would Rayla realize she's in love with Callum and his Ladybug persona and vice versa? Or going with the idea that both manage to figure out or just reveal each other secret, woukd the feeling just develop naturally like that.

Ah, I don't think the "True Selves" trope for Rayllum is about if they love the person behind the mask or not romantically.

I think it's gonna be like "Callum is only close to me because I'm his partner" or "Rayla tolerates me because I'm her other half" in a purely platonic way, because that's how the two started with in canon - they teamed up because they have a mission, and both wanted to befriend each other (if not for Rayla's secrecy). So they're pretty much like post-reveal pre-relationship Adrinette dynamic.

And in regards to the Umbrella Scene, it's gonna be a mix of Callum's speech in 1 x 4 and 2 x 4, of how Rayla's words changed him (You called me a mage...and it felt right)

Coup de foudre? We have that in TDP too 😆

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