i feel really bad for pre-death janet and wanna protect her with everything i have, but the longer she stays in maddie's body, the more against her i am
I feel like normies think of tumblr as the fanart and aesthetic and gifset website but real tumblrinas know that our most culturally significant output and our lifeblood is the humble text post
borders between countries aren't real btw we just made them up. there's no such thing as an "immigrant" we're all just people moving around on the same planet that we've always moved around on
season two bingo. for fun my anticipation for ep 1 is the only thing getting me through january
Echoes of wisdom and Dagon prince
i’m sorry. you’re telling me that at split river high school, on separate occasions, various students have been electrocuted in closets, chrushed by stage lights, tackled to death, KILLED BY GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, had deadly allergic reactions, and died in a mysterious fire. also the bUS CRASH THAT KILLED SIX KIDS??
hate it break it to you, but your school is for sure cursed
waiting so patiently for the School Spirits fandom to come to life so I can talk about it and absorb all the content like a plant soaking up water
when you look up cringefail in a dictionary you'll find a picture of karim next to the definition
ten minute version of i look in peoples windows
guys…guys…GUYS
DECEMBER 19TH
In S2 of The Dragon Prince we get Callum's iconic line, and in S5, a version of it appears in Viren's dark magic induced dream as well.
Both Callum and young Viren say that they get to make their own choices. Their own decisions.
But what if... they don't?
We meet again. Only this time, here I am on the other side. The path of fate is already chosen. Every step I took, I took because I had to.
This is what Viren says when he first sees the mirror in the dream sequence. Initially, I thought this was a reference to how he is now the one becoming trapped, not Aaravos. But that isn't the case.
Because he's not talking about the mirror; he's talking to the mirror. And the person on the other side. Teenage Viren, from the first time that he used Dark Magic. (I believe that this was confirmed by the writers of the show but don't quote me on that).
Years ago, as a teenager, Viren used dark magic for the first time. And he saw, in his vision, an older and corrupted version of himself. This older version of himself warned him of what was to come and told him that his fate was already decided. That every step he took, he took because he had to.
It's very similar to the conversation that Callum has with "Other Callum" in his dark magic dream. And crucially, Young Viren has a similar response to the one Callum had. He says that
No matter where you are on the path, no matter what you’ve done before, every step forward is a choice.
He rebels against this idea. He says his version of "Destiny is a book you write yourself". And yet... decades later he finds himself precisely where he was told he would end up.
Viren rebelled against the concept of Destiny, and yet, he ended up right where he was told he would.
And this raises the question; if Viren saw his future when he was a teenager, and it came true, then was it more than a vision? Was his destiny already written?
And so... is destiny actually a book you write yourself, or do you have no choice in the steps you take down the chosen path of fate?
Just food for thought going into the next season. Cheers.
I need everyone to watch mystery of aaravos so I can start seeing at least 5 long analysis of each character’s arc and how they relate to each other and parallel and foil each other there is so much to talk about with this show
The concept of a "cosmic order" is a nice opposite to Callum's "You write your own destiny", their law of "Never give magic to humans" a nice opposite to him figuring out primal magic on his own, and their cruelty is a nice opposite to Rayla's compassion.
The Bolter x Getaway Car (Live from Edinburgh)(download)
Leola is confirmed to be autistic!!
Everybody keeps being like excited to see Callum trying to win Runaan over and meanwhile I’m just like
I want to see Runaan meet Ezran.
This is a child he signed up to help kill two years ago, and I imagine assassin man is going to have to go through an “oh shit, this kid is like. a really good kid. and if i had killed him peace between katolis and xadia probably never would have happened.” and try to figure out how to apologize.
And meanwhile Ezran is going to have to figure out if his “everyone deserves a chance to choose a different path” philosophy extends to the man who killed his father.
While his home is literally in ashes from Sol Regem’s attack.
Like yes I want to watch Callum be a dork around his girlfriend’s dad, but tbh I’m more curious about how they’re going to handle the reality that Runaan very much did kill Harrow. Like that is definitely a thing he did.
the best thing about Runaan coming back is that, no matter who he interacts with, there is drama. Rayla? he tried to kill her. Callum? he killed his step-dad. Ezran? he tried to kill him and he killed his dad. Ethari? they haven't seen each other in two years, Runaan tried to kill their daughter, Ethari banished their daughter. there is no escape.
okay so King Harrow (father of Ezran, adopted father of Callum) killed the king of the dragons (Father of Zym [adopted brother of Ezran]). in revenge, Runaan (adopted father of Rayla [girlfriend of Callum {adopted son of King Harrow}]) kills King Harrow (father of Ezran, adopted father of Callum).
I need someone to make a chart because Runaan's family life got real complicated in the two years he's been gone
Am I the only person who liked s4&5??
Like if you know storytelling you know they were set up seasons and they’re fun to rewatch in progression.
Also some REALLY good episodes s4&5. Finnigan, Igneous Rex, Callum getting the ocean arcanum. They’re not bad seasons!!
No TDP Youtube, I am not gonna listen to you talk about how much you loved S6 when y’all did nothing but rip on Seasons 4 and 5
Miss me with that noise
If you can’t enjoy the journey, you don’t deserve the satisfaction of heading towards the destination
Again falling back on the domino effect that they emphasized s6
I think the sad thing is that Viren didn't have to coin Kpp'Ar, y'know? Yes, the old man had threatened him, but there was no way Kpp'Ar was going to reach King Atticus that night to tell him of Viren's choice/betrayal, let alone before Viren could save Soren.
Viren could've hurried home, uncorrupted, probably gotten the tears from Lissa consensually because she wouldn't have been scared of him, and then saved Soren.
There would've been consequences. Maybe banishment from court or Katolis (at best), or arrest / imprisonment (at worst). But the rest of his family would've been Okay.
But Kpp'Ar had said "You will lose everything" (your position, your status, etc) and Viren couldn't have that, so he coined his mentor and set off a domino affect... until he really had Lost Literally Everything, and it was too late.
Male gaze this. Female gaze that. What about my wide-eyed gaze, we're singing in the car, getting lost upstate?
Leola was sentenced to death for teaching humans the basics of Primal Magic
centuries later, Aaravos taught humans Dark Magic
using Dark Magic causes "a darkness at the center of one's soul"
that "darkness" can only be cured by filling it with the "light" of the person truth
Aaravos refered to Leola as a star, and the light in his life
Aaravos used to have a solid star symbol on his chest - after Leolas' death, the symbol is inverted and has a hollow dark void at its centre
Something, something, blah blah - in order to use magic, Aaravos ensured that humans must experience the hollow void at the center of their soul that he feels every single day since his daughters execution.
She died to give them magic, he ensured that they feel the full weight of her sacrifice just as much as he does
Avatar universe characters as Tweets part 11 (I think)
S6 juice makes sense cuz the last 3 episodes TAKE YOU OUT
this is SO stupid and low-effort but I can't get that one tiktok out of my head
they're making s6 juice
Jason: Why would you give a knife to Frank? Leo: He felt unsafe. Jason: Now I feel unsafe! Leo: I'm sorry. Leo: ...Would you like a knife?
aaravos was right actually because if a bunch of weird ass star cops murdered my autistic daughter in front of me and then i was imprisoned in a crater with her bones and filled with my tears by the fuckass dragon who ratted out my daughter I would have totally committed The Atrocities too
Viren was such a guy, he killed so many things, he’d do anything for his children except invest in therapy, he went after two kids because they dared to be in line for the throne, he gave his literal heart for Katolis, his son’s self esteem is in the trash and it’s his fault, he loves brutally and completley, he gave his HEART for his kingdom, he locked four people in coins for eternity, he’s easily manipulated, all he ever wanted was power, control, and his daughter’s happiness, he’s insane, he is all for genocide but draws the line at transphobia, he’s dead, his last words were “I am a servant”, he doesn’t know what a cell phone is
the most guy ever