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Inktober Day 9: Precious

“We have to protect the Dragon Prince and return him to Xadia!”

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The Dragon Prince Final Initial Thoughts

Yes, I know that title is an oxymoron, but it’s pretty appropriate. These are my final thoughts in the several minutes after just finishing the show. Any thoughts I post on it after this will be after I’ve had more time to look at it from a distance, with more objectivity. If I ever want to do that.

Anyways, The Dragon Prince was a really incredible journey. The music was phenomenal and perhaps one of my favorite parts of the entire show. The art style did take some getting used to, but that by no means takes away from the show’s heart; especially since I was fine with it by the finale. The fight scenes are badass.

The story itself is really clever. Every detail, from Ezran’s hands leaving behind jelly-prints to the elves’s ritual in the first episode, all find ways to weave themselves back into the narrative with enough significance so that it’s impossible to forget about them while binging the show. Every scene feels purposeful. And the villains? They’re each characters of their own. Not a single character in this show feels shallow. There’s something deeper to each of them, or at the very least, hints of something deeper that has yet to be fully explored.

But my favorite thing about this show? It is so wonderfully, beautifully character-driven. At its core, The Dragon Prince is about these characters learning to work together to protect their home and the things they love while learning about themselves in the process, and the plot never detracts from that. The characters and their development and their state of mind always comes first, and the show always makes sure to dedicate focus to progressing our main cast as individuals as well as as a team—and a family. Seriously, Callum, Ezran, and Rayla are one of the better “found family” dynamics I’ve seen in any television series in a long time. Their interactions are just given so much weight to ensure the fluidity of their development works, and boy does it work.

At the end of the day, that’s my main take away from the show. The clever character-driven writing creates a story that feels so fresh amidst a world that feels so massive and immersive, and I can’t wait to see the next step in Callum, Ezran, and Rayla’s journey.

As of right now, my favorite characters are Rayla and Ezran, and their interactions were definitely my favorite on the show. I knew Rayla would be my favorite going in, but Ezran was a pleasant surprise; his character has so much more nuance, and the fact that I could see it from just his first few scenes says a lot about the brilliant writing this show has achieved with its characters.

But that’s all I have to say for right now. This show is really, really clever, and at times horrifyingly yet fascinatingly dark. It had me wincing, it had me laughing, and it had me enthralled. No matter how my opinion may vary in the following weeks as I gain more distance from the show, I can proudly proclaim that I thoroughly enjoyed experiencing the journey it took me on, and nothing can remove that irrefutable fact.

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Announced at NYCC 2018: The Dragon Prince season 2 is coming to Netflix in 2019.

See some shared livetweets of the panel on our twitter account: https://twitter.com/DragonPrinceFan

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“Okaaay… Here goes nothing… FULMINIS!!!!”

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Thanks for 1,000 followers!

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hello everybody meet my new husband

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Quote: TDP writer Iain Hendry on using Amaya’s perspective to tell a wider story

Polygon: All of the love for the show so far seems like a good sign. If you do get another season, what do you personally hope comes next for Amaya and the story as a whole?

Iain: Without going into possible spoiler territory, I think Amaya could be a really great way to explore another part of the world. She’s heading back to the Breach, a place that connects Xadia and the human kingdoms, at a time when tensions are really coming to a head, so if she has to hold the line there, she’ll have to deal with some trials and tribulations, and we’ll get to see more of Xadia. Season one is so focused on the human kingdoms, and specifically Katolis — if we get to tell more stories, we’ll get to pull back that camera on the wider world, and Amaya would be a great viewpoint for that.

Read more at Polygon.com

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The Dragon Prince is a pretty cool show. 

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This is another unofficial, fan-run charity zine getting started organizing.

They intend to create an art and fiction zine with content designed to be Y-7 friendly with no ships featuring around 20 contributors. Please visit their tumblr blog for more info.

Schedule

Format: MM/DD - MM/DD | Topic Response: The time you have to respond to your acceptance email; If you do not answer this in time, we will seek out another applicant to fill your spot.

09/15 - 10/15 | Interest check

09/28 - 10/12 | Mod applications 10/12 - 10/12 | Mod emails go out 10/12 - 10/14 | Mod response 10/14 - 10/14 | Mod announcement

10/22 - 11/22 | Contributor applications 11/22 - 11/25 | Contributor emails go out 11/25 - 11/30 | Contributor response

01/02 - 01/09 | First check-in | Summary, idea, sketches (this is so late to give contributors time during christmas and new years season)

01/30 - 02/03 | Second check-in | 50-75% done

02/27 - 03/03 | Final pieces due

04/05 - 05/05 | Pre-Orders open

05/05 - XX/XX | Production and shipping phase

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An unofficial, fan-run recipe and art zine just getting started. They’re on twitter here and have opened up interest an form here.

Coming soon, a TDP food fan zine.

Follow for more information! 

art by @whalechief

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Elves are beautiful. So unfair.

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tell me she’ll be back and take care of them

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listen. I love him.

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should i be grateful that you destroyed that dragon’s egg? thank you for starting this unwinnable war? thank you for angering the dragons and the elves so much that tonight they are here for my life?

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I finished this up just a few hours before The Dragon Prince premieres! I already love this guy and his design so. I had to draw him :3c

do NOT use/repost without permission

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