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Just finished hellish rebuke so I’m updating the playlists

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Ok, I'm really getting tired of seeing people saying Aaravos is manipulating Claudia and I don't know if those people are watching a different show or seeing the show through a different lens but clearly, they turned a blind eye to the intention of this scene:

Aaravos confesses the whole truth about Viren to Claudia.

Then Claudia confessed that she KNEW Viren wasn't in the in-between and that she has been going along with Aaravos by her own free will.

Aaravos even asks her if she knew he wasn't there, then why would she want to invert the Nexus?

And that's when she asks Aaravos to give his full reasoning for opening up the Nexus. And he does. He becomes vulnerable to his true feelings.

Then Claudia stays by her own agency.

There is no more manipulation. They are now both on the same page.

Those of you saying after this that he's manipulating her have completely turned a blind eye to this scene for some reason and I really don't know why. Its a beautiful scene where two people who have both been through immense trauma have bonded and have become family. They have both lost someone and are now walking the same path together whether good or not.

I spoke about it in my post yesterday so I won't go too much into detail here but you can even see it in this scene:

Terry and Soren hatch a plan to use an illusion of Claudia's mum to get her away from Aaravos (now THATS manipulation) and Claudia says to Aaravos that she will handle it and guess what? He respects her wishes and stands back.

Even when the illusion version of her mum comes out from the Nexus, Aaravos doesn't say anything. If he really was manipulating her, he would have tried to stop her but no, he gives Claudia the breathing space to do what she needs to do and stays back.

Aaravos had given her a chance for an out earlier at the Nexus and Claudia went with him by her own free will so if she chose her mum, Aaravos would have respected that. Especially from the language he was choosing here by letting Claudia take the reins in this situation. It was about her, not about him. Why is this stuff being overlooked?

There's even proof in the openings:

Season 6 Opening:

Season 7 Opening:

Claudia no longer turns to stone and Aaravos has a much softer expression. Now why do you think that is?

That's right. She's no longer his pawn but someone he genuinely wants to see happy and healthy.

Now, lets look at the season 7 interview:

Note: Its supposed to say, "When Aaravos confessed that he does not believe Viren will emerge from the Moon Nexus" because we know that's what happened.

This is a Youtube interview from Cartoon Universe with the creators of The Dragon Prince. This was said by Aaron Ehasz himself:

"One of the things the season does, it deals with this idea of the transference - like Claudia's relationship with her father - and he's (Aaravos) sort of very aware of like she sees me as a father now and its not a perfect transference and he really sees her as a daughter - and he really does - I will not watch another daughter die, he says - he MUST save her. And so, I don't know. I do think - he's not just completely - he's not just an evil force, he has ALOT of cosmic anger to play out. He looks up at the stars "Are you watching?!" He's got a lot to work through."

Aaravos legitimately does see Claudia as a daughter and does very much care for her. There is no denying it.

At the end, Aaravos gets Claudia out of the final fight and says "I will not watch another daughter die" and you can feel how much he means those words (amazing performance by Erik Todd Dellums.) and in the way he looks at her, even though he's beaten and bruised.

He is now her father and she is his daughter.

No manipulation to be found after episode 6.

Was he once manipulating her? Yes. But not anymore. They are very much on the same page and care for each other very much as family.

Can we please move on from this whole "Aaravos is manipulating Claudia" charade now because I'm getting very tired of seeing it.

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@tadpoleatemybrain okay when I first saw this, I laughed and thought “man, I would need a really big tip to just let some guy bite me” and then I thought about the implications of that. Like getting a steady supply of blood is probably pretty expensive for a vampire.

You have a blood substitute but does it really have all the nutrients a growing vampire needs? Or is it filled with a bunch of junk to make the hunger go away? What was the testing process like? Because my mind goes to Hey, We’ve Got All These Vampires We Can’t Get Rid Of. Am I More Concerned With Properly Feeding Them Or Just Making Sure They Won’t Bite Me?

How readily available is the blood substitute? Is it right next to the beef in the meat aisle? Or does that make the general public uncomfortable? Does it have its own separate store?

I’m thinking about how when someone is starving, they steal some food from a store, but when a vampire is starving, they need to attack some guy.

I’m thinking about how high the percent of vampires in prison would be verses humans. —are sentences different for vampires since they’re immortal?

All I can think about is this au

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I have ADHD and I do hand gestures when I'm trying to remember something

I look like I'm trying to do magic on myself

Its detect thoughts and I'm failing every god damned roll

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Anytime my friends see me reading

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“Oh fuck! I need to respond to that rp!” I say like my casserole is burning in the oven

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Okay hear me out: the way he gets his blood now is by paying broke college students for their blood

I’d like one order of Astarion living into the modern era and meeting someone after swearing no one else after Tav died with a side of Astarion being old and trying to figure out modern technology, please

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ACTUALLY, I NEED HIM TO BE LUCIFERED. PUT HIM IN THERAPY.

Astarion: yes, well I am a vampire

Therapist, confused and jotting down notes: and how does that make you feel?

I’d like one order of Astarion living into the modern era and meeting someone after swearing no one else after Tav died with a side of Astarion being old and trying to figure out modern technology, please

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I’d like one order of Astarion living into the modern era and meeting someone after swearing no one else after Tav died with a side of Astarion being old and trying to figure out modern technology, please

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REBLOG IF IT IS OKAY TO COME INTO YOUR INBOX AND SAY THE RANDOMEST SHIT I CAN THINK OF BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO INTERACT WITH YOU.

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Reblog to put one of these in your mutuals’ pocket when they’re not looking

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Made this for u 💝

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some people think writers are so eloquent and good with words, but the reality is that we can sit there with our fingers on the keyboard going, “what’s the word for non-sunlight lighting? Like, fake lighting?” and for ten minutes, all our brain will supply is “unofficial”, and we know that’s not the right word, but it’s the only word we can come up with…until finally it’s like our face got smashed into a brick wall and we remember the word we want is “artificial”.

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DONE!!!!!!!!!!

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i hate that every time i look for color studies and tips to improve my art and make it more dynamic and interesting all that comes up are rudimentary explanations of the color wheel that explain it to me like im in 1st grade and just now discovering my primary colors

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yk sometimes a guy would like to see stuff where Astarion dissociating is not a big deal.