#TDP Spoilers

[raayllum]

A new S7 picture from Justin in the main server!

[youruinedmylifebynotbeingreal]

[ac0531]

Eugene on the new season 7 screenshot 👀

[just-a-fun]

can we talk about Corvus literally hanging on to Soren's waist??

[stuck-in-jelly]

Each screenshot that comes out he keeps looking sadder and sadder and I’m so scared for my boy

[beautifulterriblequeen]

Has anyone looked at the Moonshadow implications for inverting life and death yet? Wondering if the entire act of Rayla saving Runaan's soul from the Moon Nexus is preparing her for something... Worse.

We saw the Oasis for like 5 minutes, but it wasn't even the point of the scene. If the Starscraper is a place that can focus on dark skies, then so is the Midnight Desert. But the Oasis has Moonshadow occupation and a moon-shaped pool, like the Moon Nexus does.

If anyone's qualified to jump into the underworld to stop Aaravos now, it's Rayla. Maybe that's why he looked at her like this the first time he saw her:

Maybe he's known for a long time that someone with that face is going to be a big problem for him - much bigger than merely tackling Viren off the Storm Spire.

Maybe everything he's done to Callum has simply been to undermine Rayla. To distract and discourage her, so she won't have what it takes to stop him when it matters most.

That adds a much more dangerous layer to the threat of Callum possibly using dark magic one more time in S7. If he does it, he could lose himself in it, maybe even become a threat, and that could distract Rayla from striking when she must, allowing Aaravos to get what he wanted all along: the inversion of life and death.

[frozen-orbit]

Being unaware sometimes has its perks. Because i didn't know what the title of TDP season 7 was when i first watched season 6, and i went through the whole thing wondering what it would be, cause all of the primal sources had been used already. It was not until episode 9, when Aaravos explained what was needed for the spell to free him from the pearl, and he mentioned an object related to each primal source and then said that it also needed love, that i thought "Well of course! Season 7 is gonna be 'Love'! That's it!". And then... well... i found out i was not quite right 😭................................ Or was I? 👀👀👀👀

I don't think this was unintentional. In fact, the more i think about it, the more i realize how closely related both of the concepts of love and dark magic are within the story. I know at this point of the show this might be obvious, but hear me out.

There's this idea of what love is, that has been constantly portrayed throughout the series. Sacrifice. Quotes such as "i did what i had to do", "i would do anything for you". We hear these kind of phrases and many of us immediately associate them with love, whether it is romantically, platonically, filially, etc. But also, almost all of these quotes have been said in the show referencing the act of dark magic.

And what does dark magic require? The unthinkable, atrocious actions, sometimes betraying your own morals for a greater good. Oh, but isn't that admirable? Isn't that romantic? To have someone destroy themself in order to save you? Why, that's the greatest act of sacrifice anyone could do! They did it for love!

This may be a distorted idea of what love is, but we can't deny the fact that these kind of actions are perceived as acts of love, both in our society and in the TDP storyline. And it's really interesting because those are like opposite concepts: love is good, dark magic is bad; love is life, dark magic is death; yet somehow, they've managed to put them together and the line between one another has become so blurry. Are they really that different? If any despicable action could be done in the name of love, wouldn't that be just as dark? Wouldn't that also corrupt one's soul?

Honestly, i'm so excited to where the writers would go with this, but i don't know if it'll be that much in the face. My guess is that some character would do some huge sacrifice that would divide opinions on whether it was an act of love or an act of iniquity. What do you think?

[not-alicelive]

New season 7 photos can't wait to see more sneak peaks

[star-dragon-art]

where the villain arc really started

[raayllum]

Timeline season things thanks to the new pictures

So we know early on in the season, presumably, Ezran and Corvus arrive in Katolis and have reunited with Callum (who has likely flown from the Moon Nexus to Katolis to check on his home/brother) and are riding Aegis and Embertail, Janai and Amaya's hotcat mounts. They will likely also reunite with Soren and Opeli here.

We also know at one point that Ez, Rayla, Runaan, Aanya, and presumably most everyone else ends up at the Banther Lodge thanks to these images.

We also know that Rayla (and Runaan) are going to go to the Silvergrove, where Rayla meets with some kind of Keeper for some kind of Moonshadow trial. I'd place this around 7x03 or 7x04 latest.

With the latest image in mind, we can construct some other details.

I thought at first glance that this picture was depicting the journey to back Katolis, given that Ezran and Aanya are there on said hotcats and Corvus is there. However, Soren is also there (riding with Corvus) which means that it can't be on the way from Lux Aurea to Katolis (at least not the premiere trip), so it must come after.

Whatever they're flying to is either something they're worried about, or something that looks worrisome from the sky. Callum is also not in shot, but he could just be flying with his wings > needing a mount. An alternative is that he went with Rayla and Runaan to the Silvergrove, and perhaps Ezran and co. are travelling there to reunite with them, or even checking up on Zubeia.

Things that could worry them from the Sky:

Visibly destroyed or corrupted places, such as the Moon Nexus, Silvergrove (broken barrier?), or even the Midnight Desert (though I don't think there'd be that many clouds if that was the case). This could even be the place with mushrooms where Zubeia is resting, since Soren and Corvus know the way + Aaravos could have incentive to interrupt her healing, but Zym isn't in shot with them either, so... maybe? I think the Silvergrove could make a lot of sense and be time effective, so we'll just have to see.

[youruinedmylifebynotbeingreal]

“Soren and Corvus spotted together in new screenshot!” Ok and. Fork found in kitchen.

[eggsistential-breakdown]

tdp season 6 shitpost doodles

[sagegreenfrogs]

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

[stuck-in-jelly]

My favorite ongoing background thing with Corvus is the fact he prefers to travel by horse but yet is constantly put in a postion where everyone around him is like “but the giant cats/dragons are much faster!”

And he just has to begrudgingly accept he may never have the luxury of riding a normal horse again

[bat-snake]

My dude was really playing thousands of years of long game just to set up the death of the guy that snitched on his baby girl and then taunt him to his face as he was dying.

[sarasade]

It's kinda insane to me that The Giant Aaravos theory got confirmed but that also explains how he eats people like they were popcorn and all that.