#but would also tie into an arc where rayla goes back of her own accord to ask for help tbh

[raayllum]

Rayla, confident in everything she does until the finish line, and Callum, uncertain until his “moment of truth” pans out. I’ve been thinking about how these insecurities and flaws follow them into S3 a lot lately. Both have moments of “redemption” in Rayla’s case and “confidence” in Callum’s before S3, with Rayla successfully saving Zym in 1x09 and choosing her path in 2x07, removing her hesitance, and culminating in her tackling Viren off the Pinnacle. For Callum, he learns to depend on his magic and believe more and more in his own capability, culminating in him jumping off the Pinnacle after her, not without his own doubts, but determined to make it work lest he lose her. 

In some ways, Callum has curbed his; he’s learned to rely on his magic and is confident that it’ll work out for him the way he wants by S4. But I wonder if he might feel a bit more like Rayla, now, that he choked at the finish line and let her slip through his fingers when it mattered the most. Meanwhile, Rayla is still trying to make up for how she ‘choked’ in 3x09 (likely in her mind by not fully dying alongside Viren and ensuring his death, somehow through that). Both she and Callum have had to ‘harden’ their hearts because of their separation, and I wonder if their reunion will help heal this continuing wound. For Callum, he’ll get a second chance at keeping Rayla safe and bringing her home, making up for that past ‘mistake’; for Rayla, she may be able to learn that even when she doesn’t pull through, even when she does fumble at the finish line, it doesn’t mean a loss of worth. She can make mistakes and still have value - and who better to help her learn that than Callum, when she taught him just the same in S2?