#fenrhi watches tdp

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What the hell did I just read. I'm gonna copy-paste the interview here so other people can suffer with me

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Every time I check TDP Tweethell Account I see they gave us more homework

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*looks at TDP spoilers* wow… if I had a dollar every time noncon mpreg happened in an American cartoon, I would have two dollars. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice

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VIREN NOOOOO

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The people who liveblog TDP S5 are braver than US marines

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In case anyone was curious about TDP S5, reliable sources on Tweethell (Claudia fans) said it was absolute shit

Like, worse than S4 in ways no one could have imagined

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Rex Igneous is the only valid Archdragon because he’s not afraid to call Avizandum what he really is: a piece of shit

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Me: *clicks on a video discussing why TDPS4 sucked*

The Youtuber: The human architect who got her hands burned is a Karen and Claudia has a Victim Complex

Me:

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The final boss of TDP isn’t Aaravos, it’s King Ahling, who wants to avenge his son

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Review of TDPS4 (long and salty, like fries)

I started watching TDPS4 with really, REALLY low expectations, but in an incredible feat of genius, this season disappointed me more than I could have imagined. Sure, some will say ‘S4 is a set-up season, so it will have less action in it!’ and I will answer ‘I know 12 year old children who could write fanfictions with smarter dialogues and more emotional depth than that’. It’s kinda pathetic that this is the best the writers could come up with after two years.

Did I hate absolutely everything about S4? No, but the things I did like make up a short list

THE GOOD:

- Claudia. CLAUDIA. Claudia, my babygirl, who is carrying the entire season on her back. I mean that literally: it’s HER decision to save Viren that kickstart the plot of S4. Without her, Aaravos would have zero hope of escaping his prison quickly. Claudia also has the most heartfelt moments of S4 (her conversations with Viren and Soren) and the most badass action scene (her fight with Ibis). We stan a girl that can multitask

- Speaking of Viren, I never thought S4 would take the ‘woobify’ route with him, but I was pleasantly surprised by this. His monologue in ep2 made me tear up. It was also funny seeing him struggling to adjust to the presence of two new travelling companions. My one wish for S4 was to see Viren embarking on a wacky magical adventure and it finally came true! I love winning. But I still have no idea where the writers are taking his character. I thought they were setting him up as an obstacle on Claudia’s path, trying to stop her journey to free Aaravos out of love for her. But the last episode of S4 also shows Viren back to his ‘corrupted’ form and grinning like a villain? I don’t know. See you in five years I guess

- Aaravos only had two minutes of screentime, which he used to possess Callum, taunt his friends and family, and break The Mirror. Legends only

- The Earth elves’ country was pretty

- Rex Igneous has won the title of Least Annoying Archdragon

- The animation got better? I think?

THE BAD:

- god where to start with this one

- I have always found this show’s jokes cringe but damn, they reached a new low in S4. Not only that, but S4 too often undercut the ‘seriousness’ of the message it’s trying to convey by including stupid jokes at the wrong moment. It just makes me shrivel up and die inside

- The tonal dissonance of S3 is still present in S4, and all it accomplishes is making me root for the villains instead of the Good Guys. Ez is happily eating jelly tarts at the castle with his friends, while Claudia tearfully explains the suffering she had to go through in order to finish the resurrection spell for Viren. Gee, I wonder which character I will feel emotionally invested in 🤔

- Why isn’t Dark Fam the main characters? They should have been the main characters

- Everyone got hit by the Idiot Ball in S4, but with varying degrees of intensity. You got unfunny miscommunication plots. You got Soren turning into Comic Relief. You got Janai not knowing sign language despite dating a mute human for years. You got Amaya comparing a sacred elf ritual to candles on a birthday cake……

- You know how a video game will throw dull sidequests at you to keep you busy because you’re not supposed to defeat the Final Boss and finish the video game in less than ten hours? This is how S4 feels like. It feels like a lot of things happened but also nothing happened

- S4 straight up says Rayla disappeared for two years and accomplished nothing. Such good writing! Much talent! Wow!

- Ez’s speech in ep3 could have been inspiring if it was in any other show. Because he talks about ‘carrying anger, pain and love in your heart while striving for a peaceful future’ while apparently not knowing Zubeia killed his fucking dad. I want to bang my head on a wall

- The Lucia plotline was…..awkward to say it nicely. It was another case of ‘humans are so stupid and violent, elves are kind and patient’

- I honestly feel like all these inclusions of diversity (J*naya, Terry etc) are a way to distract the viewers from the terrible writing

- ‘Who cares about the story?! This show has gay characters in it uwu’ but unironically

- S4 still gleefully ignores that Elves are historically the ‘oppressor group’ and make sure to portray everyone taking shit about elves as stupid or evil (Claudia, Rex Igneous etc)

- S4 totally forgot about the human kingdoms and Kasef. RIP king you were too good for this show

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I’m looking at my old S4 Predictions Posts and maybe two things on the list below were things that happened/were shown in the show:

Also this is canon now I guess:

Nuance Wanters stay losing lol

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I support Claudia’s rights but more importantly I support Claudia’s wrongs

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TDP S5 is coming out this July and I’ve never been this hyped down to watch something

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OH MY GOD CALLUM YOU DIDNT