#rayllum for the win

[sorenkinnie]

Rayla was far more worried about Callum than she really needed to be. She knew that. It was not rational.

She also 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 Callum could take care of himself now. He had seemingly made it two years without her and had been just fine. He had grown to become a powerful mage, now being connected to 𝘵𝘸𝘰 primal sources.

However, 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘦 of that stopped her anxiety that grew worse day by day.

She just wanted to keep him 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦. She wanted to protect him.

Read the rest on ao3 :3

[raayllum]

Rayla saying "But you're basically my best friend. I wouldn't let anything happen to you, no matter what it took" (Bloodmoon Huntress), and "He's my friend, my best friend" (3x01) and "I won't let anything happen to you" to Callum (6x01) and

[medu-nefer]

stronger together

meanwhile, about 10 (?) years earlier:

thank you for coming to my ted talk

[tategaminu]

I looked up the TDP tag in Lofter (chinese tumblr kinda) and people really like Viren

Like really like Viren

Really really really like Viren

you understand what I mean right?

[m4rs-ex3]

ugh.

like he's clearly supposed to be doing better. and up until this point in the episode we are only shown him absolutely thriving, not a care in the world. ezran sees him outside and asks "are you okay?" in the most clearly comfort-intentioned-uh-oh-something-is-up tone; he knew how hard this could be, but even he thought callum could do it.

and he was doing better that's the thing. but he knew that couldn't do it. and you can tell from his face he's just like oh no. one reminder of what goddamn day it is and he crumbles.

it just makes you think (and by you i mean me i'm obsessive) about how much he's really been thinking about rayla. he hasn't healed, he's spent 2 years trying to ignore her presence in his head to the best of his abilities ("it was impossible to say her name out loud. rayla ... callum shook his head. he couldn't think about her. not now.")

like he just planned on never celebrating his birthday again? what else would he have never done again. how the hell would things have been for him if she had never come back?

and i don't even wanna know what his last birthday was like

[mandaloriandragontrainer]

No one had a good time, but these two definitely suffered the most.

[that-disabled-princess]

Back with more Starkid!ruthari. This screams rivals to lovers.

[dear-kumari]

Every once in a while someone mentions that TDP Callum is actually biracial and I’m violently reminded that he’s the perfect intersection of the secretly-special mediocre white boy main character and the Green-Eyed Asian Love Interest.  Totally passes as white for easy projection, but if you point out the bland male wish-fulfillment aspect of his rushed romance with the hyper-competent, super-waifu-able, so-Caucasian-her-hair-is-white elf girl then suddenly it’s “actually really unique and important interracial relationship rep :)”

[sorenkinnie]

thinking about the song "everyone adores you (at least i do)" by matt maltese with rayllum. my brain is braining so hard rn.

[raylasrightbraid]

the parallels between season 2 of arc 1 and season 5 of arc 2 ARE KILLING MEEEE here are sum

season 2: viren looks for info on aaravos but cant bc the of the cursed book

season 5: callums looks at the SAME BOOK looking for THE SAME INFO 🗣️

season 2: callum uses dark magic for the first time and gets dark magic fever dreams

season 5: viren uses dark magic for the first time in 2 years and gets dark magic fever dreams

season 2: callum uses dark magic to save rayla

season 5: what a shocker

season 2: callum connects to the sky arcanum

season 5: callum connects to the ocean arcanum

season 2: harrow killed avizandum using the dark magic spell of “blood full of hatred, a dying breath and a unicorn horn”

season 5: callum tells finnegrin that same spell and he wanted to kill archdragon domina

season 2: gang meets villads for the first time

season 5: GANG MEETS VILLADS AGAIN AFTER 2 YEARS

season 2: claudia fights a dragon

season 5: claudia fights a dragon (and wins this time)

lmk if theres more this is all i can think of so far

Its safe to sayyyy these arcs are parallels to eachother and same thing happened with s1 and s4.

i’d also like to point out s3 was the season rayllum was canon so i’ll let that sink it

[raayllum]

3x03 / 4x03

[zuppizup]

soren and corvus in an insane gambling match on what human and what elf traits rayllum's kids will have

I kinda feel like Corvus would be dragged reluctantly into a Soren & Ezran (perhaps Barius) debate on that. And he just makes random dry comments that end up coming true and the others are like “you’re so good at this!” and Corvus is all “I’m not involved. I’m not joining in. I’m not playing.”

Soren: “then why do you keep winning?!?!?!”

[m4rs-ex3]

callum's stronger than i ever will be like dude have you seen your not-girlfriedn?

[mandaloriandragontrainer]

In my personal headcanon, Callum and Rayla wind up having quite a few kids (4 or 5 at the least). When they get to be middle aged, and their youngest is an independent teenager, they spend more time traveling together and end up visiting an orphanage near the border. It just so happens a baby Skywing elf was abandoned there the night before, and by the end of the day they’ve started the journey of parenthood right from the beginning yet again.

[tylerdashart]

(spoilers for TDP season 4)

OKAY. so i dont really do these kinda posts but id like to say a few things about season 4 cus ive seen some things and the fandom making theories, i just like to write about my own thoughts. ive watched s4 only one time due to not having netflix so i dont really remember many scenes.

"season 5 when?" are you good?? the season 4 just dropped 3 days ago! Im serious when i say ive seen multiple people already posting this question mostly on YT comments or Insta. also the fact that they're not artists OR a fic author makes sense honestly. they have no idea how animation works.

"rayla's acting weird" this is what frustrats me the most. NO she's not... ok maybe a little. but like. come the fuck on, she was gone for 2 years. ofc she's not the same person we saw in season 3. people change. plus, personally, i dont see any difference on her except this one time when callum asked her to...kill him. yes rayla acted a lot calm in that scene- not just that scene really. she was so calm most of the time, but i can see why? she's trying to get callum warm up to her, she's giving him space, she's being gentle as much as she can cus she knows how much she hurt him. she's grown up, she's not the same hot-headed, irritated elf anymore. and we all know how she hides her feelings. Im pretty sure she's gotten used to it, or managed to cope her feelings well so that she can stay calm. lastly about rayla, all i have to say is people change, so does rayla. and no she's not fake at all.

firstly, if rayla's acting weird, what about Viren being supportive with Terry? isnt that weirder? he didnt even treat his own son better, but he's supporting a trans fella? sus.... secondly, what about opeli being so chill about Ez going with Zubia. in that case most of the characters in s4 were out of character. and that's okay cus it's been 2 fucking years!

personally i think the "Zubia in Katolis" scene was a bit rushed. they couldve done it better but Im not saying it was bad at all tho! i loved the scene with the whole callum doing magic thing and the dragon sized jelly tart? xD

"why is rayla back?" why not really. she realized it was useless to find viren and came back home? she realized she wanted to see her mage? "we had something so special. but I became so obsessed with revenge, i.. risked losing the best thing ive ever had... you" she CLEARLY missed him yall. ofc she came back.

"where's the rayllum kiss" Im glad we didnt get a rayllum kiss. I know this is a cartoon show but at least the animators made it similar to how an in-real-life relationship works. people dont just go "you were gone for two years but its okay, i forgive you, lets kiss". Callum needs time to get used to being around rayla again. he's happy but also angry, he needs to see how hard rayla's trying to win callum's trust back. it was so clear that callum got a bit comfortable with rayla again in the last few episodes, especially the last one. That hug was enough sign for us to know they're gonna be okay and that they're still deeply in love.

Stella isNT EVIL YALL. leave my poor baby girl alone >:c

the fart joke was......nuhuh. idk if it's just me but it was gross. i dont wanna remember how much i cringed.

claudia was a bit- no fuck it- she was too much this season. especially in that scene where she tricked rayla with pebbles. god that hurt so much.

Lastly, Season 4 was amazing!! i loved season 4, and all the new things we saw. the arc is building up, it's so interesting, im so excited for season 5.

[nautiscarader]

Okay, doing some test with the poll-powered-porn-prompt (blatantly stolen from @noblesnook). And it's a perfect time to resurrect something I have been meaning to come back to...

One could say it was a busy day at the pan-dimensional love hotel, if not for the fact that the concept of time mattered not here... and yet, rush hours did happen, even if it was impossible...

Some couples arrived at the same time at the reception desk of the H-Hotel, and would like to rent rooms. And each of them got their own key!

...But some of those keys may lead to the same room. Not by mistake, but by unpredictable power of cosmic narration, driven by hundreds of voices, all shouting at the same time...