#tdp musings

[its-leethee]

@thrandilf: someone who can draw should draw pip here me, not stopping to ask words like "can" or "should": it is done.

[azaablue]

im not saying anything new about shows like avatar the last air bender and the dragon prince but what they do that i really like is kind of address how like yes, the violence happening now is connected to and because of the violence that happened in the Far Away Past, and that does not mean that we have to follow that same path, nor does it absolve those in this cycle who are committing violence, and to actually stop this pattern of pain we need to find a way to do it together to move forward and it's okay that it's not easy, we still have to

[js589]

Okay, I feel like there's actually something possibly important in-universe about Viren finishing casting the hearts of cinder spell by repeating it in non-reversed English. Like, dark magic is still dark magic, but perhaps the sacrifice fully coming from oneself... means something? Like, it alters the magic? (We know it means something for Viren as a character, obviously.)

Like, I've had this thought before that dark magic fueled only by the caster's life force is something the show might be hinting at as some kind of nuanced, less morally reprehensible way to use it. And that is exactly what Viren does. He uses his own life force to help others, knowing it will kill him. (And the willingness to truly give of himself to spare Soren, who more often exemplified being a servant of Katolis than Viren did, is a beautiful touch.)

Motivation matters in magic, I think, but so does the manner in which the magic is used.

[stardustmultimuse]

Like for Soren to pop into your inbox!

RP BLOGS ONLY!

[sagegreenfrogs]

soren is "side quest song" and corvus is "never the muse"

[saturnniidae]

The dragon prince is soo real for having their human royal family be entirely made up of people of color

[a-cloud-for-dreams]

Ezran: "Are you...begging for mercy?" Viren: *sniffles* "N-no." Ezran: "Good. You don't deserve any." HELPPPPPP THE WAY I SCREAMED

[foolish-gaymer]

CREDITS TO: @draconicgraphics

Villain and violent

Infant and Innocent

List of muses for those who have not seen Google sites:

TESTING: Bobby, All of my DSMP Muses, Q!Misclickduo (Q!Mariana and Q!SlimeCicle), C!,K!,Q!Quackity, Q!Philza/Phoenix, Q!Luzu, Q!Foolish and Q!Tubbo. Bluey: Bandit Heeler, Stripe Heeler, Radley Heeler, Bob Heeler and Rusty Kelpie.

Big Hero 6:

Tadashi Hamada.

DSMP: Fundy, C!Foolish/Félix, C!Tommyinnit, C!Ghostbur/Salvatore, C!Wilbur/Revivebur/Callum, C!Philza, C!Quackity/Drake, C!SlimeCicle/Stephan and C!Tubbo/Tucker.

Fuller House:

Jimmy Gibbler

Gravity Falls:

Dipper Pines.

Heartstopper:

Nick Nelson Karmaland: K!Luzu/Lance, K!Quackity/Sage K!Maximus/Sapo Peta/Madsen, K!Rubius, K!Vegetta/Vincent and K!Willy/Gabe. Life Is Strange: Sean Diaz.

Pokemon:

Ash Ketchum.

QSMP:

Q!Acau/악어, Q!Bobby, Q!Chayanne, Q!Cellbit, Q!Etoiles, Q!Foolish, Q!Fit, Q!Germán, Q!Luzu, Q!Maximus, Q!Mariana, Q!Missa,Q!Philza/Phoenix, Q!Quackity, Q!ElQuackity/Dolion, Q!Roier, Q!SlimeCicle, Q!Samuel (OC), Q!Tubbo, Q!Trump/Theo, Q!Vegetta, Q!Willy and Q!Wilbur/Sean.

Shera:

Bow.

The Dragon Prince:

Callum. The Owl House: Hunter.

The Walking Dead Game:

Lee Everrett and Duck.

[raayllum]

I don't know if it's just because I'm gunning for Callum to have a staff of his own that he builds (a fresh start he didn't inherit from dead men, and because I think he'd really enjoy the task of both designing and crafting/building the thing) but I can't shake the feeling that Ibis' staff may get destroyed at some point.

Not only would its destruction have potential symbolism — since it represents primal and specifically sky (freedom) magic, it being destroyed could represent succumbing to dark magic / chains / Aaravos (temporarily) — but it'd add another layer to Callum, Ibis, and Claudia's dynamic.

Ibis is the one who taught Callum the wing spell that let him save Rayla. But now, possibly to save Rayla, Callum might have to do something he finds horrible (again). If that involves returning the cube ("If you seek to return that staff to its rightful owner, you pose a greater danger to the world than I can allow") then of course, on a certain level, his staff cannot be held by a successor who is going to return something just as dangerous to Aaravos. That fight to prevent it is what got him killed, and now it's been fully lost — ergo, the staff's got to go, too

[sarasade]

Since Deadpool And Wolverine came out at the same day as The Dragon Prince season 6, imagine Aaravos dancing to NSYNC Bye Bye Bye while wrecking stuff.

TDP's soundtrack could use some NSYNC I think

[azaablue]

i love soren as a character because I feel like he’s a good example of duty and loyalty placed above everything else actually working. actually saving someone instead of destroying them. like he swore an oath to protect the king because he believed it was right and that's what he always comes back to. that's what he believed. and when his family, his father, told him it was wrong, he had it to fall back on. to hold him. to carry him. he’s a crown guard, that is what is right. even when it meant he might be on his own. even when everyone around him told him to go against it, and he pushed back. he’s a crown guard. he was sworn to the crown. that was what is right.

[thestarprimal]

goddammit tdp, not again!

[beautifulterriblequeen]

so which came first, is the Frozen Sea is always frozen so they put the Starscraper above it, or did the Starscraper being built freeze the Frozen Sea?

did the Celestials change the entire pattern of the seas just to have this place? is that the cost? or do they consider it a benefit? do they consider it at all? or are they too busy being Starry about things? is the Ocean literally and figuratively beneath them?

if the Starscraper comes down, will it crack the ice or just melt it?

[stardust948]

Ugh didn't get any writing done today 😞

[argonblue]

reblogging because there is SO MUCH LORE in here and I live for reading tiny flavor text.

Thank you OP for giving me moonfam fanart ammunition

Here are all the Keepsakes and Accessories from the Moonshadow Forest region of The Dragon Prince: Xadia mobile game (recently removed by Netflix). #TheDragonPrince #playXadia

[a-cloud-for-dreams]

Rayla telling Callum "You keep calling it a monster..." ohhhhhhh close enough welcome back, Queen Sarai 🙇🏽‍♀️