#tdp s3 trailer

[raayllum]

Ezran 🤝 Rayla with “having trailers spoil your reunion with the rest of the gang” screenshots

[rayllumoon]

still can’t believe i get tdp s4 as a (belated) birthday present!!

[beautifulterriblequeen]

I love when the voiceovers in trailers straight up categorize some of the characters for us before we even get the season:

In the S3 trailer, we got Soren's voicover calling a specific pair of characters evil:

Viren and Khessa.

Now we have the S6 trailer, and the song that plays in it has a line of particular interest to me:

We are the sinners

Let's take a look at who's on screen during that line:

Runaan. Callum and Aaravos. Claudia. And Terry.

Runaan's an assassin. He killed Harrow, among many others. Callum keeps doing dark magic. Aaravos is manipulating everyone to do horrible things, including murder (see most everything Viren did under his guidance). Claudia has killed a lot of creatures and at least one humanoid, if not two.

And Terry, cinnamon roll that he is, killed Ibis.

They've all killed someone or something, as a deliberate choice. This puts them in a different category than, say, Amaya, who ended up shoving elves at the Breach into the lava when they tried to kill her.

The difference is the deliberate choosing, versus defending oneself. Amaya carries a sword, but she's known for her shield. She's a protector, and the Sunforge declared her pure of heart.

I wonder what it would say about these guys.

But this isn't an exhaustive list of TDP's sinners. There's one person who should definitely be here with the other killers, but he isn't.

Too spoilery.

[thrandilf]

okay. for the first time in my life I'm using the #tdp critical tag because I have some things to get off my chest about s6 and I desperately need to focus on an exam for tomorrow and can't and idk I feel slightly out of my mind/wondering if this really is just a me problem but like

this season felt kind of sparse to me regarding character interactions outside of duos they wanted to focus on/letting characters present react to situations. stuff like Amaya not having a comment about Callum not being at her wedding or the Celestial Elves really not having much to say about Aaravos himself despite the Elder theoretically having been around in the days pre imprisonment like

I don't mind that Viren died but I do feel out of my MIND that he and Ezran didn't actually get a conversation, and beyond that that Viren didn't try to pass along any Aaravos information to anyone, and that even if Soren and Viren's relationship was just Maxed Out that we didn't get Opeli and Ezran talking about what to do with him (could've even had Soren walk in and do a Callum S4 moment of 'you ever walk into a room and everyone goes quiet and you know they were talking about you' moment), Opeli reacting/checking on Soren while Viren was imprisoned even if he didn't want to talk to her, there being any verdict about Viren at all and we're never getting anything else out of him again which is why no Ezran and by extension Callum/Rayla/ect feels sort of disappointing to me, as he hasn't interacted with Callum since S1

It's a really good moment, don't get me wrong, but we traded the suspense of thinking Viren had perhaps killed Soren for us getting any last words or gesture from him to Soren face to face

the Celestial Elves gave us info on Startouch Elves in general but not on Aaravos specifically even though the Elder I thought would know more? They aren't surprised at the idea of trying to kill a Great One/Aaravos but there wasn't even a word of warning about if he does get loose or anything Specific about the last time it happened or, if they didn't know anything, confusion about why a Great One is imprisoned like idk

no one had any concern either when getting access to the stars which again, idk, I thought Callum might've been more worried about Aaravos being at the Starscraper and the prison (when he thought he had it) being surrounded by Aaravos's main connection but idk, it didn't matter but I thought it could have

ALSO THE STAVES. HELLO. AT THE STARSCRAPER I JUST

No Aaravos and Callum interaction is also smth I've made my peace about but after the trailer, especially the choice to use that thumbnail for it/as a promo image, idk, I am kind of sad I have to wait until S7 for any of that and now I wonder how significant it can really be/why hes gonna need callum as a puppet now if he's Out and as powerful as he seems to be. we just raised the stakes but had three entire seasons of building towards it, so how can s7 handle getting callum to do dark magic again, theoretical possession/aaravos use, coming back from that, ect, all within 9 eps?

tbh no one really had grief about sir sparklepuff being gone which I guess he wasn't a full Person in anyone's eyes and the focus was all on Claudia/her state which was fine, like we did get some of that nonverbally with Terry at least but we kinda moved right past it. like even one line in ep 9 from terry like "look what he had you do to his most recent child" would have made me go yeah exactly that Mattered but it wasn't there

in addition to no Callum at the wedding Ezran also just sat on Viren being back like idk I guess I wish he'd talked to Amaya more. like I loved him and Aanya I just feel there was room for Both

Listen I'm not one of the people only watching the show for Aaravos and I am delighted with the two episodes we got of him but that he was in more episodes in S3 than in S6 does have me like. cries. really. s4 and s5 i didn't mind in part because I figured stars would be big and it Was but im like oh my god. i got to ep 7 and was like is he REALLY not gonna get out which thankfully he did but only at the end

and the end was like. the biggest cliffhanger we've ever had and i get going for the suspense but it's KILLING ME MAN

I know Aaravos's motivation/goal but not exactly how his actions are leading to that whatsoever as he seems to play every side and doesn't even favor humans if he's willing to torch katolis. unbridled chaos i guess? is that it? I don't even know what to be afraid of next season with him except I'd presume he's going to Xadia next and will Somehow be getting back at the Cosmic Order but idk what the past thousand years have truly been for unless it's waiting around for the stars to align and throwing a fit while doing so

Runaan is out and he and Callum didn't get so much as a sentence between them and that and the Aaravos out but also no conversation double whammy just has me like

PLEASE

at the end of this all this was a more dramatic/cinematic season but it didn't have a lot of the smaller character reaction moments/balance the prior seasons all seemed to give me tbh and it took all season to lead up to highly anticipated events aka letting Runaan and Aaravos out but I didn't get any of the Payoff of that characterwise except for Runaan and Rayla and idk I do feel both like S6 had some of the best moments of the show and also really disappointed in places where it feels like it could have been so easy to have had just a Bit more cohesion and characters plugged into their overarching circumstances/dynamics more

like I think we had the time for it

and going into this expecting a penultimate season and then learning theres a third arc planned, it makes the pacing and lack of aaravos sort of make sense but also has me like, we may not even get that and now I feel like s7 will make or break the Entire show for me which is terrifying

like we got a lot of new info but it was largely not what I was expecting without touching on a lot of stuff I was hoping for and I AGH. i didnt expect this season to continue the build up train and I'm having a hard time accepting that it's the first time tdp has ever like. idk. thrown me such a curveball that it's gotten me honest to god upset which is on me and not the show, and i keep hoping i feel better but so much rides on s7 now

[self-spaghettification]

Update

I keep spreading misinformation via misinterpreting news but here we go again😭

It’s actually a trailer for Geek week not TDP! TDP comes later

so this is misinformation disregard

og post:

today I am freaking out because S6 could literally drop in December I don’t know what to do with this information I’m so excited

s5:

s4:

s3:

like???????

the trailer is likely dropping Nov 9th 2023 which means we could have TDP S6 Dec 9th 2023 or earlier

this is not revolutionary information or such a conclusion to come to I am just so excited

tdp s6 would only come out in december if the trailer is released and not just a teaser, but there is no confirmation!

yeah but it’s probably not coming out till march dawgs

[ruii-cha]

rayllum + taylor swift

in honour of both speak now taylor's version and tdp s5 and that cute asf rayllum moment in the trailer, a list of lyrics from 4 speak now songs that match rayllum in my mind:

mine

made for them. the whole song. 'do you remember we were sitting there by the water / you put your arm around me for the first time' midnight oasis from season three. The Scene.

'i was a flight risk with a fear of falling / wondering why we bother with love if it never lasts' rayla. that's all. season four and also poor girl's family situation.

'you made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter' runaan's not really careless but like i'm JUST SAYING

'you are the best thing that's ever been mine' speaks for itself. 'what we had was something special' 'you are the best thing i ever had' RAYLAAAAAA

ok i could do a whole essay on that song by itself but like

go listen it's Them

2. sparks fly

'drop everything now, keep me in the pouring rain / kiss me on the sidewalk, take away my pain' ahem. if this isn't rayla to callum. i don't know what is. he dropped everything to help her return zym to xadia, they had that heartfelt moment in the rain with the lightning strike-

'get me with those green eyes, baby, as the lights go down' self explanatory.

'gimme something that'll haunt me when you're not around' CALLUM. SEASON FOUR. NEED I SAY MORE?

'i'm on my guard with the rest of the world / but with you, i know it's no good' season four. callum asks /rayla/ for help with the whole 'if i'm possessed' thing and rayla lets down her guard to talk to him while he's asleep.

3. long live

'you held your head like a hero / on a history book page' 'it was the end of a decade / but the start of an age' end of season three. the way they hold hands and look so proud and zubeia looks at them like 'god damn how long was i asleep'

'long live the walls we crashed through / all the kingdom lights shine just for me and you' they crashed through the boundaries between humans and elves, katolis and xadia, and duren and katolis came through for them in the s3 battle.

'long live all the mountains we moved / i had the time of my life fighting dragons with you' not dragons, but like, they definitely had a very amazing journey and rAYLA SAYS HE WAS THE BEST THING IN HER LIFE OKAY I'M NOT OVER IT

'bring on all the pretenders, one day / we will be remembered' them against the world... they'll be remembered as the human mage and the last dragonguard... my heart...

4. back to december

or, rayla @ callum after season 4 i'm right and you know it. i don't even need to explain these lyrics.

'so this is me swallowing my pride / standing in front of you saying i'm sorry for that night' episode two.

'it turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you / wishing i'd realised what i had when you were mine'

'when your birthday passed and i didn't call' (eyes callum)

okay this one just makes me sad

i couldn't think of a 5th... if you can add it. pls. look i was listening to speak now taylor's version over and over again and then i realised it was Them

[littlemisssquiggles]

For those who don’t know, the new season of The Dragon Prince: Mysteries of Aaravos is out now on Netflix. It was original planned for this Friday on July 28th but in a twist that would floor M. Night Shyamalan,  they released the season a whole week early.

I find this tactic kinda funny given how (ridiculously) LONG they took to announce the official release date for S4 last time. But yeah, it’s out ya’ll.

I had made peace to watch the new season on Friday but noooooo, the TDP team just had to “ruin” my plans by dropping the new season a whole week early!

Why? Why did you do that!

Now I gotta be dodging spoilers for the new season for a whole week before I can settle down to watch it myself.

I know I can probably try to watch the new season. HOWEVER…I also know if I watch the new season right now, I’ll probably finish it like probably tomorrow for the latest and then who knows how long we’ll have to wait for the next season? I’m not quite ready to part ways with TDP just yet since it just got here.

I don’t just want to binge the new season of TDP. I want watch it, enjoy it (hopefully more than I did S4) and then savour it before I give my full thoughts on S5.

Outside of the one teaser clip which gave me hope for Rayllum, I have avoided any and all further promotional content for the new season since the first trailer drop.

So I know f*** all about what is to come from this new season outside of where the last one left us off. And that’s how I like it to be before I can have time to watch the new season.

If there is one thing I hope this season does is deliver more on dem Rayllum crumbs. Season 4 was painful to sit through as a diehard Rayllum shipper so I’m hoping that S5 does better on my main OTP.

While I do adore the Terry and Claudia pair (who I’m also looking forward to see being developed more for this new season), even their quirky cuteness was not enough to quell the displeasure I felt for the showrunners’ decision to break up Rayllum ESPECIALLY COMING OFF THE HIGH THAT WAS S3 OF THE ORIGINAL SERIES AND THEY DID IT ON CALLUM’S CANONICAL BIRTHDAY IN A BOOK!!! A FREAKING BOOK THAT AS A RAYLLUM SHIPPER I REFUSE TO EVER READ BECAUSE WHY WOULD I HURT MYSELF!

Rant aside, I’m just gonna simply say that I’m still very, very, VERY salty about how Rayllum was canonically broken up. The salt well still runs for that. That being said, I hope S5 delivers a little more on bringing these two kids back together…maybe.

If you’ve already watched the new season, please refrain from sending me any kind of spoilers. I don’t even wanna know if there are any cute shipping moments for the season. I wanna go into this blind and experience it for myself.

But that will have to be on Friday. Sorry TDP team but this squiggly gal will be watching the new season on its original release date since it better fits with my busy bee schedule.

So until then, time to skirt around some spoilers~

~LMS (2023)

[random-fandom-ramble]

Rayla is wearing Tinkers pendant

As pointed out to me by @true-neutral-earth-elf

[howdyitsclaudi]

some premium shots of lord virgins graceful descent 🙏🏻 they bring me joy, I hope he hurt his butt good

[raayllum]

Hey! If you don’t mind, could you make a post running over all the important stuff from Bloodmoon Huntress? I haven’t been able to read it and can’t find it anywhere online, but I really wanna know what’s important from it since Kim’dael is in the S5 trailer. No worries if not, but as The TDP Lore Guy, I thought you’d be the best to ask!!

God I do my best to keep track of the Lore but there is so much!

Kim'Dael remains pretty mysterious in Bloodmoon Huntress, but we know a few things:

She's a Moonshadow elf and probably inspired the old "elves drink blood" stories referenced all the way back in 1x04, "Bloodthirsty"

She has no problem preying on children / families

We don't know why she has her blood rituals, but it seems that they help elongate her life / make her stronger, kind of like a vampire

Moonshadow elves know who she is, but typically regard her as nothing more than a spooky story

Rayla ran into Kim'Dael a few weeks after her parents left for the Dragonguard, and the according traumatic experience and working through it together with Runaan and Ethari protecting her is what helped bind them together as a family, since Rayla was resistant to thinking of them in that way

The experience and wanting to be strong enough to protect Kim'Dael's victims is also what inspired Rayla to decide to be an assassin

This is from the TDP short story (which you can read for free here) where Kim'Dael met with Queen Aditi (Janai and Karim's ancestor, mentioned in S3 and S4) under the guise of begging for mercy when the arch dragons decided she was too dangerous to live. Aditi likewise pretended she would grant protection, but really gave her a magical collar that bound her to serving Aditi's blood line till one of her descendants would see fit to set her free, but we don't know 1) precisely how the collar works or 2) what that servitude looks like and the limitations of either.

Basically: a stabby, extremely dangerous Moonshadow elf with horror esque abilities who drinks blood and has a history with Rayla

[beautifulterriblequeen]

Amaya finds her boys

In this shot, there’s someone standing on the far left. Teal skirt, brown leather flaps, heavy metal studs. (saw this gem on reddit)

It’s Amaya.

She found her boys!

I wonder how it went seeing Rayla again! Last time they met, Amaya tried her darnedest to kill Rayla. Now, so many things are different. 

The fact that she has her armored skirt back makes me wonder if she and Janai have come to an understanding. Amaya was wearing less in that leaked pic, and I’m thinking it happened before Amaya gets to the red dragon.

[gamer-octopus]

What is with Viren's eye?

Aaravos what did you do?

[yasamlynn]

claudia baby please come back to me

[niyana-the-ambiguous-mobian]

The Dragon Prince season 3 is gonna have a freaking war with humans, mages and magical creatures and i am excited but also not ready.

Having ATLA season 3 flashbacks right now

[sunstone-nerding]

I'm sure others have noticed this, but

(Here, have a crappy photo of my TV screen)

Battle Dragon Rider Ezran, confirmed!

[rafs13]

The energy emitting from this is too much! Ezran is looking like the King he is!