#the scene on TDP lol

[lunarin64art]

Love the canon future AU where Ouma makes up rumors abt how all his classmates ended up being failures in the future, meanwhile he's a loser NEET who was left behind by his high school crush❤️

(Happy Ougoku Day!!!!)

Based on one of the April Fools tweets Kodaka wrote this year:

I imagine that the "strange insects" Ouma's seeing are just like... fruit flies, house flies, and maggots....(man is NOT cleaning his room🤮)

[celestialowlryx]

It would have been a comfy and cozy death. ↳ 6.01 "Startouched"

[platypuslappy]

TDP Season 5 sure is real !

[beaulesbian]

The Dragon Prince S06E03 "The Frozen Ship" - Ray of Illumination, of Captain Esmerelda Skall

bonus from the end credit cards:

[tategaminu]

manifesting more scenes like this please

[sarasade]

"It's like it's putting me on notice."

[starry-skies-writes]

Watched that ep in s4 when Soren meets Claudia again and they have that talk about Amber Nose—I mean Aaravos

And the talk about magic and how Soren said the world would be better off without magic while Claudia is so adamant that elves and dragons see humans as inferior

Soren said he was friends with elves and dragons but Claudia just said that they were probably manipulating him????

(Girl your bf is an elf??)

Then Claudia says that Aaravos gave humans magic cause he believed in them when no other Xadian did (smth Aaravos probably told her) but Soren is sure Aaravos just wants to see people hate each other and watch the world burn

The way Soren was right about Aaravos though

[hercynianforest]

Rayllum - Moon and Sky

For #rayllum month 2024, last day: "You're the moon in my sky"

I decided to write a poem about Rayllum entitled "Moon and Sky". :3 You can listen to it above and read below.

I decided to post a day early, because I think by tomorrow no one will be in control of their brain any more.xD

⋆｡˚ ☁︎ ˚｡⋆｡˚☽˚｡⋆Moon and Sky⋆｡˚ ☁︎ ˚｡⋆｡˚☽˚｡⋆

She is the moon

and he is the sky.

He holds her steadily,

but with all the space that she needs.

She lights him up,

creating a bright path in his darkness.

Although she may hide,

and become a traveler cloaked in shadow -

she is never truly gone from him,

for he will always carry her.

Because she is the wind beneath his wings,

she makes his eyes sparkle

like moon opals on the ocean.

She rides on a silver barque

through a sea of clouds,

learning how to navigate

and staring in awe

at the stars in his soul.

Whether she is new,

or half,

or full -

Her love does not wane.

Whether he is cloudy,

or rainy,

or serene -

his love does not change.

They are bound

In a sacred dance,

ethereal and ancient;

moving together through all uncertainty,

for all eternity.

For their love is a gravity

beyond magic.

[winterstorm032802]

Alright *rolls sleeves up* I'm gonna look at Rayllum scenes. Gonna start over analyzing. So, wake up babe.

[imminent-danger-came]

Callum + looking at his palm

[raayllum]

Trying to decide what meta I want to focus on next now that I’m done with my more myth / research focused ones and thought I might as well ask you guys, as I know sometimes I focus on metas that I think up on my own > the lovely asks you guys send in, sooo

Big Bois

“The Art of Deflection :: 4x03 Reunion Scene Analysis,” Rayllum focused

“The Cycle, Speculation” regarding the parallels between S1′s tracking spell with Rayla’s braid, the Magma Titan’s heart, the pull of the Cube / Aaravos’ missing chest piece

“Callum + Looking Away Motif” (S1-S4) with how it mirrors his arcs with Rayla and other characters (Harrow, Claudia) season by season

“How S4 is Emotionally Paced Similarly to S2,” basically exactly what it says on the tin, companion piece to how S4 mirrors S1 structurally

“Rayla’s Position In The Narrative as a Dual Antagonist,” S1-S3 Analysis with just a dash of how S4 follows up on this but also transforms this dual plot thread

“Plot, Theme, and Pacing :: 4x02 Fallen Stars,” an in-depth analysis of all aspects of 4x02 as part of my How S4 Establishes and Builds Upon Theme series

“Can You Let Go? :: A S4 Meta,” focused on Callum, Claudia, Viren, Terry, and Rayla

“Chains, Monsters, and Dehumanization in TDP,” started pre-S4, basically focusing on what makes a monster, mage fam, and most of the main cast

Mini Metas

Viren and Callum’s S4 intros with Aaravos Comparison

1x06 and 4x03 Ultimatum Comparisons, Rayllum focused

How Rayla sleeps in arc 1 vs arc 2

Rayllum and Conflict resolution framing parallels, feat. 2x03, 2x07, 3x08, and 4x03

Ones I have not yet started but would like to:

Possible symbolism / examination of Callum using a light spell in 4x01 vs grabbing a candle in 4x02 (mini meta)

Callum and the Perpetual Struggle for Agency (long boi, S1-S4)

Why my [redacted] crack theory about what happened to Rayla during the timeskip might have more grounding in the theme / S4′s setup than I initially thought

Vote away if you want to in the replies, tags, and/or my inbox!

[elfboyeros]

Things in TDP that surprised me but I'm not mad about

The title is a bit misleading because I could never be mad at The Dragon Prince but I'm specifically talking about season 6 because I think Aaron, Justin, and everyone that worked on this show infused this season with drugs because this is so fire they fucking cooked with this one.

Soucering: most of the gifs used in this post are from this post  by celestialowlryx unless stated otherwise! (I am not in the business of stealing people's shit)

SPOILERS AHEAD

The Blood on the Beach!

There was a lot of blood on that beach like the blood that you could tell was blood on that beach in the first episode, and I know this show doesn't shadow away from death but THAT'S A LOT OF FUCKING BLOOD IN THE SAND! Not to mention, CLAUDE IS COVER IN BLOOD! Plus the whole Claude amputated her own leg, and her fucking voice actor during that scene, oof my heart!

The Bathing Scene

I'm very surprised that this was allowed dispute knowing nothing about TV rating (I mean obviously it was allowed it's in the fucking show!) But that scene is silence, besides a backing track, and you have a Terry bathing Claude in the ocean! That scene is so fucking intimate, especially for what is supposed to be a children's show and it makes me go insane!

Rayla and Callum's Bed Sharing Scene

Yionked from this post by rayllurn 

I'm looking at this in part from the eyes of a parent dispute not being a parent and just being a 23-year-old fucker that watches children's cartoons they have a weird obsession with, But this is another scene I'm a little surprised was allowed. Although I love that it was allowed! I can see from the eyes of a parent this scene be too "raunchy" because "What happens when two be people share a bed... sex!" but Fuck you this scene was great!

Viren and His Wife's Backstory

Yoinked picture from this post by Kilfeur

Okay fucking attack me in the internet town square if I'm wrong, but Viren described abuse... right!? Like that was Spousal Abuse right!? Because if it wasn't it was so fucking close! And where the scene wasn't animated in the traditional sense respective to The Dragon Prince, that whole sequence is insane!

All the Kissing Scenes

Damn, there was a shit ton of PDA this season, Specially thinking about the one scene with Rayla and Callum on top of the Starscraper, THINGS ARE GETTING FUCKING INIMATE FOR KIDS SHOW! I fucking love it! I love when we can do Romance like this so no complaining here there was just a lot, or many in the scope of the series as a whole this seems like a lot, I don't know, but regardless a win for romantics everywhere!

Viren's Sacrifice*

Yoinked from this post by madou-dilou

This one is more of an honorable mention, was it surprising, fuck yeah, but it didn't surprise me in the way everything else did. I did think Soren was going to be murdered for a hot second, which was shocking but fuck this scene had been balling like a God damn baby!

Janai and Amaya's Wedding*

Another Honorable mention because it's not shocking that it happened The Dragon Prince has not strayed from representation and the longer it continues the more representation we seem to get, although queer representation is still always shocking to get especially in children's cartoons, so it's going on this list for all the creators that have wanted to give us queer rep but couldn't and to those that have paved the way for us to get here!

Allen

Couldn't find a picture of Allen lol

Okay, you may not get this if you haven't read the graphic novel Through the Moon but Allen is a minor character way back from season one that Lujanne couples up with and I was surprised to see especially because the day before the season came out. I had read the graphic novel and cackled at his presence! So I freaked the fuck out when he was just there, at the moon nexus!

Rayla and Her Parents*

I'm adding this because it was another scene that had me balling (I think mostly because I have a good relationship with my parents and I couldn't imagine losing them) Knowing Rayla's character it wasn't surprising but I respect everyone who made that scene possible because, brother, that's emotional!

Finally Leola

*sigh* Leola's existence in general is a shock, and to me changes Aaravos completely! That purple motherfucker created the Sea of the Castout with his own tears, then got imprisoned in a pearl in a calm in his daughter's bones in the same sea he made with his own tears of grief! In addition, THEY FUCKING ANIMATED CHILD DEATH! THE ANIMATORS ANIMATED A CHILD DYING ON SCREEN! I don't give a fuck if there wasn't blood, THERE WAS CHILD DEATH ON SCREEN IN A CHILDREN'S SHOW! HOW HEAVY METAL IS THAT?!

Honorable of the honorable mentions: Big Aarvaos

Fuck he's huge.

Alright, I'm done.

[fujosh1dreamer]

Tdp spoilers of course: this is gonna have snippets of the notes I took while watching and maybe a quick recording from s6 ep 7.

Book 6 of the dragon prince was amazing. Very reminiscent of book 3 while also managing to be unique and interesting. There were beautiful and traumatic scene and it all worked well together.

The best part of the season were the parallels between janaya, clauderry, and rayllum. Each showed aspects of different relationships where the foundation was trust and it worked beautifully.

The journey to the starscrapper did a great job of showing that callum and rayla still in love and trusting each other despite being separated for two years. It does a great job of displaying their strengths and weaknesses, and how they are both those things to each other.

A few of my crazed notes from episode 3 the frozen ship

It also showed what was going on with Claudia and Terry. When their relationship was first introduced back in season 4 I wasn't sure I would like them. I loved Terry but I didn't feel the chemistry but after this season they are very cute together.

There was a very cute scene in episode 4 of Terry taking care of Claudia after she attempts to run off alone and comes back. He bathes her and brushes her hair and it's all really sweet you can tell just how devoted he is to her.

More crazy notes lol.

Then there's janai and Amaya

As we know they've been prepping for their wedding and while it was special and made me tear up, they had a moment in the episodes before the red wedding where they talk about being dedicated and truthful to each other after janai got a little paranoid after her brother's betrayal.

All of these relationships have a theme of truth, light and loyalty. Which is interesting.

Lmao only did a quick recording for episodes seven and eight. I forgot how dorky I sound out loud lol also it's vertically recorded don't hurt me.

[owlphibiansprite]

episode 3 live-commentary [tdp season 6 spoilers, obviously]

INTRO: CLAUDIA OHHHH NO

"the frozen ship" is he- is he talking about rayllum? looool meta-commentary breaking the 4th wall & all that hahaha

wooawwww terry washing claudia this is so tender ahhh i am crying i am loving these dramatic scenes

oooih claudia's gonna get a new looook! excited! (i also cut my hair today)

"planket" lol callum. i am loving these silly puns

ARE THEY- ARE THEY GONNA DO THE ONLY ONE BED TROPE

woah that poetry was beautiful i thought it was star magic stuff but it was his BIOLOGICAL DAD, we got a name reveal!!!

CLAUDIA'S NEW HAIR LOOKS AMAZING

TERRY BEST BOY THAT WOODEN LEG LOOKS BEAUTIFUL

(also rayllum haha. fun times)

wow the whole claudia/terry sequence had no dialogue really this was beautiful.

THE SHIP SAYS RAYLLUM IT LITERALLY SAYS RAYLLUM THE SHIP SAYS RAYLLUM AND IT'S ON FIRE IT'S SINKING THE SHIP IS SINKING THEY'RE GONNA BREAK UP AGAIN-AGAIN

wow some face expressions are animated REALLY WELL (i noticed in a few of the episodes now but now specifically is rwyla's reaction to "promise me you'll kill me")

ohhh viren being mad (uk version of the word), love to see it

ohhhh ezran being cold LOVE TO SEE IT "you don't deserve it"

my episode 1 live-commentary episode 2 livecommentary

[thrandilf]

do you have a guide as to the extra materials for The Dragon Prince? i keep seeing stuff about comics or books but idk where to start

Not on hand but I can make one here! :D

There are two, soon to be three, canon graphic novels.

Through the Moon takes place between seasons 3 and 4, like a little season 3.5 It isn't Necessary to read it before watching S4 but the story is cool and the extra information is neat. It feels like we might get more info regarding what happened to Rayla while she was gone later in the show

Bloodmoon Huntress takes place when Rayla is a child around when her parents leave. Lots of Runaan and Ethari, also introduces Kim'dael who will be in S5. Again, not Required reading but a fun extra story.

Puzzle House is coming out August 1st and is about Claudia and Soren as children, and we also get a look at younger Viren and other people. Harrow's father, King Atticus is still king in this one so interesting Katolis lore, SUPER hyped for when we get to read all of this one. The Scholastic link has a 15 pages preview if you wanna take a peek.

There are novelizations for Dragon Prince Season 1 and Season 2, they add a bit of introspection and small extra details. Viren in particular gets more of his internal thought processes laid out and for me it just Confirmed a lot of things. Season 3's novelization is coming out April 2nd, 2024. I'm sure all 7 seasons will eventually have novelizations.

Tales of Xadia is the ttrpg book and it's gorgeous and is probably the most lore heavy supplemental material as far as world building goes. The system also looks fun! The website has a character builder too for OC making. As a writer, it's been a great help as far as seeing some aspects of the world laid out. The system looks fun and there are videos of some of the cortex(?) team playing ToX official tales/campaigns but I haven't watched them yet. The campaigns are also available to look at online too.

I think that ToX is getting an expansion at some point since the base game doesn't touch much on Ocean or Star magic, I imagine due to spoilers for the seasons we're coming up on.

There's also a tabletop game called Battlecharged which I haven't personally played and I don't think it Adds lore but I've heard it's fun.

Also, it will likely be a long time before we see it, but there's a video game in the works as well that's in alpha testing right now called Project Arcanum. Wonderstorm is pretty busy!

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE

The Free Stuff:

Reflections are official short stories hosted on TDP's website and all of them are excellent and provide little extra scenes. Some of them are quite impactful, and the ones in this second batch are promising an absolutely wild S5. The first batch was released pre S4 and the second batch is being released now pre S5 as we count down to the new season. They aren't Required reading since the most key information from them will be in the show (going by the S4 ones) but I highly HIGHLY rec reading them all. Banger after banger. As of posting this there may be one more coming.

There's also little 4 panel comics called Everyday Xadia that have been also released during countdown mode and they're just fun/cute. Volume One and Volume 2 (still coming out). Sometimes when people say comics they might mean these, or the graphic novels lol.

Thank you for the ask, I'm always happy to share the TDP love and I hope this was helpful to you and anyone else who'd like a ref!