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Day 4 of Campaigning for The Dragon Prince Arc 3

How do we get it? Leave positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB!! Tell Netflix that we wants seasons eight, nine, and ten through their online request form!

Want to go the extra mile? Write @netflix a letter: 131 Albright Way, Los Gatos, CA 95032, US 

And of course keep using the hashtags! #continuethesaga #giveusthesaga #thedragonprince #netflix

Keep the fandom alive! Keep discussing the show - rewatch it! - host fandom events, create metas, fics, and art. We're in this together!

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Arc 3 Predictions Electric Boogaloo

Because there's certain stuff that makes a Lot more sense now even as we're left with more questions, so let's talk about it.

Aaravos and the Cosmic Order / Claudia

So Aaravos wanted to take down the elves and dragons. Now the archdragons are all gone circa S7, which means he can hit the ground running upon his return in seven years. This means that the next target can fully be the Cosmic Council outright, and more recontextualization about how creating Eternal Night would make them suffer (though I don't think he'll repeat plans).

I could see him giving instructions / ideas to Claudia through dreams or visions, and she's armed with her amulet in the meantime and will maybe track down a replacement staff since she doesn't have one anymore. (Or she'll want to steal it back from Callum since it was a product of both her 'fathers'.) Other antagonists such as Finnegrin (maybe) and Kim'Dael (more definitely) will likely be interwoven.

That said, I think there'll be plenty of conflict already for our protagonists to deal with even before any of our old foes show up again.

Aanya + the Fire Ruby Project / Ezran & Zym

With the arrows temporarily able to dispose of Aaravos (even if I mandate he let himself get chained down in 7x07 in order to manipulate Ezran) and his imminent return, Ez and Aanya have an incentive to keep going with Project Ruby Fire. However, we also know thanks to interviews that Aanya has an adoptive brother, and from Tales of Xadia that:

The city is more fortified of late, as there are rumours of internal treason. The farmers worry that young Queen Aanya isn’t old enough or wise enough to protect what’s been built over the centuries.

So what I'm thinking is that adoptive brother Grark may pull a Karim and work on the project behind his sister's back or stage a coup. This could also put Ezran at odds with Zym, as Project Ruby Fire was designed specifically to be good at defeating dragons and to be so destructive that the mere threat of them would be enough (but, of course like the Mage Wars, someone's gonna use it). Having deeper, more politically / personally driven conflicts between Ezran and Zym (he had conflict with one brother, and now another) is also possible now that Zym can speak, and I think they'll take full advantage of it.

Ez and Zym together have always represented Hope the most (3x06), as Ezran found the egg, they're the two young princes turned kings, and are spearheading things forward.

So what happens if/when they start to crack? This could also provide a contrast to Janai and Amaya, as their new nieces/nephews through Miyana and Karim could provide a conflict. Even though the kids themselves will be too young and Miyana convinced to walk a different path, that doesn't mean they won't be used or treated as symbols by somebody else to sow more conflict.

Evrkynd and Elarion

The choice to establish a new city to show the growing unity between elves and dragons makes sense, but it made me wonder why do it now and not as an end-of-arc 3 idea. Then I considered that perhaps it's to set up Everkynd as an Elarion parallel: a glistening, shining city, where after it fell the land was divided and more chaos ensued.

Only Evrkynd will emerge and stand the test of time, of course, with the connection between the two halves being maintained and strengthened. But still, a thought I'll probably have something more eloquent for later.

Callum, Corruption, and the Cube (+ Rayla)

Was thinking over 6x06's "the darkness and corruption will overwhelm you" in addition to the choice in S6 to establish that Callum's father died of a chronic illness / the consistent comparison to dark magic as a plague/infection/sickness (2x08, 5x01, 5x03, 5x04, 5x09, etc). The options I'd considered for how the corruption would manifest post usage usually fell into two camps: instantaneous and complete, or gradual and ongoing. I'd thought the second one would be interesting for a mid-season dark magic use, speculating it'd be like the shadowmonsters in taking a few days or longer for something to take.

I certainly didn't think it'd be a process over Years, but given the seven year timeskip...

I'm picturing something like Callum still taking mushroom salves or potions regularly from Muhko (hence that inclusion for Zubeia) to stave off corruption overwhelm, and giving him parallels to Damian. This would also potentially enhance the feeling of "living on borrowed time" he and everyone, but him and Rayla in particular, are bound to feel as they know they have Limited Time before Aaravos comes back.

I'm also curious as to how openly or how much Callum will be studying dark magic, even in comparison to before ("Well, I've read a lot about it"). He has Viren-Claudia's relic staff, and the corrupted sun stone within it, so there could be interesting ideas or experiments there. The fact that Callum has the Staff and the Cube and the white streak does not bode well for him.

An additional assumption is that Callum will go to Elarion offscreen (cause that is a Long skip) but be unable to find what he's unknowingly looking for (the primal magic book?). I also don't think at this point I have to go into much more detail about CHET given that we've been here with the theory for 4 years, and pieces of evidence at the time that felt like a stretch are now being incorporated, such as:

The Cube pointing to Elarion, which was incredibly important to ancient humanity and Aaravos

Elarion poem is associated with nature (flowers of elarion) and dark-light motif

Rayla is Callum's light in the darkness and his destructive path. She was prepared to destroy him (7x09) and will likely save him in the future.

The flowers of Elarion were involved in a story where they were seen as gifts / "fair exchanges of beloved for beloved". Then Rayla, by Aaravos' own word, was described as Callum's "beloved" (7x09).

The entire conversation with Dark!Callum and the cube in the woods in 7x06 but especially "If you love her, you'll be the you that can save her" and "I have always been a part of you."

Basically: it's not over till the cube is plot relevant and all the foreshadowing / lines of dialogue surrounding it have come full circle in some manner. In Arc 3 we trust.

Misc Predictions / Ideas

that didn't belong anywhere else!

Given that we know Aanya has her older brother and Prince Kasef has a younger sibling, I think it'd be interesting if they teamed up to try and stage mutual coups or something.

Since the archdragons are gone, I'm curious what project ruby fire would be used against. Maybe just other dragons? Or invoking stuff from the past mage wars.

More info on the relic staffs and self-eating I think for sure can be expected, as well as what happened to make Kpp'Ar completely change his mind.

I'm expecting S8 to be catch up and set up much the way that S1 and S4 were.

There are river pirates between Duren and Neolandia (Tales of Xadia) so I could see Finnegrin being woven back in there, although I'd love to go back to Scumport and see any changes Elmer has made.

Kim'Dael feels like a 2 season antagonist to me, in order to reintroduce her (maybe Aaravos inverting the Moon Nexus set her free) and then to draw on her history with the Moon Fam (Bloodmoon Huntress graphic novel).

A lot more lore on the Startouch elves / I'm fairly certain Shiruakh was a star devourer dragon

Aaravos making the Cosmic Council mortal, etc etc.

Sol Regem lore and backstory

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finally made the soren/claudia swap au i’ve been thinking about for a long time

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So one of the best ways to help TDP get a third arc is by getting new people to watch the show start to finish within the next month. Beyond recommending the show to people, one thing you can also do is to make a new Netflix account (will count as a new user) and then just stream TDP constantly. I just did this myself as previously I was using my family's. Because fuck we need arc 3

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what if soren and claudia had - kind of - the same hairstyle?

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Omg, TMO playing a bigger part in arc 3?! 👀

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Fluffcember 2024: Cabin in the Snow | Sorvus & Clauderry Callum is determined to ask Rayla to be his girlfriend this Winter Break. But if he can't even start a fire, how is he supposed to create the perfect moment? Soren has decided to stay on campus this Christmas, but with Rayla and Callum as his only company, he's starting to feel like a third wheel. Except maybe it's not just the three of them left on campus after all. Meanwhile Claudia is trying to have a nice Christmas with her family, but maybe her family isn't at home...

 “Come in!” Claudia called at the knock at her door. Then, hurriedly shoving the half wrapped gifts under her bed, added; “Only if you’re not Mom or Dad though!”

 The door creaked open and she let out a sigh of relief at the sight of Terry.

 “Thank goodness.”

 He chuckled. “A little late to be wrapping presents, don’t you think?”

 “I’m nothing if not a bit chaotic.” she replied, throwing him a smile. He sat down on the floor beside her, crossing his legs, and started cutting out wrapping paper.

 “Oh, thank you, Terry.” Claudia said, leaning over and planting a quick kiss on his cheek. “You’re the best.”

 She picked up the tape and continued plastering it over the one present she had managed to wrap. It looked a little… funny. But it was nothing some tape couldn’t fix. Probably.

 “Your Dad’s gonna love this.” Terry said, beginning to wrap one of the presents. Somehow his wrapping was all crisp edges and clean lines.

 Claudia smiled. “I think so, too! My Dad loves a musty old book.”

 “He does.” Terry agreed, finishing it off with a bow. He even curled the ends of the ribbon. “And your Mom?”

 “Scented candles.” Claudia said, holding up her own, misshapen bundle. “Her one true weakness.”

 “Perfect.”

 “Right? I’m the best daughter.” Claudia joked. Well, she was sort of joking. She hadn’t actually met a daughter better than her yet, so it was possible she was stating a fact.

 She took the package Terry had wrapped and slipped it under the bed alongside her own, settling them next to the one she had already wrapped. Her favorite; the one for the best boyfriend (she’d never met one of those better than Terry, either).

 Once she’d hidden them away, Terry helped her to her feet and they both sat on the edge of the bed. Claudia leaned her head on his shoulder.

 “You know, this Christmas has been… weird.” she said after a moment. “But you made it wonderful.”

 “Weird and wonderful?” he asked.

 “Yep. Just like you.”

 Terry looped an arm around her waist, pulling her close and leaning his head on top of hers. “I think you mean just like you.” 

 “Nah. I’m wacky and wonderful.” Claudia said.

 Terry chuckled. “You definitely are wonderful.”

 There was another knock at the door and Claudia slid off the bed after giving Terry one more quick kiss on the cheek. Lissa poked her head into the room.

 “Dinner is ready, lovebugs.”

 “Great. I’m starving.” Claudia groaned. “Did you-”

 “Yes, I made the yams.” her mother disappeared out the door and Claudia turned back to Terry with a grin.

 “You’re going to love the yams. They’re like dessert, but for dinner!”

 “Sounds delicious!” 

 They followed Lissa down the hall and into the dining room, sitting down next to each other at the table. Claudia started scooping food onto her plate immediately, loading it with candied yams before passing the casserole dish to her boyfriend.

 “Come on, they’re so good.”

 Terry sampled one, eyes going wide. “They are so good.”

 Lissa chuckled. “Well, thank you. Try and leave some for me.”

 “No promises.” Claudia mumbled around a full mouth. She glanced around. “Where’s Dad?”

 “Probably working.” Lissa said, sounding a little curt even though she was smiling.

 “I can go get him.” Terry offered. “Let him know dinner is ready.”

 “I’m sure he’ll be out as soon as he can find the time.” Lissa assured them. “Just enjoy your meal. Waiting on Viren never helped anybody.”

 Claudia returned to her yams, pretending not to notice the little glance Terry gave her. Dad would be out in a minute, and Mom always said stuff like that. It didn’t mean anything.

 It was another twenty minutes before Viren arrived. Lissa fell silent as he dragged out his chair and sat down, raising an eyebrow at him.

 “Finally decided to join us, did you?”

 “I had a meeting.”

 “It’s Christmas Eve.”

 “And I had a meeting.”

 “It couldn’t have waited until after the holidays?” Lissa asked, poking at her food.

 Claudia rolled her eyes. “Dad always has meetings. It’s like work is his fun or something.”

 “Or something.” Lissa muttered under her breath.

 Claudia offered her Dad the candied yams, silently begging him to let it go. He reached out to take them, then hesitated, gaze flicking to Lissa at the other end of the table.

 “Dad, do you want some-”

 “And what is that supposed to mean?” Viren snapped, eyes narrowing.

 Claudia felt Terry’s leg bump against her’s under the table and she glanced at him. He inclined his head back towards the hall and their bedroom. She shook her head.

 “What do you think it means?”

 “I have my suspicions. But I’d like to hear you say it.”

 “I’ve said it all before. I don’t see the point in repeating myself.”

 Claudia poked absently at her yams, shrugging so that her hair fell over her face and hid her from Terry’s continuing looks of concern. 

 “Say. It.” Viren said, leaning forward on the table.

 Lissa snapped her head up, eyes flashing. “You have always put your career ahead of your family. Always.”

 “My career is how this family lives. How we pay for our home, or food, the clothes on our backs.”

 “Will it still feel like a home when no one lives in it?”

 “Claudia and I live in it just fine.”

 “But not your son?”

 Claudia stabbed a piece of yam, hard. Her fork’s impact with the plate sent a shiver up her arm and made a dull screeching sound as the metal scraped against ceramic.

 “Soren made his opinion of me very clear.”

 “Only because you-”

 “Will both of you just shut up!?” Claudia stood so abruptly her chair went clattering backwards onto the floor, fists hitting the table hard enough to knock over her glass of water. “Why can’t we just have one nice Christmas without the both of you spending the entire time bickering?”

 Her voice caught, and she wiped the tears from her eyes with the back of her hand. Terry rose alongside her, placing a gentle hand on her shoulder. She glanced at him, about to snap at him, too. She was tired of him pitying her.

 But it wasn’t pity in his eyes. It never had been. She gave him a little smile. It was wobbly, but he returned it. She turned back to her parents.

 “I’m going for a walk.”

 “Claudia-” her mother rose from the table.

 “Don’t follow me.” she stalked away from the table. “Come on, Terry.”

 She made it onto the front porch before she started crying, sinking down onto the snowy steps and feeling the cold seep through her clothes and into her bones. She heard the door click shut behind her, and then Terry sat beside her, wrapping an arm around her shoulders.

 “Is there anything I can do?”

 “Just being here is nice.” she said, wiping at her eyes again.

 “You know, it’s okay to be upset.”

 “I just feel so silly.” Claudia said, leaning her head against his shoulder. “They do this every year, but I still get upset about it like it’s the first time. Usually… usually Soren is here.”

 “Do you want to call him?”

 She laughed, a little bitterly. “You saw how well that went last time.” Claudia buried her face in her hands. “Ugh, why is my Dad like this? Both of them.”

 “They don’t mean to hurt you.”

 Claudia sniffed. “I know. Family is… complicated. But they’re still your family. No matter what. You do anything for your family.”

 “Maybe sometimes you have to do things for yourself.” Terry said, tucking the hair out of her face. “Isn’t that what your brother did?”

 “Yeah, he abandoned us.”

 “That’s not really the way I see it.” Terry said, staring up at the sky. It was sort of pretty; all star flecked and snowy. “To be there for other people, you have to be there for yourself, too. You can’t help anyone if you can’t help you. You said it yourself; you do anything for family. But aren’t you your family, too?”

 “That doesn’t make any sense, Terbear.” Claudia said, glancing up at him. “But it was really pretty.”

 “Think about it.” he said, turning to face her and taking her hands in his. “If you’re hurting, then how are you supposed to heal someone else’s hurt? The only way you can really put all your strength into helping someone else is if you’re at full strength yourself.”

 Claudia took a moment to consider it. “So… if I want to heal my Mom and Dad, then I need to heal me, first?”

 “Yes!” Terry smiled at her, but it faltered after a moment. “But sometimes things can’t be healed. And we have to let them go.”

 “That’s… I don’t want to have to do that.” she glanced away.

 “I know." he gave her hands a squeeze. "But you can only build something new if you let go of the old thing.”

 Claudia sighed, leaning her shoulder against Terry’s again. “You’re really smart, Terry.”

 He gave her a little smile. “I try.”

 “Let’s go home.”

 “Are you sure you don’t want to give it some more time? It’s okay to need a break and some time to yourself.”

 “No, I meant home.” She looked up at him. “I want to go home for the holidays.”

 “Aren’t we-” Terry’s eyes widened. “Oh.”

 Claudia pushed herself to her feet, offering him a hand up. The idea was growing in her head, and with it, her smile. “Soren will be so surprised.”

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the dragon king

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Day 3 of Campaigning for The Dragon Prince Arc 3

How do we get it? Leave positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB!! Tell Netflix that we wants seasons eight, nine, and ten through their online request form!

Want to go the extra mile? Write @netflix a letter: 131 Albright Way, Los Gatos, CA 95032, US 

And of course keep using the hashtags! #continuethesaga #giveusthesaga #thedragonprince #netflix

Keep the fandom alive! Keep discussing the show - rewatch it! - host fandom events, create metas, fics, and art. We're in this together!

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Okay so like. Yeah, it makes sense they didn’t get engaged. They’re 18. And at the end of the day, the show upholds more modern views on relationships, and that’s crazy young by modern standards.

But you know what’s not crazy young? 24 and 25. Do you know what perfectly reasonable ages are to be married at? 24 and 25. And you know how old they’ll be in arc 3?

24 and 25.

We’re so back, baby.

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i’m sick today so i drew a modern Amaya in a suit just bc i can

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New Theory Unlocked: Arc Three picks up after a seven year time skip, but before that happens we get a comic about Terry, Soren, and Corvus going to find Bird!Harrow and bring him back. Potentially also making Sorvus a thing on this quest.

Like how Arc Two had a timeskip, but we got Through the Moon to explain important events that took place before we jumped ahead.

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And now that the season is over, let's see how much I got right.

Alright so like technically Harrow doesn't have lines but he is in a bird, so idk if that counts or not. And we did get Soren and Terry teaming up, there was just no redemption. And you know what, Sorvus did not become canon, but I'll hold off on my riot cause I think they set them up beautifully for Arc Three.

Blank bingo card to use for S7!

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Keep it up everyone!

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Rayllum baby maker, for your pleasure 💕

You can make your own, or throw the dice and get 10 random ones!

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Breakfast party! Also a great excuse for Rayla and Soren to duke it out playing video games :) (it never ends well)

In case any of you were wondering which part of this piece is my fave: