#6x03 spoilers

[raayllum]

This whole scene is so intimate it makes me feel like an intruder, but I think it's another level to which TDP understands the importance of 1) being vulnerable with your partner and trusting them to take care of you (on Claudia's end) and 2) knowing when your partner can go off the handle or emotionally hurt you because they're hurting, and the grace you need to know when to let it go and take it unconditionally on the chin (on Terry's end). Terry knows Claudia is exhausted and grieving and wounded, and he knows she's sorry for leaving because she came back. He's glad she came back because now he can alleviate the pain that led her to make that choice and help make sure she's okay. sound like anyone

[renegadesstuff]

THE WAY HE LOOKS/SMILES AT HER 🥹❤️

[mattoidmeerkat]

Athena's heroes on ventilators 😭️

[lovingherwasgay]

the shipwreck will last 3 episodes. buddienation how are we feeling about that knowing what happens every third episode of the season regarding buddie + chris as a family.

[moondustgleam]

I see a lot of people reacting to the "ship monologue" Callum does in 6x03 for the first time, being like "they knew what they were doing 😡" and "how dare they!!". Also, talking about how the ship name Ray of Illumination changes to Rayllum when it burns down.

But what you all don't know is that it's worse than you think (affectionately). They released the speech over a rayllum montage like a few weeks ago. They posted it on their Twitter for s6 hype.

Those magnificent bastards posted it with almost no context. I mean we knew an episode would be titled "The Frozen Ship" but we had no idea if the speech would be in it.

I need all of those new to TDP tumblr to please appreciate the absolute EVIL GENIUSES at wonderstorm. The lengths they will go to for a joke are truly mind boggling.

They think they're so funny. (And they are tbh)

[ftvs-cm45]

Claudia's NEW Leg

[a-very-sparkly-nerd]

Itty-bitty ficlet based on the new clip, featuring Callum pining and Stella being annoyed.

Stella wasn't stupid.

Her adorableness was a distractor, but even though she was young and fluffy, fluff did not make up the space between her eyes.

She observed. She deduced. And she wanted to kill herself over how utterly oblivious and stupid people were.

Especially her people. She'd decided that Callum was her human now, too, in addition to Rayla. Her papa, even though he wasn't quite aware of it yet.

He was not, in fact, sitting here on an uncomfortable, freezing hunk of ice talking endlessly at her about the stupid shipwreck in front of them.

"So sad" hung in the dry, frozen air, Stella watching him carefully as his hand moved across the page of paper in front of him.

He was talking about his relationship with Rayla (even if he didn't realize it), which had made painstakingly slow progress since she'd returned to him. They both acted as if the other weren't completely obsessed with them, as if they were treading on a frozen lake and one misstep would sink them for good. Stella didn't have to be older or even wise to understand that relationships and boats weren't the same in that aspect.

Relationships could be salvaged. Rayla had repeated it to herself like a maniac as she picked her way across the continent, almost manifesting it. Stella had come to realize it, even if Callum and Rayla hadn't. She almost wished she didn't, either, simply because it was so aggravating.

Stella only wished Ezran were here. It was their right to take things at their own pace, but by the gods, she wanted to rip her own fur out. She'd have made the young, kind king relay the message consisting mostly of profanities, the gist of which would be "Get your shit together and make out, already."

That would be the entire message, actually.

She moved to sit on the human's hand, so big compared to Rayla's, when he set it down to look at the drawing sitting on his lap. A few rough outlines of the boat, but just as she'd known, a pretty bust drawing of Rayla, head tilted slightly and a smile splitting her face framed by her wispy bangs, heart-eyeing at some invisible thing not depicted. Likely Callum, at least she was sure he was hoping.

Stella muttered to herself as she reached for the pencil in his other hand. The mage smiled softly when he realized what she wanted, gently handing it to her.

Good. He'd racked up plenty of points in his favor, but his endless cooperation--at least with her and her elf--was always nice.

Stella made sure he was looking at her as she furiously pointed to Rayla.

"Okay. Rayla," Callum began, leaning forward in curiosity as he began interpreting her message.

Holding the pencil in her top two sets of arms, Stella drew a crude, lumpy heart and looked back to him.

"Heart? Love?"

She nodded.

"Rayla love- loves," Callum murmured to himself, and Stella pointed to him, jabbing a paw into his chest.

"Me?"

She nodded furiously.

Callum held her, allowing her to sit on his huge palm, and offered a scratch under the chin. "I know, Stella," he confessed. "I feel the same. It's just... scary."

Who cared? These two punched banthers for breakfast, and Callum was scared of talking to the girl who'd gone through hell and back to return to him? He was smart, but unbelievably stupid.

Stella shrugged, hoping it conveyed a million words of "who cares?" and "so what?" and "don't let it stop you." But, most importantly, "you can change things."

That had been what roped Rayla in, she'd confessed once in the darkness of a treetop, sitting back against the trunk and the sadness in her eyes reflecting off a sword she stared at. Breaking the cycle of violence and doing better, and now he was continuing it because giving up was just so impossibly, unfairly easy. He had to at least give it a shot again the way he'd convinced her to.

It worked, apparently.

Callum fisted his free hand in his lap, gazing back to the ship Rayla was still scoping out.

"I guess you're right," he said thoughtfully, eyes brightening the way Rayla's always did when she'd talked about Callum as if he'd still been hers before the high came crashing back down to reality. "Leave us alone tonight? Give us space?"

She grinned and nodded, only hoping she wouldn't have to plug her ears, too. It was about time.

[karihighman]

as someone who has anxiety & has done some of the same things as lucy because of it, it truly warmed my heart to see tim being her #1 fan & biggest supporter during this time. she needed reassurance & love; he provided it, unconditionally. so glad the rookie shows this (& that they are talking about mental health in general this season!!) 🏆❤️

[fwitolei]

The Dragon Prince Thoughts 6x03 - The Frozen Ship

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Ooh so this is how callum got out of those chains in s5

WAIT why are his eyes bright instead of black did he get possessed back then again—

OR IS IT A VISION—

“Uh, are you sure it’ll hold us?”

It’s giving s1ep6 or whatever when they dropped Zym’s egg—

They’re not sPrEaDiNg ThEiR wEiGhT

OMG IT IS LIKE WHEN THEY DROPPED THE EGG—

OH NO SHADOWPAW DON’T DIE

Rayla really said “yeah nah” lmao

Bruh how long has Terry been sitting there

This is so unhealthy for him ugh—

WHY’S HE JUST L I N I N G UP STICKS LMAO

Oh he’s making something—

OH claudia came back

Wtf happened to her—

She looks worse off than before she left Terry behind

“It’s sad that this ship is stuck. I mean look at it. This ship is going nowhere.”

Wonderstorm definitely knew what they were doing here lmao—

“I mean you can draw pictures of the ship but does that change anything?”

HOW DARE YOU CALL OUT MY FANART OBSESSION HAHAHAHAHAHA—

TERRY YOU DESERVE BETTER 😭😭😭😭😭😭

I still love y’all but C’MON—

They better get a happy ending

“Is Rayla crying?”

Bro how did you even hear her from outside that big-ass ship—

BRO BRUSH FROM THE BOTTOM UP OMG—

Wouldn’t have has to cut it if he knew how to properly brush hair lmao—

“Guess I can always use a pile of loose planks as a blanket.”

Dude if i didn’t know better i’d think you were trying to get Rayla to share her blanket

But it’s callum so of course not lmao—

“My dad wrote that.”

STOP HE’S TALKING ABOUT HIS BIO DAD

HIS NAME IS DAMIAN AHH—

I wonder if callum remembers damian a lot since he died when he was a kid

Stella and Sneezles are on a mission lmao

They’re literally the fandom

K I S S 

WHY’D YOU STOP

“I did dark magic again.”

S E R I O U S L Y

NOW OF ALL TIMES??

You’ve gotta be KIDDING me—

GAHH CLAUDIA’S HAIR IS SO PRETTY—

Aww Terry made a prosthetic for her I love that

“I didn’t have a choice because… I would do anything for you.”

Omg callum’s delivery on that line was SO GOOD ugh—

Rayla’s face is pure gold too

WAIT THEY’RE FORGETTING THE PEARL—

OH NOW YOU REMEMBER IT AFTER YOU GOT OUT OF THE SHIP

Gurl don’t die

THE SHIP SAYS RAYLLUM

NO WAY LMAOOOOOO

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN—

OMG VIREN’S BACK IN KATOLIS

OOP THE HUMBLE SERVANT LINE

Viren breaking down sobbing is something I never thought I’d see

Ezran’s unfazed face is wild

“Are you begging for mercy?”

“No.”

“Good. You don’t deserve any.”

DAMN THAT’S HIS COLDEST LINE YET

Woooooooow that was wilddd. I’m worried about the Rayllum ship sinking and what that means for rayla and callum I hope nothing bad happens to them. Terry and Claudia’s relationship is also really tense cuz Terry’s been just allowing claudia to walk down the dark path she’s on for what could be years and he’s just accepting it no matter how many times she could’ve (directly or indirectly) hurt him. It’s unhealthy, yes, but at the same time i think they really do need each other. I think if they work at their relationship they could make it work. I hope Soren gets to talk to Viren now that he’s back in Katolis I’m excited to unpack that, especially considering we didn’t get to see them talk in s4 (yes i did read the short story and it’s S A D 😭).

[beautifulterriblequeen]

The Frozen Ship sounds so much better to me than The Frozen Sea!

I immediately put "The Frozen Sea" in the same category as "The Midnight Desert," aka "here is a place where characters will be when they have some personal growth moments" and it comes with a bit of lore and some gorgeous scenery and boom.

But no, we're getting even more than that.

A frozen ship is a very specific thing to be finding in the middle of the whole Frozen Sea. It's a target, for the plot if not for the characters - they may not be intending to hunt for the ship and simply stumble across it, maybe for shelter during a storm or a fight - but the symbolism.

I'm on fire about the symbolism here. A frozen ship.

First of all, if you like historical horror with lots of queer flavors, and you're okay with some pretty gory creepy existential stuff, watch The Terror. It's about two ships, one called The Terror, that get frozen in the ice during an arctic exploration for the Northwest Passage, and what the crews decide to do next. Historically, no one survived. Complete mission failure. But in the book and its show, there was effort, every step of the way, to survive. They did not go quietly into that good night, etc.

And here we have: another frozen ship. Captain Esmerelda Skall probably did not go quietly into that good night either. She had a crew, and they made choices when they faced their end. Did something attack them? Did they underestimate the ice? Was there a freak storm? Will whatever they faced come back around for Callum and Rayla?

The generationality in TDP's storytelling allows for the main characters to have access to the successes and failures of their parents, mentors, and guides. They rely on those skills and choices a lot, even when they lead them astray a bit - Claudia following Viren into Dark Magic, Ezran following Harrow into anger, Rayla following Runaan into coldbloodedness, Callum following Viren and Harrow into that sweaty grip on power's handle.

Whatever they find in the physical ship itself, it'll tell us a story, and that story will have a chance to affect Callum and Rayla in similar fashion to their authority figures of choice. Other adults made choices in this shipwreck - will our protagonists follow suit? Or step aside to avoid a similar fate?

And that's just the actual, physical ship itself. I'd say don't get me started on the metaphors but that's exactly why I made this post lmfao.

Ships. Ships.

I'm practically salivating for the layers in this specific episode already.

[dawntainbobbynash]

I just loved this episode so much! Can you please make a gifset of young Bobby and young Athena from 603? Like side by side? I wanna see some baby Bathena cuteness 🥺 You can also do one with young Bobby and adult Bobby and then young Athena and adult Athena side by side. Whatever works best for you. Thank you!

Here you go!

[raayllum]

2x07 / 6x03

[renegadesstuff]

SHE CAN NEVER DISAPPOINT HIM 🥺🤍

[she-ismysun-archive]

The Rookie 6x03 Live Blog

Trouble in Paradise eh? I’ve been betrayed by so many social media notifs. It is time to watch now at the ripe hour of 6am ET.

AI JUMPSCARE? IN MY ROOKIE?

Lucy: nononono. That’s exactly right, though. See? Because I can only control me so *I need to be perfect*

Tims taking a shower smirk. MAYEB I COULDBTAKE A BREAK????

Jump to Aaron. Being rejected by Celina was EQUALLY? As traumatizing?? As being SHOT????

ONLYFANS? Is this why Eric and Roselyn keep bringing up onlyfans on their podcast 😭??

Me when Aaron doesn’t know how to apologize without throwing money at the problem?

Lucy Oral exam time. SMITTY PLEASE.

Celina and Bradford team up episode :D and also Lucy in the backseat

Creepy ass mask update. JOHN BEING SO GUNG HO ABOUT HIS VLOGGING.

Nolan: and don’t worry. I’ll make it sound like we’re old and no fun. By the time im done, he won’t want to be anywhere near us.

BAILEY DUBBING HIS CONVERSATION??

Both of you OUT NOW EHHSJSNS

First Chenford Juarez scene

I don’t know my name??

Juarez laughing at him dropping all of his stolen goods

She just puked on so hard

Why the hell is their door open. Haha. So funny. I don’t like the horror aspect of this episode so far. STOP PLEASE THE. THE TIMELAPSE OF THEM SLEEPING.. AN HOUR?? A full HOUR of this man watching them sleep.

A little tired of Aaron being the first thing anyone brings up when they talk to Celina.

And now the dead body from promo has washed up on shore 🫡 OH ITS THE HOUSEKEEPER? Literally his DAUGHTER I THOUGHT.

Does Lucy still jump every time Tim says Boot?

Tried to get a gif but it’s not .. helping my case LOL

John and Bailey remaining our little trouble magnets. Can’t wait for Nyla and Angela to show up

Wait ok the housekeeper is different from Elise. I am REALLY not loving this horror/jump scare episode.

Hello there fine ass Tim. Letting Lucy sleep in except the test randomly moved up. Celina’s first “good work” of the damn episode.

Man in the wall. Hrmmm.

God she is the last damn person in that waiting room to take her exam. After they “moved up her exam”. Recently you failed to secure a crime scene. Agony agony. SHES DOING SO GOOD. SHE IS ANSWering SO good

Unfortunately I already spoiled her rankings before I got to watch the episode I think.

WHY WOULDNT THEY WAIT? WHY WOULDNT THEY WAIT TO SEE HIS FACE EBEFORE RUNNING OFF ⁉️😭😭😭

He SHOT HIMSELF?? Threw the man into a mirror - 7 years of bad luck john

😔

17th L. Chen HEHEHSHA 17th PLACE TROPHY TIMOTHY BRADFORD

Lucy: you really thought I was gonna come in first??

Tim: of course I did

Lucy: I’m sorry for disappointing you

Tim: you could never disappoint me

AND THEN THEY KISS.

[promosbrasil]

The Rookie 6x03 Promo “Trouble in Paradise” 

[moondustgleam]

Appreciation for Stella being an Oil Lamp Enjoyer in 6x03