#ARC 3

[skaylarxcommsopen]

Sneezles and Stella designs for Arc3

[wings-of-fire-confessions]

Ngl I like arc three. It was fun to read book eleven and twelve bc those were the peak books and where all the potential for the arc to be good was. It kinda fell off with the Poison Jungle and The Dangerous Gift, although fun to read, felt a little off topic. Idk. I felt like the conflict should have been kept in Pantala, and they should have stayed with Queen Wasp as a villain. At least then the protags had an actual way out of the mess they got themselves in

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[askbookwormflareon]

(Toasty @ Honey): "It is rare to meet a Pokemon with the inability to utilize their destined element. I've only ever seen it once, and never with a fellow fire type. What do you use as a means of defense if you're unable to use your flame? I'm guessing there is some kind of alternative you use, right?"

Honey: ...Truthfully, even before I evolved with an incomplete fire stone, I wasn't much of a fighter. I never really had a need to until recently! My mother is leader of a high ranking bounty hunting team and my best friend is Victini's patron- and of course Alice and Erin were there for me too once I was introduced to them through Uxie...

My moveset right now is... mostly defensive to compensate for my lack of ah... firepower I guess you could say..! Double Team to confuse an attacker and then myself and all my copies use Dig to make a quick getaway if possible. Swift can be versatile as either a distraction or all out attack, and finally Endure if things get too close for comfort... Though I suppose even then it doesn't do much against fire type moves.

It works well enough, but until recent memory I never really had to fight. And even then I wasn't... W-well, maybe I SHOULD think about alternatives to my moveset until my flamesac fully develops... You've given me a lot to think about.

[ @asktoastythearcanine ]

[stars-and-galaxys]

No thoughts head empty, just these little scoreboards on the walls of The Last Drop in the better timeline

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[ac0531]

Arc 3 is still on the table!!

[spookyfooxx]

Early morning thought. What if Ethari and Runaan were both extremely strong in their own ways? Like I don't see a whole helluva lot of people talk about this but like. Blacksmiths have to be pretty fuckin strong. But so do sword weilders and bowsmen. Like Ethari is strong in a "pick up a moonstrider and throw it" kinda way, while Runaan is strong in a way that's like "I can stab you so hard your brain falls out of your ass and then I'll shoot you with immense force using my bow and then I'll throw myself into the branches of a tree" kinda strong. Am I making sense?

[wof-headshots-daily]

Day 169- Nettle

[spmcomic]

[skaylarxcommsopen]

Bedtime!!!

(Callum 24yrs & Rayla 25yrs)

[wings-of-fire-confessions]

I think the reason arc 3 is so disappointing is because The Lost Continent (or at least the first chapters) did a pretty good job at showing us life in the hives and a lot of the worldbuilding.

It set up a lot of expectations, such as Queen Wasp being the villain, and ran with that for most of the arc up to (I believe) The Poison Jungle.

The twist was so disappointing because it was executed poorly. There was no reason to change who the BBEG was because Queen Wasp on her own was an intimidating threat, who already commanded the hives and became kind of a symbol of what the protagonists were running from; the HiveWings and a overly controlling society.

On a side note, WoF is pretty bad at twists. This is a more notorious example, but there’s also the part where Glory was revealed to be royalty. It didn’t make sense, and it undermined the plot, similarly to the Breath of Evil.

sorry for the long ask! i had a lot to get off my mind

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[raayllum]

Was originally going to do a screencaps post but then it was getting a little unwieldy so here's a short meta post about Callum's story to Ezran in 7x09, specifically how it pertains to Callum's broader character arc in arc 2 and the show's narrative as a whole.

So we start out with an easily accessible, likely drawn from life sibling scenario. (I too, for example, had a beloved toy accidentally adjacently broken by a sibling.) This also ties us into 4 important things, however:

The game and toy motif, primarily present surrounding Aaravos and the key, as well as other objects of note this season (i.e. Ezran holding onto the elf toy from 1x04 at his angriest in 7x03 and 7x09).

Reaffirmation of Callum's tendency to get fixated on / emotionally attached to objects (old meta on it here).

In the scenario, while we don't whether Ezran was 'at fault' (he was a Baby lmao) the harm caused was. This parallels Rayla's absence and return in S4, as Callum states, "And she messed [things] up" with himself being the party not at fault ("I was so mad" in 4x05 & 7x09)

The concept / theme, to varying literal degrees, of something being broken, whether in people, relationships, or the continent itself (bigger meta on that here):

This is reaffirmed further in what Aanya says to Ezran on the bridge in 7x03:

I know it hurts right now, Ezran. But you need to know that you and Callum are not broken. The both of you will heal one day. You’re brothers. It’s okay to be angry, and it’s okay to be sad.

However, the toy isn't really a metaphor for their relationship. Callum doesn't say that it was mended, or if it even could be. He moves on instead to what their mother told him, which likewise echoes what Aanya says:

Again, there's a reaffirmation of needing to feel, and letting yourself feel, the bad emotions. Anger is not inherently bad and sometimes we need to be angry, even or especially at our siblings. Like Aanya, Callum, and Sarai say, it's okay to be angry and to be sad. But — as we see Karim and Janai are unable to come back from ("all you do is look at me with contempt!") — you can't let the feelings stick. You have to let them go.

Harrow's heart burned with anger (3x06); Ezran has fire in his eyes as he hears Runaan out; and Aaravos wants to set the world on fire. But anger cannot — or should not — last forever... because what is left for you afterwards?

The other implicit message is Callum and Sarai knowing, and now communicating to Ezran, that however much he loved that toy "more than anything in the world," it ultimately meant nothing in comparison to his brother.

CALLUM: You're my brother, and you mean everything to me. (2x06)

CALLUM: I'm sorry, Ezran. I can't be your High Mage anymore... but I'll always be your brother. (7x02)

This is also, in many ways, how Callum frames his relationship with Rayla once he learns to forgive her as well. He knows that he needs her (implicitly) and that they're a team; he reaffirms "it was always her" much the same way he knows he will "always be [Ezran's] brother". His bonds of love are strong and can weather any storm; he still wants them in his life, and will always want them and need them.

This raises an interesting concept to Aaravos, who is deeply hurt and angry at his family (the other First Elves), referring to himself as "their dark brother" (TDP shorts, Patience). He wants them to suffer, and he wants them to hurt... but is there any other way forward? Is there any hope of forgiveness, or reconciliation? He clearly believes that they can never change unless through force... but what if they could? What if they could be brothers again, the same way that Callum ("there is great affinity between your brother and I [...] he understands the need for compromise") and Ezran are?

It'd also tie into Claudia and Soren's sibling dynamic, as their mother counselled a similar message to Sarai: "that my brother and I needed each other."

If Callum and Ezran coming together can represent the continent, and Aaravos + the Cosmic Council, and Soren and Claudia one day coming back together, too.

[mxxnlightbae08]

Just imagine...

Guys just hear me out.

If kim'dael makes a reappearance in arc 3 and Rayla ends up facing her again. Will she somehow go bloodmoon to face her?

I NEED that as a scene. It'll be an almost similar vibe to Katara learning to bloodbend. Or when Rapunzel does the hurt incantation.

(my Rayla obsession gets worse everday unfortunately. Please help me)

[cauldroninthecrystal]

I thrust upon a Fun Fact about me because I can!

I like Wizard101, I love this game.

I also love drawing Old Cobs kids :)

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