#Aithne Solaire

[tategaminu]

My version of baby Sol and his future dead waifu

[bat-snake]

No no no but it's THIS LOOK when he teases Sol Regem about Aithne Solaire's fate

(Plus this and the wheeze before he laughs at his revelation)

You get so many "Oooh no, you won't be happy with vengeance, it'll just make things wooorse" things, but Aaravos is just drinking it in.

[kradogsrats]

anyway I also spent a bunch of time this morning musing on whether it's significant that Avizandum and Zubeia did not choose regnal names as archdragons the way Sol Regem (and presumably Rex Igneous, Domina Profundis, Luna Tenebris, and Aithne Solaire) did or if it's just that the writers knew they were going to be using every possible Latin word relating to lightning/storm/wind in Callum's Sky spells and didn't want to oversaturate, particularly for a pair of fairly important characters

[raayllum]

thought i'd keep a TDP body count for named characters, * means it was an on screen death

annika / neha *

king harrow

queen sarai *

viren (x3) *

ibis *

sir sparklepuff

finnegrin *

king florian

queen fareeda 

prince kasef *

leola *

lain *

tiadrin *

sol regem *

pharos *

khessa *

queen aditi 

luna tenebris 

avizandum *

aithne solaire 

damian

[akiraarabella]

Rayla's Lullaby

Though the sky is dark tonight

I still shine for you my dear

The moon is more than just her light

I am here, my love is here

Though you feel so much alone

Oh my darling do not fear

Hold to what you've always known

I am here, my love is here

Though my face connot be seen

The answer in your heart is clear

I am the moon, the silver queen

I am here, my love is here

Funfact: you can sing callums poem about the stars with the same melody and it works!

(Poor Esmery 😭😭😭😭 ALSO ARE WE EVER GONNA LEARN WHAT HAPPENED TO LUNA?!?! Are Luna Tenebris and Aithne Solaire the same dragon?...... DONT TELL ME LUNA WAS DATING SOL REGEM FFS HJDJEJDJJWHXJWJD)

[konmaao3]

So when did he lose his hope?

After the death of Aithne Solaire, mayhaps? 🤔

[fwitolei]

The Dragon Prince Thoughts 6x08 - We All Fall Down

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Omgg i’m so scared—

AHH

And it starts

Omg sol regem banging into the towers and stuff too this is wild

OH NO THEY’RE TRAPPED

Shit—

OH SHIT

SOREN NO—

Plsbeokayplsbeokayplsbeokayplsbeokay—

HE’S ALIVE WHOO

Omg babeee ur bleeding—

Now he’s really gonna have a scar like corvus

“Get everyone out”

See he learned from the pyrrah incident in s2 he’s prioritizing the people now that he’s not in the whole “xadia is evil” mindset

Hey wait where’s he going—

“Take good care of Hat.”

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN??

SOREN—honey—wHaT aRe YoU dOiNg—

WHAT

AARAVOS IS CONTROLLING PHAROS—

Is this cuz the dark magic infection thingy

Omg viren’s been in there for a long time lmao—

“You have your other way! Dark magic!”

Notice how soren said “your other way” as if he still doesn’t condone it, but he knows it’s the only way to save everyone

Dark magic is so nuanced in situations like these like yeah it’s last resort but if you’re someone who hates it with a passion and then you end up needing it what are you supposed to do

Do you give up your ideals for the greater good or stand your ground and risk disaster

That’s why i love this show so much there’s no clear bad guy

“Take my heart.”

SOREN N O

S T O P

NO

I mean what else is he supposed to do yeah but STILL—

N O O O O O O o o O omg pls—

No not soren

Omg i’m so scared not soren PLEASE—

I’m actually gonna cry if he dies please no—

OH MY GOSH IS VIREN USING HIS OWN HEART—

GAHHH I CAN’T TAKE IT

Just as i forgave him too—

GAHH NO it’s the way he’s ACTIVELY DYING while doing the spell to the point he can barely say the incantation 😭😭😭😭😭😭

“I am a… servant.”

This scene pretty much speaks for itself idrk what to say

This shit is sad like fuck—

“My dad! I need to find my dad!”

CLAUDIA NO

Oooomg she’s gonna lose it if she finds him

Full azula mode

“What happened to your beloved mate who disappeared?”

If he says he ate her imma pop off—

Who even is aithne solaire? Was she mentionedin something?

“In your fury, you buried her.. Alive.”

WHAT THE FUCK—

Like actually???

Not the way aaravos just dies laughing after dropping the darkest most depressing truth bomb ever—

OMG HE ATE PHAROS

“Choke on your own pride.”

HOW THE FUCK IS HE CHOKING ON A TINY LITTLE ELF

Oh my gosh—

This is just brutal

i'm terrified of choking too so it's that much worse

AND HE CATCHES ON FIRE—

“I don’t think you should see him like this.”

Ugh i love terry for being so considerate after everything she’s done

Like yes save the last of her sanity while she still has it

This episode is hard to watch—

The voice acting is impeccable tho like give claudia’s va a raise

OH SHIT SHE FOUND THE PEARL—

Lujanne giving no fucks about the crown is the funniest thing

But wtf is she talking about the diamond don’t tell me it’s fake—

“Her dad just died. Can’t she just take a moment to grieve?”

FINALLY Terry’s talking sense like shit aaravos at least give her a minute—

I KNEW IT

I FUCKIN KNEW IT

VIREN’S STAFF HAS A QUASAR DIAMOND

I literally said it like 2-3 episodes ago too

WAIT THAT MEANS—

“I can only save two of them.”

Oh you’ve gotta be kidding me—

Alright y’all it’s a wrap. Katolis is gone, viren is dead, aaravos is getting out, it’s a whole ass shit show. Ooooooomg i’m scaredddddd. Especially when callum finds out the real pearl was in katolis all along, i guarantee you he’s gonna spiral like he did in kosmo’s vision. This episode was really hard to watch, I was surprised, but in a good way. One more episode to go, then season sevennnnnnnnn whoooo

Time to cry :D

[kradogsrats]

Aaravos: Knock knock. Sol Regem: Who's there? Aaravos: Aithne Solaire clawing at the walls of the living tomb you trapped her in. Sol Regem: *sniffle*

Sol Regem: Knock Knock.

Aaravos: Who's there?

Sol Regem: Definitely not Leola.

Aaravos: ...how fuckin dare you.

[raayllum]

thinking about things

We know that Sol Regem when he was still the Dragon Prince turned Leola in to the Cosmic Council, and she was executed. We also know that Sol Regem later became King of the Dragons + had and lost his mate, Aithne Solaire. We know that both of these things happened before he attacked Elarion since as he says, "I lost my hope long before I lost my sight" (5x04) and that he accidentally killed/buried Aithne Solaire alive in his fury... but fury over what?

We also know it's apparently expected / typical that the dragon monarchy is hereditary, passing from parent to child: Avizandum and Zubeia to Zym, presumably Sol Regem from his parental figure(s), and that at the very least Storm archdragon eggs are very rare / only laid every 1,000 or so years (1x05).

Two theories:

1) Sol Regem lost both his mate and his heir before the Fall of Elarion. Aaravos killed his child (as what could be more fitting revenge for Aaravos, who lost his child because of Sol Regem, than to kill that dragon's child), and Sol Regem, enraged by the loss of their child / heir accidentally killed his mate.

2) Sol Regem lost his heir before the Fall of Elarion (for similar revenge driven reasons). It was during the Fall of Elarion or some other attack on humans (maybe he blamed them and/or dark magic for the death of his child) that Aithne Solaire.

I could also see Sol Regem's "lost hope" being about having lost a parental figure. Not only would it provide nice parallels to both Claudia and Ezran in particular in S7, it'd also contrast Aaravos-Leola and show the almost symbiotic relationship parents and children have in the show in regards to hope and maintaining meaningful, healthy senses of identity.

[kradogsrats]

OKAY SO two things really:

THE NOVABLADE HAS A RED GEM???? So a new possibility I hadn't considered before is that the Laurelion/amulet connection is the "ivory draconic" of the Novablade coming from the same dragon as the scale for the amulet. Also something something "only an Archdragon's bite could harm me now" Aaravos, etc. anyway my prime suspect would be Aithne Solaire. Also NGL this raises Questions(tm) in my mind about the Novablade, just because of the apparent integration of the amulet with Claudia's dark magic, and that generally, like... making shit out of a magical being's bones that then has special properties is a bit of a dark magic thing.

EZRAN AND SWORDS JESUS CHRIST like I mentioned a while back how Ezran's relationship with Harrow's sword and with weapons in general is complicated, and we've only once seen him with a sword and that was while play-fighting with Callum during Harrow's flashback. But y'all, the Novablade isn't a sword like Harrow's sword was—a sword (particularly an inherited sword) can have a lot of baggage attached to it, but ultimately it can be wielded for both attack and defense. It can defend the weak or conquer them, act as a tool of justice or of oppression. The Novablade, however? The Novablade is specifically and solely an implement of killing. It has one purpose: to end mortal existence. Maybe Laurelion (Aaravos) needed (needs) to be removed from the world for the good of all. Ezran seems to be becoming very targeted in his anger with Sol Regem and Runaan, so maybe he's getting behind that idea—that surgical removal of evil from the world is not only necessary but sometimes the best course. BUT THAT'S SUCH A MOONSHADOW ASSASSIN THING OKAY I'M DYING. Like that's LITERALLY Runaan's justifying philosophy.

anyway SCREAMING

[colonelpancakes]

Continued

SORENNNNNN! I’m so glad he’s safe but also. OUGH. That uh. That cannot be easy to know your dad is doing that no matter how bad your relationship with him is. Ough. I love Soren

Ough, it cannot be easy to still be standing up and casting magic while you've got like. What I assume is a sizable incision in your chest. Viren…

Ough… The pain in his voice… Fuck. This show has gotten me to cry over Viren. I didn’t think it could do that. Holy shit. Viren’s voice actor, goddamn.

NOT THE FLASHBACK DRAWINGS!! OUGH.

Oh my god, fuck. Okay, yeah no I think this show is trying to kill me. Ohhh. Ohh this drawing is. Ough.

THE BABIES????? BABY CLAUDIA WIHT HTE LITTLE MAGIC WAND???? VIREN HOLDING SOREN’S DRAGON PLUSH???? OH.. OUHG>

I realized while screenshotting, since I could actually see the screen through my tears, that this is a visual parallel to the beginning of season three where Ziard sacrifices himself to stop Sol Regem from burning Elarion. Fuck. Ough. Oh the cycle.

SORENNNNN. His face when he looks up at Viren and Sol Regem…

OGUH> Yeah, you know what, just stab me in the heart too. The pictures of Claudia and Soren and ough. The way you can tell, even in the way they’re illustrated how much Viren loves them. In the way Claudia looks joyful and carefree with her hair getting caught in the breeze and Soren looks so proud and confident in his crownguard attire.

And then Viren looking at them… Oh… The expression… And the fact that it’s their season one selves. And the way that they’re all positioned in the frame so that it looks as though Claudia and Soren are talking to each other while Viren watches… Oh my god. I am actually sobbing. Oh my god.

THE FAMILY PORTRAIT???????

OH MY GOD I realized literally as I was writing the image descriptions that Viren and his family are in the same positions as Harrow's family is in that portrait... Harrow in Viren's spot, Callum in Soren's, Sarai in Lissa's, and Ezran in Claudia's...

Ohhh… The way that Soren was at one point so afraid of the spell, that it was used as a weapon of destruction, to hurt and kill people and now, Soren is relieved because it’s saving people’s lives, literally allowing them to get out of a burning building. Fuck. The fucking contrast.

Also, I like the clarification that the spell is temporary because I had always wondered what happened to the humans from Viren’s army after the battle.

"I am a servant."

Ough. I. I have run out of words. Um. Oh.

Oh my god that wound looks. Oh that looks really fuckign painful. Shit.

Soren looking back up at his dad and then having to walk away…

When I say I made a visceral animalistic noise when it cut from THAT to Claudia. Oh my god. Oh my fucking god this episode feels like being punched repeatedly in the face. Fuck. Oh my god, honey. Sweetie. Oh no, she’s looking for her dad she’s going to find out he’s dead, isn’t she. Oh fuck. Honey, darling sweetie. Oh god.

Ough. Oh my god, imagine going home for the first time in two years and it’s been burned to the ground. Honey… Love…

FUCK. FUCK NO I’M NOT READY FOR THIS. Oh no. The panic in her voice when she has the realization… Racquel Belmonte is about to kill me again, isn’t she.

I just glanced at the runtime of the episode. I am less than halfway through. I am not going to survive this episode. This is going to be a very long post.

HI BITCH. HI STARRY BITCH.

Also, Ohh there is history here isn’t there.

Anak Arow? Sol Regem has another name? Ohh, interesting. Did not expect Sol Regem lore.

Oh?? So Sol Regem had a mate? Hello? And it it seems like Aaravos did something to her assuming this is going to go in the same way that Khessa’s death did. I really like the name Aithne Solaire, it's very nice to say.

Oh. Oh god. Okay that was not the answer I expected.

I. Um. I. Uhh. I think I had something to say about this at one point but its gone. Uh. Holy shit.

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?

FUCKING CHRIST. WHAT THE HELL???

GODDAMN. WHAT. I. AARAVOS.

FUCKING GOD. THAT. Uh. That. That just. That happened. Oh my god. I did not expect that to be so. Goddamn.

I mean if you gotta say one thing about Aaravos it’s that he has flare. He certainly has style. He’s dramatic. Wow. Again. Y-7????

Continued in uh. Continued in reblogs.

Watching The Dragon Prince Season Six Part Eight: We All Fall Down. I made so many distressed noises while watching this episode that I actually hurt my throat

Under the cut as per usual.

Already, the shots of the people looking up at Sol Regem combined with the music is making me so fucking nervous is Katolis about to get destroyed??? Nothing better happen to Barius and Jellybug you hear me, they better make it out unscathed.

sakfdljskla it’s okay Soren, I heard “physical exercises” too. This is why I watch shows with subtitles.

OH MY FUCKING GOD THAT ESCALATED. SHIT.

That’s really bad, oh my god. Fuck.

Oh noo, honey… She had to leave her toy behind no…

Oh thank God, Soren and Opeli are somehow okay.

Guys, I appreciate the efforts, but I DON’T THINK ARROWS ARE GOING TO DO ANYTHING. Ballista? Maybe. Arrows? Definitely not.

OKAY CRAP IT GOT WORSE. They burned the bridge??? Man’s really just trying to kill as many people as possible, huh. That’s. Oh my god.

Oh crap.

OH FUCK! SOREN!

Okay, shit that’s a lot of blood um. Okay. That’s definitely a concussion. Hat’s okay, that’s good. Fuck. Soren you need to survive this episode, you hear me? You are not allowed to die.

Oh my god, the score here is. Oh my god. It really drives home the sense of fear and tragedy. The composers are fucking killing it.

SORENNNNN!!!! MY BOY!!! I LOVE HIM SO FUCKING MUCH OH MY GOD. I love the fact that he prioritizes citizen’s lives over the castle because 1) it’s absolutely what Ezran would want done in this situation and 2) it’s a direct contrast to season two where Soren causes MORE harm by insisting that a dragon be shot down but then 3) it’s a continuation of his character arc from that episode because after he realizes he made a mistake, he frees Corvus so that he can help evacuate the town. And then here, he’s making the call to stop shooting, sacrifice the castle, and focus entirely on evacuating the people. I love Soren so much, look at how much my boy has grown.

Is he going to get Viren out of the castle?

SOREN. SOREN, NO. NO SELF-SACRIFICING you hear me? NO. You are GOING to reunite with Opeli and you are GOING to be there to take care of Hat, Soren, I swear to god-

Oh, Hello motherfucker! I am about to reach through this screen and start biting you. Is that a fight I’m going to win? No. But it would be cathartic.

Oh, wow. Viren’s facial hair has really grown since the episode before last. I guess he doesn’t anything to shave with so that makes sense. Sure caught me off-guard though.

Oh? He’s asking VIren for help, I didn't expect that.

Oh! Soren you are so smart, I would not have thought of that, that’s a really good idea.

There’s a lot going on here, but also, ooh that’s interesting. I’ve always wondered how staffs were enhancing primal magic but then this answers it! They have primal stones embedded in them. Cool, I like that detail. Now back to heart-crushing drama.

Ohhhh Soren… I love Soren. The way he’s prioritizing people’s lives over EVERYTHING else, over any moral objections to dark magic, over the potential cost of any ingredient. Soren… You are so good.

Oh, god, what’s the ingredient for this one. It better not be another situation where you have to kill your child, if it is, I swear to god, Viren-

Oh. Oh shit. Ohhh noo, that’s um. Oh. Okay. Uh. Fuck.

SOFNREN! SONR NO. SOREN. NO. Not allowed, nope. Given all the emphasis on Viren’s value of his family this season I don’t. Think that he would sacrifice Soren. But. Honey. Darling, Sweetheart, no. I reiterate what I said earlier, Soren, you are NOT ALLOWED TO DIE.

VIREN DON’T YOU FUCKING DARE.

Viren. Viren where’s Soren. Viren.

Oh, shit, Viren stabbed himself didn’t he. Fuck.

Yeah… Yeah, he did. Shit. That is. Yeah, that is a lot of blood.

I'm out of images??? Already??? Oh my god. Uh. Continued in reblogs