#Because She's Rayla
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Carried away
#rayllum#pining!callum#rayllum parallels#one of my favourites tbh#which is saying something#3x05 in particular has soo many good parallels to s1#mine#personal fave#s1#1x05#arc 1#multi#3x05#because she's rayla#tdp#the dragon prince
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been rewatching tdp seasons 4 to 5, I'm currently at s4 ep2 and there are 2 things I figured I should put down for myself:
just so you know, in any media the first thing I pay attention to is music. Like, half the reason I enjoy Star Rail is because of music. The same thing goes for the Dragon Prince. When I rewatch s1 to 3, every time I'm almost melting because of how beautiful the melodies are. They are generally both sad (the Last Sunset my beloved) and full of hope (the main theme), but they can also be ominous and insidious (hi Aaravos' theme) and also loving and tender (Because She's Rayla). But when I first watched s4 and then s5, I didn't notice music at all. Like, at most I made a mental note about two (2) melodies in s4 ep1. The rest went unnoticed :/ Which admittedly is uncharacteristic of tdp. But... Now that I'm watching s4 again, I'm so relieved to finally hear the beautiful music I had been expecting from tdp. It's there and it's been there this whole time. It's really the Mystery of Aara- Music haha.
what caused me to make this post is s4 ep2. A couple of minutes before Rayla's return we see Callum is done with the translation of the runes and he now has the full text of the riddle. "In Darkness, gaze upon the Fallen Star". Then we hear Aaravos' theme start playing (woahhh), the Star rune on the cube lights up and Callum walks around with the book. It's honestly terrifying to think that- it would have taken him only a tiny bit of time to figure out the meaning behind the riddle text (that he needs to put out all the light). And if he gave it a shot (which he would) and put out the candle and pulled the curtains (the moonlight was there), he would have met Aaravos. *curtain call* Oh god. And then the story would have gone an entirely different route. That is, if Rayla came just a tiny bit too late (god, I need a fic based on this au). But she comes just at the right time to mess things up and save Callum from the dangerous path and it's then that we hear Rayla's theme start playing (Silvergrove OST / Because She's Rayla). I love how the two melodies are interwoven. The ominous Aaravos' melody slowly gives way to the hopeful Rayla's tune. Perilous darkness gives way to the bright moonlight. And that is just so freaking beautiful.
P.S. I sometimes see in the fandom the thing about Callum having two paths before him. The one is Rayla (moonlight & love) and the other is Aaravos (darkness & also love?.. we don't know his pre-story but I think it all comes down to the same thing. to love). So what I want to say is- the music confirms it.
#the dragon prince#rayllum#aaravos#honkai star rail#if i can stop one heart from breaking#Silvergrove#Because She's Rayla#tdp s4#tdp s5#the music of tdp#let my heart bravely spread the wings#soaring PAST THE NIGHT#to chase the bright MOONLIGHT#I've caught a reference haven't I#I made it up and I caught it. it's perfectly logical#tdp callum#aaravos & callum#Галя хочу такой фанфик#fun fact: at first everyone thought that the lyrics went “to chase the primal light”. It's no less beautiful#but it changes the reference#cause like we have primal sources here#light and darkness#soooo
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⭐PRINCESS RAYLA⭐
Playing around imagining what an older Rayla might look like (a total excuse to draw her in a dress).
I think she's between 25 and 30 here, got a bit to get used having the title as the first elven princess of The Pentarchy. The earrings are a reference to her Arc 2 concept art but for a lot of reasons it made sense they scrapped the idea so I HC that when the war is over and she doesn't have to fight anymore she will let her hair loose, wear jewerly and pretty dresses (ofc all gifted by Callum since we know how babygirl is).
Her back is open because Callum wants to enjoy the view
#drawing fullbodies killed my grandma okay#also she's already a mom here. pretty mom#the horncuff are from the official valentines art they are her engagement cuffs here#i want her to be happy and comfy and not needing to fight#tdp#the dragon prince#rayla#tategaminu art#continue the saga#give us the saga#this was on my wips for months but I got back at it because her xadia red carpet outfit made me mad :D#LET THE GIRL WEAR A DRESS YOU COWARDS#whos she looking at? we know hehehehehe#can i tag this as rayllum? it kinda is!?? adjancently?#rayllum
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'I wish we could have fallen in love without having to save the world'
#but would they fall in love if the world didn't need them?#can I call them soulmates?#because theyre soulmates#the dragon prince#rayllum#tdp rayla#tdp callum#she ra and the princesses of power#catradora#ladynoir#miraculus ladybug#how to train your dragon#hiccstrid#starco#star vs the forces of evil#lumity#the owl house#percabeth#sukka#kataang#avatar the last airbender
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Baby Rayla: Mmmaaa
Tiadrin: That's right! You can do it!
Lain: C'mon, say "Dada"!
Baby Rayla: Daaaa
Lain: YES!
Tiadrin: No! Say "Mama"!
Rayla: F*ck yoU
*silence*
Tiadrin and Lain, turn to Runaan: *murder in their eyes*
Runaan: WaIt, NOO, iT wAsN't mE, I sWeAr!!! *turns and bolts*
Tiadrin and Lain: *runs after him*
Ethari, VERY sleep deprived, pops a moonberry into his mouth: Well, f*ck
Rayla, giggling and clapping her hands: F*ck! F*ck! F*ck!!!!
#moonfam#ethari#runaan#tiadrin#lain#ruthari#rayla#I know sane Ethari would never curse around her#But sleep deprived Ethari?#That's a WHOLE different person who ain't afraid to say shit#ruthari incorrect quotes#ethari incorrect quotes#moonfam incorrect quotes#tdp incorrect quotes#tdp#Lain and Tiadrin probably bet against each other what her first word would be#runaan incorrect quotes#I can imagine Runaan and Ethari telling her this when she's older and Rayla havinn a godsmacked look on her face#Because ETHARI?!?#laindrin#laindrin incorrect quotes
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Rayla has grown since the last time Runaan saw her.
#slight crack because of the differences in how i made these two haha but she has grown between s3-s4#the dragon prince#my crochet#runaan#rayla#tdp spoilers#tdp s6 spoilers
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Something I can't put my finger on, and might be reading too much into, are (lack of) choices and the relationships between Rayla, Runaan, and Lain and Tiadrin.
A slight undercurrent of tension in Bloodmoon Huntress is Rayla feeling like Runaan doesn't really love or want her. While Ethari readily professes to love her and assures her Runaan does too, Rayla sometimes gets the impression Runaan's taken her in more as a favor to Lain and Tiadrin. He's defensive of them, and some of Rayla and Runaan's early clashes occur when Runaan puts down her resentment toward her parents and dismisses her feelings of abandonment. (Their relationship improves by the end of Bloodmoon Huntress though, and by Lunabloom Runaan’s become more patient, empathetic, and open with his affection, and we see how much they love each other).
While Rayla considers Runaan and Ethari to be her family, Tiadrin and Lain aren’t pushed aside in their roles as her parents. Bloodmoon Huntress and Rayla’s birthday profile show that Rayla was brought up to love and take pride in her parents, both because Moonshadow culture values duty and self-sacrifice, but also because Runaan and Ethari raised her that way.
Runaan, Ethari, Lain, and Tiadrin were very close; Rayla describes them as best friends, they spent major life events together, and Tridrin and Lain chose them to raise their daughter. Runaan is visibly shaken when he realizes what’s happened to them and his P.O.V. passage in the Book One novelization outright says he loves them.
But he Ghosted them. We don’t know what the exact circumstances were, what evidence was presented, or what Ethari and Runaan discussed behind closed doors, but they broke faith. This can be attributed to the Silvergrove’s pack mentality, but I also wonder if their decision had something to do with Rayla.
We know Moonshadow society subscribes to Sins of the Father, where children can be blamed for their parents' wrongdoing, because Ezran was targeted for assassination. We know they have an extreme form of shame/honor culture, and that Lain and Tiadrin’s (alleged) desertion of the Dragonguard brought so much shame on their people and their daughter that Rayla preferred to say they were dead. And we also know that Rayla’s Ghosting was biased by her parents’ reputation.
Rayla’s standing in the Silvergrove was damaged, maybe even more than she realized. Once the Silvergrove had turned on Lain and Tiadrin, Runaan and Ethari may have felt they had no choice but to disavow their closest friends if they wanted to protect their daughter, to publicly draw her closer to them and away from her parents and their dishonor. (Of course, the hard truth is that they might have stopped the Ghosting had they spoken up, but they didn't).
And maybe this is why Runaan brought Rayla to Katolis that night, why Ethari agreed despite his misgivings. Rayla may have been a prodigy, but she shouldn't have been sent into the field so soon, and for such an important mission. But by putting Rayla on a mission that directly avenges the wrongdoing her parents (allegedly) committed, Runaan may have believed this to be Rayla's best and only chance to restore her honor. Given how harsh Moonshadow society can be, from this warped perspective Runaan may have considered this the best thing he could do for his daughter.
But it wasn’t. And after everything came crashing down, Runaan failed his mission, his child, and his dearest friends.
In Bloodmoon Huntress Runaan sees no conflict between duty and love, viewing the former as an expression of the latter. Rayla thought her parents chose duty over her, and thinks Runaan chose them, and duty, over her too.
By The Dragon Prince, Runaan chose Rayla over her parents, then realized he had to choose between Rayla and duty. He couldn’t, failed both, and spent the next two years in a hell of his own making because of it.
I don't see Runaan “I do what I must so those I love don’t have to” coping well knowing Rayla paid for his life with Lain and Tiadrin's— if he even knows. He’d betrayed his dearest friends by Ghosting them. Now he’s taken their chance at life and reuniting with their daughter, and he’ll never get to make amends.
#Brought to you by:#my s7 speculation that Callum will tell Runaan that Lain and Tiadrin weren’t saved because Runaan was in a fit of extremely justified anger#Accidentally triggering a full-on meltdown.#And Rayla’s attempts to comfort him only make it worse.#Because why should she love him over them?#Why has his family sacrificed for him?#He’s supposed to make sacrifices for his loved ones not the other way around.#runaan#rayla#lain#tiadrin#moonfam#bloodmoon huntress#lunabloom#the dragon prince#tdp#the dragon prince spoilers#tdp spoilers#the dragon prince season 6 spoilers#tdp season 6 spoilers#the dragon prince s6 spoilers#tdp s6 spoilers#To be clear this is more about their society and circumstances forcing them to make choices rather than who loves whom more
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Ok I wanna talk about Ethari's clothing/design over all. His clothes and tattoos are different from every other Moonshadow elf we've seen, and he's one of the few that doesn't wear braids. Like:
The recurring elements are intricate patterning; over layers and under layers; multiple colors in the same garment (or at least same outfit); wraparound construction, color contrast between mediums, lights, and darks; and the dominant color is always the medium, never the lightest or darkest color (usually navy, true black is very rare outside of the assassins). Even arc 2 Rayla follows most of these rules and she's been away from her culture for two years!
But then we have Ethari:
He doesn't have an outer layer, he wears almost solid navy, none of those clothes are wraparound, he has no light color, there's not a lot of contrast, and his dark color is true black despite not being an assassin. He bends all the rules, though he only breaks one completely. He still has that patterning, but it's minimal compared to the others. He has plenty of accent colors, more than anyone else actually, but they show up on him far less. He does have light, medium, and dark colors, but his whole pallet is darker than everyone else's. The only rule he 100% breaks is the wraparound construction
A lot of this probably derives from the fact that he's a metalsmith:
For the most part his clothes quite are practical;
Black/navy hides coal dust/soot very well. It gets everywhere, on your pants and face especially, and is highly visible on just about every other color.
Forging is hot work & you do it next to a fire that needs to be at least 1000° celsius, I never wear more than one layer either.
those sleeves, while a bit looser than I'd be comfortable with, probably aren't going to get in the way. Plus I heard somewhere that they're spelled to repel heat (couldn't find if that's actually canon tho), so if that's true they're much better than my gloves.
The crop top isn't great but he's got that belt to stop most embers. Besides he's probably not the type to yelp every time one lands on him like I am.
if he pulls the scarf over his mouth & nose it'll help delay him getting lung cancer in the death trap of a smithy Wonderstorm designed for him (my problems with it are a post all on their own. I have nothing against the artists, its pretty, but by all rights he should be dead)
There might also be a cultural aspect to his clothing:
I think the navy blue, the arm bands, the boot decorations, and his belt & tabard could all be symbols that mean "I am a metalsmith" in Moonshadow culture. (Quick side note, he's not technically a blacksmith. historically blacksmith means specifically iron workers. If anything he's a whitesmith since he usually works with silver.) We see it with the assassins, why not metalsmiths too?
Plus if you take a look at his forge in the art book, there's a design carved on it that looks almost exactly like the one on his tabard. Elements of it also appear on other parts of his clothing:
I suspect that this is some sort of symbol for metal working or fire protection. If he's in a guild it could be their symbol, or it could just be a wider cultural symbol. Either way it has a meaning that relates to the forge specifically. I couldn't find it anywhere else in the room.
I just realized that I never even brought up the metal hems on his sleeves. Then again what is there to say? It's metal, he's a metalsmith. It's pretty, he likes pretty things.
But what about the rule he completely breaks?
As I said, every moonshadow garment has some sort of wrap-and-secure construction to it-- except Ethari's clothes. I seriously doubt this is a metalsmith thing. Basic garment construction isn't a sensible way to differentiate your group within one culture. I fully believe Ethari is doing this on purpose. But why? That why gets even bigger when you realize that no other moonshadow elves we've met have brown eyes or periwinkle blue tattoos.
Put a pin in all that, I need to explain my interpretation of Moonshadow culture for this to make sense.
"Moon Primal creatures can be private and secretive, and are keenly aware of the power of appearances." - from the official website
"Moonshadow Elves obey a rather rigid, honor-driven culture." - from the wiki
To me this paints a picture of a fairly collectivist culture. They place a heavy emphasis on community and duty, two things that are usually more peaceful/simpler when you have cohesion within the group. Cohesion creates less conflict, less conflict makes your community more peaceful and your duty to it easier to complete.
But they know that this cohesion is- to an extent- only an act, so each person has a sub community where they don't have to act. Your inner self is for family and friends close enough to be family. (I honestly think they might have some sort of ritual to formally adopt friends as family) To everyone else you're supposed to put up a front that makes you seem more like everyone else.
OK back to the pin
Even without his clothes, Ethari is already visually different from everyone else. No other Moonshadow elves we've seen have tattoos or eyes the same color as his. It's a subtle difference but it is noticeable, and in a culture so focused on appearances people would notice. Most people's instinct would be to try to hide or downplay it, to prop up that front as much as they can. Yet Ethari doesn't put up a front, not to the extent that most people seem to. He's even accentuating his differences by dressing in a different style than them- and he's respected.
In my comm class the other day we were talking about groups, and one of the things that came up was that cohesion fosters sameness and diversity fosters innovation. Ethari is an innovator, it's literally his job. He invents the wingalings in bloodmoon huntress, Runaan and Rayla's weapons, and probably a bunch more stuff we haven't seen. Maybe for all they value appearances and fitting in, moonshadow culture still recognizes that people like him are important and they aren't as effective when they have to fit in. They can't be too out there (remember, Ethari only bends the rules rather than breaking them) but as long as they stay within a certain radius of the norm they can gain a lot of respect. I think this is what Ethari has done. The fact that his family (Runaan, Tiadrin, Lain) are all pretty traditional probably helped a lot. They keep him from pushing too hard on the edge of the box and he keeps them flexible.
That they aren't there anymore has probably exacerbated the rift between him and the rest of the silvegrove caused by Rayla's ghosting and whatever news has reached them from the storm spire.
I am so excited to see him in S6. I thought about adding some speculation about what his new design might look like, but I honestly don't think he'll have changed that drastically aside from his hair. My biggest question is honestly whether or not he's still in The Silvergrove.
Bonus:
I bet that some of Ethari's relative weirdness rubbed off on Rayla. She didn't have many friends as a kid so, when she wasn't in school or with the assassins, it makes sense that hung out with Ethari a lot. Since he's less strict than Runaan she was probably only comfortable completely unmasking with him. He heard about all her crushes, fears, and insecurities that Runaan didn't. Which goes a long way to explaining why Ethari was the only one who could see she wouldn't be a good assassin; she was hiding those traits from everyone but him.
This also explains some of why he was so willing to believe that she ran away. Ethari saw all of her vulnerability, but he didn't see all of her strength. While she was out training and facing her fears with Runaan, Ethari was in the smithy and only heard about their exploits after the fact. Neither of them saw all of who Rayla is, but both of them thought they did and had to find out that they were wrong in just about the most heartbreaking way imaginable.
#this started as me going “how actually practical are Ethari's clothes?” while I was forging that touchmark stamp#and spiraled out of control from there#also we're ignoring Redfeather because a) she was ghosted b) I didn't remember she existed when I started this#ethari#tdp#the dragon prince#tdp ethari#tdp meta#character analysis#rayla#tdp rayla
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💛 + Rayla/Callum for the ask game pls :)
Your call on when this takes place, other than post-season-6. Hope you like! 😊
(ask game can be found here)
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"Callum, what do you think you're doing?!"
Rayla watched in horror as the dumbest mage in existence—whom she happened to have the misfortune of loving—dangled from a tree branch by his knees.
"I think I've almost got it! The earth arcanum! It's got to be about symbiosis! Living together! Adaptability! Finding your spaaaaa—"
The branch that had been supporting him had finally snapped, and he was plummeting to the ground. His hands scrabbled for something to grab, but there was nothing.
(At least he couldn't hit branches on the way down, Rayla supposed...)
A whirl of air suddenly pulled past her as Callum spoke the words needed to summon a cushion of air. It caught him just long enough to slow his fall, but it quickly dissipated and he landed in a heap on the forest floor.
He didn't move.
"Callum!" Rayla hurried over. She should have tried to catch him—should have tried something! She kneeled next to him and brushed his hair back from his face. He was breathing evenly, and he didn't look to be in pain. Why wasn't he waking up?
Then, she saw it: it was just the faintest twitch, but she was certainly skilled at anticipating someone's next moves, and she knew well enough when Callum was looking for something. "You can open your eyes, Callum, or I can dump water on you, but you're not getting a kiss."
"Even if that's the only thing that will make me feel better?" Callum levered himself up to rest his head in Rayla's lap, still not opening his eyes.
Rayla rolled her eyes. "Especially if that's the only thing that'll make you feel better. You scared me! You couldn't have just... laid in a field of flowers? Surrounded yourself with shiny rocks? Taken a mud bath?!"
"I've never been able to make the connection when I'm just relaxing," Callum pointed out. "And anyway, at least this time I wasn't doing dark magic or getting beat up by a pirate." He sat up and wrapped an arm around Rayla's waist.
Rayla turned so her forehead rested against Callum's. "For someone who worries so much about others, you really don't see when other people worry about you, do you?"
"I'm gonna guess that you're looking for a 'no'," Callum replied. He sounded sheepish, almost nervous when he added, "You're right. I was... used to people not caring—or to thinking that they didn't care for so long."
"Well, I do care. And I'm glad you're okay." Despite her earlier threat, Rayla nudged Callum into a kiss.
If she'd intended for it to be quick, she'd forgotten who she was kissing. Callum was, it turned out, better at not letting go than he seemed.
Right now, she wasn't going to complain.
#the dragon prince#rayllum#tdp callum#tdp rayla#tdp fanfic#ask game#twiilys#callum over here being his adorable dumbass self#and rayla suffering through it because she loves him
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heh…. happy birthday rayla……. heh…… i guess………
#the dragon prince#she’s my fav and i love her dearly#tdp rayla#had to draw her silly for her birthday#totally not because i did this in like half an hour because i forgot her birthday.
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It’ll I’ll never be the same.
#rayllum#because she's rayla#parallels#pining!callum#the way this is gonna come back as he reaffirms Who She Is now that she's lost herself as much as she has#LIKE MM DELICIOUS#predictions#arc 1#arc 2#soundtrack
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thinking about the family dynamic of
Rayla would pick Runaan and Ethari over herself
Runaan would rather die than have to choose between Ethari and Rayla
Ethari would choose Runaan without hesitation
#This is not a safe place#I don’t dislike Ethari and I understand how complex the situation was as he was grieving and their culture and everything but abandoning#His adopted daughter in her time of need because he didn’t feel any responsibility for her when he thought he lost Runaan is fucking crazy#I know he also was aware of how she got a lot of people killed and I don’t think that should be minimized if she goes back to the village#But you cannot look at me and tell me that Ethari sees Rayla as his daughter as opposed to Runaan and his’s daughter.#I really hope they address it later on and the absolute psychic damage that would deal to someone#Runaan needs to yell at his husband#tdp ethari#tdp runaan#tdp rayla#tdp spoilers#tdp#the dragon prince#tdp s6 spoilers#tdp ruthari
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Gotta love the bed distance development
amazing
#*puts nerd glasses on* um actsually this also represents how much they have emotionally grown and how much more united they are#man watching s3 is surreal because you are like “the current rayla wouldnt do that” lmao#like when she throws the pillow at him#eh#rayllum#tdp#the dragon prince#callum#rayla
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rayla using runaan's bow is so precious to me
#i think i drew her using it with the wrong hand#the reference was like that im sorry#anyway#tdp designs are so complicated dude#tdp#tdp s6#tdp rayla#my art#i made this on a random paper i found#she doesnt have a weapon on the fist one because im a coward and didnt wanna draw it#mio
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Ethari: I am a peaceful, nice elf, who would never resort to violence
Rayla and Runaan:👀👀👀
~Hours earlier~
Ethari, beating Viren with an enchanted chair
Viren: *shrinking and crouching, trying to get away* I'M SoRrY, I wOn'T dO dArK mAgIc eVeR aGaIn
Ethari: SHUT UP HUSBAND KILLER, FAMILY RUINER!!! DIEEEEE!!! BURRRRNNNN!!!!
~Present Time~
Ethari: *Side eyes them*
Runaan and Rayla sweating: Of course
#ruthari#ethari#moonfam#ruthari incorrect quotes#ethari incorrect quotes#tdp incorrect quotes#tdp#Viren#Rayla#Ethari is terrifying when he wants to be#Poor Rayla#Must be terrified when she watches the normally peaceful Ethari go all DEATH MURDER DESTRUCTION mode#Runaan is also terrified#But he's used to getting yelled at and seeing this version of Ethari because of all the stupid shit he does#moonfam incorrect quotes#runaan#runaan incorrect quotes#rayla incorrect quotes
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So, it's like this right. Callum would do anything for Rayla. And in Rayla's case, the one thing she refuses to sacrifice is Callum. Where is too far for those two. Or more aptly, how far past "too far" are they willing to go for each other. "I always knew you'd go far—but I didn't know how far you'd go to get there."
#like girl nothing is the dragon prince on god#Holding the 3 way Callum Rayla and Viren foil close to my chest#Like. When. When Rayla sacrificing herself is the most vile thing she could do to Callum#WHEN CALLUM SACRIFICING THE WORLD IS THE MOST VILE THING HE COULD DO TO RAYLA#OH GOD ORPHEUS DON'T LOOK BACK#((Like I think Rayla would understand. But it's like. If the world was sacrificed for her (because of her). You know.))#I love moonshadow culture because in Rayla's case ''too far'' was sparing Marcos.#It was too much empathy.#Too much thinking. Too much hesitation. Too much guilt. Being the opposite of what she was trained to be. Pulling herself too far#Bearing the burden alone for too long#God. The s3 leap scene. It's going too far all across the board. Viren going too far. Rayla going too far (literally).#Callum going too far after her.#tdp#the dragon prince#tdp rant#imp tag#rayllum
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