#F SARAI AND THAT HE'S ALL HE HAS LEFT OF HER BUT TO CALLUM LIKE THEY WERE ALL EACH OTHER HAD (BESIDES AMAYA) AND THEN HARROW COMES AND UPRO

[m4rs-ex3]

from "your dad" -> "who do you think sent runaan to kill dad"

[foxie-roxie]

why rayllum is a MASTERPIECE part 3

*RUBS MY CLAWS TOGETHER* IT IS SEASON 3 TIME BITCHES AND H O L Y S H I T I LOVE THIS SEASON SO MUCH

i even rewatched it for this!

this time i’ll try to have SOME order, and go by episode. this will however still include unintelligible screaming

1. DAMN THESE FUCKERS BE PINING MORE THAN A PINE TREE FOREST!

first off, affectionate eye rolling, nose boop, and head bonk is the best thing.

second, IF SOMEONE SAYS THAT DURING WHEN CALLUM WAS HELPING RAYLA PUT ON HIS SCARF AND THEY J STARED AT EACHOTHER FOR A BIT BEFORE RAYLA TURNED AWAY THAT HE WAS N O T LOST IN HER EYES? they’re wrong. this is fact now.

third, their teamwork and decision making is excellent. they agree to try and sneak past sol regem, and when that fails try talking to him and then decide to simply trick his senses with the scarf. and instead of rayla shooting down callum’s “smelltriloquism” idea, she simply adds onto it! LOVE HEALTHY FRIENDSHIPS

“i think it’s good luck!” YES IT IS RAY THAT’S UR BOYFRIENDS SCARF

also, here you go. you’re welcome.

2. STILL PINING. GOD DAMN.

first, CALLUM BEING SO EXCITED BY ALL THE MAGIC IN XADIA IS S O CUTE! MY SON. this might turn into an overrall review of s3. o well

second. FLUSTERED RAYLA AND FLUSTERED CALLUM. Y E S

third, THE ADORABURR FIELD! their smiles were so fond and soft and A. they make me cry of joy. 

an overall look on it, i like how this episode really shows their feelings clearly. no “will they won’t they”, at least for rayla. it’s clear she has feelings.

3. AH FUCK. ANGST.

first i love how when rayla mentions that she’s excited and happy but also terrified, callum tries to comfort her. good boi. best boi.

second, elf callum. i love that scene so much even if the second-hand embarrassment kills me, and rayla is j like “why the fuck do i love you. im gonna kill him.”

third, DANCE! callum not being rude and saying her home is “modest” before rayla explains it’s an illusion, his BLUSH WHEN SHE HELPS HIM, and the softness in general. rayla’s excitement that she’s home and talks abt that she can show callum where she went to school, the best moonberry surprise place, until...

fourth, AH FUCK. A N G S T T I M E. rayla being crest-fallen before callum says that it must’ve been a mistake, and she realizes that ethari would probably understand!

and then CONFIRMED GAYS. YES.

rayla realizing ethari ghosted her too and then callum GOING O F F. he angy and when rayla runs out callum IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWS (like in a later episode) and comforts her again.

when ethari comes down and breaks the spell and says to callum “trees to meet you too” and rayla’s like “don’t encourage him”

also callum trying to get on the shadowpaw and ethari being Concerned is AMAZING. concerned dad content

i’ll talk more about ezran/ruthari/the dark magic trio in a later ted talk

4. H E R E W E G O

first, rayla clearly being sad and callum picking up on that quickly (he even seems to be almost falling on purpose, perhaps to make her smile?) and asking if she’s ok before being shot down by rayla insisting she is fine. GOD DAMN. THAT HURTS.

second, their interaction with nyx is so amazing. rayla being protective of zym and callum being a DORK is awesome, but also their decision making.

after rayla reluctantly decides that they can go see how nyx could get them across the desert so quickly, they see the ambler and then their reasoning is amazing.

“what do you think?”

“the dragon queen is dying.” and then i forget the rest of the exact quote but they give a subtle nod to eachother. they make their decisions TOGETHER. AS A TEAM. AND THAT’S ON HEALTHY FRIENDSHIPS X2!

third, callum continuing to gently press for rayla to express her emotions. he doesn’t pressure her, but seems to simply let her know that if she needs to talk (when she insists she’s fine), he is there. 

four, MORE FLUSTERED RAYLLUM. YES. TY NYX but also fuck u for taking zym but also ur hot- A N Y W A Y

five. OOOOOOH. MY FAVORITE SCENE.

rayla’s crying and callum tries to reassure her. nyx is plotting, while rayla runs away and callum follows. Y E S.

rayla talks about how there’s nobody left that cares about her and she lost everything.. and then the SPEECH. i have this speech memorized i’ve watched this scene so many times

"JUST SHUT UP, YOU'RE TALKING CRAZY. JUST, LISTEN TO ME. YOU'RE TOO GOOD TO FEEL THIS BAD ABOUT YOURSELF. I KNOW THAT, AND YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT. YOU HAVE TRUE COURAGE, AND A BIG HEART! I'VE SEEN YOU GET KNOCKED DOWN SO MANY TIMES AND EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. YOU GET UP AGAIN. THAT'S REAL STRENGTH. AND.. AND YOU'RE TEN TIMES FUNNIER THAN ANY HUMAN I KNOW! chuckle SEE? SEE YOU KNOW YOU'RE AMAZING. YOU'RE SMART AND FAST AND BEAUTIFUL. RAYLA YOU'RE THE MOST AMAZING PERSON I'VE EVER MET."

LOVE THEMMM

and then rayla kisses him and that’s all that happened. callum was not a dumbass. right? RIGHT???

5. MY FAVORITE EPISODE!

first, rayla saving callum from the soulfang serpents and callum helping her get up is AMAZING, LOVE THAT.

second, callum tryna get a good position and rayla j saying to hold onto her and callum GETTING FLUSTERED. BOY IS PINING also he didn’t have to hold her that close.

“I DON’T THINK OF HER THAT WAY” “YOU AND I DON’T HAVE THAT YET” LIAR.

three, THEM JUMPING OFF THE AMBLER AND. THAT WHOLE MOMENT? THE ROMANTIC TENSION IS KILLING ME

four. DAMN CALLUM RLLY DO BE HAVING HEART EYES @ RAYLA WHILE SHE KILLS LIKE 80 SOULFANGS HE IS PINING PART 2

five. THE SPEECH. THE SOFTNESS. THE KISSES. GOD DAMN. FAVORITE SCENE OUT OF THE ENTIRETY OF TDP. LOVE THEM.

also here you go again

what can i say except YOU’RE WELCOME

6. ANGST BUT ALSO FLUFF ALSO REUNION

once again won’t b talking abt ezran specifically but there’s some passing mentions of him from now on

first, rayla and callum reaching the stone thunder and callum asking “is it... a statue?” and rayla sadly saying “no. it’s not a statue” A. I CRI.

1.5 ayla and callum best dragon parents

i’ll get to an actual analysis later

second, THIS MOMENT IS UNDERRATED EVEN THO IT’S ONE OF MY FAVS why has nobody mentioned the lil tender moment where ezran is by phoe-phoe and rayla puts her hand on callum’s shoulder AND CALLUM PUTS HIS HAND ON HERS. SO SWEET.

third, OK I’LL STOP MOST OF MY UNINTELLIGIBLE SHRIEKS AND ACTUALLY ANALYZE THIS.

callum is upset because of thunder and rayla sympathizes immediately. this is similar to how callum lets rayla let out her own emotions, and rayla is doing the same. he explains how he feels angry, upset, confused, sad, and rayla quickly empathizes. he keeps on venting, not knowing whether to feel regretful, or glad, and how he’s confused because that’s sarai’s spear. he feels sorry that all this happened, but rayla reassures him that zym and ezran are going to break the cycle! that’s hope! and then they hold hands and i screech

AND THAT’S SO FUCKING HEALTHY AND I LOVE IT. THEY RLLY BREAK ALL BAD HET RELATIONSHIP STEREOTYPES (coughbutistillheadcanonthembothasbiandcallumistransilldieonthishillcough)

7. angst but not rayllum angst so its ok

first, they begin to go up the storm spire and i really love their banter. “and i’m guessing the dragon queen didn’t make her den at a nice, halfway kinda place?” “nope. tiptop!”

cuties.

second, ASSDHFNF THE FACT THEY M O C K THE IDEA OF A FORBIDDEN RELATIONSHIP. THEY’RE IN LOVE AND THE WORLD CAN DEAL WITH IT. LOVE THAT FOR THEM

third, RAYLA CATCHING CALLUM. IT’S. NOT RLLY BIG I JUST LIKE IT AND THINK IT’S CUTE HOW EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS ALSO OUT OF BREATH SHE RAN UP TO CATCH HIM. 

four, AHSDHGDHFG THEY DEADASS FORGOT EZRAN WAS THERE. more flustered rayllum i love that

8. FUCK IT’S RAYLLUM ANGST NOOOO

one, ibis is j a good boi. back to rayla and callum

two, rayla going in to see the dragon queen and when she runs out callum QUICKLY FOLLOWS to see if she’s ok. asks her if she’s ok, and she OPENS UP!! CHARACTER GROWTH BABY!!! and then they hold hands and i once again shriek

three, AH. HELLO ANGST.

before we go to the actual angst, can i say that THE LAUGH AFTER RAYLA SAID “STORM SNEEZE” IS SO CUTE. CALLUMS IN LOVE. MY SON.

oh no.

*bonks rayla on the head* nO SELF SACRIFICING!!

although their fight is super angsty and i hate it, it does provide some conflict and more plot because it gives callum a reason to want to find out the truth about rayla’s parents. and then he does! people argue that this fight was unnecessary or that callum was a jerk, but this was needed i think. he did let his worry become a bit of anger, and that was not a nice move, but he knows he fucked up and fixes it!

and then we get soft rayllum this is fine

9. AND YOU THOUGHT LAST EPISODE WAS BAD N O *CRYING*

there’s not much rayllum featured in this ep, but the amount we do get is 80 PERCENT ANGST AND I WASN’T OK WITH IT

first, the fluff! callum trying to do the wing spell and rayla teasing “did you pull a muscle in the middle of a jumping jack?” is so cute. i LOVE THEM. also they hold hands and i SH RIEK again. 

also soren how dare you interrupt callum he was abt to confess

second, callum when he’s explaining the battle plan and his ZAP HAND. rayla is j watching him like “yep. that is my dork.”

and CALLUM SEEMS SO FOND WHEN JANAI CALLS RAYLA THE LAST DRAGONGUARD. PERHAPS I SOB

skipping forward in time a bit for the angst oh no

third, callum going up to the storm spire after ez encouraging him to go to rayla. love that soft brotherly relationship. and we think “oh, soft rayllum, right?”

NO. VIREN’S UP THERE.

fourth, THEY DIDN’T NEED ME TO BE ROLLING ON THE FLOOR WTF. the fact that rayla’s blade went right in front of callum and he looks up and sees zym in danger, viren is there, and RAYLA is there, p a n i k.

and then rayla jumps and the entire rayllum fandom SC REAMS after callum’s “no!” before she jumps and “no, no, no, RAYLA!”

fifth, CALLUM NO WHY ARE YOU JUMPING TOO- oh wait its ok he did the wings and im still crying fuck

THAT CONFESSION THO- i cri tears of joy now. they’re in love

sixth, I J WANNA KNOW WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE EZRAN SHOWED UP. like it’s clear that they’re talking or something, but abt what is the question. also yes they hug and raylas fond

seventh, THEY HOLD HANDS!! soft bbs,,,

AAAND IM DONE! this is. quite long so if you read all of this i hope u have a good day and thnx for listening to me ramble with some coherent thoughts

[thenerdyalchemist]

Do any of the main events of the saga take place in pirate au? (aka harrows death, runaans imprisonment, the trio delivering zym wth the bodigies after them)

*cracks fingers* ohhhh man Iv has this idea in my head for a long time but keep forgetting to write it so here we go.

- The Royal Marines and pirates have not gotten along for years. For obvious reasons of course but there is a more tense connection between the pirate king and a major general Harrow. There was an incident years ago that resulted in the death of his wife Sarai. Meanwhile Runaan likes to place blame on them for the disappearance of Lain and Tiadrin although in the end that’s still a mystery.

- Rayla is 15 years old and it’s finally time for her first raid. They knew some fellow pirates in need of some supplies and so a relatively small marine ship filled with supplies seemed right to raid. Rayla was estatic she was so exited and of course Runaan was joining her. Ethari would stay on the ship like normal but he was worried for their girl.

- They swing over on the marine ship and while it was okay for a little bit things started to go sour really quick. That main reason being that Harrow and Viren were on this ship. Two highly ranked men whom Runaan has no idea would be on the ship. Certainly he would not have brought Rayla on this particular raid if he knew.

- He fought Harrow with his sword in an amazing duel. When it started coming towards its end Runaan noticed that Viren was about to shoot Rayla and he immidiatly got in between them. Runaan gets shot with this bullet in the shoulder. But something seemed off... getting shot was nothing new he was a pirate after all but whatever ammo this man used it was... wrong.

- He yelled for a retreat. Something the pirate king was never known to do but something was not right. He knew that and he was not going to take the chance of losing his daughter. He would apologize to Ethari later.

- Runaans entire crew and Rayla swung back on the pirate kings ship. Rayla was startled but she looked back like wait... where is Runaan? Then she saw him on the enemys boat. Injured. And with one last look at Rayla he cuts the rope connecting the two ships.

- Rayla watches Runaan get tackled by the enemies guard and gets dragged away. Rayla freaks out. No no no this can’t be happening and the crew tries to stop her but she does something reckless. Something she knows would make Ethari mad. She would apologize later. She jumps off the boat and tries to land on the ship carrying away Runaan. Somehow by some miracle she makes it and is able to grab a ledge of one of the cannon windows. She crawls in without hesitation.

- As soon as she’s in she knows there is no going back but she is not going to let her dad... the pirate king die here. She stealths around the ship staying out of site and tries to find Runaan.

- Runaan gets thrown in the dungeon. He knows there is no escape so he lets them chain him up with relatively no struggle. As soon as he’s locked up a cheer roars throughout the ship. They just captured the freaking pirate king. Do you know the bounty on this guy? They are all gonna be set for life. They take all of his gear and Viren takes his things. He wants proof that they have the pirate king.

- There is a party on deck. The marine men take time to celebrate and Runaan is left alone with nothing but his thoughts and the muffled sounds of the music on deck. Then a little whisper cries out to him from the corner of the room. There he sees his precious daughter that he had previously thought to be safe with his husband hiding behind a barrel.

- Rayla runs to him and though she’s not able to get through the bars to his cell Runaan tries to get as close as he can. She’s scared he knows it. She tries to apologize and Runaan just councils her and tells her that once they dock tommorow to find a pirate to bring her home. She shakes her head and she’s in tears. She has no clue what to do. He’s clearly injured and in pain chained up but... She’s powerless. This is the last conversation she has with Runaan.

- She wakes in the morning with a start as she hears the door to the room being unlocked. She panics not seeing a place to hide and then jumps in the barrel. The men come down and take Runaan away.

- She waits in the barrel for a little waiting for the men to leave and is about to jump out and follow Runaan when suddenly her barrel gets picked up. She muffles a squeak and decides it probably for the best if she stays quite for now.

- The ship had been docked when she was asleep. She had not noticed it at first but now as her barrel is being carried through the middle of town she knows this to be a fact. She’s terrified. If they take off the lid to her barrel all these men would immidiatly see the tattoos on her face and she would be dead.

- Suddenly her barrel is dropped and the sound of the crowd is gone but she’s stuck paralyzed. She has no idea what to do. They could have killed Runaan by now and how is she even supposed to get to him. What could she do. She just wants to go home with her dads and gods... Ethari... what did he do when he noticed they were gone and...

- Her barrels lid opens. She jumps out to tackle whoever just revealed her from her little fortress. She’s about to knock the mysterious figure out but instead of some huge marine man she realizes she just attacked a boy. A boy around her same age and when she looks up she sees another pair of eyes looking at her in fear.

- Callum was just trying to grab Ezran an apple. That’s all he was expecting to see when he opened this barrel. Not get tackeled by some random lady. She scrambles off of him and backs up into the wall. And he finally gets a good look at her. She’s a pirate. There is no doubt about it. Her sword. That outfit and on her face she had... tattoos? Oh wait. Oh sh*t he knew what that means. She was the pirate kings daughter...

- He’s about to yell for help and Rayla immidiatly shuts him up with her hand over his mouth. Her eyes made it clear that if he spoke another word she will kill him in the blink of an eye. He stays quite but Ezran peeps out “wait mam please just explain why you are here...”

- She relaxes after she realizes they are not going to attack her. They talk for a little and Rayla now knows she at least has some friendly people f here on land. She explains that she just wants to find her dad and leave. The boys also want to see their own dad so they agree that they will tell her where Runaan is once they talk with their own father.

- Callum goes to talk with Harrow and during his talk Harrow gives him a map. He tells Callum that he’s going to be going away for a little but in case of an emergency this map would help Callum find him but not directly.

- He tries to run back to Rayla and Ezran to explain that Harrow was leaving soon but by the time he got to them it was too late. Harrow has sailed away. Viren was left in charge. And after much searching though the dungeons Raylas fears were confirmed. Harrow took Runaan with him.

- They has to stay on land for a week. Callum and Ezran hide Rayla well but Rayla was restless to find a ship and sail away. Sail to rescue Runaan. However there is no ships on dock that they can find unguarded. She snoops throughout the fortress. Much to Callums displeasure and is even able to sneak into Viren room.

- She finds Runaans necklace. As soon as she sees it she tears up a bit. It was like wedding rings to her parents or at least that’s what it symbolized for them. With a heavy heart she takes it and thinks at least she will have something to give Ethari if she can’t save Runaan. But she really does not want to think about seeing Ethari with that possibility.

- Callum does some researching and discovers that the map is one that leads to a lost treasure. The treasure is said to be magical and he think Harrow took Runaan because he might have known where it is. That’s enough for Rayla and they steal a ship as soon as possible.

- With a lot of luck and distraction with Ezran help they are able to snag a boat and sail away. It’s just Rayla, Callum, and Ezran. One with amazing sailing skills and the other two having never been on a boat in their lives. They all start this adventure together. Not knowing that it’s gonna change the rest of their lives.