#Hot Brown Morning Potion Podcast

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I have a yummy little Viravos breadcrumb for you. A real sweet one.

57 minutes into episode 27 of Hot Brown Morning Potion Podcast and the ship is brought up. The interviewer offhandedly calls Aaravos’s ritual scandalous. “Why is it so scandalous for a thousands of years old semi-deity elf and a perfectly lovely human man to have a cosmic connection,” Aaron Ehasz responds with a hesitant tone, “and for that connection to create a love child with sparkly wings and…yk?” He then went on to say he didn’t really think of it in the dirty way some other people do.

I’m dying

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Rayla: Runaan, he saved my life! Runaan: That doesn't mean anything! He's human he's probably playing tricks on you. Rayla: How could someone possibly fake jumping off the storm spire?! Runaan: Dark magic is a powerful thing, Rayla. You're not associating with that thing. End of discussion. [Later] Ethari: Oh look Runaan, it's that Earthblood elf I was talking about! Can we keep him? :D Runaan: Y-yes, of course darling...

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I fucking love Devon Giehl she's such a ruthari enthusiast and advocate

there has been 0 days since i've thought about this.

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Listened to the latest podcast from HBMP and gathered some amazing things Aaron said about Rayllum!!

“Apologies are important and they are a way of communicating that you did something which affected the other person and shows you are changing. But the key part is do you know how you hurt someone and are you changing! Show it!! And Rayla sees it and it is clear overtime that she acknowledges her mistake.”- Aaron

“Callum is ‘I love you so much! How did I not just embrace you and sort it out after you came back.’. People wrong each other when defending themselves, and I think they’ve grown through it and they’ve gone back to the place where their bond is stronger, and now here they are.”- Aaron

“You love a person and you messed up, there’s a little bit of give and acceptance of those moments.” “- Aaron

Seriously, Aaron you are amazing!!!

[raayllum]

AARON: I mean, like you kill a Magma Titan and take its heart. You saved, you know, thousands and thousands of starving people. Like, maybe that's worth it. Maybe you make that trade, or maybe, maybe it's wrong. No matter, there's no way to put a you know—it's trolley problems, right? It's like, you know...

KUNO: Yeah, it's a trolley problem.

AARON:  But yeah, I think you're—you're right in characterizing it as it's certainly a more complex, you know, justification that is required to pursue dark magic. And there are some people who would not accept that justification. But what's interesting about it is, you know, the questions, there are questions, you can you can come out on either side of it. You know, there are cases, you know, would Rayla have died if Callum hadn’t used dark magic? Yeah. I think she would have.  So did he have to? Are we thankful that he did? Thank goodness—well yes, we love Rayla! Well of course we needed him to do that. You know what I mean? Then there’s some kind of morality that sometimes is based on your attachment. Now if you said, should Callum use dark magic to save one person, knowing that he'll—he may be corrupted for the long term and his potential to be, you know, a hero in the future may be altered and his potential to be manipulated or you know, go down the wrong path, all that risk to save one person? Well, now you might say, “Oh no he shouldn’t—for one person?” But then if I go, “But it was Rayla!” then you go “Oh no, [laughs] yeah, he needs to do it!” [KUNO laughs] So I don’t know. But it’s also even that, right? It comes down to “well, in that moment, what did he do?” Well in that moment, he took like a—I-I think the ingredient is a piece of a snake rattle—

KUNO: Or something. Yeah, something like that.

AARON: “He didn’t even kill it, it was already dead, it was already dead man, what did he do?” Well, I don’t know. He supported the system, so it is complex. It’s worth arguing about, a bit. There’s not a clear right or wrong. There are risks. There are long term consequences. Those are baked into it. But I don't know. When—when it’s your Mom in trouble, what do you do? You do the dark magic! You save Mom, right? I do.

—Hot Brown Morning Potion Podcast interview with Aaron Ehasz and Villads Spansberg

[kuno-chan]

Just an fyi but the Hot Brown Morning Potion Podcast should have our spoiler free review up tomorrow!

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I recently listened to Hot Brown Morning Potion Podcast's Deluxe Elf Interview again, and with more seasons and insight, something new popped for me.

It really doesn't sound like Ethari is from the Silvergrove. The village is described as being very shadowy and goth, perfect for Runaan and full of assassins. It also seems to be the only Moonshadow village that's quite this way.

With Ethari dressing so differently, sounding different (more on that in a tic), and having a very different personality, I don't think he grew up in the Silvergrove. He's not really a gothy kind of guy. It seems far more likely, as in some of our old headcanons, that he moved there when he married Runaan, or thereabouts. As an adult, anyway, with his accent in place.

About accents: this is a new thought I have not heard anyone say but it just hit me while writing this post: if Rayla and Ethari both came to the Silvergrove from outside it, then maybe the Silvergrove Accent is British.

Runaan's assassin team have a mix of accents, and it makes sense that not all assassins come from the same village but they would go there to train with the best of them. But my favorite detail is that Andromeda has a British accent. She's a local! Which means I can dovetail this hc with my "Andromeda and Runaan are half siblings and Lujanne is their mom" headcanon.

Further thoughts: if Ethari moved to the Silvergrove for Runaan, I'd love to see them both leave. Literally and metaphorically. Let's get Runaan living in a nice soft place that fits Ethari next time they need a village to live in. I think it would be good for both of them.

Ethari cries easily. He wept alone from stress over Lain and Tiadrin and Runaan's mission, and he cried silently, covering his own mouth as if even the mere sound of sorrow is not allowed in the Silvergrove, when Runaan's lotus sank.

The Silvergrove is where Ethari moved, for love. But every choice has a cost, and it's whatever you're giving up at the same time - whatever you cannot simultaneously choose. Ethari seems to have given up some things that were important to his emotional health. I'd love to see them settling somewhere that allows for more expression of individuality, for both their sakes, or at least that Ethari has spent the past two years in some kind of place where he could have that for himself.

An emotionally open and stable Ethari could fix me. I mean Runaan. 😇

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listening to the new ep of the hot brown morning potion podcast and im laughing so hard at the spongebob theme music while aaron and justin are talking about dark magic and how dangerous it is 😭😭

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Unrelated to the drama, but I've read bloodmoon huntress and other than that and the show is there any more else runaan related content that I can consume? (sorry if this is weirdly worded english is not my first language)

The Dragon Prince's official website has all sorts of stuff on it that are fun to read. Here's some Runaan related content from there:

Character lineup coming the heights of different characters

Runaan's birthday post

Lunabloom: A Story from the Silvergrove

Reflections: Inheritance

Everyday Xadia: Digital Comics (Vol. 1)

Reflections: Deep Below

@kuno-chan and Hailey also have a podcast, Hot Brown Morning Potion, that contains some Runaan stuff. Specifically Episode 5, The Deluxe Elf Interview. My personal favourite. There's also Episode 7, Interview with Jonathan Holmes, the English VA for Runaan. I've been meaning to listen to Episode 20, Bloodmoon Huntress Review, for a while now. You can listen to them for free on Spotify, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, and other places iirc.

This is all I can think of off the top of my head. There's always fanfiction, though!

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❤️‍🔥😚🥰👋💕🖤

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Beautiful dress. Party

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Alright I know y’all are starving for dragon prince news and I’ve got something that will help.

New one. Great for all us Viren fans. I’ll add my thoughts on this post after I’ve listened to the whole thing.

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There was never concept art because it got shot down early on (due to tdp being a kids show, you know; Runaan is illegally hot), but I believe it was revealed either on twitter or the Hot Brown Morning Potion podcast (perhaps the Deluxe Elf episode?) that Runaan was originally supposed to have thigh slit pants.

runaan better get a new outfit in season 7 and it better serve CUNT

[raayllum]

The way he's not but then he looks at her, and sees that she's okay, so at least momentarily, he is too. His eyes / expression just getting perpetually softer. And this is, I think, the one time in the season other than the stargaze "head on shoulder" touch that Rayla initiates in the whole season as well

But like - of course, he's not okay

And the final hesitation before he takes his hands - unclasping them, now 'stained' more than ever - and hugs her back, because he won't refuse her comfort

After all, he did this for her:

AARON: But yeah, I think you're—you’re right in characterizing it as it’s certainly a more complex, you know, justification that is required to pursue dark magic. And there are some people who would not accept that justification. But what’s interesting about it is, you know, the questions, there are questions, you can you can come out on either side of it. You know, there are cases, you know, would Rayla have died if Callum hadn’t used dark magic? Yeah. I think she would have.  So did he have to? Are we thankful that he did? Thank goodness—well yes, we love Rayla! Well of course we needed him to do that. You know what I mean? Then there’s some kind of morality that sometimes is based on your attachment. Now if you said, should Callum use dark magic to save one person, knowing that he'll—he may be corrupted for the long term and his potential to be, you know, a hero in the future may be altered and his potential to be manipulated or you know, go down the wrong path, all that risk to save one person? Well, now you might say, “Oh no he shouldn’t—for one person?” But then if I go, “But it was Rayla!” then you go “Oh no, [laughs] yeah, he needs to do it!” [KUNO laughs] So I don’t know. But it’s also even that, right? It comes down to “well, in that moment, what did he do?” Well in that moment, he took like a—I-I think the ingredient is a piece of a snake rattle [...] “He didn’t even kill it, it was already dead, it was already dead man, what did he do?” Well, I don’t know. He supported the system, so it is complex. It’s worth arguing about, a bit. There’s not a clear right or wrong. There are risks. There are long term consequences. Those are baked into it. But I don’t know. When—when it’s your Mom in trouble, what do you do? You do the dark magic! You save Mom, right? I do.

—Hot Brown Morning Potion Podcast interview with Aaron Ehasz and Villads Spansberg

[kuno-chan]

Hot Brown Morning Potion Podcast - Episode 29 - Season 6 Spoiler Free Review

As promised, here's our spoiler free review of The Dragon Prince!

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listening to HBMP's S5 Interview with Aaron and Villads and I'm at the part where they're talking about Rayla's ability to maim Claudia as character growth

it's true too

she used to not be able to harm people, but for love of Zym she tackled Viren to his death, and in S5, for love of Callum and Ezran she sliced off Claudia's leg. that's definitely growth

thing about growth: it's not all positive. you ever seen a seed get confused and grow the wrong direction?

my favorite parallel to Rayla growing through hurting people (to defend those she loves) is Claudia growing through resurrecting people (by committing dark magic sins for the spell components)

they're growing.

what a lovely garden.

anyway it's a great episode, give it a listen!