#TDP Trough the moon

[too-much-tdp]

Ok I found out about The Plot Twist in Through The Moon and now I have some theories.

Spoilers under the cut!

I’m thinking of three directions in which the reveal could take the story (although I’m sure there are more possibilities I haven’t even considered but those were the three that came to my mind first).

All of them are based on the premise that (at least at first) Viren and Claudia don’t know about Aaravos’ Viren clone because I would assume they leave the cocoon at some point if it doesn’t hatch immediately because they’ll have to try and survive now. I guess it’s not impossible that they stay with the cocoon and try to make that hole they fell into their “base camp” but I think as soon as the Viren clone emerges from the cocoon there might be an immediate conflict between Aaravos and Viren. I don’t think Viren can still be swayed by Aaravos if he realizes he is literally using him now by stealing his identity (but who knows, maybe the writers come up with a really good “justification” on Aaravos’ part). I’m sure you could also take the story somewhere if Viren and Claudia know from the beginning what the caterpillar has developed into, whether they part ways (or maybe Aaravos traps/disposes of them and they have to fight their way back) or stick together but for now I think them not knowing at first is a bit more interesting for me personally.

1.) Viren and Claudia leave together before Aaraviren hatches and both parties go separate ways without meeting before the cocoon opens (thus Viren and Claudia not knowing about the Viren double in the cocoon and Aaravos not knowing Viren is alive). Aaraviren is pursuing his own agenda whereas Viren and Claudia might both be led on a path of redemption that makes them challenge their ideas about dark magic and elves as they find out about the change around them. I don’t think they’ll just walk back into Katolis or anything, obviously. I imagine they’ll spend their time hiding or as refugees but I don’t think it’s unreasonable that they still somehow get a glimpse at the world around them and notice how elves, humans and dragons start to live in harmony (or at least try to build political alliances). That could break the fundament of their convictions. After all they wanted to keep Katolis/humans safe from the elves and, at least seemingly, there is no more need for that at the moment. They might also (have to) work through their family dynamics as part of their journey to redemption. I can imagine redemption for both is not unlikely because Viren has been betrayed by Aaravos and now the latter appears to be the true threat to humanity. (I would assume that Viren learns about his doppelgänger at some point.) Thus I would assume that Viren, if protecting humans remains his highest ideal, might want to right his wrongs as he feels responsible for the dangers he has set in motion. I think challenging the Viren clone and revealing the truth about Aaravos could be a crucial part of that redemption as he is the only one who knows the truth. And if Aaravos thinks Viren is dead he might not calculate anybody knowing the truth into his plans as the only person who ever did is dead in his mind. For Claudia I think redemption is more on the family and dark magic side. She wanted to keep her family together however the family ended up being torn apart for good at the end of S3. Of course this could either mean she spirals more into darkness (more on that later) but for this possible plot I can imagine that just like Viren’s story line her arc hit its dark peak in season 3 and now she has to work through her own notions of family, dark magic and biases against elves/dragons to truly bring her family back together. She might have to learn that the sacrifices she is making for dark magic are eventually not worth it. Perhaps she’ll somehow get word of Callum mastering the sky arcanum which aids in her change of perspective on dark magic as she comes to realize that there is another way.

2.) This one is very similar to 1.) with the exception that at some point Aaravos finds out about the real Viren being alive (with Viren and Claudia knowing or not knowing about Aaraviren) and at a crucial point in the story manages to manipulate Claudia into doing something for him believing she is doing it for her father. That is, the real Viren and Claudia generally spend their journey together and possibly try to redeem themselves but then Aaravos swoops in (maybe more than once) and makes Claudia do things for him. At some point it is eventually revealed that those orders never came from Viren and the truth comes to light but by then Aaravos’ plan has seemingly come to fruition, perhaps leading to Claudia and Viren trying to undo the results of their deception.

3.) Here Viren and Claudia’s path separate at some point because Aaravos having found out about Viren manages to isolate Claudia and pretending to be her father makes her join him. He leads her down a path even darker by having her helping him to pursue his dark plans while Viren is set up for a path of redemption. Aaraviren however manages to convince Claudia that despite the emerging harmony between human and magical creatures the danger coming from elves and dragons is never really going away and they might subjugate the human kingdoms for good at some point as you can never truyl trust them. Real peace for humans can only be achieved if they can control dragons and elves so the fight has to continue. This also leads Claudia further and further into the depths of dark magic making her sacrifice more and more of herself and driving her towards the despair and darkness that the road of dark magic might eventually and inevitably culminate in. I don’t know if she’ll be saved and redeemed in such a scenario but I still have the feeling that she would be. I can imagine that in the end it is the theme of family that saves her, Viren and Soren banding together to rescue her and bring their family back together while defeating Aaravos who was the one who destroyed their bond before.

[otterfool]

So...I never tough I'd be makin another post explaining why (imo) a certain character won't die, but here I am again!

Spoilers for TDP I guess?

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Welcome everyone to my TedEx on why I don't think neither Rayla nor Callum will die (for what we know now)

Ofc they're the main characters in a kid show so they already have some strong plot armor on their side

Let's start with the easiest of the two: Rayla

Rayla still has more than one "plot point" on her side like her being a ghost inside her community and Runaan being alive (kinda) as a coin (he'll devo play a part in her redemption in the shadow elf community)

Another big point is her development as a character. When we left her off (aka the comic) she still struggles with her vision of herself as someone that failed and needs redemption

For Callum is different since, if we imagine that the series ended with s3 + TROUGH THE MOON novel, he basically reached the "peak" of self development, so with him we can only speculate but, as said before, since he's the main character, his ass is pretty much covered

The most likely scenario I can see is that Callum will fall for the Aaravos trap and schemes since we see the elf bein the puppet master in this official art

For me, what can happen is that Callum gets "corrupted" for a while but then something happens where he either sacrifice to save someone (most likely Rayla) or he gets into another black magic delirium trip

This could work out for a coming together between Callum and Rayla cause, in the 1st case, she'll be "he still cares for me!" and both the 1st and the 2nd will end up in Callum bein hospitalized and ofc Rayla will be there and we'll get a scene where Callum wakes up and he'll go "she still cares about me!"

That's it people! I know that seeing your fave characters die badly is some sort of strange things any fandoms have, but let's turn it down 👀👀👀