#echoes of thunder

[m4rs-ex3]

1x01 // 7x01

you ready? uhh, i’m gonna have to say no. great. let’s do this.

[halyasgirl]

One thing I loved in season 7 is the reexamination of the Moonshadow Assassins’ oaths, culminating in Rayla preparing to give her heart (Callum) for Xadia, both of them with full understanding of the compromise and sacrifice they’re willing to make to save their world.

But I also want to highlight the reexamination of Runaan’s oath. During the original bloodribbon binding in season 1, the assassins offer up vital parts of themselves for the ideals they believe they kill for, the self-sacrifice element clear in their pledges. At first, Runaan does not appear to swear an oath himself, only officiate the ritual. But at second glance, his oath is actually the most severe: "Tonight we bind our lives to justice." Symbolically, Runaan has given up his life, and the lives of every participant in his ritual, until their mission is completed. If they cannot secure (vengeful, bloody) justice, their lives are forfeit.

But Runaan’s view of justice, and his own life, shifts with his character development. What kind of justice requires its executor to give up all they are and symbolically enter into a state of death? And what have they done, when they completely dissociate from their moral compass in service of their mission? When Runaan comes face to face with the harm he’s done, for the first time, he’s shocked. But after he reflects, realizes all the pain he’s caused, he’s remorseful, and with the support of his loved ones, he tries to make amends.

Runaan returns to Katolis not because he had to, but because he chose to. Justice will not be denied and Runaan never breaks his promises. But this is a different justice than he brought before. He offers his life, not as an agent of death, but a living, breathing person who loves and is loved. And that offer means so much more now that both he and Ezran truly understand how valuable life is.

[milevenstancyendgame]

Archangel Lunaris + Soren

[ashleybenlove]

Kinda wild that the actual bad boss villain of the whole universe/series is the opening narrator of the show. That's so fucking cool.

[bobaenjoyer]

who gave odysseus permission to be so "oh my gawd penelope stawp i'm so petite and don't want to get my toes wet" right after going on his villain arc? and why did he eat it up as well?

"...captain why are you kicking your feet and giggling" - eurylochus at some point probably

[artaintfartwarriors]

[skyscratch-wcdesigns]

Milkweed - ThunderClan warrior

[diaswarriorcats]

[lunanightriderofthecove]

Even in a later shot where they're not blurry they're still static.

I never noticed the blurry background characters were static. They do not move at all.

[echoisaway]

This is something that’s probably very obvious to everyone but I like it anyway and wanted to ramble about it a bit.

The fact that in the beginning of Mutiny, Eurylochus said:

“If you want all the power, you must carry all the blame.”

But then as soon as Eurylochus gets all that power after his fight with Odysseus and he ends up slaying Helios’ cattle, he does not in fact want all the blame.

Ody: “You've doomed us all, Eurylochus!”

Eury: “Captain?”

By calling him captain again instead of “Ody” like he did when they just arrived at the island, Eurylochus is basically giving that power back to Odysseus, because he himself does not know how to deal with all the blame.

Hypocrite moment spotted 😅

[rw-apartment-au]

"Goodbye now, Snowcone."

"◉h.. ok⋀y, i gues↯. hav∃ a n1ce ⫟ime."

[Oh.. okay, i guess. have a nice time.]

Echo of Night Thunder is available for asks! Ten Merging Icicles is available for asks!

[m4rs-ex3]

i love how soren, head crownguard, was tasked with training the skrunkly step prince. like you know damn well harrow was just like "yes soren i know you are the highest ranked guard in this castle but my son desperately needs socialization"

[marmosetpaw]

[thaliajoy-blog]

Seriously why did Zeus feel the need to make this weird ass metaphor about pride being a damsel in distress this makes the metaphor super difficult to follow...did he just want to talk about sex (in a creepy way) and lost track of his thoughts a bit...

[runawaymun]

my happy marriage said the secksiest a man can be is when he's (literally) storming in to burn down the house & save his girlfriend from her abusers and they were so right for that

[keikoayano]

Shout out to the echoing of Ody and Eury’s voices when they have their last conversation in Thunder Bringer bc it’s like Odysseus isn’t comprehending things clearly. He’s in a bubble. He’s moving through memories. He isn’t all there at the moment. He’s dissasociating. His own voice is echoing because he isn’t comprehending what he’s about to do, and Eury’s is echoing because Ody is barely comprehending what’s happening around him either.