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raayllum · 3 years ago

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Hi, love your blog! I was just wondering how you think Callum and Rayla would react to Ezran telling them about Claudia and Viren's illusion at the end of season 3? Do you think they'd instantly get protective/angry or would one of then maybe try to comfort Ezran first? I've just been thinking about it for a while because I haven't seen much discussion about Ezran's trauma from the event. (Ik Soren told Rayla about it in ttm, but I don't think he mentioned Ezran's involvement with it)

Sorry for such a long ask!

Hello & thank you for your kind words! Ez is one of my favourite characters in the whole show and I always love to talk about him more <3

So I've actually written a few pieces that touch on Ezran and trauma, but most of them were posted like... over a year ago so they are buried in my tags perhaps, but?

Ezran (+ Soren) post s3 oneshot with some trauma on both sides

Ezran reflecting on his relationship with Viren after s3

Answering an ask about Ezran's likely PTSD + @legend-of-the-fandoms then wrote a piece about Aanya supporting Ezran through it

Ezran's possible thoughts / feelings regarding the Leap and Through the Moon (as we'll be doing the reverse down below soon enough)

A great @jellyjay ficlet of Rayla and Ezran being there for each other after the war

it's a shorter scene, but @blutopaz15 ch3 of "clean slate" has rayllum explaining the leap to soren & ez, with soren & ez explaining what happened right back. lots of big feelings all around

how trauma would possibly manifest for all four of the castle kids (including ezran) plus rayla

why the boys appear to be coping better in TTM than rayla is

In case you are interested.

As for how I think Callum and Rayla would react to the whole "illusion Viren conjured by Claudia almost stabbing Ezran and Soren stabbing Viren to stop it," thing? Oof, it'd be a lot - and I'm gonna work under the assumption both Ez and Soren are in the room explaining it too

Rayla's chest would get steadily tighter the second the boys explain that Ezran found 'Viren' on the battlefield, because she knows it's not him, but they wouldn't be telling the story with such grave faces if it was a moot point, so what went wrong? (Is possibly what gets the thought in her head of wanting to find Viren's body at all, and growing more distressed when they don't.)

I think Ezran would get to the fact Viren almost stabbed him before Callum, who has been listening sadly and silently and a little anxiously, pulls his brother to him and starts fussing. Like in 3x06 with "Are you hurt? Let me look at you" but a million times worse. Rayla gasps with a hand over her mouth, no tears but she’s close, eyes stinging. Ezran reassures both of them but especially that his brother that he’s fine, and becomes a little overwhelmed by all the fussing (it’s crowding and he’s emotional too) and semi-angrily bursts how Soren resolved the situation.

Callum calms, a bit, but he still keeps an arm wrapped around Ezran while Ezran and Soren talk/explain. Rayla takes one of each of their hands, probably. She looks at Soren while he talks and sees a vivid, clear mirror image of herself, and they have a unique understanding from that day forth.

Callum also looks at Soren with new eyes, and is a lot more relaxed around letting Soren and Ez hang out one-on-one / trusting Soren wholly with Ezran’s safety in general, because he knows the lengths Soren is willing to go to, now, are the same as his own.

As for why I think they all must know, Rayla isn’t surprised at all that Soren killed his father, so she clearly knew - and why would she know but not Callum? Moreover, I don’t think Soren could drop a bomb like that and not be asked “Why did you do it” (out of concern, nothing accusatory) and he’d say for Ezran, and well, they can all understand that. So I think everyone who would presumably knows, knows.

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