#moonshadow elves

[halyasgirl]

Guys… I think we got the canon depiction of Runaan and Ethari’s wedding.

From the Hot Brown Morning Potion Podcast Episode 5 - The Deluxe Elf Interview with Devon Giehl and Iain Hendry:

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Another one 😼

They win the best adoptive dads award fs

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Ruthari Reunion

[lithuiwen2016]

A little something I drew in honor of my favourite boys finally being reunited!

(There was a lot more to it, but I am too nervous to post it here)

Now I'm off to watch the entire Dragon Prince Saga on two different Netflix accounts in honour of TDP Day!

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I know people have already talked about this scene before but I wanted to break it down myself because I love it so much. Little Lira yells "Rayla! Callum wants to have ten babies with you!" and everyone's reactions just kill me

Poor Callum has been doing so well with these kids, he's gonna be such a good dad one day, and he knows EXACTLY where he went wrong that produced this result and he also knows there's NOTHING he can do to stop it

Ethari is clearly the first of the elves to start to process what she said. Rayla's so distracted. Runaan frankly just looks tired.

:3 Rayla doesn't look upset at the concept though, just surprised. And Stella is literally just the :o meme.

Lira looks so pleased with herself. This little girl lives for chaos. She has done this on purpose. The smallest child here is convinced they're about to die (figuratively). The middle child is just trying to figure out what the big deal is. Callum is going for damage control.

He also knows this little girl did this to him on purpose. Ezran has absolutely said shit like that out of context to get him in trouble.

Rayla's recovering, has to blink to process what just happened. Runaan is like I barely signed up for one child, I'm not babysitting grandchildren yet. He's reconsidering whether being alive is a good thing. Ethari is connecting the dots between Lira's mischievous nature and Callum's frantic reaction.

He's the first elf adult to fully grasp what's just happened, and this is fucking hilarious. He brought this on the poor boy by unleashing Lira on him without warning him.

Runaan and Rayla have a strong like father like daughter moment as Ethari just loses it laughing. What was this household like when Rayla was growing up? How often did this happen? Ethari is the dad with all the puns that make them both groan and Runaan threaten his life, you can just tell

The laughter sinks in and Runaan visibly remembers why he likes being alive. Rayla is more concerned about how funny Ethari finds this than the statement itself. You can see her thinking Moon help me, Dad, please no.

Lira is so proud of herself. She made Pride Papa Ethari cackle. Callum isn't sure what to do but is fairly certain he's not in trouble. Runaan is vaguely amused at how much this hit his husband in the funny bone. We can no longer see Rayla's expression.

god I love the Moonfam parts of this episode. Runaan is so fucking done with having guests, Callum is a good partner and is gonna be such a great dad one day, and Ethari and Rayla are both just so happy to be home and together again

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Ive been rewatching the dragon prince (again...), so here's my favorite character Rayla🌙✨️

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do we really not know the name of the elf that ran to tell Ethari Runaan's lotus had risen? Y'all. We never would have stood for this nonsense in 2019. Marcos got a name because we all got so obsessed with his few seconds of being absolutely terrified of Rayla. Who is she?? What's her story?? Netflix I need answers

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I find it interesting how the moonshadow elves are so quick to label someone as a deserter in a failed mission. Rayla's lotus stayed floating, but who is to say that she was not captured (and who's to say that Runaan was not also considered a deserter in the days spent in the dungeon). Rayla also thought her parents had run, when there must have been evidence of a fight. Were her people so quick to teach her that they had run? Do the moonshadow elves see being captured as just as bad as leaving the mission entirely?

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Concept for an arc 3 version of Rayla!

I really hope we get to actually see her older (netflix please greenlight arc 3) but for now I’m having fun imagining what the characters could look like when they’re older :)

[knuffi516]

Sure?

[atomic-bomn]

I have headcanons for Traditional Katolis and Moonshadow Weddings

Katolis

In many ways a traditional Christian marriage. White dress, Dad walking daughter down the aisle. Some exceptions:

If a man doesn't cry during his wedding it's considered very bad luck, "If a man sheds not a tear at his maiden fair, Dressed in white with flowers rare, Then cursed be the vows they weave, For love unwept is love deceived."

Women must fast for weeks if not a month leading up to the wedding day, something about commitment.

Men can't look at other women for weeks until the marriage is finished, the only exception is the mother. Amaya grants herself the exception.

The one officiating the wedding must blind themselves, Stems from an old legend that an old priest who couldn't find love himself was so angry that he has to officiate weddings that chaos itself helped him and Everytime he gazed upon a woman or man the wedding would end in tragedy.

Having any sort of aches and or pains during the wedding is a seriously bad omen, any type of pain is treated very, very seriously my apothecaries if they know you're getting married. This story is simpler, back before more modern medicines and when a simple infection could kill you.

Gifts are mostly based on profession and class, farmers will be gifted farming equipment, carpenters will be given tools, royals linens and gold. It's becoming more and more of a "Joke" in recent years. 10 people gift the same exact thing knowingly. In a similar vein some people give gifts that are mostly useless, inconvenient or cumbersome and are too noticeable to regift or throw away so someone is stuck with it. It's an act of love.

Katolians tend to invite quite everyone they know, Callum even invited Elmer from Scumport.

It's tradition to have the groom's dad put on his jacket and tie for him, Ezran takes up this task. The groom's mother helps the bride, Ethari and Amaya take up this task.

The bride has to ask for permission to marry him as much as the groom does, if both parents are dead the bride goes to where they are buried and asks for permission. It's common for both bride and groom to debase themselves asking for permission.

It's bad luck to immediately consummate the marriage, Katolians typically give it 7 days. If you can go 7 days without touching your love then it's true love it whatever.

Honeymoons are typically a pretty ridged framework, a couple- especially Royal- can pick between 5 spots. Lodge, Beach House, forest cabin, mountain Lodge, or a boat retrofitted for comfortable living.

Drinks and Food are hearty and plentiful. All types of alcohol but particularly the grooms choice of alcohol and the brides food. They have been known to get quite wild.

Dancing is quite conservative, having a select few songs and dancing is between family or those in a relationship. The groom's father dances with the bride and the bride's mother dances with the groom.

Cakes are huge and intricately decorated. Again becoming a joke in recent years.

Moonshadow

The bride and groom have to hunt each other, this is obviously harder for Callum so he just flies. Not against the rules. Rayla gets him though.

Katolians are shocked at how revealing Moonshadow wedding clothes are, Definitely less conservative than Katolis. Lots of sheer/translucent clothing and exposed skin. Callum nearly faints.

Moonshadow weddings are very small. Family are a given and only very few are invited.

Moonshadow weddings typically happen wherever is beautiful enough, The bride finds a location she likes after a week of searching and her family decorated it properly. Could be a waterfall, Could be a forest, could be a boat. Who knows.

Moonshadow weddings are at night and under a full moon, Explains why Katolis wedding was first.

Consummating the marriage is immediate.

Many couples have a temporary shelter just a little bit off the wedding spot, The couple retreat there after partying. Think of it as a honeymoon. They relax there for days to weeks doing whatever.

Gifts are given more based on need, Clothes to cooking to weapons. Ethari gave Rayla a contract for 10 cribs.

Food and drinks are limited to how many people are there, drinks are typically low in alcohol.

It's common for the bride to engrave a weapon for her husband.

There are no cakes in Moonshadow weddings, just basic food.

Dancing is very free, it's even tradition to dance as seductively as possible for your spouse.

It's common for the bride and groom to consume aphrodisiacs

Personal headcanons

Before the official wedding when Callum sees Rayla he collapsed and Soren catches him, he bursts into tears at the altar.

It got very awkward when Opeli, out of tradition, announced the Father of the groom's dance.

Soren kept giving Callum more and more drinks and he threw up at his own wedding.

Callum ordered a small basic cake but Soren intercepted it and made it supermassive and ornate. They could've had cakes for months.

Ethari liked the idea of a cake at a wedding so much he made one.

Callum absentmindedly invited Claudia and Viren.

Bait and Stella were the ring bearers

Terry helped a lot in crafting Raylas Moonshadow wedding.

Rayla picked under a waterfall for her wedding, unfortunately for her when the full moon came around the mosquitos came out.

Rayla announces she's pregnant only weeks after the marriage.

[halyasgirl]

This is just my personal reading, but I think Ethari is a very interesting, and morally greyer, character than he's generally perceived as.

He's kinder than his husband, gentler, more open-minded; and he holds the exact same values that led Runaan to try and murder a child.

He knows what Runaan does is evil. He knows it takes a toll on him, on their marriage. But he believes it is necessary evil, and comforts Runaan with that when his husband shows the slightest flicker of self-awareness some doubts.

Runaan and Ethari once again manage to demonstrate they are deeply, movingly in love, while simultaneously revealing some pretty questionable cultural values. This isn't a knee-jerk “stand by your man,” either. It's not an accident they're so well-matched despite their different personalities; Ethari believes in this just as much as Runaan.

He made Runaan beautiful, deadly weapons Runaan used to kill other people. He Ghosted 3/4 of his family. He told his 15-year-old daughter her father's blood was on her hands, which f*cked her up at least as much as the Ghosting.

However, I don’t want to judge him too harshly. I’d only be so rational days after living with the knowledge that my husband was likely tortured to death, and I think this is just as much an indictment of Moonshadow society as it is of Ethari personally. I think he deeply regrets wronging his family, and I think he’ll be among the first of the Moonshadows to denounce Ghosting, publicly, to make amends for the times he did not. I think he’ll be among the first to realize the damage they have done, and urge them to make it right.

Ethari is kind and sweet and gentle. But his society is not, and does not encourage this, especially in dark times.

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I always want to be a blacksmith but then I remember that I would actually have to do blacksmith stuff. And I couldn't just pose sexy with my shirt off all the time :(

Messy messy greyscale sketch

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Runaan's Silvergrove dance

So, we know that Rayla's dance into the Silvergrove gets everyone who uses it pseudo-ghosted and they can't be seen.

We also know she hasn't told Runaan she's been made a ghost.

So the dance they all do at the Silvergrove must be Runaan's.

It's nothing fancy at all. Just a slow pacing circle with hands touching. Easy to remember, easy to execute. Perfect for a tired, possibly injured assassin to manage, and perfect for a slow, loving spin with his favorite craftsman even when they don't need to perform it.

[lithuiwen2016]

IT IS DONE!!

The whole "I'm your daughter" scene really hit me, and I was inspired by the Reunion hug at the end of Tangled.

Please give us this Reunion in Season 7!

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Can we talk about how small Runaan looks in Ethari's arms in season 7?

(he did look taller in that one flashback, and tbqh, I think the size difference reversing is an example of the creators changing their minds rather than us misinterpreting or tricks of the angle, but I'm not complaining personally)

But also

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Runaan towers over most of the assassins, not just 15 year old Rayla. Skor's the only one who comes close, and he's still shorter in this shot where he's in the foreground and Runaan's behind him.

We know from Bloodmoon Huntress that Andromeda, Callisto, and Skor have been working with him longest, but Andromeda and Callisto were still in training 7 years ago;

while I think it's likely they intended for the fourth elf here to be Ram, I don't see how he would have gotten six inches shorter in the past seven years and ended up standing level with Andromeda instead of Skor. Even if Skor grew more, Andromeda doesn't seem to with her scaling beside Runaan.

Anyway I could go on for a while about the assassins and their respective experience levels, and why Runaan is such a legend, but my general point is, he's not a small dude. He's several inches taller than Soren and King Harrow, even a bit taller than Viren, not even counting the horns that grant him another inch and a half. He's also a bowman and a swordsman, and built powerfully enough to handle both.

And Ethari makes that guy look small.