#presumed innocent spoilers

[jakegyllenbaalz]

jake gyllenhaal as rusty sabich (presumed innocent, 2024)

[det-loki]

hi hello, these are my thoughts from episode one of presumed innocent

!!!!spoilers below!!!!

• jake loml

• Jesus fucking christ that was a violent death

• Peter!

• ...what was this filmed on? there's a haze that I don't like, maybe it's me, wtf do I know

• you will TRY and be here for him ???

• oops nvm I should listen

• I love dad!jake

• the office politics here is so gross

• "Sounds like something I'd do. Sounds like something I'd enjoy." is a fucking INSANE thing to say oh my god

• this is that jake acting that I've been missing

• the jake gyllenhaal shower scene cinematic universe evolves

• tommy and nico are currently irritating

• michael, I'm a little worried about you bud

• I'm getting prisoners flashbacks with his pinky ring (I'm sorry)

• hey so I need jake and peter to keep working together again

• is he gonna break another mirror

• oh my god Barbara KNOWS?!

• lily! lily rabe! lily I love you!

• this is crazy, pun intended with patsy cline

• I am not gonna say a word (FUCK)

• *Trina Vega* Chicagooo Chicagoooooo

• I really don't like nico, I'm sorry

• I have those kitchen chairs lol

• Barbara is a saint, this is so difficult

• DONT STAY IN AN UNHAPPY MARRIAGE FOR YOUR KIDS, SINCERELY A CHILD OF DIVORCED PARENTS

• but Barbara and rusty seem like they can get through this? its only ep one, so much time to crumble

• jake filmed this after roadhouse and it shows :)

• tweddle dumb and tweedle dumber, iconic

• oh fuck

• oh fuck the fingerprints

• It's like I forgot the entire trailer lol

• Peter's line delivery on 'involved' is so good

• Pregnant!!

• Oh my god

• OH MY GOD

[toxicanonymity]

Presumed Innocent finale

I don't like this at all. I'm actually offended lol

I hate when a twist hinges on the main character having been using Hollywood level acting skills all along

[hollywoodalreadydidit]

Presumed Innocent Episode 8 - The Verdict Review *Spoilers* The season finale of #PresumedInnocent manages to both honor the original book/film ending and create its own lane to perfectly stick the landing.  Bravo. #TVTime #PresumedInnocentSpoilers

[icedteaandoldlace]

The funny thing about Presumed Innocent is,

if it had been an episode of Murder She Wrote, I would've clocked the wife as the killer IMMEDIATELY. But because of the type of movie that it is and because there's so much corruption being uncovered all throughout the film, I was expecting the outcome of the case to be much bigger and more convoluted. You're expecting there to be a big moment where all the dots finally connect and everything fits together in a big tangled web, and instead it's just a bunch of awful people being awful in their own ways, and the killer isn't mixed up in any of their nonsense, she's just a jealous wife who went way off the deep end, and she gets away with it because everyone's so hellbent on convicting a killer fast for political reasons,—and on covering their own asses—that no one even thinks to look into the partners of any of the men the victim was sleeping with.

[sizzlingcloudmentality]

🥺

Barbara needs more therapy after what happened. I think she is deeply disturbed by what she has witnessed, beginning from the start of the affair until Jaden's confession and then the whole play pretend, we're such a good family teehee? Nah, she needs to get out of that house asap, travel a bit, maybe California, Mexico, hell, go to Italy or France babe. Go reconnect with your inner artist and paint a gazillion sunrises with a pretty dress and have a glass of local wine at night in a little bar, meet a hot and talented and loving, loyal (wo)man and fall in love. (Yes, I just want her to be happy, no matter what. I love you B, just text me when your flight lands in Europe and I'll pick you up.)

The kids? Oof... Jaden? Therapy! Neverending therapy and hour long hugs daily. And she needs to be kept away from any kind of fireplaces and equipment.

Kyle's another victim of this. Because I don't think they'll tell him what happened. And he'll feel the tension, the secret, he'll feel left out and he will never understand why. I think he will try to get back into the triangle but Rusty and B want to protect him and keep him at a distance. And that push Kyle away. This makes me really sad, he doesn't deserve this.

And Rusty? Pretty much what you've said, Laurie. No bitches, no big money for quite some time, only rizz and and his signature 🥺sowwy, can I have pussy? Pwease?🥺 He probably will have another partner soonish. And never fully commit because he's still pathetic (and doesn't want to drag someone else into the mess that his life is. Plus... Well, Jaden doesn't approve of everyone else except Mom, so... maybe he wants to protect whoever comes into his life.) Do I see blissful happiness in his future that lasts longer than 30 minutes of sex? Not really. Poor guy (affection and condescending simultaneously). You should have kept it in your pants honestly.

Raymond will live for 150 years with Lorraine and die happy and content in the year of our Lord 2174.

Tommy's cat is the only pussy he gets, she probably needs therapy too. (Even though Tommy seems to be a good cat dad, at least that!)

Mya slays and eats pathetic men for breakfast, you go girl!

I miss this show dearly, even tho it was such an intense mess... I want my Rusty Wednesdays back 😭

For everyone reading this far, good job, go hydrate and have a snack! 💛

presumed innocent finale rewatch word vomit? yeah i think so <33

knowing who did it made it more obvious as i rewatched the entire season but especially with the finale. the way jaden looks so dissociated the entire time, how you can clearly tell she has not slept in ages and she's been eaten alive by this. the hugs with rusty... it's obvious. but wow i literally believed every single possibility except her. if i learned one thing from this show, it's that i am as stupid as rusty and that is deeply upsetting.

i haven't watched the movie (i want to though!) & the other productions, i haven't read the book so like... what the hell happens with rusty? i know the series is doing it differently so comparison is almost pointless. i guess maybe we might get crumbs about what happened to some of the people involved with season 2 although it's a new case and we don't know much about who comes back (i saw peter wasn't coming back as tommy, jake is likely to only be back as a producer). but what happens?

is rusty unemployed? he was suspended with pay i believe, but like, he's not going back there to work like it's a regular monday right? does he find a firm in chicago to work form, more lowkey? more paperwork, more like lawyer you call for contracts and minimal public exposure? does he change careers? does he just... live as a pariah for the rest of his life? what! does! he! do! i wonder. all we know is that he's incredibly dumb but he's law smart. he can throw a punch, he can swim and run on a treadmill. where the hell does that take him. he has no credibility, he might be excellent at his job (he said it himself that he doesn't know what it feels to lose a trial, not even his own... wow), but take the job out of the man and what is he left with? i just want to know. i'm so curious. i want all the details.

barbara had a suitcase packed. she basically had a foot out of the door before jaden explained what happened. does she stay and become even more miserable to protect her children? that stare they exchanged at the last second of the finale is so charged. do they get divorced? i hope so, perhaps after jaden moves out and kyle too if barbara can stand it that long. i hope they divorce, as fairly and smoothly as possible. it will inevitably create a great divide, i see jaden siding with her father and kyle with his mom. i think barbara's compulsion to forgive and to protect her family will be shattered and altered forever. i hope she finds someone who's artistic like her, who's loyal and who loves her the way she deserves. i hope she gets a proper art studio that never turns into a storage shed, perhaps she quits working for galleries and instead shows her art to the world. i see rusty attending the exhibition. how lovely aww <3

no but let's take a moment for barbara and rusty. they met when they were twenty, in college she studied art and he did law which is like so different. surprise pregnancy 6 months later. they still finished school. it's safe to assume kyle was born around that time. barbara going to school pregnant! rusty and barbara raising jaden and reading her bedtime stories in between important schoolwork! and after that they just... they just kept going. they had a kid at about 21, two before 25 and they had amazing careers after that. i know i know that's the life of many people i don't care let me be amazed by barbara and rusty for one moment thank you. their whole lives... all they know is each other. barbara mentioned clifton's phd in art so casually, does she have that too? two kids and a phd? and was an art gallery the future that barbara wanted? she's so talented. did she want to become an artist, was she an artist at some point but she diverged to work at a gallery for a seemingly more stable revenue? did she have to settle so rusty could aimed so high? i imagine he would have succeeded to raymond. in the next election, he would be taking his place. that's crazy!!! no wonder why they drifted apart.

the kids will be forever messed up oh my god. jaden? how is she supposed to move on from that. i wonder what the future has to offer to jaden and kyle.

raymond retires, absolutely wonderful. does he stay friends with rusty? i think he would, but i don't think lorraine would support it. and between lorraine and rusty, there is no doubt who he chooses considering who almost killed him during this trial.

so rusty has 0 mistress 0 best friend 0 wife and a broken family. he probably doesn't even have the house because i doubt he can afford it without a big fancy job as a big fancy chief deputy prosecutor and the big fancy paycheck that comes with it. he has nothing. he did not know what he was willing to lose. he's so dumb. he lost everything because he couldn't keep his pp in his pants... might be worse than actual jail for him. hmm, deserved.

WILL TOMMY'S CAT BE OKAY!!! I'M ASKING THE REAL QUESTION!

[when-did-this-become-difficult]

shoutout to jake gyllenhaal getting choked and loving it

[watatsumiis]

wow the justice system in fontaine really rubs me the wrong way what the fuck

edit: FREE MY MAN BAPTISTE HE DID NO WRONG

[muninnhuginn]

ngl mix of annoyed at myself and at the show for that doorway shot that made it look like tianxi was the one to pass on the photo because I knew that clothes-wise tianxi didn't fit at all but I really thought they wouldn't mislead so drastically with such a crucial shot. it would have been so so easy to just either not show a close-up of the face or to just have the reddish eyes showing through the shadow if they wanted to be ambiguous but instead they actively drew it to be tianxi with the fringe and the eyelashes that male characters pretty much never get. but like. at the same time, once it was confirmed that tianxi is mentally much younger than she seems her justification for taking liu min's phone dries up somewhat. if she's older 'mentally' it makes sense as blackmail or a get out of jail card, but we've actively seen tianxi *at* the age she's stuck at and she was in no way manipulative enough to even think of that kinda thing

[anunusers]

Sort of not really but still SPOILER ALERT - Presumed Innocent

you know that part where Barbara asks Rusty if that how sex was with Carolyn and Rusty seems to get almost irritated with the question??? That shit got to me that’s really how it is when you get cheated on.

I remember when my partner cheated and everything little thing would trigger me into asking if that’s how it was with the girl. Anything new that he was doing or when we were first intimate after the whole thing, I wasn’t 100% there because all you can thing about is if this what the other girl was getting from him.

Idk it was a random thought lmao show has me feeling some type of way

obsessed with Jake in this role 😮‍💨

[alynnl]

I began The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles case 2-5 last night: The Resolve of Ryunosuke Naruhodo.

I have thoughts as always.

I will begin with not being surprised that Lord Stronghart wanted even more control over the trial by stepping into the Judge's chair himself. I knew he wouldn't stay on the sidelines. He's stuck his dirty hands in every part of this case.

(But it's a missed opportunity for the usual British judge, a man who seems sympathetic to Van Zieks to say a few encouraging words at the end of the trial. That would have been a good parallel/echo to the Judge telling Edgeworth "You are innocent" in Turnabout Goodbyes. But I digress.)

Let's talk about Barok van Zieks next!

His scene in the defendant's antechamber is nice. Ryunosuke, Susato, Iris and even Sholmes are all so kind to him and he's grateful for it! And says as much out loud. I can see that he's got a bit of a Defrosting Ice Prince arc going on. His growth is slow but I recognize it, and to me it's just enough for me to actually like him.

It's for that reason, I hope he's telling everyone the truth, and that he's not lying just so Ryunosuke will keep up his legal defense (like McGilded in DGS 1-3.) It would be great to see he means everything he says in his softer moments, and to also see Ryunosuke's belief in him be in the right place.

I was also amused when Van Zieks did his usual courtroom antics on the witness stand (raising an objection, filling his chalice, the leg slam) - and Stronghart simply shrugged and said "I'll allow it."

Then we move on to Kazuma.

He is still bound and determined to hold on to his line of reasoning that Van Zieks is the head of the Reaper organization. He and Stronghart are at odds as to how they want to prove this, but they both want to see him convicted. It's hard to tell if Kazuma will stay on this course or if the friction between these two will lead to a breakdown in their shaky alliance. I could still see it going either way.

Kazuma himself is suspicious. The tip of his sword was found in Gregson's trunk and refuses to testify!

So at the end of this first segment, the scene cuts to Sholmes and Mikotoba, who are investigating the steamship where it all happened.

I expect they will find something crucial to Ryunosuke's side of the argument, and I will find out what it is the next time I play.

So far though, this is a great chapter opening. The drama is top-tier for sure.

[familyabolisher]

I've walked past the Barbie branded selfie booth, sat through the reel of old commercials that precede the previews, and watched Margot Robbie learn to cry, and I’m still not sure what “doing the thing and subverting the thing,” which Greta Gerwig claimed as the achievement of Barbie in a recent New York Times Magazine profile, could possibly mean. This was the second Gerwig profile the magazine has run. I wrote the first one, in 2017, which in hindsight appears like a warning shot in a publicity campaign that has cemented Gerwig’s reputation as so charming and pure of heart that any choice (we used to call them compromises) she makes is justified, a priori, by her innocence. This is a strange position for an adult to occupy, especially when the two-hour piece of branded content she is currently promoting hinges on a character who discovers that her own innocence is the false product of a fallen world. But—spoiler alert!—the point of Barbie’s “hero’s journey” is less to reconcile Barbie to death than to reconcile the viewer to culture in the age of IP.

“Doing the thing and subverting the thing”: I haven’t finished working out the details, but I think the rough translation would be Getting rich and not feeling feel bad about it. (Or, for the viewer: Having a good time and not feeling bad about it.) One must labor under a rather reduced sense of the word “subvert” to be impressed with poking loving fun at product misfires such as Midge (the pregnant Barbie), Tanner (the dog who poops), and the Ken with the earring, especially given that the value of all these collectors’ items has, presumably, not decreased since the film opened. Barbie may feature a sassy tween sternly informing Robbie’s Stereotypical Barbie that the tiny-waisted top-heavy billion-dollar business she represents has made girls “feel bad” about themselves, but if anyone uttered the word “anorexia,” I missed it. (There was a reason Todd Haynes told the story of Karen Carpenter’s life and death with Barbies, and it wasn’t because an uncanny piece of molded plastic has the magical power to resolve the contradictions of girlhood and global capitalism.) There’s a bit about Robbie going back into a box in the Mattel boardroom, but Barbies aren’t made in an executive suite; they come from factories in China. On the one hand, it’s weird for a film about a real-world commodity to unfold wholly in the realm of ideas and feelings, but then again, that’s pretty much the definition of branding. Mattel doesn’t care if we buy Barbie dolls—they’re happy to put the word “Barbie” on sunglasses and T-shirts, or license clips from the movie for an ad for Google. OK, here’s my review: When Gerwig first visited Mattel HQ in October 2019, the company’s stock was trading at less than twelve dollars a share. Today the price is $21.40. 

Christine Smallwood, Who Was Barbie?

[det-loki]

Rusty might have done this!!! But hear me out!!! What about the wife??? Ehhh maybe!! But Tommy is also so suspicious acting for some reason 😮

My mind tonight!!

Rusty 60%

Barbara 40%

Tammy 60%

agree agree agreeee!!! but I'm not so sure on tommy having anything to do with it, but!!! he could definitely have motive for wanting to take rusty out. barbara as well! we shall see!

[darkeralmond]

cam cameron and the readers first time?

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First Time

Cam Cameron x fem! Reader

synopsis: after your date with cam, things escalate when he decides to stay with you at your house

warnings: 18+, smut, first time sex, fingering

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a/n: I LOVE CAM SO MUCH!! i’m gonna need AE to come out with team cam shirts ASAP!! also spoiler alert for season 2 episode 4 BUT HAVE U SEEN JEREMIAH AND BELLY OH MY GOD THE HAND HOLDING CAUSED ME TO SCREAMMMM. TEAM JEREMIAH!! mark smut coming out soon!! (i hope)

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“I can’t believe you beat me in ski ball,” you giggled as you looked over at Cam. “I’m like the reigning champion.”

He shrugged. “Turns out working at an arcade does come in hand sometimes.” You cracked a smile before letting out a snicker.

You were a debutante last year which is where you met Cameron. Both your guys' moms worked at the country club that hosted the ball. You would run into him often because of this. After a while, you developed a little crush on him and had asked him to be your escort since you didn’t have one.

It wasn’t until this year you actually decided to pursue something with him. You finally asked him out on a date and he picked the location, which was the arcade he worked at since he got a discount.

Cam had just dropped you off at your house and refused to let you walk up to your front door alone. He was truly a gentleman who was adorable and he knew it.

You grabbed your key out of your pocket and unlocked the door. “Can I come in and say hi to your mom?” he asked, peeking his head through the open door.

You giggled and looked back at him again. “No, my parents aren’t home.”

“Oh.” He then looked down at his phone, presumably checking the time before tucking it back into his pocket. “You sure you don’t want to come back to my house? I don’t want you to be here alone.”

You shook your head. “No, my dad wouldn’t like me going over to a boy’s house at night.” He nodded his head and flashed a quick smile, agreeing with you. “But you can stay here and keep me company!”

You didn’t even think twice about the offer, you just said it. His eyebrows raised slightly as his cheeks dusted a red tint. “Okay,” he gushed.

You let him into the house before shutting the door behind you two and locking the door. You watched as he admired the interior of the house, his mouth slightly hung open. “What?” you laughed.

“Nothing!” he said as he looked back at you. “Your house just looks like a beach house.”

“Well it is on the beach.” This won a chuckle out of him as he continued looking around. “You want a tour?” you asked as you walked up to him.

“Sure!” he answered as he nodded his head.

You grabbed his hand and led him around the entire downstairs. According to him, his favorite room was the living room due to the fireplace. You then led him upstairs and showed him every other room before leading him to your own room.

You opened the door and led him in. “Here’s my room. Sorry, it’s a little messy.” There was a t-shirt and a pair of socks lying on your unmade bed. You quickly took those off and threw them in your laundry basket.

At least your room smelled good because of the essential oils you had just purchased. “I like the vines on the wall,” he commented as he pointed at them.

You giggled, “Put them up myself.” You then plopped down on the bed and looked at him as he took in every corner of your room. “You wanna watch something? I can pull something up on my Mac.”

He nodded his head and sat down on the bed next to you.

…

You weren’t sure how it happened, but one thing led to another and now you were on top of him making out. You pulled away and looked down at him as his chest rose and fell with his heavy breaths.

“Have you done this before?” he asked. His eyes reminded you of a puppy. There was so much innocence in them and his lashes gave his eyes a more doe look.

You were tempted to lie and said you had, but staring into his eyes just poured the truth out of you. “Uh… no,” you answered. “Have you?”

“Nuh uh,” he said. You licked your lips and looked off to the side. “Do you… uh… want to?”

You looked back at him and hesitantly nodded your head. You could hear the beating of your heart in your ear, the silence between you two was deafening.

“Okay,” he breathed out. His hand met the side of your face before tucking loose strands of your hair behind your ear.

He smiled at you and gently leaned forward to capture your lips in his once more. You sighed against his lips, his touch sending chills down your spine.

Your hands slid up his shirt causing a groan to escape from his lips. He kissed you harder and deeper this time. You could feel his tongue poking at your bottom lip, hoping to meet yours. You let him do so, his tongue danced with his.

You felt his hands run up your shirt, his hands felt cold against your heated skin. It made you shiver a bit but you enjoyed every second of it.

You pulled away again and let him take off your shirt. He stared at your topless body, drooling over your figure.

You gasped softly, your breath hitching when his fingers brushed across your breasts. Your hips jolted as your nipples hardened beneath your bra.

“Fuck,” you whispered.

He noticed your reaction and stopped what he was doing. “Is this okay?” he asked. You nodded your head, leading him to cup your breasts again.

Him touching you felt nice, but you wanted to do more than that. You were just too nervous to ask. You didn’t want to obviously have full on sex, but you at least wanted him to do more.

Your face must’ve given that away because he asked, “What do you want me to do?”

“Uh,” you thought about it for a minute. “Can you… uh…” Your face turned bright red as embarrassment washed over you. “Finger me?”

His cheeks flushed crimson and his eyes widened. He pulled his finger away as he nodded. “Yeah,” he answered. You hopped off of him and laid down on the bed next to him.

His gaze softened and you gave him an encouraging grin. He swallowed hard before he slid his hand down your shorts.

Your breaths hitched as your eyes fluttered close. His fingers moved in a circular motion around your clit. You opened your eyes as you held back any sounds that may escape your lips.

He pulled you back into a kiss, it tasted like vanilla ice cream and mint toothpaste. He moved a little faster, rubbing your clit with his ring and middle fingers until you let a moan slip in his mouth.

He then inserted his fingers inside you, your wetness made it easier for him. Your back arched as you let out a louder moan.

His kisses became more frantic, almost desperate. Every time he moved his fingers or thrust into your depths you would squirm. A small whine left your mouth as your hips bucked upwards.

You finally pulled away since you needed to catch your breath. His fingers sent a wave of pleasure through you. “Cam,” you whimpered. His wet fingers pulled out of you and continued to massage your clit until you finally came undone.

Your whole body felt drowsy but still buzzing with excitement. When your orgasm had passed and your breathing returned to normal you rolled onto your side. “Do you want to do it again?” you asked him with a grin.

He nodded and crawled back on top of you, but before anything could escalate, the sound of jingling keys and the front door opened echoed through the house

“Fuck,” you mumbled. “My parents.” You rolled your eyes.

He chuckled, “Now I can say hi to your mom.” You rolled your eyes and pushed him off you.

[hollywoodalreadydidit]

Presumed Innocent Episode 4 - The Burden Review *Spoilers* Rusty's explosive anger takes front stage, as Tommy and Nico share some very damning new evidence.

[raayllum]

Trailer Breakdown time

Important notice: There will be spoilers from 7x01 mentioned as well from NYCC as well as screencaps that were previously released. Read ahead at your own risk!

So what a trailer am I right?

For this meta I'm gonna divide into sections in terms of episode order (largely 7x01, 7x02, and speculation to the mid season point) and then also talk about voice overs / clip placement from previous seasons when I think it's relevant. Let's go!

What we know

These shots of Callum and then Ezran and co. touching down in Katolis, as well as the vision Ezran has of his parents (which the fact he's seeing like that rather than how they actually were, sitting on the thrones side by side, is life ruining let me tell you) are all from 7x01, "Death Alive".

We know thanks to 7x01 that Runaan is arrested and everyone goes to the Banther Lodge to set up a temporary camp / plan their next moves, hence a makeshift council meeting (which Ezran having the throne brought with him... baby boy really isn't doing well). So it seems the following screencaps are all from 7x02.

We can also place this Callum and Rayla handhold at the Banther Lodge by the bridge outside.

They are probably (for whatever reason) conspiring/deciding to free Runaan and leave, leading to this scene with matching sky / colours - Soren and Rayla squaring off before Ezran arrives with more guards.

He might let them go or try to hold on, but they successfully flee / get away. I could also see Rayla and/or Runaan stepping in like "I'll stay behind, you go to the Silvergrove" (and if Rayla offers, that might melt Ezran enough to let them leave). Either way, I think Ezran's conversation with Aanya on the Banther Lodge bridge will either influence the choice(s) he makes here if it's before, or reference this crossroads if it comes after before we leave the Banther Lodge for the season.

We also know from 7x01 that Aaravos wants a Moon primal stone and to likely corrupt the Moon Nexus in order to invert life and death, destroy the Cosmic Order, and bring about eternal night. It seems likely Claudia and human Aaravos will achieve these aims by the mid-season point-ish. After 7x01 they have to go to the Puzzle House to get the map to the Garden of Innocence with unicorns, and they will likely require Terry's Pure Heart (my interview with Aaron Ehasz) to read the map to get them there. If 7x02 is "pure heart" that could be a nice parallel between Callum-Rayla and Terry-Claudia about a willingness (or lack of) to help and why.

From there, it's all speculation, so let's get into it.

What we can speculate

So first things first, we get Claudia and Human Aaravos at the Moon Nexus doing the Nexus inversion, presumably, and bringing people / creatures back from the dead. One looks rather like Ziard and brings up a staff, which Aaravos takes.

We also know this is earlier on in the season because Claudia's har is more white. During the spell, we also see Soren, Terry, Allen, and what seems to be Aanya holding a dead / unconcious Lujanne on the ground. It seems both Soren and Terry are running to stop her, though I don't know what Allen is doing (maybe holding back Ezran for some reason, if Ez is there).

Then we have more of the dead coming out, including a dragon that almost squashes Soren but does not have a rider, so it's not the same (assumedly) as before.

Later on, we see more creatures crawling out of the water at what seems to be the Nexus, since it's bordered by the same walls as the lake.

We also see Aanya and Ezran surrounded by the dead at the Valley of Graves (hi Sol Regem skeleton), but the moon doesn't look as... corrupted / taken as it does at the Nexus shot, so this could be happening in the early stages of the spell. Then Ezran could send Soren, who gets there too late, and who knows how fast Aaravos can travel on his own.

There seems to be some kind of confrontation between Ez, Aanya (hi exploding fire arrows), and Aaravos at the Valley of the Graves either way.

Since like I said the Moon isn't in the right spot, I'd wager the Ez-Aanya fight here is from 7x03 or 7x04, with the Moon Nexus inversion in 7x04 or 7x05. In the same timeframe, Rayla (and Runaan + Callum?) is going back to the Silvergrove and being put on trial.

The little tiny mushrooms here and in the section with her and one of the fallen assassins makes me think that rather than just standing around and talking, there could be an underwater dream-like portion to the trial as well. Something like "You touch the assassin and get blood on your hands (literally)" because they love their on-the-nose symbolism.

So I don't think the screenshots here are Rayla getting injured... Yet.

Now onto the harder to speculate sections, or what I like to call

What the Fuck is Going On

It seems, since Callum and Ezran learn that, "Aaravos is back. He wants to bring about eternal night. He's unleashed the spirits of the dead" (Callum) that the kids regroup and plan for what to do next. This could be 7x05 or 7x06. The trio (broyals / Rayla and Ezran) reconcile maybe from the Runaan fall out, with Ezran asserting that, "We have to be ready. We have to build our defences." (This could also be where Callum's line as a "the three of us have been through a lot together. We'll get through this, too" comes in as a parting goodbye before the group splits, as well as Callum's heroic rallying speech that is very reminiscent of 3x08: "There is a way out of this. With good people doing courageous things. Doing what's right!").

This "building our defences" could mean that the trio splits up to go get allies from prior seasons, like Rex Igneous (Ezran and co. shot) and Akiyu. They could also be fetching sun crystals for Aanya's arrows.

We see Callum defending an unconscious Akiyu (by the water) and Runaan (just under his tunic flare). His ice spell seemingly responds to Claudia's fire spell, and she has more white hair and is standing likewise near water. So it seems we'll get a Callum Claudia duel face off sometime in the mid to late season!

It also seems that Claudia's Laurelion dragon-scale necklace is just a dragon-scale, but gives her the super armour / fire power-up.

At some point we also meet up with the Sunfire elves, not just at their ruins / make-shift camp, but at the Sunforge palace itself, since Khessa's throne is in the background in these shots with Rayla. The purple background and Phyrrah also indicates that Soren and Corvus are in the same area.

Presumably, they've gathered all their allies (end of 7x08?) and are preparing for their final attempt to defeat Aaravos (and free Callum?). And Callum is going to get possessed, so when do we think it's happening?

Well, if the gang is travelling to get allies, Callum (and Rayla - and maybe Ezran or others?) have gone to get Zubeia perhaps from the mushroom mage. While there, shit goes down, and we get this shot of Callum (presumably from 7x06-7x07):

While the cube is angled the way it was in Callum's dark magic dreams, I don't think this is a dream. The background doesn't match up with previous, we've never seen this form of corrupted face for him with his eyes not black, and he has a white streak, which was never present when dreaming of himself as Aaravos' puppet last season.

I also don't think Callum is going to do dark magic to coin Aaravos (at least not for the initial corruption). Not only is it a little wonky pacing wise, it's a bit too clean, as it takes away the #1 threat Callum is scared of when it comes to doing dark magic. While he of course doesn't want to be corrupted at all, it was primarily the fact the corruption would make him Aaravos' puppet that scared him. It's also a bit too thematically contradictory for Aaravos to be successfully defeated in a 'bad way' rather than in a good way (teamwork, etc) nor does it work with the 6x03 set up for him and Rayla, but that's just me.

That all said, the fact that the trailer highlights his parallels to Viren and Claudia not just once, but twice (god bless that "however dangerous, however vile" and another "I would do anything for you") and through Kosmo's 6x06 voice over ("If you ever do dark magic again, the darkness and corruption will overwhelm you") makes it pretty clear that even if it hasn't happened here, it will happen in the season eventually. I don't think i have much to say on this plot beat / characterization that I haven't been saying for, well, the past 4 years, cause if you know, you know! (And I'll probably do a post just screaming about this + the cube later anyway.)

We also have some misc screencaps that could go about anywhere (Terry running, him + Aaravos and Claudia in the woods with the flying primal stone? Seeker or guider?) even if I do think they continually point towards Terry defecting this season.

Conclusion

If I missed any screencaps or you have any questions feel free to send them my way in my askbox! What do you think is going to happen and what are you most excited for this season?