#tdp deadwood

[konmaao3]

Interesting micro-expression from Deadwood/Elmer. He looks very surprised when Finnegrin says "justice". As if he had forgotten that people can care about anything apart from gold and control (just what working for Finnegrin does to you I guess). Maybe the gears already started turning here.

[azucar-skull]

Is Deadwood a euphemism for deadname?

[fullmetal-angelgrace]

soren identifying with elmer 😭😭😭😭 "he's cruel.... but you don't have to be" aaaahhhhhh

[elite-7]

Wanna see Elmer more. I love my woody boy.

I hope he comes back in the future.

[raayllum]

7x01 / 7x03 / 7x06

[kurizeria]

cruel and cold like winds on the seas 🏴‍☠️

[bisexualenbyblueberry]

i know we've got something going on rn but finnegrin's wake is actually so funny in retrospect. like they really said we WILL give you the most intense and violent and angsty episodes of the arc so far if not of the entire show and we ARE going to make it an amalgamation of two different overcommitments to pop culture references

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[imminent-danger-came]

*pats the roof of tdp shorts* these bad boys can fit so much blood in them!

Against my better judgement I am reading the new tdp short story right now. I'm going to liveblog it. Let's do this

[anoray]

Just a few more random thoughts about Season 5 of The Dragon Prince...

The animation design team does a knock out job on just about everything except horses. I do love horses and I find the ones in TDP just don’t seem to look and move very much like horses, kind of like the animators find them boring and don’t put much elbow grease into it. I mean, look at the really cool dragon in this sample comparison to the stuffed animal horses.

At least two horses got munched by the monster wolves during this season and nobody seemed to feel all that sorry for them. If it had been dragons, well. 

Don’t get me wrong, I loooove dragons, too, and the scene where Zubeia envisioned speaking with Avizandum was done so well and really touching.

I applaud this show for all its gorgeous dragon designs, like this stunning sea dragon and sun dragon!

Moving on, after a few stumbles in Season 4, the characters and relationships are developing nicely, especially Callum and Rayla and how Callum is struggling with his guilt over using dark magic. Viren’s slow turnaround has been intriguing but he needs to pay the piper for all the wrong he’s done. All in all, everyone seems to remain consistent with their core personality for the most part as they grow during their adventures together, but the glaring exception to me remains Claudia.

Ever since Season 1, I’ve never quite understood how her character can act so dimwitted a majority of the time, yet she’s somehow able to remember and cast complex spells. I’m still scratching my head over how neither of Viren’s children inherited much of his brain power, although Soren has really come a long way and it was great how he helped Deadwood/Elmer. Meanwhile, Claudia still goes from oohing and awwing over some little critter, then has no problem crushing it to do dark magic. Overall, I continue to find her Jekyll and Hyde portrayal uneven and jarring.

At this point, Claudia’s behavior is 95% petty and cruel unless it involves Terry or her father, plus the kicker is that she wouldn’t even be getting very far in her quest (or have anything left of her humanity) without the help of Terry.  

Speaking of Terry, I genuinely have no clue why this kindly, good hearted elf person:

Is still finding excuses to hang out with this pretty much obvious psychopath:

I guess Terry hopes he can help Claudia do less awful things by showing her love and kindness? But he’s the one putting all the effort into their relationship it seems. Unless the writers have Claudia undergo a major change of heart and help Callum, Ezran, and Rayla end Arravos, I’m not sure how she can be believably redeemed.

[konmaao3]

😔

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