#tdp harrow

[thegurlwhoisntthere]

Okay, so this isn’t really related to the larger parts of the season, but-

Can I just say I absolutely love how they introduced Callum’s dad?

Like, there are so many theories about him, that he was an elf, that he was a warrior who died, that he just up and left them, but in actuality? He was a poet. He was a poet with a sickness from birth and he died from that when Callum was young. He was kind and Sarai loved him. Harrow even respected him and I genuinely love that.

It also makes more sense that it would’ve been harder for Callum to connect with Harrow in the face of that. His dad wasn’t some warrior who died before he knew him, he wasn’t some elf that he never knew, or some deadbeat who left his mom. He was a kind heart poet who was born with a sickness that couldn’t be cured.

That’s extraordinarily tragic, but I love it.

[raayllum]

i love it when characters are unfair, actually. i love it when they’re uncouth and cranky and hypocritical, i love it when they have cognitive dissonances, i love it when they make good and bad choices for the wrong reasons. i love when they’re short to anger and hard to understand. i love it when they’ve destroyed themselves for nothing but can’t even see either part of it yet. i love it when they’re messy and selfish and bad at communicating. i love it when they get convinced of their own ego and stuck in a feedback loop regarding their own warped paranoia. i love it when characters actively make their lives unknowingly harder for themselves. i love it when characters don’t know they’re in a story. i love it when characters are like real people

[r4yllumism]

They somehow managed gaslit an entire fandom into giving up on a theory only to go "SIKE YOU WERE RIGHT"

[no-cinnamon-for-synonym]

IMAGINE being the most competent assassin in the realm, on a suicide mission to kill the king, being all hot and badass, thinking about how you just tried to kill your daughter and your husband is going to mourn your death... aND YOUR TARGET JUST SQUAWKS AT YOU

[poppyseed-art]

Someone pointed out that Callum’s three parents are a soldier, poet, king trio and I had to draw it

[stuck-in-jelly]

Im sure its been said before but I absolutely love love love how well The Dragon Prince did depicting how siblings can have the same parents but still grow up with very different versions of them.

To Claudia her dad was gentle, loving, and devoted. He taught her everything he knew, guiding his daughter lovingly through the lessons he had learned through life.

To Soren his dad was cold, angry, and dismissive. He ignored him every chance he got, making it known he was disappointed in his son for ‘failing’ to take after him.

To Claudia her mom is someone she doesn’t ever want to see again, someone who abandoned her.

To Soren his mom is someone he misses dearly, someone he wants to reconnect with after everything.

Then stepping away from their family

To Ezran his dad was affectionate, funny, and playful. Everyday he knew his dad loved him unconditionally, cause he tossed aside court manners to play with him.

To Callum his dad was a little awkward, stiff, but kind. He was never really sure how much of family he actually was, or if he could call Harrow his father at all.

[aria-bun]

Callum progressively going from calling Harrow "King" to "Dad" vs Soren progressively going from calling Viren "Dad" to "Viren"

[jupiter-dragonsong]

Thinking obsessively about what it’s gonna be like if/when Harrow gets back.

Imagine you’ve been trapped in the form of your dead pet for almost ten years. You come back home— except your house is burned down, hundreds of years of your family’s history are ashes now and you weren’t there. Everything that belonged to your wife is gone.

You come back (to the place built over your) home and to your son, who was ten years old when you last saw him and is now an adult leading a government. He’s so serious now. You remember him stealing sweets from the kitchen and now he’s lead battles. You’ve missed all of his teenage years.

Also, he’s best friends- blood brothers, really- with a dragon. A dragon who’s the spitting image of your wife’s murderer, whose father was the closest thing you had to a mortal enemy. And here they are, chatting and eating jelly tarts and ruling alongside each other and acting for all the world like siblings. Nobody sees anything strange about this.

Last time you saw your stepson he was an awkward teenager with low self-esteem and a schoolboy crush on his friend. Now he has been through hell and back, achieved feats never thought possible to humans, and committed unspeakable acts for those he loves. He’s also married to one of the assassins sent to kill you. Your entire life you’ve been taught that elves were monsters and now you have one as a daughter-in-law. But she’s also a really nice girl? You’re actually really glad he found someone like her. You weren’t there to give him advice. You weren’t there to see them married. (It would be interesting if Harrow finds out he’s going to be a grandparent… @tategaminu) You also have to see the leader of elven assassins at family functions now. Which is awkward but he seems to really care about your sons now?

Your sister-in-law is also married to an elf. A elf queen, actually. One she’d been fighting against for years before… everything. She really, really hated elves back in the day. Now she’s married to one. Whiplash.

Your best friend is dead. He went directly against your orders and that is why you are here. He tried to have your sons killed. He took over your kingdom. He awoke ancient evils. The man you knew was gone long before he died but you can’t stop yourself from mourning. His sweet, quirky daughter has gone down paths darker than you thought were possible. His son, among the most loyal of your guards, has grown out of being a bully and is now a devoted friend to your children.

Everything has changed. The world you knew, the family you knew, is completely unrecognizable. And yet… the cycle of hate is broken, just like you always wished it would be. Even if it’s going to be hard for you, this is what you wanted for your kids. A world with open borders, ruled by a narrative of love.

Also the world is ending really soon! You are finally there for your family again and they are living with the threat of death looming over their heads. You have returned to your kingdom and it may soon be destroyed. This is not what you wanted for them.

Someone write something please.

[hiccupshypotheticalleftsock]

tdp textposts: just vibes edition

[fandomsandflyingstingrays]

So, Viren just showed up at Katolis Castle saying he wanted to redeem himself and never thought that telling Ezran his dad was still alive in a bird body would be a good first step...

[jedidragonwarriorqueen]

[psykheofthestars]

I'M STILL GOING CRAZY OVER THE FACT THAT EZRAN HAD TO HAVE EXPLAINED THE BIRD THING TO CALLUM.

CALLUM DREW THAT PICTURE OF PIP FOR CORVUS, SOREN, AND TERRY. EZRAN HAD TO GO INTO CALLUM'S ROOM AND BE LIKE,

"Hey big bro.. So uhmm... DadgotturnedintoabirdbyLordVirusandIneedyoutodrawapictureofPipsothatSorenCorvusandTerrycanfindhim!!"

GOD DAMNIT DRAGON PRINCE WRITERS, LET ME SEE THAT SCENE IN ALL OF ITS EMOTIONAL AND AWKWARD GLORY! LET ME SEE IT!!!!!!!!!!!

[raylatdp-astridhttyd]

All season 6 Credit pictures without credits part 2

Part 1

[venice-1987]

TDP asked "Hey, is anyone else going to analyze the deeply loving and deeply traumatic relationship fathers have with their sons and daughters?" And did not wait for an answer

[just-a-fun]

I can only imagine the face on Harrow when he will discover that his sister-in-law is married to an elf, and his step-son is in a relashionship with an elf (which was send to kill him) too

[jellydrawsposts]

I need to see how their adventure goes trying to find Parrow you have no idea