#tdp season 1

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Please let Runaan bring Ethari’s heart back in the next season

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Look how far they’ve come 🥹

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Small moment of appreciation for Commander Gren's design in The Dragon Prince. It's a minor detail, but I appreciate how as Amaya's company approaches the Banther Lodge, she's dressed in such a standard soldier's uniform her own nephews don't recognize her, but if you look beside her, Gren rides nearby with no weapon (nothing to occupy his hands) and no helm (nothing to conceal his face). Even though he's also in uniform with a military title, it's just such a neat way to portray that he's not another random soldier, he's her interpreter/effectively her voice and ears, when necessary. His hands are free to sign to her, his face is clear if she needs to read his lips.

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Years later, but I still have to laugh at the thought of Gren and Runaan together in Viren's dungeon, because they have very different ideas of resistance...

Runaan's internal monologue: Be strong. Do not break, not now. Think of your family, you will not dishonor them by faltering at the close—

Gren: 899 Bottles of Beer on the Wall, 899 Bottles of BEER!!!

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The Dragon Prince Rewatch Liveblog

Echoes of Thunder

Knowing who Aaravos is makes this intro hit different. How did Ziard discover dark magic again bro? Huh? What exactly caused that to happen? You wanna share that part of the story bro? Or how humans weren't the only ones displaced by the divide of the continent? No, because you're not here to share history, you're here to manipulate people.

Neat - so the first named characters we see in the show aren't the dragaang by a long shot. It goes Sol Regem, Ziard (not that he matters as much later), Aaravos, Avizandum, Aditi, and then Amaya.

Callum being startled by the thunder but instantly going into big brother mode to comfort Ezran when he hears Ezran yelp is such a good moment.

I rewatched the first elf scene recently to analyze Runaan's behavior here and I still love everything about it. Runaan is so fucking massive compared to the other assassins. He had to know she would hesitate. But he had to know if she would hesitate now or when it came to their targets, so he tested her - and she makes the worst mistake she could make as a Moonshadow elf, but unwittingly sets off a plot that will allow her to save even more people.

Wtf do Harrow's guards think about Viren? This dude just bursts into the king's bedroom unannounced apparently regularly enough that he has an ongoing discussion with Harrow about it.

I'm convinced Viren was planning on getting Harrow killed from the beginning. That's why he didn't want to send for Amaya.

Knowing that Runaan is her dad now makes the soft tone of the "Well done, Rayla." And her flustered response hit even harder. He tested her. She lied. He thinks she passed. She knows she's lying to him. She's not just lying to her boss, she's lying to the one person in the world whose opinion matters to her more than anyone else (except perhaps Ethari).

The jelly tart theft scene makes me so happy because it's so clear they've done this before, especially when Barius lets them do it later.

I love how Soren actually does try to make Callum look good in front of Claudia. I love how being a big brother is so firmly part of his personality that he goes into that mode even with Callum even during his "bully" phase.

Harrow tries so hard to make this a happy thing for the boys, and Callum tries just as hard to support that worldview for Ezran, and my heart hurts over it.

"What are they, minstrels or something?" And Rayla says Soren doesn't understand sarcasm. He's SO sarcastic with his dad, I love it.

They build up the Moonshadow elves as being "unstoppable" under the full moon, and work so hard on these magical solutions, but I can't help but notice/remember that Soren did in fact manage to stop them. Like that is in fact a thing that happened. Even sparing barely any time to actually prepare for defending, it wouldn't have mattered that Ezran and Callum left the castle that night, because none of the assassins actually made it past Harrow's room. They only got one target and that's with the Crownguard having virtually no time to brace for the attack. Viren's been undermining the military defenses since the very beginning.

Soren may have been a dick about forcing Callum to stay behind but he was in fact correct to do so, Callum doesn't have the training to be going into all out battle at this point. He's safer staying behind.

The contrast between Callum's "Your Majesty" but also so easily calling Harrow "my father" to Soren, and everyone in the room knowing Runaan is her father but Rayla using his name

This fandom really takes you through a series of opinions about the oath the assassins take, doesn't it? First watch as a kid I was like, yeah, ok, this makes sense to me. Second as a teenager I was like, oooh, very flawed vengeful system, anyone who survived this would need a redemption arc. Now, as an adult, having the full context of a couple graphic novels up to Season 7 . . . yeah, it's a flawed system. But it's a flawed system based on over a thousand years of marginalization. These elves didn't make this call; Zubeia called on them, and what were they going to do, say no? Last time they started a fight with the rest of Xadia they lost miserably. They do not have the numbers to justify arguing with the Queen of Dragons. They're doing the best they can with a culture older than any of them can remember and the information they have about current events. We should criticize their culture, sure, but the individuals are less to blame than we might think at first.

Soren's been leading the Crownguard since he was 16 and you can really tell from how his older subordinates just sigh at his stupid jokes

I forgot about Runaan poisoning his arrows. Dude is thorough. Also, the lore of how arcanum magic works is fascinating; Runaan's said to be one of the best with moon magic, but still uses the moon opal necklace Ethari gave him to cast the spell to hide them.

Also, "I saw the fear in his eyes!" "Of course he was afraid! But you had a job to do!" is such a loaded exchange. Runaan isn't trying to argue with her reasons. He doesn't contradict her. He just says that she should have done it anyway, because now her own people are in danger instead. It's also interesting because she reacts that strongly to fear of death; which makes so much sense with the Moonshadow cultural view of death as being nothing to be afraid of, because it's just the next phase of existence. Of course she thought she could do it; she didn't expect her targets to be afraid, because she doesn't know anyone who would be.

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what is done - fallen stars

what is done - domina profundis

parallels between seasons (1, 4 and 5)

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Had Callum peeping on Claudia as their hit puberty?

This will probably explain his "nice" dream with her in book 1.

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I don't know, there's something really poetic about the fact that when Callum broke the Primal Stone at the end of Season 1, he broke something that pretty much gave him everything he wanted, to actually give Zym everything

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Did you notice this similar comparison between Season 1 Episode 4 & Season 5 Episode 4.

First is Rayla & General Amaya. In S1 Ep 04, This is where General Amaya and Rayla first meet on a bad note.

In S5 Ep 04, This is where Rayla & Amaya apologize to each other & reconcile with one another, putting an end to their chapter of the past.

Second is the items & solutions found it each episode.

S1 Ep 04, This is where they found the Key of Aaravos which is a vital and important object in the story.

S5E04, In the Great Bookery is where they found the solution to kill a startouch elf which is the Novablade.

These two episodes have important connections to each other, it's just amazing storytelling & masterful writing.

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Heres some bait sketches from the train I forgot about

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Happy 5 years to TDP!!

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Episode 17: Book One: Where it Began

The Lodge is where it began... in Book One: Moon! Prepare for the end of Arc Two by revisiting the complete series of The Dragon Prince. Featuring: above average whimsy, a huge promise, and the original fart joke.

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Rewatching the Dragon Prince from season 1 and I suddenly have so many more questions

For example: why was Viren just keeping a giant moon moth in a box and how did it survive in there???

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TDP Rewatch S1 E9: Wonderstorm

Honestly, I respect the title of this episode. Well played, Wonderstorm Pictures. Well played.

BAIT got the intro voice, omg, I forgot that happened.

Did they ever explain why Ezran can talk to animals? I don't remember them ever explaining that.

After getting distracted running through a rabbit hole I have found an excerpt from Callum's spellbook and also a Discord Q&A that agree that Ezran's basically an empath, like Betazoids from Star Trek. Animals don't speak to him in words, he just connects with them on an emotional level and relays the words their vibes convey.

So basically Ezran instantly connects to all animals in the way that many cat owners connect with our cats, where the little furballs are incomprehensible eldritch horrors to everyone else but we see them staring Like That and know they're asking for That One Specific Food, or the like. and it's stronger with Zym because Archdragons are semi-telepathic to begin with as well. I actually like this.

The episode hadn't even started yet I just went off on that tangent because of the "previously on".

I really do love Callum and Ezran's relationship. It feels like actual brothers. Like here, right now, they've been united in this whole trip but they're having an actual fight over Ezran's ability to talk to animals, which has been an ongoing sore spot between them for years. Siblings fight! It's a thing that happens! These two just still love each other anyway, it's not something that taints all of their interactions forever, and it's just. Real nice to see.

Of course Ellis believes Ezran. That vibe is what she has with Ava.

Soren and Claudia also have a well-written sibling relationship, it just hurts a lot more.

"Yup. Ignorin' it. Keep movin'." Rayla's true hick origins come to light. YES, GIRL, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU DO WITH CREEPY SOUNDS IN THE WOODS. DON'T FUCK WITH THEM AND LESS OF THEM FUCK WITH YOU. Also this is probably a legit survival strategy in Moonshadow Forest, given how it apparently is also just full of random illusions that lead one astray, like a moon-aligned Mirkwood. "I'm going to share an old elven proverb with you. When travelin' up a mountain tryin' to save a dyin' dragon egg, and ye hear a spooky sound, just keep walkin'." kills me though, lmao, that's so specific but I bet she really did get warnings along this line growing up in the woods.

You know how I mentioned Mirkwood? This episode always makes me think of Mirkwood. All the damn spiderwebs, and the giant spiders.

Rayla also seems familiar with the concept of giant spiderwebs and what breaking the threads might bring on them, which is fascinating to me. Where has she seen this before. Is Moonshadow Forest really just fully knockoff Mirkwood? I mean, she did just see that other body wrapped up in webs, that might be all she's referencing, but it's fun to speculate.

The Jerkface Dance makes me so happy. These boys are so sweet with each other. He's such a good brother.

What must Lujanne have been thinking when she first looked down and saw them? Saw another young elf on approach?

A lot of Ava's really acrobatic stuff makes no real sense if she has only three legs. However, other people can see and feel her leg, so I'm inclined to just headcanon that there's some substance and support to the illusion, like a hard light projection from Star Trek but with magic. She just needs the collar for it to stay on, and it is true that a three-legged animal could probably get along pretty okay with the level of support she had through her recovery, just not with some of her tricks.

Lujanne's having a really weird night.

These kids tried so hard. Imagine what Lujanne must be going through, too, realizing the egg was recovered just to be lost, getting all these shreds of information about what happened without the full story.

Rayla being the one to save Zym's egg from falling is an excellent moment for her redeeming her parents' legacy.

Zym really opts to be dramatic before hes even done hatching, huh?

Bait being the first thing Zym ever saw though, lmao.

Baby Zym baby Zym!

oooh, nice, and her binding snapped off at where it was tied; it wasn't just chewed apart. I'm going to assume that it worked not because Zym's a dragon or an archdragon, per se, but because he's one of the subjects of the binding, and that's why Runaan's is gone after his resurrection. By releasing Rayla, Zym broke the enchantment that was linked to all six bindings, too.

That hand reaching towards the inside of the mirror in the credits sketch haunted my nightmares as a kid.

I like that Lujanne looks worried about the spell that reaches them from Soren and Claudia. She obviously realized something wasn't right.

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Everything I love about Dragon Prince so far

-The whole Callum, Rayla, Ezran's dynamic

-The wise ones: Lujanne, Vilads

-Bait, Zym, Ava, Berto

-Amaya and Gren, Crow Master, Corvus, Ellis

And the best of them all: Sorren and Claudia. Like, I'm watching the episode but just waiting for them to show up

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fandom favorites: season one episodes | number five: 01x04 bloodthirsty

"Humans and elves don't trust each other. That won't change until we take this egg back to Xadia."