#the dragon prince aditi

[mariquitascadoodles]

[ “ He stole her youth and promised heaven . The men start wars yet Aaravos hates Aditi.”]

Idk if you guys remember Aditi x Aaravos from the early fandom days but I’ve been thinking about them lately QwQ

I simply love lovers to enemies

Betrayal your honor ✨🥲🫶🏽

Also first illustration of 2024 RAHHHHH

[sarahth2]

Damn

Aaravos really does not like sunfire elf royalty throughout his lifetime.

[tategaminu]

How beautiful is the way he hugs her closer after kissing, deepening the hug with every inch of his existence, not letting her go as if there's not enough of her to hold 🥺

[sarasade]

Aditi probably knew from the start there was something up with the shadiest guy ever

[stuck-in-jelly]

The tragedy of Janai makes me want to scream. In the same day she lost her sister and her entire home, her childhood where she grew up with her brother and sister overrun with infected monsters all the while having to shake herself off and help lead survivors to safety

Then she begins to be tormented by Aaravos in her dreams plagued by visions of him killing her in place of her sister as she tries to rebuild what she has left of her home to no avail. Even being forced to kill her own who got infected by the dark magic.

And finally when she was just starting to feel well enough to try and continue her life with a fiancé now her brother turns on her and tries to overthrow all she had worked for. Even after all that she wants to reconcile with him to try and give him a chance only for him to betray her again and be killed by the same Star Touched Elf that killed her grand mother who killed her sister and destroyed her home.

And any hope of healing or returning to Lux Aurea being destroyed the entire city being reduced to rubble

Janai never caught a fucking break

[kradogsrats]

lying in bed trying to sleep and suddenly thinking “wait, why would Aaravos, archmage of all six primal sources, need a Moon primal stone?”

then remembering how he corrupts the Sunforge specifically through the primal stone in the staff

[raayllum]

You're just like your grandmother.

The Queen's Mercy / the Day of the Great Amnesty (7x03)

[self-spaghettification]

i love how there are normal healthy gay couples in the dragon prince like. janai and amaya! or ethari and runaan! but we viravos shippers still choose to zero in on the most toxic silly billy gays as an option 🫠

[baatarthefirst]

got my bingo card ready

here's the blank if anyone wants it.

[luniviravosshipper]

I’m excited for a lot of things this season. But I must admit that the thing I’m most excited for is seeing a flashback of Aaravos popping Aditi like a pill.

I don’t know. I just think that’s going to be really twisted and dark and super funny and super hot.

Anyways.

[artemx746]

I think it's so interesting how Karim keeps saying that Janai showing mercy is a weakness when Aditi was known as 'the merciful'

[its-kapi-wara]

Aaravos: "Did somebody say JUST EAT?"

I really hope we get to know the context of "I swallowed her" in this new season! You can't just drop something like that, man 😭

[shadowwy]

Is Aaravos a cannibal?

It all depends on if Startouch elves are, in fact, elves, though.

But they are treated as such, so I guess they are?

Which would make Aaravos swallowing Aditi... an act of cannibalism

[herefortheclout19]

A rambling analysis about Aaravos as a whole

Post Season 6, the enigma that is Aaravos FINALLY got a deeper dive into his character and backstory and we finally know three important things, (in my opinion) that are critical when creating a character in any form of media:

1. Motivations

2. Goal(s)

3. What’s keeping those goals from being fulfilled

1. motivations

it’s obvious that his motivation to everything he does is his love for Leola, and how he’s coping with being bereaved of his child. In addition, I’d also like to address that his second motivation is for a world unlike the one the Cosmic Order and the Archdragons desire. Obviously, what I mean is the cycle of violence itself- and yes, Aaravos continues the cycle, but he’s also trying to break it with his startouch ability of prophetic visions, or how season 6 puts it, “becoming time blind.”

Due to this ability, I think Aaravos instigated the Battle of the Storm Spire and manipulated Viren to make it happen because he wanted to force the elves and humans to unite under one cause. On the other hand, it can be argued that “actually Aaravos is only causing harm, just look at Lux Aurea,” and of course that seems like the easiest explanation for his actions, but I think I can refute that claim.

By corrupting Lux Aurea, he knew that by doing so, it would be enough to motivate the elves into a confrontation with Viren and the rest of the human kingdoms + their armies. Yes, Aaravos did say, “do you want to conquer Xadia?” To Viren, but I believe that that was merely a way to goad him into conflict, and it shouldn’t be taken seriously because that’s not one of Aaravos’s intentions or legitimate goals.

2. Goal(s)

Like I said before, Aaravos isn’t planning on conquering Xadia, he’s obviously planning on avenging his deceased daughter, by killing (presumably) everyone who approved of Leola’s execution. Sol Regem was killed, and now as season 7 approaches, the Cosmic Order is next. Knowing that only a startouch elf can kill another startouch elf- according to the TDP Wikia page, it’s obvious that this is what he’s planning on accomplishing.

The season 7 summary states that he’s planning on, “inverting life and death,” which to me seems like he’s attempting to revive Leola in some incredible feat of magic. Deep magic?

Putting his personal issues aside, when it comes to Xadia itself, Aaravos is planning on restoring the solidarity between East and West Xadia, and mending the continent as a whole, and he’s doing it through people like Janai.

As a character who is merciful, Janai is a revolutionary figure who struggles with also healing the old wounds between the dragon and elven part of Xadia and the human part of Xadia. Her perception of peace and mercy is why I believe that Aaravos is in a tandem mindset with her and wishes to keep her as a reigning monarch in Lux Aurea, or she would’ve been dead by now.

The Sunfire monarchs are influential historical figures- look to Sol Regem, whose hatred for humanity no doubt influenced the outcome of segregating humans into the west. And Aditi, whose voice was enough to motivate the succession conflict from tearing Xadia apart.

When Aaravos haunts Janai in her dreams, it’s a threat, but it’s also a warning. It’s him challenging her to either become her grandmother, “your just like your grandmother,” and also to beware of her fate, lest it become Janai’s as well, “I swallowed her,” S5EP9. Because Aaravos disapproved of Aditi’s actions and influence, he’s trying to use fear to control Janai and keep her from becoming her grandmother before her. By that, Aditi may have been a “wise and trusted leader,” according to Zubeia, but I think she was also a cruel leader who had a skewed perception of mercy, (just look to Kim’Dael.)Yes, Aditi wanted to restore peace, but one act of benevolence (ending the succession crisis,) isn’t enough to justify one act of “mercy.” (Kim’Dael’s Mercy Debt)

3. What’s keeping those goals from being fulfilled:

I’ll keep this one short, but it’s clear that The Cosmic Order itself is keeping him from accomplishing this goal. During the trial, Aaravos couldn’t stand up alone to them with his actions and thus resorted to verbal confrontation in order to convince the council to let Leola go. This didn’t work, and despite how powerful he is, Aaravos couldn’t forcefully use magic to prevent the council from killing Leola. With season 7 coming up, I think he’ll try to get The Merciful One to ally with him against the other members of the council. As much as he hates them for having Leola killed, perhaps Aaravos can convince TMO into regretting their decision in condemning Leola and to help stand up to the rest of the Cosmic Council, since TMO is the only one to have approached Aaravos post trial, probably due to a now shattered friendship.

That’s all for now! I might make a part two going more into depth, but this is it, thanks to anyone for reading my unintelligent yapping :)

[sunstone-nerding]

👀

[stuck-in-jelly]

Its funny but also pretty tragic how Janai lost both of her siblings at the hands of Aaravos. Queen Aditi was swallowed whole by the titan, Khassa was dissolved into nothingness with a flick of his flinger, and Karim was crushed between his palms like a bug