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#like I've come across some drafts of mine recently #and I don't think I've seen anyone else be nearly as harsh as I am in those drafts towards the show #I could be really mean if I were willing to #and the truth is a lot of those are significantly more reflective of my honest feelings about aspects of the show then most of what #I post on a day to day basis #but I'm also too scared to be as brutally honest about the show as I'd like to be just cuz of how others may react #ik the tdp fandom is not at all unique in this way and there's a lot of fandoms on tumblr who sorta hold this stance of #this piece of media must be inherently politically correct because we like it and therefore it must be defended at all costs #like I've been in a number of these fandoms on here since first joining tumblr #but I think the main difference is a lot of those fandoms are a lot bigger then the tdp fandom #so there's actually more of a variety of opinion. and not everyone knows each other #but the tdp fandom is smaller and I feel like most ppl know each other and there's a wider fandom consensus on different things #regarding the show (most ppl are rayllum shippers rayla arc 2 defenders viren haters draggang supporters etc.)#I feel there's more potential for greater consequences for expressing your opinions within this fandom if they run contrary to what most #people hold #and worst of all is like. I don't actually think this is exaggeration at all because there's been incidents in the past of this happening #but due to again the size of this fandom I can not go on directly naming those incidents since ppl already know of them #but of people showing major intolerance towards others not even being critical of the show but sometimes merely having different #interpretations of things that happen in the show #so I just. idk #I've just been kinda wishing lately that I didn't defend the show as strongly as I did when I first joined the fandom #cuz a lot of the things I posted I didn't even agree with fully at the time and just felt like that's what ppl would most like me to post #and even if there's some things I did agree with at the time of posting. a lot of those I either don't agree with now or just wish #I hadn't posted at all cuz I hate having given the false impression to ppl that I'm more defensive of the show then I actually am #I consider myself a pretty honest and unabashedly critical person even when it comes to media I absolutely adore. and ig to me #there's just been something about the tdp fandom that's really tested me in my ability to be that #but yeah this is for sure why I have 3000+ drafts atm. most of them are original posts that are just too hypercritical for me to share #fandom critical

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

#janai #think about her so much and yet don't post about her nearly enough

chanceofbrainstimz

New Lux Aurea at day vs night

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Claudia from The Dragon Prince concept art

Early Concepts

Books 1-3

Books 4-7

The Dragon King

lend me your shine

Got to draw Janaya for @yourfriendlypocketpal thank you for the commission ☺️☺️

#janaya #amaya #janai

leook-art

She's everything

Timelapse!

My darling beautiful lovely girl,,,

#janai

funkytoesart

feelin some soft janaya today uwu

#janaya #janai #amaya

typebeanie

…I can be normal about this

#claudia #aaravos #it's like the bug crushing parallel #in both claudia is doing a lesser harm (putting rex igneous to sleep and crushing a literal bug) while aaravos is actually killing both #(sol regem here and karim in the other parallel)#but. idk if that's anything

tnkisu

u are my sunshine ☀

#janaya #amaya #janai

jwijaya

I painted Claudia from The Dragon Prince! I’ve been meaning to watch it, but life has been busy!

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The Dragon Prince sketchdump!

This show got me through the very first lockdown and I can’t believe I didn’t get to draw anything related until now? There’s so many interesting characters with such refined and distinct designs!

#janai #kazi #ethari #rayla #bait

stuck-in-jelly

A question that has always nagged at me is Katolis's apparently censored history in comparison to Duren. We know Duren is known for their high education rates and their grand librarians, to the point a librarian skin themed after Duren is available in the former Xadia game

But Katolis is also known for the same thing, they have an expansive library containing books on the history of giants and even some books that held knowledge of Aaravos

Yet their history is censored in the way it isn't for the Kingdom of Duren. Its no surprise the two kingdoms who got the most prosperous lands have their hands bloodied from war but where Duren learns from it, Katolis seems to hide it.

In the Tales of Xadia book Katolis is described as old, constantly building upon itself to the point it is very common for the average Katolian to discover another basement or a secret extension of their homes they had no knowledge of

Its a very literal metaphor, Katolis is constantly burying the past despite preaching of history and legacy.

It makes me wonder how much of it currently is purposeful.

Does Opeli know the true history, as she seems to be the one in charge of his education and most fluent in Katolian law, order, and history?

Or was she too fed a glossed over book, skipping over the unsavory parts of their past?

#I wonder if this is in part due to aaravos' (likely) much deeper running connection to katolis compared to any of the other kingdoms #something something “history has a way of burying the ugly truths *of those who write it*”

kradogsrats

anyway absolutely insane extension of the whole magma titan scenario in the novel is that there's an additional scene where Harrow has decided that he will follow Sarai's counsel and not go through with Viren's dark magic proposal, but when he meets with Annika and Neha they refuse his help because someone (it's Viren) has let slip to them that Katolis doesn't have the capacity to aid Duren without sacrificing its own people, and then it's only when the alternative is letting them walk away empty-handed that Harrow falls back on Viren's plan as the way to save everyone

kradogsrats

actually do want to highlight how arrogant Harrow comes across in the narration, like:

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And like yeah, Viren doesn't exactly come out of this sequence covered in glory, but Harrow's reaction to the idea that he informed Neha and Annika of Katolis's true situation to force them into a moral dilemma is just... he was deadass going to give them 50,000 of his people's lives without even telling them. Apparently without a single thought to how that would feel from their end, because it makes him feel like a big man correcting the world's injustices. Viren is arguably the only person here treating anyone involved with even a shred of dignity by being transparent about the costs involved.

The whole "servant king" thing is an extremely loaded concept and I think they actually do a pretty good job exploring some of its failings with Harrow—how sacrifice and even servitude can become an expression of power that fears and abhors the powerlessness of receiving and accepting aid. It's something I think both he and Viren fall prey to at different points, and it's the central sticking point in their final conflicts.

#okay was initially going to reblog this without sharing any additional thoughts but there's too many #firstly god it's times like these where I wish I was still into typology cuz no one understands just how prideful harrow can be and how #its one of his worst vices and I wish I could get back into it now just so I can analyze his character through that lens #like harrow fearing being powerless is so interesting here and I want to poke and prod at that idea another time #secondly wow look at how lowly harrow sees viren! describing him as a child and presuming the queens of duren were forced #or otherwise pressured into making the decision that they are 'cause he can't fathom why they wouldn't want him to come to their rescue #now knowing he'd be endangering his own people in aiding them #and when viren is arguably the one taking this whole debacle the most seriously given how its implied he himself has experienced #hunger (from a background of being poor) and that's why he cares as much as he does to solve this issue #also it's so odd to think viren might be the one also exercising the most empathy here? for everyone involved #towards their own people who I think viren would argue harrow should put first but at the same time also the queens in considering #whether or not they would be willing to comply with harrow's plan now knowing it would come into conflict with their own #moral code since to follow through with it would be at the expense of his ppl. and above all else when knowing harrow #was not going to give up on this viren decided to compromise and find a solution that would guarantee all kingdoms would not suffer #this isn't at all meant to vilify harrow and glorify viren in this situation it was all around complicated #while harrow's plan wasn't the best if they didn't have dark magic I have no idea what they could have done instead #but I do think that this situation really showcased a lot of harrow's shortcomings that the wider fandom just doesn't usually acknowledge #I don't think there was meant to be a good guy bad guy in this situation (opposite of that even) but there is something to be said #about how harrow might be acting more selfishly here and in his own interest by playing into his own moral superiority #while allowing neha and annika's own morality to be compromised #he gets to paint viren as wrong for attempting to take a short cut but he's also letting the queens of duren get their own hands dirty #without them knowing (at least in the novel)#I think harrow is one of the most fascinating characters in the show and I really need to talk about him more cuz. there is just too much #to say on his character that I couldn't possibly fit into the tags of a post #harrow #viren #lord viren #neha #annika

lady-of-the-spirit

I can't be the only one who was waiting for someone to tell Rayla "the deaths of the other assassins was not your fault, they would have died no matter what, you did what you had to do and you saved the world, if you had stayed you would have just died with them and nothing would have been solved", right?

lunanightriderofthecove

Loved both of these tag rants so much, I had to add them to my reblog:

Rayla, it was never your fault, you're not to blame for anyone else's decision, and you should've heard that from someone other than Callum and earlier than almost 2½ years after the fact ❤️

#I’m gonna say something and Ik the ppl reblogging this won’t agree with me which is fine #but this is what has always gotten me about tdp’s writing of rayla I feel like they don’t hold her accountable for the things she’s #actually done wrong and forces her instead to face repercussions for the things she shouldn’t be blamed for #because there’s been so many instances where I’ve been watching tdp and thought to myself. she’s literally a child. why is the narrative #trying to punish her for being one and not the adults in their unfair treatment of her? why do they get a pass?#while they do kinda acknowledge this in s7. I’m still kinda shocked ppl thought runaan/ethari/lyrennus(?) were hardly in the wrong at all #when I feel like tdp could have actually done more to acknowledge that no she was not at fault for the things they blamed her for.#and like to be clear I get why rayla blames herself. I don’t think that’s at all bad characterization. but why does it sometimes lowkey fee #like the narrative does as well #tdp critical #rayla

tategaminu

Ahem. Yeah Lain and Tiadrin choosing their work over their daughter wasn't okay to me. Mostly so because dragonguard isn't something you train all your life for‚ it was a temporary thing because they were the strongest warriors. They chose duty over their daughter

Here comes the but

Lain and Tiadrin left Rayla with their best friends‚ they left her with people they know would take good care of her and love her. Yes! not visiting and only sending letters was shit but they believed Rayla was happy.

What did Runaan and Ethari did? Runaan tried to kill her and Ethari banished her without proof of her being the reason of the assassin's deaths. He didn't know what was going to happen to her‚ she was basically homeless and he still left her go. Yes he probably knew Callum would take care of her but still?

Runaan then sees her again in the in-between and tries to kill her again.

"oh but Lain and Tiadrin barely reacted to her! They only reacted to the egg!" Ok how is that worse than trying to kill her!?

Lain and Tiadrin were missing part of their souls just as Runaan. They weren't their true selves. They still told her they loved her‚ respected her wishes and believed in her happy future.

Lain and Tiadrin are demonized all the time even if Runaan and Ethari did plenty shit to Rayla. They redeemed themselves in season seven but that doesn't excuse what they did. It's even more frustrating when you see Tiadrin being demonized as a mother in "bad mom" posts alongside Lissa.

Oh how lucky is Rayla to lose her evil mother and get her amazing dads who are perfect and good parents unlike the other two.

#(sorry I’m typing this up on mobile so this may be a mess)#no cuz I actually agree with you on this #not to get on anyone’s case for being fans of ethari/runaan/ruthari #but I absolutely feel like they’re over glazed to the point the things they’ve done to rayla are completely disregarded by their fans #you’d think that rayla fans and ruthari fans would be the same ppl but as it turns out there’s some ruthari fans who genuinely hate rayla #I’ve seen ppl say runaan’s attempts to kill rayla were completely justified and deserving and he shouldn’t have felt sorry for having done #that. although I feel like what ethari did is equally just as ignored by the fandom I can at least understand more why they would defend him #compared to runaan who literally threatened her life and put his sense of duty over protecting his adopted daughter #who’s only in his care because he was expected to protect her when her parents left her #to an even greater extent I’ve seen many runaan fans sincerely infuriated when they saw runaan apologize for anything he did in s7 #again also saying what he attempted to do to ezran (another child’s life he attempted to take away) and what he actually did to his father #was completely justified #on a side note (and sorry this may come off as a little tdp cr/tical) I actually was always a lot more interested in tiadrin and lain #as characters over runaan and ethari to the point I was honestly a little upset they didn’t come back in s6 #tiadrin being the one to convince viren to save the egg instead implied she was pretty smart and a good negotiator and they’re roles as the #castle guards. like idk they seemed really interesting to me and I wish we could have seen them become more developed characters #and what their relationship with rayla could have looked like #this isn’t at all to say I think how they treated rayla was completely okay but it’s just ironic that ppl will hound their characters #while praising runaan and ethari for arguably doing much worse to rayla #like if your going to be ruthari fans while criticize the other parents of the show even if you want to defend them at least acknowledge #that they may not be perfect and they haven’t made every right decision in the past. I mean I think that’s still granting them too much #grace but still #fandom critical #ruthari critical #(yes I’m adding another new tag cuz I’ve already reblogged a couple posts talking about this)#lain #tiadrin #runaan #ethari #rayla

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