MHA AND TDP

MHA and TDP Fan

[brightlotusmoon]

"Somehow, we have to hold it all in our hearts at the same time. We have to acknowledge the weight of the pain and loss, but open our eyes and allow ourselves to hope and maybe forgive and love again. We have to give today's children a chance to inherit a future filled with peace. To give them that, we have to hold pain and love in our hearts at the same time."

-The Dragon Prince, 'Breathtaking'

[typebeanie]

I hope he never changes

[its-leethee]

sandwichy *NSFW* fanart below the cut; you know the drill:

anyways uh. somebody likes a loud mage

aaand bingo card progress... this piece ticks storm spire, keeping quiet, and clothes on, because damnit, i spent over an hour putting that scarf on them:

[sunstone-nerding]

Your comment of "somebody likes a loud mage" made me snort. Cute art!

[kradogsrats]

[vryletcherrous]

One of the things I love about the family relationships in tdp, in this case Callum & Ezran, is that like, any conflict they have against eachother in those two Arcs would be about ANYTHING... except for "throne inheritance"/"bastard son" drama.

Like yeah, Callum had a *lot* of self-consciousness that he was only really king Harrow's stepson and how he's "not a real part of the royal family", and in a lot of media with this trope, the royal parent is always a distant/abusive jerk in some way in a typical "your no child of mine" style, but Harrow was a great dad and viewed Callum as his son. Callum was treated like a member of the royal family because he was in every way that mattered, With or without Sarai

So while there *is* conflict about family ties and the "am I really apart of this family" insecurity, neither of the brothers weaponize the whole "step-royal and crown prince" thing against eachother. Which imo, is super refreshing in step-sibling tropes.

When the brothers have opposing views or are fighting with eachother, it will be because of general sibling annoyingness, their father's death, etc. it is NEVER about "I hate you because you're the real son and will inherit the throne even though I'm older/I resent you because you were given everything" . Which is very neat to me since the "step sibling rivalry" trope in most fantasy shows is a bit cliche to me

To put it simply, im glad Ez will never say "I'm Harrow's son and you aren't" and Callum will never say "I should've inherited the throne because I'm older" because why even fight about that?

<3

[zuppizup]

heyy i noticed you tagged one of your reblogs with aspec rayllum- can you further elaborate on your headcanons for them? i’m aroace and i rlly like the idea!!

Huzzah! More aspec Rayllum fans! Honestly, there seems to be a lot of people in the community who headcanon Rayllum as aspec.

Personally, I headcanon them both as demisexual.

I always write them that way too, which is why all my fics end up longer than three chapters. We must establish that deep bond before they can even consider anything further…

One of my favourite things about Rayllum is that they genuinely are friends. You can believe that they enjoy spending time together, they have a similar sense of humour and we see them having fun.

I tend to prefer ships where I see the couple as being legit friends, as well as romantic partners. While technically, Callum and Rayla start off as “enemies”, once they form their little alliance, they very quickly put that behind them. Even though Callum doesn’t fully trust Rayla (and his instincts were correct there) and they bicker on and off, Rayla also indulges him, explaining magic and how the primal stone works. He immediately stops even entertaining the idea of using the boat to get to Xadia once he learns of her fear of water.

Even when they run into Claudia and Soren at the Moon Nexus, Rayla’s issue with Claudia isn’t borne out of jealousy, she (rightfully) doesn’t trust Claudia.

Rayla is clearly upset when Callum says that she and him don’t have the level of intimacy he has with Claudia and Soren, but she’s not threatened by a romantic rival, she’s concerned for Zym and all of their safety.

Their journey together through Xadia was perfection. Sweet and cute but also Rayla standing up to an archdragon for Callum. Him going nuts for magic dirt and Rayla pranking him with fart flowers. Both of them giggling in the adoraburr meadow.

I utterly adored their fumbled first kiss in the Midnight Desert. Clueless Callum listing all the things he admired about Rayla and then seeming totally shocked when she kisses him. Her being similarly shocked by his reaction.

Season five is probably my standout favourite season and that’s mostly due to the major aspec Rayllum vibes I got.

Loved them having a-joining rooms, their trip to Xadia together and all the dorkiness with the inn. Soren’s observation about Ezran being careful or he’ll grow up weird “like your brother and Rayla” (cracks me up every time).  Amaya talking to Rayla about opening up and allowing herself to depend on other people.

“I would do anything for you.”

“I hope you know—” “I know.”

"Together"

Rayla being tortured by Finnegrin and Callum punching him in the face. Callum doing dark magic to save her.

They are so utterly devoted in terms of platonic and romantic love and I adore it.

Rayllum are just so interesting to me. Callum being willing to die to save those he loves, to save Rayla, and her stepping up to be the one to kill him. To break her own heart to do the right thing.

I want to see how they develop as adults, as their relationship matures. As they become parents.

I know some people don’t like how unhinged they are when it comes to each other, but I do not need the “perfect” relationship modelled for me in the fiction I enjoy, just interesting ones.

Their friendship seems to be as important to them as their romantic relationship. During both periods where they were friends but not “official” romantic partners, they were “ride or die”.

They are each other’s person, in every aspect. Life partners. Utterly devoted. Their relationship transcends normal definitions of “romantic” to me. They’re literally everything to each other. Friends and lovers.

Neither title outweighs the other.

[tategaminu]

I'm a very big fan of this thing. Boy is younger and shorter than his gf but eventually gets taller than her.

[mhacentral]

I see myself in you. I'm proud of you. And I love you unconditionally

[tategaminu]

Amaya is gonna hug him like this when he announces she will be a great auntie

[mhacentral]

Wait until she founds out the babies name 🥰

[stuck-in-jelly]

I really hope in TDK Claudia despite being known as “The Silver Witchl and having a Arch Dragon underneath her thumb as a loyal pawn she is still silly and goofy

Despite the horrors she still names important things like her staff or companions something similar to“Sir Sparklepuff” or “Captain True Heart”

She still makes dumb faces behind peoples back or to their face

She still cracks jokes and coins terms that never existed and snort laughs way too loudly at bad jokes

She still has her thinking stims

She still has that same attitude as when she was a kid

[kradogsrats]

Thinking about @evil-mage's post about ambiguity in Terry's statements about his and Claudia's relationship after leaving her in s7, and it made me really re-assess their final interaction in s7e9:

Claudia, focusing on her pursuers for the first time, looks right past Soren and Corvus to where Terry is turning his powers against her—something I think we are set up to read the way she does, as him finally making the decision that preventing the harm she causes is more important than saving her. On the surface, this is a logical conclusion for Terry's s7 (and overall) arc: as the audience, we have just seen Soren challenge him to acknowledge that Claudia is still doing harm that they can prevent. After all:

But it's never that simple, because there's a whole bunch of other stuff going on throughout s7, all of which is related and none of which is simple. Is Soren right, even though he seems to be just taking Terry's own commitment to a (necessary?) extreme? What is the difference between that and Runaan's (misplaced?) belief in an "act of precision violence" as "preferable [...] to prevent far greater bloodshed"? Are any of the proposed sacrifices—Callum's, Rayla's, or Ezran's—necessary or right? Is going to dark places an act of love?

That's all a kind of convoluted way to say that Terry's... not actually trying to stop Claudia in s7e9. His mind hasn't been changed, because that's not actually the logical conclusion of his arc—it's still a possible conclusion, but not one he has reached, and maybe not one he will ever reach.

We can see this just by looking at how the scene plays out, too. It's a demonstrated fact that Terry knows how to use his vines to grab or restrain someone. He's capable of it. He has done it before.

It's a technique he reaches for even in s7e4, when he (unsuccessfully) attempts to stop Aaravos from killing the mother bird. And yet:

He doesn't grab Claudia. He pushes her to run, at a point when she's hesitating over whether to stay and try to help Aaravos or escape. He does what he can to prevent the confrontation between her and Soren, at least when Soren is running headlong into it with the conviction that she must be stopped, rather than saved.

You could argue, on a practical level, that it's not that deep and Terry just doesn't have as much to work with as he did in the Drakewood or the forest around the Garden of Innocents—maybe he needs actual vines or vine-like plants around, and (as we kind of see) the best he can do in the vicinity of the Sunforge is the dead roots of the trees. However, to that I would say: the single easiest and most decisive way for Terry to stop Claudia in this scene would be to just unravel her leg. If he really wanted to stop her, he could have.

But doing that would have meant ripping away the unconditional (literal) support he gave her when she was at her lowest point, when her leaning on it (and him) was an absolutely vital lifeline of hope. It would mean not just sacrificing everything he is—the way Callum, Rayla, and Ezran almost did—but betraying it on a level that would be truly, unconscionably destructive for both Claudia and himself.

(Claudia, of course, almost definitely sees him "attacking" her as another, possibly final, betrayal—that he, like Soren, has given up on her. But she also sees them as Taylor Swift levels of "never getting back together," so.)

[class1akids]

Todoroki Shouto - final episode

[class1akids]

Rising Trio from Puzzles and Dragons collab

[dragoneyemysteries]

been thinking about why I've been growing increasingly uninterested in Callum & Rayla's storyline as the show progresses, and I honestly think it's just because their plotline has become so focused around their relationship. And I'm not always romance repulsed, but I am sometimes, and I guess this is one of those times. I'm not actively grossed-out, but there is always this subtle "bleh..." feeling in the back of my mind when they're on-screen together. And it's so frustrating!

Because like. Their individual storylines are interesting! Callum's struggle with dark magic is fascinating! Rayla's return to the Silvergrove where she had the trial-thing was amazing! But their relationship is everywhere in their stories and it's just too off-putting for me to actually be able to connect with the interesting parts of their plotline....

[mhacentral]

I agree. I love Rayllum but it sucks they were broken up and so much time was focused on their rekindling.

[viola1698]

Happy Halloween 🎃🎉

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[theredhairedmonkey]

Rayla’s Choice—The Making of a Dragon Guard

“Because Rayla is a hero.”

According to Callum, Rayla is a hero because she is selfless, strong, and caring. For these reasons, she will always do what is right.

Rayla is incredibly decisive. When it comes to doing the right thing, she never hesitates.

She comes to Katolis with Runaan and his team of assassins, resolved to kill the King and the Crown Prince to avenge the Dragon Prince.

But when she discovers that the Dragon Prince is alive, she immediately switches sides.

Even defending the princes from her own father figure. Even though she knew he’d probably kill her.

Rayla also doesn’t hesitate to save people, even when it’s clear she’d rather not.

(Yes, Bait’s a person. You can’t change my mind.)

But most of the time, she doesn’t even recognize these acts as heroic and is surprised when others (read: Callum) do.

Rayla also suffers from deep-seated insecurities about her self-worth.

Much of this comes from her anger and guilt over her parents:

“My parents aren’t dead, but I wish they were. They’re cowards.”

“They ran away. I’m so ashamed.”

So, it’s interesting to me that, when Rayla finds out her parents weren’t cowards.

When she finds out that they didn’t run, and were in fact heroes who fought to the very end.

When she finds out that the reason they even have a Dragon Prince to return home was because of her mother’s quick thinking…

…Rayla doesn’t know what to do next.

“What does this mean? What should I do?”

I always found this moment really interesting, as though Rayla finding out her parents were heroic wasn’t inspirational, but confusing.

Up to that point, much of Rayla’s decisiveness was driven by her good-naturedness as well as a reaction to her parents’ perceived wrongdoing.

So, when that wrongdoing turned out to never had happened, it shakes up what had been motivating her up to that point.

She doesn’t see her actions as heroic because she doesn’t see herself as a hero. She sees herself as someone looking for redemption.

Or making up for her parents’ alleged betrayal.

As a result, when Rayla succeeds in saving others or generally doing the right thing, she just thinks she’s doing what she’s supposed to be doing.

When she doesn’t, she thinks it’s because she’s worthless, or a failure.

She’s still heroic regardless of what’s motivating her, but her actions have a touch of tragedy to them—she doesn’t think she has a choice in any of this. Rayla feels like she’s being driven by external forces beyond her control. She can’t take back her parents’ actions, so she’s constantly trying to make up for them.

In this way, when Callum says that she’s letting her parents drag her down, while he’s being an asshole about it, he’s pretty much spot on. Rayla has to keep risking her life for others because of this misplaced sense of guilt that she can’t quite shake.

So when it turns out that her parents were actually never traitors to begin with, she’s at a loss as to what she should do.

And all Callum tells her is:

And this is where she becomes even more spectacular, because everything after this moment is a choice Rayla knowingly makes of her own free will.

She decides to stay in the Spire and protect Zym.

Not because she’s making up for past mistakes. Not because it’s what her parents would want her to do. But because she’s choosing to do what’s right and protect the Dragon Prince.

This probably isn’t a choice she would have made in the past. In all three seasons, we see that Rayla is the one who goes and fights while Callum and/or Ezran stay to watch over Zym.

She prefers to be in the middle of the action. But here, the roles are reversed. Rayla will stay and watch over Zym while Callum and Ezran fight at the Battle of the Storm Spire. The reason she chooses to be Zym’s protector is because, after three seasons, she realizes that this is what feels right for her.

When all the external factors pushing her along are taken away, Rayla’s true nature is revealed by the choices she makes. And she chooses to be a protector.

Unlike the Guard members who fled, Rayla decides to stand her ground and protect Zym. Even if she’s not as experienced as the original Dragon Guard members, and Viren is far superior to her in power, she’s not going to flee.

She will fight.

And she will save Zym, even if she has to potentially sacrifice herself to do it.

Because of this, she earns her title as “the Last Dragon Guard.” She didn’t choose to run away, like the other Dragon Guard members.

She made these choices, not because she felt guilty or needing redemption, but:

“Because Rayla is a hero.”

[dailytdp]

Early Concept Art of Rayla, Ezran, Callum, and Bait