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[thatartiststudios]

Reblog if you'll be keeping the TDP fandom alive with me after s7 release, even if we don't get Arc 3

[m4rs-ex3]

callum saying "i used to babysit my little brother all the time" makes me think that, despite a castle full of capable staff, he was the child put in charge of the smaller child, either because a) he wanted to or b) harrow had him do that for bonding purposes and i like both options

[gabbysgoobers]

Quick little comic before I go away forever (my semester started)

But this is my reasoning behind Ezran’s hair 🙂‍↕️

Better quality ^

[fandom-susceptible]

Thinking about how The Dragon Prince is simultaneously about the cycle of violence in the world and ending generational trauma and also about the relationships between parents and children and also about the process of grief and making peace with various forms of loss both personal and cultural and growing something new out of the ashes and also every possible form of love

[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!!!!!!!!!!!

[brynnsasha191]

One of my favorite choices of s7 actually comes from a single sentence.

"I can't be your high mage anymore, but I'll always be your brother"

The decision for Callum to step down from his position as high mage originally made me kind of upset but I realized that it actually makes a lot of sense. And Callum's decision to step down was actually a very mature choice, and not a rash one made in haste like I originally mistook it for. And I think that for both ez and callum's sake, he shouldn't be high mage.

Something that I noticed in episode 2, is that when Callum and ez are talking ez says "I didn't ask for this, I'm just a kid." The part about this sentence that strikes me is that ezran says that he is a kid, he had every right to say "I was just a kid" but he used present tense because he is very much a child, and he still wants to be a child. Before he was king, Callum was just his brother. It's hard for ez and Callum to see each other as brothers when they also have such official titles as children. Soren and Corvus can have loyalty to king Ezran, but Callum should have loyalty to Ez. Ez wants Callum to be his brother.

Callum being high mage causes a lot of problems. When Callum tries to follow Rayla after her fight with Ezran, Ezran tells him to stop and stay at the council meeting. He calls Callum "high mage" and because Callum has such an official position and title he has to listen, he has to stay. If Callum was just his brother then Ezran's commands as king honestly hold less weight and consequence to Callum, and that's how it should be, Ezran should be his baby brother, not king.

Siblings are always in a situation in which they could hurt each other, with their titles they are in even more position to hurt each other. If Ezran is king then he has the power to throw Callum and Rayla in jail and have them followed and tracked. If Callum is high mage then he has the power to stop Ezran and his soldiers with force.

It's also easier for Callum and Ezran to give each other advice as brothers.

I also think that being high mage kind of takes the fun out of magic for Callum. Which is understandable, if writing was my official job instead of my passion I don't know how much I'd enjoy it either. It's clear that Callum doesn't enjoy being in council meetings that much, episode 2 is the second time we see him not paying attention and drawing instead. He also describes his title as 'stuffy' he wants to be mage who does magic, not a high mage.

Callum giving up his title is a good way for both him and Ez to be what they want to be. Mage and child. Brother and brother. I hope that if Callum is high mage again in arc three then it'll be after he's lived some more life with Rayla and he actually wants it

The end

[raayllum]

You're my brother, and you mean everything to me.

2x06 / 4x01 / 3x09 / 3x02 / 6x07 / 5x02 / 7x02 / 4x04 / 5x01 / 7x09

[estelleraixx]

crying on his knees with a hand on his shoulder because he thinks he’s lost Ezran along with Katolis

crying on his knees with a hand on his shoulder because he’s scared of Callum being in danger.

7x01/7x08