#ratld headcanons

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namaari and raya were acting gay the entire film, like why you care that much about her?? DO YOU HAVE FEELINGS FOR HER?? both of those fights had SUCH GAY TENSION, GOD!

[toastywarmhappyhats]

Namaari is either the type of person who drinks their coffee black because she’s too tough™ for additives, or she drinks coffee that’s filled with syrup because she has just the wildest sweet-tooth even if she doesn’t want anyone to know. 

But Raya is the type of person who will just shovel down coffee grounds with a spoon or just tip back the bag into her mouth if she’s feeling lazy. She likes the crunch and she’s impatient. 

It makes Namaari want to cry. 

[saladdoodles]

HC these two travel Kumandra documenting abilities of the dragons a few months after canon and have had time to sort out their trauma etc etc

They write a book so of course there’s gonna be pictures, Namaari’s drawing them

Namaari’s sketches are by @dalgonadraws on insta!! And Twitter!! So go check them out!!!

Also hi, this is saladdoodles from insta, finally got myself a tumblr lol

Will probably be more active on insta until I figure out how things work here lol, but mostly will be yeeting Raya stuff here!

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Do you think Raya and Namaari have hidden (as in non seen in the movie) beauty marks or birthmarks that they secretly love to kiss in the other??

Oh definitely.

I don't know about birthmarks but they both definitely have scars, a lot of them from each other.

They both also have stretch marks.

Raya has a lot on her thighs and ass because of puberty and gaining muscle from all that running.

Namaari has some around her muscles mostly.

They both are self-conscious about their own stretch marks and any other marks they may have but they both love to kiss the other's marks and scars.

[faithfulwarrior-og]

Not Sisu shipping it from the beginning:

“Something tells me you guys aren’t besties...”

[free-falling-grenade]

Cannnn you please do like a list/headcanons of little facts about Raya??? pretty pless

Ooo okay okay. I can do that:

Raya is ambidextrous af. Pretty much a survival perk she had to master with her years of being alone and encountering bandits or mercenaries. Many smart bandits would target her right hand/arm specifically so she wouldn’t be able to whip her sword out. So, she decides one day when her arm is fully dysfunctional and poorly wrapped in a makeshift bandage and sling,  to practice her left hand skills. She forces herself to eat, write and fight with her left hand. How to flip and land as smoothly with her left as her right.  She purposely moves her sheathed sword to the right side of her belt so she can practice unsheathing it using her left hand and using the weird angle to her advantage to use her right hand sometimes as well to stun some of her enemies.

(I saw this headcanon through someone else and I highly agreed so i thought i should expand) Raya at 16 would find underground fighting competitions in the deep slumps of Tail. At first, she would participate to get some jade but she loses her first few matches much to her embarrassment. But then again, the fighters are twice her age and size. A lone traveler takes pity on her and takes her under her wing one night after a great loss that left her bleeding on the the stage. The traveler, a Tail woman, takes care of her wounds and offers to teach her further fighting skills to tweak her style in exchange for nothing. She compliments her agility but reprimands her for using it wrong. Raya reluctantly agrees, unsure at first coz of the woman not asking for anything back but not having much to offer or lose. She trains with her night and day, only offering her water, not food as the traveler catches on her trust issues. She offers her jades instead to buy her own food to keep her health from deteriorating. They don’t talk much, nothing personal, mostly about her training and fighting related topics. They dont dare venture deeper to their personal business. She tests her skills one day during another underground fight, bets going around, a big sum of jade on the winner. She’s determined but the size of her opponent is three times her size and she almost falters. She sees her teacher in the dark corner of the room, observing her strictly. She remembers her teachings on how to not be intimidated by someone physically stronger than her. She has her speed, her flexibility and agility as her weapon.  Basically, she wins the the match and the next few ones until the traveler informs her that its time to end their lessons. Raya is surprise to find herself disheartened, for once having company other than Tuktuk an actual pleasure of being around. She tells her one day she’ll be able to thank her personally but the traveler dismisses her gratitude saying she has only done what she thought must be done. She leaves without a words. Raya only fighting a few more matches to have a crazy enough jade with her to continue her travels into finding Sisu. 

Which leads to a headcanon that Raya actually met more good people along the way. But didn’t let herself get too personal and attached. Enough for her to actually remember. Her trust issues are still present but she’s not dumb enough to acknowledge genuine acts of kindness. 

Raya is hella introverted. Being used to her time alone for all those years has taught her how to sit in her own thoughts and relish the quiet. She has her friends, Boun, Tong, Noi, Sisu and Namaari but there are times where she’d rather be alone. Her energy easily depleted after a social interaction. Taking a while to recharge till she can. Although, Namaari is an exception. The Fang princess allowed to be by her side, the only one who seems to understand Raya’s desire for the quiet.

Which leads to another headcanon. Raya is sensitive to noise, having it trigger her sometimes when it gets too loud or irritable. Or noises she can’t distinguish the sound off, or has no control whatsoever. She has to step away before she goes into sensory overload.  It’s why social gatherings, or Kumandra’s esteemed parties never sits well with her. Her own heart and mind trained to be cautious, the loud noise usually causing her to get disoriented and the feeling of unsafety spreads through her in panic. Namaari is by her side instant dragging her away when this happens. 

She can actually cook, despite her horrible attempts of dried jackfruit jerky for years. Jackfruit being her only source of food that she didn’t have to blatantly steal out of someone else’s hands and hard work. She has learned from her Ba even before they were turned to stone. She was taught how sharing a meal is one of the most important thing in friendships and relationships, strengthening their bond to great heights. Namaari was surprised one day when she was invited to Heart and Raya was the one cooking and serving her the food.

She can sing! Of course she can, but its mostly to herself or when she’s alone. Namaari catches her one day, her cat like stealth making her undetectable. One night Raya can’t sleep in Fang, she steps away to the training grounds, Namaari follows closely but she decides to observe for a while, not wanting to disrupt the alone time the Heart princess might have preferred. She listens to her sing in the middle of the training grounds, not even bothering to practice any moves. She just sits on the sparring platform in the middle and letting the natural echo and reverberations of the room enhance her voice.  Namaari just falls inlove a bit more after that.

[rayaandthelastdragons]

Some soft rayaari headcanons

One day after a couple weeks of the two of them consistently staying with each other Namaari surprises Raya. She has a second wardrobe/dresser put in her room to store Rayas clothes rather than having them piled on a chair

Raya nearly cries because “‘Maari…. that’s the nicest thing anyone’s ever done for me.”

Raya is such a sucker for practical and thoughtful gifts, but it means so much to her because she sees it as some form of being a permanent thing in Namaari’s life

Raya has summer freckles. During the colder months they’re quite faint but during the warmer/ more humid months they darken, especially along her nose and cheeks.

One day while she’s super sleepy Namaari calls them face constellations and Raya thinks she’s the cutest bean

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Raya & Tuk Tuk headcanons bc I love them and they deserve more attention:

- Raya found Tuk Tuk one day roaming around in the palace kitchen looking for food. Poor thing was stuck on his back and couldn’t roll over; Raya thought it was the most adorable thing she’s ever seen.

- Raya would carry him around everywhere, practice rolling him up and down her arms and have small races around the palace (at least until something got broken).

- Tuk Tuk grew incredibly fast. Within a couple months he had gotten too big for Raya to carry him around in her pocket, and in about a year he was big enough for Raya to finally put a saddle on him.

- Tuk Tuk will literally eat anything except Raya’s jackfruit jerky.

- Some people actually did kidnap Tuk Tuk once. A shady group of traders lured him out with food one day while Raya was away hunting. She knew something was wrong when Tuk Tuk didn’t come rolling at the call of “dinnertime!” and had to track him down. When she found the kidnappers, they barely had any time to react before Raya charged in and took all of them down without mercy, leaving them for the Druun.

- Being that he was her only companion for six years, Raya is completely fluent in Tuk Tuk speak. Namaari once overheard the two having a whole conversation in grumbles, grunts and snorts at different octaves.