#tdp terry

[raayllum]

i need to make a whole post about terry and his transness and how elegantly and emotionally it informs his character and characterization and the themes of a show as a whole bc i have Thoughts. but as of right now i'm just really fucking retroactively impressed they got away with him comparing himself to a Fucking Deer ("i always knew i was a buck") and none of us subsequently clocked the specific Claudia Danger Signs of that precise framing because. well

[typebeanie]

[theredhairedmonkey]

Why is it that Terry’s breaking point was being used to get into the Garden of Innocence (where Claudia wasn’t hurting anyone) rather than anything before that, like resurrecting her father (who had invaded Xadia and planned to take it over)? Claudia had done way worse stuff that Terry had no problem with.

Because Terry's loyalty was never really moral endorsement, it was personal. His whole arc is built on being the elf who left his own people and felt like he didn't belong anywhere, and Claudia was the person who saw him and accepted him without conditions. He offered her the same in return. So Viren's past crimes were something he could hold at arm's length: they belonged to a man he'd never met as a warlord, only as a dying, remorseful man trying to make amends. And "a daughter who won't let her father die" is a motive Terry could read as love rather than evil.

The manipulation broke that framework in a way the body count couldn't. Unconditional acceptance is a two-way promise, and being used (especially having his own trust and his own connections exploited to get to the Garden) meant Claudia hadn't been loving him back, she'd been steering him. Once that's true, the thing he'd been telling himself justified everything else collapses. It's also the point where he can no longer say the dark road hasn't changed *him*.

[oradblo]

Terry is like the ideal partner to me he saw Claudia and didn't believe that she was mad at him and the situation but simply frustrated and knows that they need to stay for a while

And went to find the things that helped him be calm and introduced them to her

[oradblo]

Terry you are a good person

But

Rayla was about to kill you

Claudia was bargaining

She said no

But it's matter to her

This is a huge item to acquire in the race to Aaravos' prison

But no give her the coins back Claudia give her our only bargaining thing and did I tell you one of the coins is the reason we're in this race? Hmm?

[oradblo]

Terry : I'm worried

Viren : nonsense my baby girl is tough

Terry : Yeah, you're right

<Claudia's being chased by her dragon rider brother>

[bat-snake]

Just had a thought about Terry, but

What if the green tips on his horns are "sprouts" where they're still growing?

Like when trees have branch buds

And then there's question on if it's unique to his specific horn type

[aspans-alt]

If you squint, Homicidal Girlfriend fits Claudia and Terry.