Leola Was Sentenced To Death For Teaching Humans The Basics Of Primal Magic

i’m sorry. you’re telling me that at split river high school, on separate occasions, various students have been electrocuted in closets, chrushed by stage lights, tackled to death, KILLED BY GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, had deadly allergic reactions, and died in a mysterious fire. also the bUS CRASH THAT KILLED SIX KIDS??

hate it break it to you, but your school is for sure cursed

The concept of a "cosmic order" is a nice opposite to Callum's "You write your own destiny", their law of "Never give magic to humans" a nice opposite to him figuring out primal magic on his own, and their cruelty is a nice opposite to Rayla's compassion.

Echoes of wisdom and Dagon prince

Jason: Why would you give a knife to Frank? Leo: He felt unsafe. Jason: Now I feel unsafe! Leo: I'm sorry. Leo: ...Would you like a knife?

fascinating how grief makes you miss people who suck

My theory is Sol Regem is the one who told the rest of the dragons and that’s why their story is so skewed

Okay, but....did Zubeia know about Leola and just. DIDN'T tell Callum and Co about that really really crucial bit of information??? And if she didn't, who didn't tell HER???

I’m so looking forward to a Mr Anderson redemption arc. I want Maddie to be able to trust him again.

Okay so Mr. Anderson was the most obvious and expected character for Mr. Martin to choose. I can't say I'm mad the writing took the most obvious route, because honestly it's the best. The dead kids lost the only adult they had. They're still teens and need guidance. The one person they trusted most betrayed them. Whether or not he gets his body back, he's going to leave a meaningful positive mark on everyone.

The rat is the reason Simon and Maddie can talk in the garage. Idk if that’s sum important but it’s what I noticed

hey remember when xavier crushed a rat with a cinderblock. why did he do that

the best thing about Runaan coming back is that, no matter who he interacts with, there is drama. Rayla? he tried to kill her. Callum? he killed his step-dad. Ezran? he tried to kill him and he killed his dad. Ethari? they haven't seen each other in two years, Runaan tried to kill their daughter, Ethari banished their daughter. there is no escape.

Is Destiny a book you write yourself?

In S2 of The Dragon Prince we get Callum's iconic line, and in S5, a version of it appears in Viren's dark magic induced dream as well.

Both Callum and young Viren say that they get to make their own choices. Their own decisions.

But what if... they don't?

We meet again. Only this time, here I am on the other side. The path of fate is already chosen. Every step I took, I took because I had to.

This is what Viren says when he first sees the mirror in the dream sequence. Initially, I thought this was a reference to how he is now the one becoming trapped, not Aaravos. But that isn't the case.

Because he's not talking about the mirror; he's talking to the mirror. And the person on the other side. Teenage Viren, from the first time that he used Dark Magic. (I believe that this was confirmed by the writers of the show but don't quote me on that).

Years ago, as a teenager, Viren used dark magic for the first time. And he saw, in his vision, an older and corrupted version of himself. This older version of himself warned him of what was to come and told him that his fate was already decided. That every step he took, he took because he had to.

It's very similar to the conversation that Callum has with "Other Callum" in his dark magic dream. And crucially, Young Viren has a similar response to the one Callum had. He says that

No matter where you are on the path, no matter what you’ve done before, every step forward is a choice.

He rebels against this idea. He says his version of "Destiny is a book you write yourself". And yet... decades later he finds himself precisely where he was told he would end up.

Viren rebelled against the concept of Destiny, and yet, he ended up right where he was told he would.

And this raises the question; if Viren saw his future when he was a teenager, and it came true, then was it more than a vision? Was his destiny already written?

And so... is destiny actually a book you write yourself, or do you have no choice in the steps you take down the chosen path of fate?

Just food for thought going into the next season. Cheers.