Thinking About The Fact That Aaravos’ Prison Being Placed Under The Sea Of His Own Tears In His Daughter’s

Thinking about how Aaravos was stuck in a prison (based on??) of his own house. Like he was stuck in a place that carried memories of a home with his daughter when she was still alive for three centuries. It must’ve already felt lonely after her death but to be stuck knowing that no one can come or go? That no one was there or outside in the fields around his house? That her room and every trace she left behind is something he has to look at everyday and be reminded of her fate? That a place filled with love was now a prison for his grief and revenge? It must’ve been horrible.

I wish we got to see more of Ziard and Elarion because like all of that would’ve been so interesting to see and learn more about especially with how Ziard was the first (? Correct me if I’m wrong, it’s hard to keep track of tdp lore) dark mage

Something I find interesting is that in every form Aaravos takes in episode 2 of season 7 we see all his elf forms showing some of his skin other than his face. For Skywing he’s literally wearing a crop top (or something of the sort) with his arms bare, Sunfire has his hands shown, Earthblood has his entire chest is unclothed, Tidebound has his waist and arms shown, and Moonshadow has his midsection and arms unclothed from what I remember.

The only form he takes where he’s not showing any skin other than his face of course, is his human one. He’s literally wearing gloves with belts practically trapping him in. I thought maybe it was to show the difference between his human disguise and his Startouch form since Startouch elves tend to have their main star showing from their clothes and tend to dress in more flowing fabrics. But it could just be overthinking from watching this episode too many times.

I keep seeing people not understanding why Ezran had such beef with Runaan when he forgave Zubeia and that it was bad writing but I think it makes a whole lot of sense, though it definitely could have been better written.

Like at the start of season 7, Ezran had just (at least I think he just got there? My memory is horrid, my apologies. Correct me if I’m wrong on anything in the timeline :) ) arrived to his kingdom that has been burnt down by a dragon (potentially causing more wariness around dragons and humans getting along even though Ezran has tried so hard to get people on board with the idea) with most, if not all of his DECEASED father’s and mother’s stuff they still had having been burned with them including the building where he grew up with his family and made those memories with them burned downed, having to process that and plan how to move forward when suddenly his father’s killer had just walked in with his own brother and friend trying to say it was fine when he clearly couldn’t think right with so many emotions.

And then Callum’s point about how Ezran forgave Zubeia even though she called the order to kill Harrow because thing’s were complicated is a good point but we have to remember that Ezran is a king now, with much more weight on his shoulders who had thought that it wasn’t very complicated this time because as far as he was aware, Aaravos’ prison was with the Celestial Elves and there wasn’t going to be a world threatening conflict that would cause things to be complicated. Besides he’s swamped with the duties of being king, I doubt he had enough time to FULLY process his grief for his father when he was so busy.

Had Rayla not broke Runaan out, I’m sure Ezran would’ve eventually let Runaan go (as seen in the last episode of s7) when he manages to clear his head because, Callum’s right, he forgave the dragon who literally gave the order, or at the very least give him a shorter punishment because of how long Runaan had been trapped in that coin.

I think the most important thing about it though is that Ezran is still just a kid. A kid who’s going to make mistakes and let his emotions take over solid logic and reasoning, especially when he’s dealing with the destruction of his kingdom.

Pointing out something about Leola and Aaravos cause I’ve had yet to see people talk about it.

Here before Leola’s death/Aaravos falling from the heavens you can see that the like half circle thing (idk what it’s called, I forgot) around Aaravos’ main star is pointing downwards.

However after Leola’s death/his falling from the heavens, you can see that the half circle around his main star is now pointed upwards.

Now Leola’s main star used to have it’s half circle pointing upwards just like Aaravos’ after Leola’s death/his falling from the heavens.

But when she falls to the earth/dies, her main star’s half circle is pointing downwards just like Aaravos’ before her death/his fall from the heavens. (Also I find it interesting how Aaravos is the only thing in the background that’s visible although that could just be a choice to make the scene look more interesting rather than having a deeper meaning.)

I think that the way these changes to their main stars are that they could symbolize how Leola took the kind Aaravos with her when she died and how Aaravos is how Leola lives on through him since he is the only one to remember her and he helped give humans magic like her (albeit dark magic) even going on to say that he’s doing what he does in Leola’s name.

Or maybe since Leola doesn’t seem to come from the stars but instead having been birthed (because Startouch Elves can choose their forms and I don’t think a baby is smart enough to do that), maybe she shares some of Aaravos’ stars and they returned to him when she died? (this one is a crack theory that I don’t particularly believe in but wanted to note anyways.)

A missed opportunity was definitely decoining Kpp’ar and letting him and Aaravos have an interaction because it would’ve been such a fun dynamic plus Aaravos looked so ecstatic to see that Kpp’ar was practicing self-eating magic that I’m sure that would’ve been a topic that led to a very interesting conversation

Aaranyxstrid posting because I adore them dearly and have been shaking them in a jar in my head

Since Aaravos went back to the heavens when he died and the other Startouch Elves up there can watch all the life on earth, I’m assuming Aaravos can do the same so like do you think he keeps an eye on Claudia from up there till the seven years are up?

I wish we got more interactions of Terry and Aaravos because they were so funny to me and their dynamic was so amusing and interesting

"How does Aaravos care about Claudia when he’s manipulating her?" The thing is that Aaravos, for as much as he clearly does care about her and views her like a daughter, is way too blinded in his revenge for Leola to not continue having Claudia as his pawn in his grand scheme of things like he does care for her but his vengeance for Leola will always be his topmost priority.

Aaravos has even said that Claudia is his only light in this world and I do think that since he was trapped in a mirror for THREE CENTURIES without anyone nor knowing when anyone would come and find him plus his clear longing for wanting his daughter back plus the fact that everyone else hates him and fears him would make him desperate enough to the point that he literally drove Terry away from Claudia to make her dependent on him so she– really the only person he has left– wouldn’t leave both because he’s genuinely attached to her and because she’s an important pawn besides it’s clear that the father daughter dynamic had caught him by surprise/wasn’t planned and you can tell from the early seasons that she was always meant to be a pawn that he can’t afford to lose.