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We are, all of us, stardust. Held together by love for an instant.

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#MOMENT OF TRUTH #GIVE ME RUNAAN

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Idk how this turned out so well, the paper fought me every step of the way. Turns out card stock is NOT a good substitute for watercolor paper.

#omg say no more #the domesticity #i love you ethari

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Patience

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We are all of us stardust. Held together by love for an instant.

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TDP S6 poster!!!

let's see what we've got in this one! omgomgomg

this won't make a lot of sense, I'm just gushing

First impressions: there is a LOT of magic going on in this poster, and most of it seems to be Moon magic, which Aaravos is casting from his cool book.

There are moon moths everywhere!

Ethari's lotuses are everywhere too!

Some of them are breaking. Some of them have vivid colors coming from them. They could be from the differently colored crystals they all have.

There are also a large number of spirits in the picture!

There's also a red colored spirit, uh oh:

Is this one looking at the white one, do they see each other?

Aaravos has a full moon behind him, and his cube has a blazing moon rune on it. I'm not sure how many other moon themes this poster can hold, are we missing any?

Of interest, there's a thematic similarity to the key art we got of Rayla jumping into the Moon Nexus, where the lower left was dark and creepy with lost spirit arms and the upper right was lighter with the arms of her family reaching for her. In this art, those corners are again the darkest and lightest:

And then there's the man himself. His eyes are glowing bright with magic, he's got his bling on. And it's hard to be certain since we can't see his chest well but it's likely that his star is lit, as it gets when he casts magic.

Okay let's take a quick peek at what is actually happening in this poster. Aaravos is casting magic from the book. It's pouring out of the cool crescent-moon portal thingy there and swirling around.

And behind him, across the top of the art, you can see something else: a weaving of thick white strands.

What is he actually doing? Is he weaving them, or unweaving them? Is he just releasing three elves from their coins? This looks way more powerful - and destructive - than that. Is he releasing all the spirits ever? Why are there so many spirits in this picture?? Where are they from? Are they also trapped? Were they crossed over? Is he breaking the whole duality of life and death?

Aaravos wouldn't bother casting a measly little spell just to free three elves from coins just because Callum asks him to, not when he could flex stylishly and get something he also wants out of the deal.

Remember when he helped Viren get past Lux Aurea? He didn't have to kill Khessa and poison the Sunforge to help Viren reach Zym. But his method got the caterpillar a burst of primal magic so it could start growing, it stopped the Sunfire forces from retaliating, it gave him some form of payback on Aditi's bloodline, and it stopped the Sunfire elves from being able to use the Sunforge on anyone else corrupted with dark magic. Plus it netted him Pharos and made Viren trust him even more. It was indeed elegant and efficient.

So he's probably doing something on that level again here. Sure, Callum may have given him an opening to help Rayla's family out. But Aaravos will stop when Aaravos decides to stop, and not before. If Callum makes a deal to free three souls that he can't get out of their coins on his own, then Aaravos can definitely work with that.

But he thinks bigger. If Callum wants three souls freed, that's easy enough. But why stop at three? It's so inefficient. Maybe he attacks the Moon Nexus next, and makes it volcano out all the souls it's ever held and looses them on the world in some kind of spirit plague. Job still done, deal met, requirements satisfied. And while the mortals scramble to deal with his mess, he just does whatever he has planned next. All the better that he did something so big that no one can step away from cleaning it up to try to stop him!

Anyway. Art gives me thoughts. Very excited about this poster and its moontastic implications for S6!

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I love you 6x05 and 6x06 I love you so much (meta here)

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ghosts

don't follow me for ruuthari/moonfam content you will be disappoint

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ruthari means so much to me - the softness they share together, the traumatic things they have overcome together, and the life they have built together

i need s6 to be their season

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I drew you finally :D do you like it?

*fans self* I can't possibly look this good! Who is this handsome fellow?? Was Runaan peeking over your shoulder? Was there a thump when he fainted?

Thank you so much for sharing your skill! Such craftsmanship, I'm in awe.

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Long hair Ethari confirmed 🤝

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Ethari: One of the things I always nagged my late husband about was how quiet he was. He walked around silently and would always scare me. I would give anything to be scared by him again :(

Decoined Runaan right behind him, about to give Ethari the worst heart attack in the history of Xadia:

#amazing #ruthari #of course it will be soft but I would accept this too

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TDP Prism Event 2024

April 7: Resist

@tdp-prism-event-2024

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I Persist and Resist the Temptation to Ask You if One Thing Had Been Different, Would Everything Be Different Today?

Summary: Terry's not sure why he keeps running into the same Dark Mage in so little time, but he is sure that she's really pretty. And nice. And oh boy, he might be in trouble.

#terry my boi

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The longing was almost too much to bear. He woke up every day with one thought. Make Runaan proud. Love myself as he would love me.

Some days it seemed almost too challenging. Without family, things felt bleak. Ethari laughed at the sheer number of times he had come close to taking home a creature to fill the empty spaces in his heart – but every creature he thought about it reminded him of what was missing.

Creating gave him something to strive for. A talent to develop. A project to keep his mind busy. How can I twist this metal in just the right way give it the strength/beauty it needs? When we was commissioned, it had the added benefit of seeing the joy of others. If he couldn’t find joy himself, at least he could create it for other people.

Grief had settled deep into his bones. It accompanied him to each part of his day. Cooking breakfast? Unwanted memories of soft, slow moments with his lover. Meeting up with friends? The unshakeable notion that Runaan’s supportive hand was missing from his side. Walking by the lotus pond? An impossible hope that maybe, just maybe, he would see Runaan’s flower floating to the surface.

Ethari was always the steady one. He aimed so hard to continue being that person. The wounds hurt though. He hadn’t just lost his love, but also his closest friends. He wasn’t even sure if he would ever see his daughter again.

Ethari’s downward spiral was interrupted by a low growl. A quick glimpse revealed a pair of horns with silver designs. He was surprised to see Runaan’s moonstrider, making its way towards their home.

Sometimes, lost things return.

#tdpprism2024 #I did it #I have been having ruthari feels all week #ruthari

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A lil birdy told me ethari is going to have longer hair in the new season :O

Hc- he grew it out in honor of his dead husband QwQ

He slays honestly

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"my child is fine" your child is holding onto 2 threads of sanity and it's these

#this is literally me