#bc he's willing & able to sever family bonds and it's his saving grace tbh

[raayllum]

like there's something about how Callum is the one who helps teach Rayla what the right thing to do is (because his cycle speech inspires her: "You did") at least in her own mind, whereas Callum sees her as a source of inspiration ("You're right") and how Rayla maintains her faith in Callum to always do the right thing (S4 + "Humans were clever. Humans could do anything, they could be anything, they could take their own fates and change them") even when she's messed up, and how she continues not to like... rose-tinted glasses isn't the right word, but she truly deeply trusts Callum to 1) always do the right thing (even while in S5, particularly onwards of 5x08, Callum is probably going to start doubting whether there are scenarios where there is a 'right thing to do' because he just got presented with like 5 where there isn't) and 2) being absolutely willing to enable and forgive whatever 'not right things' he does while not fully addressing it, cause Rayla might disagree with you and/or turn turn against you if/when you do awful things (hi Runaan in S1, hi Callum in 2x07) but her bond of love for you really is unbreakable

#rayllum #every separation is a link #tdp rayla #characterization #tdp #mine #snake boi callum #adjacently #like soren knows claudia is evil / awful. and he will kill her if he has to #but he Loves her and will also save her life. and both those things are true #bc he's willing & able to sever family bonds and it's his saving grace tbh #and rayla is very much the same. and so is viren (and karim & janai tbh) #but like. callum & claudia & ezran (to a degree) are not and it's so good. IT'S SO GOOD #mmm #rayla: gasp no one should ever commit that crime #'it was callum' #rayla: omg is he okay!! #lIKE GIRL