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[raayllum]

The latest rayllum anon really got me pretty upset tbh. Like if the creators didn't "give a damn" about them they wouldn't be written like that… Rayllum has become one of the major plot points of the series and they are basically the center of each other's developments being the main characters. They are the couple with the most screentime, they got the most development of all of them, the first arc ends with the epic salvation, the first comic of the series is around them, etc etc… it's just that they are written diferently because each couple got it's thing. With Janaya and Ruthari originally being the main ones, I highly doubt it. Ruthari doesn't have a lot of screentime and I think Janaya was born after Rayllum. They have said in some interviews that they "don't write" romance and are guided by the character's feelings (I can't find them right now but I read a couple when they mentionthat, with rayllum in one of them) so I doubt that Janaya was suposed to be a main couple in the first place as no one was suposed to be a couple at all. That aside, I love how politely you respond to everyone! It's great. I just wanted to add something. If everything, the biggest fans of rayllum are the writers themselves, If they didn't care they wouldn't have made Rayla and Callum so down bad for each other, s5 is full of them for example. I think people tend to miss the fact they that are best friends who happen to be in love. Anyways have a nice day!

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, even if I definitely agree - while Rayllum's development or meshing as a ship may not work for everyone, how much focus their dynamic gets shows that it is one of the major cornerstones of the entire show. We once again got a season where they spent zero episodes seriously apart, while literally every other pair dynamic has been separated for much much longer and/or receives less focus.

In terms of 'planned,' what I meant by Janaya and Ruthari likely being from the show's conception is 1) the Sunfire elves have clearly always had a big role to play and Amaya's plot line has been synonymous with Janai's since 2x01 and 2) Runaan's home life (and Rayla's subsequent upbringing) were likely realized very early on, particularly as it plays into the series slow burn of the coin plot line. The show has also been very clear that a broad variety of Queer rep was important to them, so I'm sure Janaya was in the cards very early. I think the latest ship to be created for the show was likely Terry and Claudia (in that sense anyway)

Like... everyone following me presumably likes and/or ships Rayllum pretty damn hard, but I don't think anyone ships Rayllum harder than the TDP crew / writers. They're insane. I love it. And I do think like - even with shows or movies or whatever that have disappointed me, it's never, I think, that the creators behind them don't "give a damn". To me, it's usually that they just cared about other things/characters to the detriment of other things/characters, and/or didn't think about the implications of those choices. But like - creators almost always care, hence why they create, and I think that's important to honour too

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