#the same way viren's was in refusing to kill SS. i will die. i will actually die

[raayllum]

me remembering that as of s5 callum following in viren's foosteps is also the only thing, narratively, that encompasses and enables him to likewise break free from aaravos' hold/control

#tag ramble #like viren's positive character development swerve is like #they're not oppositional Anymore they're Just Mirrors at this point #bc any way that callum has of breaking free is just. going to be ANOTHER viren&callum parallel #AAH #it was just red #wouldn't you want to tell it kinder if you could #AND THEY'RE BOTH GONNA SAY YES. kill me #if nearly murdering rayla is the tipping point #the same way viren's was in refusing to kill SS. i will die. i will actually die #s6 speculation #mine #memes

[raayllum]

i do wonder how much Viren refusing to kill SS — his child, according to Aaravos — to save his own life is yes, an inversion of S1 Viren offering up the guards to save Harrow and asking Soren to kill the sons of his best friend, but also of his decision all the way back pre-series to kill the Magma Titan (another non human person who had to be harvested for "the greater good") and more than that, he and Harrow's "decisions" to murder Zym, an innocent child. While Viren didn't go through with it, he still ultimately saw Zym as a weapon to safeguard if not use. Now in the wake of his own subconscious as well as Claudia's trauma tearing down his justifications — "No choice? Ha! You made the same choice you've always made: the one that gives you power" — he can't justify making a self serving choice again, even if that means lying down to quietly die and accept the fate handed to him. Because he went to kill a child once, and now his daughter is the one paying the price

#tdp viren #theme: exchange #sparklepuff squad #tdp #the dragon prince #viren #S5 #5x09 #mine #text post #parallels #like i will say for the trio: none of them would ever participate in baby murder #which Feels like a low bar but viren and harrow both failed to pass it #(and arguably runaan being willing to kill ezran A Child too soo)