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Dragon Prince season 2 review (finally? I know shhhh) (Patreon)

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2019-04-16 22:40:05
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hahahaha I know I've been really slack on this one, but clearly there were more urgent matters to attend to, like Azula's psychology. Firstly, I *know* I mispronounced Aaravos' name. I'M SORRY. Secondly, what did you think of it? Let me know down below or on the Discord!

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Beeblebroxologist

I think my main criticism comes down to 'The Curse of Netflix'. In Avatar, each episode was part of a larger whole, but each episode also had a neat little self contained story (even most of the two-parters) that you could point to and say 'that was what this episode was about'. Usually, because Avatar was one of the best written shows ever, 'that' would have a similar theme for the A plot AND B plot (like The Storm, which cuts across Aang & Zuko's trauma (when they're about the same age) even matching the fire in the same spot onscreen several times, and holding resonances between their respective presents and their pasts, while Iroh recites the 'the Avatar brings people/Zuko hope' line Katara used 90s prior - that's 'the one with the backstory' - written by some bloke called Aaron Ehasz ... wonder if he ever did anything else?). A typical TDP episode is basically a few overlapping threads of story with cliffhangers/half-finished-tense-scenes every twenty minutes, that are often get continued within three minutes into the next episode. (take An Empty Throne, around the same proportion [3/5ths] of the way through the first Book as The Storm is, where the A and B plots cut across each other without any link beyond 'these things are presumably happening at about the same time'; Viren's attempts to convince Amaya he's not the monster we see in his first scene is scarcely related to Callum trying to understand magic and Rayla coming clean about her fear of water; each arc works really well, but each one could have been intercut with anything (or nothing) and it would be exactly the same ... oh, but Rayla's 'flashback' where we find out that her parents, and by extension her, are an embarrassment and their egg quest could fix that...that's all told not shown...even just a few panning stylised freeze-frames of her seeing the aftermath or their return in disgrace under her narration would have been enough, and still quite cheap to do...nm. Incidentally, the next episode has Callum talk about how Rayla's still hiding the secret of the ribbon within 90s of the story getting going; this is precisely the ominous note the last episode ended on, and her weakened hand becomes important throughout that arc...so good setup within the episode, but kinda forced linking between them. Oh, and in the curse of netflix part 2: the revenge of the scrip, she still hasn't come clean about the other other big secret.) My issue isn't the frequent use of ending hooks and cliffhangers, it's the near immediate resolution/direct continuation of whatever tension was built up to at the end of the last episode. If you're just splitting a scene in half, that's a pretty arbitrary kind of tension. It's common to a lot of Netflix and other streaming shows (some do a better or worse job of making the cliffhangers natural extensions of the plot and not too arbitrary, but it's a bit hit and miss even in otherwise excellent shows). I know why it's there, but it doesn't seem to be a thing that any of their drama shows (that I've watched) gets consistently right. Yet. ... and it's mildly annoying (...he says a few hundred words and three episodes of cartoons later...being nerdy is fun). I'd say most of the things you, the above, and other complaints I've seen, all come down to writers having to change their usual style to fit this new Netflix shaped mould. Soren getting healed should really have come a few episodes into S3 (after more struggle from Claudia, and maybe having to be done by Viren &/or Aaravos in spite of Soren's wishes...but to be honest that's probably darker than any dark magic), or his injury should have come a couple of episodes early to have more time to deal with it. But they needed a less downer ending to S2 for our ... anti-tagonists? This is, technically, a kids show after all...though their dealing with how to talk about death was really well done (and the prominent diversity representation without actually making a massive in-or-out-universe deal over it, also a great way to normalise these things - in the empty throne episode I mentioned above there is a solid 30s of sign language; with no translation, no subtitles, or no audio description of what she says - that's pretty bold since almost none of the audience are going to know what she's saying [though context gives you enough]). ... Anyway S2 is even better than S1, which is still better than most stuff. So, yea. That's what I think... *wanders off to bed like a normal human*

Beeblebroxologist
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oh, and another thing (because apparently I can't shut up when I've gotten started) Dark magic is evil not just because of the creature/plant you have to kill to use it, but the perversion of nature you do to it and yourself. In a world where magic is basically the same as nature (see Rayla's description in the boat...hey, it's like I planned all this or something!) extracting the magic by force is an act of violence against the harmonious flow of energy itself. The magic in, say, those petals would ordinarily leach out of the decaying matter back into the earth they came from, or feed the magical creatures (i.e. all the creatures) of the world. This now doesn't happen, that energy is drawn away, leaving a a 'dark' absence behind. In perverting the energy flow through themselves the sorcerer also exposes their own essence to all that energy, and the fallout is corrosive to them (like real fallout). The elves, who are born connected to one of the great paths of energy, can instinctively see the damage this does more acutely than humans, who tend to only look at whether a tool or substance is useful and leave other people to sort out any future consequence of using it *cough* oil *cough*. You ever wonder why the human side of the continent isn't as suffused with magic as the elven side apparently is? Buuuuuuut, humans not being innately connected may not be all bad for us: Callum demonstrates that humans have the potential to direct and utilise the magic that already exists in the universe, without leaving an ugly black void behind them. He needed a to go on a spiritual quest through himself; venturing down so deep he came out the other side into the sky outside. He was drawn to the sky first due to his familiarity with it, but who's to say he couldn't also call upon the ocean or the earth? At a minimum, any human regardless of their birth could tap into one magical source to wield, where an elf is limited to their innate connection. Rayla can't use sky magic, but she can use the moon so easily she doesn't have to think about it. We might see Callum use the same tricks as her later, but he'll have to work at it. Humans are the most adaptable species, because they aren't limited to only one way of being. ... But we're also kinda lazy, in ways that usually come to bite us. *cough* Do you really need the full list? *cough* Gee, I know we're kinda criticising some of the details of the writing here, but the core is right on. aaaaaaand possible solution to Soren being fixed so quickly...it's only temporary. If Claudia has to keep doing that spell, it's going to become incredibly draining for her (physically, emotionally, morally, and magically), while Soren would become increasingly guilty over all the cute deer she's murdering for him. Still lots of narrative options open there...but yea, way too quick with what we currently know.

Ryan Ratchford

With the part with Soren’s paralysis. I think the focus is meant to be Claudia, as it begin with forcing her to make a choice between her brother & the Dragon. We then see her panic as she can’t heal him, & the extent she goes to to find a cure for him. And I think it’s also an important motif that dark magic is “a short cut” just as Callum’s Mum said. And we’ll see the consequences of it.