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In a comment posted by @cause-i-love-you-rayla​, we got the news that season 4 of The Dragon Prince will pick up a couple of years after we leave off in season 3.

This was comment was left on a post by @dragonblaggin​, in which they discuss they’re theory about how s4 would pick up right at Callum and Rayla’s July birthdays. I adored the post, seeing as my own predictions for season 4 contained the exact same thing:

MY POSTED PREDICTIONS FO4 SEASON 4:

- A time jump to summer, and Callum and Rayla’s birthdays, which we celebrate. Rayla makes Callum moonberry surprise!

- Having lost three parents, Callum becomes incredibly protective and anxious about losing Ezran, Rayla, and his other loved ones

- Ezran begins to grow into his role as king, where he maintains communication with Callum and Rayla through his connection with Zym.

- Callum and Rayla stay in Xadia, with the Dragon Queen, where Callum slowly learns more magic and unveils the secrets of the key.

- The world is still at war, as returning the dragon egg did not fix everything.

- Aaravos comes after Callum in Xadia, through a resurrected Viren.

- In a parallel to 3x9, Rayla has to save Callum from Viren in battle.

- In the battle, Viren gains possession of the key.

- Callum masters at least one more arcanum– most likely moon.

-  Rayla discovers her parents are trapped in coins, and they are freed (potentially by Callum). She feels guilty, however, that she got her loved ones back and Callum could not.

- Callum realizes he and Rayla’s paths now divulge, as Rayla stays in Xadia to reunite with her family and he has a duty to find the key again. He feels a duty as he lost it, and now the world is in danger.

- We end with Callum and Rayla separating, and Aaravos taking the key, as our cliffhanger.

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Needless to say, having the same theory as @dragonblaggin​ I was, as the kids say, shooketh by this development. I thought long and hard about what this meant for season 4 narratively and plot-wise. 

And then i realized... it really doesn’t change much at all. In fact, the more i thought about it, the more I liked it. 

Though I would still love to see Callum and Rayla’s birthday celebrations in an episode, a time jump of this extent could actually make a lot of narrative sense. There are some distinct benefits to this time jump:

I. We get to move forward with Ezran’s growth as a leader. We cover a lot of his strength and the plotline of him growing into his position in season 3l and it will be nice to jump ahead to him as a slightly older, more seasoned leader (Though still a child make no mistake kid is only going to be 12 still). 

II. Realistic politics. This is something a lot of fantasy shows do not take into consideration in their plotting. Political ramifications and maneuverings can play out over a course of years, decades, and even centuries. AFTER THE FINAL BATTLE, IT’S NOT UNREALISTIC THAT WE WOULD REALLY START SEEING THE EFFECTS OF THE WAR UNTIL YEARS LATER.

III. 17-year-old Rayllum. Need I say more. 

IV. Separation of narrative arcs. Oh, this satisfies my OCD so much. A time jump of a couple years is the perfect way to compartmentalize the two narrative halves of the show. 

So long story short, my theories for season 4 are... basically the same. Who knows, maybe we’ll still pick up on Callum and Rayla’s birthdays, but it’s just their 18th/ 17th vs their 16th/ 15th. The point, our characters are going to be able to breathe a bit and grow between the seasons, and we already have a graphic novel to help fill that gap. Things are simply going to play out a bit more slowly like they do in history. There will be a gap in this chain of historical events, where our villains will recompile and plan and our characters prepare for a much larger battle ahead. 

Josh Dun waved at me while walking off stage and I’ve never felt more a l i v e

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