All of my meta, even my smaller pieces, can be found under the “analysis series” tag

S1

• 1x03: Why the Rooftop Scene Is Important
• 1x04: Heartfelt Speeches
• 1x05: Why the Boat Scene Solidified Romantic Rayllum
• 1x06: An Avalanche of Feels
• 1x06: On the Ice
• Multi-Ep: Do I Think Rayllum is Going to be Canon? (s1; written pre-s2)
• Multi-Ep: What Do Rayla and Callum Like About One Another (post-s2)
• Multi-Ep: How Rayllum Flirts (+2x07)
• Multi-Ep: Callum Running After Rayla: A Meta (1x04, 1x05, 1x06, 1x09)
• Overview: A Look Back at S1 Rayllum (post s3)

S2

• 2x02: Callum Defending Rayla
• 2x02: “You and I Don’t Have That Yet,” a meta
• 2x04: Why the Hug Scene is So Important
• 2x07: “Come Get Some Rest,” Analysis
• 2x07: Setup and Payoff: What’s the Point of the Drawing Scene?
• 2x07: Raining Concern
• Multi-Ep: Why Callum Used Dark Magic (2x07, 2x08)
• Multi-Ep: Why the Confession Scene Works (2x09, 1x06)
• Multi-Ep: Rayllum and Casual Intimacy (2x02, 2x03, 2x09)

S1-S2 (pre-s3)

• Rayllum and Shipteases (s1+-2)
• Why Rayllum Was Obvious In S1 (s1-s2)
• Moral Quandaries: How Callum Changed Rayla’s Life (s1-s2)
• Romantic Rayllum Relationship Progression (s1-s2)
• Stumbling: A Callum Centric Rayllum Meta (s1-s2)
• A Narrative of Love (s1-s2)
• To Make It Right :: How Rayllum Intersects (s1-s2)
• I Can’t Lose You Like This :: Rayla’s Fears and Callum (s1-s2)
• What Does Callum Know? :: Rayla and Showing Concern (s1-s2)
• Multi-Ep: Callum’s Reactions to Human Rayla (1x07, 2x04)
• Overview: Harrai and Rayllum Parallels (s1-s2)
• Overview: Claudia/Callum and Rayllum Parallels (s1-s2)
• Overview: Rayllum and Trope Subversion (s1-s2)
• Overview: Why Callum Lost his True Heart in S2 (S2, S7)

S3

• Predictions for S3
• 3x01: Why Callum Apologizes
• 3x04: “That’s Not What I Was Expecting,” a Kiss Meta
• 3x04: Why Callum’s Speech was Perfect
• 3x05: Kissing On The Ambler, A Meta
• 3x08: “It’s Your Choice. No One Else’s,” A Meta
• 3x08: “Then You Don’t Know Me At All,” An Explanation
• 3x09: Greeting the Sunrise (Opening scene)
• Multi-Ep: Romantic Rayllum Development (3x02, 3x03)
• Multi-Ep: “We Walk Away and This Never Happened,” a meta (3x04 + 3x05)

OVERVIEW (S1-S3)

• Rayllum and Loneliness :: A Rambling Meta (s1-s3)
• Mistakes and Emotional Support :: A Callum Specific Progression (s1+s3)
• Callum’s Romantic Feelings for Rayla (s2+s3)
• Why Rayllum Works (s1-s3)
• Rayllum and Togetherness (s1-s3)
• Rayllum and Implied Intimacy (s1-s3)
• The Leap (s1-s3 + 3x09)
• With All of Myself :: Callum’s Mage Arc + Rayla (s2 + 3x07, 3x09) 
• Multi-Ep: “Just Keep it Safe.” “But-” A Meta (1x03, 2x07, 3x08, 3x09)
• Multi-Ep: Water And Shame :: A Rayla Centric Meta (1x05, 3x03, 3x04)
• Multi-Ep: Rayllum & Second Chances at Conflict Resolution (2x03, 3x08)
• Multi-Ep: Moonlight Looks (2x02, 3x05 comparison + Claudium)

PREDICTIONS (pre-s4)

• Predictions for the Overall Arc of TDP (post-s2)
• Political Trio and Other S4 Theories
• Why Callum Isn’t Going Back to Katolis (pre-TTM)
• Redemption Arcs for Claudia and Viren?
• Cube Hostage Exchange Theory (“Through the Moon” spoilers)
• Bloodmoon Huntress Predictions (Graphic novel)
• Callum’s Two Avenues (post-TTM)
• Was Aaravos Ghosted? 
• Updated S4 Predictions (S1-S3, TTM, SDCC spoilers)
• Callum and Claudia’s Tests Of Love (SDCC Spoilers)  
• Rayla In the Trailer: Real Or Fake? (NYCC Spoilers; trailer) 
• S4 Trailer Breakdown: All Scenes (NYCC Spoilers)
• Detective Rayla Theory: Why Did She Come Back? (NYCC Spoilers)
• Cube Hostage Exchange Theory: Pre-S4 Masterpost Meta

S4

• 4x01: What Callum Says and What He Doesn’t (“Moonlight” clip; pre-S4)
• 4x06: Remember Who You Are
• 4x08: Fathers, Grief, and Gifts 
• Initial Constellation Overview (S4 Opening theme; pre-S4)
• Written in the Stars: Rayllum + Ezran&Zym (S4 Opening theme; pre-S4)
• How Callum Acts Like Rayla In S4
• Love and Pain At The Same Time: A Brief Rayllum Meta
• Already Dead VS Agency, a Brief Callum and Rayla Meta (Foils)
• Incapable of Killing :: How Aaravos Views Rayla Through Callum (4x04 deep dive) 
• Why S4 Is Good, Actually: The Rayla Edition 
• The Interlocking of the Cycle’s Wheel: Rayla, Viren, Claudia, and Callum in S4 (s1-s4)
• How Callum’s Arc is Shown, Not Told, in S4
• Multi-Ep: Callum’s Lamp-shading (4x02, 4x05)

OVERVIEW (S1-S4)

• Reconciling Dualities: Just Have Two Cakes (S4 + Ezran, Janaya) 
• Why Losing Rayla Is One of the Worst Things That Has Happened to Callum (s1-s4 + TTM & Ez + Harrow)
• Rayla and Reaffirming Callum’s Agency (S1-S4)
• Callum, Rayla, and TDP’s Water Symbolism (S1-S4, S5 Speculation)
• Callum’s Looking Away Motif (S1-S4)
• Rayllum’s Cycle in Staying, Chasing, and Leaving (S1-S4) 

PREDICTIONS (pre-S5)

• Here’s How Cube Hostage Exchange Theory Can Still Win 
• S5 Full Speculation Analysis: Coins, Sunfire elves, and Aaravos, Oh My! 
• Will Callum Do Dark Magic to Free the Moon Fam? 
• The Cycle, Speculation: Key to Aaravos’ Heart Theory 
• The Light Doesn’t Actually Matter :: A Callum, Rayla, and Aaravos Adjacent Meta 
• Aaravos and Rayla as Callum’s Two Paths (+ S2 Claudia)
• Pieces of the Puzzle: Light and Darkness, the Game Motif, and S5/S6
• S5 Episode Titles / Soundtrack Predictions Breakdown

S5:

• 5x01: Punishment Vs Acceptance: The Silvergrove and Callum (+ 3x03)
• 5x08: Hands in Finnegrin’s Wake (S5, 5x08) 
• Overview: Finnegrin, Aaravos: A Parallel Theme of Freedom, Fear, and Manipulation

POST-S5 PREDICTIONS

• Acts of Love: Where Rayllum Goes From Here
• The Viren Heart Theory 
• The Coin / Moon Fam Plotline :: A Structural Meta
• The Mirrored Trio Theory (Leola, Aaravos, Elarion; Orphan Queen, the Jailer, Aaravos, etc)
• Shot Through the Heart: Key to His Heart S5 Theory Update
• 6x05: Moonless Night Speculation (S6 spoilers)
• Midnight Star & Elarion Poem Breakdown
• Full Circle: S6 and Through the Moon 
• The Celestial Elves and Aaravos’ Plans

S6

• 6x03: I Did It For You
• Rayla as Callum’s One Truth / Truth in S6
• Mutual Love as Stages of Self Actualization (S4-S6)
• Cube Hostage Exchange Theory S6 Edition Somehow
• What is Callum Actually Afraid Of? (6x04, 4x07, etc)

POST-S6 PREDICTIONS:

• Inverting Life and Death theory
• CHET Season 7 Edition 
• Moon Arcanum Callum + Sun Arcanum Claudia in S7
• Multi-Ep: Rayllum’s S7 Arc Through the Lens of S6 (6x01, 6x02, 6x03, 6x05, 6x06, 6x09)

S7:

• 7x02: The leaf falling over Rayla shot
• 7x02: Why Callum Made His Choices
• 7x06: The ‘Dark!‘Callum Inversions Scene Meta

POST-S7 PREDICTIONS

• Arc 3: Cosmic Council, Project Ruby Fire, and More!
• The Trio + Aaravos and the Cosmic Council
• Aaravos’ Treachery: A Secret Third Thing (S4-S7)

OTHER:

• Narrative Lens and Audience Sympathy: In Defense of Callum (s1-s3)
• Character Construction Through Relationship: A Rayla (+Callum) Meta (s1-s3)
• Hiding Emotion: Where Callum and Rayla Differ (s1-s3 + slight novelization spoilers)
• Why Is Rayllum Popular? (s1-s3)
• Rayllum as Orpheus and Eurydice (s1-s3, TTM, + s4 speculation) 
• Articulation of Need, a Rayllum Meta (s1-s3, TTM, + s4 speculation) 
• Rayla, Rayllum, and the Key of Aaravos (s1-s3 + s4 speculation)
• How TDP Writes Romance Feat. Aspec Rayllum (s1-s3)
• Written In The Stars and Con Rayllum Foreshadowing (DnD skit, Zoom Into Xadia skits)
• Rayla’s Duality as Callum’s Salvation and Destruction (S1-S3, TTM) 
• What if Laindrin, Sarai, or Harrai had all survived?
• Rayllum Rebuttals: Addressing Reservations about Rayllum’s dynamic regarding Claudia, Pacing, Etc. (S1-S3)
• How Claudia/Terry Parallel Callum/Rayla (S1-S4, S5 Speculation) 

RE: ADDITIONAL MATERIALS  (novelization, video games, graphic novels; includes full spoilers)

• Rayla & Rayllum’s Emotional Growth (Through the Moon)
• Rayla (and Callum’s) Choice :: A “Through the Moon” Analysis 
• Equivalent Sins: A “Through the Moon” and 2x07 Comparison
• Anatomy of a Lie: Rayla, Claudia, and Callum at the Moon Nexus (Through the Moon + S2)
• Pining from the Start: A Callum Centric “Book One: Moon” Meta (Novelization)
• Priorities in Through The Moon
• What Does the Trio Value / Thematic Arc Structure (Tales of Xadia + S1-S4) 
• Claudia, Rayla, and Losing Yourself (TDP Reflections: Lost Child)
• Soren, Viren, Darkness, and Drowning (TDP Reflections: Strangers)
• Allegorical Rayllum in Dreamer’s Nightmare (Dreamer’s Nightmare)

VIDEO ESSAYS:

• The Dragon Prince + Imprisonment (10 minutes)
• Redemption Arcs for Viren and Claudia? (13 minutes)
• The Genius of the Dragon Prince (55 minutes)

EPISODES

• 1x01: Episode Analysis (general)
  
• 1x01: A Brief Soren Meta
• 1x03: Runaan and Rayla
• 2x08: I’m Going For A Walk (Ezran Meta)
• 3x03: Ghosts and Reality (Viren and Ethari)
• 3x07: Lux Aurea as the Siege of Troy
• 3x09: Soren’s Apology
• 4x01: Re-Birthday: Subversion, Secrets, and Sadness (S4 Structural Analysis)
• 4x02: Fallen Stars: Patience, Partnership, and Paths Forward (S4 Structural Analysis)
• 6x09: What does 6x09 Actually Tell Us About Aaravos?

S4 Structural Analysis (other)

• How S4 is Structurally Similar to S1-S3
• How S4 is Emotionally Structured Similarly to S2

GENERAL

FOILS / Dynamics Meta

• Rayla and Claudia: An Analysis (s1-s3)
• Claudia, Ezran, and Choices :: A Comparison Meta (s2+s3)
• Rayla as Aaravos’ Inverse (S1-S3, TTM + Viren/Aaravos, Callum/Rayla parallels)
• Practical Uses: Runaan’s Similarities to Viren and to Claudia (On going)
• Relics, Rage, and Magic: The Callum-Viren Foils Meta (S1-S3, 4x01)
• Aaravos and King Harrow: How Can I Serve You? (S1-S4)
• How Callum & Viren Foil Each Other In Book Two (S2)
• Why Does Claudia Hate Rayla So Much? (S1-S4)
• Viren, Callum, and Foils Characterization (S1-S4, S5 update)
• The Broyals + Viren & Harrow Parallels (S1-S5, S6 speculation)
• Runaan and Callum: I Will Never Help You / A Moment of Truth (S1-S5, Bloodmoon Huntress)
• Your Aunt’s Spirit In You :: An Amaya & Callum Meta (S1-S5)
• Mirrored Paths Trilogy #1: Viren and Karim (S1-S5)
• Mirrored Paths Trilogy #2: Callum and Viren (S1-S5)
• Raydia and Symbolic Notions of Suicide (S1-S5, S6 speculation)
• Why Harrow is Always Framed Above Viren (S1-S5)
• Ezran and Karim Parallels (S1-S5, S6 speculation)
• Chessmaster Ezran (S1-S5)
• You Have a Good Heart, It’s Super Annoying: Ezran and Rayla (S1-S5)
• Terry and Rayla in S6
• Kpp'Ar and Rayla (S5, S6 + S7 speculation)
• Framing Meta: Light and Darkness for Ezran, Viren, and Soren in Season 3 and Season 6
• Lissa as Soren’s Shadow Self (S2-S7)

CHARACTER STUDY Meta

• Cute Braid Though! :: A Claudia Meta (s1-s2) 
• Rayla the Protector :: A Meta (s1-s2)
• Viren and Religious Symbolism (s1-s3)
• Callum and the Dragon Prince (s1-s3)
• Soren (Analysis) Appreciation Post (s1-s3)
• Callum’s Temper (s1-s3, TTM)
• Callum (+Ezran) and Oldest Sibling Syndrome (s1-s3)
• Ezran, Grief, and Sarai (s1-s3)
• Why Didn’t Callum Figure Out the Mirror? (s1-s4)
• Callum’s Differing Morality from Ezran and Rayla (S1-S4, S5 Speculation)
• Crowns, Coins, Catalysts, and Callum: An Ezran S5 and S6 Speculation Meta (S1-S5)
• Loyalty and Love :: A Miyana Meta (S4-S5)
• The Assassin vs the Protector: Rayla’s Duality (S1-S5, S6 speculation)
• Ezran as a Paragon (S1-S5)
• More Than Anyone or Anything :: A Callum Meta (S1-S5, Tales of Xadia)
• Compassion and Accountability: An Amaya Meta (S1-S5)
• What is the point of Claudia’s amputation? (5x09, S6)
• Setting Up The Dominoes: Ezran in S6 (S1-S6)
• The Thread of Necessity: A Terry Meta (S4-S6)
• King of What? :: A S7 Ezran & Identity Meta (S1-S7)

THEME / ANALYSIS Meta

• The Dragon Prince + Grief, a Brief Overview (s1-s3)
• Sarai’s Spear, the Cycle, and Claudia (s1-s3)
• The Dragon Prince and Chess Symbolism (s1-s3, s4 teaser)
• Ezran as a Witness / Personification of Justice (s1-s3)
• Rayla’s Heart for Xadia (S1-S3)
• Dark Magic As Cannibalism (S1-S3, Bloodmoon Huntress)
• TDP and Tarot: Aaravos, Viren, Runaan, and Rayllum (S1-S3)
• Opposing Symbolism: Harrow and the Key of Aaravos (S1-S4)
• Greek Mythology and Deceptive Gift Giving In TDP (S1-S4) 
• Egyptian Mythos, the Ankh, and Aaravos’ Fallen Star (S1-S4) 
• The Key of Aaravos, a Formal Analysis (s1-s4) 
• Rayla’s Position In The Narrative as a Dual Antagonist (s1-s4) 
• How TDP Writes Primarily From Theme (S1-S4) 
• Intention Vs Reception and Breaking the Cycle (S1-S4)
• Why It’s Important for Xadia to Have Failed Rayla (S1-S4) 
• “A Piece from a Children’s Game”: Aaravos’ Views of Children (S1-S4) 
• TDP’s Perpetual Trolley Problem (S1-S4)
• Dark Magic, Star Magic, and Blood Magic, Oh My (S1-S5)
• Arc 2 As the Pursuit of Knowledge: Knowledge as a Burden in S5 (S1-S5)
• Gift Giving & Primal vs First Elves (S1-S5, Tales of Xadia, S6 speculation)
• Sun and Dark Magic’s Weird Consistency (S1-S5)
• Harrow and that Damn Snake-Bird (S1-S5)
• She Must Pay the Price: Leola, Rayla, and the Point (S1-S6)
• And Fix What is Broken in Xadia? (S1-S6)
• Faith and Relationships in TDP
• Corruption in TDP (S1-S6)
• Key of Aaravos Updated Analysis (S4-S6)
• You are destroyed by the things you create (S1-S7)
• What is Up with Humans, and a Brief History of Xadia (S1-S7)
• Immortality and Longevity in TDP (S4-S7)
• The Relic Staff, Arc 2 Edition (S4-S7)

OTHER SHIP RELATED META

• Why I Ship Ezran and Ellis (s1-s3)
• The Appeal of Corvus/Opeli (s2+s3)
• You Already Did :: A Callum/Claudia Meta (s1-s3)
• Unspoken But Not Unsaid :: A Janaya Meta (s2+s3)
• Claudia/Ezran, an Explanation (s1-s3)
• Soren/Rayla: Friends and Foils (s1-s3 + TTM) 
• Why Are Claudia and Terry Together? (S1-S6)
• Claudia and Terry’s Hostile Reunion (7x06)

TDP + OTHER FANDOMS

• Why I ship Rayllum and Not Zutara (s1+s2; ATLA; personal opinion piece)
• Kataang and Rayllum Parallels: How Their Arcs Overlap (s1+s2; ATLA)
• What Hogwarts Houses Do Callum and Runaan Fit Into? (s1+s2; HP)
• Healthy Vs Unhealthy Relationships: A Rayllum and Catradora Comparison (s1-s3; SPOP)
• Thunderfall and the Southern Raiders: A Comparison (s1-s3; ATLA)
• Kataang + Rayllum and Parallel Themes of Coercion vs Love (S2 of ATLA, 5x08 for TDP)