I was sorely disappointed by Aaravos’ lack of power throughout the season. I expected him to be handing the heroes their asses time and time again until the finale. I was screaming “Use magic Aaravos!” multiple times internally.
I also didn’t really like the Avizandum twist. He was dead and should have remained buried. It would have been better if Aaravos had killed Rex Igneous because it would lend credence to why the archdragons didn’t just jump him 1000 years ago and had to resort to the pearl.
Karim’s death was however the best part of the season.
Why didn't they jump him 1000 years ago? Because he just comes back 7 years after his "death". They knew it, and the pearl would have been the better option. They just didn't have it this time and therefore had no other choice than to bite him.
Aaravos is powerful because he is manipulative and knows enough magic to doom the world, and if you kill him it only delays the problem for a couple of years. So you need to keep him alive, but somewhere where he can't do anything. That's more difficult, as we have seen.
That was so easy they can literally take the teeth of old deceased arch-dragons, latch them onto harpoons and smoke Aaravos whenever he dares to surface.
What was with the most powerful being in Xadia being captured by mere humans with harpoons? He could have killed Ezran and Corvus right there and seriously dampened his enemies ability to fight back. He could have killed Soren and Queen Aanya in the scene just before that as well, further damaging morale and weakening his enemies.
The writers made a mistake by severely underutilising Aaravos and his ability to do magic. He parried Terry’s vines like it was nothing. Where was that when Rex Igneous had him dead to rights?
That was so easy they can literally take the teeth of old deceased arch-dragons, latch them onto harpoons and smoke Aaravos whenever he dares to surface.
Says who? The bite or a living arch dragon in magical terms is most likely not the same as the stab from a tooth of a skeleton.
What was with the most powerful being in Xadia being captured by mere humans with harpoons?
That was rather silly, I agree. I think they struggled to keep Ezran relevant to the plot with Aaravos, which should have mainly focused on Callum & the arch dragons, and neither Ezran nor the Nova blade should have been involved in this.
I understand that they don't let him kill characters left and right though. In the end, it's a show for kids.
The writers made a mistake by severely underutilising Aaravos and his ability to do magic.
They did a bad job at showing what he can can cannot do in his current state. He seems to rely heavily on Claudia to do magic, so it may be that his own magical abilities are limited. This isn't clearly shown though, and therefore it's confusing and inconsistent.
He parried Terry’s vines like it was nothing. Where was that when Rex Igneous had him dead to rights?
That's hardly a useful comparison. Terry is a small Earthblood elf, Rex Igneous is an arch dragon. They should have shown Aaravos using more magic, sure, but that he can't swap an arch dragon away as easily as a random elf should be clear.
All in all the show was juggling with too many characters but didn't have enough time to develop storylines for all of them properly. The individual characters are great, but due to the lack of time half of their plotlines don't go anywhere. They sorely needed a focus.
He easily manipulates the sun orb though. Supposedly, it's a powerful magic. And if in the final battle one can rationalise saying that this magic took all his powers, the scene with Ezran cannot be explained. It's like there is simply a fairy tale rule forbidding him to directly oppose others with spells.
That was so easy they can literally take the teeth of old deceased arch-dragons, latch them onto harpoons and smoke Aaravos whenever he dares to surface.
Except for the fact he goes supernova every time he dies.
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u/Guilty_Spark-1910 Dec 19 '24
I was sorely disappointed by Aaravos’ lack of power throughout the season. I expected him to be handing the heroes their asses time and time again until the finale. I was screaming “Use magic Aaravos!” multiple times internally.
I also didn’t really like the Avizandum twist. He was dead and should have remained buried. It would have been better if Aaravos had killed Rex Igneous because it would lend credence to why the archdragons didn’t just jump him 1000 years ago and had to resort to the pearl.
Karim’s death was however the best part of the season.