Rating this pretending episode 5 and 6 don't exist since they were filler anyway. 9/10.
So... king Harrow betrayed his own people by sharing food they didn't have, causing a famine, and that somehow didn't cause a revolt, or a questioning of his rule, or anything of the sort (and according to the show this moral compass makes him a good leader, lmao)? And then they found a solution by killing a huge monster and his moron wife has an issue with it? Genuinely baffling writing in episode 5 and 6, not to mention the lesbian queens that somehow had a lesbian baby, literally what. Up until that point the only real issue I had was how stupid and useless male character are portrayed but that was minor. The psychology of liberals is hilarious. Also the little girl queen was annoying. The genius child leader trope is cringy as hell.
Viren is the good guy trying to stand up for his people who were forcefully evicted from their home. He is doing everything he can for his people. In a sane society this guy is the hero standing up to cowards. He should have conquered the other 4 human kingdoms and united the continent for war.
Season 2 managed to continue the quality storytelling that began with the first. I did feel like this slowed the pace down a bit more, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. There was room for some great character development, particularly for Claudia and Soren. Meanwhile, some of the most interesting season characters got left behind, such as Aunt Amaya and Commander Gren (who remains chained up cheerfully in a cell!).
One of the best things here was finally getting to see some big dragon action - something I had expected back in season 1 but never came. Very much worth the wait and impressively realised. It also gave us a lovely window into Callum and Ezran's mother.
The show is just gorgeous. It seems that the animation has been tweaked a bit here to include a few more frames-per-second and be slightly less choppy, but it never bothered me much in the first season. Mostly it's the art, design and colours that really capture me, and the cell-shaded 3D look really works wonders.
Hopefully I can watch this show with my nephews when they are a bit older!
Shout by MaríaBlockedParent2019-02-26T13:47:36Z
Can't wait for next season. I need so much more of this story!