Can Claudia Be Redeemed? - The Dragon Prince Theory
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Claudia at the end of season 3 is in a much darker place than we have ever seen her before- she and her brother Soren are now on opposite sides, and she may have committed one of the darkest acts imaginable- bringing her father Viren back to life by presumably taking the life of another. And none of these actions really seem to be filling her with regret. With all that said, is it possible for Claudia to turn things around and mend her relationship with her brother and escape her father's abuse- or is she just going to fall deeper into this dark path that she is starting to go on? See what Chelle has to think about this complex situation by watching the video!
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Do you think Claudia will be redeemed by the end of the series? Or will she become nothing more than a pawn to Viren and Aaravos? Let us know!
I feel like she would but it can still go either way
I think she will continue to do horrible things, until she confronts Callum and he will turn her back.
I feel like a ark coming
I don't think she will have a character arc that is similar to the plans for Azula. Simply because Soren is in no way as complicated as Zuko. Therefore, I don't think Soren will be her guide.
What I do think though, is that Viren will set her on the right path. He seemed genuinely shocked when he came back to life, because he knows the price that has to be paid for bringing someone back to life. It is something he did not even suggest for Harrow, his closest friend.
I think Viren will become a martyr. He will die by helping Claudia to escape from Aaravos, even though Aaravos commented she was a valuable asset.
But before that, she may be able to learn a bit of primal magic from Aaravos. By holding the source of the power of the Sunfire elves, she may become able to do sun magic and Aaravos may also learn her star magic. Then Callum, who already knows sky magic, may learn Moon-magic(which has been set-up pretty nicely already), Ocean-magic and Earth-magic.
That means that the only way to defeat Aaravos, will be by Callum and Claudia working together.
If anything, she just might end up in a jail cell next to her father.
She is blinded by her loyalty to her father. This could potentially lead her to insanity. Azula vibes anyone.
Deadgaming 11 honestly tho
I can see it. The only difference is Claudia doesn’t have a personality disorder.
Definitely
Claudia isn't insane and a murderous snake
ChoiSomnia Blackrose no, but she is somewhat mentally unstable. I mean, she sacrifices creatures for dark magic with no restraint and didn’t see anything wrong with sacrificing one soldier to save king harrow. I’m not trying to be a jerk but she always did seem to have some kind of screw loose in her head.
I can’t shake the feeling that she’ll somehow end up becoming worse than her father
you and me both. she's getting more and more corrupted by the dark magic and while viren is too,he is driven by his huge ego and wish for power and respect while still overall wanting the best for human kind. He wants them to thrive but also wants the people to adore him and be the reason for this thriving and bright future. However Claudia on the other hand might end up with nothing but hatred and if she is driven by that she'll be unpredictable and uncontrolable.
+something I've noticed is that Viren actually refuses to kill with his own hands as much as possible. I mean..he might have killed Sarai+Harrow,but we don't know that and besides those two every other person we've seen with him that afterwards disappeared was turned into a coin but not murdered. (one exeption is when he sent out the shadows to kill the rulers of the kingdoms but even here he again doesn't act himself but lets 'someone else' do it for him. we can say "well duh,if he goes there himself,not only can't he split into 4 to go to all of them at once but he would also be seen and the guilt would fall onto him,which would crumble the whole idea" but I still believe that Viren has this fucked up mindset that he's a good person and if someone actually dies more or less by his hand ,let it be the troops led by him that kill or the shadow clones, it's for the greater good of humainty in his eyes.)
Claudia on the other hand murdered plenty already,starting with smaller murders that are justified by her wanting to safe someone else like her brother from paralysis to large murders where she kills dozens of elves on the battlefield with a single spell with no hesitation.
At some point Virien is going to dismiss her, and she'll snap due to being abandoned by her last bit of family.
@@jos-josradvanji6203 I want to add, I don't think Dark Magik corrupts the mind and soul. It really seems to just take a toll on the body though. Throughout the series we see Claudia's weakness is her blind devotion to family and the fear of losing it. It's her faith in her father that's letting herself become emotionally corrupt. Remember she started the series seeing Dark Magik as a simple tool ( she used it to make pancakes extra fluffy.) And not as the force to use only when extreme measures justify it, such as healing Soren. She's like an Azula and reverse Zuko. Starting off relatively healthy but becoming more and more callus as she sees what she thinks as her loved ones abandoning her, which makes her cling desperately to her father for validation.
No noooooo Claudia should be redeeeeeemed.
The Reason why I HATE Dark Magic because it takes life Force energy from Magical creatures and Dark Magic is The DEVILS MAGIC!
I personally think that Claudia is set up to be the main villain going forward. Yes, Viren is still alive, but Aaravos was always very interested in Claudia whenever Viren interacted with her, and could potentially choose her over Viren as his... ambassador? in upcoming seasons. Furtheromore, throughout the whole series Claudia has been set up to be a better dark mage than her father ever was, most notably in healing Soren's paralysis, bringing Viren back to life, and one smaller incident that I think is the most significant: she found the unicorn horn that became a pivotal piece in slaying Thunder, even when Viren could not. Since Aaravos is obviously the Ultimate Big Bad, I think that Claudia will essentially fill Azula's role as the more immediate villain but not the main threat. This doesn't mean she can't be redeemed, however; it'll just be a whole lot harder. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
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Then what do you think is the main threat of the series so far?
I think Aaravos sees her as much easier to manipulate than her father. I for one think Verin is very suspicious of Aaravos but tries not to show it. Back when they first interacted he only performed Aaravos' ritual out of desperation. Prior to that he refused to do the ritual because he thought he was being manipulated for someone else's gain and it could be dangerous for him.
It seems as the caterpillar thing gets stronger Aaravos can use it as a conduit, appearing and performing magic within close proximity to it. So once it comes out of its cocoon I think Verin is going to be much more nervous about Aaravos than before. At least earlier he could moderate Aaravos' influence whenever he cared to (he didn't do it but he could have if he chose). Ultimately I think the pair will turn on each other and Aaravos will manipulate Claudia into thinking her father betrayed her (knowing family betrayal will make her snap), and with Aaravos not at his full strength (still trapped in the mirror), Claudia will be the deciding factor in her father's demise and Aaravos' return.
Que Morgana
Im 90% sure Viren's gonna get Axed and Aavaros will move on to Claudia, manipulating her lust for revenge and anger at her brother and Callum and Ezran.
Claudia has more talent than her father when it comes to creativity and magic. I mean, in season 1 it was her idea to switch king Harrow's soul with somone else's body. And in season 2 it was her own idea to use the deer to revive Soren from paralysis. And let's not forget how she brought back Viren from the dead. Plus Viren also mentioned how Claudia having succeeded in finding a unicorn when he failed. Her heart's in the eight place. But her choice on who to side with just got blinded by the fact that almost her entire life she was raised by her father causing her to side with Viren. So it's kinda a 50/50 chance on her being redeemed. Just saying.
To be fair:
1. We don't know if it was her own idea or if she just knew the spell (aka learned it from viren)
2. She didn't just find it..she also murdered it + Viren can't exactly find a unicorn when unicorns can only be found by a pure virgin since Viren is neither pure nor a virgin x'D
3. Her heart might overall be in the right place but honestly..she isn't as dumb as she sometimes seems,she understands plenty what is going on and still decides out of her own free will to not only go along with it but also helps to kill dozens of elves in the final battle right after joking about them having shields.
While she might have been innocent and cute once,she certainly isn't anymore and shouldn't be underestimated.
4. She literally gave Soren a trauma by creating an illusion of her father trying to kill Ezran and FORCED Soren practically to stab him when the illusion proceeded to attack. And not only that,she has the audacity to say "how could you" after knowing that Soren had absolutely no other choice since he even gave a warning to back up to Viren. He clearly didn't wanna have to do it and it was visible how much pain it caused him when he thought he just stabbed if not killed his father and she purposely caused that.
@@jos-josradvanji6203 I admire your observation skills. I didn't know that one about the unicorn. Although, contradicting your statement on the switching spell. If Viren taught Claudia the spell, shouldn't he have already proposed it to Harrow before Claudia suggested it to him?
@@reaper7769 not necessarily.I mean,you learn a lot in school too but it doesn't mean you remember everything of it at the top of your head. He might have forgotten about it,after all,directly after she gave him the idea he knew what she meant. If he had no idea the spell exists he wouldn't have been so full of hope right away I think.
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If Claudia does end up being redeemed, I get the feeling it might start with her finding her mother.
In death
Honestly I could care less. She just comes off extremely dumb and naive. Everything bad that is coming her way is on her. She was to weak to be reasonable and to see the truth
I feel like Viren had done something to the mother
@@tronignite9030 I kind of feel bad for her the neglect, the manipulation, and more. I think something like she realizes she was manipulated she falls into more dark magic and kills her father making her the new more powerful villain with aaravos and she will push away soren and try to hurt him
@@tronignite9030 you know saying you could care less means that you care right? Also it’s not someone’s fault that they are naive, that’s how she was raised so what do you expect. What she wants to do is just keep what’s left of her family together, and claudia is anything BUT weak.
The way I see it: the only thing that can reach her at this point would be the loss of something dear and the awareness that she herself caused it. She hasn't gone so far that denial no longer works. At that point, she'll either embrace her better nature or discard it and truly be lost to darkness. But, yes, redemption is definitely possible.
At this point the only thing that I’ve noticed that made her freak out was loosing her brother, I mean, not loosing loosing him, but knowing that her brother could’ve being alive but incapable of doing anything by himself
That or her mom coming into the picture
Maybe soren will die by her hand later
Narcissistic parents often treat their children differently. There is often a golden child and a scapegoat. Claudia, as the mage, is the golden child. They will often stand by their parent.
I like Claudia’s character because even though she is a villain, she has a pure heart. Everything she does is for what she perceives as the good of humanity whereas Viren seems to have a more selfish desire for power.
no! :D sorry.
I'd agree. While Viren has a "I know I'm doing ill; but have a reason!" approach; Claudia's is more based in the belief she has in her father... even though she is visibly struggling to justify it to herself at times. She also doesn't know her father's darkest secrets, such as the assortment of trapped people he has as coins in his pocket.
@@dolphinsupremacy4590 yes :) sorry
The most powerful of villains, don’t see themselves as villainous.
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In season 4 she knows there are cursed coins that can trap people. It could be a new idea but more likely is she knows about the coins from her father. Its in the lava scene i forgot the episode but he threatens rayla with them
Claudia has completely blinded herself with her love and loyalty to her father. She seems to actually believe her dad is doing the right thing.
After all he thought magic and my guess in her mind she is justifying like dark magic(I dont believe its a bad thing). Dark Magic is about sacrifice to be able to do things like typical magic in most magic based shows/books. But its basically the philosophy he thought her from a young age. So she sees whats happening as something they have to do for things to get better.
Thats how i believe she justifies everything her father is doing.(I may be going too deep into this)
It has been shown several times that the dark magic was just a way of protecting the humans from the elves, not a means to rule over humans, so it seems like more of a personality issue than the magic itself being bad. The elves and dragons do not have moral superiority over humans, so killing lesser animals to get magic to save humans against the stronger races is fine. Think about how many animals humans on Earth have killed and eaten just so humans can survive. It is no different.
@@Charok1 To support this point:
To make leather and get meat, you need to kill an animal. Ergo, a leatherworker and a butcher both require the death of an animal.
Neither of these professions is bad. However, overhunting would lead to animals being unable to replenish their population, so if both of these went *too far*, it would be bad.
We've seen that Dark Magic *can* cause problems with the psyche, but it could just as easily be Callum struggling with his own guilt over using it, and the influx of dark magical energy put his body into a fevered state where, in a fever dream, he was torn between his desire to do magic and his desire to do what is right.
Viren is not evil because he is a Dark Mage. He is evil because of what he's willing to do with his magic. And we've seen an evil primal mage already, so primal magic is most definitely not inherently good.
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It's worth noting that her sacrifice of the deer, while showing how far she's willing to go, is... more morally ambiguous than I think we've been led to believe. If there was a cure for an ailment but you needed to kill an animal to acquire it, we would do this in real life without a second thought. Because we're animals, and predators, and predators kill other animals for their own self-gain.
So... I think what she did was natural, even if the method itself was, obviously, unnatural.
@@Charok1 It's not an either/or dichotomy to me. I don't think the way magic works on a philosophical level is divorced from the characters or themes of the story. Callum acquired magic by understanding one of its sources, respecting the natural balance and putting in the effort to make it part of himself and form a connection with it. Meanwhile, Viren and Claudia want hard results and they want them now, price be damned as long as they aren't the ones personally paying for it. They don't put in the effort nor the respect for nature and life the way Callum was willing to in order to acquire power. And that's what makes them our villains and Callum our hero. You can make an argument as to why humans had no choice but to use dark magic and why that doesn't make them inherently evil given the circumstances, but trying to pass dark magic in itself as it's presented in the show as a morally neutral thing? Hard disagree.
I think Claudia is amoral. She isn't evil, she must doesn't have a sense of good and evil. Just goals and wishes.
She’s essentially Azula but if Azula loved her brother . She’s going to become the main villain
Yea I can see that. Aaravos is going to start manipulating her next.
Kinda wana know more about virens wife. Did she really left him or was that one of his lies? I wouldn't be surprised if he abused his kids or wife. Considering to other Netflix villain dads not surprising
I also say she would have probably had claudias hair with sorens hair color.
We are gonna learn more about her in the upcoming Season 1 novelization!
well she definitely left since claudia stated that HER MOTHER SAID that she should stay with Soren after he decided he wanted to stay with Viren.
Like Soren mentions later,he always looked up to Viren and believed he was an incredible person,even wanted to be like him so it makes sense that he chose Viren over his mother.
That and then there's something where I don't actually have a direct dialogue of proof but more my own thoughts on.
I believe that Viren smoothtalked Soren into staying with him,knowing that Claudia would follow (or that the mother wouldn't break the siblings apart and suggest for them to stay together).
What I can't wrap my head around is WHY he clings to Claudia so much.In my headcanon Soren is like Callum only a stepson to Viren,which is why Viren shows no special interest in him and which is why Soren was so jeallous of Callum who got all the love and attention from Harrow despite that blood difference.
But that still doesn't explain why Claudia means so much to him.I mean..yeah she is his kid,parents love their kids but.. Viren has such a huuuge ego and self centered personality that it really sticks out how he acts around her. I really hope we'll all get an answer to that eventually.
@@jos-josradvanji6203 What if Viren is just using her and channeling her potential in dark magic?
I'm pretty sure it's mentioned that they haven't heard from her at all since she left - knowing Viren this gives me a very bad feeling ...
I wondered about this too
I don't think she should be. She doesn't feel like she's doing anything wrong and I like that. I feel like fandom forgots imprisoning Runaan was HER idea, asking Viren choose between Soren and egg was her idea, both of these happened without any input from Viren, when some of fandom just thinks Claudia is being manipulated by Viren, when she isn't. She has her own agency.
And her own agency was build up by her father's teachings and morals...asking to choose was clearly a joke ... She is a goofy child in an older body... Imprisoning runaan because the KING or atleast his body was killed... She was right in taking out information from an assassin before killing on site as in the end tht would be for betterment of katolis....the base she has formed since she was a child was built up by viren and his teachings which has solidified over years...u can't just change that in snap of fingers.
@@thunderbird7936 That's a good point but people in good households as well can end up as bad people along with vice versa (Soren) who also asked claudia to do the right thing and leave with him. I feel it was then that Claudia truly made her choice not necessarily her final choice but a life changing one. Also she was going to let Verins illusion kill Ezran so I think she's definitely a bad person. I still lover her character though and she's definitely one of my favorites.
@@robertoponceramirez6540 Not necessarily. A good household doesn't only consist of non toxic environment but also of good teachings and morals. A child from that kind of household which has lasted a long period of time will ofcourse face hardships when it goes out but will certainly prevail them due to their core values and good teachings.
Soren didn't have the same connection and commitment to 'family' as Claudia did. That is one of her only self equipped values and she can't select her father or soren's side because she just wants her family. So Soren makes the choice for her and leaves which is ofcourse right but he could have sat down and explained her why sometimes it's important to put things above family and how even if they stayed together it would be a fake family and fake happiness or something of sorts. She hasn't really had a chance to consider that and break her blindfold created by the attachment for her family.
I dont remember ezran being almost killed by viren's illusion...which episode again?
I kinda rewatched the series quite a while ago for seeing Claudia's reaction to everything and I haven't really found any occurence of her being 'evil'.... She is morally grey for me and can be justified as both good and bad.
Yeah Claudia drives her own story forward more than Zuko did in earlier seasons of avatar. Zuko knew what he was doing was wrong but was desperate to prove himself to his father. Claudia on the other hand doesn't believe anything she does is wrong and isn't trying to prove herself to Verin, just keep him safe and try to reunite her family. So it's much harder for her to notice Verin's abusive manipulation and even if it wasn't a factor she's still a very morally twisted person in her own right.
Yeah because of her poor Ethari thinks that his husband is dead when he's just locked up
I honestly have mixed feelings on Claudia, in season one she was likeable, but her actions gave me reasons to not trust her
Claudia was the one who came up with the idea of the soul fang, Claudia was the one who found the unicorn horn, Claudia was the one who brought down the dragon, resulting in Soren becoming paralyzed and the army getting into Xadia, not to mention all of the other spells we see her use!
I understand her motives, she doesn’t want to lose her family, and that is perfectly reasonable, but the actions she has committed to try to fulfill those motives are not
Claudia is deeply committed to the dark, but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t any hope for her
If she is going to be redeemed, they can do it well, they have four more seasons planned, and that should be enough time to pull off a beautiful redemption arc
Claudia would lose her childhood positivity and naive-ness and realize just how dark these spells are, maybe from a consult with Soren or Callum, or Aaravos ditching Viren and going for the “valuable asset” which I would be freaked out by so I think Claudia would be too
She would go to Team Zym for help, and Soren would help her like you said
Great theory Chelle! I like the connection to Azula and you are doing very well here! Have a nice day!
I imagine if Claudia were to be set on a redemption arc she may need a vision akin to Callum’s own to ‘confront her dark side’. Hell, she might even lose, and the story will use that as the narrative justification for why she continues on her dark path.
I desperately want Claudia to be redeemed, she's like an Adoraburr too cute not to be redeemed!
Adoraburr?
An Adoraburr that willingly murdered tons of sunfire elves with a single dark spell in the finale which was somehow not even mentioned in this video..
All her other actions were to some extent understandable because even when she killed the deer it was to save her brother and she even apologized shortly before saying she doesn't want it but has no choice.
And now I am actually unsure what I want to believe because the sweet Claudia seems to rot more and more as the seasons go on. She enjoys using hurtful spells more,does more dangerous stuff,makes fun about a literal war,kills without hesitation and with no purpose of preserving life while doing so and gets more and more corrupted by the magic she uses.
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@@jos-josradvanji6203 What show are you watching!? First off I didn't see anything of enjoyment from her during the Battle of Storm Spire, second we can't confirm those Sunfire Elves to be dead! Maimed perhaps but not dead! And as for the rest of what she's done, things aren't always as black and white as they appear! From where I stand she's a child in a woman's body, naive, immature, easy to manipulate, unwilling to see her father's faults, and desperate to keep a crumbling family in one piece.
@@Horrorcrusher8312 I explained what I said. She joyfully mocked the elves desperate try to defend what is left of their dragons with shields. They weren't even set to attack but to defend and she made fun of this starting war like it was a joke to her. And we can confirm that they are dead because you can literally see that they don't get up after + Callum even stares at them in disbelief because he never saw such a huge amount of people die infront of him within a blink of an eye.
I don't think she is evil to the core but I believe she is striding towards her doom of mental instability and straight up insanity depending on what happens next.
Yes she does it to keep what is left of her family because she is emotionally scarred since she doesn't understand why her mom left her behind without giving her enough time to make a decision of her own.I personally believe her moms intention was not to seperate the siblings and that is why she told her to go with her brother.
But the thing is,she understands a lot of things and while she has a childish nature she is well aware what she is doing and what her father is doing which you can see on her shocked face whenever he gets more corrupted/corrupts others with spells.
I really hope her mom actually shows up ,explains her intentions and Claudia finds some peace and comes back to us.
Can Claudia be redeemed? Seeing as though she was fine with Ezran dying in the last Episode, telling her brother it would be a mistake protecting him... I don't think so sunshine.
She knew it was all an illusion, i think she was trying to test him. She would know if he loves their family more than anything, just like her.
Also, Claudia was asking Soren to choose between Ezran and Viren, which is pretty messed up. She is traumatized because she had to choose between her mom and her dad, and then her dad and her brother. Then, she became a huge hypocrite. She was okay with manipulating and traumatizing Soren just to see whether or not he would let a psychopath kill an innocent boy. Soren didn't want to kill his dad, but he was willing to do that if it stopped him from killing Ezran.
Agreed, she is beyond redemtion.
We all seem to forget that soren tried to kill ezran too. Yet he got a redemption. Not to mention it was an illusion so it would've done nothing.
Claudia is so much more likeable than Azula, but somehow when she does dark things to support Viren, it's still more understandable. It's like Soren said, a Villain is someone who can take a normally good person like Claudia, and encourage them to do evil anyway, just from them manipulating the situation forcing them to see it as good from their point of view.
Another commenter Jos-Jos Radvanjí told me that their theory is Claudia won't be redeemed until they somehow manage to get her mom. That the only reason she clings so desperately to viren is because her mom left her and she couldn't process and properly understand why because everything happened so suddenly before she could wrap her mind around it.
One of the things about Azula was she was always paranoid about her mom thinking she was a monster. Claudia on the other hand, knows that her mother loved her and her brother, but that her mother had to leave Viren for her own happiness despite that. If Soren and their mother get together and invite Claudia to join them, Claudia might finally see that it's Viren who's driving her family apart with his abusive behavior, and Claudia could easily join the good along with Soren and mom.
I just watched the video,scrolled through the comments to discuss and talk with people and now I find you again. Guess we're both really drawn to Claudia videos xD
Did anyone else notice how when viren asks Soren to turn into the zombie thing the camera is angled so it shows Claudia in the palm of his hand?
I don't know how this channel got into my recommended, but you got me hooked with this.
I haven't seen people touching the topic of Claudia and what she does for her family like this.
I'm subscribing.
Thank you, that means a lot!
Here's what i think will happen about her
1. She could be turn good but only after she has done some bad s*
2. She could get full azula and hurt or kill someone important
3. She could hurt or kill soren in an accident or rage. This happened with every villain who were good or normal but were truly villains
Levin dikkaya yes Avatar fan hell yeah i want azula redeemed too but who would she love as a boyfriend or girlfriend since callum is taken by rayla
I ship claudium for some reason
Phantomkillerx5 Azula is a fully blown psychopath, you can’t “redeem” a character like that. All happy and smiles seeing her brother’s face being burned by their own father, trying to kill her brother all for power and for the sake of being “an only child”, being happy and eager to murder millions just for power, controlling her “friends” through fear of death, etc. Just like Ozai, Azula can’t be redeemed. It would be really stupid to try and redeem Azula, and wouldn’t make any sense.
@@tonkinjeezus6626 yeah good point
@@tonkinjeezus6626 they are trying in the comics, i think
Ngl, I kind of want to see Claudia slip further and further, with Viren eventually seeing the error of his and Claudia's ways, but by that point Claudia has fallen in with Aaravos and wishes to side with him instead.
I think she CAN be, but I’d love to see her hit a “too far gone” point where she ends up sadly dying for something stupid as a result of her decisions
Yes, and we need a brother sister fight. It would create a dramatic scene founded on tragedy. Like zuko vs azula
Maybe it could be a Billy type arc? (Stranger Things)
@@HORSESNDOGS9 how ? It’s not gon be a fair fight Claudia doesn’t know how to sword fight and Soren doesn’t do magic so
@@nonh4038 well, i don't know if it would be a fair fight, but they would both use their different fields of expertise which can be interesting. It wouldn't be an official duel, but more likely a situation where Soren has to outsmart his sister, and Claudia would use her magic of course.
Most important thing is that we'd see them pitted against each other, and how they'd deal with that kind of scenario. Considering all they've been through and what they've done that put stress on their relationship, there's a lot of drama to tap into here.
the sacrifice to save viren can't have been a human, because the sacrifice has to be a magical being, but judging by the boot it could have been an elf
This is so true, Dark magic shouldn't have been portrayed like a such a evil thing.
Lets not forget that during the big war battle at the end of season 3 she launched that huge fireball killing many.
Personally, I think it’d be cool to see her get worse and worse, until even Viran is scared of her and tries to stop her.
I think the push she needs is for her father to abandon her
Sometimes LOVE can cause more death than HATRED.
Flash forward to Callum teaching her to make a primal connection.
I think Soren is more likely to get a redemption arc compared to her. She just raises tons of red flags.
Personally, I feel that for a character to truly feel redeemable, they need to present an internal conflict over what they do early on. A character that previously showed no regret over their actions and never seemed to question the morality of the obviously evil acts they are performing suddenly developing a conscience partway through the story is just... weird. So for me it comes down to weather or not Claudia has seemed conflicted in any way about her actions. And the answer is mostly no.
For instance, let's compare her to Soren, a character who's already been redeemed. A lot of their moments are shared, so it's easy to compare their reactions to the same circumstances. Take the moment where she uses a spell to try and put Rayla to sleep so Soren can kill her. Soren expresses some conflict over this, saying it's unsporting to kill someone who is asleep. Claudia, on the other hand, just sees it as a practical expedient. Then there's the fight with the dragon. While it's true it was Soren, not Claudia, that started it, it was Claudia who cheerfully proposed that they carry the dragon's corpse back home in pieces. Enemy or not, what she is discussing is desecrating the corpse of a rare and intelligent creature that they have just killed, and her tone shows that she sees absolutely nothing wrong with this. Not that it's a necessary evil mind you, but that it's a totally normal thing. Then of course, there's the illusory Viren attacking Ezran. I think this scene really says a lot about where her moral compass sits. Because while yes, Ezran isn't actually, in danger, Soren doesn't know that, and her reaction to Soren killing Fake-Viren shows shock and anger at the fact that Soren wouldn't allow Viren to murder a ten year old child. Let that sink in: She believes that the CORRECT thing for Soren to have done would be to stand aside and let Viren kill Ezran.
Which I think goes to the heart of who she is: She will protect people that are close to her, but she doesn't care in the slightest about what happens to anyone else. Any compassion she has is purely conditional. And while she might care about protecting the health and well being of people close to her, she doesn't respect their agency. Her using dark magic to heal Soren without so much as asking him if that's what he wants is a perfect example of this. And I think that this attitude ultimately extends to Viren as well, which is why I think that if for any reason she feels she no longer needs him or feels betrayed by him, she could easily become an even more dangerous villain that he is. She's already demonstrated that she may well have an even greater talent for dark magic that he does, and she's more unpredictable. While Viren is ultimately motivated by a desire for power, Claudia is more emotional, and a revenge and anger fueled rampage feels entirely possible if she's pushed too far.
Similar to azula, I think her blind loyalty to her father, and her seemingly easily bent beliefs may lead to her becoming a pawn to aaravos, and to a lesser extent, viren. Aaravos has shown interest in her and had acknowledged a number of times that her skills will be useful in the long run. Whenever he calls her a pawn, or something similar, viren will step back and tell him that she is still his daughter. I doubt viren truly knows that was he is doing wont help, and has good intentions, but in no way can I see him becoming an ally for our protagonists. Imagine if Aaravos turned claudia against viren, saying how her whole family has left her, but then twists that to say that he wont? That the power es everyone thinks is so bad is from him, and, that being the only real comfort we've found her to have, he will give as much power to her as she wants. This may lead to a great internal conflict, to betray viren, like she may think he will do to her, or to stay with him in risks of her entire family having betrayed her. I think that this may be the turning point in hercharacter, where she either turns into the big bad villian, with the help of aaravo, or she may go to her brother, becoming a force against the bad. Just my opinion that I've had for a while, and I think some of the highlights about the family dynamic for clausia shown in the video really help explain what I mean
Redemption or rehabilitation? Why not bot? Hear me out, Claudia's use of dark magic is practically taking a huge toll on her, that could be affecting her both emotionally psychically. While Claudia's motives are mostly driven by personal desire and acceptance, it can be easily manipuleted by Viren or by Araavos to further their goals. Another point for a painful descent is power. When you have power to do everything, consequences matter little to you, specially when comes to use dark magic as form of addiction.
Someone needs to make aware or at least Claudia's be aware on how her fixation/actions are destroying her relationships with her remaining family (Soren), her friends (Calum) and affecting the world around her.
Okay, hear me out: her connecting to the Earth Arcanum. From what we’ve been told, it’s the Arcanum most at odds with Dark Magic as it involves connecting one’s self to the earth and all the creatures in it. Claudia has to be separated from her father and especially Aaravos. She is found by an elf who recognizes she’s poisoning herself and nudges her down the path of the Earth Arcanum. I would find it poetic that Claudia is able to let go of Dark Magic by learning from its opposite.
I have a theory that Dark Magic is like a drug that tanst you make more evil
Claudia is one of the best written villains I have come across. She is not stark ravingly evil but is rather blinded by loyalty and power.
I absolutely love Claudia because she's absolutely the best kind of villain: A good person.
It takes a special, but damaged, person to truely understand and like Claudia as a character.
I'm surprised there aren't more people who understand/like her. I relate to her I a lot of ways and definitely understand how she got to where she is even though from an outside view it's totally obvious what's she's doing as wrong. People really don't seem to understand how off the world can look to someone who has abuse and/or trauma in their past that they struggle to deal with.....
It takes someone who understands why we dish out less serious punishments to the mentally ill then to someone who can from a stable home and suffered no trauma what so ever
all claudia wanted was to keep her family safe, if she realizes that her dad is using her she would probably go to be with her brother and gain the others trust
I was reading the comments but then I realized we are missing a key factor - her mother, I’m very convinced that she will be worse than her father but her mother will save her from it. Also have another theory that her mom’s an elf, she was just to young to remember it, and that would be where Lord Virus’s hatred of elves come from
This voice is so soothing. I love this video
I don't know whether Claudia will get redeemed or not, but I do agree that she will have to get worse before she can get better.
I feel so bad for her, man. She comes off as so nice and fun to be around but she's so blinded by that tyrant father that if he dies or betrays her, I feel she's going to go full Azula.
Great breakdown of Claudias character so far, there is a lot of branching potential for her arc at this point and it'll be really interesting to see it progress. Personally I find the foreshadowed story of Claudia finding and murdering a unicorn as a child somewhat ominous for her redemption potential and am dreading yet excited to get more context for that event.
As much as I said I used to say would probably cry if Claudia went down the Azula route (and probably still kind of would, as I kind of relate to her with struggling to find the right path after being thrown around in the past.)
I still like how they're actually kind of showing the whole symbolism slowly turning white with the dark magic being a double edged sword. Unlike Lotor from season 8 of Voltron being used as bait for shock value. ( I kind of understand it's to show that not everyone could be saved, but from what I heard Voltron did it in a really distasteful way.)
Anyways, I also appreciate how despite Claudia being the former love interest of the main character this show does NOT focus too much drama on their love triangle, unlike most shows these days, and I hope they keep it that way later on in the series even if they make her the main antagonist.
You need to watch Kipo and the age of the wonder beasts! This show needs love! As good as Dragon Prince!
I've seen it- just didn't have enough time to get a review out before it aired lol -Hailey
I agree! Kipo and the age of the wonder beasts is an amzing show! I think dragon prince is better. But still.
Yessssssss
Claudia has done unspeakable things since before the series even started. At one point she killed a unicorn to support her fathers revenge. To her nonhuman lives are just tools to be used for the magic. She ended lives to make pancakes for crying out loud. So if she redeems herself it has to come in form of a sacrifice.
I wonder if aravos knew dude was gonna die becuse he kept saying dat she would be needed soon lol 😂
Yes I 100% agree with you. I am a little worried about is they might give her a story ark that is similar to that of Morgana in Merlin show where she starts with an good hearted person to a wicked witch with more people leaving her even her farther.
For Season 4 I believe it's high time that we get flashbacks of the Family's past, and with Viren and Claudia behind enemy lines and Aaravos coming into the world either partially or completely we don't know, Claudia's relationship to Viren will be tested and he will have to begin choosing between the Devil he knows offering power or the last Family at his side, it's also possible seeing as Aaravos comments on how useful and powerful she is that he will be grooming her to either become another follower or a replacement for Viren.
I used to think she could be redeemed. I really did. But Since the final battle I’ve given up. She’s gone to far and crossed lines that shouldn’t be crossed. She’s just like her father now
From what I have seen there is some sort of trauma of from the mother leaving/disapearing. Something she directly feels is her own fault. Making any of her actions she has done as a sort of try to keep father happy. While, doing evil actions. You can see the two darkest actions she did (killing all the deer and what ever she did to help her father at the end of season 3) was done in honest love for her family. You can also see some major gaslighting done by her father to the point she believes only her father can do good. (this as all from my opinion built upon the actions of those around her and her)
As for redeemed, I dont see her redeeming her self until some major mistake and realization that it was a mistake. Father(or her) killing Soren, Aaravos trying to possess Father or take her for him self are some ideas I felt were hinted/foreshadowed. Thou I also see the possibility for her own death, through her own or her fathers actions.
Thanks, I am kind of fascinated and like Claudia while deploring her darker acts. She is misguided. I see her undergoing a redemption arc like Darth Vader and Kylo Fen and dying in the process.
Honestly she keeps drifting farther and farther away from that redemption arc
I’m so proud of Soren
I think the mom is kind because she realized the loss of Claudia's brother would be greater than the loss of the mom so she sacrificed her happeiness for Claudia's happeiness.
Am I the only one who doesn't really like Claudia. I mean I don't hate her, but I have the feeling her cuteness is covering up her bad actions. But she HAVE done them! And yes, she have reasons, but Viren also have them. At the beginning he wants to help humanity and save the king. But that doesn't change the fact, that their actions are "wrong". Also it seems that at the end of season 3 Claudias reasons turned dark too.
I dont think her reasons were dark, but her actions were..
She was like having a mini mental breakdown.. Everything came crashing down before her which is pretty sad but her actions were bad.. She could've chose to be by her brother but she broke down and chose her father's side.. I cant really blame.. But i cant say she's right..
I still love her tho.. Poor child
I hate her
I totally understand that, and I kinda feel that to, but with divorced parents, I feel to connected to hate her
Given the fact that Moon Shadow Elves have no problem being assassins, I think we can rule out the meat-is-murder philosophy of why dark magic is bad. So if taking the life of another creature is not the problem, then I can only see two alternative explanations:
- Dark magic consumes the soul of the creatures used, and prevents them from moving on or reincarnating.
- Dark magic literally corrupts your character, body and/or soul
I think the show gives more hints to the later, since Sol Regem could easily sense Callum had used dark magic before. Which means it has a lasting effect that isn't cosmetic like loosing hair color.
Just a thought, but what if, later on down the line, Viren dies. Either it’s an accident or by the heros’ or Aaravos’ hand. Aaravos, seeing an opportunity, takes advantage of Claudia’s need to keep her family safe and promises to bring Viren back to life if she essentially takes his place until he “returns.” This would be a great emotional plot point for Callum, Ezran, and Soren and would show us how she’s a complicated person and Aaravos’ skill at manipulation. Plus, it’d be amazing to see what kind of dialogue or tricks would come out of this
First off: This was a very thorough analysis and examination of Claudia's character and her motives. I liked it a lot!
Second, I think you've got a good point with the comparison to Azula and a possible redemption. I think she'll fall further down the rabbit hole and do some extreme things but eventually she will be saved by Soren and maybe Callum (I keep this all very simple and loose rn, it's obviously going to be a very long way for Claudia to get there. I don't believe it will happen before the final season).
I know this is about Claudia but I do have to drift off to Viren a little because of some of my own predictions for these two characters in the following season. I think it's possible that Claudia will become the driving force of these two and Viren will be the one to hesistate and question their path. Why do I believe this might be happening? Because Viren died. A lot of people seem to overlook this but Viren died and was brought back to life: If you look at other shows, books or any kind of fiction the death and following rebirth of a character marks the beginning of big change in said character.
Viren failed and died, all his work and attempts have crumbled. Now his daughter has brought him back to life. He was obviously disturbed and unsettled by the news he had died and then been revived. And I believe because of this death experience he will go through a big change and look back on his own actions, Aaravos' manipulation and his behavior towards his friends and children. (Now, I'm not going to say he's going to be a goodie here, obviously. But the TDP developers said that Viren WILL be going through quite a journey in S4 and S5 and I'm really excited for it.) It's also going to be just him and Claudia for some time because the TDP developers said that Viren will be without Aaravos' guidance for quite a while since Aaravos is busy morphing in his cocoon. So Viren will finally have time to think for himself again without a tempting voice whispering ideas into his ear.
So what does that mean exactly? Viren will falter and question the path he has taken. Claudia will see her father, broken and insecure and no longer the confident and clever person she knew. She will be afraid because it's just the two of them; Soren is gone, and Callum, Ezran and all the other humans are out to 'get them' at this point. They're in enemy territory and her father has given up/is doubting himself. So she will have to be the one to take action and make sure that they are safe. She might even start to push Viren and try to convince him that they are in the right. Because admitting that they were wrong would be too much of a moral weight on her mind.
I'm really hoping it won't happen but I do believe that at some point Aaravos will ditch Viren (because he's seen behind Aaravos' manipulation and no longer wants to pursue his fight against Xadia - and also doesn't want his daughter to be exposed to this useless fight and conflict). Aaravos will reveal himself to Claudia and will start to manipulate her instead. And, because Claudia has already seen Viren crumble before her at this point, Aaravos will drive a wedge between Claudia and her father by revealing that Viren had lied to her about everything. She will be hurt and furious and abandon Viren to leave with Aaravos. And Viren will be left behind to the realization that he fucked up big time and led his own daughter to the path of her own destruction.
Until, hopefully, Soren sweeps in to pull Claudia out of this dark path she has taken.
That wud be pretty flocking interesting
This is my favourite theory!
My guess is Claudia does have a chance for redemption at the moment, but I personally think, that when/if her hair turns completely white, she will be beyond salvation and be as evil as her father if not more so!
I believe Claudia will be the final "big bad" of the show.
I wonder if we ever will see the mother
And see that what kind of person she has become
Or if she has forgotten her children
The mother is honestly the only way I see her get redeemed.I mean..her whole "I don't want people to leave me again" issue started out with her mom,so if she came back into her life and maybe filled this hole in her that doesn't understand the why she left her and answers all the questions she's been left with all this time she might come through.
@@jos-josradvanji6203 one wonder though what personality she will have
@@AngryAnimeFan2 while I don't know for sure I take a veeeery huge guess that she's super dorky. I mean.. both Soren and Claudia are and I refuse to believe they got that from Viren x'D
If I had to take a wild guess I'd say: She is a quirky,cutie that looks very much like Claudia(which is why he's so overprotective of Claudia now because she reminds him of her mom)and that Viren fell for after watching her from afar and awkwardly got to know her.
They fell in love and had Claudia (I am guessing Soren is from another dude even though I don't think Soren is that much older than Claudia so the guy must have died or something happened that she got together with Viren so shortly after)
In all this time she never tried to see her children and arrange a visit? Either Viren kept their mother from them either by killing her/trapping her in a coin after she supposedly left, or simply using his position to squash any attempt, or she washed her hands of her kids.
@@RequiemPoete I agree when they said they hadn't heard from her after she left ....
Claudia isn't really evil but she is unable to accept her father is a villain or that she is in the wrong. Though with Kailum finding more about magic will give magic users a different path. If his power is something any magic users can use.
Claudia is one of the most interesting characters in the show
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“In this episode she attacks those she once considered close friends and emotionally manipulates them as well-specifically, her brother.”
So did Soren at the start of season 2. He attacked Ezran (not with an illusion, as Claudia does, but with the intent to kill), attacks Rayla three times, and lied about Harrow missing the princes after his death. If the same standards are set for Claudia as Soren, she should be able to redeem herself as long as she apologizes.
Sometimes I don't think Viren even 100% cares for Claudia as much as Claudia cares for Viren. Maybe he only wants to use her potential of Dark Magic. You know, like Mother Gothel and Rapunzel's hair. Maybe that's why he doesn't care for Soren that much. He can't use Soren now, Soren started developing his own opinion and all when Viren wanted to turn him into those Sun dark monster people. Idk
I hope she’s redeemed. She truly has so much to offer! She is a kindhearted person and just wants her family to be together.
By the Gods of earth, I sure as hell hope. She’s doesn’t believe a villains. Claudia’s motives are keeping her family together, something that couldn’t happen with Soren and I can relate to it in my current situation. She has a good soul, hopefully that’s enough to save her. And if she dies, I want them to do it in a way that will make her a hero.
I hope that in the future we get introduced new characters, and of those characters it's someone who has perfected the art of Dark Magic and used it for good, like a Witcher. Than that character would dual Claudia coming out victorious than the Warrior would use he's charm to convince Claudia to use her Dark Magic for good and not for he's greedy father, this would also developed into a romance. That's what I want to see. Princess Mononoke style. ☺
"Charm" and maybe "dual" wud be absurd but yes your basic idea has potential .
I like Claudia, so part of me wants her redeemed, but when I look at what’s she’s done, I wonder if she’s gone too far. I don’t equate dark magic to killing animals for food. I equate it to killing animals for trophies. Also, dark magic corrupts. Yes, Callum comes back from it, but Callum nearly died in the process and that was from one little worm to save the life of another magical creature.
Harrow explains it best as a shortcut. We don’t have to take shortcuts. Humans in this world don’t have to use magic to survive. This is an excuse to use the easier (corrupted) route to achieve one’s goals. Viren is killing to do his makeup every morning. Claudia isn’t doing that, but she’s headed there - fast.
It should also be noted that we now know dark magicians hunted the unicorns to extinction. If hunting animals to extinction is necessary to have enough magic to survive then it’s not a viable option. Claudia has been raised to believe that this kind of killing is okay.
Can Claudia come back from this. I think yes, but it is soooo much more difficult for her. Imagine what Callum went through multiplied by all the much bigger innocent lives she has taken.
Claudia is going down a dark path I see very little redemption for her especially feeling that aaravos might convince her to be his apprentice
For the simple answer to the question, think back to Uncle Iroh. He believed in second chances.
I am hoping she does, she seems so smart but falls for the dumbest things. I’m hoping she realizes what she’s doing is wrong.
I was more surprised her brother turned to the other side.
100% she can be redeemed.
Honestly, this could go in numerous directions. The first is that she realizes the wrongs both she and her father have committed and seeks to change and helping team zym achieve victory. How she will come to this realization is still a mystery, but I think the two things that would play apart in this are soren and rayla. Soren because he's her brother, And Rayla because of her connection to the princes and with what happened to her parents. I would love to see a deep conversation between Rayla and her. The other extreme would be that she goes full blown villainous, pursuing more and more dark magic, the same way her father has changed from king Harrow's childhood friend to an uncaring power hungry monster. The rehabilitation arc would also be very interesting, and one that I don't think we see often in cartoons like these. There are several other options that could happen, like becoming a martyr, but the ones I went over I think are the big ones.
In the books, the negative effects of dark magic are described as a destruction of one's own soul.
7:50 No! I don't think Claudia actually wanted to stay with her mother. I believed instead that she didn't want things to change, that she wanted her family all together. It's like when Soren left: She rather keep things the way they are rather then accepting that things change and she needs to accept that.
And if she don't accept that, it will be like Simon from infinity train all over again
Also a touch on the thing you mentioned about dark magic: Yes I agree it might not be as inherently evil as the magical creatures make it out to be but it is still wrong in the context of a show where you truly have to understand the nature of the world around you and your place in it to use magic... Calum spends 2 seasons learning this and gains few basic sky spells... Dark Magic skips all of that and thus encourages hasty decision making and taking the quickest option which while not inherently bad can lead to catastrophic results... Also anther thing that the dark magic teaches is to take power from something else, which... which is not the best ideal to work towards unless you want to be a master thief...
I might not have explained it as well as I would like but the point I am trying to make is that Primal and Dark magics are opposites one teaches you to be patient, reliance on inner strength and to work for your dreams, while the other encourages impatience, taking power for oneself from something else, and taking shortcuts... None are necessarily evil but they are not moral gold either...
I would also like to point out that using dark magic does bad things to the body of the person using it. You should read the Book of Vile Darkness section on corrupt magic for a comparison.
For me, it's not a matter of if she'll have a chance. It's if she'll take it.
Honestly, I didn't even notice the boot until you pointed it out. I feel that she has to answer for that death before she can be redeemed.
Cool, so when exactly did Pyrrha "answer" for her crimes before she was forgiven and became besties with Ezran? Oh right, that never happened. Everyone just blamed her crimes on Soren.
Killing a deer for her brother isn't an inhuman reaction, if I was in that situation I would kill more than one for my sibling
You know, I thought clauds would been the epic one, but it was dummy soren that was the mastermind all along
It was shown that sometimes you don't even have to kill something to use Dark Magic. You can use cut dragon horn. Cutting off a tentacle usually dosen't kill a cephlopod & using those glowing balls of light to track someone.
As they say the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Her intentions are beside the point. All that matters is how far is she willing to go before she crosses a line from which she can not return. You can do some really dark things and still turn back, look at Vader. I don't think Soren will be the primary motivation for turning her back to the light as it where however although he will likely have a major role to play. I think a major turning point is going to be when she realizes Callum did not have the primal stone at the battle. Remember he was on high ground and clearly visible from the battle field. She would likely think he was using the stone but if she finds out that it was destroyed before that point she will realize that Callum is a primal mage and humans can use primal magic. This will give her another path to walk, she just has to chose to walk it.
i would LOVE a Soren and Claudia battle like Azula and Zuko
I would like to see azula redemption in the comics
Same
My call is the redemption for Claudia depends on how long the show goes. If they go for 2-3 more seasons, yeah they will probably give her one. If next season it, then I’d imagine the whole family is gonna go out in the same day. That being said, I could see them continuing to use Avatar’s story, and have Callum v Viren and Claudia taking on her brother and the elf who she thinks took callum from her.
I think Claudia being redeemed is what we want to see, so it’s obvious that whatever we say will be leading to her redemption. I’m curious to see if she will be redeemed though. I’m half and half on this.
I wonder if they will go more into depth with their mother. What if Viren lied about her leaving?
What's worse: she created a very realistic, and *_very_* solid illusion of Viren that could have killed Ezran 😱😱!!!! Even if she _could_ be redeemed, I have doubts that it will be likely 😒😡😠. I hope that the writers have Lady Justice, as King Harrow and Queen Sarai *_might_* have said, bring her sword down on Claudia and Viren 😡😠😤.
Oh hey I recognize you from your great comments on EricReacts's videos! But I think I disagree on the solidness of the illusions. I don't think illusions can create forces or pressures to affect reality, they can only fool your senses into feeling pressures. So an illusion can't cause harm directly in that way, even if it feels solid it that pressure is an illusion. If my interpretation of illusions is correct, then illusion-Viren could never have killed Ezran, and I think Claudia would know that
@@AlexKnauth but then, how was Ezran able to trip over him, and Soren able to run his sword through his chest 🤔? Looked and sounded pretty solid to me 😓.
I think illusion-Viren was a mental weapon directed at Soren, not a physical weapon to hurt Ezran
@@AlexKnauth but, I still don't get how Ezran could trip over the illusion if it's not real 😕😵??
@@erikolson4148 Same way Lujanne's illusion food could actually feed the boys at the moon-nexus. Because they were actually eating SOMETHING, just not cake or roast chicken. Ezran probably tripped over a root or something that the illusion was covering up, but illusions can't actually HURT people so he was quite safe from that fake Viren.
Tbf it is aaravos’s doing that Viren is using Claudia, you can see he really doesn’t want to do this but if he wants aaravos to continue to help him he needs to do it
The father daughter dynamic and the sibling dynamic really hit home from childhood with a few minor exceptions.
Once you start using dark magic, you can’t stop using it. I really hope that she’ll be redeemed, if not she’ll be an new villain in later seasons. But, her father is caught in a web, unaware that he’s being used as well. That might kill him in the future. This is what I think.
This is more about Claudia's magic. Well in my opinion, Claudia just doesn't know another way. All that she knows is that human can't do magic naturally like elfs and others. As I see it, she was told by her father, who is the autority figure for her, that people can do only dark magic and this is ok. So, Claudia believed to him, because the person who loved her and was there when their faimily fall apart wouldn't lie to her, right? Besides in the most of situations Claudia uses bugs and the things that already dead, in this way dark magic don't look so terrable. As I imanigne, she thinks that there is nothing wrong and I believe if she knew that this is wrong and there is another way she wouldn't do dark magic(excluding her family problems that cann't be solved without dark magic)
she would be very lost in the denial, even if viren comes clean of his crimes, even if/when they find out it was viren who killed the kings and he lied about soren misunderstanding his instructions
but part of her wants everything back to before the war, there her insecurities vs the logic, if she add 2 and 2, she can feel betrayed that viren was using her and made her betray her friends and brother
She probably will turn good at season 7 or 8 of this show then she turns away from dark magic then she learns fire or sky magic like callum
My first impression of Claudia was that she was just the “goofy” character. However, she is much more nuanced than that. She is probably the most selfless out of the whole cast, doing whatever it takes to save the ones she loves, unless she sees you as an enemy, then she is ruthless. Such an interesting character and I love how nobody can 100% predict what will end up happening with her. That’s good storytelling.
Part of me wonders if there's another reason why Dark Magic was forbidden by the elves. There's a book series called the Dresden Files, and in it black magic is forbidden because using it will corrupts one's morals. It warps the way you think. Consider what dark magic does to a person's body, I can't help but wonder if it might do something similar to their mind (albeit a lot slower, since Dragon Prince is for a much younger audience). Which is not to say that if this is the case, Claudia won't be redeemed. There is a character in Dresden Files who manages to stay on the side of good after using black magic, but she always has to fight the temptation to use it again. I feel like it would be really interesting if Claudia wound up with a similar problem
I dont think she needs redemption (yet).