Intro: You know, I'm not usually into the fantasy genre. Seriously, I tried getting into so many famous ones, like Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, but nope! Never struck an interest for me. Seems that the only fantasy stuff I'll continue to be interested in comes from anime and shows inspired by anime. Like this one!
Proof: Honestly, when I blew through the first season in one day, I was just fine with a platonic bond. That was all they seemed to be anyway, so why not? Besides, I was actually more interested in the story than the relationships between characters, so it was a nice change of pace. But then Season 2 came along and suddenly, I was caught in the trap it set. Not that I'm complaining. The two have a lot of moments just in the first three episodes of the second season, and it looks like it can really work.
It wouldn't surprise me if these two were endgame. It certainly seems like the way to go, considering how the whole plot is pretty much "stop the humans and elves from fighting any longer", so it would kind of work thematically for the story to have a human (Callum) and an elf (Rayla) to get together, especially considering Callum is the prince of one of the human kingdoms. It fits story-wise, and while I do complain about merging shipping with story (LOOKING AT YOU, RWBY), this could be one instance where that could actually work.
What I think: When I first heard about this show, I kinda went "Meh." Because, even though the main writer was also one of the main writers in Avatar: The Last Airbender, it just didn't strike an interest in me. Mainly due to aforementioned disinterest in fantasy. Then I watched the first episode, again said "Meh", and dropped it. Only literally just today did I begin watching it again (I think I'm still trying to fill the void in my heart that RWBY left behind).
And what do you know, the show's actually really good. I know that I ship this really hard, but honestly? The relationships are not the main draw, as they shouldn't be. While it's not anything too special, I'll gladly watch a show written by a writer who didn't even work on Legend of Korra. Really makes me wonder how much better Korra would be if he had been there...
(A/N: Okay, now I'm actually trash for this ship now that I've completely finished Season 2... Holy crap, on paper, it would look extremely forced, but how did that transition from "completely platonic with very, very little romantic undertones" to "borderline romantic" happen so smoothly?!)
