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Hey brother!
Guys, we've been talking about Encanto
so much lately that it's got me
in a grand old Disney mood.
And so last night I decided to give
Raya and the Last Dragon a rewatch.
And I have to say, even though I did enjoy it
on the first pass,
I enjoyed it a lot more on the second pass.
except for the con-baby.
I mean way too much of the plot
relies on the ninja skills of an infant,
and I just. (sighs)
Whatever, the thing that really stood out to me,
when I re-watched it was,
that we never get a really great
explanation for where the Druun,
the black purple floating clouds
that keep turning people into stone,
come from.
Everyone is just living harmoniously
in the Kumandran utopia, and then all of a sudden,
(yells) crazy black, scary clouds
keep showing up outta nowhere and attacking people.
How do Druun? How do?
Well, I started thinking about it,
and the entire situation actually
started reminding me a lot of what happens in Moana.
People break and steal the dragon gem,
and then boom, the, the Druun return.
Maui steals the heart of Te Fiti, and boom,
the world begins being cursed.
Which got me wondering then,
was Maui's stealing of the heart,
the catalyst for the Druun appearing in the first place?
Well, today we find out.
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Okay, so, did Maui inadvertently create the Druun
way over in Kumandra when he stole the heart of Te Fiti?
Well, first let's revisit the appearance
of the Druun to begin with.
The only explanation for why they're there at all,
comes from Sisu right here.
- A plague, born from human discord.
- How much Druun do you think Twitter's made?
And it makes sense when she says it,
because, yeah, earlier in the movie
you saw all five of the different tribes
right there in the chamber of the dragon gem,
and they start fighting over it,
and they break it and they steal it,
and boom, the Druun come back.
But here's the thing,
that's actually their second appearance.
The first time they arrive
is during a time of absolute peace.
Like, Raya actually describes it as a paradise.
- [Raya] It was paradise.
- So, if there was no human discord back then,
why did they show up?
Well, according to Sisu.
- They've always been here.
Waiting for a moment of weakness to attack.
- And if you ask me, that moment of weakness
was the stealing of the heart of Te Fiti by Maui.
Which of course also creates
its own world perishing curse
that Moana has to go solve.
In fact, let's go ahead and compare notes
on the two situations.
First let's look at Moana, and the effect
of the heart being stolen on the people of the island.
Fish are dying in the ocean,
coconuts are rotting from the inside out,
and creepy veins of just blight and ash
are creeping towards the island.
Then over in Raya, the effects of the Druun
are pretty similar, although admittedly,
a little bit different, as the Druun
are more focused on attacking living human beings,
and turning them into stone.
And I'm sure right here, you're all pointing
out the exact same problem with this theory,
that we never see anybody turn to stone in Moana,
nor do we see any Druun like floating around, anywhere.
But honestly, I'm not really that concerned
on that particular front, because
I think there's a pretty obvious reason
why the curse, if you will, takes on different forms
in different parts of the world.
Water.
We know the Druun are actively afraid of,
and deterred by water, and who chose Moana
to go return the heart of Te Fiti?
The ocean, AKA, giant body of water.
So both curses share a very common enemy in that regard.
And the fact that Moana's village
is on an island, completely surrounded by water,
I think explains why they've never seen a Druun.
Because it obviously has a really heavy travel restriction.
Another really interesting thing
about Moana's village is just
how harmonious the people there are.
Like, have you ever heard this many people say
and nobody ever leaves, this positively?
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- Like, Grandma Tala tells all the little kids
the story of other islands being attacked.
And yet, for some reason,
their island hasn't been attacked, yet.
- In escapable death.
- That is until the start of the movie.
When in fact there finally is conflict between
Moana and her father.
Even so, though, it can't travel
via like black purple creepy cloud mode.
It has to take the very, very scenic route
of going under the ocean.
Which is deep.
But that's why I think it appears as these creepy veins,
rather than as the floating clouds.
Even the timing of all of this works out pretty well.
We know in Moana, that Maui first stole
the heart of Te Fiti a millennia ago, or a thousand years.
And in Raya, we learned that the Druun
first appeared 500 years ago.
So, that has to be our shared start point,
which actually means that Raya,
and the people of Kumandra end up resolving the issue
a full 500 years before Moana
finally solves it for her people.
But even that adds up, because the dragons
seem to be the people of Kumandra's
equivalent of Te Fiti.
They bring them water and life.
Basically the exact same thing Te Fiti brings to the world.
That said, the dragons and Te Fiti
don't seem to be on nearly same power scale.
Because Te Fiti is a literal goddess,
and her missing heart is the root
of the entire problem for both civilizations.
And when it's finally returned,
the problem is of course resolved entirely.
But it also makes sense to me that in the meantime,
the dragons are at least powerful enough
to resolve the issue for their area of the world.
In fact, it would honestly not surprise me
if the dragons themselves were initially created
by Te Fiti for this kind of purpose.
I mean, at the end, when the dragons return,
and they combine all their powers,
they're able to literally, bring life
and resurrect Sisu.
Which I don't know if you saw the end of Moana,
but like creating life, literally Te Fiti's power.
Not to mention each dragon also has
an individual magic power,
one of which we learn is shapeshifting.
The exact same gift that was given to Maui, via his hook.
- Look how close my butt is to my head.
- [J] Which is something we literally see Te Fiti create.
So who knows, maybe all the dragons magic
actually comes from Te Fiti.
Actually, now that think about it
Camilo could shapeshift too, over in Encanto.
And they all had a individual magic powers.
Like, is it possible, the candle is powered by,
plus they always call it the golden candle,
and then in Tangled, they have the golden flower, and.
Anyway, the comparisons continue to line up,
the more you look at it.
For example, let's go back to Sisu one more time,
and listen to how she describes
the mission of the Druun.
- They're like a relentless fire,
that consumes everything in its wake,
until there's nothing left except ash and stone.
- I mean, it's almost exactly what Grandma Tala says.
But honestly, I never really thought the Druun
looked very much like fire at all.
But you know, who does look like a giant fire monster,
that consumes everything in its path
until nothing's left its stone and ash?
Te Ka.
I mean, she is a literal, flaming giant lava monster
that was created by the stealing
of the heart of the heart of Te Fiti.
And she lives on an island of
nothing but ash and stone, and is totally afraid of water.
But, then of course, Te Ka isn't even really Te Ka.
It's just Te Fiti missing her heart.
Like Te Ka is just the polar opposite of Te Fiti.
- They're like the opposite of dragons.
- That they are Sisu, that they are.
On that note though,
another difference you might want to point out
is that, in Moana, the curse seems to be affecting
plant life, whereas in Raya, the Druun
is just floating through the jungle,
not affecting plants at all.
So what gives there?
And the answer is just that Sisu is still alive,
and thus the dragon gem is able to
continue to provide them some protection.
But sure enough, right after Sisu dies,
and the dragon gem starts losing its power,
the Druun start having an immediate
and direct effect on the surrounding environment.
Namely, all of the water just starts disappearing.
But even down to how each evil is defeated
in each movie, is kind of the same.
In both situations, it takes an act of trust.
Maui must fully trust Moana, and he does so
to the point where he sacrifices his hook.
And similarly, Raya must fully trust Namaari,
something she has never been able to do in her entire life.
She has to give her, her piece of the dragon gem,
and then sacrifice herself to the Druun.
But in the end, the result is the same.
The plague is defeated.
Also not for nothing, Moana like has the
sea parted for her, and then lets the giant lava
monster to come right at her.
I mean, that's a lot of trust that
Te Ka's not just gonna like, pff, you're dead.
So, in a nutshell, here's what I think happened.
Long ago, Te Fiti created life,
land, and islands for the humans to find.
And she also created the dragons
to protect the people of Kumandra
in a similar way to how Maui was given his hook
to provide for the people of the Pacific.
In an effort to continue helping those people,
Maui steals the heart of Te Fiti,
not knowing the consequences.
But in doing so, ends up creating the opposite
of everything that Te Fiti created.
Instead of green goddess, we get lava monster.
Instead of life, we get plague.
Instead of dragons, Druun.
But the dragons, having their own magic,
have a way to combat and keep the Druun at bay,
and ultimately are able to defeat the Druun,
500 years after their creation.
Then another 500 years later,
Moana restores the heart to Te Fiti,
and resolves the problem entirely.
And then like another 900 years later,
some family in Columbia gets a candle.
And also maybe somewhere along the way,
a mom in Germany drinks some tea
made with the golden flower also made by Te Fiti,
I'm just saying.
Except that we literally see Te Fiti make a golden flower.
Anyway, guys what do you think?
Did Maui create the Druun?
Does it all add up?
Let me know all of your thoughts
in the towel section, down below.
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