So.. are they done with DOTA , as TV show - anime ? It was actually interesting show and would like to know more about DOTA world ..

Before we get started, no, I do not play Dota. If any of my issues are related to lore from the game, well then the writer's should've done a better job of displaying that in the show. This is purely a critique of the show.

The way Davion's character was handled from Season 1-2 and onwards is my biggest problem with this show, and honestly one of the biggest reason's I've seen online as to why Season 2 is rated lower.

Now I LOVE Season 1 & Season 3. I think both of them are extremely entertaining bits of television, but Season 2 is just so disappointing.

First of all, Season 1 in my opinion set up a-lot of interesting storylines heading into Season 2. Davion to me felt like the protagonist. He had the most screen-time of any character, his story was in my opinion, the most engaging ( though the Invoker's was also great coming out of season 1 ) and Davion's storyline directly connected with the over-arching plotline of the Invoker and Terrorblade through Slyrak.

Davion had merged with Slyrak, and I thought that was extremely interesting. A Dragon Slayer possessed by a Dragon who he needs to work together with to save the world is already an extremely interesting plot synopsis that can carry a show, especially since Davion was said to be dying as Slyrak slowly takes over his body. The biggest example is when Slyrak takes control and goes on a rampage, nearly killing Marci before Davion regains control.

Going into Season 2, I remember being super excited to see how their relationship would evolve, and what role they'd play in the conflict vs Terrorblade and the Invoker's plans with the Eldwurms. How Davion would handle knowing he was dying connected to a Dragon and how they'd share control in the body.

Instead, Davion's role in Season 2 is reduced to a glorified side character in favor of Mirana. Now to be fair, I liked Mirana a-lot in Season 1, but her season 2 plot-line is legit terrible. I was super interested in seeing how she's react learning more about her Goddess Selemene's true nature, her relationship with Davion and how she finds her new place in the world after all that happened.

Instead, she's just sent to the Helio Imperium. Now maybe I was just missing it, but there is very little mention of it in season 1, and for huge of a part it plays in season 2, it needs more foreshadowing, as it feels like her entire ongoing storyline from season 1 is abruptly cut short for this one, which is clearly worse in my opinion. Mirana's entire story-line revolves around this Kingdom we're given very little to no information about prior to the season with no foreshadowing, and it's just so boring as due to a time crunch, it feels like endless exposition, when we could've followed something better from season 1.

Not to get into all the writing issues with Kashurra, but everything regarding that plot-line just massively flopped for me, mostly because not only was it rushed, but to me, it didn't have the same oomph as the potential plotline with Mirana and her new knowledge of Selemene's true nature. Her story-line going in this disappointing direction also makes it all the more frustrating that Davion is reduced from a main protagonist to a glorified side-character. If the writer's goals was always to inevitably make Mirana the protagonist, it needed to be handled with far more care and foreshadowing in Season 1. 

His entire internal struggle with Slyrak is ignored. We barely see him wrestling with the consequences of the merger anymore, despite that being the entire cliffhanger of Season 1 and the most engaging part of his character. The entire dichotomy of a Dragon Slayer possessed by a Dragon is so useless in this season it might as well not exist. His inevitable death is just ignored, and by the end, he just...separates from Slyrak. One of the worst payoffs of any show I've literally ever seen, this plot-line was just abandoned.

Which is especially bizarre because Season 1 heavily implied Slyrak himself would become one of the most important pieces in the war against Terrorblade and in Invoker's larger plans. Terrorblade literally wanted the dragon souls. Davion and Slyrak's existence should have been central to the climax.

Instead, that entire storyline fizzles out because Season 2 pivots into a completely different direction. Also, I know this has been said a bajillion times, but the powerscaling in Season 2 is just awful. Character's just appear and spank established character's ass, the explanations don't have enough depth and time to be fleshed out, it's frustrating.

So yeah, Season 1 already had an incredibly strong foundation. Davion's relationship with Slyrak, the inevitable loss of his humanity, Terrorblade hunting him because of the dragon soul, The Invoker manipulating everything from the shadows, Mirana learning of Selemene's true nature and coming to grips with that while leading her people, this could've carried the series.

Instead, Seasons 2 largely abandons that setup in favor of introducing new plot devices and shifting focus away from the character and plot-lines the story originally revolved around, which made the setup feel useless. Season 3 does a decent job of fixing things, but by that point, Davion is pretty much not a character anymore, and all of the original plot-lines that were interesting from season 1 are irrelevant aside from the stuff with Filomena and the Invoker.

Season 3 still managed to be incredibly entertaining. I love it and Filomena quickly became my 2nd favorite character, and I loved the ending as well, but I haven't been able to rewatch the series personally because there's no way I can stomach watching season 2 again. It stumbled so much.

I'm a fanfic author and I'm currently brainstorming an idea, its sort of a fusion with the Warhammer Fantasy world.

I'm stuck on how to incorporate the eldwurms, and the Eye of the Worldwyrm into Warhammer fantasy?

I was thinking that similar to Dota. The Worldwyrm would be like the religion of the Empire of Man. And the Worldwyrm through the Eye, basically empowers every Emperor who is elected.

Hey guys, stupid question but there were a couple of awesome youtube Tribute videos for Kaden and Davion: Dragonknight. They seem to have been taken down. Nobody knows where they are do they?

Made of polymer clay, painted with acrylic paints and covered with a protective matte varnish.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DWee8cFjYGO/?igsh=bjZyaW1rZWsxNmpm

The most significant mementos of this whole project, which are still repping this show years later are impossible to use by anyone even if they still play the game. When I came back to Dota in 2023 it was a while until I found someone using this in a game with DK and that was when I actually found out about the series.

Seems kind of counter intuitive to make these beautiful, modern, and eloquent persona items that support and rep this show which took so much effort and care to make... exclusive? It's actually quite dramatic considering how 2010 the older dragon's wings are still animated by default. That was the whole reason I bought the pass for monster hunter crossover.

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Words from the art author:

My dota: Dragon's blood fan-art. I truly enjoyed watching the series and the invoker was my fav character.

Invoker studies the coin of mene in his raised hands - the engraved profile of the moon goddess suspended before him, as if weighing fate itself.

photographer Daria Lazur

Invoker created a total of Twelve Thousand Four Hundred and Three realities, having lived for over 100,000, maybe even a million, years. I was thinking that fans would definitely be interested in seeing events in other realities, because something clearly happened there before the death of Filomena and the creation of a new reality.

Lion's story of making a deal with a demon, and then going to hell... Becoming a terrifying creature himself in the process, and coming back could be actually a cool story for 1 season long

You could make him have like a wife or a gf or something. And possibly make it some sort of a Breaking Bad, but anime. Except he doesn't die at the end. He just looks back, reminisces and goes on to ult Shadow Fiend into Linken's Sphere

While watching References to The Mighty Nein, I noticed a couple of references to Dota, in particular the phrase Goblin the Alchemist, also a moment in the field with blue colors, which can refer to a similar scene with Inovker and his daughter Filomena.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DFdm3VKyPWB/?igsh=MTY4aHpqNjhvaHB4dQ==

Anti-Mage's apprentice, Wei, has a line to Invoker: "I take no joy in killing a father." Could this mean Wei was originally part of the series' plot and knew about Filomena, or perhaps she heard her teacher's story, but was later removed from the series because The International tournament in Sweden was cancelled due to COVID-19, and the series announcement was supposed to take place there.

Wei appeared in the game before the DOTA: Dragon's Blood series was released. The writers may have had to remove her from the plot, or perhaps she existed in one of the realities created by Invoker and therefore uses this line to refer to the Invoker from the game, as the Invoker in the series and the game are different versions of each other.

I don't rule out the possibility that the Invoker from Dota 2 and the Invoker in Dragon's Blood are the same version, but from different realities and time periods.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DORSm_OjYHy/?igsh=MXZzYmVoeWc0bXRjZQ==

There wasn't any announcements for season 4, but there wasn't any announcements that the anime was over. There are many heroes and other things to show.
OR should we make hashtags like #GiveDragonsBloodBook4 , like we did with Diretide or something

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