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#glory #deathbringer #glorybringer #art #LMAO TRUEEEEEEEE #arc 1

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I'm trying to figure out a Winter design that I like, this one is okay but I feel like I can do better

#ohhhh!!! gorgeous !!! #winter #art #arc 2 #god this design is so sweet...

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6 and 12 for the ask game?

6.) Least favorite Arc?

I've only finished the first two all the way through, but as it stands it's most certainly Arc 2 for how much I talk about it, LOL! It's not that I particularly DISLIKE Arc 2, and in fact, as you can tell from how much I talk about it, I really, really love all of the characters. As it stands, however, I also find that is SIGNIFICANTLY weaker than Arc 1 in terms of narrative and coherency and pacing. It's not like Tui just... Forgot how to write. I still had fun. I still think her brilliance in character writing shone through. Winter Turning is one of my favorites of the entire series!! It's just... I think Peril's book makes the pacing weird once you hit halfway through the Arc due to her lacking any sort of... Strong relation for most of the first two books? And I think book 9 is solid but BOOK 10. BOOK 10. MY DARLING BOY QIBLI BUT HIS BOOK IS SO. There is so many issues with the pacing between trying to squeeze both the resolution of Darkstalker's whole deal AND the Scorpion's Den segments it just throws the whole thing off. I just... I love Arc 2 but it is so much wasted potential. Arc 1 is just, so much more solid to me.

12.) One thing you'd add to an arc/ book?

Well. I have an entire AU that's just a rework of Arc 2 in the works with my Partner that's going to have its own dedicated blog, so I'll keep my mouth shut on Arc 2 for the moment, LOL. Instead I'll retread some ground here; I'd add screen time for the love interests in Arc 1 with characters other than the main character they're a love interest for! I'm very passionate about it!! I think Deathbringer and Peril would be a compelling dynamic. I think Riptide is a really interesting character and would love to see him interact with people who aren't Tsunami. I LOVE FATESPEAKER FULL STOP!!!

Also, (with the context of, again, their main series age difference and not the mistake made in the winglet. I forever abide by "main series trumps spin-off works in terms of contradictions" as my canon rules) add more time between Deathbringer and Glory being a proper duo and allies. They don't even have to be romantic, take whatever interpretation of it you want, I just want them to be a slow burn dynamic. Let Glory warm up to him as his true intents becomes clear. Let Deathbringer have time to go from his usual "Well, I don't have to KILL them if they get out of the way" shtick to being specifically invested in the success of Glory and the other DoD. I want more of the fight-banter from them!! Pick your poison for the endgame of it, I just think their dynamic is rushed and deserves a little more build up on both of their end! Give it more time!

The take away from this is I just want more of the love interests as their own characters, basically.

#ask game

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Wings of Fire Ask Game!

| 1. Favorite character? [Can be anyone, even that weirdo that appears for one page]

| 2. Least favorite character? [Same applies]

| 3. Favorite book? [Winglets, guides, graphic novel, ect.]

| 4. Least favorite book? [Same applies]

| 5. Favorite Arc?

| 6. Least favorite Arc?

| 7. Favorite protagonist group? [Dragonets of Prophecy, Jade Winglet, ect.]

| 8. Least favorite protagonist group? [Same applies]

| 9. Favorite antagonist?

| 10. Least favorite antagonist?

| 11. Favorite quote?

| 12. One thing you'd add to an arc/ book?

| 13. One thing you'd take from an arc/ book?

| 14. When did you start reading Wings of Fire?

| 15. Any design headcanons?

| 16. Any backstory headcanons?

| 17. General character headcanons?

| 18. Favorite tribe?

| 19. Least favorite tribe?

| 20. Favorite canon ship?

| 21. Least favorite canon ship?

| 22. Favorite non-canon ship?

| 22. Least favorite non-canon ship?

| 23. Hot takes?

| 24. Cold takes? [Takes that pretty much agree with everyone else]

| 25. Hopes for a new winglet?

| 26. Hopes for a new legends book?

| 27. Expectations for a new arc?

| 28. Character you hope gets expanded on/ viewed in the near future?

| 29. Character you hope is just. forgotten by the narrative? Never to be seen again?

| 30. Dynamics that 100% can't or won't happen in canon but you think would be fun? [Can be platonic or romantic]

|31. First oc you made? When did you make them?

| 32. Have you made any fantribes/ fan continents?

| 33. Any role plays you've participated in?

| 34. Any specific Wings of Fire artist(s) you want to shout out? [Art, writing, ect.]

| 35. Character you want to maul? [Affection]

| 36. Character you want to maul? [Malicious]

| 37. Have YOU made any fan content? [Feel free to self promote]

| 38. Something in the fandom you see too much?

| 39. Something in the fandom you see too little?

| 40. Free space! Ramble as much as you want!

#ask games #idk how many I'll reblog in the future but may as well have a tag for it !

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Seeing that one confession that's like "all of the jade winglet is so mean to Peril in book 8 they suck" and I'm not responding directly cuz 1.) it's not that serious LMAO and 2.) it feels rude to respond directly cuz like. anon can have their opinion I don't care I'm not looking to "debate" or whatever I'm literally just Also Putting My Different Opinion On The Internet in mostly unrelated terms but also like. the jade winglet r all like. 15 in terms of maturity max based on how dragon age works LOL like yeah. of course they're kind of mean. they're trying to look cool and strong in front of the powerful gladiator lady with a reputation of killing everyone she comes in contact with despite the fact that they still have to do algebra homework. real 15 year olds are mean and hostile to random 20 year olds even IF said 20 year old doesn't have the reputation that Peril does all the time

#not tagging this cuz this post is mostly just a joke but also like. yeah. no. that scene doesn't break immersion or make me dislike them or #anything. they're 15. I said mean weird shit to people when I was 15 no matter how nice I tried to be LMAO #misc

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what we do and don't deserve

#self rb

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kinkabli 100 gecs tree

#self rb

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KINKAJOU KINKAJOU KINKAJOU i chant like a feral animal.

Or coconut :) love them they're so boring it's interesting

My 2nd go at Kinkajou, I like this one a lot better. background is a bit out of place but eh I didnt know what else to put.

Coconut is a mood fr, Id love to eat fruit and nap lol

#KINKAJOU !!!!!!! oh this is so so cute I love this.... #kinkajou #art #papaya....

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and i’ll talk until my tongue is tied up ! ! !

#OUGH. this is so visceral #arctic #art #gore #? jic

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kinkabli 100 gecs tree

#wings of fire #wof #kinkajou #qibli #wof kinkajou #wof qibli #kinkabli #qiblijou #wof human #sorry for making this joke twice. unfortunately I think it's so funny #art #my art

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what we do and don't deserve

#wings of fire #wof #moonwatcher #winter #qibli #wof au #wktd au #moonwatcher wof #winter wof #qibli wof #art #someday I'll actually post what's going ON in this AU. but frankly the only reason I haven't is because WKTD feels kind of insane to explai #like you had to be there (or watch an 8 year old lets play of it on youtube) #my art

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Happy easter to everyone but these two especially

#OUGHHHH THIS STYLE IS SOOOO PLEASING. #art envy. INSANE amounts of art envy (complimentary) #the way you use colors is soooo lovely OP. and your shapes??? god!! this is SO cute!!! #moonjou #moonwatcher #kinkajou #art

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I think Peril and Winter not getting a chance to interact more on friendly terms is one of the many crimes that arc 2, even if, in all fairness, I feel that Peril's POV book/involvement would've been more suitable to some other point in the series.

Because they ARE foils to each other, in a way. They both play on a theme that crops up in a lot of characters of WOF, which is the way that types of trauma and abuse can shape a person and their worldview.

Peril is CONSTANTLY drawn back in by Scarlet through the repeated message of "I am the only person capable of loving you." She spends her entire childhood being gaslit (and I mean genuinely gaslit, not the meaningless twisting of the word that the internet has given it. The actual abuse tactic gaslit.) and manipulated by the only maternal role in her life to be so dependent on her. She's hailed as Scarlet's Champion and a monster alike. She's feared in a way not unlike how Scarlet is feared, but Peril didn't choose that. Her image and role in her society is specifically selected to further isolate her. It isolates her so severely that she is made to feel that she has no hope of integrating into society even IF and WHEN Scarlet disappears from the Skywing kingdom. She's instructed to burn up helpless eggs before she can SPEAK to plant these seeds into her as early as Scarlet can, both in Peril AND in the society which engages with her. Scarlet carves herself into Peril so that Peril is convinced that she can't live without her, and she DELIGHTS in having this kind of specific, all encompassing control over her. She WANTS Peril to stay, not out of any real love for her, but because she loves that she could do this to somebody at all. Peril is just like any other piece of her lavish, extravagant hoard; loved like something intended to be owned, to be possessed.

Winter, meanwhile, is made JUST as dependent on his family, but by opposite means. Winter being nothing to his family, being a constant disappointment to the people he loves, is something that is reinforced time and time again from a young age. He's a failure the moment he fails his first hunt. And thus, he becomes easy to scapegoat. Hailstorm isn't the perfect image of an Icewing in many respects from what we know of him before his capture; he's shown to be goofy, and his plan is what actively gets him and Winter in trouble, but he's still hailed as perfect. Not to say that Hailstorm's treatment was less damaging, we don't know what his relationship to their parents was like beyond reputation, but it showcases that these traits aren't seen as default flaws by Narwhal and Tundra. It's just that you have to be able to justify any deviation from the norm. Everything that deviates from the perfect, ethereal Icewing in Winter though, is something to be picked at, something to be shunned. Slow and obsessive and now the reason his perfect brother's gone. And failing his family doesn't just reflect on Winter, but it in turn reflects on his family, who he loves, within their society. He's made dependent on his family with the intangible promise that if he was just a little better, just a little tougher, just a little more like what they want of him, he could have that love returned to him, he could justify being the one who was left behind in their eyes.

I just think they're the products of very opposite but ultimately overlapping circumstances. Abuse as direct action versus abuse as neglect. Both dependent but in opposing ways; both convinced they can't live without their abuser, but one is convinced into believing she is literally, physically dependent on her abuser while the other is convinced that he is OBLIGATED to prove himself to his abusers, that to live is to justify himself in their eyes. "Champion" as a leash to keep her on and a warm light on the tundra skyline that's never possible to actually reach.

#wings of fire #wof #meta #peril #winter #peril wof #wof peril #wof winter #winter wof #arc 2 #analysis

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Some moon rising thoughts and coming panel redraws all with my human au :]

#OH THIS IS STUNNING !!!!! #I loveeeeee your art OP I absolutely adore these #the ibby bibby dragon... cute... #human wof #moonwatcher #winter #qibli #turtle #kinkajou

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deathbringer study ; on doomed "childhood"

wings of fire winglet; assassin by tui t. sutherland / user @/jupiter-suggestion / silas denver melvin, the apocalypse will never be as advertised / chimamanda ngozi adichie, notes of grief / janet fitch, white oleander / heaven will be mine (worst girl games) / user @/wovi / dimension 20; the ravening war - ep. 5, the seventh kingdom

#wings of fire #wof #deathbringer #deathbringer wof #wof web weaving #web weaving #wof deathbringer #what is up everyone I am back on my bs ♥

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LESBIANISM?!?!?

I THINK RIPNAMI IS IMMEDIATELY SAVED IF YOU MAKE THEM WEIRD LESBIANS. AND RIPTIDE A SURFER DUDE....LIKE CMON..YOUR NAME IS RIPTIDE.......SURF THE TIDES...NOW!!!!! I USED TO HATE RIPNAMI WHEN I WAS LITTLE. I THINK ITS FINE NOW. (IF YOU TURN THEM INTO LESBIANS.)

THIRD!!!!!!!!! REQUEST SHIP

#BUTCH4BUTCH RIPNAMI YOU'LL ALWAYS BE FAMOUS TO ME!!!! THIS IS SO CUTE OP <3 #riptide #tsunami #ripnami #eye strain #art

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mourning what could've been if the love interests in arc 1 got to talk to each other. mourning the peril-deathbringer friendship that only exists in my brain. what if you were raised to believe u were a monster and only capable of violence. what if u were raised always knowing your express purpose for the rest of your life was to take others' lives from them. what if i was heavily gaslit from a young age to never question this life set before me and you only shook yourself free of your reality through the loss of someone that both represented that future for you but was also your only tie to your innocence.

#yes the whole “born to kill” is a cleril parallel thing but also multiple characters can share the motif #and also it's really fucked up that deathbringer was literally born and raised to be an assassin #like his situation parallels her just as much as clay acts as a foil with being Born To Save The World despite #being presumed to be destructive inherently by the caregivers. u know? #wof #wings of fire #deathbringer #peril #deathbringer wof #peril wof #analysis