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happy weed day

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THE TRIAL

[ID : a digital drawing of a pale blue dragon with a mane of icy spikes and dark blue antlers. it has a darker blue underbelly, with black flecks across its scales and green-tinted talons and wings. it is staring up at the sky with blank, white eyes, pressing its talons together in prayer. it is holding a spear in its mouth, the other end stabbed through its neck and dripping dark blue blood. the background is of a muted night sky with faint auroras, and behind the dragons head is a sketchy circle like a halo or eclipse. END ID]

#tw blood #tw self harm #sometimes i think about how crazy insane the trial was as a concept #icewings were so obsessed with hierarchy and rankings that they were fully willing to send their own kids to their death #in a freaky ancient ice cave with no hope of ever seeing the sun again #and if someone survived the trial the more favoured one was told to kill the other #no wonder winter was like that :\ #wings of fire #wings of fire icewing #🖌

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Here's some silly little metaphors that I think the dragon tribes would use

SkyWings

“Don’t count your clutch before they hatch.” (Don't plan too much too soon)

“Gold is better than silver, but silver is better than nothing.” (If you can't do it perfectly, still try your best. Most dragons forget the second part.)

“‘Sorry’ can't suck the fire back in.” (The damage is done and now you're dead to me.)

“You been eating too much burnt meat or something?” (Are you nuts?)

“Stop all this smoke and use your fire.” (Stop rambling and get to the point already; or stop complaining and do something)

“Doesn't know his tail from his wings.” (Stupid or clumsy)

“You fly like a depressed pigeon.” (Slow flier)

“There's no fire in a rainstorm.” (Stop feeling sorry for yourself and get to work.)

“Nighttime is for the NightWings.” (What are you doing up? Go to sleep.)

SandWings

“She’s all rattle, and no strike.” (Like all bark no bite)

“A diamond in a pile of quartz.” (Like a needle in a haystack)

“You’re watering the cactus and ignoring the sapling.” (You’re focusing on the wrong thing; barking up the wrong tree)

“Everyone thinks the camel looks silly until the dry season comes.” (Don't listen to them, they don't know how unique and strong you are)

MudWings

“Crocodile tears.” (Fake crying in order to gain sympathy)

“You can only catch a trout if your mouth is open.” (Be open to new experiences)

“If the tree gives away too much, it ends up as a stump.” (Don't let people take advantage of your generosity)

SeaWings

“Happy as a clam in high water.” (Very happy)

“The flying fish feels like a fool when it sees an osprey.” (Don't compare yourself to others, run your own race.)

“Plenty of fish in the sea.” (Plenty more opportunities to come.)

“You’ve got ink in your eyes.” (You're blind to something important)

“Lobsters only die when they don't leave their shell.” (Keep yourself busy with new experiences and you'll life a long life)

NightWings

“Sleep is for the dead.” (Why waste your time sleeping when you could be productive)

“SeaWings know their fish and SandWings know their cactuses, but we NightWings know everything else.”(NightWing supremacy propaganda)

“Being nice to a deer never got one in my mouth.” (Other dragons don't matter, only your goals.)

“A prophecy always comes true.” (I told you so but more cryptic)

"You're counting the stars." (You're doing something tedious towards an unachievable goal)

RainWings

“Gray’s her favorite color.” (She's a huge bummer)

“A lemon is yellow on the outside, doesn't mean they're not sour.” (Referring to someone who is two faced or fake)

“I love honey, but I’d rather not get stung by the bees.” (I could do this, but it requires effort so I don't wanna)

“Nobody likes a rotten banana.” (Nobody likes a bummer/downer)

“Don't tie your tail in a knot” (don't get all upset)

“I have all my berries in a basket” (I have everything sorted out)

“You couldn't sneak up on a pineapple” (insult to one's camouflage skills, popular among children)

IceWings

“The seal who asks why the orca is chasing him is the first to get eaten.” (A favorite of parents telling their kids to shut up)

“Not the sharpest icicle on the roof” (kinda stupid or slow)

“Clear as polished ice” (i understand or see it very well)

“You're looking a little pink in the face” (you look sickly. IceWings can turn pink from eating too much krill; a symptom of malnutrition. This line can be applied to any illness.)

“Blue blood kills, red blood spills.” (Patriotic propaganda implying that IceWings win every fight

“The SkyWings toss their blue eyed hatchlings because they're worried they'll be as strong as an IceWing.” (More propaganda)

HiveWings

“Pretty is for the SilkWings.” (Vanity is stupid and impractical)

“If it buzzes like a bug and bites like a bug, it's a bug.” (Don't ignore the obvious)

“Clearsight works in mysterious ways.” (I don't know the answer to your question, now go away)

SilkWings

“It's not always good to know how the honey gets made.” (Don't stick your snout where it doesn't belong)

“She's got a couple of threads loose.” (Calling someone a little crazy, threads refers to weaving)

“The bee minds its flowers and the spider minds her silk, it's when they mix that bad things happen.” (Mind ya business)

LeafWings

“Flytraps only trap because the soil doesn't feed them.” (Dragons don't get angry out of nowhere)

“Looking like a leaf only hides you in the forest.” (Time and place)

“If a branch doesn't bend, it breaks.” (Be flexible)

“Even the corpse flower attracts the flies.” (Even someone who seems ugly to one dragon they can seem irresistible to another)

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Jade goobers!

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The "I see no difference" meme with my wof ocs!! (Click for better quality)

(Characters from left to right)

Top left: Tide and Veiltail

Top right: Finch and Whitetip

Bottom left: Silkworm and Moth

Bottom right: Dingo (my self insert)

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peril if she was based

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do you think dune kinda knew sunny was a hybrid because

he knew thorn didnt tell many people about the egg, he knew that she didn’t reveal the father at all

and stealing the egg he wouldve been like “hrm. this looks different from a lot of sandwing eggs. must be a thing thorn’s family has idk”

and when sunny popped out with her clearly not sandwing coloration and her clearly not sandwing tail he probably thought “oh shit. that explains it ig”

like we know almost nothing about him but i think he wouldve protected sunny in his own little way. like “oh yeah, that’s just a thing with some sandwing eggs. it’s somethign that occurred in her mother’s family dont worry about it” and no one couldve argued because he’s the expert or whatever

like he wouldn’t have told sunny. he was part of burn’s army and she wasn’t a fan of hybridization. like yeah! he hated burn! but that mentality probably stuck with him a bit. and even if he didn’t want sunny to get hurt because she was the daughter of his friend he also didnt want her or anyone else to know.

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Nothing quite like an old fixation on a certain dragon book series to bring my illustrative side back to life. Hopefully I can keep the pencil active through art block.

Mainly all WIPs, will I ever finish them? Who knows, but I’ll leave them here for now.

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I think a lot of people mistake Sunny's resilience and hope in the face of a miserable and bleak scenario as childlike innocence and her not fully comprehending the danger of it all. Her optimism is a response to the pessimistic and nihilistic world around her. She truly believes in the prophecy. It has to work. That's what they've suffered all this time for. Everyone. There will be peace on Pyrrhia and it'll be delivered by her and her friends.

Her own arc in her book, about rising above the expectations placed on her and proving herself as dragon of worth, was foreshadowed a lot with how the DoD treated her. They themselves infantalized her despite being unaware of it. They believed Sunny to be weak and helpless. The little, tiny sister who needs to be protected.

Despite this, she's strong. She's smart, observant, and even Clay mentioned that she's a great fighter because she takes advantage of her small stature and people underestimating her. She isn't childish, but rather she believes that they'll pull through. That they'll bring peace. In the end? They do just that.

Sunny's optimism I feel is a nice breath of fresh air. A lot of protagonists like her go through hell and back and become a lot more jaded. Her? It's her hope for a better future that keeps her going. Even in the darkest of situations, when she should breakdown and succumb to the overwhelming misery of war and tragedy, she. keeps. going. She believes. Despite the cynicism of the DoD, even with Clay at times feeling despondent, she continues. She moves onward. She fights.

And...she wins. Peace is achieved on Pyrrhia. The prophecy came true.

#THATS WHAT IM SAYIN!! THATS WHAT IM 💥💥💥SAY💥INGGG #i always hated the way people treated sunny and how she views the world around her #a​nd how she didnt succumb to hatred or nihilism as soon as something went wrong

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Happy [Incredibly late] Valentines Day !!! Decided to do a trio of illustrations as I’ve done in previous years of diff forms of love!! Its only 3 but heres the list:

Sundew & Willow -> Romantic Love [They’re a classic! First queer POV’s and impactful ones for me!! They’re sweet together <3]

Qibli & Ostrich -> Familial Love [they are Cousins to me!!! Adopted family who are very protective of each other]

Turtle & Peril -> Platonic Love [Their friendship is so nice to me!! I don’t ship them at all - the heart motif is just used to symbolize love!!!! Also Turtles scales are canonically “as strong as diamonds” so him & Peril can make physical contact without Turtle getting burnt lmao]

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Lisa frank color palette rainwing

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Jerboa // Darkstalker

Hawthorn // Wasp

Glory // Scarlet

Battlewinner // Chameleon

Why did I ever stop drawing wof? These were fire (oh yeah, Avatar happened)

The gory ones will get a separate post with appropriate warnings etc

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Sunstreak ::ооо

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My children, they have 10 braincells combined

(reblogs help a lot!)

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turtle, thinking

like what you see? want your own dragon drawn? dm me to commission me, with prices starting at the low low amount of 15 USD! wow!!

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some old art of my kinkajou design I came across

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I actually like Cottonmouth as the twist villain in the third arc. He's a good idea with a solid execution. If he was introduced earlier/had some more build up, he would've been a little more effective. And I wish he hadn't overshadowed Queen Wasp as much as he did. But he works! WoF fans just like to be salty about scavengers lol (like, scavengers really aren't that bad guys).

Also, I appreciate how he's the biggest asshole ever. Villains that are awful and evil for the sake of being awful and evil are 💃 to me.

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#cottonmouth actually is a really cool villian #he absolutely sucks and is greedy with an ego the size of a blimp but thats the Point. it was his hubris that was his downfall after all #even still he fully convinced himself that he deserved everything even when he was trapped in a plant for like 2000 years even until the end #i think most people [including myself] just dont like scavangers because they were shoehorned into being part of the main cast in the like. #what? last two books? when this entire time everyone only thought of them as pests #it didnt really give the reader enough time to adjust to having important humans in a series that was supposed to only be about dragons #and i think having two dragons who always believes scavengers were smart in a group of others who were completely fine with it #really accelerated it too much for it to be believable #they just went ‘oh this animal we thought was no smarter than a magpie is actually super smart and can even learn our language? lol okay’ #i think if we had even at least One dragon who was still doubtful about it - as at least some of them should be - Maybe it couldve helped #do u get what im getting am i even making a lick of sense here