#wof rant

[oliveghouls-parasites]

Imagine if the Seawing taken from the royal hatchery was a dude. I wonder how different it would’ve been once he got to the Kingdom of the Sea. Like, obviously Coral wouldn’t have been AS excited for his arrival (we saw that she didn’t think very highly of them in Moon rising), and I doubt he would’ve been as desperate to go back as Tsunami was, seeing as there was, well, a whole story dedicated to her arrival. But perhaps he also would’ve had those “im totally royalty” instincts.

I just think it’s really interesting to think about how Webs could’ve taken another egg if it was, hypothetically, somehow bluer than Tsunami’s. I mean, she probably would’ve died! No the missing princess story, no warm welcoming to the hypothetical male… Even if his personality was the exact same as Tsunami’s, so much would change.

[scrollwyrm]

Anyone notice RainWings seem to be based on an untrue factoid popularised by Jurassic Park?

I’m sure you can see where I’m going with this. The dilophosaurus was a dinosaur living in the early Jurassic epoch. They were about seven meters long.

Here’s the thing. They SUPPOSEDLY had frills/ruffs on the sides of their faces, and are RUMOURED to have been able to spit corrosive acid. Sound familiar yet? The problem is, there is NO EVIDENCE for either of these. In fact, there is evidence against the whole ‘acid’ thing.

These non-facts were just made up by Jurassic Park for the coolness factor. None of that stuff was true.

Anyway, just thought it would be fun to point out (and kind of annoying) because I’m a massive dinosaur nerd.

Who wants to see a dilophosaur-based redesign though?

[incorporeal-entity]

Encountered a hardcore Darkstalker defender that said he wasn't abusive, never took away anyone's autonomy, and that Clearsight had some blame for the turned out because he wasn't supportive of him and his delusions of becoming King that always end with mass death. It was like they were reading a different book, they were reading wings of combustion of an oxidizing agent not wings of fire.

Gonna be honest seeing one in the wild was jarring but also extremely funny they were twisting themselves into a pretzel trying to downplay his actions and deflect the blame all while trying not to contradict themselves. They failed at all of the above miserably and it was hilarious, like chill out you aren't Darkstalker's PR team you aren't getting paid for this.

[acakefilledwithrainbowsandsmiles]

starflight's crush on sunny was purely in a "i admire you for the dragon you are and i hope you admire me in the same way" and NOT romantic because please, they were practically siblings...

the only way i can comfortably look at starflight's crush is putting it in a "he didn't understand what romantic feelings were as he was cooped up in the cave" please don't ship them. they are siblings.

[mistlestripe]

(Wings of fire arc 2 spoilers) (How I think the ending could be done better)

Ok so like I LOVE kinkajou but her being the one to stop D-stalker was not the plot twist it was probably intended to be....when she's been the least personally effected by darkstalker's plotline...I think most people agree with that though I hope. The only thing that makes the Kinkajou plot twist interesting is that she was the person he least suspected to do anything to him. (But unfortunately even that wasn't honed in on and it was just a resolution to the "darkstalker thinks kinkajou is boring" running gag as a result) I think it would have been more rewarding if Foeslayer or Moon herself was the one to end Darkstalker. I could also accept Qibli just for the simple fact that it was his book and he honestly deserves a memorable W because he has absolutely 0 in his own book (and it would make his and moons relationship feel more earned too but other then that it wouldn't be THAT beneficial it'd just be fun) I think Foeslayer would be the one most ACCURATE for the writing style and the most sensible considering the direction the arc went in-- It makes sense that the reason none of the protagonists (minus turtle) did anything about darkstalker was because they were simply incapable of agreeing on a way to beat him and needed someone to step in and finish him in a way none of them could think of, it would make the "dragged on" style of writing qibli's book had make sense because it was basically hopeless until someone else actually came to do something (rather than the narrative just super obviously putting off plot revelations until its "time for that") I think to me though it would be the BEST if it were Moon to stop him though. It would have made the story come around on itself and it would have given Moon a real proper "arc" instead of one that only silently disproves her initial thought process that was obviously wrong the whole time lol... (that darkstalker can be reasoned with)...it would have also made her randomly siding with him again (conveniently after everyone is enchanted to like him) after he admitted to killing his dad feel at least more earned, like at least it makes sense why the narrative needs her to like him again (so there can be a satisfying conclusion to it). I think the way it is it would be kind of out of nowhere and it would still feel kind of BS for her to finally stop him after the book put it off for so long, but it would at least be an improvement to an overall unsatisfying conclusion and would improve an extremely important character losing almost all agency during the entire finale book and then never properly addressing it (other than winter who got villainized by all his friends for it and was treated like a bad boy who doesnt deserve the girl after that point lmao.)

[betelgo0ze]

What is your favorite moment in Wings of fire?

Imma be so fr rn I haven’t actually read WOF in years lmao, I think I first read them when I was nine and I still have them but my tastes have definitely changed.

there a good comfort read during exams and a good throwback but I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s something that I enjoy outside of nostalgic purposes. Now that I’m older I can appreciate the concept though I don’t like the way it was executed. Not saying there badly written, simply that their not my cup of tea.

That being said I do remember REALLY loving any scene with Peril. She’s just such an unreliable narrator and even before we got a book w her POV it was clear to see her mental state and how far gone Scarlet had caused her to spiral. Her and Clays relationship is toxic and sort of icky and as a kid I recognized that but I liked it. At that age I hadn’t seen many characters written in complex ways, I was nine or ten when I first read it. Now that I’m older I LOVE toxic relationships. Hand me a darkly written romance novel and I’m set. Ofc these books were aimed towards younger audiences which wouldn’t let for Tui to go FULL toxic, but it was a good introduction to what would become my favorite genre. Unreliable narrators, toxic relationships, everything that makes a story interesting. Bad characters written perfectly.

Sorry that was a ramble lol. I remember also loving that one scene where Morrowseer(I deff spelled that wrong didn’t I)took Starflight hunting. I wish we got to see more of them, there such foils to each other.

[treefory]

Wof ark one spoilers

So I finished the book about Starflight and I have some questions I’d like to ask the night wings.

So your telling me that a tribe of dragons that are apparently “the smartest dragons” that live on a volcanic island in the middle of the ocean that is actively starving to death never ever thought about fishing as a food source???

Y’all have a mad scientist character who is capable of making an armor that can hold LAVA for their queen… but can’t make a fishing pole?

How about instead of eating rotting animals, you use the flesh too idk… FISH??

If y’all are magical enough to make portals that can reach for hundreds upon hundreds of miles from your island to the opposite side of an entire continent, you couldn’t make a boat? To go fishing?

There is An entire dragon tribe that’s diet is probably like 95% fish and 5% everything else that is thriving in the ocean! Yet you probably never thought about it cuz “it’s not the night wing way!”

I know fishing won’t solve all their problems but maybe if they did have a good old fish dinner once in a while, they wouldn’t act like they have a stick up their asses all the time 🤷‍♀️

[the-reel-albacat]

yet another entry in the very pretty morally questionable bad mothers who just so happen to be rulers of entire nations, series.

honestly I didn’t intend to make multiple of these but if you have a specific Queen (dead or alive) who you want me to draw please tell! I have no inclinations towards anyone specifically so please give me ideas, I’m thinking maybe Oasis or Anaconda next?

If you don’t make coral have some pink on her you are disowned. Her name is literally CORAL! coral if famously PINK! If gill is green and coral is blue, where is the pink coming from?… Coral is already not the best person, but implying she cheated on her husband is a bit much imo.

[seawing-vibes]

I'm home, with moonlight on the river, saying my goodbyes

I'm home, there's moonlight on the river, everybody dies

I can’t stop myself from adding one (1!) “Read more” so heres the og sketch so you can see Noct’s face <3

[oliveghouls-parasites]

Princess Icicle nobody will ever make me hate you. I know you were inclined to kill your teachers and dgaf about Winter and wanted to take the Icewing throne and were overall super mean but it’s ok. You wanted to kill for Hailstorm and your parents are shitty and I want to see you again in arc 4 pleaaaseaaseeee.

[goosehadfood]

Hivewing sketch… may turn it into an adopt… *passes out*

[fiendish-illos]

a sketch page i started that i'm never going to add to bc it's been sitting on my computer for like,, 2 weeks, featuring Moonwatcher, Kinkajou, Winter, the SandWing sisters, and a bunch of other random jargon you need not worry about but i thought look fire anyway.

[incorporeal-entity]

I want to talk about Kestrel because yeah she is an awful dragon but that's just surface level talk. Now I want to make it clear here I am not defending her actions as they are reprehensible I am just analyzing her character. I genuinely believe that the reason why she is so abusive and horrible is because she lost her dragonets. Scarlet made her kill one of her dragonets just to escape with one so she chose the weakest one with no fire (sky) only for Scarlet to try and take her other dragonet Peril. Kestrel tried to escape with her but because of Peril's firescales she is too hot to escape with and Kestrel had to leave her behind with Scarlet.

It's why she treats the DoD so horribly instead of raising her own dragonets she stuck raising these dragons from different tribes she has no relation to. The DoD will never be able to live up to Kestrels expectations not just because they aren't skywings but because they aren't her dragonets all Kestrel could care less about well being as long as they can fulfill the prophecy. I also think the reason why Kestrel treats Glory the worst is because she was the replacement for the busted skywing egg. That skywing egg would have hatched a skywing that would have served as a replacement for her lost dragonets but instead of getting a skywing they get a rainwing.

It's why she hates Glory the most of all that skywing eggs was basically her last chance to be a normal parent to a skywing but it hit squashed. Replaced by a stupid and lazy rainwing among stupid and weak dragonets she has to raise for the prophecy. She so desperately wants to raise her kids or at the very least a skywing that the DoD and especially Glory will never live up to her expectations of raising her own dragonets. No matter what they do no matter how hard the DoD will try they will never be good enough for Kestrel because what Kestrel wants is her own dragonets (I also wouldn't be surprised that her having a skywing supremacy mindset also lead to her mistreatment of the DoD). It's why when she figures out when Peril is still alive her tone changes she isn't as harsh to her as she is to the DoD just because Peril is actually hers.

This is where her mistakes come into play where her own actions come back to haunt her. Because the DoD will hate her because of all the abuse she has caused them but since Peril is close with Clay and the rest of the DoD if Peril ever figured out how Kestrel treated them she would hate Kestrel too. Why would she like Kestrel who abused the DoD ever since they were children especially since Peril was also an abusive victim with Scarlet how could she ever trust Kestrel knowing she would basically just be another Scarlet in the way she treats her. Same thing with Sky to.

I know a lot of people get mad at the idea of a Kestrel "redemption arc" if she lived and yeah I get it because the way some people paint is that the DoD and everyone she abused forgives her which is very icky. The way it would realistically go is that the DoD and her children would hate her guts they wouldn't want anything to do with her. Nothing she does will ever be able make up for the abuse she has caused and she wouldn't be able to repair her image amongst the DoD or Peril and Sky and they will never like or love her back. In the off chance she somehow managed to make new friends (very unlikely but not completely off the table dragons are notoriously shit parents) she would have to live the rest of her life knowing that her own children hate her and want nothing to do with her. She will die alone and with no one by her side and if you ask me that's a more deserving punishment, living your life knowing your actions ruined everything and dying alone instead of dying before you can see the consequences of your actions and understanding how your horrible actions were your own downfall.

[acakefilledwithrainbowsandsmiles]

y'all do NOT appreciate tsunami and riptide enough, and i mean it :(

they are a beautiful everything x just ken relationship and yall keep tryna make riptide a butch he/him lesbian nuh uh

#FreeRiptide

[mistlestripe]

read wings of fire book #10 (spoilers)

so mad. idk how controversial that this is but this book was terrible and probably the worst of the SERIES so far lmao. everyone was so bad but especially the moon/qibli/winter trio. they were all terrible in this book and i feel so bad for winter. I loved moon in the first book and she was like one of my top 2 second arc protag faves but she's dropped down to the bottom of the group because of how obnoxious she acts in this book...qibli too kind of sucks but like he doesnt do anything annoying (or when he does it makes sense cause he values moon over winter.) he just never gets to obtain a win that isnt weak and overall lacks much weight behind it. everything he does moves on very quickly and it feels like the book just "waits a few seconds before showing what he does to artificially cause suspense". like I would have appreciated him denying animus magic more if he didnt react to the offer the same way he reacted to cobra tricking him (acting hopeful to the prospect only to reveal hes gonna say no at the last second as though that WASNT the obviously correct answer)

and like i probably do have some bias because winter is definitely higher than qibli for me in terms of characters but like I dont even have an issue with the fact that moon chose qibli over him, but its just the fact that the narrative needs to go out of its way to characterize winter as extremely unreliable and untrustworthy JUST to make qibli seem better. Winter is rash and irrational so I get it to a CERTAIN extent but the book acts like he is incappable of making correct decisions to the point his own friends don't trust him enough to tell him what happened to darkstalker (which i know they were like "we trust you to be there for us. not to do the right thing." WHICH IS BS AND RUDE ASF BRAH HIS BOOK WAS LITERALLY ABOUT HIM BECOMING OPEN MINDED LMFAO i feel like he'd be pissed but like with how much he hates magic he'd probably eventually comprehend it as deserved. Maybe if they said something like "its for the best you dont know" then THAT would make sense because they want peacemaker to have his own chance at life but like their reasoning is so dumb and it just makes me feel bad for winter and think that he deserves better friends who actually value him and the things he cares about. I wouldnt mind if moon chose qibli of her own volition because i DO like the subversion of winter seeming more like a love interest in the beginning (only for qibli to become the "true" love interest for her by the end) BUT i cant even trust moons agency and it feels entirely circumstansial because of how much the book went out of its way to make winter unlikable and the obvious "worse option" than qibli who acts perfect to her the entire book comparatively. it just feels like they did not give winter a chance at ALL and it even goes on to act like he NEVER had a chance with moon being like "i want someone nice to me who make me laugh." Their relationship in general is so bland and neither of their personalities are utilized to make a fun dynamic so it just feels like theyre both sanitized when theyre togehter. I think moon x qibli has a lot of potential to be interesting and cool and in concept/without context i dont mind the ship but they just dont utilize any of it at all in the book and it feels extremely unearned and obvious by the end.

[wintersbooktumbler11]

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WoF fans are always the biggest WoF haters