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Oh my gosh this is so thought out?? I am now a believer in SilkWing drag. I love that HiveWings appropriated it from SilkWings over time, I can imagine HiveWing drag has much less elements of social commentary and more just showing off beautiful dragons and such. And as soon as I read these were social commentary shows, my first thought was a SilkWing dressed with leaf patterns to protest against deforestation, and then that ACTUALLY showed up! 🤔~~~🤔 telepathy rn

In your Jewel redesign, you said that Wasp probably wouldn’t let her get away with full drag, but that does make me curious. What would a dragon in drag would look like?

you will not BELIEVE how much I've thought about this, both during and after designing her. I can answer your question and beyond!!

The (Drag) Queens of Pantala

In order to properly explore Pantalan drag, I first looked to the (cultural) definition of drag itself, as well as learning some brief history. With the first known preformance occurring in 1867 (Although not truly popularized until the 19th century,) Human Rights Campaign and other LGBTQ+ organizations describe drag as a preformance art form that uses costumes, makeup and other tools to illustrate exaggerated expressions of gender identity, intended to critique gender inequality or other social justice issues. Drag has traditionally been preformed/pioneered by members of the LGBTQ+ community, predominantly gay men and/or people of color.

With this in mind, Pantalan drag was most likely created and developed by Silkwings (especially in jewel hive) as a form of protest art. I imagine the movement was later popularized by hivewing audiences, becoming more palatable to the wider public after being endorsed by a privileged group as art movements often are. While there are a myriad of social justice issues Pantalan drag could have originally meant to critique, the loss of Silkwing rights and deforestation of Pantala were probably the two main driving topics.

Their Artistic Process

As for the actual production of drag costumes or makeup, Silkwings would have had to work with what was available to them - fruits, vegetables, basic dyes/craft materials and their own silk. They would construct their own jewelry using beads instead of gold, weave their garments, and grind mica with pigments and oil to make eyeshadow.

Leaves, roots and trees would be frequent design elements of early drag: with the eye-catching glamour of a dragon working to simultaneously distract detractors and seek out supporters. Heavy accessorizing and imagery of wealth would also be important to presenting Silkwings as equal to Hivewings, through metaphorical sense. The processes of creating Pantalan drag is what leads me to believe it would prosper best in jewel hive: outside of their relaxed rules and support of Silk/Hive equality, they would also have easiest access to craft materials, dyes and a lively art scene.. endorsed by Lady Jewel herself.

Just a few thoughts on drag. Thanks for asking this question! I was looking for a chance to spill and you gave it to me ( ´ ▽ ` ).｡ｏ♡

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Lol the dragon burning the castle in the back. Maybe the royalty deserves it. Who knows?

The Squabble

Two little dragons vie for a place to perch. Nothing else to see here.

I love how this piece turned out!

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hate an x reader fic do not put me in a situation

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hate an x reader fic do not put me in a situation

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For the "Nature Bounty" edition of paper towels, every roll comes individually wrapped in PLASTIC!!

BRO.

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I got AwardDeviser, I'm out here thinking of the coolest shit rn. I'll probably draw them!

You will be randomly assigned a NightWing name. Spin this wheel for your prefix (first part of your name) and then spin this wheel for your suffix (second part of your name).

(I got the name Marveladvisor... It's tolerable)

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Seeing all these posts about Artfight is giving me weird pandemic vibes? Incoming storm, lol

I forgot to add tags

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Rocky and falcon and glacier

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Local murder lady please support her business

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Nobody should *have* to work to live life how they want to. I'm tired of pretending everyone needs to make profit for shareholders in order to afford healthcare, a place to live, and basic resources to live. This should all be provided by our government.

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it's so stylized ❤️

Doodle bc why not

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Gorgeous, this is great!!

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they should invent a bus that never gets stuck in traffic because it's on its own path separated from the roads. and then chain multiple of them together and put it on rails. has anyone had this idea before.

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some artfight memes I made since the site is already lagging

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Asexuals my beloved (PLATONICALLY! ❤️)

Reblog if you support asexuals and aren’t a COWARD

RB if your blog is a safe, accepting space for asexuals!

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Did "reality" stop you from achieving your dreams? Or was it really the fault of greedy people making your dreams impossible?

"Reality" doesn't have to be like this.