#the false dragonets

[ninoxwof]

Fatespeaker the Nightwing

[Image ID: A digital drawing of a dark purple Nightwing dragon named Fatespeaker. She has a fruit bat like face with a bat like nose, and rounded spines that run from her head to her tail. Her underbelly starts as a light purple at her throat but then transitions into more of a blue purple after a diamond shaped marking on her chest. She has star freckle markings notably on her tail and scattered on her limbs, most notably with an array of them on her right wrist that make it look like she has a bracelet. Her face and claws are a darker purple than her base color, giving her markings similar to a Siamese Cat. She has tear drop scales and an oval marking on her forehead. Her wings are a light purple with starry nightwing markings. Her eyes and horns are a blue purple. She is posed flying and gazing with an expression of wonder and enjoyment. /. End ID]

[epiphlyte]

aaugh i never thought i would procrastinate so hard on posting here but whaddaya know this has been sitting in my drafts for days.. mostly because school has started up again for me and im too tired in the evenings to write out my thoughts on things SJKKHJ

anyways, ive been feeling extremely nostalgic recently, so as a bit of a warmup-gone-out-of-control here are the fake (well, backup) prophecy dragonets! remember this reveal absolutely shocking me reading the books as a kid. their dynamic is wacky.

an in depth explanation of their designs under the cut!

something i initially didnt like, but now think is a striking visual, is the fact that their designs really don’t go together - especially compared to the actual prophecy dragonets. was puzzling over this for ages, trying to figure out how to make them more cohesive, but eventually just decided to leave it. i think it fits since they really dont get along lol.

the problem with making starflight (check previous posts/tags) purplish is that now fatespeaker has to be a more saturated purple to distinguish the two - she additionally has faint teardrop scales by her eyes to add some spice to her design. i think canon should give nightwings more unique silver scale patterns as well, like fatespeaker's "bracelets" (sadly not included here)!

i want to eventually revisit flames scar, it didnt really come out how i wanted it to. other than that, i like his colours and his pose! you might notice that as i recall how to draw dragons again ive slowly been working on my poses and expressions, making them more dynamic.

seawings are one of my favourite tribes to draw so i really liked designing squid, although he hasn’t really made that much of an impression on me. i should eventually make a palette tracker of all the colours for the tribes, to make them more unified? or alternatively, focus more on the shapes and attributes of each one. i like making seawings squishy and frilly, like some sea animals!

viper is probably my favourite design out of this batch! i really like her colours, although they border more on the palette id use for ocs - eg. is she recognizable as a canon character? i do like her pose though!

and finally ochre - i seriously can’t remember any of this guys dialogue. with this though i did manage to nail down my mudwing designs, varying horns and tusks. maybe i’ll draw clay’s sibs next?? no one knows, not even i.. but i am currently in a character designing mood!

[wings-of-fire-confessions]

Instead of arc 2 I think we shouldve gotten books about the false dod. Like tbh the arc 2 characters seem more like side characters, cause they were barely introduced before and they just kinda feel shoved in. I wouldve loved to have explored the false dod and how they fared after their truama and get proper endings to their characters, they feel really underutilized :/ like sorry I just really dont care for most of the arc 2 main characters, theyre fine, they just feel a bit bland. Plus itd be a nice change of pace to have more books centered on a character that isnt always justified in their actions or who doesnt turn into a soggy mop coughWINTERcough. Ending this, while arc 2 has some good povs, the rest really dont interest me, like why should i care about these characters that feel a bit shoved in, rather than other characters who have been introduced and who have several story threads that have been left open since arc 1

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[jflxwr]

need more found families that actually fucking hate each other, r very open abt it, would kill each other with no hesitation if they could and the only reason they stay together is because they're forced to

[lillyosaurus]

squid

[mothpawbs]

Requesting Fatespeaker for the wor requests if you want. I thought she was great

i love fatespeaker, what a doofus <3

[scrollwyrm]

I drew the False DoD!

Details under the cut (from left to right.) also minor spoilers for the first arc.

Viper: I really loved drawing her- her colour pallet and expression were so fun to do. I wish we got to see more of her character, I feel like she had some wasted potential. Squid: I LOVE his design. I think it might be my favourite out of the five. I like the jewellery I added to him. He’s canonically obsessed with treasure, so I think Nautilus would eventually just give in and get him some. Also I made his pupils rectangular because I headcanon that MudWings and SeaWings under a lot of stress would have those. Just a nod to how he isn’t as shallow as he seems. Fatespeaker: I made her eyes all white to show that she has ‘foresight’. She doesn’t really. I’ll give you the option to choose whether I put that there for symbolism, or if you think she learned to roll her eyes up in her head to convince people her visions were real. Ochre: I tried to make him look bigger but it just wasn’t happening. In the end his design was pretty bland, just your average MudWing dragonet, if much grumpier. Sorry, guys. Flame: I made him pink, which I think suits him a lot. He was the first one I drew, so I like him a lot. This is before the incident with Viper, so he doesn’t have his telltale scar.

[namesareweird579]

Evil false dragonets of destiny

[wof-inbox]

To the False DoD, So good news and bad news *shows them their futures on a fancy scroll* enjoy that information.

“WHY DO I DIE??? WHAT DID I EVEN DO??” -Viper

[sacabambaspis666]

Holding the door slightly open for people

I would draw it but I'm lazy

[ninoxwof]

Viper the Sandwing

(Based her off the eyelash viper and desert viper)

[Image ID: A digital drawing of a sandwing dragon named Viper from Wings of Fire. She is a sandy yellow with a light off-white yellow underbelly and toes. Her spikey sails are a dark desaturated brown, and her black horns are sharp with two points and crookedly pointing up. She has brown that starts at her nose bridge and extends across her saddle, to her tail, with two dark brown stripes on top of it on each shoulder. She has spikey pointed scales, notably especially on her brow. She also has a rattle on her black and dark brown barbed tail. She looks underfed and dangerous, posed as though she is trying to swipe and attack something. /.End ID]

[starmi-designs]

#49 Ochre

“ the fat one “

[ravewing]

nah if i was one of the alternate dragonets id be soo pissed because imagine thinking that you and the other four kids youve been forced to grow up with in below-ideal conditions are destined to save the world and then you find out that you jus the backup plan💀

[wingsofmud]

Imagine if there were more than one group of false dragonets. Imagine if our main cast were false dragonets.

Obviously we know the prophecy is fake, so then what's to stop the Nightwings from ensuring there are multiple failsafes? Just make it so the location of the dragonets is kept secret except from the Guardians watching them and the Nightwing assigned to them and bada boom you get multiple groups of dragonets.

Dragons not born on the brightest night? Okay, you made the prophecy Nightwings, take the eggs until they hatch then give them back to the Talons.

What if the main cast is a failed group that unfortunately established themselves as the true dragonets in the eyes of the public.

Imagine if Starflight's book was about him slowly learning about all these false dragonets who do not know about the main cast due to being sheltered all their lives and Morrowseer decides to cut his losses and get rid of the failsafes in case anyone puts two and two together.

Cue drama

[mothpawbs]

i just saw ur umber drawing and all i have to say is that i too am not immune to flumber 😔🤝 and so i’d love to request flame for the wof requests if that’s alright!

here he is!! top ten dragons that trans your gender

thanks for the request!

[3zethe3zr]

How are the alternate dragonnets doingin the Blister Wins Au ?

They're all alive! The second he found out the dragonets that 'matter' (i.e Starflight) had chosen Blister he unceremoniously threw the lot of them out- so aside from dealing with the identity crisis that comes from all that they're all functioning! Theyre surprisingly still sticking together, though that may just be the condepandacy

(also gave me the excuse to design Viper, seeing as shes still alive)