#wings of fire prince arctic

[sarali03]

[sagittarithealastorsimp]

okay, i need to spit this out to someone

and i refuse to make a youtube video for it so im just gonna write a whole essay to my small amount of tumblr followers on prince arctic and also im waiting for my friend to wake up so i need to do something RIGHT NOW so uh

lets start with the reasons that could've played a part in how he acted

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀

so, arctic's family wasnt that great, we've all gathered that. his mother was just horrid honestly, and we have no idea how his father was (or if he even had one). diamond could've been better, and im sure the way she treated him and the things she expected of him were a definite cause, albeit not a full one. another cause was definitely his animus magic, but also cant really be the main cause, even though it was probably a major one. (heres a brief note on animus magic, atleast, my theory on it that is- animus magic isnt the full cause of dragons going insane, its how they view it, use it,how often they use it, and other things going on in their life. lets say we have an animus dragon, a funky little sandwing that for the purposes of this sidenote, will be called funkmaster. funkmaster isnt too concerned about their soul, has been through alot, and uses his magic to cause suffering to small animals quite frequently. funkmaster has gone insane because he uses his magic poorly, isnt concerned about his soul, and uses his magic to be a bastard. funkmaster is the negative result of animus magic. whereas, lets say we have a cute little adorable seawing named tappytoes. tappytoes cares about his soul, has still been through some stuff, but has a positive outlook still, and uses his magic only when he needs to, and only for good things. tappytoes is not a maniac. sidenote over) i do genuinely believe that yes, he did at one point love his family (even darkstalker, albeit not as long as the others), and he did genuinely wish he was a better father, but he had been too far gone for that to have lasted long.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩

now, while it is sort of difficult to figure out where everything started to go down hill, i do believe it was shortly after darkstalker and whiteout were hatched. he knew darkstalker had inheritted his animus magic, and assuming he knew that nightwings have powers from being born under the full moons, he also knew of the power he possessed. now, this wasnt the breaking point entirely. arctic now had the pressure of being a father, (which, yk, who knows if he even got to know his) and had probably used his animus magic a few times after foeslayer got him out of the ice kingdom. i have no concrete idea on what these times could've been, but possibly some things for foeslayer. even if they werent horrid things, and he cared about his soul, other factors also played into the animus causes of the insanity. by this time it was already too late, and he just snapped. he fully had lost himself from that point forward, and there was no going back anymore. the only point where i really think there was maybe a chance he hadnt completely gone over the fence was when he was bringing whiteout to the ice kingdom to get accepted back into their society and to get foeslayer back (i think?? its been a while since my last reread, i had to stop myself from rereading it because it just made me sad), which mayyy have been him just wanting to go back to how everything was before he had a family but could have also just been him wanting foeslayer back because he did actually still love her. anywho these are just my thoughts, there are probably a bunch of inaccuracies, im tired, and i dont feel like rereading the entire book just to make a tumblr post, have fun and dont die

[latentwingz]

"Beware your two queens, beware your own power. Your claws will betray you in your final hour."

[lillyosaurus]

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

[korbywo]

Whiteout's painting from Darkstalker: Legends (finished at last !!)

[rai-salamander]

Prince Arctic

Принц Арктик

[marinusart]

Whiteout was strong as hell. She deserves so much more

Closeups

What can be worse than making a photo of a traditional painting? The same thing but there are metallic details

[aestheticofstars]

[spoonhead]

I just finished rereading Darkstalker and HOLY SHIT Arctic's story is devastating. I literally had to reread his winglet just to get more of him he's so fascinating to me

now I'm not saying the way he treated his wife and kids throughout the book is acceptable, because it wasn't. he really is a snooty Icewing prince with very obvious issues, but everything about his personality and relationship with Foeslayer is just so UGH

HE LOVED HER AND SHE LOVED HIM. THEY WANTED TO GO OFF AND BE HAPPY TOGETHER BUT IT WAS A JUST A HORRIBLE HORRIBLE PLOT TO BRING MAGIC TO THE NIGHTWINGS AND START A WAR. ARCTIC'S MOTHER IS HORRIBLE AND ABUSIVE AND FOESLAYERS MOTHER IS HORRIBLE AND ABUSIVE, BUT WHENEVER THEY WERE TOGETHER THEY FELT LIKE THERE WAS MORE TO LIFE THAN SUCKY PARENTS 😭

even after all the horrible things that happened as they escaped the ice kingdom and ended up starting a war, Foeslayer wanted to keep loving him because she felt like he appreciated her which has actually got me in tears it's just so upsetting :((((((

IT DOESN'T HELP THAT THEY COULD HAVE BEEN SO HAPPY AND SO MANY PROBLEMS WOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF THEY JUST WENT OFF TO FIND THEIR OWN ISLAND OR THE LOST CONTINENT OR SOMETHING INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE NIGHT KINGDOM. THEY COULD HAVE BEEN THE HIVEWING ANCESTORS INSTEAD OF CLEARSIGHT SO MUCH COULD BE DIFFERENT

[sarali03]

Whiteout

[darkstalker-void]

Unfortunately for the plot, we can’t!

[wraithdolll]

i like how without even trying i made their head shapes practically identical

[buzzkillchainsaw]

Uncensored version of this and more under the cut!

Albatross // Gill // Arctic

[korbywo]

clearsight has a spooky vision

[ba1laur]

darkstalkers funny family dinner

[animalstamp]

I was wrong about you son.

I thought I hated you because you were nothing like me.

No, it’s because you’re just like me.

A Monster