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A Nightwing family but they're a thesaurus.

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Scarlet vs. Seawings

okay okay okay, so Scarlet had ZERO respect for seawings. HEAR ME OUT.

Exhibit A: Tsunami. Alright. So royal seawings can be identified with their wing markings. Maaaybbbe this is not well known, but other royals would probably know about this. And YET, Scarlet just does not care??? It's straight to the arena for you. Now okay, maybe its because she prioritizes killing off the dragonets of destiny more than she does having good bargaining chips BUT:

Exhibit B: Gill.

So Scarlet captures Gill, tortures him till he looses his mind and then puts him in the arena to die. Mind you, this man is a KING. But her majesty does not give a shit. Now, maybe you'd give the argument that if she doesn't care about this despite having a PRINCESS [more valuable], why would she care about just a king? Well, we've seen how much Queen Coral does care about this man. He would have been one hell of a bargaining chip. Still, even if Scarlet didn't know that:

Exhibit C: Hailstorm. So when Scarlet captures Hailstorm, which is still before she gets the dragonets of destiny or Gill so you can't say 'that wasn't an option available to her', she considers him so downright valuable that she goes through the entire effort of getting Soar to craft an enchantment to keep him as a PoW. This is despite the fact that Hailstorm is a relatively minor prince [if we're just going off titles]. He's still first circle yada yada but still, all that effort just for this guy, just on the off chance that he may be useful for negotiations. If I remember correctly, they even HAVE negotiations, which amount to nothing, but Hailstorm's still just chilling a Pyrite. Not just that, but Scarlet also sets her own 'animus dragon' to keep an eye on this valuable prisoner. Proving that she does care about tactical bargaining chips, just not Seawings.

Bottom line? Scarlet does not give a shit about Seawings. She has no respect for Seawings. She doesn't- she just doesn't care. Doesn't even consider them even slightly valuable enough, even as bargaining chips. . .and it is fucking hilarious to me.

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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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And the one time one actually tried to do shit, the whole fandom lost their minds and still haven't recovered.

Kings in wings of fire are just throphy husbands. They dont do sh*t

As they should be

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If I had a nickle for everytime a member of the Icewing royal family, who is also a main series protagonist, learns to be better due to the gay shenanigans and true friendship of a dragon with freckles, yet does not get a confirmed ending together... I'll have two nickles. Which is not a lot, but sad that it only happened twice.

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I’ve been a Wof fan since the tender age of 10. I was also an internet kid, so I’ve been in this fandom a long time. So I’ll say it with my chest, this fandom has killed a lot of the pure wonder and love I once had, and try to still have, for this series.

No one is excited for anything. No one can enjoy anything. There’s no hype. There’s only complaining. Everything is wrong, and bad, and apparently horribly written even though Tui is clearly just having fun with her little dragon books yet y’all expect Cormac McCarthy level writing from her.

This is what some of y’all sound like:

“These characters suck! Those characters suck! Why? Well..because I said so?”

“Dark colored dragons are the villains (even though they are clearly based off of caucasian Nazi’s)?? This must be racist!!!”

“Tui made a (clearly unintentional) mistake when mentioning a character’s age? She’s a p!doph!le!! She groomed me!”

^^^(unfortunately, this is a real claim I’ve seen)

post: This book is horrible, let me tell you why…

Me: *nodding, actually excited to read this critical post, as I agree this particular book in the series is not the best*

Y’all: ACTUALLY, it sucks because it doesn’t affirm my headcannons, and doesn’t focus on the particular niche background characters I wished it focused on! Nye-hehehe!! Tui is the most illiterate writer!!!

Me: good heavens.

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It was 90 percent Scarlet's own trauma about being named SCARLET despite being ORANGE-

we truly don't appreciate how good scarlet was when it came to names. pyrite being named after something that's known as fool's gold? ingenious. just the name peril? very badass. vermilion being a shade of red like scarlet? ruby also being a shade of red?? ruby also being a gemstone, which is what tourmaline is??? literally so iconic.

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I think we should stop hating on Nightwing moms for a bit and hate on Scarlet's mom for a change.

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Another thought I’ve been having relates back to The Scorching, the history behind it, and how much of a good twist it was to throw out. I don’t know if it was planned or a convenient retcon, but it works on so many levels thanks to the themes already present. It also leads to some interesting theories.

Burn could never have been queen. The first action we see her do in the books is destroy an egg due to hatch within the next few nights. It’s cruel, and most of all, it sealed her fate. The kingdoms were founded on the blood and tears of furious mothers, broken hearted from losing their eggs and determined to keep their broods safe. Burn couldn’t have been queen, because that is not what a queen should be. Thorn takes the throne because she took over a city, created an army, and fought tooth and claw to find and save her lost dragonet, despite the odds.

Glory takes the throne because she is the dragonet who should have been cared for. She should have been seen, noticed, and saved. She wants to be queen not to have the nicest things, but because someone should care when a dragonet disappears. The first dragon she rescues is a dragonet. She is worthy because Grandeur gave up on her dragonets and her tribe, but Glory refused to give up.

Coral isn’t a good dragon; her abuses and her absolute classist nature are abhorrent. However, she is marked by her craze as she watched as so many of her daughters were crushed in their eggs. The horror of losing a child is what marks a queen, in some shape or form. Orca was not worthy of the throne, because before she even challenged her mother, she devised a way to kill every dragonet that could challenge her before they so much as crawled out of their egg.

What one truly has to wonder is when the rules changed. When did it become a rule that to become queen, there had to be a fight to the death? When did mothers find themselves pitted against daughters, sisters, nieces, all for the power of the throne she has? Who came up with the deadly challenge?

One can only wonder.

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I'm not sure if I remember this correctly but Snowfall definitely used 'fricking' and 'freaking' in her book and it's just hilarious to me that it somewhat implies the actual existence of 'fuck'

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Ain't that the regular one?

God I wanna draw a fucked up Darkstalker

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I don’t understand Mudwing haters. They’re literally so perfect. They’re round, they love their siblings, they live in mud. What else could you possibly want.

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WHAT IF The Hivewings just made that up to portray themselves as more close to the supposed 'god figure' of the continent. I mean, they were pretty big on propaganda so it's plausible. I really hope that is the cause tbh because wtf tui, were you high on the breath of evil when you wrote that lore in

My personal headcanon r.e. the whole Clearsight 'the timespan proposed for the splitting of the BeetleWings into the SilkWings and HiveWings via the HiveWings are all Clearsight's descendants is far far too small for the speed of an evolutionary process' is that the HiveWings were around during Clearsight's time, just on the other side of the continent or something, and that it is the flamesilk SilkWings who are Clearsights descendants, the NightWing heritage being how they have their fire.

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Ambushed by an army of tiny kittens!

The guy was coming home from the gun range and saw the one kitten on the road and decided to pick it up. He said his wife had been wanting one for the farm. When he stopped to take the video, he got ambushed. He ended up rescuing all of the kittens. They’re currently all at his farm where he is trying to get people to adopt them.

Follow-up video here.

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I imagine that Glory's actual name is 'morning glory', but nobody be saying something that long so everyone just calls her Glory. That's it for today.

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Every time I read a book with no fantasy elements it's just