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[wingsoffireaus]

Oh yeah it's totally valid! And you've brought up good points. I think once again my issue is just.. I feel like there won't be repercussions here for this decision. Like I don't know I feel like it's going to be dropped after this. Which is just more frustrating to me I think.

It totally does make sense why Jerboa did what she did. I'm just saying I am sniffing out what kind of feels like a cheap way to get rid of magic. And I think that's whats really upsetting me more than anything.

And yeah my "Jerboa doesn't need to exist" is extreme. Trust me I realize this... And honestly I think I'm still just so frustrated with that choice that I myself am lashing out.

I think for me it just feels like... She really hasn't done a ton. Once again I feel like her backstory is fascinating if squiggy at times. And it does kind of add some world building but I don't know. She just feels like she hasn't done a whole besides that.. and once again. I'm just lashing out... And I'm so frustrated with where things are going.

But sometimes I just need to keep my mouth shut.

Biggest thing I think is it just feels like there should be some consequences for some of these actions. And it feels like there really isn't. Like.. at the very least show magic leaving being traumatic to Turtle. show that it's not just a good thing.

Meh. I'm just tired. And obviously this one little thing just gets to me.

Overall I don't think I hate Jerboa. But I am frustrated with her actions. Maybe a bit to the extreme. Not as much as I am about how Peacemaker was handled.

But still. I'll probably go back and be like "okay overreaction much?"

Trust me I already know I'm going to want to punch this me in the face when I reread this later.

As it is you have some awesome points. Sorry for spamming you with so much extra stuff. I clearly shouldnt write when I'm loopy of cold medicine.

Okay so let's talk about Jerboa...

Again trigger warnings. But let me start off by saying this.

I actually didn't mind the chapter delving into her past so much. BUT I get if people are triggered or don't like it.

I mean I was shocked it was in there. But it didn't bother me that much. Guess that goes to show who I am though.

I don't know guys. Like it's bad. It really is. We've got it all here. Child abuse. Brainwashing (literally) and some loss if limb. But... I don't know. Like it took me back but...

Yeah it's probably bad that I just found it more fascinating than anything else. Like it's a very good dive into how ultimate power (and time) can corrupt you. Like... Ugh. I thought it was fascinating.

But.. I don't know. It's valid that people are upset over this part. It really is. But I grew up reading animorphs and let me tell you... That is some fucked up shit. Haha. Y'all think "oh those books with the silly covers? Psh what do they have?"

Haha how about. Child soldiers. Someone gets eaten in the first book. Mind controlling slugs. Racism. Ableism. Loss of limb. PTSD literal children being mind controlled by slugs. Cannibalistic giant centipede things. Genocide. Chemical war fair.

Oh and the series ended on one of the darkest cliffhangers I have ever seen. So yeah. Guys I've grown up reading stuff like this. It does not bother me at all. It probably should... But it doesn't. In all seriousness though guys Animorphs is an amazing series and I recommend it... But keep these in mind. To be fair they actually do have a lot of humor and character... Admittedly once the ghost writers took over it took a turn but .. we don't talk about that. But yeah. (There is an actual gay alien couple in the later books though. Being in the 90s they couldn't be obvious about it but... It's there guys. It's very obviously there. And the author's confirmed it. Not in that way. Like they did all they could do to confirm with out saying it straight out.

Anyway. Sorry Animorphs is a thing for me. I can't help but rant about it.

Continuing on. Yes this is a disturbing chapter. And I can see people being freaked out about it... But to be honest y'all can probably skip it. Actually here this is what pisses me off about all this.

Why does Jerboa exist? I literally think it's just because Sutherland came up with this fascinating character backstory.. but besides that Jerboa doesn't really do anything. Besides traumatizing children. She does that very well. Like I said earlier it didn't bother me. But I'm so fucked up that even as a child I don't think it would have bothered me. Again haha animorphs. But I don't think I'd let any of my nieces or nephews listen to that part. Maybe that's my protective side coming in I don't know. Meh. Ultimately I think it depends on who it is reading it.

So here's the thing that pisses me off. Jerboa took away animus magic. Cuz that's totally a great idea.... Fuck off man. I hate this trope. Why is this a trope? Why is this a thing? Let's take magic away! (But did anyone else notice she said only living Animi. Good job Tui. If you ever want to write a future book with Animi you can now.)

But just... Okay the obvious reason Tui did this was so they can't use magic to defeat the plants... But hey guess what? What you could've done is a spell where no magic can ever cause harm. Boom. Fixed it.

Then they can't use it to just kill Wasp. They'd have to find a way around it. Isn't that more interesting than taking it away? Like I'm sorry it's just... It's so boring and stupid.

This is exactly like when in fantasy movies they always have to leave the magic behind. Oh wow magical world. Oh wow friends. Oh no you have to go home but you're okay. Cuz being normal is good.

Cut it with the condescending crap! It pissed me off when I was 6 (seriously guys Narnia was an... Event when you watched it with 6year old tree) and it ticks me off as a 21 year old adult!

We're reading these books for the magic! Don't introduce it and then write it out so lazily! Even as a kid this would upset me.

But um yeah. So Jerboa? I kind of wish you didn't exist. Yes your backstory is... Deliciously tragic. And I'm just the sicko to find it fascinating. But y'know what. I could've lived without the taking magic away. No.

And another reason this upsets me?

Turtle. Hey anyone remember the end of his book. When he had a shut down when his magic was taken away? A vital piece of himself? No?

Well it seems like Tui has too. And it just... Fuck guys. I cried at that part! And I was ecstatic when he got it back. But nah guys.

Animus magic is too convenient. Better scratch that. Not try and be creative.

Blegh...

Oh wait... Hold on. Yeah so remember the ring? Yes the magic ring? That I'm kind of on the fence about? Guess what it adds another layer against Jerboa doing what she did. The ring shows the good magic can do. And then we had the crown showing the bad... I just .. I don't know I feel about this guy's. I just wish they weren't a thing. Cuz now I just feel like there could've been a dialogue about the good and evil of magic. But there's not really. Let's be real here. Once again one person made a decision without talking to anyone else. And I hate that. I want dialogue guys. I want conflict and then talking. You can't have one person be it all.

Cuz that's just as bad as one person running the show. But this is never gonna come up again. Just like Peacemaker is just gonna... Be Peacemaker. And it's all just... So upsetting I don't know.

I am so genuinely upset by these cheap cop outs guys. And I'm tired.

Anyway sorry guys. Prolly not the rant y'all expected. But I'm tired now. And emotionally drained from writing this.

Sounding totally cliche. I miss the magic of this series. But I feel like it's been getting drained from it. Literally and figuratively.

[wingsoffireaus]

Okay so let's talk about Jerboa...

Again trigger warnings. But let me start off by saying this.

I actually didn't mind the chapter delving into her past so much. BUT I get if people are triggered or don't like it.

I mean I was shocked it was in there. But it didn't bother me that much. Guess that goes to show who I am though.

I don't know guys. Like it's bad. It really is. We've got it all here. Child abuse. Brainwashing (literally) and some loss if limb. But... I don't know. Like it took me back but...

Yeah it's probably bad that I just found it more fascinating than anything else. Like it's a very good dive into how ultimate power (and time) can corrupt you. Like... Ugh. I thought it was fascinating.

But.. I don't know. It's valid that people are upset over this part. It really is. But I grew up reading animorphs and let me tell you... That is some fucked up shit. Haha. Y'all think "oh those books with the silly covers? Psh what do they have?"

Haha how about. Child soldiers. Someone gets eaten in the first book. Mind controlling slugs. Racism. Ableism. Loss of limb. PTSD literal children being mind controlled by slugs. Cannibalistic giant centipede things. Genocide. Chemical war fair.

Oh and the series ended on one of the darkest cliffhangers I have ever seen. So yeah. Guys I've grown up reading stuff like this. It does not bother me at all. It probably should... But it doesn't. In all seriousness though guys Animorphs is an amazing series and I recommend it... But keep these in mind. To be fair they actually do have a lot of humor and character... Admittedly once the ghost writers took over it took a turn but .. we don't talk about that. But yeah. (There is an actual gay alien couple in the later books though. Being in the 90s they couldn't be obvious about it but... It's there guys. It's very obviously there. And the author's confirmed it. Not in that way. Like they did all they could do to confirm with out saying it straight out.

Anyway. Sorry Animorphs is a thing for me. I can't help but rant about it.

Continuing on. Yes this is a disturbing chapter. And I can see people being freaked out about it... But to be honest y'all can probably skip it. Actually here this is what pisses me off about all this.

Why does Jerboa exist? I literally think it's just because Sutherland came up with this fascinating character backstory.. but besides that Jerboa doesn't really do anything. Besides traumatizing children. She does that very well. Like I said earlier it didn't bother me. But I'm so fucked up that even as a child I don't think it would have bothered me. Again haha animorphs. But I don't think I'd let any of my nieces or nephews listen to that part. Maybe that's my protective side coming in I don't know. Meh. Ultimately I think it depends on who it is reading it.

So here's the thing that pisses me off. Jerboa took away animus magic. Cuz that's totally a great idea.... Fuck off man. I hate this trope. Why is this a trope? Why is this a thing? Let's take magic away! (But did anyone else notice she said only living Animi. Good job Tui. If you ever want to write a future book with Animi you can now.)

But just... Okay the obvious reason Tui did this was so they can't use magic to defeat the plants... But hey guess what? What you could've done is a spell where no magic can ever cause harm. Boom. Fixed it.

Then they can't use it to just kill Wasp. They'd have to find a way around it. Isn't that more interesting than taking it away? Like I'm sorry it's just... It's so boring and stupid.

This is exactly like when in fantasy movies they always have to leave the magic behind. Oh wow magical world. Oh wow friends. Oh no you have to go home but you're okay. Cuz being normal is good.

Cut it with the condescending crap! It pissed me off when I was 6 (seriously guys Narnia was an... Event when you watched it with 6year old tree) and it ticks me off as a 21 year old adult!

We're reading these books for the magic! Don't introduce it and then write it out so lazily! Even as a kid this would upset me.

But um yeah. So Jerboa? I kind of wish you didn't exist. Yes your backstory is... Deliciously tragic. And I'm just the sicko to find it fascinating. But y'know what. I could've lived without the taking magic away. No.

And another reason this upsets me?

Turtle. Hey anyone remember the end of his book. When he had a shut down when his magic was taken away? A vital piece of himself? No?

Well it seems like Tui has too. And it just... Fuck guys. I cried at that part! And I was ecstatic when he got it back. But nah guys.

Animus magic is too convenient. Better scratch that. Not try and be creative.

Blegh...

Oh wait... Hold on. Yeah so remember the ring? Yes the magic ring? That I'm kind of on the fence about? Guess what it adds another layer against Jerboa doing what she did. The ring shows the good magic can do. And then we had the crown showing the bad... I just .. I don't know I feel about this guy's. I just wish they weren't a thing. Cuz now I just feel like there could've been a dialogue about the good and evil of magic. But there's not really. Let's be real here. Once again one person made a decision without talking to anyone else. And I hate that. I want dialogue guys. I want conflict and then talking. You can't have one person be it all.

Cuz that's just as bad as one person running the show. But this is never gonna come up again. Just like Peacemaker is just gonna... Be Peacemaker. And it's all just... So upsetting I don't know.

I am so genuinely upset by these cheap cop outs guys. And I'm tired.

Anyway sorry guys. Prolly not the rant y'all expected. But I'm tired now. And emotionally drained from writing this.

Sounding totally cliche. I miss the magic of this series. But I feel like it's been getting drained from it. Literally and figuratively.

[wingsoffireaus]

Okay... Finally getting around to this. Originally just wanted to let things settle so I could be super calm and collected and not as emotional. But then other things happened and so it's taken a bit longer. But here we are. My thoughts on Dangerous Gift. Spoiler warnings and all that fun stuff. Also some trigger warnings towards the end. I'll warn again before I get to it.

First the good stuff. I already mentioned it but I feel like this book is more of a character study. Not only of Snowfall but kind of again a dive into IceWings as a whole.

And just like Winters book I found that fascinating. However here we got to see someone who has honestly always thrived in said society. While with Winter he always struggled.

Snowfall was always on top. Honestly it seems like the only time she's struggled was when she became queen. I feel like it wasn't as deep of a dive as there could've been though. Like I think Lynx would have been a truly interesting take on this. Since she comes from a lower noble family. Like... Still not truly low low in the circles. But still I think that would have been more interesting. But y'know I'm still happy with this.

Snowfall is kind of your basic take on ruler who became a ruler way too young. Shes always trying to be a strong queen. Or at least what she believes is a strong queen.

But she is dealing with the trauma of Darkstalker and that whole... Fun thing. And you know what. I will say this. I'm glad the empathy spell wasn't a cure all. Like that was kind of a nice more realistic approach. Like... I don't know you have all heard my hatred of the ending of Darkness of Dragons. Like I'm sorry just... It felt a bit like a cop out. I mean out of all the choices in the book I didn't mind it as much. But I'm glad it wasn't just a "boom! Fixed it!" Like it seemed to be. I mean they didn't even let the armies settle down and talk it out. No they sent them to their rooms to think about what they've done. (Also getting rid of Winter. Oh well right?) Sorry I'll stop.

But yeah. Snowfall heard some nasty things during that encounter. Which clearly effected her. Add that to her trauma over her mother's death and you're just asking for trouble. As well as a crown that enforces hatred towards NightWings. (Thanks Diamond!) And it's just... A lot.

Speaking of the crown I... Don't know how I feel about that. Like I feel like it was kind of a cop out. Systematic hatred can and is enough. It felt more like it was giving an out for Snowfall. When literally she already had enough reasons to kind of explain her hatred and fear of NightWings. Does that mean she was in the right? Absolutely not. Does that mean we needed the hatred crown? I don't think so. Like... Bias is a real thing we deal with today. When children are taught to hate things by their parents or the people around them of course they're going to have issues with them as adults. And then teach it to their children. I don't know. The more and more I think about it I don't like the crown twist.

Now speaking of enchanted jewelry. The ring... I mentioned before they need to label their stuff better. But y'know I guess there is a reason it was labeled so vaguely but still. Label your artifacts guys.

But how do I feel about the empathy ring? ... It's okay. Like... I don't know guys. When I was reading the book it was a neat little gimmick. And I think I liked it because I think people could use something like this today. But I don't know.. now it almost feels kind of like "this character needs empathy... Ahah! Empathy ring." Instead of interacting with people and learning emotions and stuff. I don't know... I get it. But I feel like it's got nothing on a character slowly opening up on their own. Maybe I need to reread it... But I don't feel like it right now. I will bring this up later though cuz.. I think there's something that really could have done with it.. and it honestly makes another decision made later on even worse. But I am saving this for last. Cuz oh boy is that a rant.

Now.. how about Crystal romance? It's... Fine. It could've been done so much better. Like... Imagine this.

Instead of her meeting him during the war... What if she met him after? Hear me out okay.

So in the beginning they seem to be hinting that Crystal has ptsd from the war right? Well. That seems to be dropped as soon as she reappears. And I HATE that. Especially if instead of her ptsd being one of the reasons she wasn't chosen as queen.. it was because of her lovestruck romance with a MudWing. Like... Boooo... I mean I don't mind that he's a MudWing at all. In fact I think that could be a very cute pairing idea. But boo... That's one of the lamest reasons to not be chosen as queen in my opinion. Like... I get it. Oh Glacier thinking of her daughters feelings. Y'know what that's great and all. But what if Crystal legitimately was the best candidate for Queen? I'm sorry. I hate to be that person but sometimes you have to suck it up and just be Queen. Cuz your people should be the first priority.

And I mean on the other spectrum I guess Glacier could have also been thinking that? I don't know. When we get a look into her head. (I did really really love this scene btw guys. It's very cute. And it's scenes like that that make me not hate the ring) Glacier is definitely thinking to herself that Snowfall is the one of the three who would fight and fight for her tribe.

And y'know to be fair I don't think Crystal would have. I just don't. But I still think it would've been more interesting for her to be kind of fragile and suffering through ptsd.

Anyway continuing on. How I would have done her romance. They meet after the war. Crystal has been suffering through ptsd. And unsurprisingly she is getting no support from her tribe. Everyone is waking on egg shells around her. Or maybe even pushing her to overthrow Snowfall which is the last thing she wants to do.

So she leaves. She remembers her cousin Winter is living in a place called sanctuary and goes to him. He understands the need to escape the royal family and welcomes her. (Hey some cute cousin bonding over their family and tribe kind of sucking. Woo! Now we just need Hailstorm over here.)

While there she meets Gharial. Who is going through his own traumas from the war. (I mean we don't even hear about his sibs which is concerning to me.) He's not the sharpest icicle in the bunch. Nothing like she would have imagined for herself. But he's sweet. He listens to her. Understands a lot of what she's going through. And even when he doesn't he still holds her when she cries.

And when Snowfall finds her. Eventually confronting her about their relationship. (Let's be real here the Snowfall was slow on relationships in this book.) Asking her sister if they're together Crystal says something like this.

"I'm not sure what we are. Friends confidants... Maybe I do love him. Or will grow to love him. It's too soon to tell. All I know is when I'm with him things hurt a little less. I can breathe a little better. He makes me feel like I'm worth more than some dingy little crown. And that's all that matters to me."

See this? I think this would be way more interesting than forbidden love. But y'know I'm just me. And this is just a thought.

Now continuing on... Scavengers.

I hate this. I hate this guy's. I'm sorry.

Like I love Sky. And I really like Wren. But I don't like this. I don't like that they're coming in to save the day in the third arch. I legitimately thought they were being saved for the fourth arch. Not thrown in here. Just... Ugh.

I'm sorry. If you like this it's totally valid! I just don't.

I didn't like it when it was announced that the next Legends was going to be about Scavengers. And honestly the book itself was... Decent. And hey I even liked the epilogue with Prince.. undauntable? Is that is name? I liked what that seemed to be setting up.

But I'm sorry guys. Them showing up at the end of arch three feels like deus ex machina. And I feel bad saying this but kind of kills me enjoyment for the rest of the arch for me I think.

Admittedly it was funny seeing Winter react. And even declare he'd die before letting anything happen to Wren but... Still. Just blegh. I don't like it. I'm sorry that I don't like it.

It was good to see Sky and Wren again. But I feel like this would have been better for a quick Cameo than an actual... Whole thing. I'm just not into it. I'm sorry.

Okay gonna end this here. Originally this was going to be an extra long post. But then I lost this last bit. And then I accidentally posted this early so yay. But honestly it might be better to post in parts. Cuz the next part will be covering some... Triggering stuff. I will post trigger warnings along with spoiler warnings. But next time I'll talk about Jerboa. And why the more and more I feel like she just... Didn't need to exist. As harsh as that sounds.

But I'll leave this here. Anyone have any thoughts? Any different opinions? Please let me know! But please be respectful. These are just my thoughts. If anyone is a jerk just to be a jerk you'll be ignored. But I am open to different opinions. In fact please change my mind on some of these things.

Especially the Scavengers. Cuz I hate that I don't like where that's going. Believe it or not I don't like not liking things guys. I'm just too critical at heart I think.

[wingsoffireaus]

Au idea: Tsunami is an animus

She doesn't tell the others at first. Which was super hard and she thinks she deserves some credit for that. But there's battle training... Then history lessons. And there is absolutely NO way she's letting Kestrel and the other minders know. And... She kind of likes keeping this little part of her to herself. Just for a little bit.

When she does tell the others Starflight is immediately a worrywart about it. Running around her with wide eyes. As if he could see her soul decay on her scales. She shoves him for this. But eventually she agrees not to use her powers... Yet. I mean it's not like they could even fly yet.

Time passes. And she kind of forgets. The dragonets learn how to fly but.. it just doesn't seem like the right time yet. And they don't want to use her magic unless it's a last resort. And they should probably save it to end the war anyway. This drives her CRAZY but... She does admit to herself the idea of losing her soul is pretty scary. So she doesn't. Even if she thinks Kestrel would make a good looking toad.

But then Morrowseer comes... And they escape. And then there's Queen Scarlet. And then the arena and... Oh why didn't she use her magic to cure that poor SeaWing...

Then they escape and she is a princess! And.. and she's not the only animus anymore. And she has a sister... At first she's jealous but then they talk and they just. She understands her. Now more than ever she wants to end the war. But what can she do here? Under her mother's watchful gaze... Should she tell Anemone? Would that be a good idea? But what about Blister? Urrrrrghhhh!!

Where is her friends when she needs them!? She doesn't know what to do. This power itches beneath her scales. Her talons twitch and sing with power... But how to use it?

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Woo! This is a fun idea! Admittedly a Animus Tsunami is a little terrifying. But at the same time her first instinct would probably be to pounce first. Magic later. But still fun! I also had a ton of fun playing with the lighting in this picture. First time drawing Tsunami at all.

Let me know what you all think!

[wingsoffireaus]

Okay so I feel like I should say this guy's. There is some triggering stuff in a dangerous gift. You should all be aware of that. I could get through it relatively okay but even I had a moment of "wtf..." It's not throughout. Mostly towards the end. But I feel like people should be aware before reading this book. I didn't fill think about it until just now speaking with someone else.

[wingsoffireaus]

Okay finally finished the book. I... Do have thoughts. I don't hate it. But there are definitely things I'm not happy with... But other things I really liked. I'm just gonna need to think about things. Let things settle. And then I'll post my thoughts on it.

I think people need to read this book and decide for themselves what they think. I will say I almost feel like this should have been a side book rather than being in the main series. But I'll explain that in more detail later on.

Anyway. Take care everyone.

[wingsoffireaus]

Random food for thought I've had #1:

Could Peril be taken over by breath of evil? Or would the evil pollen just burn on impact? Cuz it's clearly not flame proof.

And vice versa but less likely. How would that do with IceWings? Cuz like... Their tears freeze immediately if I'm remembering right? Could it survive being in contact with them too?

Just some dumb thoughts.

[wingsoffireaus]

Finished work for the day so I decided to start on drawing some dragons. A certain someone decided to come join me. So here she is! My lovely baby girl Layla!

[wingsoffireaus]

Okay. So I still have a bit to go before I'm done but... Yeah. You know what I think I'm seeing some of the reasons why people aren't loving this book. I will... Talk about it after I finish. And I need to gather thoughts honestly. Something just happened that I reeeeally don't like in books.

Like why is this a trend in modern media? Blegh. But y'know I need to keep listening I guess.

[wingsoffireaus]

Jerboa invented google.

[wingsoffireaus]

Okay this might sound a little salty. And I'm probably being dumb. But I swear if anybody just loooooves Snowfall but still doesn't like Winter I'm gonna riot!

Cuz... Well they do have very similar views on things. Cuz guess what! They were raised in the same society!

Where they're told all the tribes besides theirs are stupid and yada yada. And y'know what I appreciate this view into dragon society. Especially because it's fascinating to watch this world view be challenged and fall apart around them.

Maybe it's just me but it reminds me a bit of Zuko from Avatar the Last Airbender. Cuz guess what. This world view only works if you lock yourself in a bubble and refuse to allow yourself to meet and think of others in different ways.

It's one thing if you don't travel and meet new people. Then you can sit in your bubble of ignorance. But once you interact with the outside world, let others views color over the black and white. Allowing the world to become the big beautiful, crazy, and honestly kind of scary place it is? BOOM!

You can't go back to your ignorance. You can't. That bubble has popped forever. And that's what I appreciate about these characters.

I mean Winter is still my boy. Sorry Snowfall. I'm growing to like you quite a bit. But you haven't reached the level. But I see the potential there. Admittedly yours was even more... Obvious about being put in others shoes. But y'know what same rules apply.

Anyway sorry. Here's a rant about the IceWings and why I find reading from their pov fascinating.

[wingsoffireaus]

Spoilers for chapter 15(?)

Agggghhhhh!!!!

(also did we just get confirmation that Snowfall is a lesbian?)

[wingsoffireaus]

Wasp is the worst. I hate her.

[wingsoffireaus]

Oh also I am only at chapter ten so please no spoilers beyond that point please and thanks! I just like to ramble as I read things. Don't mind me.

[wingsoffireaus]

So just going to say. I'm enjoying this so far. I mean... Nothing's really happened story wise. We're mostly just getting a look into Snowfalls psychology. Which I mean... I find interesting.

I will say though... That as the FOURTH book in a FIVE arc book I am very concerned that nothing seems to really be happening. Like guys? We uh. We have a problem? Could we get on that?

Blegh. Not meant to be salt I swear. I'll still tag it. But yeah. Gotta be real. I LOVE character study. Especially since I did not start this book out with the expectation of liking Snowfall. But I honestly do right now. So woo! Yay!

[wingsoffireaus]

Yo I forgot! Flamesilks can touch fire and stuff!

Peril! You can hug more dragons!!!!

[wingsoffireaus]

Spoilers for up to Chapter fiveish:

Icewings. Label your shit better. I get it. Being vague sounds oh so cool and mysterious but this is how bad things happen.

That's like not labeling the nuclear war button as the "OH SHIT!!" button!

Label your dangerous artifacts. Yeesh!