Today I wanted to talk about Marlow Trottie. Marlow was a 35 year old Black woman living in Louisiana, whose friends and family described as always having "a smile on her face" and as being "literally the sweetest person I’ve ever met!”, according to Them news' Quispe López.
Marlow Trottie was killed on June 8th 2026. She was found dead, alone, in the streets of Alexandria, Louisiana. It was a homicide.
Marlow Trottie was a woman. Her family has contested this, and publicly misgendered her, and many news sites have already deadnamed and misgendered her as well. I fear what her obituary will say. I fear what her gravestone will say even more.
She joins a growing list of other trans women who have been killed simply for existing. Again from Them news, that list now numbers 11 women from the past 3 months alone.
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this pride month it would be awesome if people could commission my wife so that we can work on moving out from her transphobic family. payment will go through my paypal (she isn't comfortable putting her deadname on the internet) and more details on how to commission + samples of her music can be found on her carrd. please share, thank you!
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if you would like to throw us a couple of bucks without commissioning to add to our moving out fund, i have linked my cashapp here and my venmo here. thanks again :)
new month, new post. saige is facing housing instability after moving to another city. her roommate didn't read the lease agreement and was evicted, as a result she's currently stuck in san diego with no connections or safety net. she doesnt get her paycheck until the 17th and needs to find shelter until then. her roommate wants her out on the first day of june. she has no savings and needs to get on food stamps and medi-cal. gfm goal is $1100.
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her paylink is here and her new crwdfund is here. reblogging this post and donating even $1 helps.
Arc 3 of Wings of fire has always been interesting to me because it involves so many cool ideas and characters, but so much is wasted or left unseen.
One of my favourite ideas was the divided rule between Hives, and I was sad we never got to see all the Ladies and how they're like. So after planning to do it for years, I finally made some design ideas AND character ideas for them, since they don't really have anything in canon, other than being "Wasp's sisters".
Also this only includes "current" rulers (so sadly no Lady Scarab, will have to draw her eventually), and lacks any royal attire since I still need practise with drawing that.
All that being said, the list of notes for these guys will be long, so that'll be under the cut ✨️
These will be listed in order of the dragons in the picture, going from left to right.
For inspiration I used what few canon mentions the Ladies have, as well as what their Hive seems to specialize on based on their respective universities.
•Lady Hornet - Hive of commerce - Blunt and irritable, but less aggressive than Wasp - No-nonsense attitude, cares about profits and efficiency -> cruelty shows in willingness to overwork her Hive's Silkwings
•Queen Wasp: Capital Hive and Queen of Hivewings - Malicious, cruel and resentful -Intelligent and deceitful, but has become more erratic and reckless with her constantly growing paranoia - Believes everyone is evil so the only way to survive is be the cruelest
•Lady Yellowjacket -Hive of engineering, architecture, manifacturing and designing -Wasp's twin sister -Matches Wasp with her bad temper and cruelty, but lacks her paranoia, thus being more "rational" -Enjoys power but doesn't share Wasp's obsessive belief of "eat or be eaten"
•Lady Mantis - Hive is the academic center of innovation (2nd largest library on Pantala) - Calm, creepy and observant - Talks little, but is very aware and insightful - Uses manipulation to keep her power
•Lady Jewel - Hive of arts and culture - Considered airheaded, vain and spoiled - In actuality is quite cunning, using the ditzy impressions as a cover to stay out of trouble - Compassionate and quick-witted, though has a bit of an attitude about her
•Lady Bloodworm - Hive of "discipline" - Known as the only one of Wasp's siblings to rival her level of cruelty. - Sadistic and cunning, she takes pleasure in shaping up future generations of soldiers who must go through training in her Hive's university. For their abilities, yes, but also to remove empathy towards Silkwings, which are used as the target practise
•Lady Vinegaroon - Hive of zoology - Headstrong, confident and cunning - "Lives for the hunt", in that she delights in hunting all sorts of beasts and has a collection of taxidermies in her Hive. - Her hobby and understanding of prey behaviors extends to the way she symbolically views her hive and subjects, a twisted sense of a foodchain, where Silkwing are the prey, etc.
•Lady Tsetse - Hive of medicine - Unnerving, inquisitive and cynical - While her Hive is dedicated to humane ways of healing, she is known to have her own secret projects and little regard for morals when it comes to conducting them - Mad scientist vibe, but more eerily quiet than eccentric
•Lady Cicada - Hive of agriculture - Levelheaded, Cicada isn't as powerhungry as some of her siblings, but the Tree Wars made her colder and meaner. - Doesn't bother with particularly tormenting the Silkwings like some Hives do, but has strict punishments for anyone who causes trouble in her Hive, hence Misbehaver's way - Wants to control any unrest in her Hive, needing the stability to ease her own mind
please help my friend!! saige is a black trans woman currently experiencing homeless due to an argument with her mother's spouse, of whom is extremely transphobic. she is currently sleeping on a park bench, and needs to secure enough funds for a hotel room and the uber there. anything helps, even $5!