hello hi! i am a minor self-taught artist! i have many hyperfixations and occasionally post my art here!
my biggest hyperfixation is warrior cats and my favorite characters include: leafpool, daisy, nightcloud, tawnypelt, shimmerpelt, crookedstar, silverstream, firestar, wetfoot, ravenpaw, and many others!
i am queer and neurodivergent, as well as a MINOR!
finally, if your a proshipper, or just a mean person, please don’t interact! don’t get upset over something you read on a screen!
(because i can and i have so many ideas for them (mostly involves their culture in general bc i like thinking abt dragon culture and shit)
In ancient times, MudWings often traveled to higher and colder areas. But they needed to stay warm to breathe their fire. Due to this, they developed hot meals to help stay warm. And since dragons would only eat things that tasted good, they started adding seasoning and ingredients other than meat into their meals. MudWings inadvertently pioneered the art of cooking.
MudWings form sibling troops with their hatching group. The bigwings, or the leader of the group, is the first to hatch and is the biggest and strongest. For their first few months, MudWings will survive on their own with their troop. MudWings lay their eggs during the spring, where the land floods and protects their dragonets from predators. Once the floods begin to reside, MudWing troops get to work finding a village. Once they do, they are taken to a school (usually run by an older sibling troop), where they learn Draconic, culture, customs, and the various jobs they can have. Sibling troops will typically choose their own names once they are a couple months old. Once old enough, a troop can choose to either join the army or work doing a different job. Most of the other jobs they pick are usually farmers, construction workers, or spear-fishers. If a sibling troop were to lose one or multiple of its sibs, it might “adopt” unsibs–those without sibling troops.
MudWing homes are typically large mounds made out of dried mud and reinforced with clay. They sometimes have windows or openings dragons can see through (glass is expensive to make and buy–a rare commodity most can’t afford). Decorations within homes are sparse, aside from rugs or vases. Every hut usually has a furnace made out of mud bricks that they use to cook food. Some MudWings have kilns they use to fire clay pottery.
For fun, MudWings typically wrestle in mud-pits. Whoever is knocked down and stays down for a few seconds is the loser. MudWings will typically promise to do something of the winner’s choosing before a wrestling match. It can be anything from a hunt, to pottery, to cooking–anything goes as long as both parties consent. MudWings will also have fishing or hunting competitions, specifcally during the summer, where there is a surplus of prey. MudWings also play a sport they call mudball. Two teams face off–usually one sibling troop against another–and one team has to get the mudball to the goal while the other team tries to stop them. The mudball is made out of mud hardened by fire.
MudWings typically cover themselves in camoflauge for hunting, such as grass, moss, and dirt. They are ambush hunters, waiting for their prey to approach before bursting out of their hiding spot and catching it with surprising speed.
In battle, MudWings are typically ground troops, as they can only fly in short spurts. They do anything from digging out trenches, traps, launching dirt and mud at enemies, to finishing off grounded enemies. They are also capable of shooting large balls of fire great distances, and are the only tribe capable of doing this.
MudWings don’t typically mate for life. Instead, whoever wants to breed in the fall. Males will wrestle to gain a female's attention. MudWing mothers will lay their eggs in a designated nesting ground in a nest mound they build themselves. The waters rise and protect the eggs from predators.
I know this is kind of random, but around the time the Janka week prompts were being released I saw a video about the giving tree that was like thirty minutes long, and was curious about it so I decided to read it for the first time, and was really surprised at how thought provoking it was because I always just thought it was some random children's book, but it was super interesting. For anyone who cares my personal interpretation of the giving tree is that its just a story about a relationship. A relationship that can be sweet at times, and can also be toxic, but most importantly its just a relationship between two people that changes over time. Personally thats what I like seeing in Janka content, so I was super extremely inspired by the giving tree and tried inserting them in it. I was also inspired by Shel Silversteins's super loose and fluid art, but I'm not sure if I achieved that look. Don't really know if this is what people traditionally view as angst, so, erm, my bad.
Also Cthoni's relationship with Jabber in this story can be seen as familial or as Cthoni just being a responsible adult if you're not into raider family head cannons.
