#dune wof

[bellasauruss]

Map part for BLACKOUT hosted by MagicPancil :3 Peep my YouTube video on it for more info and ramblings

[chow0w]

proof you don't need to bench the female characters in a story to have interesting yaoi. yes I'm looking at you average qinter fanfic

Deserter is one of my favorite books of all time, and I've always taken massive interest in the implicit relationships of the outclaws. People tend to focus on Dune and Six-claws since there's a lot of unexplained drama (YAOI) between them, but far too often ignore Kindle in the process... which is sad, because I think she's a massive upgrade to the story. Unintentionally setting your crush up with another person? The other person ALSO being the one who saved your life? Watching someone else live your dream and knowing you can only blame yourself? Nothing suits unrequited love like jealousy, shame and guilt!

I can imagine their dynamic was tense for the better half of Dune's time with the outclaws: cordial on the surface, but they both knew the other harbored an unspoken resentment. Kindle probably wouldn't know of Dune's feelings (He doesn't strike me as the type of dragon to gossip) so from her perspective, he would probably just look... really unreasonable.

Only on the last night did he tell her. Confessing, not confronting: Dune knew he had lost, and wanted nothing more to do with the outclaws or the life he would soon be leaving behind. Maybe he thought his honesty could redeem him, or maybe he just needed to say it aloud. Either way, he wouldn't've expected her to be half as sympathetic as she was. Kindle is kind, but not spineless. She could never step aside and let her partner go - but she could conceptualize a life without Six-claws better than anyone else, and she'd know Dune had to be hurting inside.

He leaves, she stays. Sunny's egg is stolen. Reduced to a villain in the eyes of the outclaws, but she still chooses to uphold his secret. Kindle has a dragonet, Dune dies under a rock. Kindle lives to the end of the war, Dune does not. In every universe where both exist, only one can be happy at a time.

[sadnessdesigns]

Dune

[motheline]

Guardians

[mymanyfandomramblings]

you know, I do have to give Wings of Fire some credit for just how many disabled characters they have in the story. And I don't just mean that in a 'you can headcanon a bunch of mental, neurodevelopmental and psychosocial disabilities' on the characters, I mean there's a bunch of canonical disabled rep. like four of the first eight characters introduced are or become disabled over the course of the story (Dune, Clay, Starflight and Sunny*). And it sticks. Clay has permanent mobility issues! Starflight is permanently blind and has to rely on a guide, and he and Fatespeaker are working on a way to allow him to read without being able to see. And they aren't the only disabled main characters, because Peril and Sky both have disabling conditions too.

And then there's a bunch of side characters too--Tamarin is blind! Osprey has a tail injury preventing him from flying! Chameleon has a snout deformity preventing him from changing colour or from getting enough sleep! Whiteout has some kind of neurodevelopmental condition!

And of course, the quality of representation varies, but I'm impressed by how much many of these characters are shown to still be able to do things, just with accommodations or with understanding--Tamarin has figured out how to navigate using her other senses, Dune has a key for the cave, since he can't move the stone on his own, Whiteout is still able to form meaningful relationships, including romantic ones.

Anyway, I am genuinely impressed with this children's series.

*Note regarding Sunny: Whether or not Sunny can actually be considered disabled is questionable, since her lack of tail barb is just associated with her NightWing parentage, rather than a developmental defect, however she still has had the lived experience of being disabled, due to her small size and underdevelopment of what everyone believes to be her greatest natural asset--she's experienced ableism, had to figure out workarounds, and is often treated as more vulnerable.

[clikkiegoose]

I need to learn how to draw dragons so here is some wof!

Glory is my favorite to draw by farrr I love her

[wofheadcannons]

I often wonder just how radical tribal loyalty is in Phyrria. Especially during the War of Sandwing Succession.

Webs threw himself on the mercy of a Queen he betrayed that was infamous for executing those that failed her on the chance that he'd be let back into his tribe.

The Scorpion Den received the same importance on the map as a royal palace purely by the strangeness of being a place multiple tribes co-existed.

No matter how much Deathbringer disagreed with his orders when faced with the threat of exile were he to disobey the assassin kept his mouth (mostly) shut and got to work.

Nearly every dragon the Dragonets of Destiny came across mentioned how weird the they are in their affection for one another as though inter-tribal bonds were a truly alien idea.

Maybe the real reason Dune didn't tell Sunny the cure for Sandwing venom and Webs didn't teach Tsunami Aquatic was because even though the guardians had forsaken their tribes to work for the Talons of Peace they still couldn't bear the thought of potentially leaking a tribal secret.

Maybe the reason not a single dragon even suspected that Sunny might be a hybrid in spite of how obviously different she looked was because hybrids truly are that rare in a continent dominated by tribal fanaticism.

[your-favorite-wof-dragon-is]

Clay, Starflight, Sunny, Moonwatcher, Peril, Addax, Chameleon, Dune, Flame, Tamarin, and Sky are all disabled!