We Should Allow Mudwings To Do This

starflight !

and with him…

the DoD are done!

havin a shift rn OURGH i wanna have a tail

I personally think Chameleon's skywing name should have been Phoenix, not Soar. He left his old life behind and lived as a skywing (and many other dragons) instead. Tui was already being on the nose with his names with Chameleon and Shapeshifter, why not add onto that and name him Phoenix?

fisgy

Anemone dive!

Art by me!

crazy how almost half of these dragons will have coral as their mother-in-law

Yummy little desert dragons, these overcomplicated SandWings are!

Like usual, Joy Ang and Tui are awesome, I've just added my own spice.

Details and explanation below.

Otherwise, next week are the RainWings - I think you'll really like them!

More overcomplicated dragons.

Where do I begin? I suppose with the elephant in the room: as a desert species, they need to be highly adapted to withstand the heat and control their body temperature, so I had tons of fun looking for references to use. Their sails would be used like elephant ears to cool off, by sending their blood into them to wave in the wind. Perhaps this would leave it tinted slightly red, perhaps not depending on the thickness of the structure. I chose backlighting for this piece to highlight the sail (the actual dragon isn't purple, it's just the contrasting colour of the shadows).

Speaking of the scales, perhaps you noticed the scales on the sail? I referenced basilisk lizards for this since their sails look pretty much exactly like SandWing sails, down to the folds and lines usually included in official artwork and fanart. In this piece the lines you see are actually the backlit tendons supporting the structure - based on frilled lizards, which you'll see again soon.

I also referenced pangolins (scale texture), thorny devils (the slight grooves on the sides of their temples that would direct rainwater into their mouths, and bearded dragons (for the little accessory spikes on the chin, mouth, eye ridge, and nose horn). The extra spikes on the mouth serve a double purpose to help rainwater pool and keep it from sliding past the mouth. Lastly, if you're curious about the extra dark points on its eyelid, those are slits in the scales to help it see in sandstorms. Camels have eyelashes but potoo birds have these slits which let them see even with closed eyes, which is important when the main weather you face daily is sand blowing in your face.

Again, imagine how creepy it would be to stumble upon what you think is a sleeping SandWing only for it to be wide awake and waiting for you to get closer... chomp!

Is she a lesbian?

disclaimer: this is a hc, not speculating on what the writers intentions were.

reason under the cut!

*In case anyone’s confused, Sundew is confirmed to be canonically Sapphic and WLW, but NOT specifically that she’s lesbian, due to the fact that none of the (queer) characters’ specific sexualities are confirmed within the series (excluding Umber), whether it be within the books and/or by the author herself. Therefore, Sundew being Lesbian is a headcanon instead of something that’s (confirmed) within canon, due to Sundew’s specific sexuality not being confirmed within any canon source of the series.

Anyways, into the headcanon we go!

Sundew is canonically has a girlfriend within the series, whose name is Willow. Their relationship is seen throughout Sundew’s own book, The Poison Jungle, which is book 13 of series.

Also, when Sundew is reunited with Willow after not seeing her for a few days, Sundew uses her leafspeak (her magical plant-growing powers) to instantly grow violets around them.

Violets are the flower shown within the Sapphic flag, though are more known to be (specifically) associated with lesbians throughout queer history. Due to the flowers being associated with the poet Sappho who lived on an Island called Lesbos, who wrote romantic poetry about women and mentioned flowers - including violets - and the color violet within her poetry as well.

Also, the trivia part of Sundew’s wiki page of the Wings of Fire wiki mentioned this about Sundew and Violets:

“When Sundew is reunited with Willow, the former uses her leafspeak to make violets grow in between them. Violets and their coloration have been used as a special code by lesbian and bisexual women throughout history.”

So yeah - maybe that’s quite a bit of a stretch, but I believe that helps supports my headcanon that Sundew is lesbian as well.

competitive fishing au

I get SO much overwhelming support on here, discord, and instagram - especially combined. It blows my mind, all the kind people who engage with my characters/story and even read and enjoy it. It’s so unreal. It feels like a dream come true. I can’t express how thankful I am for each and every one of you. Every funny response in hashtags, every comment, every time someone notices smth in my writing, any engagement at all. I’m so sappy and cringe but seriously

I’d love to do some sort of event- maybe for 200 followers here? If yall have suggestions lmk somehow. Either events or something with my ocs yall would wanna see to celebrate

Unsorted WOF thoughts part 137:

A compilation of The Dragonets being the most diehard group of siblings ever written:

The inciting incident of literally the ENTIRE 15 book series being Glory being threatened with death.

Tsunami stabbing one of the most powerful queens in the world through the tail.

Constantly hyping each other up when one feels insecure.

Clay and Tsunami fighting over who gets to die for the other.

Glory melting a man alive for Clay.

The others joining Tsunami in attacking a random SkyWing, no questions asked.

The others attacking Riptide no questions asked when they thought he was threatening Tsunami.

The others staying with Clay while he was chained to the rock even when the flood was starting to rise around him because they refused to let him be alone.

Tsunami getting her uncle thrown in prison for chaining up Clay.

Starflight not even hesitating to out Blister as Kestrel's killer to protect Tsunami from being outed as Gill's killer.

Glory being ready to kill some RainWings as soon as they seemed to pose a threat to the others.

Clay rushing into the NightWing Kingdom and physically fighting NightWing guards to save Glory after spending his entire life being raised to fear the NightWings.

Sunny chasing her would-be kidnappers across the continent to help out the mission.

Clay taking a dragonbite viper for Sunny.

everyone shut up my gecko wants to say something

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