Huh... That actually makes a lot of sense. I never actually thought of it like that.
Ok, I have a weird Wings Of fire theory, Winter had more animus active genes than most dragons besides animus dragons, I personally think this because Winter is the only dragon we know of to feel animus magic, he felt that Pyrite had something to do with animus magic, it's strange how only Winter feels animus magic, but if he has like 99% of his animus genes active it would make a bit of since that he could feel animus magic.
W anon !!! Thank you !!!
I honestly don't hc any character with this disorder. The only one I think gets close to it is one with severe self-esteem issues and trauma. But I'm not hc them with the disorder until I've done more extensive research lmao.
Calling Darkstalker a narcissist is ableist. There, I said it.
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Webs
He is very blue now
Ofc I know him! He's so silly!!!
Webs teaches History!
Here me out on this one..
But Dune.
I think it would be neat if a canonically aro/ace character is in Wings of Fire.
However, there’s a little piece of me that can’t help but worry that this might not happen, due to how much romantic relationships are involved within the series (or at least with the main protagonists), even if that worry of mine is irrational.
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I love this!
Webs is literally my favorite character, and this is so cool!
My work 👍
Oh no, my favorite character!
Anyways-
Tsunami: Good evening. I'll be your substitute because Webs was unable to come in today.
Tsunami: He was murdered and set on fire while celebrating his hatching day.
Tsunami: So, turn to page-
Huh.
That same reason is why he's my favorite character. Interesting how different our perspectives are /pos
I 100% read too much into that prologue specifically, but in my opinion he's such an intriguing character.
Still horrible tho.
"He didn't understand why they would want to be on their own, cut off from their protectors."
Oh gee, I don't know Webs. Maybe it could be because you let Kestrel beat them all the time? Or how her and Dune would consistently verbally abuse them? Or how they were never allowed to go outside their whole childhoods? Or wait! Maybe it could be because you all were going to kill Glory.
Wait, what did Tricky Talon do?
The favoritism in the fandom irritates me so badly. People will defend Winter with their life (not that I hate him btw) but then hate the fuck out of Qibli for the same reason they like Winter. Both of them were severely abused by their families, what’s so different about Winter??
Same thing for Darkstalker kinnies, they’ll defend a literal war criminal because he was abused but then hate on other characters that went through child abuse such as Anemone or Winter just because they are mean. Attempting to commit genocide and being racist is not mean to you??
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Canon.
my interpretation of dune's attitude towards the dod is that he was so bummed over his boyfriend leaving him that he forgot to not be violent towards children
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This is why he's my favorite character.
Here is Webs. Oh Websy... Perhaps one of the few dragons who can give Starflight a run for his money in regards to attracting misfortune. Much like Dragon Ball's Yamcha, nothing ever seems to go right for this old guy.
Here are some depressing facts about the life of Webs:
He was a soldier who became a pariah among his people for deserting during an important battle. This brought infamy and stigma to himself and his family by association.
He joined a group of political dissenters to end the war and redeem himself. Under their orders he was made to stage a kidnapping of the royal heir, which enraged the local government and necessitated his immediate escape from the country.
His wife got implicated in the kidnapping, and since she didn't flee with him, she was left to bear the brunt of a tyrannical and vengeful queen's fury. She died a cruel death for his crime.
His then-two-year-old son was left parent-less and grew up shunned by the populace for being his kid.
He can never return home, as he is a wanted man and will be killed on sight.
The organization he ruined his own life for later tried to kill him too.
He nearly got himself and his son killed by trying to appeal for mercy to a queen who he knows not to be particularly merciful.
While escaping from said queen he got poisoned and would have died, if his foster children hadn't bailed him out.
He is currently employed by the daughter of the woman who arranged his wife's death.
Said employer is also his foster daughter, who is dating his biological son, meaning said wife killer will eventually become part of his family via marriage.
It is unclear whether he is on good terms with his son, since they don't share many speaking scenes together and live in separate places.
When he was raising his foster children, he had an opportunity to teach the one who shares his heritage about their ancestral language--aquatic--which is very culturally important to their people. He declined to do this.
What he DID teach her is that the primary purpose of said language is to get hook-ups.
There is only a single moment in the graphic novels that shows him smiling.
Said moment occurs in someone else's imagination.
Everything in his life that he ever had a hand in has turned into abject failure. Everything that did not end in failure did so in spite of his actions, not because of them.
This is so sad. Why did I make this list? I'm sad now.