That Fucking Crab That I Hate

☠☠Humans are completely superfluous in the Wings of fire books. Humans are a weak plot device.

Everything moves towards dragon riders-like books plot with these "Omg, scavengers can speak dragon!! Let's consider them not animals!". I mean, I would (and all people from my surroundings) be pleasently surprised if the new act wouldn't end up being like that. I came to read about DRAGONS, with dragon morals, who have different from humans behaviour. Not fucking "Omg, humans and dragons are friends!!".

It's as if in damn "Warrior cats" cats suddenly started respecting humans and speaking their language. WC are also books for children. However, they act like cats (in the first books at least), and you can't just close eyes and replace a cat with a human. Tui worked as one of the authors for WC. Yet with the latest wof books, her dragons are losing their 'wild' behaviour, turning into humans 2.0. As if she is running out of ideas for WoF series. because everything feels raw and rushed, but she has to continue milking the books for the money and popularity.

I've noticed the decrease in quality on the third book of second act. The peak of plot was in the first act (I read all acts in almost one go, it's not the nastolgia). Dragons use less and less of their power and animal traits (claws, horns, tails, tribe differences are barely getting brought up). That's not dragons anymore, that's damn flying humans, some of which can breathe under water or change colours.

I haven't read other Tui's books and I can't say if animal humanisation is only WoF problem or overall - Tui's writing problem.

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Consider!!

accidentally clicked the search bar to be greeted with a pie to the face

i wish i could say i will always remember it

I’m actually genuinely curious to see how people (on tumblr at least) describe their feelings about a fairly divisive monster, and I’m interested in seeing what other thoughts and perspectives exist about this critter as I try to draft a longer post about my own personal impressions/takes on Fatalis and the other “Black Dragons”?

If this does well, I might even do similar polls on the other members of the “Forbidden Monsters” Club as well, like Alatreon and Dire Miralis. :3

Do the Ends Justify the Means?

tfw you confront your parents for sending you into the army as a child soldier

just throwing vague low effort sketch ideas around for how a confrontation between some side characters goes. and the first post wahooo just to get that out of the way.

Time: 0:21

short short version of the lore:

local angry son takes revenge on family by giving his illegal siblings to the queen of his kingdom and yells at his parents for making him a child soldier

short version of the lore:

Ardor (featured dragon) was sent off to be a soldier in an active war by his parents 3 years prior. He receives news that his parents are expecting a new child and is only permitted to visit upon their first birthday. Upon returning, he learns he has not 1 but 2 siblings, a firescaled and fireless dragonet. The village had kept them secret thus far.

Ardor keeps a facade to them but when he returns he shares this information to the Queen, who yoinks his siblings into the kingdom for further study (requested not to be killed by Ardor himself). Ardor and his parents, who are about to be arrested, have a high tension conversation where Ardor explains his reasoning behind the actions. His parents do the same, and in the end Ardor regrets his choice. His anger never should have been taken out on people who were never related to his problems.

Ardor's rank as a soldier is bolstered by it all, but the cost is great. And thus begins Crimson's perspective in the story.

joyous

unfinished wip

people are literally so boring a male character will kill 10000 people and steal candy from babies and theyll be like omg thats my king! but a female character is rude once and theyre like i hope she dies violently