#Aerwiar

[mapas-fantasticos]

Map of Aerwiar from The Windfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson.

[ghostlingpupversailles]

Actually going feral over the North! Or Be Eaten cover (like always).

Let’s refresh ourselves.

Ok top half, left to right is the Florid Sword and the Fork! Factory!

But it’s the very bottom. Yeah there’s the paw and AHHH but like I forget the crown in the bottom left??? It doesn’t even show up in the books, even when Nia tries to put a circlet on him in the beginning of book 4 it’s not the actual crown. So is that? The Annerian crown? Huh? Is this confirmation? Another thing about is it has the same little extra bit on top as the Wingfeather in the title does.

But then the blue thing (ancient stone?) in the middle of the bottom. I think it’s kinda symbolic of how the kids are separated. Janner and Leeli in the Ice Prairies, Kalmar in the Phoob Islands.

[dia-the-fangirl]

friendly reminder that Leeli fainted from absolute pure joy after being told that the can take care of twelve (count em, twelve) puppies for a week

she also met her (probably) future husband that day. Whose job is to take care of dogs. it will be a long and happy marriage.

[mozart-the-meerkitten]

Doodled some little Edwards

First one is him from the movie, second one is me trying to conceptualize how he looks in the Wingfeather Saga crossover I put him in.

[alloutofgoddesses]

Okay so. I love playing D&D and I think that a great setting for a campaign would be Aerwiar from the Wingfeather Saga books. This said - I am the only one in my friend group who has read the books and the only one in my family who has played DND before so I would have to DM. I’ve never done that before, and I know that I would have to stat out several creatures and possibly characters

[lady-merian]

January reads:

-The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White (audio). I’ve wanted to read this for a while, and I’m glad I finally did. I’ve loved the Disney movie since I first saw it, and I know the book is usually better. In this case I’d only mostly agree. There were parts of the Wart’s education that didn’t appeal to me, (spare me from the evolutionary worldview of the snakes please) but the overall effect of the book was exactly what I was hoping for.

-A Rare Benedictine by Ellis Peters (ebook). alas, my Brother Cadfael reads came to an end. There were three short stories in this volume, and it took me a while to adjust to the short story mindset. I liked the first story best, which tells how Cadfael came to be Brother Cadfael.

The Monster in the Hollows by Andrew Peterson (reread) (audio). *weeping* What stood out to me this time was Kal’s compassion and how what he went through made it possible for him to see the suffering of the cloven and the ripple effect that had on Janner in the next book… okay gotta wait on that till I talk about the next book. But the way the books keep showing more and more nuance about things as they progress. First book you think Fangs are just pure monsters. Second book with (some of) Peet’s memories and the revelation that the Fangs aren’t born, they’re made, you get a glimpse of the horror that these were once people. Third book you get a stronger idea of the horror because yes they made choices, but not wholly free choices, and with some there was more coercion than with others, and suddenly these aren’t just faceless individuals but with the rest of Peet’s memories you see that they could easily be people that you care about. It is still weakness to give in and sing the song of the ancient stones, because it has to be a choice for it to to work, but it’s a very human weakness that the real villains preyed upon. And in the end, in this book, the true monster in the hollows isn’t what you might have thought it would be.

The Warden and the Wolf King by Andrew Peterson (reread) (audio). Help. My emotions. I thought I was prepared. Spoilers ahead. I mentioned that Kalmar’s compassion had a ripple effect in the last book? Here is the furthering of that payoff. Janner thinks he’s imitating Kalmar in not thinking before he acts, but in reality he’s imitating his brother only as he behaved in the last book with the Cloven, by acting in compassion without letting himself consider what it will cost him. He did this to an extent in the last book too, with the bullies at school, but here he has even less time to consider it and it’s in defense of a troll (truly, one of the least of these in Aerwiar). This continues to have ripple effects of its own. Then there’s Gammon and Maraly. I can’t get over the contrast between Gammon and Claxton. Both claim to love Maraly as a daughter but only one of them demonstrates it. It goes deeper: by blood, Maraly is a Strander. Part of the worst criminal group Skree has ever known, and in service to no one but themselves. In the estimation of many, they’re worse than the Fangs. By adoption though she’s a beloved daughter of the leader standing against the Fangs and Stranders both, who acts in service to those he leads. Her natural father claims she can’t escape her blood, no matter how much she wants to. He’d kill her rather than let her go. Her adoptive father on the other hand would die to secure her freedom in a heartbeat. Kalmar. This is the only book where we get any part of his POV, and his shame is overpowering at times. You certainly see reason for it. Struggling on his own he can’t overpower his new, wolfish nature. But is it new? Or is it rather merely an extension of the old Kalmar, who once craved the wildness of the Stranders and their lack of responsibility? Who acted first (often for himself) and thought about consequences later, if ever. His struggle against his nature is only more easily seen than Janner’s because of the teeth and claws he has, and the hold that it takes over his mind when he forgets who he is. Sing the song of the ancient stones, and the blood of the beast imbues your bones. It almost overpowered Kalmar in the second book, but far from any strength or merit he possessed he was saved, was chosen to be saved, because he was loved. From that point on, all through the third book and most visibly in the fourth, he struggles against it but it’s a war he can’t win alone. Even with Janner reminding him who he is, and perhaps more crucially who he was meant to be, it can only be a temporary reprieve. Unless. Unless a seed falls into the ground and dies… *cries* /end spoilers

-The Faerie Queen book 4 (unfinished, audio and ebook). I feel a little like a kid getting those cassette tape and book combos from the library again. The kind where you read along with the audio. Anyone else here remember those? I could easily get lost with just the audiobook, no matter what speed the narration is set to. Not much to say about it yet other than when I saw Duessa was in it I went

*ahem* moving on.

-The Slipper Point Mystery by Augusta Huiell Seaman (unfinished, ebook). I started this late in January so I’m not very far into it yet, but I like it so far. :)

-The Discarded Image (unfinished, ebook). Originally borrowed so I could pull a quote from it, I decided I wasn’t quite done with this yet.

-All Things Wise and Wonderful by James Herriot (unfinished, audiobook). I read the last two last year (and they somehow didn’t make it on to my fortnight of books posts even though they could have gone in a couple different categories (such as “a book that made you laugh”). This one I started the day after I finished WWK (and the tonal whiplash was real) so I haven’t gotten far, but I’ve gotten far enough to recognize two episodes of the show. One of them actually I listened to in the morning and that night we watched the episode that had the incidents in that chapter. That was fun (and also technically happened in February but I can’t resist leaving it here).

[mayzi33]

Hey Wingfeather Saga gang so I just remembered that there IS one last TWS book aka Wingfeather Tales

So I just wanted to ask to anyone who has red it-- is it worth it? Should I get it?

I know it resolves around the Aerwiar world, but honestly I kinda just want anything with Janner, Kalmar and Leeli in it, and i'm not sure if they're even gonna be mentioned 😔 (I especially want a hint if whetever they managed to save Janner or not AAAA)

But still, even if the kids aren't the main focus, is it worth it for the lore or the spotlight of other characters? I want everyone's honest opinion

[wings-dings-and-iggyfings]

Okay, so… hear me out… what if, in your Wingfeather Falls AU (which is literal AWESOMESAUCE, by the way, as everything you write is.), there was a portal…

That sent the U.S.S. Enterprise into Aerwiar.

THE CHAOS!!! THE HEARTWARMING-NESS!!!

Plot points include Kirk being mildly concerned why this child is the leader of a whole country, McCoy finding out about First Well Water, and Scotty, Fiddleford, and Kalmar becoming a trio of chaos. Leeli and Uhura are over in the corner teaching each other how to play a whistleharp and the Vulcan-harp-thing respectively.

anon I’m pretty sure it’s been years since this was sent so sorry about that, I’d been saving this for when I rewatched The Voyage Home and had the characters in my head again, but joke’s on me we ended up watching the entire original series first instead. xD

Anyway I’m replying to this now because I just had a vivid image pop into my head of Leeli playing her whistleharp while Spock strums along on his Vulcan harp and Uhura sings in the background, they’d make a perfect band and it’s cracking me up and I had to run and find this ask/submission because of it.

A few other thoughts while I’m here:

I feel like Janner would 100% latch onto Bones’ dry humor and copy it and also commiserate with him about always getting into SITUATIONS, why do they keep getting dragged along into these things. (also haha, while I’m here we just watched the episode “The Empath” so I’m thinking about how Kirk, Spock and Bones went down the chain of command all willing to die for each other and it ended with Bones knocking the other two unconscious with a hypo-spray and almost dying because of it and that’s just so Janner coded, I’m-)

Kalmar is on Enterprise, Idk where everyone else is but he is driving everyone insane. He is everywhere, he is climbing through the air vents. He definitely ends up in engineering and Scotty decides that alright, fine, he’ll put the hyperactive child to work and has him start working on something. Janner finally tracks his brother down two hours later and Kalmar has an intricate understanding of the warp core and how dilithium crystals work.

Sara is hanging out with Nurse Chapel. Unsung heroes of their respective series, tbh, they put up with everyone’s shenanigans and manage to be helpful and interesting in their own right.

Idk if Kalmar could convince Sulu to teach him to fly the ship but he could definitely convince Chekov, Idk man, they have the same energy.

Leeli and Uhura are just singing somewhere. They keep drawing people to them like sirens and eventually summon Spock with his harp and that’s how their little band forms. I feel like Leeli would like both Spock and Uhura a lot, Idk, she seems perceptive enough to pick up that Spock actually cares about people despite what he says to the contrary.

lol I have gotten this far without mentioning Kirk in anything, wild. I’m probably just tired, but I feel like it would be hilarious if while the Wingfeather kids ended up on Enterprise, Kirk ended up on Anniera. Like, this was some sort of bizarre transporter malfunction or something. Maybe Sulu went with him because Sulu deserves to be able to duel people ajghsjafhlgdfka him being an expert in fencing on a starship is just hilarious okay, send him to a place he can use his skills.

^This, by extension means that Artham ends up dueling Sulu for funsies (or due to a misunderstanding, either way it’s basically just the fight between Wesley and Inigo in the Princess Bride, “You seem a decent fellow, I hate to kill you.” “You seem a decent fellow, I hate to die.”) and also that Artham hears Kirk say he’s the “captain” of a starship and is like “oh??? would you like to go SAILING then??? :)))” (Artham 100% knows Kirk does not mean a regular sailing ship but as always I go back to the fact that Artham and Esben pranked Nia her first night in Castle Rysen he has mischief in his blood) and takes Kirk out on an Annieran ship and Kirk is... a little thrown off, but I can’t imagine he doesn’t catch on quickly. And Artham is a good teacher after all.

(Sulu should also duel Maraly, I just want her flinging knives at him while he deflects each of them and she’s just baffled and irritated the whole time and he is having the best day of his life)

Alright, I have an appointment tomorrow so I need to stop but I hope you all enjoyed... whatever this is. xD

[mozart-the-meerkitten]

It was also just the normal, expected thing to do at the time (still kind of is but it's getting less so): you graduate high school, you go to college. He could have even been using it as a way to keep people from suspecting something was up with him, which kind of backfires eventually, but 🤷‍♀️

My dear friend who just saw Spider-Man 2 for the first time: Bro, why is Peter even trying to go to school to become a scientist? I thought he was a photographer.

Me, who has not considered this, but knows that Peter is going to argue that the staff photographer job at The Bugle should go to him in the next movie: ....... Good question.

On a real note, the college stuff probably made it into the adaptation for these reasons:

It's one more aspect of a normal life for Peter to try (and fail) to manage with being Spider-Man

It gets him an in with Dr. Otto Octavius

Dr. Connors' assessment of Peter's brilliance and laziness is a prime reason for Otto to give him the speech about using his gifts for the good of mankind, which will be a central theme/conflict of the movie as Peter struggles with losing his powers

It shows that Peter does have ambitions and something to offer outside of his being Spider-Man

That last item is also something demonstrated by his photography skills, but I've thought it over and I think that while he's good at it and enjoys it, it's probably a hobby he's monetizing as opposed to an actual life goal. He takes pictures for The Bugle because he needs the money, he mentions getting fired by Dr. Connors in the first movie, so whatever probably-science-related job he had there didn't work out.

The thing is, all the non-freelance jobs Peter has in the Raimi series don't work out, so I'm not sure how the staff photographer thing would have gone for him in the long run.

Then again... a job like that would allow him to be out of the office on assignment pretty frequently and they probably would have given him somewhat flexible hours (given all the time that has to be spent taking pictures outside normal office hours in order to get the scoop) as long as he was getting his 40 in, getting the work done and keeping in communication.. ... So it might actually be the best kind of full-time work available to him. I know very little about STEM careers, however, so anyone can chime in with more information.

[jabmanjoshua]

Why I Think Nnewts Has a Better Ending than The Wingfeather Saga

WARNING! The following text you are about to read WILL contain MAJOR SPOILERS for both of the above-mentioned series. So if you haven't read either series, I recommend that you check out both.

Also, I want to be clear that this is my personal subjective opinion. If you don't agree with me, that's fine.

I remember one day looking at a Christianbook catalog and seeing a book series called "The Wingfeather Saga," a story where "dragons sing and legends come to life." and where "The Igiby family must escape the Fangs of Dang" I saw that one of the books was called "The Warden and the Wolf King", saw that it had some sort of anthro wolf on the cover and my interest was peaked, I got the books for Christmas that year (books 1-4 and Wingfeather Tales) and read the main saga the following year... and was surprised to find out that the main character Janner... died.

I understood that there was really no way around it. Kalmar and all the other Fangs had to be turned back to normal or they'd all eventually go feral, Kalmar would've died and everyone would've probably turned into Gray Fangs which wouldn't have fixed the problem, and there wasn't anyone else who could've properly taken Janner's place, and Arundelle foretold that it would happen.

It was a bittersweet ending where one person's sacrifice brought about a new world where Fangs were no more (mostly).

For context, It's revealed towards the end of book 2 that the Fangs are actually humans who were willingly turned into human animal hybrids by way of dark forbidden magic that involves transferring the lifeforce from an animal (snake, wolf, ect) to a human. (Kinda like how mutagen works in the 80s TMNT cartoon) And in the latter half of the saga it's revealed that as time goes on a Fang will slowly descend into madness as the animal side of them slowly takes over, becoming a monstrous feral shell of who they used to be.

...And then I got the epilogue, where only a day after Janner's passing, Kalmar wakes up his family (and Oskar) to go on a quest to go to the first well to bring Janner back. Artham recalls how it's been said that first well's water "Heals... and maybe even more." Kalmar says; It's worth a try. Either way, it's going to make a great story." And with that... the book ends.

I was surprised, but also hopeful. Hopeful that maybe one of the "Seven thrilling tales from the world of Aerwiar" would tell that "great story"

...Then I read the Preface.

The Preface in which Andrew Peterson tells us that he will NOT write about what happened AFTER The Warden and the Wolf King. "The canon is closed." He goes on to say that he has his reasons, some are literary, some are theological, and they boil down to; "Whatever hope or longing might have woken in you when you finished the book is far better than anything I might of written."

...What?! But wait! it gets better! After this, he goes on to compare the experience of world building to a garden. Do you know what else is likened to a garden?

JANNER'S PROPHISIED DEATH!!

And then, after talking about all the people who worked on the book,

(Wingfeather Tales, unlike the saga, was written by multiple writers with art by several different artists) Who does Andrew Peterson reference at the end of the preface?

...Arundelle. ...The one who prophesied Janner's death. *groans*

BUT WAIT! IT GETS BETTER!

At the end of each Wingfeather book, there's a "Readers Guide" that asks several questions about the story. (or, in this case, stories) Guess what the last question is...

"What sort of tales would you add if you could?"

...

ARE YOU KIDDING ME ANDREW!?!? You KNOW what tale I would add if I could! THE ONE YOU REFUSE TO WRITE!!!

Needless to say, I was NOT happy with this, so much so that as of writing this, I STILL haven't finished the book. I haven't even started reading the first story! I only knew about the question at the end because I peeked at it.

I found a video from several years ago where Andrew Peterson was asked if he would write a story after The Warden and the Wolf King, He explained that the reason he ended the book the way he did was because he believed that when a story ends with an ending that feels final, the story dies, and by ending his story in a more mysterious way; "It keeps the story alive inside of you."

...

Ok, look, I understand that not every question in a story can or should even be answered.

(Just look how Star Wars)

But whether or not a character is brought back from the dead is NOT the kind of question that should be left unanswered! I mean, think about it. When's the last time you read a story that ended without you knowing if the main character, or any character for that matter, was revived or not?

In all stories I've ever read, heard, or seen, you usually have one of three outcomes.

1. The character is dead and is brought back either by magic or a miracle.

2. The character isn't actually dead but unconscious.

3. The character is dead, and that's that.

Resurrection usually isn't something that's left up in the air, either it happens, or it doesn't.

(In case you're wondering, yes I DO believe in the Resurrection, I'm not sad you see?)

And it's not just THAT question that keeps me up at night, there are other questions raised by the epilogue, such as,

• Does Artham drink the water and give up his bird features?

• Does Leeli drink the water and get her leg healed?

• If the water DOESN'T work, how will they handle it?

• If it does work, Do Sara and Janner FINALLY get hitched?

How can this feel like a satisfying ending when there's at least FIVE MAJOR QUESTIONS at the end of it! I feel like Hazel Grace in "The Fault in our Stars" and reading the Preface is like meeting the author guy in Amsterdam!

Now, just to be clear, I'm not saying that that Andrew Peterson is NEARLY as much of a jerk as that guy, in fact I believe that most of the way the Preface comes off was likely an oversight on his part.

I'm just saying that that's how it FELT reading it.

One of the things that bugs me about all this is the fact that, as mentioned earlier, Andrew has his reasons for "closing the canon" but doesn't really share what those reasons are. (save for the video I mentioned earlier)

Sure we have that video that, to some extent at least gives us the literary reason, but what about the theological reasons? why don't get those? And if the reasons boil down to; "I'm not comfortable magically bringing a dead kid back to life." Then I have to ask... WHY DID YOU BOTHER WRITING THIS EPILOGUE IF YOU WEREN'T COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE IT GOES!?!?

It makes me feel like Andrew wanted to have his cake and eat it too, He wants us to feel hopeful that Janner comes back but doesn't want to ACTUALLY bring him back because then his dying won't be sad anymore because we'll know he comes back afterward. So he ends it ambiguously so WE decide where the story goes.

On paper this might sound like a good idea, except for one problem.

By writing the story this way we're left with TWO alternate endings that are both plausible.

To explain why I don't like this, let's look at an example of alternate endings.

The Neverhood, This point-and-click PC game has three endings.

• One where Klaymen falls down a hole into the abyss.

• One where Klaymen puts on The Neverhood Crown, gets corrupted, and knocks out his brother Klogg.

• And one where Klaymen does the right thing and saves the world.

And while all three of these endings are interesting and entertaining on their own, at the end of the day, only one of them matters. The one where Klaymen saves the day, because it's the one the the sequel, Skullmonkeys takes place after. the other two are entertaining and nothing more.

And when you have a case like Star Fox Command, where there's NINE different endings and NONE of them are definitive, not only do the endings become meaningless, but so does the story. What's the point of experiencing the story if there's no proper ending to wrap it up?

Andrew wanted this ending to keep the story alive inside the reader. but not only does it raise too many questions to give it any sense of finality, because I'm still thinking about the story, I have other questions in my mind like;

• Why does Artham's girlfriend have two different names?

• Why wasn't the well water used to fix Leeli's leg back in book 2 when everyone was on the run?

• Why does the Flordid Sword when rallying a group of people say that the Fangs are "Heartless and soulless despite the fact that Kalmar pretty much contradicts that?

• Why does the fact that the Fangs used to be humans mean next to NOTHING until Gnag is defeated?

• If the well water has the power to undo Fangishness, then why wasn't THAT used instead of reverse engineering the melding spell? (IT'S NEAR CLOVENFAST FOR PETE'S SAKE!!)

• Why does Sara find Janner at the last minute after he's already dead?

You know, it sucks because I don't hate The Wingfeather Saga, I actually quite enjoyed it.

I liked the world building, the characters, the lore, the surprisingly intense action, the drama, the story involving a family that works together to survive, the music Andrew Peterson and Kurt Heinecke have made for the series is AMAZING!

I just wish the ending was handled a little differently.

...

But you know what series DID do things differently?

Nnewts.

Nnewts is a trilogy of graphic novels by Doug TenNapel creator of the game with funny million dollar worm man, and they tell the story Herk, a newt with small legs that escapes from his village when it gets savagely attacked by evil reptilian creatures called Lizzarks.

Long story short over the course of the trilogy it's revealed that the Lizzarks are actually Newts (and in some cases other animals) that have been corrupted by a substance called Black Mudd. There is however, a Beauty spell that has the power not only to undo the corruption, but also save the world, not just from the Snake Lord, but also from an entity known as the Chillinwrath. But, as you might have guessed, the spell comes at a cost, it kills Herk upon using it as he has to put his soul into it in order to destroy the Chillingwrath.

Now, you might have noticed some similarities between Nnewts and the Wingfeather Saga, but there are some important differences, most important (and the whole point of this... writing... report... blog... whether) how it all ends.

We story moves forward just a little bit to show how Herk's sacrifice changed the world. As opposed to The Wingfeather Saga, which bearly gets passed one day before hitting us with the epilogue. There's a moment where Herk's foster mom holds out hope the Herk might come back, it doesn't tease a possible magical revival. What we DO get to see is Herk in the afterlife, with his friends and family that passed on, able to see how his actions made a difference. He sees how everyone is living a new better life in their new underwater city, and he sees his girlfriend, Launa, who despite never getting her legs restored like his were once, she's able to live a life free of her wheelchair anyway by swimming in her new underwater kingdom. and even though they are worlds apart, Herk is able to find peace, wholeness, and happiness with his family and Orion.

Now, why I personally feel this ending does infinitely better than The Wingfeather Saga's is because Doug touches on something that Andrew seems to avoid despite it being practically at the epicenter of the faith their stories are written for.

Eternity.

We never see Herk resurrected, he doesn't magically come back through healing water or some sort of magic spell, Instead we see him in the afterlife, in eternity.

I didn't notice it as I was reading The Wingfeather Saga, but after I read Nnewts and as I looked back, I noticed that The Wingfeather Saga doesn't EVER mention of any afterlife, Heaven or otherwise. sure, there's maybe a brief descriptive sentence or two in the heat of the moment during Janner's death, but even then there's no assurance that Janner went on to a better place. We have mourning, we see Kalmar rename everyone who was returned to normal, we get a song from Armulyn the Bard, and then, the very next morning, the epilogue.

The story really doesn't give you any time to take in the fact that Janner is dead before saying, Hey, remember the first well? LET'S GO GET JANNER BACK!

And because of how it handles this, it doesn't give anyone, the reader, or the characters in the story any proper closure.

It's almost like watching a show like Spectacular Spiderman or Sonic the Hedgehog the Animated Series (I refuse to call it Sonic SatAM) where you get to the end and you have that final scene that reminds you that more was supposed to happen, that show wasn't really over but for reasons beyond the writer's control, never gets to go there because the show was canceled.

Except with The Wingfeather Saga, the story wasn't canceled, it was deliberate.

With Nnewts on the other hand, we see that even though Herk stays dead, it's okay because he has an eternity in Heaven ahead of him. Reminding us that if we believe and trust in Jesus, death is not the end, but a new beginning. And in my opinion, that not only makes Nnewts' ending better than The Wingfeather Saga's resurrection tease, but also much more powerful and meaningful.

[fabulous-fan-fables]

Chapter 2 of Birds of a Feather!

This one was difficult for me since my procrastination and motivation refused to cooperate. Also, the summary below is of chapter 1 as a brief recap! Also I’m unable to put in a read more so :(

Word count: 2.8k

Recap of chapter 1: Bronte has a brief fight with Emery then leaves Terik’s home. He talks to Dex, and spirals a bit before focusing on the portal Dex made. Dex activates it, and Bronte is entranced by the portal, which seems to promise him an escape from himself. He gets sucked into the portal, and the chapter ends.

I’ll reblog with the fic, as always!

[cyclonestudios-alt]

Hey so I saw your post requesting asks about Wingfeather headcanons, and I just finished reading the Warden and the Wolf King for the first time last night (😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️) so I gotta know- what are your headcanons about the epilogue- ie. if they did bring Janner back, and what would happen after?

Also, do you have any headcanons about young Artham and Esben, before Anniera fell?

Thank you! 😊

Hello!

Alright first of all, the ending of TWatWK was... a lot emotions. I definitely understand how you're feeling about it lol.

Now, on to the headcannons, personally, I think they did manage to revive Janner. Or, maybe a more accurate description would be the Maker allowed Janner to come back and the family just like poured the First Well water on him and stuff. To me, Janner's revival seems like it would be a very Maker-involved thing, considering he (The Maker) created the First Well and is the reason it has healing powers and is basically part of what keeps Aerwiar alive (or maybe that's the Holoré and Holóel, not sure). Basically yes, I do believe Janner was revived, although I do have an au where he was not.

On to your second question, I'm pretty sure that after the Wingfeathers get back to Anneira, they almost immediately started rebuilding the castle and towns and stuff. I also think they would spend a lot of time together, going on picnics and exploring ( Aurundelle, Sara, and Leeli's dogs in tow).

They would also spend time together just to talk and mend relationships, because let's face it, the Wingfeathers need a lot of that family therapy. I'm also thinking about Artham and Nia forgiving each other, because their relationship has a few... issues (referring to Nia's treatment of Artham in Glipwood, by not standing up for him against Podo more often, when she clearly can and has)

I truly think those two could've done so much better (and still can) if Nia had just taken Artham in and they actually talked and helped each other with their grief about Esben's death (both when he was thought to be dead and when he actually did), because, while the kids certainly have a lot sadness about Esben's death, I have a feeling Artham and Nia had it much worse, Artham with his nearly decade-long guilt about leaving Esben and knowing exactly where he was yet never telling anyone, while dealing with a ton of mental issues and literally wanting to die, and Nia with loosing Esben twice and having basically no one who could understand to talk to about it. Not to mention Nia's kids were literally being hunted and the Hollows were under attack 24/7, I can't imagine how much it must've been for her with all of that going on at the same time. Writing this paragraph makes me realize just how much those two went through, and I honestly get sadder about it all the time.

Alright, on to your third question, Artham and Esben pre-war were definitely absolute little gremlins. It's basically canon. I mean, those two pulled pranks, were completely unreasonable in fights about food and boats (they literally raced across an entire island just to get a chance with the boat that Esben really liked, all because they couldn't agree who should have the last bowl of soup. Seriously, what the heck was that supposed to be lol). While they would totally be the Kings of Pranks (pardon me, the King and Throne Warden of Pranks) I think they were also besties and you could talk to them about anything, and they would just sit and listen while offering a few words of advice and stuff. I'm gonna cry thinking about it.

Also, I'm pretty sure in one of the books it said that while they were ruling (technically the rulers would be Esben and Nia, but I'm pretty sure the previous High King/Queen's other children would have a higher level of power than in just any other kingdom ((especially the Throne Warden))) it was like, one of Anneira's golden ages or something, so they also had to have been extremely kind and empathetic, while also clear about what rules where in place and should stay in place, and also strategic and stuff like that.

Ok, this is probably the longest post I've ever written, I sort of just read your ask and ran with it lol. Thank you so much for the ask! I loved reading it and thinking about how to answer. :)

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Reepicheep dropped into Aerwiar would be funny. He's too small to be a assumed as a Fang and immediately helps the Wingfeather kids because they remind him of the Pevensies -- out maneuvering Fangs and Ridgerunners. He would be definitely tell the boys about him helping Caspian and the Old Kings and Queen of Narnia.

The "deathmatch between your current and childhood favorite characters" post has got me thinking about the inherent comedy that you could wring out of dropping Reepicheep into. basically any other fantasy setting as a detour on his way to Aslan's country. Here's what I've got so far for dropping him into Middle-earth:

Ideally he gets dropped somewhere random, wanders around for a while, and then winds up at Rivendell at the same time at the rest of the Fellowship

Reep might be vulnerable to the One Ring a la Boromir, but there's a chance his faith in Aslan would have some sort of mitigating effect on that

He would absolutely try to fight the Balrog though

Gandalf, trying to hold back a helldemon: "Fly, you fools!" / Reepicheep: Seen 2:41 pm ✔️

He would also try to fight Saruman, or at the bare minimum call him a coward from the foot of Orthanc

And possibly would challenge the Ents before realizing they were friendly

Wormtongue is definitely going to lose a foot or something

“Hinder me? Thou fool. No living man may hinder me!" "It is, then, my good fortune not to be a man!"

[mozart-the-meerkitten]

The Dragonkeeper movie worked as intended I laughed I cried I bought the first two books in the series it's based off of.

and I am THIS CLOSE 🤏🏻to writing a crossover Wingfeather Saga fanfic with it because are you KIDDING me?!? magic child?! healing water?! dragons?! THE ENDING?!? ak;hlgj;aglskafghsfagshfd

go watch it it's amazing I loved it

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thank you whoever you are for enabling me on this btw you have saved my life

(if you read through this review and decide that you wanna check this series out or buy it, the link to the official website is here!)

OKAY

SO

The Wingfeather Saga is a four-book fantasy series by Andrew Peterson. Despite being a series written and aimed towards children, it also deals with serious themes in a way that doesn't trivialize them or shove them to the side.

Do you like dragons? This series has dragons. Do you like themes of healing and dealing with some pretty heavy shit but healing nonetheless? This series has that too. Do you like hella good worldbuilding and a solid plot that is richly detailed and makes sense, but isn't muddled or confused? Like hell you do! Do you like actually decent representation in your works? You're never gonna guess what this has! That's right! It's got it all, baby.

This book has next to no romance in it, and all of the major relationships that it focuses on are platonic. But what even is in it in the first place?

The story is centered around a small family living in a small town. Their surname is Igiby, and they lead as quiet a life as one can whilst being occupied entirely by what's essentially a fully armed army. More on that later.

The members of this family are:

Nia, mother

Podo, grandfather

Janner, eldest sibling (12 when the series starts, 15 when it ends)

Tink (Kalmar) (11 when the series starts, ~14 when it ends)

Leeli (8 when the series starts, ~11 when it ends)

Now, the world these people inhabit is called Aerwiar. In it reside half-lizard creatures called Fangs, which have been making the lives of the people living on the content Skree horrible for years. The Fangs are under the command of Gnag the Nameless, the whole villain behind the whole thing, although we don't really figure out why he is like he is until the fourth book.

Through a series of events, things happen and this family alongside a few other characters go places and eventually have to run from their home.

What other characters? I'm glad you asked!

Peet the Sock Man (that's not his real name, it's later revealed to be Artham- again. lore. i'll explain later), the local village "crazy man" who lives in a huge treehouse in the woods and is actually related to the Igibys.

Oskar Reteep, the local librarian who runs a small bookstore called Books and Crannies. It's an odd place, but as a family friend of Nia and Podo's, he ends up going with them when they have to flee to their home.

Now, here's the thing. I mentioned representation earlier, right? Here's the cool thing. I wasn't kidding. This shit's fuckin' awesome. Let me explain.

Leeli, the aforementioned youngest sibling, has had a lame leg for as long as she can remember. She walks with crutches, and it's just regarded as a casually natural thing. She can keep up with her brothers just fine, but they also know that if she needs help, she'll ask for it. (This is literally said in plain text like, 6 pages in.) Even though she needs additional help from her family sometimes, they're also very respectful about it and stand up for her where they can!

Podo, the grandfather, was a sailor once and has a wooden leg. His original one was eaten by a dragon. He gets around just fine with this, and makes a lot of casual jokes about it as well.

"But Amys!" you say. "Why's it called the wingfeather saga if there's no mentions of wingfeathers in it at all??"

Allow me to elaborate.

The Shining Isle of Anneira was a kingdom that got totally and utterly destroyed about ten years ago by Gnag the Nameless for reasons that are elaborated on later about halfway through book four. It's revealed at the end of Book One that Nia used her maiden name of Igiby when she and her family fled to keep them all safe, but her husband's name was Wingfeather, so basically everyone's last name is Wingfeather. Yeah.

Where's the husband? Oh, he's dead. (Or is he?)

See, during the attack on the castle way back then, he just straight up dissapeared amongst the fire and the ashes. Everyone has long since made their peace with his death, or something close to death. Except for Artham, a.k.a Peet the Sock Man.

Artham, as it turns out, is heavily implied to have some heavy trauma/PTSD for [waves hand vaguely] lore reasons. I can't explain this perfectly, I'm trying so hard to not spoil anything because the best thing to do would just be to read it. Anyways, here's the incredible thing- at one point, he DOES face his fears and get through a large part of his trauma. Even then, though, he has recessions sometimes due to triggers! Healing isn't linear, and in fact he still struggles with his past throughout the entire series!! How fucking amazing is that! god i love artham he's one of my favorite characters in this entire goddamn series

Uhhhh let's see here *flips through notes* what else is there this is my second time writing this goddamn post (thanks Tumblr) oh yeah! There's uhhhh nonhuman transformations there's seriously good worldbuilding and lore and explanations for things there's some serious advice on how to persevere through difficult things there's a focus on the good in the world despite the evil within, there's really silly but still genuinely touching poems, there's a bittersweet ending that's still incredibly satisfying and zero plot holes that I have found, and best of all the art in jt SLAPS.

Oh yeah I forgot to mention. There is some SICK ASS ART in this series, both on the covers and in the pages of the books themselves. I can't find a good source for any of that so you'll just have to take my word for it but trust me it fucking SLAPS.

anyways i'm trying to not spoil anything so that you can go into this yourself because this series is chock full of detail and completely rewired some core bits of our brain. i promise uou will not regtet it i habe been going insane over this for years OLEASE AT LEAST TRY TO GET THENFIRST BOOK IF YOU CAN

thank you for coming to my ted talk, fuck you tumblr for deleting my first draft, and please for the love of god just give it a try

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Official Artwork of the Map of Aerwiar