#WoF Mirror Shards Au

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No explanation. Just Duckweed and a goat.

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wof au stufff

more wof au content, now ft gaster + shadow crystal lore

the text (with a bit of rewording):

pg 1:

Shadow Crystals are shards of an ancient animus-touched mirror that was destroyed several hundred years ago, with its pieces shattered across the continent. What the original enchantment was is still unknown, however popular theories have surfaced in recent years- most notably, that it shows the truth, that it shows lies, and that it will show what will drive the holder insane. It’s believes that the original mirror was made by a Nightwing animus named W.D. Gaster. What purpose the mirror was created for or why it was destroyed is lost to time.

pg 2:

Contrary to popular belief nowadays, W.D. Gaster was not a malicious or selfish dragon. He was one of the most respected Nightwing scientists of all time, advancing technology far beyond what was believed possible without even using his magic.

The most notable achievement of Gaster was his advances in the study of animus magic. Hatched with this very gift, he performed experiments on himself to push magic to its very limit. He was in the process of writing a scroll that explained the quirks and mechanics of animus magic in depth, due to be published within a few months, when he disappeared.

Not much is known about what happened to Gaster the night of his disappearance. He was simply gone, as if shattered across time and space. Numerous theories have been crafted about the whereabouts of W.D. Gaster. Some believe he moved to settle in a quiet town after the stress of his duties wore him down. Others think the damage to his soul- a common superstition about animus magic being that overuse would damage your very being- led him to the verge of insanity, and he has been in hiding for years. Some even believe his experiments have somehow shattered him across time and space- although, the likelihood of that being true is almost none. Most definitely, Gaster simply died and was never found, perhaps assassinated by someone fearful of how his inventions might change society.

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random thought i had as i was writing this,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, dragons canonically have souls in wof. or at least they have some sort of approximation of them similar to the idea of it being “the culmination of your being” like in undertale, since they believe itll be damaged by magic. who knows maybe 

anyways if yall want more deltarune wof au stuff uh,,,,,,,,,, i really like this au. a lot. its super fun to write abt and like its vvvv fun combining my two favorite things into one thing its cool

so like,,,, wof au stuff anyone????????? aNYONE??///

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Bugs when you look under a rock:

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Broke: Scavengers/Humans screaming in fear before they're eaten by dragons.

Woke: Folks cussing dragons out or casting judgement on how they're eaten. If you're about to die you may as well say what's on your mind, right?

Plus a scene for a future fic this put me in the mood to draw.

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This was originally going to be a proper comic drabble. Then Duckweed got extra, and nothing could top this.

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Me: *Using symbols to show swearing*

Sis: Let him say 'Fuck.'

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I just drew this as a silly joke but I kinda wanna know what the results would be.

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It's my fanfiction series. I can shit post if I wanna.

I don't really know where Pebble's quote is from, but I got it from this animatic here (skip to 2:08 if you just want the quote).

Song lyrics are from Arcadian Wild's Liar.

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DON'T WORRY! HE LIVED!

But I finally did it! Or rather, I finally posted this whole thing. I started back in January and I'm finally happy to present it.

Are the tags ok? I don't think the ending is that triggering, but you never know.

And now for some quick facts:

Timeline wise, this takes place roughly a month after the Sandwing Succession War has ended.

Duckweed has spent much of that time in the SkyWing Kingdom.

Pebble learned 'Go Away' from observing the Skywings and Duckweed's reaction. He doesn't exactly know what it means but he understands it's to make Duckweed back off.

Not relevant to the comic, but Pebble first told Duckweed to 'Go Away' when the MudWing tried to pet him.

Duckweed just thought it was some cool, undiscovered scavenger mimicry ability like with crows and parrots. He's been trying to teach Pebble to say his name and some other words since then.

Pebble, for his part, caught on to this. He knows 'Duckweed' is this stupid, green dragon's name. He just refuses to say it.

Pebble's throat was kinda shot from a combination of dehydration and yelling which is why his speech bubbles are so messed up.

And that should be it! I'm currently writing a sequel to this. It won't be a comic, but a one-shot short story. After that? Eh...I got some ideas.

Edit: Is now cross posted on A03.

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Bit of a low effort comic, but I was feelin' silly.

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Got into Wings of FIre via the comics, and my brain decided that it would be a great idea to develop some fan OCs while I tried the books. Which then spawned a bunch of sketches below, a whole ass comic that just needs to be scanned, and who knows what from there.

I don't even know why these two are living in my head. They just are. In the meantime, here's some profiles.

General stuff that applies to both (tw for mentioned suicide attempt):

Duckweed picked up Pebble to be his pet. He always wanted one (a pet. Not a scavenger. That was just luck) and felt more comfortable bonding with an animal than a dragon.

Despite actually picking up some Dragon on his own, Duckweed didn't realize that Pebble was sapient until he tried to kill himself.

They don't become friends right away even after that revelation...

...But once they do, they end up getting along like birds of a feather.

Pebble sometimes rides in one of Duckweed's bags. One becomes dedicated to his stuff.

Duckweed enjoys all kinds of art, but his favorite is the theatre. Pebble doesn't see the attraction.

Together, they'll go on a road trip across Pyrrhia, see the sights, take in the diverse cultures, lose their souls, learn a new language (mostly in Pebble's case), saving a family, healing, and accidentally commit murder. Not in that order.

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Saw this meme going around and decided it was perfect for my WoF OCs.

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Here it is! My one-shot sequel to 'The Desperate Escape' is finally uploaded!

The Unusual Bargain - Sarokophoenix - Wings of Fire - Tui T. Sutherland [Archive of Our Own]

This took a while, but I'm glad to finally post it. I hope you folks enjoy!

The next story is going to be another comic, but it's probably gonna be a few months before I can work on it. In the meantime, I'll be posting art and silly comics, but I'm also considering setting up an 'Ask' if enough people are interested. Up to you guys, but it is more content.

See you next time!

Edit: Went back and fixed some things. Not very big changes. Just some formatting issues and writing flow I didn't catch when I first posted.

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Second progress report for my WoF fancomic! All of the base colors (I call them 'Flats') have been added. All that's left is the shading and effects. Here's Duckweed giving an example and looking complete enough to get some proper tags.

Tbh, I'm a little nervous. I've never done a full color comic before. Much less one that's *checks* fifteen(?) pages long.

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Be me.

Decide to start an OC centric WoF series.

Drop two one shots.

Spend the next few months writing an outline for the next part knowing it's gonna be roughly three times as long as Desperate Escape.

Realize you hate it and start from scratch.

Uuuuuuuuuuuuugh.

So, yeah. That's basically how my year went. How was yours?

Anyhow, the good news is that progress on the next part of my Wings of Fire series has been made. The outline definitely took the majority of my time, but the first chapter has also been fully drawn as my editor has demonstrated below.

They're already all cleaned up too! All that's left is to slap on the color, which I'm already doing. I'm aiming to finish around early December though I do want to push for earlier, so this isn't hanging over my Thanksgiving table.

On a related note, I finally got my act together and named this series! From now on, this'll be called the Mirror Shards AU. I've already gone back and tagged previous posts appropriately, and the fics are now under their own little series over on A03!

If you follow me for my silly, little guys thank you for being patient. I know it's been a year since my last fic in this series dropped, but, hopefully, updates will come more frequently. I am not kidding about how long that outline took to write. Drawing a twelve page comic did not even come close.

Until next time!

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Happy Halloween from these two goobers!

I confess I got inspiration from the Chikn Nugget shorts, but I mostly wanted an excuse to draw Pebble in a onesie.