#hes honestly the kind of guy i personally would go for irl 🤷‍♀️

[scurvgirl]

I don't get the "Gale is annoying" opinion. He's very sweet, very smart, and has been isolated for awhile. Dude is just excited to have more friends to be with, honestly. He's trying his best and he's so lovely. He has a passion for what he does - what isn't to love about that?

[toadslug]

I FINISHED IT!! Here are my silly opinions for the silly dragon series 🥰 Character names, explanations, and template below the cut:

★ Favorite character: Clay

Clay has been my favorite character since I read his book!! I think his character goes a lot deeper than how some of the fandom treats him (his character arc is amazing), and he's also just a really nice guy.

★ Liked by everyone but me: Queen Ruby

I have no idea why I don't like her 😭 I think the way she treated Peril just kind of pissed me off when I was a kid, and I've never been able to shake the grudge. It's not her, it's me. I almost put Bumblebee here instead (I can't fault her for acting her age, but her screaming can get tiresome).

★ Didn't like at first: Fatespeaker

I considered putting Glory here, but I only started to hate her when that was the popular thing to do (I'm back to liking her now). I immediately didn't like Fatespeaker... Probably because I was rooting for Sunny x Starflight at the time 😬 I PROMISE I'm not like that anymore omg, I was, like, nine. I've come to value Fatespeaker a lot more; her character is surprisingly interesting to pick apart.

★ Would like to know more about: Hailstorm

There's so many characters I want to know more about!! Gill!! Tau!! Riptide!! Moray!! Osprey!! Sora!! Literally any MudWing character!!! But I went with Hailstorm. I adore the cool, supportive big brother energy he radiates, and seeing him trying to fit back into IceWing society (and maybe go through a teensy identity crisis) would be interesting.

★ Least favorite character: Sky

Honestly, I don't really have a least favorite character...? There's Whirlpool, of course, but that's too easy. I ended up choosing Sky 🤷‍♀️ I liked him enough in Dragonslayer, but he annoyed me in The Flames of Hope. I feel like he became a lot louder and more brash.

★ Like the design, dislike the character: Vulture

His dragon skull tattoos and the gimmick for them is so sick?? Why is this grandpa more stylish than me and everyone I know??? His design is great, but everything to do with him and his crime ring felt a little out of nowhere to me. It's been a while since I've read Darkness of Dragons, so maybe I'm just not remembering everything? But yeah. I wish he was introduced better.

★ Like the character, dislike the design: Luna

I like Luna!! And I like how she looks on her book cover, too (the rendering on her is drop-dead GORGEOUS). But the rest of her appearances in canon art... ehh.

These shades of green are making me feel things. And the spots on her wings look kind of awkward to me.

★ Favorite ship: Jambu x Pineapple

I was really close to putting Clay x Peril here because of how OBSESSED I was with them as a kid (shout-out to the Demons Peril PMV by Echosplash Animations that saved my life); however, Jambu x Pineapple is the only ship in the series that got me kicking my feet. The flashback to them cuddling in the hammock melted my heart 💖 Luna x Swordtail, Tamarin x Anemone, and Mangrove x Orchid are also my beloved. Honestly, though, I'm not that involved with shipping anymore.

★ Would never befriend IRL: Sundew

I like Sundew as a fictional character, but I would be slightly scared of her if she was real. She probably wouldn't like me.

★ Would befriend IRL: Umber

He just seems chill. I don't think he'd prod me to do stuff or talk, and I like people like that... People who can just let you exist. I feel like he'd tolerate my cringey humor, too.

★ Similar personality: Clearsight

I am NOWHERE near as girlboss as her, but I can relate to constantly worrying about future situations that may or may not happen 😁😁

★ Least favorite ship: Burn x Scarlet

Sorry toxic yuri ☹️ I just don't ship Burn with anyone.

*This template wasn't my idea; I took the original template and modified it to my liking.

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

If I had a nickel for every time Miss Raven liked someone with White hair, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

First, it's Rollo, and now it's silver, interesting character development/j

Why is this a series now: Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 / Part 6

Ironically, I (Miss Raven is not a self-insert; she and I are separate entities) generally don't like characters with white or silver hair. I tend to joke with my irl friends that white/silver hair makes characters look geriatric... Honestly, I still think it does on Rollo and Silver (even though I do also think their current hair colors suit them). It's more of the personalities that get me, not the looks.

Not to burst anyone's bubble, but I'm still kind of on the fence for Silver. Like I said in the first post, I feel as though I don't truly "like" Silver as a whole but rather I like the idea of someone so pure losing his last fuck and finally going apeshit. I'm fully aware that I'm projecting what I think would be fun to see onto him. Nothing wrong with canon Silver; he's a nice guy overall, just... too nice, too self-sacrificial. To quote Floyd from book 4:

(That annoying contrarian in me: BUT REMEMBER, HE'S A NII-SAN TO SEBEK AND A BODYGUARD/KNIGHT TO MALLEUS AND HE CAN KIND OF COOK TO KEEP LILIA FROM DESTROYING OUR STOMACHS... HE'S RESPONSIBLE, HE CLEANS UP THE HOUSE AND KEEPS HIS DAD OUT OF TROUBLE... REMEMBER HOW HE CRIED SO GOOD WHEN HE WAS QUESTIONING HIS SELF-WORTH?????) ... Eeeeh, we'll see how this develops and how I feel about it by the end of book 7 🤷‍♀️