#lotta old art here sorry! it's... not as wonky lookin as i thought though so thats aight

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Dragonsbayne/OC based asked You've mentioned Corvidan is scared of dragons. Obviously we all know how he feels about Saft. But what are his thoughts regarding the other dragons he's met or is going to eventually meet in the story? Will he be scared of them too or do you think Saft's made him feel way more settled around dragons now he realizes not all of them pose an immediate threat? (I can't imagine him being terrified of Lavender for example.)

lavender is the only exception so far!* this is because she doesn't exactly read like a dragon silhouette, she's wayy too small and covered in fluff. dreamers also breathe a kind of magical dust rather than fire, and it tends to come in fun colours

corvidan's phobia is triggered by big scaly things with big membranous wings (none of which baby dreamweavers are/have), and the context of fire being present certainly does not help.

meuric is more like a giant crocodile and does not have wings or breathe fire, but he's also very dragon-coded (HUGE, obvious teeth/claws, generally kind of scary-lookin lizardy thing) so. corv rating: Terrifying/10

hopefully i'm getting the idea across that ~it depends!~ but basically the more Dragon Coded a dragon is, the more terrified corvidan will be of them. bonus points if the room is on fire

as for whether saft has had an effect on this: the answer is definitively yes! it's a slow, painful process to try to work through trauma and reduce the severity of triggers. corvidan definitely reaches a point where he realises that if they're going to move forward then dragons WILL be prevalent in his life and he needs to take steps to try and manage his reactions.

saft is working through her own trauma, too, which... it feels unfair not to try, right? she needs someone who doesn't shy away from touching her or looking at her when she's just existing as her other self. corvidan recognises it would be helpful for her problems if he can start getting over his. plus it's tiring to be ruled by your past like that

they both want a future! so they work on it together.