#on cerulean wings

[confusedlittleguy]

back again with these (changing it up slightly)

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cant believe this is only part nine 😭

[resident-wof-expert]

Tsunami: Turtle's the kind of guy to hold his nose and yell, "Geronimo!" before he jumps into the water.

Anemone: Turtle's the kind of guy to rub his talons together and say, "Let's dig in." before every meal.

Fin: Turtle's the kind of guy to say, "Riddle me this" before he asks a question.

Cerulean: Turtle's the kind of guy to say, "Okay, buddy." when confronting someone.

Turtle: Can we have ONE peaceful dinner, please?

[colorsoutofearth]

Morpho butterfly wing detail

Photo by Alex Hyde

[pink-designs-wingsoffire]

Wings of Fire designs #30, Cerulean.

At the point where the queen has 35 living children, you'd think the kingdom would be more concerned. Or at least, Gill would be. I mean, the amount of possible heirs there would probably be over time would be a logistical nightmare for the Seawings.

[lucky-numberme]

[ID: A digital illustration of Lucy, Theodore, and Phee in flight. Lucy has bat wings and grins excitedly at his siblings, eyes glowing slightly red. Phee is patting Theo's head, and both of them are smiling up at Lucy. End ID]

@davidbowielovesyou mentioned this idea in the most recent chap of On Your Shore, and it was too cute not to draw :3

[pyrrhia-times]

"Waves lapped gently against the dark shore. The moon's pale light reflected off the white sands of the beach."

[purcaholic]

In a world where laughter dances like sunbeams through a prism, the skies are awash in watercolor dreams. Whimsical creatures weave tales in hues of cerulean and rose, as joy spills from their hearts like ink on canvas. Gossamer-winged beings flutter amidst blooming meadows, their mirth blending with the soft splashes of color, painting a realm where happiness is the ever-blooming flora of fantasy.

[wuzhere75]

Congrats on turtle for being the first WoF character for me to draw twice specifically for posting

Not entirely sure about this one. I really like the lineart and the designs themselves are okay but I feel like I could have done something more different for the rendering.

Anyways here’s some stuff about these goobers

-Octopus is the “bigwings” (even though Seawings technically do not have bigwings) of the clutch, and typically the leader of the gang with his size and smarts

-Studies architecture, also likes puzzles a lot

-All tribes have some ability to change colors (though, Rainwings are by far the best). Octopus has an unusually high amount of scales that can change color for a Seawing (e.g, he can change his patterns up or change the overall tint of his scales).

-Cerulean enjoys making pottery (an art form not traditionally pursued by Seawings) and, unusually for a Seawing, prefers being on dry land rather than in the water.

-Has a Sandwing BF who was a POW from Burn’s army but is now free. They use there fire breath as kiln for his pottery.

-Fin is the “runt” of the clutch. He is so small that he is often mistaken for being a member of a younger clutch, even by his own mother.

-He has a lot of spunk and sass to him; like a less annoying Qibil. His brothers would always pick on him for being small when he was younger, but he gave that attitude right back.

[kanayatherainbowdrinker]

KANAYA: You All Desire To Be Me

[enteragoodnamehere]

fuck it. fire4fun and risk risk risk fandragon scrys

[scourgeofshadows]

PFFT! I forgor about these too

[aria0fgold]

Oh and since I'm not gonna finish this one.

This is what Lulu's original outfit was supposed to look like! It's an old art from like 2022 where I was on and off with art. I traced the body using an image I found in pinterest cuz all I wanted to do was design an outfit, which, looking at it now is horribly cluttered and stiff so I'm redesigning it.

[itsthemorph]

Been a while since some Cerulean Sea art (or since I’ve done non homework art at all 😭) so have a phoenix Arthur piece I did a while ago

[intuitive-revelations]

You know, for all the past memes of Ceruleans being plant-touchers etc, it's actually really interesting that they're the one chapter that, for most of the timeline, isn't named after a specific ruling chapterhouse but instead with a generic "colour" name. This presumably comes from the whole "Green Party" metaphor idea.

Meanwhile during the War in Heaven, not only is there explicitly a sixth ruling house now that temporarily rose to power in the chapter (I personally guess either Tracolix or Xianthellipse but YMMV - which ever one it isn't is probably Patrex), but now other chapters, in so much as we hear about them, are referred to with similar colour-based names. This comes from A Labyrinth of Histories, where Dvora is mentioned to be part of the "Scarlet Chapterhouse", despite now ruling what used to be the Prydonian chapter.

I assume the latter is due to the new instability of the chapters. Over millions of years of absolute power, Houses Prydon, Scendeles, Arcal, Patrex and Dromei had become synonymous with their chapters until the shakeup of the War. With the chapterhouses suddenly changing constantly, there's no point in referring to the chapters by their ruling house regimes. Instead they are simply referred to by colour, presumably the original constitutional names for the chapters, in the same way as there are Gold and Bronze Ushers.

This would seem to suggest that there is no "House Cerulean", but instead that the chapter has always been like this.

So, what does this imply about the Cerulean Chapter, which seemingly never developed a consistent ruling house?

Originally I thought this might have been due to some sort of internal directly-democratic system where no one House is allowed power over the chapter. This would seem fitting given the chapter's politics. However, the War-time naming of the chapters and the introduction of a sixth ruling house implies there's no special rule to this chapter in particular.

Now however... I think it implies there might have been many ruling houses over the chapter's history, but none were ever able to hold on to power for very long or had any accomplishments that distinguished them from all the other houses that attempted to lead the chapter. This is presuambly part of the reason why the chapter never gained much power, as they were too internally unstable to get anything done long-term.

In other words - the reason why the 'progressive' Cerulean chapter never managed to change much on Gallifrey, leaving its society stagnant and conservative?

Basically comes down to... leftist infighting.

Suddenly that metaphor is a little bit less silly isn't it?

[panthera-tigris-venenata]

You'd think that a civilisation that depends on sentient dragons to survive is going to come up with better descriptors & categories for said dragons than „This one's blue 🥹“ and „This one's red and has a funky tail 🥹🥹“

[kellystar321]

📤📤📤 free for all! Let anyone answer a question!

anon this is literally so cute <33

📤 What's your favorite sorta "advanced vocabulary" word? (like unequivocal, ostentatious, iniquity) 📤 One of your favorite tropes to see in media, and an example from a media you like! 📤 If you were a stuffed animal, what kind and color would you be?

Reverse ask here!