#qinter mentioned

[ravewing]

wof infection au part 4! more under the cut; all parts will be tagged under 'fragariapathosis'😋😋

cw for scary imagery!! this one is really mild, the only vaguely scary thing are squid's awful doodles of an infected dragon. mentions of amputation, and some minor blood is drawn, but yeah this one is pretty tame. inspired by the mip infection aus on tiktok yayy

[some-pers0n]

Restless Nights

Fandom: WoF

Characters: Qibli, Winter

CW: Mentions of night terrors, trauma, etc

Summary: Qibli's having troubles falling asleep, kept up by the Bad Thoughts again. Yet, through it all, he hears someone nearby shuffling through papers.

Word Count: 1.0k

A/N: Oh SHOOT it's almost the end of gay month- TAKE THIS!! I'm not typically a Qinter writer. I've ranted before about how I don't quite care for the main fandom interpretation and how I prefer Turtbli, but eh,,,sometimes you just gotta write it.

Qibli tossed and turned, unable to fall back asleep. It was one of those nights again. You know the type. The ones where you flip and flop from one side to the other without rest. The ones where you try counting sheep only to get distracted after the first hundred or so. The ones where unwanted thoughts and ideas pester you nonstop. You know they aren't true, but, hey, it's nighttime and everything's possible; including believing that everyone hates you and can't stand the persona you've built.

So, yeah. Great. Just terrific. Lovely night as always. Wouldn't be him if he didn't constantly worry that his closest friends despised him. He rolled over once more, dwelling away in his thoughts.

However, as he did so, the still darkness wavered for a moment. First, some rustling. Then, a tiny scraping sound. At last, light. Despite his eyelids blocking most of it out, he could see a tiny orange flare flickering away.

Obviously, he became curious. There was something happening right in front of him. He'd be an idiot to not at least look. That's what he's been taught to do since he crawled out of the egg: sleep with both eyes half-open just in case somebody's decided to put a hit on you.

He squinted. His eyes were adjusted to the pitch-black room that was his sleeping quarters. On the other side he saw something quite odd.

Winter was there. He was laying on his bed of embroidered cushions and silky blankets, several scrolls sprawled out. An inkwell rested nearby, which he dipped an icy blue claw into and began to write on one such scroll. A couple tall wax candles were dotted around him, their wicks just recently lit.

"What are you doing?..." Qibli asked, his voice hoarse and groggy.

Winter's head shot up. "Nothing!" he hissed, quickly grabbing the scrolls and shoving them under the pillows.

"Oh, nothing? I couldn't tell you were doing nothing. Sure looks like you were doing something, but I guess writing on scrollpaper at...moons above, what time is it right now?"

"Late," Winter said, "the moons are at their peak. Besides, what does it matter what I'm doing?"

"C'mon, don't be a pain in the tail here. I've...actually got a bit of a headache here," he half-lied.

The corners of Winter's mouth tightened as his eyebrows furrowed. "I see. I don't think sitting there and talking is really going to help with that though. It only makes you and I more stressed. Hows about you try- oh I don't know- going to bed?"

"No can do, frost-face," he lightly teased. "I can't really sleep right now."

"What? Why?"

"Just can't. It's one of those nights again."

A look of familiarity stretched across Winter's face. He let out an exhale. "Right. Of course. Sometimes I forget you get like that too."

"Even after our big talk like a month ago?"

"My mind wasn't concerned with you at all. I have other things to worry about."

"So you care more about 'doing nothing' than about me right now?"

"That's not what-" He took a small breath. "If you're looking for sympathy right now, you're not going to get it by teasing me."

"Sorry! You're just an easy target," Qibli snickered, but surely enough the guilt settled back in. "But... You know what, never mind. Sorry about that. Shouldn't've been a jerk like that."

Winter tilted his head. "Is it really that bad enough for you to admit that your wrong?"

"No, I just..." Qibli rubbed his face. "What are you doing?"

"I'm doing work."

"What kind of work?"

"Is it any of your business?"

"I just wanna know what it is. I kinda like hearing you talk. Gives me something else to listen to."

Winter stared blankly for a moment, eventually breaking the eye contact. "It's a personal project. It involves scavengers."

"Scavengers? You're still into them?"

"You thought I wasn't?" he scoffed. "I'll have you know that I'm planning something with the council in Sanctuary. A little plan that'll perhaps help in letting dragons come to realize that these aren't mindless pests." Winter's voice got more intense at the tail-end of that sentence.

"Didn't know you were that passionate about them. That's cool! Much better thing to like than...I dunno, nothing." He slipped out of his little alcove. "You mind if I sit next to you?"

"Uhh," he stammered. "I suppose. Just don't muddy up anything or I'll slit your throat."

"Heartwarming." Qibli plopped himself right next to him. "What sort of stuff are you planning? You've been gone from Jade Mountain for a while. I'd assume it's for something big."

"You could say as much. It's a program that'll go on for a couple months at a school we're building there. Animal studies and whatnot, but with a focus on scavengers and their society." Winter pulled out a scroll, his signature neat and dainty writing all over it to the point where there was more black ink than pale-brown paper. "I took a couple notes." He continued to pull out even more scrollpaper, all of which with similar amounts of writing.

"Three moons, that's a lot."

"Really? I don't think it even comes close to the amount I could jot down. Scavengers are brilliant when you get to them. You have to actually be around them and watch them as opposed to eating them like a savage beast."

"What do they like to do?" At this point, Qibli was pretty interested in what he had to say. Truth be told, he was never all that into scavengers. They were weird creatures, but he never gave them too much thought. However, listening to Winter talk so passionately about them was thrilling. It was entertaining to watch him ramble for once in his life about something he loved. Something he wholeheartedly loved. Not something he was told to love, like his tribe or whatnot. He was talking about a true passion.

It calmed him, listening to Winter speak. Everything felt much better around him. He'd never quite met a dragon before that was so easy to be around. Yes, he could be cold and distant at times, but there was nobody else who really got him. Who understood the words he said. Who knew what it was like when he finally admitted to wanting to put down this mask he puts up around others.

Winter was special to him. Winter made him happy.

[jeonghoneyss]

brief qinter thing

edit: FORGOT TO MENTION THIS IS ABOUT “see? i’m your destiny” don’t know how i could have forgotten the most important thing but. yeah

[sandshadow9]

Happy Place

In honor of Blacier winning the great Blacier vs Qinter 2023 battle, I have written a small fluffy fic in their honor. It is about 1300 words and, imo, pretty cute :3

Blaze trudged along in the snow behind Glacier, trying her best to not freeze to death.

“It will just be a short flight, Blaze” Glacier had promised, “You won’t be out in the cold for very long.”

And it had been a short flight, but Glacier had failed to mention the short walk that followed. Blaze was finding it more and more difficult to convince her claws to move. As the needling pain in her talons grew, she fantasized about the warm fluffy mittens she had stupidly left at the Fortress.

A tail brushed her shoulder and she glanced up, squinting against the bitter wind, so see the blurry outline of Glacier. “Almost there,” she pressed but didn’t wait for Blaze to answer. She carried on forward with Blaze literally following in her talon steps, stretching her shorter limps to match the imprints that Glacier had made in the snow.

Rather suddenly, the crisp smell of pine was overpowered with the scent of smoke. A few heartbeats later, a warm light flickered through the pine needles of the dense evergreen forest and a small clearing opened up before them. At the center, protected from the wind by the surrounding forest, was a homely wooden cabin. Warm light glowed through the windows and a puffy cloud of smoke billowed from the chimney.

Glacier opened the door and Blaze didn’t hesitate. She hurried in, her body giving a massive shudder as it passed from the brutal cold and into the warm interior.

“Oh, thank the Moons!” Blaze rushed towards the hearth where an enormous fire crackled happily. Her body screamed for the heat so loudly that Blaze had to stop herself from jumping right in. She brought her face close to the flames, thawing out the tips of her ears and snout. “Ahh, that’s better. Honestly Glacier, how is it that every time you suggest we go somewhere I end up nearly dying?”

“Don’t you think that’s a bit dramatic?” the IceWing asked as she firmly shut the door.

“No!”

This got a smile from Glacier, as small and delicate as a snowflake. She approached Blaze, and the SandWing’s stomach did a flipped in anticipation. Now that her senses were warming up, she remembered why she had agreed to this ludicrous idea. Because now she was finally alone with Glacier.

Glacier came to stand before her. Blaze’s heart thundered as Glacier reached out a talon and ran it along Blaze’s cheek. She was wiping away the melting snow that dripped down her golden scales. Carefully, keeping her sharp serrated talons angled back, Glacier brushed the soft pads of her talons over Blaze’s snout, eyes, temples, chin, and throat. The coolness of her touch wasn’t a problem. Blaze’s face was burning all on its own.

“I would never do anything that would put you in danger,” she said softly and used the fabric from her own cloak to dab Blaze’s chest and arms. “Besides, you’re always complaining about being cooped up in the Fortress. I thought this would be a nice change of pace.”

Blaze snorted. “Yes, but when I said that I meant for you to take me to a jewelry market or a nice restaurant, or even a diplomatic meeting. Instead you take me to – to – where are we?”

For the first time Blaze actually took a moment to look around. The inside of the cabin was simple and cozy. There were some polar bear rugs in the middle of the room; a large pillow was slumped close to one of the large windows with a messy stack of scrolls lying nearby on the floor. On a shelf near the fireplace sat a tea kettle, some cups, and a bag of what Blaze assumed was jasmine tea, Glacier’s favourite.

“This is where I come for a moment of peace; a place to escape it all.” Weariness flickered across Glacier’s face, but by the time she turned to face Blaze it was gone. “I suppose one could call it my escape room.”

Blaze closed the already small distance between them, and Glacier’s wings automatically wrap themselves around her. “Why do IceWings have to give everything such dismal names? Why not just call it your happy place?”

“I am not calling it that.”

“And since we’re on the topic, I’d like to take this moment to point out how much you teased me about MY happy place in the Fortress and called it the frumpy frilly room.”

The IceWing turned her face away, but not as a sign of remorse or guilt. No. She was trying, and failing, to hide the amused smile that pulled at her mouth and made the corners of her eyes crinkle beautifully.

“I just…don’t understand how a dragon could have so many pillows…”

“Don’t you talk about my pillows,” Blaze insisted, and was going to argue some more but was made silent when Glacier pulled her in close.

“I may not have hundreds of pillows, but I suppose you did inspire me to make this place.” Glacier glanced around her little haven, looking over it fondly…and a little sadly. “I admit, at first it seemed ridiculous to create a space dedicated to things I enjoyed, but the longer this war goes on, the more I realized that having a place like this has made me a better leader. It’s made me… happier.”

Blaze glanced up at Glacier and batted her eyelashes. She held a talon up to her ear and said, “What was that? Was I right about something? Does Queen Glacier of the IceWings admit that Princess Blaze is a genius?”

“Be silent,” Glacier said and pressed her snout into Blaze’s neck. Blaze was laughing too hard to continue teasing, and for a moment she forgot about the war and her sisters and the freezing cold outside. It was just the two of them right now, like it used to be in the time when they had both just been princesses.

“Has anyone ever told you that you’re annoying?” Glacier asked, her smooth voice humming through the scales of Blaze’s throat.

“Has anyone ever told YOU that you’re infuriating?” Blaze retorted, and couldn’t help the shiver that travelled along her wings when Glacier put a talon on her arm.

This was disastrously misinterpreted by Glacier.

“Are you cold?” she asked, quickly pulling away. As usual, she didn’t wait for an answer. Near the wall opposite to the windows was a large wooden chest ornamented with carvings owls and whales. Glacier went to it and pulled out several heavy woolen blankets and animal pelts. She piled them on top of Blaze, and when she couldn’t pile any more she arranged them around the SandWing like a nest. “I had these brought up the other day, but I wasn’t sure if they’d be enough. Are you comfortable?”

Blaze missed Glacier’s touch, but she had to admit that these blankets were sublime. She had been living in the Ice Kingdom for so long now that she sometimes didn’t even notice she was cold. “Yes,” she sighed contentedly, “very comfortable.”

Glacier looked please about this, like she had gotten a perfect score on a test in which the only question had been “How many blankets does a SandWing need?”

“I’ll put on some tea,” she said and took down the kettle from the shelf. “That will warm you up as well.”

Joy bubbled from Blaze’s chest and out to every part of her body as she watched Glacier go to fetch some snow to fill the kettle, the IceWing smiling as she went. She was more at ease here, relaxed. Like an unclenched fist that had been holding itself tight for ages, ready to strike at any moment.

When Glacier came back inside Blaze asked, “So you admit it, then?”

Glacier looked at her, one of her perfectly sharp eyebrows raised. “Admit what?”

“That this is your happy place.”

Glacier hooked the kettle over the fire, her gentle laugh dancing in the air. As the snow in the kettle melted she returned to Blaze’s side and they leaned into each other. Blaze closed her eyes, focusing on the smoothness of Glacier’s scales; her smell of pine and jasmine.

Glacier pressed their foreheads together and whispered, “It is – now that you’re here.”

[otterlyotterott]

has anyone mentioned that Red, White and Royal Blue is a Qinter movie

[awesomefella2001]

Doing this cause I’m insanely bored 😞

1) I’ve wanted to pick it up since I was like 10 but I didn’t have the motivation to read it until January last year. I bought a copy of the first book in my schools bookstore and now im here!!

2) Uh I have to reread the books soon but Moon Rising, Darkstalker, Escaping Peril, The Dangerous gift are my faves atm!! (Also the rest of arc 2)

3) ARC 2!! I love the cast sosososoo much… they can never make me hate you jade winglet..

4) I have multiple but Winter, Snowfall, Moonwatcher, Anemone and Peril are my current faves!!

5) I’m not sure to be honest, maybe Starflight or Tsunami??

6) Winter, Snowfall, Moon, and Peril are my fave povs!!

7) I’m gonna say Queen Scarlet cause i forget about the villains a lot..

8) ICEWINGS!! I love the icewings!!

9) Runaway and prisoners!!

10) Whiteout

11) I have multiple but the scene where Turtle and Anemone fight is one of them!!

12) Queen Snowfall,Queen Moorhen, and Queen Monarch if she counts

13) Book 11, it just felt like it was missing something idk??

14) Whirlpool

15) I forgot his name, Cottonmouth??

16) Glory maybe?? ( I like her but I just like the others a bit more)

17) Ochre?

18) Any illegal ships I guess? Other then that, Darksight and Glorybringer ig??

19) Qinterwatcher, Moon and turtle, MoonJou, Qinter, Winter and Kinkajou, Glory and Peril ( I just found about this one a while back) and WinterWatcher!! Honorable mention, Sundew and Cricket

20) Clay and maybe glory (I liked their pov but I just like the others slightly more!)

[eyesanddragons]

Hi sorry it's Qinterposting time I love the Qinters I love the Qinters there so fucked up I love the Qinters.

The Qinters Guys, imagine seeing someone and noticing all the little cracks in there image. Not even out of curiosity, but out of fear. They did Not Like Each Other, Qibli did not Like Winter he was planning to kill him if he did something. Winter was suspicious of Qibli and Qibli the same but ultimately both parties realized that there first impressions of each other were horribly mangled purposeful and curated personas.

Qibli especially has a very purposeful and curated persona, but Winter basically lies to himself until he believes it. You can tell when you read Winter Turning that Winter actually has very different beliefs than what he and his mind tell everyone.

The best showcase is when earlier in the book he thinks about how his mom was the best Icewing mom but then a bit later when he's talking with Qibli about there parents and how his siblings would stab him with a spear and Winter mentions his parents would probably just note down all the things he did wrong, joining in on Qibli's mocking of his own family, then he immediately and very quickly says that that's what makes a good Icewing parent. There's a moment in time where we see Winter Stop Lying for a bit, and that's great.

Sorry for rambling about Winter, unfortunately for me everyday is Winterposting time. But it's also just lovely to see, the Qinters are Not Fucking Okay but damn they try there best to talk anyways. Every time they fuck up and argue and try to make up and talk again, every time Qibli makes a silly joke so Winter will feel better or when Winter gets better at noticing Qibli lying.

The way Qibli holds back a bit in there calmer moments or the way Winter lets himself go a bit with him. There comfortable with each other in a way I find really nice, I love it. Send me asks about them Now, I miss Them.

[thefireturkey]

So heres my dni list along with stuff about me

DNI:

-Homophobic/ Transphobic

-Proshippers

-Racist

-Just bad people in general

About Me🕺🕺

-Trans ftm (female to male) so I use He/Him

-Absolutely love reptiles and hyenas

-Native, Tlingit to be exact

-I'm a mutli-shipper so i ship stuff like Qinter, Qinterwatcher, Kongzilla, Ghidzilla, Rodzilla, etc.

-I may not be able to do requests due to me not being all that confident in what i can draw (I can only really draw headshots of characters but I'm slowly working on doing more than that)

-I migght share stuff i write if I write anything, I also like making character and ship based playlists on Spotify so I may be sharing that stuff on here

-Sorry if I don't post much I tend to have not so much motivation to do stuff like this

-(edit) Forgot to mention that I LOVE associating songs to characters, ships, and movies/shows

-I also like really want to make some friends ⍢⃝

[chaotic-au-connoisseur]

this probably won’t ever be mentioned again but I love wings of fire and am a hardcore shipper of qinter

This is canon a little birdy told me so

[ravewing]

honestly after rereading arc 2 ive realized that ive come to like the idea of qinter than the actual canon version of it.

like at the end of the day ive been a qinter fan since i was in third grade so of course im going to be biased towards it and itll always hold a special place in my heart but i must say that a lot of their canon interactions were just qibli making jabs at winter to a point where it sort of seemed like he didn't like it anymore?? if that makes sense?? dont get me wrong i love the sunshine x grumpy dynamic but with them idk.

i cant lie i feel like the entire jade winglet completely cut winter off and they were always against him even though literally he was completely justified in pretty much everything he did?? like im sorry but him going to save hailstorm (HIS BROTHER THAT HE THOUGHT WAS DEAD FOR YEARS) rather than going to look for the ancient nightwing who has killed hundreds of his tribe was perfectly reasonable. the vase scene was completely reasonable (could you imagine YOUR best friends defending the man who put you under a spell and wanted to commit genocide on your people and wipe them out entirely?? id be pissed as hell). to an extent, winter being suspicious about moon and the cave explosion was reasonable (i do agree that he came off as very aggressive in that, but at the same time you have to see things from his point of view. how WOULD she have known about the bomb?? not to mention how hes been conditioned and indoctrinated to distrust nightwings).

i feel like qibli especially comes at winter for these things and tells him that hes wrong for it and that hes being toxic even though hes LITERALLY NOT. and the whole thing with him saying that if he had animus magic that he would change winter's personality always rubbed me the wrong way. i feel like toxic is too strong of a word but i dont think that theyd be necessarily healthy together, not until theyve matured a little more and have found better ways to cope with their past traumas instead of repressing it and putting on this charming guy who makes jabs at people persona or taking it out on other people through anger and frustration.

in all honesty i feel like tui shouldve gone with moon not making a choice in the qibli/winter/moon love triangle to sort of show that you dont need to be with someone to be happy and that its okay to stay as just friends– icl, thats how i thought that it was going to end when i first read arc 2. i feel as though moonbli was a little rushed, and i do like the idea of winterwatcher (just like i do with qinter) but i dont think that he's emotionally ready for a relationship. also this is unrelated but when initially reading book 6 i thought that moon was going to end up with turtle; ive always thought that theyd be cute together lol.

im thinking about it now and i really like the idea of turtle and winter but i cant for the life of me remember if theyve ever had any one on one interactions. if theres anything please can someone send in reblogs ..

im getting off topic now so tldr i like the version of qinter that exists in my head but i feel like they shouldnt be together in canon, not at least until they sort out their own issues.

[some-pers0n]

For the ask game: 1, 8, 10, 14, 23

Oh boy quite a lot. Let's do it.

1 - The Character Everyone Gets Wrong

For Wof no joke it's gotta be Qibli. So many people write him off as a goofy silly guy who thinks a lot and is really smart when honestly he's a massive overthinker with horrible social anxiety and uses a cocky and confident persona to a) cope and b) try to make friends. He's not a joke-spewing machine that can't read the room and stop when somebody is in distress.

For TF2 it's probably Saxton Hale. Yeah he's funny and cool, but he's not really a good boss like. at all. Not even a good person before the comics. He was characterized as a guy who liked hunting endangered animals and selling terrible and cheap weapons to keep the Gravel War going. It's 500% more funny when he's got jokes about how unions and workers rights are a nasty thorn in his side.

8 - Common Fandom Opinion Everyone is Wrong About

[Insert character] being a Mary Sue. Typically it's Glory or Moon. Glory is a victim of poor character writing and favouritism on Tui's part and Moon's entre character is reduced to a plot device. Those aren't Mary Sues but just poorly written characters in ways different than a Sue. Plus I also just Hate the term and would rather people like...elaborate more on what they say as opposed to using vague buzzwords.

For TF2 it's probably that Engie is boring, both in gameplay and lore. For starters, put on the Gunslinger and Rescue Ranger and stop turtling in the same spots every round. Secondly, Engie's personality is one of the most fascinating due to it kinda being a little cover up. Not even to mention his whole family. So cool and interesting....

10 - Worst Part of Fanon

Hmmmm,,,flanderization is always terrible. I hate it especially with Qinter stuff since a good chunk of it horribly misses the mark of who Qibli and Winter (and even by extension Moon) are and what makes them click. Their whole this is that they have a persona and I feel Qinter as a whole should be based on them putting aside their exaggerated personalities and finding solidarity and comfort within being around each other as their pure selves. This and also the infantalization of characters like Whiteout. All my homes hate that.

Same thing can be said for TF2. Me and my homies hate Nazi Medic. Medic likes his coworkers, he just is a bit silly like that.

14 - One Thing you See in Fics all the Time

For WoF, it's gotta be swearing. I literally don't know why it kinda irks me, but it feels weird when you're writing something serious and straight-forward while the dragon characters say the fuck word. Nothing against it, I just...I dunno.

For TF2 it's always the goddamn shoe-horned in racism/queerphobia. Please man I don't need you to get up on your soap box and tell me that the 60s wasn't good for queers and people of colour I'm trying to read Old Man Yaoi. It's especially annoying when certain characters (ex: Soldier) only exist to really fulfill the role of being the person who make it "period accurate" by including 12 extremely harmful and horrible slurs in every sentence they speak.

23 - Ship You've Unwillingly Come Around To

For WoF: Cleril somehow. The "Cleril is good :)" -> "Peril is toxic and this relationship will never work" -> "Cleril is good :)" pipeline is real. Peril HAS been getting help and is vastly improving. She is doing so incredibly well. She uses Clay as a moral compass, but she's aware of that and trying to change. It's not that bad of a ship ngl.

For TF2: Jagerbombs (Demo/Medic). I'm God's strongest aro/ace Medic enjoyer so I like them best as friends, but honestly they're just great together. Literally written up like 19k words of these morons. Never would've thought in a million years I'd do it (especially considering how I'm the No. 4 Science Party person ever) but they're just wonderful. Honestly like them better than HeavyMed– *gets shot*

[the-leafiest-leafwing]

Winter: take me to art museums and make out with me.

Qibli: but they said not to touch the masterpieces.

Winter: well somebody's got to pin the artwork to the wall.

*30 minutes later*

Sunny: *on the phone with Tsunami* those idiots are fucking in the east wing again

[chowmoon2]

I didn’t expect someone to mention Qinter in the tags but yet-

I need to know all of the (non canon and legal) rhythm heaven ships you all made up so far

[sparky-is-spiders]

I can’t decide if I like platonic Turtbli (Turtle x Qibli) or romantic Turtbli.

Either way, Qinter is definitely the best ship outside of Window.

[wishecho]

warrior cats is better than wings of fire and thats why i like nepeta more than terezi send post

[hehicular-hanslaughter-lecter]

The ending of darkness of dragons is really anti-climactic

Like it really is just over that soon huh

Also how come Moon has more chemistry with Kinkajou than with Winter or Qibli

Like did Sutherland just…forget to add scenes where Moon shows interest in either of the boys? She really doesn’t seem to think of either of them as anything more than a friend, and then we suddenly get a confession at the end that feels completely unearned because all we’ve seen of a “love triangle” is the pining of the boys and absolute radio silence from moon

Moonkajou and Qinter all the damn way Jesus, honorable mentions to Moonstalker because I like it in theory but not in practice

(Edit: also go read Darkstalker’s choice by warrioratheart on deviantart, it’s leagues above the canon ending while not actually changing the plot, literally it’s the true ending and no one can change my mind)