#tink igiby

[wings-dings-and-iggyfings]

*suddenly remembers she can create polls* *rubs hands together and giggles in a slightly maniacal way*

Alright, alright, let's start out with something simple. Who's your favorite (main*) Wingfeather character?

*Main character in this case means a character who plays a significant, recurring role in the books. I'll make a separate poll for side characters and... oooh, I should make one for the villains, that'd be fun >:)

[mozart-the-meerkitten]

On a scale from Mirabel

To Tink

how excited would you be to discover your weird sad uncle’s hideout?

[mayzi33]

Hey, guys. So, I dived into The Wingfeather Saga recently, LOVED the first book, and right now I'm currently reading the second one. I didn't dive into the fandom yet especially not on tumblr so I won't get spoiled, but I need to ask y'all a question.

Why are the characters sometimes refering to Tink as "Kalmar"? Is it like, his second name or something? Something they call the kings? Or is it something else I missed? Sorry if it's a dumb question, I'm just confused, they called him that like three times now and I don't really get it😭😭😭 can someone explain to me pls?

[flibbetygibbetsbro]

So I saw you've read the Wingfeather Saga too.

What are your "romantic"/ship headcanons for the characters in the series?

okay okay, so the characters haven't really grown up in my head? If that makes sense? So I haven't put too much thought into them when they're older, but I have some stuff.

-Marley (lmao I'm not sure if that's how to spell it): She's a real independent type, but one time she saves this little sweetheart baker boy who falls head over heels for her. He then spends a ridiculous amount of time trying to win her heart with bread. (It's working, but she'd rather slit her own throat than admit it).

-If not a baker boy, then a strander kid she helps out and shows a better life to like what happened to her <3

-Kalmar obviously gets in a lot of trouble from time to time, but once he's older his crush/lover can give him a LOOK and he chills out (at least for a little while)

-(I can hardly think about him but) Janner. He's the type to write an absurd amount of love letters and never send them. Then his crush/lover finds his stash one day and is just like "what on earth"

Anyways those are the only interesting ones I have lol. Thanks for the ask! :)

[warlocartebloc]

A little experiment

[wingfeathersagafanblog]

Leeli practices the sea dragons' song || The Wingfeather Saga, S1E2: A Mysterious Map

[tam-song-the-shade]

I’m not dead!

I’m back! And hopefully to stay!

yeah, I’ve been busy with “life stuff”, so that’s why I’ve been gone.

BUUUUT

I have more misquotes!

BEHOLD MY BEAUTIFUL ART!!!! (I’ll post more later lol)

Janner: All of humanity has let me down.

Sara: *walks by*

Janner:….almost all of humanity-

[ettawritesnstudies]

taking part in athena's ask a thon! Has any other media inspired you?

Thanks for the ask!

Hmmmmmm, recently there's been two.

The first is the Kingkiler Chronicle: it's about a orphan bard kid named Kvothe who goes to a magical university to learn about what killed his family, and a big part of the story is truth being uncovered through children's playground rhymes and other folk songs nobody (important) pays any attention to. It inspired me to write some songs for Runaways, especially because music such a big part of the story already! Kvothe is a drama king it's very funny but otherwise not that similar to Runaways. Very good book though.

I've also been really obsessed with the Wingfeather Saga. I found it through the new animated TV show - it got crowdfunded and released for free(!) on the Angel app which is very cool, and I was watching it with my siblings when I was last home. They watch a lot of obnoxious kids shows but I really liked this one. The animation style is adorable and the story was good, but it left me on a plot twist and a cliffhanger so of course I had to go find the book series that it was adapted from. And it's genius.

The story follows the Igiby family as they try to survive under the rule of the evil Fangs of Dang, then go on the run once the Fangs start hunting them down (for plot reasons). The family is a pirate grandfather named Podo, their long suffering and strong mother Nia, the oldest bookish protector, Janner, the impulsive sporty middle child, Tink aka Kalmar, and the Too Pure For This Sinful World youngest musician, Leeli. Both Podo and Leeli are disabled but it's handled in a great way throughout the series. It subverts a lot of the usual fairytale tropes in brilliant ways without ever feeling jarring.

The story is told through Janner's POV mostly, and it is possibly the most relatable oldest sibling experience I've ever read. Please get this kid some hot chocolate and a nap ASAP please I love him. There's a lot of themes about "I am my brother's keeper" and music being the thing that connects the three kids and "remember who you are" with names. The tone is the perfect balance of sincere and heartwarming and terrifying and silly. I want people to feel like this when they're reading Runaways.

[cyclonestudios-alt]

Ok but. In episode 4, when Peet is like “patter-foot home Babywigs. Don't chase Peet" I just.... you CANNOT tell me that Artham said that at least once before the Great War to like toddler Janner or baby Kalmar or something. Like- the WAY he said it. It just makes me feel like he'd have been like “Kal, don't chase Peet, go back to your brother" and then little baby Kalmar still follows him around the castle dragging 2 foot tall Janner and I just- I CANT STOP with headcannons omgdssudbhdid

[pennyroks77]

daaang it has been far too long since I've last drawn my wolf boi

[mozart-the-meerkitten]

Okay but to take a brief break from me only talking about Peet in the Wingfeather Saga show, I really love how they’re foreshadowing things about the kids and showing us key aspects of their personalities in little moments scattered throughout the show. (spoilers if you haven’t seen ssn. 1 episode 5)

Tink is smart and brave but impulsive. He thinks he has a better strategy in the zibzy game and while he does score he overlooks details and ends up costing his team the game- and Sara’s ball. He wants to join the Florid Sword and explore Anklejelly because he thinks it will be fun, but when he gets there and finds out it’s creepy and dangerous instead he wants to go home. He runs into Peet’s treehouse and immediately starts going through the man’s personal things which ends up causing Peet to have one of his fits. He bravely rushes into the jail to rescue Nia and Podo, because he’s right, if they wanted to escape they needed to do it now, they couldn’t wait- but he never once thinks it could be a trap and his impulsivity gets he and his siblings captured, though the dagger he stole from Anklejelly helps them escape. He won’t listen to Janner and take his brother’s advice because he thinks he knows better.

Janner has the planning and detail-oriented mind that Tink lacks but he thinks he knows better and doesn’t try to see his brother’s point of view or work with him- he only tries to stop him, even when Tink’s ideas have merit. He resents having to look after Tink and Leeli all the time- he doesn’t want to be “stuck” with them all Dragon Day, he told Nia and Podo that when Tink went into the jail he “had to follow him” with frustration and resentment in his voice. He’s thoughtful and his knowledge of the forest creatures helps protect him and his siblings when they go to Anklejelly (the squeeblin, knowing that fire attracts the hounds, etc). He has good instincts but doesn’t know how to use them yet. He’s angry that his mother and grandfather have kept secrets from him all his life. He’s not usually impulsive but he’s quick-thinking even in a crisis (locking him and his siblings in the weapon chamber to hide from the hounds, killing Gnorm).

Leeli is kind and compassionate. She’s the softer side of the boys, the quiet, gentle one who reaches out. She sees and understands a lot more than adults realize and she’s intuitive (figuring out Podo and Buzzard Willie’s friendship, understanding Peet and that he’s good even though he’s strange). We haven’t gotten quite as much with Leeli yet, but there’s more to her than this, good things and flaws, but what they’re showing us with her is still very important, I think.

Sara is a leader (she easily and confidently takes charge in zibzy, despite never having been a captain before), and she’s also kind and understanding (she chooses Leeli to be on her team even though Leeli isn’t good because Sara knows how to use Leeli’s strengths. She’s endeared by Janner’s attempts at romance). She notices people and she believes in them and tries hard to find light in the world (she saw the flower on the cliff and thought it was beautiful, she wanted to share it with her friend).

So yeah, this is just all stuff that’s going to be really important later and I think it’s really cool how they’re showing it to us. I’m especially noticing a lot of foreshadowing with Tink and Janner, which makes sense because theirs is the key relationship of the books, and it starts coming into play very quickly in book 2. I also loved what they showed us of Sara even though she wasn’t in the story till book 2 originally. Leeli’s character doesn’t get fully fleshed out till book 4 so I’m guessing that’s why there’s less going on with her.

[wings-dings-and-iggyfings]

Haven’t done one of these for a while, but here’s Escape to Peet’s Castle screenshot post number, uh *checks* seven!

“I am Peet.”

“And Peet is one who hurts those he wants to help.” nooooo sweetie nooooo D:

“Best to help by never helping.” DD: ;-;

SOMEONE GIVE HIM A HUG

I have this^ image saved under the name “The kids are shooketh” because it’s right after Peet said something cryptic and ran off and shook the bridge and I think I’m funny xD

“Who knows what Sockman hands might do to hurt to him to her? Yes, by myself is best.” NO IT IS NOT YOU ARE NOT OKAY SIR also Janner in the background going “?!?! dude are you okay??”

PEET’S CASTLE PEET’S CASTLE PEET’S CASTLE

More coming sometime! As always feel free to use my screenshots for your own ends!

[book--brackets]

Young Wizards by Diana Duane (1983-2016)

Nita Callahan is at the end of her rope because of the bullies who've been hounding her at school... until she discovers a mysterious library book that promises her the chance to become a wizard. But she has no idea of the difference that taking the Wizard's Oath is going to make in her life. Shortly, in company with fellow beginner-wizard Kit Rodriguez, Nita's catapulted into what will be the adventure of a lifetime—if she and Kit can both live through it. For every wizard's career starts with an Ordeal in which he or she must challenge the one power in the universe that hates wizardry more than anything else: the Lone Power that invented death and turned it loose in the worlds. Plunged into a dark and deadly alternate New York full of the Lone One's creatures, Kit and Nita must venture into the very heart of darkness to find the stolen, legendary Book of Night with Moon. Only with the dangerous power of the wizardly Book do they have a chance to save not just their own lives, but their world...

Valdemar: The Last Herald-Mage by Mercedes Lackey (1989-1990)

Though Vanyel has been born with near-legendary abilities to work both Herald and Mage magic, he wasn't no part in such things. Nor does he seek a warrior's path, wishing instead to become a Bard.

Yet such talent as his, if left untrained, may prove a menace not only to Vanyel but to others as well. So he is sent to be fostered with his aunt, Savil, one of the fame Herald-Mages of Valdemar.

But, strong-willed and self-centered, Vanyel is a challenge which even Savil cannot master alone. For soon he will become the focus of frightening forces, lending his raw magic to a spell that unleashes terrifying wyr-hunters on the land.

And by the time Savil seeks the assistance of a Shin'a'in Adept, Vanyel's wild talent may have already grown beyond anyone's ability to contain, placing Vanyel, Savil, and Valdemar itself in desperate peril.

The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi (2016-2018)

Fate and fortune. Power and passion. What does it take to be the queen of a kingdom when you're only seventeen?

Maya is cursed. With a horoscope that promises a marriage of Death and Destruction, she has earned only the scorn and fear of her father's kingdom. Content to follow more scholarly pursuits, her whole world is torn apart when her father, the Raja, arranges a wedding of political convenience to quell outside rebellions. Soon Maya becomes the queen of Akaran and wife of Amar. Neither roles are what she expected: As Akaran's queen, she finds her voice and power. As Amar's wife, she finds something else entirely: Compassion. Protection. Desire...

But Akaran has its own secrets -- thousands of locked doors, gardens of glass, and a tree that bears memories instead of fruit. Soon, Maya suspects her life is in danger. Yet who, besides her husband, can she trust? With the fate of the human and Otherworldly realms hanging in the balance, Maya must unravel an ancient mystery that spans reincarnated lives to save those she loves the most... including herself.

The Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson (2008-2014)

Janner Igiby, his brother, Tink, and their disabled sister, Leeli, are gifted children as all children are, loved well by a noble mother and ex-pirate grandfather. But they will need all their gifts and all that they love to survive the evil pursuit of the venomous Fangs of Dang, who have crossed the dark sea to rule the land with malice. The Igibys hold the secret to the lost legend and jewels of good King Wingfeather of the Shining Isle of Anniera.

Myth Adventures by Robert Lyn Asprin (1978-2002)

Skeeve was a magician's apprentice--until an assassin struck and his master was killed. Now, with a purple-tongued demon named Aahz as a companion, he's on a quest to get even.

The Land of Elyon by Patrick Carman (2003-2008)

Alexa is curious about what lies beyond the massive ramparts that surround the city and the walled roads that link Bridewell to nearby towns; soon after town leader Thomas Warvold passes away, Alexa finds herself outside the walls, acquires a stone with remarkable powers, and discovers that she's meant to stop a potential war from occurring.

The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy (1974-2018)

Mildred Hubble is a trainee witch at Miss Cackle's Academy, and she's making an awful mess of it. She's always getting her spells wrong and she can't even ride a broomstick without crashing it. Will she ever make a real witch?

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix (2020-2023)

In a slightly alternate London in 1983, Susan Arkshaw is looking for her father, a man she has never met. Crime boss Frank Thringley might be able to help her, but Susan doesn't get time to ask Frank any questions before he is turned to dust by the prick of a silver hatpin in the hands of the outrageously attractive Merlin.

Merlin is a young left-handed bookseller (one of the fighting ones), who with the right-handed booksellers (the intellectual ones), are an extended family of magical beings who police the mythic and legendary Old World when it intrudes on the modern world, in addition to running several bookshops.

Susan's search for her father begins with her mother's possibly misremembered or misspelt surnames, a reading room ticket, and a silver cigarette case engraved with something that might be a coat of arms.

Merlin has a quest of his own, to find the Old World entity who used ordinary criminals to kill his mother. As he and his sister, the right-handed bookseller Vivien, tread in the path of a botched or covered-up police investigation from years past, they find this quest strangely overlaps with Susan's. Who or what was her father? Susan, Merlin, and Vivien must find out, as the Old World erupts dangerously into the New.

The Lighthouse Witches by C. J. Cooke (2021)

When single mother Liv is commissioned to paint a mural in a 100-year-old lighthouse on a remote Scottish island, it’s an opportunity to start over with her three daughters–Luna, Sapphire, and Clover. When two of her daughters go missing, she’s frantic. She learns that the cave beneath the lighthouse was once a prison for women accused of witchcraft. The locals warn her about wildlings, supernatural beings who mimic human children, created by witches for revenge. Liv is told wildlings are dangerous and must be killed.

Twenty-two years later, Luna has been searching for her missing sisters and mother. When she receives a call about her youngest sister, Clover, she’s initially ecstatic. Clover is the sister she remembers–except she’s still seven years old, the age she was when she vanished. Luna is worried Clover is a wildling. Luna has few memories of her time on the island, but she’ll have to return to find the truth of what happened to her family. But she doesn’t realize just how much the truth will change her.

Reckless by Cornelia Funke (2010-2020)

Jacob has uncovered the doorway to another world, hidden behind a mirror. It is a place of dark magic and enchanted objects, scheming dwarves and fearsome ogres, fairies born from water and men born from stone.Here, he hunts for treasure and seeks adventure in the company of Fox - a beautiful, shape-shifting girl, who guides and guards him.But now Jacob's younger brother has followed him into the mirrored world, and all that was freedom has turned to fear. Because a deadly curse has been spoken; and Jacob must risk his life to reverse it, before his brother is turned to stone forever...

[artist-issues]

Have you heard of the Wingfeather Saga? It is exactly up your alley!!

It's a four book Christian allegory written by Andrew Peterson, a singer and songwriter, and follows the siblings Janner, Kalmar 'Tink', and Leeli Igiby. It's in a fantasy world that's so well thought out and so beautiful, and its narrative tone is so funny. It's a coming of age, and has so many good themes like coming of age, sibling relationships and strong family dynamic, protecting your family, being selfless and fighting for something greater than yourself, hope, overcoming evil, recognizing your flaws and growing past them, being the underdog, and submitting to the Maker and following through on His will for your life over your own.

and you can watch it for totally free just by signing up right here!! the art, animation, music, and voice acting as so well done, I know you'll love it! https://www.angel.com/watch/wingfeather-saga/episode/f40462e4-6377-452b-af32-01329b71649e/season-1/episode-1/leeli-the-sea-dragon-song

I started it! I have acquaintances (I think) how are working on the show and really excited about it. I love the narrative style of the book but it hasn’t gripped me yet—I keep putting it down to do other things. I’ve bought the first one; just need to commit to finishing it. I don’t know if it’s missing something, as a story, or if it’s just not catching me in the right mood every time I happen to pick it up. But yeah, it has been recommended to me! This is good motivation to give it another go.

[tam-song-the-shade]

Kalmar: I wish I was a seagull so I could legally steal food from people at the beach.

[nightmaretherabbit]

Someone remind me in an hour to redraw these

Janner and Tink Igiby

From The WingFeather Saga: On The Edge Of The Dark Sea Of Darkness