#wof opinion

[incorporeal-entity]

With some Wings of Fire takes I see I honestly think this is the case sometimes

Any of you feel the same way to

[snallyghaster]

hivewing design, now with approximately 400% more bug

[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.

[mosaicfangs]

Moon would not be small!!! Her dad is Morrowseer and she's described as having big muscles!!! She's the only NightWing in the entirety of Arc 2 who's had a good diet for longer than a few weeks!!! She's the dragon equivalent of 6ft tall and she would look like she can bench you (and let's face it she probably can) but you talk to her and she's the sweetest most tired little bookworm ever and she's got dark circles and tense shoulders and 3 dragons in her winglet understandably head-over-talons in love with her and it's like. Y'know that one picture of the little rabbit obsessed with a girlfriend 3 times his size? Yea that's Moonbli and Moonjou SHE WOULD NOT BE FUCKING SHORTER THAN HIM I SWEAR TO GOD-

[kitsumo]

saw the worst opinion that "making fankids for minor pairs is gross because youre fantisizing them having sex" and i literally cannot be the only one who thinks that is really stupid

cause like. a lot of people making fankids. are kids, who just want to make a future for two characters they like, which are probably ALSO kid characetrs because, theyre kids themselves. i know i did that all the time with mlp, although it wa smostly wiht the mane six

AND the other people making fankids are doing it to explore what a design would be like, and even still when i make fankids now i am NOT fucking thinking about that, and i promise you nobody is

[some-pers0n]

Watching as people start talking about not liking Peril and saying stuff like how "she shouldn't have trusted Scarlet lmao" or "she's literally insane why should we care about her" as if she isn't severely traumatized and called nothing more than an unfeeling and emotionless monster who was only brought into this world to kill and hurt and has thus internalized said thoughts and still struggles with them despite going on the path of recovery and making amends for her actions

[blujello]

All that shitting on ships aside i fuckn love Lynxfall it's genuinely a great ship

Snowfall CRYING at the prospect of Lynx going on some mission to another continent bc she's so afraid Lynx'll maybe die is so heartwarming to see specifically from her bc of her usual cold attitude

It's such a great way to show that Snowfall does truly treasure Lynx's companionship (platonic or romantic either work i just happen to love them as a couple)

I also absolutely love that Lynx blocks Tundra while Snowfall breaks the name wall idk why i just really like that scene

[resident-wof-expert]

Unsorted WOF thoughts part 165:

I may have an updated ranking someday if I manage to get all my thoughts sorted.

Ranking the books by how much I loved them when I first read them (least to most):

The Hive Queen

The Lost Continent

The Flames of Hope

The Poison Jungle

The Lost Heir

Winter Turning

Darkness of Dragons

The Dark Secret

The Brightest Night

The Dragonet Prophecy

Escaping Peril

Moon Rising

Talons of Power

The Hidden Kingdom

The Dangerous Gift

[bogcreacher]

Do you have any opinions on the third wof arc? Have you drawn any of the pantalan tribes?

gonna b completely honest I haven’t read em (I plan to this summer - I own em, they’re just at home right now). there’s a reason Horst diverges from canon lol

I’ve drawn the tribes though! my ocs Calyptra and Blackjacket, namely. I’ve also drawn some LeafWings

[troythecatfish]

[wof-reworked]

Gonna be honest one of the reasons I post much less here is because I got a job working with 8 year olds and the realization we have the same taste in books has demolished me

[hollowflight-propaganda]

There’s WoF Plushies Keychains now! (Plush Danglers).

I'm going to blow all my money on little plush dragons aren't I?

Oh well, I've excepted my fate.

[mosaicfangs]

I think one of my favorite but probably unpopular HCs is making Qibli not know he's bi. I really like the idea that he spends so much time trying to understand the minds of others and going at a million miles an hour from task to task that he's never actually taken the time to slow down and ask himself some very basic questions about what he actually wants.

A lot of Qibli's thoughts about Winter go something along the lines of "god he's so fucking handsome...of course Moon likes him more than me" like just...completely pining for this man through Moonwatcher instead of being directly attracted, and I think it is him being insecure about himself but I think you can also interpret it as his brain kinda skirting around his bisexuality and being oblivious, which I find a very fun idea. And he's a character who often autopilots so hard he forgets that Words Mean Things (I mean that's literally the crux of their relationship breakdown in Book 10), so it feels appropriate to have the line about marriage genuinely be just a joke or flattery tactic to him, like every other time he's jokingly said Winter likes him.

IDK just...surely we as a society can come up with something more involved and nuanced than Hypersexual Serial Flirt x World's Straightest Tsundere for the fandom's most popular ship lmao.

[wings-of-waffles]

I've seen people arguing about this and decided to throw some democracy at it, please reblog for more reach/larger voter pool if you aren't allergic to reblogging things!

[some-pers0n]

Opinion but I don't think Scarlet's gladiatorial arena where she made criminals fight to the death for entertainment was that bad. Sure it was inhumane and being stuck outside and forced to wither away in the elements is bad, and also the fact that there was a good chunk of prisoners who probably were innocent and were just sent to the arena because Scarlet wanted to, but let her have her fun. She's just a little silly and she deserves to show off her cool death pit to her girlfriends.