Hot mud day
she wants treats
I LOVE THIS THEORY
i am in full belief that Moon is somewhat related to Clearsight. Maybe Clearsight's mom or dad have a sibling and that sibling had a kid and so forth. Maybe Moon and Clearsight are cousins. (they aren't but I like to believe)
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I really wish we got a moments of Qibli and Thorn explicitly saying they see each other as family. it’s deeply implied, but a wish there was some seen of Thorn like calling Qibli her son or Qibli accidentally calling her “mom”.
Thorn: Good news Qibli, I’m having a baby!
Qibli: Oh, that gre-
Thorn: *slams adoption papers down on the table* It’s you, sign here.
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Unsorted WOF thoughts part 159:
A list of reasons why The Dangerous Gift is probably my favorite book in the mainline series and definitely my favorite book in arc 3:
We finally get to check up on Pyrrhia and see the aftermath of arc 2.
The reveal that Tundra was really just a repressed weirdo, even by IceWing standards.
Glacier's death wasn't meaningless or for shock value.
Snowfall's PTSD isn't ignored.
Snowfall gets to be dramatic as hell in ways that are as hilarious as they are sad.
Snowfall and Lynx spend literally like 80% of the book by each others' sides.
The reveal that Winter wasn't actually banished by Snowfall, and Snowfall subsequently calling him a drama queen (she's one to talk.).
The reveal that Crystal wasn't plotting anything, and was literally just hanging out in Sanctuary. (IceWing royalty just LOVES to assume the worst in their family.)
More Qinter.
It introduces Wren.
Snowfall becomes the most informed character in the series, making her pov worth reading through.
We finally get an explanation and justification for the disappearance of animus magic in a way that makes sense.
Mink.
"It was inside you all along." Played completely straight finally. I'm tired of novels that hate tropes.
The book ends with Snowfall literally smashing racism and classism to pieces with her fists.
One thing about WoF I really love is the variety of female characters and their roles in the books. Like they feel distinctive from each other and their characters and personalities are treated with a lot of respect and care. Like the books certainly don't feel like they're misogynistic or reduce the female characters down to basic stereotypes in order to focus on the cooler, much more developed male characters
I don't get the people dunking on Sunny for being bad daughter tbh. Like, sure she could be better, but that's the thing about CHARACTER FLAWS!?
(All of these points will be disconnected so uh sorry-)
For one, she lived her whole life in a cave with 7 other dragons. 3 being abusive assholes to her. I wouldn't expect them to really teach her about mental health.
Plus, Sunny only knows 2 Night wings who were ever kind to her, Starflight and Fate speaker. Other than that, she just knows the tribe as a lying and dragon kidnapping.
Also, don't forget the fact that her whole personality is hopeful and kind. I would not expect her to find someone as pessimistic as Stonemover enjoyable. It is literally Sunny's foil to show how far hope can get you somewhere, but how little pessimism can get you somewhere (at least, that's how I take it).
And besides, she's still sympathetic towards him. She doesn't directly tell him he's annoying. Hell, she even stays with him for the night. She only leaves because she found a way to stop the war.
Sunny probably made Jade Mountain Academy where he resides because it's big enough for the students. Plus, maybe she did want to see him more, but because running a school is a lot, she has little time.
And did we forget Turtle's book? She was devastated when Stonemover was going to be killed and happy when he got his body back, thinking that he could finally improve his life. She obviously didn't know how bad Darkstalker was, nobody really did.
Sunny is not the best daughter, nobody is. Sure, she should have thought more about the students bothering Stonemover. But she's far from the worst. She's just flawed, shouldn't that be a good thing?
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and why is it mudwings