Cricket: So What Is Bumblebee To You?

Cricket: so what is Bumblebee to you?

Sundew: the reason I wake up in the morning

Cricket: ...that's adorable

Bumblebee earlier that morning, barging into Sundew's room, clanging two pans together: WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP

Clay: HAS ANYONE SEEN MY GIRLFRIEND, I LOST HER-

Some random dragon: what does she look like

Clay, crying: beautiful

Thank you for answering my question! I hope you don't mind if I ask a couple more. I'm glad that you like both Kinkajou and Swordtail because it feels like the fandom has mixed feelings about those characters. Some people think Kinkajou is annoying and I think a lot of people just don't care about Swordtail. So I'm very curious, what are the reasons you love these two characters so much?

*pulls up a 60-slide powerpoint* I'm so glad you asked

The main reason I like them is that they remind me of some of my friends. Both in real life and in fictional universes, I'm just automatically drawn to loud, bubbly, excitable characters. Also, most of my favorite characters fall under the categories of cinnamon roll, himbo, chaotic, or just a tiny bit insane. I think if someone finds Kinkajou annoying, it's probably because she's so fast-paced and bouncing off the walls all the time. But that's one of my favorite traits people have, because it appeals to my attention span. I have a friend who's a lot like Kinkajou and every conversation with her is just nonstop talking, jumping from topic to topic, and there's never an awkward pause. For some people that probably sounds like a nightmare, but it's an ideal friendship for me. As for Swordtail, the fact that he doesn't get focused on that much in the books is most likely why some people don't care about him. But 1. I tend to become fixated on background characters, and 2. I relate to him a lot. The time he does get on-page (or whatever you call it in a book) made me think about how much he's like me and what a fun character he is! Honestly, I bet Swordtail and Kinkajou would get along well. But yeah, that's basically why those two are some of my favorite characters.

Deathbringer: you are the sexiest, most handsome guy I have ever seen. Nobody deserves you

Riptide: babe?

Deathbringer, turning away from the mirror: what?

Hi! Do you have any Cleril headcanons? You totally don't have to answer if you don't want to put or you don't have any but I saw your Sunlow and Blicket hcs and they're adorable so

ahhhh tysm 🥺

first up peril is touch starved. so so touch starved

the first time clay kissed her she cried (and then clay started crying)

just like in book 8, they brush wings whenever they pass each other in the hallways

peril grew up with scarlet telling her that things like sadness and affection are a sign of weakness, so she has a hard time showing her emotions and therefore is easily flustered

whenever clay does something like twine his tail around hers or kiss the back of her hand (which is something he would TOTALLY DO), she just dies

clay used to act super nervous and twitchy whenever peril was around his students, which made her very sad, but now he's gotten over it and trusts her to be careful

being protective is in his nature so peril didn't hold it against him that much

you know what else is in his nature? being an absolute god at cooking

he tried to teach peril but she just ended up burning all the food and honestly what was he expecting

since peril also burns the food he prepares when she picks it up, he feeds it to her by hand which is honestly very sweet and they both think it's the height of romance

the two of them go flying together all the time, especially in the morning when the sun is starting to rise and hardly anyone else is in the sky

peril's favorite class in jade mountain is herbs and healing, both because clay is the teacher and because she likes the idea of being a healer instead of just a fiery death monster

of course clay will give her extra lessons because if it makes her happy then who is he to refuse

his favorite thing is making peril laugh

he will make all kinds of stupid dad jokes just to see the sparks that come out of her nose when she snorts

peril isn't very good with words so she shows affection through actions

namely, she likes to bring clay mud when he's feeling tired like in the first book, but now that she knows he's fireproof, she massages it onto his scales

I feel like I posted this already but here