Albatross Wof - Tumblr Posts
bad bad things by ajj but it’s albatross
[ID: digital sketch of dragon from Wings of fire book series named Albatross with his head in profile, neck and part of the wings featured. He's coloured in greys, has sharp forms and reddish eyes. Slight snarl can be visible on his long hooked snout, brow is furrowed. End ID]
Hello! Noticed you're taking requests so... Albatross from Wings of fire please?
Absolutely! Here’s your murderous fish man💅
I’ve never drawn him before so I *winged* his design, heh…
I’ll see myself out-
Anemone didn't (and still doesn't) want to be him. She didn't want to be a face blamed for some tragedy with an unknown cause. She didn't want mother to become her, a dragon who's control became an obsession. She didn't want brother to be like him, someone forced to pick up pieces of something he didn't break.
She doesn't want to be Albatross, mother to be Lagoon, or Turtle to be like Fathom. She doesn't want history to resurface as a cruel mimicry of what might be. She doesn't…
Anemone stares down at the stick in her talons, given to her by her brother, possibly giving up his life for her. Tear drops hit the blades of grass below her talons. She hadn't wept like this since she was younger, back before she was shoved in view of a hungry audience.
She didn't want it to be like this.
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People draw parallels from Fathom to Turtle constantly, but if I may…?
Anemone could've easily become similar to Albatross, used as a means for power or pride by someone (biologically) close to her. The reasons for this would've been very different (Lagoon took advantage of Albatross after the Sapphire incident, while Coral got a weapon on a leash out of Anemone) but the end result would've been the same.
The small snip-it of writing at the beginning is from Anemone's pov. Coral does not have nearly the same intentions as Lagoon, but that's how Anemone sees it regardless. You could make a very good argument that Darkstalker is a Lagoon-esqe figure to Anemone. Which is funny considering why Fathom was sent to meet with Darkstalker to begin with. That's beyond the point though.
I'd love to ramble about this more at some point, but unfortunately I cannot write what I want to convey -,-