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I propose we call the Arc 3 Protagonists ‘Rebels of Pantala’ or RoP

You might have noticed that while we have DoD and JW for the first two arcs, there’s no tag that can properly describe the protagonists of arc 3. However, the French copy of Hive Queen is titled ‘the Rebels of Pantala’- if that were what the book was called in English, we’d probably already be referring to them by that.

TL;DR: ‘Rebels of Pantala’ will make tagging and finding posts easier and give us something to call them that’s not ‘arc 3 protagonists’

Cricket: Sundew, what do you want for Christmas?

Sundew: revenge.

Cricket: What practical thing do you want for Christmas?

Sundew: instruments of torture.

Cricket: What harmless thing do you want for Christmas?

Sundew: a new tea kettle.

Cricket: why would you give a knife to a child?!

Sundew: Bumblebee felt unsafe.

Cricket: well, now I feel unsafe!

Sundew: I'm sorry.

Sundew: would you like a knife?

Sundew: *pointing to her chest* the Othermind can’t beat us, because we have this

Blue: we have heart?

Sundew: heart? no, me. I was pointing to myself. I'm gonna fucking kill it

Luna: I have this urge to do something stupid.

Swordtail: I'm stupid. do me.

Luna: ...

Swordtail: did I just say that out loud?

AbsoLUTELY i can

First off cricket plays with blue's antenna and you can't convince me otherwise

Also yk that part in hive queen (I think) when blue's silk wraps around cricket's wrist and connects their talons? He does that a lot and cricket thinks it's adorable

After reading the lost continent I got this idea that cricket had a secret passion for art which was reawakened when she had to paint blue's scales, and after realizing that, blue's like "wait we don't have paper because we're on the run from the government" and therefore lets cricket paint his scales as a substitute

cricket prob has adhd or autism. you can't prove me wrong

sometimes cricket will go off on long rambles about some obscure interest of hers and blue will just be sitting there listening very carefully, resting his chin on his hands with a dorky lil smile on his face

whenever they're cuddling they have a very hard time deciding who gets to be the little spoon

blue gets flustered very very easily. so does cricket but a lot of the time flirting just doesn't compute with her

blue writes poetry. whether for cricket or not, he loves writing poetry

when cricket realizes blue didn't get to buy candy and stuff like that a lot bc he's a silkwing, she makes it her personal mission to take him to as many sweetshops as possible and buy him ALL the honey drops

thats sort of part of my headcanon that cricket comes from a pretty rich family, specifically her mom

(modern au) blue likes listening to lofi and soft rock music

some of his fave songs are the middle, mr. brightside, and semi-charmed life. he also really likes hozier and glass animals

cricket listens to a little bit of everything, but she likes old artists like queen, abba, and the beatles. also she has a lot of dark academia playlists

(human au) when cricket gets her period, blue gives her his flamesilk as a heat pad for her cramps

(ok now back to normal)

cricket actually really likes being out in the savanna. it calms her mind, like the way music does for qibli

oh yeah she and qibli would get along great

out of all the jw members blue would probably resonate with moon the most

in their own lil group (rebels of pantala!!), blue is the mom friend and cricket is the one who accidentally gets in trouble and drags the others along with her

blue has recurring nightmares but they go away when he sleeps near others

before he met cricket he would go to luna or swordtail for comfort, because one of his moms works at night and the other has to work in the morning so blue wants to make sure they get as much sleep as possible

remember the scene in hazel's room in the poison jungle (I'm pretty sure) where they go to sleep and swordtail has his wing over blue? that's a habit formed by all the times he comforted blue after his nightmares

Wings of Fire characters as things my friends have said:

Clay: “If you’re gonna judge my oatmeal, don’t touch my oatmeal.”

Sunny: “The only single-finger salute you’re giving here at school is a thumbs up.”

Tsunami: “My dudebro, my squadfam, my homeslice. No.”

Glory: “La Croix? More like La Crap.”

Starflight: “No! Stop banging your head against the wall you don’t have any brain cells to spare!”

Riptide: “Oh my god look it’s who cares” *gestures at nothing*

Blister: “As you can tell, I am intellect one million.”

Blaze: “What would you do with a million dollars- That's not enough.”

Burn: “There is no Disney movie that can’t be solved with a tank.”

Morrowseer: “I mean who created this stupid nature anyway?”

Scarlet: “Well, you see, I interpreted your idea differently. I interpreted it to be the way that I wanted to hear.”

Moon: “I’m gonna shove this entire pencil down my throat and then cry.”

Turtle: “Ah! I’m allergic to fine motor skills.”

Winter: “I mean, how much more beautiful can I get?”

Qibli: “NOSOTROS!! I don’t know what that means but it sounds like a cry of distress.”

Peril: “We have Google Pixel, Google Docs, Google Sheets… but where’s my Google Gun?”

Sora: “Sleep is just an 8 hour preview of death.”

Kinkajou: “I like have like the memory of, like, an almond so like it’s fine.”

Anemone: “I’m so cute I could get away with anything.”

Fatespeaker: “You just got grilled on a grill like steak. Sizzle!”

Darkstalker: “You’re right about me making a terrible father. I’d probably try to refund the baby.”

Clearsight: “Did you bring anything with you besides disease today?!”

Blue: “No problem, no problem, well, there is a problem, but no problem.”

Cricket: “Ok, I guess we can splurge and spend $0.50.”

Swordtail: “I wonder what the nutritional value of flex seal is?”

Sundew: “Just because I’m not a good person doesn’t mean... I’m a... bad... person?"

Bumblebee: “Wait a minute. Were ancient limos just reeeeally long horses?”

Willow: “Wife: that's something you do…”

Heath: “I will not stand for this treason. I may sit or kneel, but not stand.”

Stone: “You know what, I’m gonna inject myself with glow stick juice, turn the lights off, hang myself from the ceiling fan, and play all the Minecraft soundtracks at once.”

Rose: “My wig is sister snatched. I am sister shook. Hotel? Trivago.”

Wren: “Every time you open your mouth, my faith in humanity drops.”

Leaf: “My backpack is basically my emotional support animal.”

Swordtail: ouch my armkle

Cricket: your what

Blue: his wrist

So my friend said this

And in response I sent her this rant which took 20 minutes to write (I would cut the post here but idk how to do it on mobile tumblr):

Sundew and Tsunami are definitely very similar, but one of their biggest differences has to do with family. Tsunami has a loving (sometimes overprotective) mother, as well as her sisters and her brothers. Sure, she was stolen as an egg, but at least she had the other dragonets of destiny - their friendship probably saved a lot of them from major emotional issues. When Tsunami starts raging (like the time she attacked that SkyWing), it's mostly out of wanting to protect her friends or herself.

However, Sundew grew up with no really close relationships we can see other than Willow, who she doesn't even get to see very often. Her parents only had her to make her into a weapon of revenge, which probably messed with her head at least a little. Her mother appears to constantly be yelling at her, arguing with her, and pushing her too hard, and her father seems to be pretty absent most of the time. Which he does have in common with Tsunami's dad, you know, because he's dead. So sure, both of them probably have some form of trauma, but Sundew most likely has more insecurity and lashes out because she doesn't believe she's worth anything beyond vengeance against the HiveWings. (That's my headcanon anyway.)

Before Cricket, Blue, and the others, Sundew was only fighting for the lost forests and the LeafWing tribe, and so she can prove to her mother that she's her own person and she can decide for herself what she wants. Meanwhile, Tsunami probably feels that she's accomplished her mission in life, and like Sundew, she believes she can choose her own path in life, instead of a fate someone else has set for her; whether it be a parent or a prophecy.

In conclusion, Sundew and Tsunami are very similar characters, but just because they have agressive personalities doesn't mean you should put them in a box together and ignore their amazing backstories and motivations.

Update: I decided to turn this in for an english assignment and my teacher gave it an 11.5/12

Cricket: gather around, we have a problem.

Swordtail: what, the fire?

Cricket: no, the- wait, there's a fire?

Blue, running past them with a fire extinguisher: SWORDTAIL YOU CAN’T MICROWAVE FOIL NO MATTER WHAT YOUTUBE SAYS!

I feel like I posted this already but here

Blue: you were stabbed, do you remember anything?

Sundew: only the ambulance ride to the hospital

Cricket: that wasn't an ambulance. I drove

Sundew: I heard a siren

Blue: that was Swordtail

Swordtail: I'm sorry, I got nervous

Swordtail: what is tea made out of

Cricket: leaves

Swordtail: where are you going :(

Sundew: Swordtail you're the dumbest person alive no offense