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"Milchick"
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Bartender: thanks for stopping that bar fight, spiderman. Can I get you a drink? Itβs on the house
Peter: thank you, but I canβt
Bartender: why not
Peter:
Bartender:
Peter, trying not to give his age away: Iβm pregnant
fuckingships
Bartender, shook: oh, congratulations, boy or girl?
Peter, now in full-on panic mode: itβs an uh, spider
learnyourlessonswell
Iβm seeing stuff in the notes about βMiles would do thisβ and I just want to say: youβre absolutely right. All Spider-folks across all universes share one (1) singular brain cell and most of the time itβs Gwenβs.
As the current author of Spider-Gwen, I can attest that Gwen has not seen the brain cell in years.
the-fair-maiden-of-fandom
I FOUND IT
g-arya
I finally lay my eyes upon this glorious post myself
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Sexiest Old Man Tournament: Quarter Finals!
Who is hotter?
Good Omens fam, you know what to do, do it with style
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Some WoF Culture Headcannons:
MudWings:
- Heavily farming and ranching based infrastructure
- Since theyβre right between the RainWings/NightWings, SeaWings, and SkyWings, the swamps are a huge trade center
- They trade leathers and wheat with other tribes
- HUGE feasts for celebrations
- A holiday called Beef Fest (shortened from βDay of Many Cattleβ) that is the anniversary of a mythical day where there were supposedly twice as many cows in the fields as there were the night before
- Celebrated with a huge, tribe-wide feast of beef cooked in every way imaginable
- The more silks and beads a MudWing has on, the higher ranked they are and bracelets show their rank within their troop (one for every younger sibling, and BigWings wear one big bangle-type bracelet with all of their siblingsβ names engraved in it
- Every troop has to build their own den. This serves as a sort of coming of age ceremony for them all and provides adequate housing for the tribe
- Dragonets sleep in one big den on animal furs designated for different troops
- Actually somewhat religious (probably worshiping the swamps or something of the like, and some voodoo-type beliefs and practices) and have designated priests and witch-doctors that hold ceremonies and pray for good harvest
SeaWings:
- Semi-religious (worshiping the ocean and thanking her for their meals)
- Very superstitious (mainly about sea spirits and ghosts, but some of them (mostly dragonets) believe in sea monsters)
- Its extremely taboo to pierce any of their fins except the ones on their face that arenβt the main one down their spine, because some dragons pierced the wrong spot and couldnβt detect movements in the water as well as before (which the SeaWings (who donβt know anything about how their bodies actually work) interpreted as βthe oceanβs mad at us for piercing our fins and is trying to kill usβ)
- β¦which of course means that a few modern rebels will pierce their spinal fins to look edgy
- OCEAN PRIESTESSES who speak to the ocean and tell the future with whale bones
- They have a few holidays: Dolphin Day (the day that the dolphin migration passes over the Deep Palace and they all go out to meet them), the day they test for animuses (they all get off of work/ school and have a big feast where they adorn the newly discovered animuses in strings of pearls and lapis to display their new rank), and the Arts Festival (self-explanatory)
- Status is shown by how many pearls and fish bones (mostly for priestesses) they wear as jewelry and how much red fabric they wear (because they donβt have the stuff for red dyes, so they have to trade for it)
- Wrap their dead in blue or green fabrics with bags of sand and sink them into a trench
- For weddings, they perform a special dance together with red ribbons tying their talons together
RainWings:
- Not much in the way of status, but merchants wear lots of silks and the queen traditionally wears lots of beads and jewelry (mostly just so people know which one she is)
- Very good at making silk
- Amazing craftsmen and architects
- There are a few dragons whose whole jobs are carrying around the pieces of a canopy and perch for the royal family (they can get it up and down in a matter of minutes)
- No real religion, but they do believe that Jaguars are some sort of all knowing spirit (Glory, of course, told them it was ridiculous, but even she was a little skeptical when one saved her from a snake while Deathbringer was distracted by eyeing a bird suspiciously) and even when they were carnivores, anyone who harmed a Jaguar for any reason was banished
- They have lots of annual parties but not really any holidays
- Big, cheerful funerals
- Weddings are full of flowers, and the ceremonies consist of synching their scales in rippling patterns, and playing games together
NightWings:
- Three goddesses named after the moons who are sisters
- Perception is the goddess of the mind and grants mind reading
- Oracle is the goddess of time and grants prophecy (obviously)
- Imperial is the goddess of power and can grant either to her whim
- The queen must be christened by the light of the three moons and wears three silver earrings that symbolize each of the moons. They believe that if a queen is unworthy, she will be blinded by the light (one time, a new queen somehow managed to get something in her eyes and was executed) (there were many NightWings who only accepted Glory as queen after she underwent the ceremony)
- Three priestesses (one for each goddess and wear the silver earring for their goddess) who are dragonesses with the powers of each (mind reading for perception, prophesy for Oracle, and both for Imperial) and if there arenβt any available in time, a princess (for Imperial) or the daughters of the previous priestess of Oracle and Perception (priestesses of Imperial are sworn to maidenhood) (this is what they did on the volcano
- Silver is a status symbol
- In the old kingdom, there were entire institutes dedicated to star mapping
- Mainly trade with knowledge, since they donβt really make anything
- On the volcano, obsidian was farmed and used to trade with other tribes in case they needed to. They occasionally send teams to the volcano now to get what they can
- A holiday celebrating three full moons where they focus on the dragonets hatched that night
- Burn the dead
- Wedding ceremonies are blessed by Imperial and the betrothed are covered in strings of star-shaped silver and they wear matching moonstone accessories (usually horn rings or tail bangles)
SandWings:
- Originally nomadic until some MudWings came and helped them build towns, but some dragons chose to maintain their traditions
- Mainly cactus and spice-based diet, so they have rooftop farms for them
- In inter-tribal settlements (Sanctuary and Possibility) they are commonly mail carriers because of their lower need for food and water
- Religion wise, they have a goddess named Mapapra who is the goddess of the desert (travelers pray to her for safe passage across the dunes), Naso (god of water, who they pray to for their sparse rainfall, and to keep the oasis water clean), and Nocabe god of harvest
- There are a few traveling priests for each of the gods, who mainly just do ceremonies
- SandWings LOVE ceremonies, so they do things like meditation and burning incense. The Scorpion Den is a myriad of smells
- Whenever they get rain, a festival is held and everyone gets off of work and had a huge feast outside of the gates of the royal palace
- They love spices
- Festivals are common and music is a huge part of their culture
- On the opposite end of the spectrum from SeaWings, SandWings use pierced frills to show status/lineage/achievements (for example, Sunny wears one rose-gold (the metal associated with SandWings) hoop (symbolic of a mother) and a silver (NightWing) stud (father) for her hybrid status, and a golden and obsidian chain from her left ear to the middle of her frill to show that sheβs a princess)
- They bury their dead in the sand
- Weddings are musical and lively. The newlyweds twine their tails together and sing a traditional duet
IceWings
- The most hygienic of the tribes
- As stated in the books, they worship βthe first eggβ, but the also have Panagkhal, god of fish (the fishing villages pray to him for plentiful fish in their next haul), Yeloa, goddess of snow, and her sister, Nieba, goddess of ice
- The more they wear, the higher their rank (especially after Snowfall destroys the rankings)
- Polar bear fur is a sign of priests
- No holidays or big celebrations
- Ceremonies include everyone jumping in the ice fishing holes for a good haul of fish, and meditating in the middle of a blizzard
- Believe that naming a dragonet after someone will make them like that dragon (like naming dragonets after honorable animuses and not naming them Arctic or the names of other traitors). This is why there are a lot of repeats in names (lots of queens named Diamond)
- Very traditionally aligned
- Obsessed with diamonds
- Refuse to teach dragonets about anything other than tradition until they can perform the most complex ceremonies by memory alone
- When two IceWings are wed, the ceremony is nothing if not elegant. They hold hands and recite ancient oaths, surrounded by falling snow
SkyWings:
- Not religious, but very spiritual
- They use rings to show their social status (for example, the royalty have four horn rings and queens have rings on their wings with strings of gems between)
- There are sky monks that meditate on the tops of mountains and make wards and charms from bird feathers and gemstones
- Canβt farm on the mountains, but theyβre wonderful shepherds
- They mostly trade with the SeaWings (red dyes/fabrics for fish and artwork)
- They manufacture wool and wool products for trade with other tribes
- Usually inter-tribal messengers, but they prefer to use trained birds to send messages within the tribe
- Their only holiday is Ancestorsβ Day, where they set up massive shrines for dead loved ones and perform a big dance together to honor them
- Weddings are overseen by monks, and the spouses wear rings they made for each other
SilkWings (mostly pre-Tree Wars):
- They used to have bridges and hammocks connecting the trees together
- They had little groves of fruit trees that they farmed (mostly so they could be semi-independent from the LeafWings) in the north and south of the continent
- They had a bi-annual holiday called Migration Day, where they all packed up their favorite things and flew to the north in the summer and the south in the winter to tend the farms there and escape the cold weather
- Much of their culture was forgotten after the Tree Wars, but a few elders stubbornly uphold traditions
- There were entire groups of trees dedicated to housing chrysalises
- They celebrate their sixth birthday twice: once on their actual birthday, and once when theyβve finished metamorphosis
- Their schools were on the forest floor to accommodate wingless dragonets
- Status was shown by gemstones decorating their wings
- They wrap their dead in their mournersβ silk and burn it with Flamesilk. They call this the final metamorphosis
- For weddings, the spouses are left in solitude to braid their silks together into matching bracelets symbolic of their relationship
HiveWings:
- Like NightWings, they mainly trade knowledge and expertise with a few manual laborers scattered around
- They love to travel and learn about other tribes, so a lot of them are traveling medics, teachers, and anthropologists
- Also in the strain of travel, they take keepsakes from wherever theyβve been to put in showrooms and foyers to impress guests
- Their favorite things to get from the Pyrrhian tribes are wool cloaks from the SkyWings and obsidian from the NightWings
- They love to organize things: jobs, houses, family units, troops
- They love it so much that they have a whole holiday about it, where they take off from work and school to empty their homes of everything they donβt use anymore and reorganize the whole place
- Dragonetsβs skills (strength, ability and willingness to learn, natural talent) are assessed very early so that they can be taught in the best way possible
- After the SilkWings are freed, they offer medical expertise and help with organizing othersβ homes
- Pre-Tree Wars, they lived in hollowed out trees and mountain caves
- Status is shown by how much they wear and how much theyβve decorated their home
- In funerals, the deceased are covered in flowers and gems and lowered into graves hidden in the mountains
- Weddings are uniform and carefully planned out. The betrothed buy elaborate jewelry and put together big ceremonies. They recite oaths to secure their bond
LeafWings:
- They domesticate animals to help them hunt and navigate the Poison Jungle
- They donβt have any gods, but they are superstitious and believe in things like curses and bad luck
- Itβs extremely taboo to kill a plant
- They tell status by how big their personal tree groves are and how many furs they wear. Leaf speakers have live plants growing around their horns
- The PoisonWings have a coming of age ceremony where dragonets spend 5 days alone in the jungle in order to prove they can survive (there are SapWing scouts that watch them and rescue the ones who look like they wonβt survive)
- When a dragonet hatches, their parents help them to plant their own tree that they care for and nurture over the course of their life. Dragons with the healthiest trees are praised and sometimes become shamans
- Shamans are spiritual leaders that live in solitude in the jungle and do things like bless ceremonies and ward off curses and bad luck. They can come from and perform ceremonies for either group of LeafWings, and often intermingle
- When a LeafWing dies, theyβre buried beneath their tree and the tree is decorated by their loved ones
- In weddings, a shaman says blessings while a leafspeaker grows flowering vines around them
(I didnβt give many of them markings or scale patterns, because the drawings are focused on their outfits)
(No picture of Wasp because in my mind the hivewings donβt really have a specific crown for the queen)
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Some WoF Culture Headcannons:
MudWings:
- Heavily farming and ranching based infrastructure
- Since theyβre right between the RainWings/NightWings, SeaWings, and SkyWings, the swamps are a huge trade center
- They trade leathers and wheat with other tribes
- HUGE feasts for celebrations
- A holiday called Beef Fest (shortened from βDay of Many Cattleβ) that is the anniversary of a mythical day where there were supposedly twice as many cows in the fields as there were the night before
- Celebrated with a huge, tribe-wide feast of beef cooked in every way imaginable
- The more silks and beads a MudWing has on, the higher ranked they are and bracelets show their rank within their troop (one for every younger sibling, and BigWings wear one big bangle-type bracelet with all of their siblingsβ names engraved in it
- Every troop has to build their own den. This serves as a sort of coming of age ceremony for them all and provides adequate housing for the tribe
- Dragonets sleep in one big den on animal furs designated for different troops
- Actually somewhat religious (probably worshiping the swamps or something of the like, and some voodoo-type beliefs and practices) and have designated priests and witch-doctors that hold ceremonies and pray for good harvest
SeaWings:
- Semi-religious (worshiping the ocean and thanking her for their meals)
- Very superstitious (mainly about sea spirits and ghosts, but some of them (mostly dragonets) believe in sea monsters)
- Its extremely taboo to pierce any of their fins except the ones on their face that arenβt the main one down their spine, because some dragons pierced the wrong spot and couldnβt detect movements in the water as well as before (which the SeaWings (who donβt know anything about how their bodies actually work) interpreted as βthe oceanβs mad at us for piercing our fins and is trying to kill usβ)
- β¦which of course means that a few modern rebels will pierce their spinal fins to look edgy
- OCEAN PRIESTESSES who speak to the ocean and tell the future with whale bones
- They have a few holidays: Dolphin Day (the day that the dolphin migration passes over the Deep Palace and they all go out to meet them), the day they test for animuses (they all get off of work/ school and have a big feast where they adorn the newly discovered animuses in strings of pearls and lapis to display their new rank), and the Arts Festival (self-explanatory)
- Status is shown by how many pearls and fish bones (mostly for priestesses) they wear as jewelry and how much red fabric they wear (because they donβt have the stuff for red dyes, so they have to trade for it)
- Wrap their dead in blue or green fabrics with bags of sand and sink them into a trench
- For weddings, they perform a special dance together with red ribbons tying their talons together
RainWings:
- Not much in the way of status, but merchants wear lots of silks and the queen traditionally wears lots of beads and jewelry (mostly just so people know which one she is)
- Very good at making silk
- Amazing craftsmen and architects
- There are a few dragons whose whole jobs are carrying around the pieces of a canopy and perch for the royal family (they can get it up and down in a matter of minutes)
- No real religion, but they do believe that Jaguars are some sort of all knowing spirit (Glory, of course, told them it was ridiculous, but even she was a little skeptical when one saved her from a snake while Deathbringer was distracted by eyeing a bird suspiciously) and even when they were carnivores, anyone who harmed a Jaguar for any reason was banished
- They have lots of annual parties but not really any holidays
- Big, cheerful funerals
- Weddings are full of flowers, and the ceremonies consist of synching their scales in rippling patterns, and playing games together
NightWings:
- Three goddesses named after the moons who are sisters
- Perception is the goddess of the mind and grants mind reading
- Oracle is the goddess of time and grants prophecy (obviously)
- Imperial is the goddess of power and can grant either to her whim
- The queen must be christened by the light of the three moons and wears three silver earrings that symbolize each of the moons. They believe that if a queen is unworthy, she will be blinded by the light (one time, a new queen somehow managed to get something in her eyes and was executed) (there were many NightWings who only accepted Glory as queen after she underwent the ceremony)
- Three priestesses (one for each goddess and wear the silver earring for their goddess) who are dragonesses with the powers of each (mind reading for perception, prophesy for Oracle, and both for Imperial) and if there arenβt any available in time, a princess (for Imperial) or the daughters of the previous priestess of Oracle and Perception (priestesses of Imperial are sworn to maidenhood) (this is what they did on the volcano
- Silver is a status symbol
- In the old kingdom, there were entire institutes dedicated to star mapping
- Mainly trade with knowledge, since they donβt really make anything
- On the volcano, obsidian was farmed and used to trade with other tribes in case they needed to. They occasionally send teams to the volcano now to get what they can
- A holiday celebrating three full moons where they focus on the dragonets hatched that night
- Burn the dead
- Wedding ceremonies are blessed by Imperial and the betrothed are covered in strings of star-shaped silver and they wear matching moonstone accessories (usually horn rings or tail bangles)
SandWings:
- Originally nomadic until some MudWings came and helped them build towns, but some dragons chose to maintain their traditions
- Mainly cactus and spice-based diet, so they have rooftop farms for them
- In inter-tribal settlements (Sanctuary and Possibility) they are commonly mail carriers because of their lower need for food and water
- Religion wise, they have a goddess named Mapapra who is the goddess of the desert (travelers pray to her for safe passage across the dunes), Naso (god of water, who they pray to for their sparse rainfall, and to keep the oasis water clean), and Nocabe god of harvest
- There are a few traveling priests for each of the gods, who mainly just do ceremonies
- SandWings LOVE ceremonies, so they do things like meditation and burning incense. The Scorpion Den is a myriad of smells
- Whenever they get rain, a festival is held and everyone gets off of work and had a huge feast outside of the gates of the royal palace
- They love spices
- Festivals are common and music is a huge part of their culture
- On the opposite end of the spectrum from SeaWings, SandWings use pierced frills to show status/lineage/achievements (for example, Sunny wears one rose-gold (the metal associated with SandWings) hoop (symbolic of a mother) and a silver (NightWing) stud (father) for her hybrid status, and a golden and obsidian chain from her left ear to the middle of her frill to show that sheβs a princess)
- They bury their dead in the sand
- Weddings are musical and lively. The newlyweds twine their tails together and sing a traditional duet
IceWings
- The most hygienic of the tribes
- As stated in the books, they worship βthe first eggβ, but the also have Panagkhal, god of fish (the fishing villages pray to him for plentiful fish in their next haul), Yeloa, goddess of snow, and her sister, Nieba, goddess of ice
- The more they wear, the higher their rank (especially after Snowfall destroys the rankings)
- Polar bear fur is a sign of priests
- No holidays or big celebrations
- Ceremonies include everyone jumping in the ice fishing holes for a good haul of fish, and meditating in the middle of a blizzard
- Believe that naming a dragonet after someone will make them like that dragon (like naming dragonets after honorable animuses and not naming them Arctic or the names of other traitors). This is why there are a lot of repeats in names (lots of queens named Diamond)
- Very traditionally aligned
- Obsessed with diamonds
- Refuse to teach dragonets about anything other than tradition until they can perform the most complex ceremonies by memory alone
- When two IceWings are wed, the ceremony is nothing if not elegant. They hold hands and recite ancient oaths, surrounded by falling snow
SkyWings:
- Not religious, but very spiritual
- They use rings to show their social status (for example, the royalty have four horn rings and queens have rings on their wings with strings of gems between)
- There are sky monks that meditate on the tops of mountains and make wards and charms from bird feathers and gemstones
- Canβt farm on the mountains, but theyβre wonderful shepherds
- They mostly trade with the SeaWings (red dyes/fabrics for fish and artwork)
- They manufacture wool and wool products for trade with other tribes
- Usually inter-tribal messengers, but they prefer to use trained birds to send messages within the tribe
- Their only holiday is Ancestorsβ Day, where they set up massive shrines for dead loved ones and perform a big dance together to honor them
- Weddings are overseen by monks, and the spouses wear rings they made for each other
SilkWings (mostly pre-Tree Wars):
- They used to have bridges and hammocks connecting the trees together
- They had little groves of fruit trees that they farmed (mostly so they could be semi-independent from the LeafWings) in the north and south of the continent
- They had a bi-annual holiday called Migration Day, where they all packed up their favorite things and flew to the north in the summer and the south in the winter to tend the farms there and escape the cold weather
- Much of their culture was forgotten after the Tree Wars, but a few elders stubbornly uphold traditions
- There were entire groups of trees dedicated to housing chrysalises
- They celebrate their sixth birthday twice: once on their actual birthday, and once when theyβve finished metamorphosis
- Their schools were on the forest floor to accommodate wingless dragonets
- Status was shown by gemstones decorating their wings
- They wrap their dead in their mournersβ silk and burn it with Flamesilk. They call this the final metamorphosis
- For weddings, the spouses are left in solitude to braid their silks together into matching bracelets symbolic of their relationship
HiveWings:
- Like NightWings, they mainly trade knowledge and expertise with a few manual laborers scattered around
- They love to travel and learn about other tribes, so a lot of them are traveling medics, teachers, and anthropologists
- Also in the strain of travel, they take keepsakes from wherever theyβve been to put in showrooms and foyers to impress guests
- Their favorite things to get from the Pyrrhian tribes are wool cloaks from the SkyWings and obsidian from the NightWings
- They love to organize things: jobs, houses, family units, troops
- They love it so much that they have a whole holiday about it, where they take off from work and school to empty their homes of everything they donβt use anymore and reorganize the whole place
- Dragonetsβs skills (strength, ability and willingness to learn, natural talent) are assessed very early so that they can be taught in the best way possible
- After the SilkWings are freed, they offer medical expertise and help with organizing othersβ homes
- Pre-Tree Wars, they lived in hollowed out trees and mountain caves
- Status is shown by how much they wear and how much theyβve decorated their home
- In funerals, the deceased are covered in flowers and gems and lowered into graves hidden in the mountains
- Weddings are uniform and carefully planned out. The betrothed buy elaborate jewelry and put together big ceremonies. They recite oaths to secure their bond
LeafWings:
- They domesticate animals to help them hunt and navigate the Poison Jungle
- They donβt have any gods, but they are superstitious and believe in things like curses and bad luck
- Itβs extremely taboo to kill a plant
- They tell status by how big their personal tree groves are and how many furs they wear. Leaf speakers have live plants growing around their horns
- The PoisonWings have a coming of age ceremony where dragonets spend 5 days alone in the jungle in order to prove they can survive (there are SapWing scouts that watch them and rescue the ones who look like they wonβt survive)
- When a dragonet hatches, their parents help them to plant their own tree that they care for and nurture over the course of their life. Dragons with the healthiest trees are praised and sometimes become shamans
- Shamans are spiritual leaders that live in solitude in the jungle and do things like bless ceremonies and ward off curses and bad luck. They can come from and perform ceremonies for either group of LeafWings, and often intermingle
- When a LeafWing dies, theyβre buried beneath their tree and the tree is decorated by their loved ones
- In weddings, a shaman says blessings while a leafspeaker grows flowering vines around them
(I didnβt give many of them markings or scale patterns, because the drawings are focused on their outfits)
#nightwings wof#wof glory#wof#wings of fire#wof oc art#wof art#wof rainwing#wof design#wof nightwing#wof mudwing#wof greatness#wof coral#wof seawing#wof moorhen#wof headcanon#wof oc#wof hazel#wof leafwing#wof icewing#wof sunny#wof snowfall#wof thorn#wof sandwing#wof skywing#wof ruby#wof queens#wof hivewing
Some WoF Culture Headcannons:
MudWings:
- Heavily farming and ranching based infrastructure
- Since theyβre right between the RainWings/NightWings, SeaWings, and SkyWings, the swamps are a huge trade center
- They trade leathers and wheat with other tribes
- HUGE feasts for celebrations
- A holiday called Beef Fest (shortened from βDay of Many Cattleβ) that is the anniversary of a mythical day where there were supposedly twice as many cows in the fields as there were the night before
- Celebrated with a huge, tribe-wide feast of beef cooked in every way imaginable
- The more silks and beads a MudWing has on, the higher ranked they are and bracelets show their rank within their troop (one for every younger sibling, and BigWings wear one big bangle-type bracelet with all of their siblingsβ names engraved in it
- Every troop has to build their own den. This serves as a sort of coming of age ceremony for them all and provides adequate housing for the tribe
- Dragonets sleep in one big den on animal furs designated for different troops
- Actually somewhat religious (probably worshiping the swamps or something of the like, and some voodoo-type beliefs and practices) and have designated priests and witch-doctors that hold ceremonies and pray for good harvest
SeaWings:
- Semi-religious (worshiping the ocean and thanking her for their meals)
- Very superstitious (mainly about sea spirits and ghosts, but some of them (mostly dragonets) believe in sea monsters)
- Its extremely taboo to pierce any of their fins except the ones on their face that arenβt the main one down their spine, because some dragons pierced the wrong spot and couldnβt detect movements in the water as well as before (which the SeaWings (who donβt know anything about how their bodies actually work) interpreted as βthe oceanβs mad at us for piercing our fins and is trying to kill usβ)
- β¦which of course means that a few modern rebels will pierce their spinal fins to look edgy
- OCEAN PRIESTESSES who speak to the ocean and tell the future with whale bones
- They have a few holidays: Dolphin Day (the day that the dolphin migration passes over the Deep Palace and they all go out to meet them), the day they test for animuses (they all get off of work/ school and have a big feast where they adorn the newly discovered animuses in strings of pearls and lapis to display their new rank), and the Arts Festival (self-explanatory)
- Status is shown by how many pearls and fish bones (mostly for priestesses) they wear as jewelry and how much red fabric they wear (because they donβt have the stuff for red dyes, so they have to trade for it)
- Wrap their dead in blue or green fabrics with bags of sand and sink them into a trench
- For weddings, they perform a special dance together with red ribbons tying their talons together
RainWings:
- Not much in the way of status, but merchants wear lots of silks and the queen traditionally wears lots of beads and jewelry (mostly just so people know which one she is)
- Very good at making silk
- Amazing craftsmen and architects
- There are a few dragons whose whole jobs are carrying around the pieces of a canopy and perch for the royal family (they can get it up and down in a matter of minutes)
- No real religion, but they do believe that Jaguars are some sort of all knowing spirit (Glory, of course, told them it was ridiculous, but even she was a little skeptical when one saved her from a snake while Deathbringer was distracted by eyeing a bird suspiciously) and even when they were carnivores, anyone who harmed a Jaguar for any reason was banished
- They have lots of annual parties but not really any holidays
- Big, cheerful funerals
- Weddings are full of flowers, and the ceremonies consist of synching their scales in rippling patterns, and playing games together
NightWings:
- Three goddesses named after the moons who are sisters
- Perception is the goddess of the mind and grants mind reading
- Oracle is the goddess of time and grants prophecy (obviously)
- Imperial is the goddess of power and can grant either to her whim
- The queen must be christened by the light of the three moons and wears three silver earrings that symbolize each of the moons. They believe that if a queen is unworthy, she will be blinded by the light (one time, a new queen somehow managed to get something in her eyes and was executed) (there were many NightWings who only accepted Glory as queen after she underwent the ceremony)
- Three priestesses (one for each goddess and wear the silver earring for their goddess) who are dragonesses with the powers of each (mind reading for perception, prophesy for Oracle, and both for Imperial) and if there arenβt any available in time, a princess (for Imperial) or the daughters of the previous priestess of Oracle and Perception (priestesses of Imperial are sworn to maidenhood) (this is what they did on the volcano
- Silver is a status symbol
- In the old kingdom, there were entire institutes dedicated to star mapping
- Mainly trade with knowledge, since they donβt really make anything
- On the volcano, obsidian was farmed and used to trade with other tribes in case they needed to. They occasionally send teams to the volcano now to get what they can
- A holiday celebrating three full moons where they focus on the dragonets hatched that night
- Burn the dead
- Wedding ceremonies are blessed by Imperial and the betrothed are covered in strings of star-shaped silver and they wear matching moonstone accessories (usually horn rings or tail bangles)
SandWings:
- Originally nomadic until some MudWings came and helped them build towns, but some dragons chose to maintain their traditions
- Mainly cactus and spice-based diet, so they have rooftop farms for them
- In inter-tribal settlements (Sanctuary and Possibility) they are commonly mail carriers because of their lower need for food and water
- Religion wise, they have a goddess named Mapapra who is the goddess of the desert (travelers pray to her for safe passage across the dunes), Naso (god of water, who they pray to for their sparse rainfall, and to keep the oasis water clean), and Nocabe god of harvest
- There are a few traveling priests for each of the gods, who mainly just do ceremonies
- SandWings LOVE ceremonies, so they do things like meditation and burning incense. The Scorpion Den is a myriad of smells
- Whenever they get rain, a festival is held and everyone gets off of work and had a huge feast outside of the gates of the royal palace
- They love spices
- Festivals are common and music is a huge part of their culture
- On the opposite end of the spectrum from SeaWings, SandWings use pierced frills to show status/lineage/achievements (for example, Sunny wears one rose-gold (the metal associated with SandWings) hoop (symbolic of a mother) and a silver (NightWing) stud (father) for her hybrid status, and a golden and obsidian chain from her left ear to the middle of her frill to show that sheβs a princess)
- They bury their dead in the sand
- Weddings are musical and lively. The newlyweds twine their tails together and sing a traditional duet
IceWings
- The most hygienic of the tribes
- As stated in the books, they worship βthe first eggβ, but the also have Panagkhal, god of fish (the fishing villages pray to him for plentiful fish in their next haul), Yeloa, goddess of snow, and her sister, Nieba, goddess of ice
- The more they wear, the higher their rank (especially after Snowfall destroys the rankings)
- Polar bear fur is a sign of priests
- No holidays or big celebrations
- Ceremonies include everyone jumping in the ice fishing holes for a good haul of fish, and meditating in the middle of a blizzard
- Believe that naming a dragonet after someone will make them like that dragon (like naming dragonets after honorable animuses and not naming them Arctic or the names of other traitors). This is why there are a lot of repeats in names (lots of queens named Diamond)
- Very traditionally aligned
- Obsessed with diamonds
- Refuse to teach dragonets about anything other than tradition until they can perform the most complex ceremonies by memory alone
- When two IceWings are wed, the ceremony is nothing if not elegant. They hold hands and recite ancient oaths, surrounded by falling snow
SkyWings:
- Not religious, but very spiritual
- They use rings to show their social status (for example, the royalty have four horn rings and queens have rings on their wings with strings of gems between)
- There are sky monks that meditate on the tops of mountains and make wards and charms from bird feathers and gemstones
- Canβt farm on the mountains, but theyβre wonderful shepherds
- They mostly trade with the SeaWings (red dyes/fabrics for fish and artwork)
- They manufacture wool and wool products for trade with other tribes
- Usually inter-tribal messengers, but they prefer to use trained birds to send messages within the tribe
- Their only holiday is Ancestorsβ Day, where they set up massive shrines for dead loved ones and perform a big dance together to honor them
- Weddings are overseen by monks, and the spouses wear rings they made for each other
SilkWings (mostly pre-Tree Wars):
- They used to have bridges and hammocks connecting the trees together
- They had little groves of fruit trees that they farmed (mostly so they could be semi-independent from the LeafWings) in the north and south of the continent
- They had a bi-annual holiday called Migration Day, where they all packed up their favorite things and flew to the north in the summer and the south in the winter to tend the farms there and escape the cold weather
- Much of their culture was forgotten after the Tree Wars, but a few elders stubbornly uphold traditions
- There were entire groups of trees dedicated to housing chrysalises
- They celebrate their sixth birthday twice: once on their actual birthday, and once when theyβve finished metamorphosis
- Their schools were on the forest floor to accommodate wingless dragonets
- Status was shown by gemstones decorating their wings
- They wrap their dead in their mournersβ silk and burn it with Flamesilk. They call this the final metamorphosis
- For weddings, the spouses are left in solitude to braid their silks together into matching bracelets symbolic of their relationship
HiveWings:
- Like NightWings, they mainly trade knowledge and expertise with a few manual laborers scattered around
- They love to travel and learn about other tribes, so a lot of them are traveling medics, teachers, and anthropologists
- Also in the strain of travel, they take keepsakes from wherever theyβve been to put in showrooms and foyers to impress guests
- Their favorite things to get from the Pyrrhian tribes are wool cloaks from the SkyWings and obsidian from the NightWings
- They love to organize things: jobs, houses, family units, troops
- They love it so much that they have a whole holiday about it, where they take off from work and school to empty their homes of everything they donβt use anymore and reorganize the whole place
- Dragonetsβs skills (strength, ability and willingness to learn, natural talent) are assessed very early so that they can be taught in the best way possible
- After the SilkWings are freed, they offer medical expertise and help with organizing othersβ homes
- Pre-Tree Wars, they lived in hollowed out trees and mountain caves
- Status is shown by how much they wear and how much theyβve decorated their home
- In funerals, the deceased are covered in flowers and gems and lowered into graves hidden in the mountains
- Weddings are uniform and carefully planned out. The betrothed buy elaborate jewelry and put together big ceremonies. They recite oaths to secure their bond
LeafWings:
- They domesticate animals to help them hunt and navigate the Poison Jungle
- They donβt have any gods, but they are superstitious and believe in things like curses and bad luck
- Itβs extremely taboo to kill a plant
- They tell status by how big their personal tree groves are and how many furs they wear. Leaf speakers have live plants growing around their horns
- The PoisonWings have a coming of age ceremony where dragonets spend 5 days alone in the jungle in order to prove they can survive (there are SapWing scouts that watch them and rescue the ones who look like they wonβt survive)
- When a dragonet hatches, their parents help them to plant their own tree that they care for and nurture over the course of their life. Dragons with the healthiest trees are praised and sometimes become shamans
- Shamans are spiritual leaders that live in solitude in the jungle and do things like bless ceremonies and ward off curses and bad luck. They can come from and perform ceremonies for either group of LeafWings, and often intermingle
- When a LeafWing dies, theyβre buried beneath their tree and the tree is decorated by their loved ones
- In weddings, a shaman says blessings while a leafspeaker grows flowering vines around them
Reblogged mikeluciraphgabe
The reason Joseph knew Mary didn't cheat on him is because he knew Mary was Trans and she was begging to god for Joseph to get her pregnant and god helped a bad bitch out
Mary was a trans woman
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I really should have made or reblogged this post around christmas to get some traction, my hope is that one day this gets screen capped to a christian group that has such a meltdown that they make the grave mistake of giving me enough attention that I can spread my evil messages
In all sincerity, OP, there is a mishnah that the reason Sarah laughed when G-d told her she would have a child wasn't just bc of her age but bc she, Abraham, or both were intersex or trans. I've had it come up multiple times in Torah study. So, I mean, the idea exists in Judaism. You could be on to something.
I've argued before that Jesus is trans, because his only biological parent was female, therefore he should have XX chromosomes. But I didn't realize this great angle: maybe Jesus isn't trans, because Mary was.
Brilliant. Five stars
HOLY SHIT YOU'RE SO FUCKING RIGHT
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Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!