#drakyns

GLIMMER WITH WINGS!!! GLIMMER WITH WINGS!!! bless u balu for giving me a chance to talk about glimmer with wings!!!

to understand glimmer's wings and their properties in full, i have to first talk about glimmer's angelic lineage. full-blooded angelics ( such as glimmer's mother, angella ) are born with a pair of wings that grow alongside their magical abilities. this growth will stop when they reach what is called the "fledging age." at fledging age, they have mastered enough of their innate magical abilities, are ready to marry, and their wings have grown large enough to fly with. so, in angelic society, the size of ones wings are associated with an individual's maturity + magical prowess, and often dictate the respect one is owed. to learn more about the angelics, you can read the non - sparknotes version of their lore here.

glimmer, however, is not a full-blooded angelic. her father is a mortal sorcerer, meaning she is half-mortal, half-angelic. this impacts her ability to grow a full pair of wings, as she is missing 50% of the magical angelic blood required to do so. she is still born with the initial wings sprouting from her shoulderblades, but they show no signs of growing and are unable to be used for flight. this ties in directly with her magical shortcomings as, because she is half-mortal and shares her runestone with angella, she must recharge her powers every so often. both of these things play a large role in her feeling weak, inferior, and less than compared to her mother / other elemental princesses. and tie-in to the angelic belief that ones wings represent their use in society.

( glimmer's little wings, as seen in s1, ep8 princess prom and s1, ep7 in the shadows of mystacor episodes. )

it isn't until angella passes and glimmer is coronated as queen of bright moon that this changes. after glimmer connects fully with the moonstone as part of her coronation quest, she is imbued with enough ancestral magic that she can grow a full-fledged pair of pink wings, which she was not expecting at all. ( full blooded angelics have gray-clear wings, making glimmer’s exceptional. )

( glimmer receiving her wings, as seen in s4, ep1 the coronation. )

glimmer's wings differ from the wings of a bird, dragon, or whatever else in the way that they are magic. she is able to use them because of her connection to the moonstone. if she is out of contact with the moonstone ( such as when she is in space during season 5, ) or the moonstone has been impaired, her wings will disappear until that connection is restored. she is able to connect to the moonstone as long as she is on the same surface as it . . . so while a long journey will not impact this, a trip out of the atmosphere will. glimmer also has to learn to fly, a process which takes her a good year to really master. once she does, she can keep up with most, but not all, other flying creatures.

because her wings are magic, they appear candy pink and near - translucent to the eye. they are warm and somewhat tingly to the touch due to their concentration of moon magic, but they are solid and can be grabbed. because they aren't necessarily entirely part of her physical body, they aren't extremely sensitive unless she has just used her magic. one could brush against her wings in a resting state and she wouldn't notice, but if she has just exerted some magic, the slightest touch can either be very pleasant or very unpleasant, depending on the situation.

all that being said, to touch her wings without permission or initiation from her is seen as highly disrespectful. if glimmer does invite you to do so / initiates this, it means she feels incredibly safe with + close to you. she will show affection with another person by draping a wing over their shoulders, gently swatting at them with one of them, or wrapping them both around the other person to hold them close in an embrace.

( glimmer's wings as they appear post-coronation, as edited by the wonderfully talented @bravestshera crew. )

while she is initially put-off by their presence, thinking of them to be clunky and unlike her ( as well as a near-constant reminder of her departed mother ), glimmer's wings soon become as natural as additional limbs to her. they often betray how she's feeling without her realizing it. for example, when she's sad or tired, they'll droop. when she's super excited or frightened, they'll fly straight out to their full span. if she's feeling nervous, they tend to flap absentmindedly. if she's been sedentary for a long time, such as after sleeping, she'll sit up and stretch them out like you would arms. she also uses them a lot to appear more regal / intimidating when she feels she needs to and adds a lot of flight-reliant moves to her combat arsenal.

[ 💼 ]ㅤ.ㅤwhat do they always carry with them ?

there’s a limited amount of space in the pockets of the defense force uniform, so narumi doesn’t actually carry a whole lot! the most common things that will always be in his pockets regardless of the situation is his phone, his pager, and his wallet. his pager is almost always in the side pouch of his pants, whereas his phone and his wallet are in his front pockets on either side. 

his handheld gaming console is almost always in the pocket of his jacket, but narumi only brings it along if he’s going to be supervising the training for the first division. he brings it along but the reality is that he doesn’t really play all that much! he uses the console more as a means to annoy other people than to really play. 

when the console isn’t on his person, it’s in his office! he already keeps a lot of personal things in his office since he turned it into a miniature living space, but there are a few things that he takes from to and from his apartment! narumi comes into work with a backpack where his gaming console tends to be in if he’s not carrying it around, multiple water bottles, portable chargers. there’s always some sort of candy in the pockets of his bag, with wrappers at the bottom that he forgets to throw away. any paperwork that he needs to take back to finish gets shoved into the bag as well, alongside a notebook where narumi writes down specific training regimes for his officers and possible strategy plans!

[ 🧨 ]ㅤ.ㅤwhat’s the quickest way to set them off, even if they hide it well ?

narumi is so easy to make angry, it’s almost comedic. he definitely doesn’t hide it well when he gets actually angry. contrary to how he acts out, narumi really doesn’t care about disrespectful comments, he only lashes out when he starts to feel like he’s been the punching bag for too long. but the surefire way to make narumi genuinely mad is to point out his faults or his losses. narumi is so naturally competitive and hotheaded, there isn’t anything that bothers him more than losing. so when his losses get brought up and rubbed in his face? he genuinely starts to seethe, to the point where he’ll play dirty in any attempt to get even. 

also to circle back to my first point, narumi doesn’t care about disrespectful comments aimed at himself because he knows he’s always going to be the strongest person in the room. he can easily silence anyone who’s genuinely disrespecting him! but when someone tries to act big without having the strength or the results to back up their words? that really ticks him off. he hates people who talk but don’t have anything to show for it. it also pisses him off when his division gets disrespected, but he doesn’t tend to anything about that because the strength of his division speaks for itself.

[ 📿 ]ㅤ.ㅤwhat superstition or ritual do they cling to ?

narumi is definitely not superstitious or anything, but pushing his bangs back before a fight has definitely become a ritual he does. there’s a logical reason as to why he does it, since by him removing the hair from his view, he’s signaling that he’ll be starting to take the fight seriously! but the whole show of it all ( stabbing his bayonet into the ground, doing the entire movement of both hands reaching up to push his bangs up, that annoying little smirk with a bad one liner ) has definitely become a ritual he does before his fights. when he does that? it’s a promise that he will win that fight, no doubt about it.

[ 🧭 ]ㅤ.ㅤwhere would they go if they could disappear tomorrow ?

this is an awesome question because narumi wouldn’t go anywhere. there’s nowhere for him to go! the only place that has ever mattered to him has been the defense force, because it’s the place that accepted him where nobody else has. and because of the line of work that he does, narumi could die at any point! so he would just go about his day how he usually does, skipping on his responsibilities and acting like a slob until it’s time for his secret late night training sessions.. unless you meant disappear like narumi turns invisible.

THE WEIGHT OF HIS RIDER IS FAMILIAR ON HIS BACK , COMFORTING EVEN , & necessary if he'd like to get anywhere in relative time. an unspoken language is shared between him & @drakyns , with every release of his tailfin & shift of weight , but oftentimes , little more need be said.

personal headcanon.

𝐎𝐊𝐀𝐘  𝐒𝐎  𝐖𝐄  𝐀𝐑𝐄  𝐆𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐀  𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊  𝐀𝐓  𝐓𝐇𝐄  𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍  𝐎𝐅  𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄.   By  definition  ,  vengeance  is  ,  punishment  inflicted  or  retribution  exacted  for  an  injury  or  wrong.   There's  some  𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓  verbage  used  in  the  definition  that  I  wanna  take  a  look  at  and  𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒚𝒛𝒆  because  simply  put  ,       this  is  a  SORTED  topic  for  Sigyn.

First  ,  we're  gonna  look  at  one  of  the  first  important  words.   That  word  being  𝐏𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓.   Okay  ,  so  we  all  know  what  punishment  means.   When  it  comes  to  Sigyn  ,  fairness  and  justice  play  a  𝐌𝐀𝐉𝐎𝐑  role  in  some  of  the  choices  she  makes.   While  she  is  a  being  with  a  powerful  connection  to  the  concept  of  justice  ,  𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍  is  what  rules  her  heart.   In  her  eyes  ,  one  should  be  punished  in  order  to  𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏  𝒂  𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒏.   Learning  a  lesson  ,  implies  that  there  is  the  act  of  going  𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃  able  to  improve  where  you  need  to.   She's  seen  punishments  dealt  out  fairly  ,       and  she  has  seen  punishments  dealt  out  cruelly.   On  occasions  where  she  has  seen  punishment  dealt  too  cruelly  for  a  lesson  to  be  learned  ,  she's  done  what  she  could  to  be  a  𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆  𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓  through  the  perceived  darkness.       (referencing  the  myth  of  loki's  punishment  in  the  caves  and  her  being  there  to  walk  with  him  through  that.) 

So  we've  talking  about  the  word  punishment  ,  what  it  means  to  Sigyn.   The  feelings  she  has  on  how  punishments  should  be  carried  out  ,       now  it's  time  to  take  a  look  at  the  other  word  I  find  interesting  to  her.

The  second  word  is  ,  𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐁𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍.   Oxford's  Dictionary  defines  this  as  ,  punishment  inflicted  on  someone  as  vengeance  for  a  wrong  or  criminal  act.   Again  ,  we're  seeing  a  𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆  𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈  here.       (I  HAVE  LOCATED  A  THEME!)  So  you  can  see  where  they  sound  𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒚  𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒓  ,  and  definitely  use  some  of  the  same  words.   So  one  could  say  ,  punishment  and  retribution  are  the  same  thing.       But  Sigyn  doesn't  see  it  that  way.   For  Sigyn  ,  retribution  is  so  𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋.   Something  sent  down  ,  sometimes  without  the  option  for  learning  a  lesson.

So  ,  having  looked  at  some  of  the  words  in  the  definition  I  think  are  𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉  𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈  𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕  ,  lets  put  all  of  this  together.   Vengeance  𝐂𝐀𝐍  have  a  purpose.   A  very  good  one.   Sigyn  will  𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑  deny  that.   But  that  being  said  ,         she  has  seen  what  can  happen  when  that  is  taken  too  far.   One  must  be  𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘  𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐔𝐋  when  dealing  in  acts  of  vengeance  ,  this  is  something  Sigyn  believes  very  seriously  on.   If  taken  too  far  ,         you  may  cross  a  line  you  didn't  realize  until  it  was  too  late.   She  also  believes  ,  one  must  𝒂𝒔𝒌  𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔  ,  what  will  they  do  when  that  vengeance  is  carried  out?   Will  any  help  come  from  it?   Will  it  teach  a  lesson?   Or  is  it  merely  being  done  for  personal  reasons.

At  the  end  of  the  day  ,  if  she  is  to  𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓  an  act  of  vengeance  ,  she  expects  there  to  be  fairness  in  the  punishment  ,  and  a  lesson  to  be  learned  going  forward.   If  there  is  𝒏𝒐  𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈  𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅  ,  she  loses  her  support  in  it.   She  ,  as  a  champion  of  light  and  victory  ,       has  dealt  out  vengeance  on  behalf  of  others.   As  well  as  punishments  to  those  who  had  earned  them.   But  she  has  not  dealt  a  punishment  she  didn't  think  was  justly  deserved.   She  𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒  𝐈𝐓  though.   Every  punishment  she  has  dealt  has  weighed  on  her  heart.   Vengeance  for  her  𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘  ,  that  is  something  she  has  not  been  tested  in  very  much.   She's  fought  𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘  𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃  to  keep  her  family  safe  ,  mainly  because  she  herself  𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒  that  her  love  and  loyalty  for  the  family  that  she  has  created  in  her  lifetime  helps  her  to  maintain  hope.   If  that  hope  were  to  completely  die  off  …  Well  ,  lets  remember  the  saying       ‘Hell  hath  no  fury  like  a  woman  scorned.’   We  haven't  yet  seen  the  North  Star  scorned.   So  perhaps  that  will  be  a  story  for  another  time.

@drakyns - ❝ i hope i didn’t keep you waiting very long, did i? ❞ (for lumine!) / ✎ㅤ. . .ㅤ𝑩𝑳𝑶𝑶𝑫 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑫𝑨𝑹𝑲𝑵𝑬𝑺𝑺

( 🌙 )    ❝   YOU DIDN'T , NO. i was just .. marveling the view --- it's quite beautiful tonight , probably one of the best the whole week after the rains ceased this morning. ❞   golden hues peer up at him from where she sat , eyes softening after a beat as she pat a spot beside her at the lip of the cliffside ; her human - shape retaining the flower - littered tail as it shifted out of the way to her other side.

SHE DOESN'T MEAN to pry but she cannot help her curiosity.   ❝   DID YOUR CHIEFTAIN duties keep you busy or was it due to a mutual friend of ours ? ❞   her tone is teasing as she shifted her tail back and forth behind her , getting toothless's attention wherein he attempted to catch the feathered end.