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I love your 6x04 spec about Lucy's camera being broken and her being investigated! You should totally write a fic about that if you're inspired ✨️

hi anon - thanks for the ask!

So @literali1110 pointed out to me that there were footage from Lucy's camera after the fall, so doesn't look like this is the route they'll go 😂

I do keep circling back on how hesitant Angela and Nyla looked when Lucy made her suggestion, and it makes me wonder if they may end up questioning whether protocol was followed or something instead? Or maybe Lucy will simply struggle with her own feelings of guilt around ending up in that situation because she was trying to prove herself?

I am glad that there's not really any ambiguity about whether she had to take the shot and whether the guy was 100% guilty, because I think it would destroy Lucy if those things were in question.

I'm definitely feeling some angsty inspiration from Lucy's struggle this season; jury's still out on whether it ever becomes anything more than random sentences in my notes app.

Regardless, I'm gonna hijack this ask to ramble a little bit on why I'm actually okay with the choices they've made and the story they are telling for Lucy this season so far. Like a lot of people, I hate seeing Lucy going through a hard time and of course I want to see her be supported. Give me the scene with Tim in the hospital a million times over; I'll never get tired of seeing that she is valued and loved by the people in her life. We honestly haven't gotten enough of that for literal years.

We've seen Lucy go through so much. But in five+ seasons, we've barely seen Lucy be anything other than her sunshine-y self for more than a handful of scenes. Even more so in the last few seasons. It is beyond time the writers take the time to give her character more depth and emotional range. It is beyond time they turn her back into a character that is deeply empathetic and relatable to the audience.

It has sucked seeing more and more commentary on social media the last few seasons about Lucy being childish, silly, unprofessional, and even manipulative 😭. And I think that's a direct result of the lack of care and intention the writers have put into writing her character since she graduated the FTO program. She's been used as little more than comic relief and a plot device outside of the ship for way too long.

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While other characters have progressed professionally, Lucy has remained mostly stagnant since she graduated the FTO program, beyond a few UC missions that all pretty much ended the same way without doing anything progressive for her character (why didn't we see her struggle with the ethics of UC work when it came to using Aaron's puppy? why haven't they helped us understand how she reconciles her love for UC work to her empathetic nature and the reason she became a cop?).

I think of Lucy's journey in comparison to Tim's -- we've seen him go through awful things. We've seen him suffer. We've seen him struggle. We've seen him evolve and grow.

With Lucy, we've mostly just seen her go through awful things and move on as if nothing has changed. We all have our head canons, I think, about grief and coping and what's going on under the surface, but we don't actually know what she's feeling 99% of the time.

Do I wish they would have taken the opportunity to explore the impact on her character in the aftermath of DOD or after Jackson died? Of course I do. I would have preferred that to having to see her struggle professionally in the shadow of Nolan getting handed success for simply existing. (And if I thought they intended the juxtaposition, I'd give them credit for telling a realistic story, but I seriously doubt it 😂).

But I'm still glad they are taking the time to tell a story for her now. And I'm glad they seem to be doing it with intention.

And this was not at all what you asked about, but here you go anyway, anon 😜🥰

Thanks for the ask!

#chenford #lucy chen #see lana ramble #my asks #the rookie

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wingsoffireaus · 5 years

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Winter Stayed in DoD AU Part 2

I couldn’t help myself.

Winter had packed up and left as soon as possible to get away from everyone.

He is still reeling from what he witnessed his friends do and when he leaves he knows he would not be welcome in the Ice Kingdom so he leaves for the Talons of Peace.

Riptide welcomes him but is more than a little concerned in how listless he is.

Winter doesn't mention what he witnessed but he does say that the battle over Jade Mountain had disturbed him more than he realized.

Riptide comforts him to the best of his abilities although Winter is still pretty standoffish.

Winter begins watching a nearby scavenger den and when asked about it he admits his interest and his desire to build a sanctuary for the little creatures.

Riptide is of course interested and ends up naming the new settlement Sanctuary because of it.

Back at Jade Mountain the rest of the winglet is surprised in how fast Winter had left.

Qibli feels somewhat guilty, while Kinkajou and Moon think that Winter just needed some time to think about it and come to terms about Darkstalker’s fate.

When Qibli finds Winter’s discarded sketch of Moon he knows that’s probably not the case but holds out hope that he would return.

His hope is dashed when another Icewing dragonet is sent to replace Winter.

Qibli eventually leaves himself to spend time in the Kingdom of Sand. So he can think about everything that has transpired.

Thorn, being the awesome adoptive mother that she is, sits him down and tells him to explain to her what had happened. Qibli ends up telling her and is really not at all surprised when she ends up agreeing with Winter.

She tells him that that was a pretty big line that they had crossed. She understands of course and admits she might have even done the same thing in his place. But she points out that Winter had clearly been dealing with some pretty heavy trauma after everything they had been through. And to see his friends do the same thing that had been done to his brother and to an extent him probably didn’t help things at all.

He stews on this for several days and tries to sort himself out.

When Moon eventually comes for him he does agree to go with her although now everything feels tainted and he begins to realize that maybe his feelings for her aren’t as strong as he once believed them to be.

Kinkajou visits Winter and actually almost sends him into a panic attack. Kinkajou who had managed to track him down after talking with Tsunami who had been corresponding with Riptide.

When he asks if she had come alone she immediately assumes that he is asking for Moon. In all honesty he doesn’t want to see any of them. Not now when the wound is still fresh.

Kinkajou tells him that Moon had gone with Qibli. Winter accepts this although he is surprised that he still feels hurt after this.

He becomes angry when she points out that he should apologize for all the times he had yelled at Moon.

He knows that early on he had been out of line but at this point the only time he is really thinking about is that time in the old Night Kingdom when he had broken the vase after finding out Moon still trusted Darkstalker even after knowing what he had done to him and others.

Winter tells Kinkajou to leave and tries to continue his search for scavengers in peace. When she tries to keep talking to him he tells her that after what she had done to Darkstalker he didn’t trust her to not do it to anyone else. And that he couldn’t be around anyone who could do that and not show any remorse.

He eventually is able to lose her by pure chance and he shamefully hides away from her until he sees her leaving Sanctuary.

He then asks Riptide to please warn him before sending any visitors his way. Riptide asks why and Winter just shakes his head and tells him not to ask.

Winter does eventually get another visitor but it’s a visitor he is actually pretty happy to see. And he has to lock his legs together so he doesn’t tackle his brother in a hug.

Hailstorm teases him when he sees the plans for his scavenger sanctuary.This helps to lighten Winters mood.

He and Hailstorm just sit and talk. Hailstorm finally explaining the situation in the Ice Kingdom. Winter feels a twinge of hurt when he is told that he is no longer welcome but will be allowed to come and visit his family and to come to Icicle’s trial.

Hailstorm notices that Winter isn’t looking too great and asks him how he has been doing. Winter gives a half-hearted answer and then asks how he has been doing.

Hailstorm is uncomfortable with the question and wasn’t happy to see Winter deflecting his own question.

He tells Winter that he has been doing better and his Pyrite memories are surfacing less and less. He proudly says that he hadn’t even reacted too familiarly with Riptide when he had seen him.

This cheers up Winter slightly and he does notice that his brother is resembling himself more than he had the last time he had seen him.

There is still a slight sadness to him though. In the subtle twitch in his talons. The occasional wince when the extra Icewing spikes on his tail scraped against a rock with a clacking sound.

Winter asks him how long he had planned to stay and Hailstorm winces and admits that he would have to leave soon for the rain forest to deliver the cutting from the moonglobe tree per Queen Glacier’s agreement with Glory.

He admits that he had made a detour to see Winter but that he would probably have to leave soon.

Winter is disappointed but notices that Hailstorm fidgeting had increased.

Before he could ask what was wrong Hailstorm asks if he would come with him.

Winter freezes. Thinking back on Peacemaker and Kinkajou and is about to say no when he sees the almost desperate look in Hailstorms eyes. And he realizes just how desperately his brother wants him to go with him.

Without even thinking about it he agrees.

The change on Hailstorms face is startling and he lights up in a way that Winter hadn’t seen since the day of his capture.

And to his surprise Hailstorm embraces him.

Winter had never really hugged any of his family before. They weren’t exactly the type. Hailstorm used to jokingly shove him or put his wing around him but never something to this extent.

When they finally, reluctantly part, Winter is surprised to see tears in his brothers eyes. And is even more surprised when he realizes that there were tears in his own eyes as well.

They sit in comfortable silence for another couple of minutes before departing to ready themselves for the journey.

While Winter is packing he has a short moment of panic. But he calms himself down and reminds himself that Kinkajou and Moon are more than likely not in the rainforest at the moment. Since classes were currently going at the academy.

And when he sees his brother’s eager expression when he turns to him. He can’t make himself regret his decision.

Okay so posting this because I stupidly worked on multiple ships at once and none of them are done sooo here we go!

When I started writing this part I was surprised by how quickly Hailstorm took over. Originally I had planned to keep Winter in Sanctuary but then it turned to giving him a visitor that he would actually be happy to see. And sorry not sorry I wanted more of Hailstorm and Winter. They both have suffered so much trauma and need to have time to heal so the moment I put in the visit I knew I had to keep them together longer.

Also like I posted earlier I have actually been thinking about turning this particular AU into a fanfiction. But it is a slow going process and might not be a chaptered fic and more of a collection of drabbles dealing with the characters individuals trauma. Also making this clear I do like Moon and Kinkajou. What I didn't like was their treatment of Winter towards the end. A lot of it felt like a way to force Moonbli which if you ship it that is totally fine. But I personally needed more than that to ship it. It was a little too forced for me. And I am totally a qinter fan girl. If you squint you can see that I'm sowing the seeds in this AU.

And... I'm off topic again. Bottom line I have been working on ship AUs but I have also been trying to get back into the fanfic game. So please be patient with me. I work a 9-5 job and actually have a chronic illness that has been flaring up particularly bad these past few months. Not to mention the typical depression and anxiety combo that is pretty frequent on this site. This blog has been a form of therapy for me to try and stick to a deadline in my personal life. As well as getting my writing flow back because it has suffered the last couple of years. Honestly though you all have been making my days which is why I keep pushing for this project side blog of mine to work.

You are all wonderful and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Thank you and I will hopefully have a new post next week!

#wings of fire #wings of fire au #wof winter #wof hailstorm #wof qibli #wof moonwatcher #wof kinkajou #winter stayed au

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