What If the Leafwings and Silkwings Switched Places? [Se2Ep10]

This wraps up season 2 of What If!
I liked the idea of Hazel playing a bigger part in this au, and being close friends with Sundew! I feel like they could be a cool duo.
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[@Euchloe_Lotta]

Oh my gosh this is such an awesome what if!! It was kind of a shocker of sundew being the LeafWing but it totally made sense! And thank you SO much for sharing my fanart on here 🥹✨🩷 love your videos, Cyprus!!

[@R0sewings_da_dwagon]

Hi blu!

[@SandpiperArtsofWOF]

BLU. You make so creepy MAPS. help me. 😂😂 But, is it just me, or do you comment on EVERY ONE of Cy's vids? (Tried a nickname for Cyprus. *pls don't hate me*

[@Euchloe_Lotta]

@@R0sewings_da_dwagon hi!

[@GingerTheAnimator]

@@Euchloe_Lottahi blu!!

[@Euchloe_Lotta]

@@GingerTheAnimator Bonjour gingerrr

[@Frenchtoast-u1q]

I wonder what they would call the war between the silk wings. The silk wars or the flame wars

[@Icequ4keOfPyrrhia]

Flamesilk wars or flame wars would be cool

[@IsabellaNelson586]

How about the chrysalis wars?

[@Icequ4keOfPyrrhia]

@@IsabellaNelson586 ooh that’s good

[@WingsofFirefan-zn7hu]

Web wars instead of tree wars?

[@Void-xir]

Moth wars?

[@Complexicon_of_a_Startist]

Oh, that's so freaking cool! Saddening, but cool. The idea that it's a LeafWing at the heart of the homes using leafspeak is such a neat take, and I like that Sundew thought to stop Luna from killing the dragon who'd kept her company (even if she couldn't acknowledge her) :D

[@orangepeel_the_great]

Plants are cricket's Roman Empire

[@Fawnfreckle]

LMAOO 💀

[@Eldhertree]

💀 that's such a good joke tho

[@Cat_Kinich]

OOP-

[@Aquamarinestar]

True

[@elliemarilyn]

Hahaha 🤣 I am dieing

[@Secretly-Selina]

I loved this so much! You did wonderful! Here, have some suggestions. What if Darkstalker and Whiteout switched places? What if Glory never became queen? What if Queen Oasis never died/The SandWing War of Succession never happened? What if the hurricane hit Pantala? What if the HiveWings and LeafWings switched places? Hope you like these!

[@GreyKU]

Those would be awesome

[@Secretly-Selina]

@@GreyKU I agree, especially the Queen Oasis one.

[@lunaplays96589]

She basically already did the darkstalker and whiteout one, with whiteout being an animus and darkstalker not being one

[@Secretly-Selina]

@@lunaplays96589 what I mean by that, is that she gets trapped under a cave, and Darkstalker doesn’t (haven’t read the legends book yet)

[@Mushroom-SoulFire]

(Hey, the Darkstalker and whiteout switched places, I’m pretty sure that already happened unless it was clear sight)

[@alishawauters]

Idea: what if blue grew up in the flamesilk cavern? This might take a bit of thinking but maybe admiral perhaps smuggled blue’s egg or perhaps he asked to keep one of the eggs and because he had done no wrong before wasp decided to allow it, or perhaps admiral negotiated with wasp to keep one of the eggs

[@gabrielapena3063]

I 💕 this one!

[@alishawauters]

@@gabrielapena3063 thank you!

[@alishawauters]

I’ve thought of something else for a reason for admiral keeping blue’s egg, simply being that wasp wanted to taunt admiral by ruthlessly killing blue had he not been a flamesilk

[@Geofroglet]

Yesss, I love this concept! Also, you are AMZINGLY good at drawing SilkWings and LeafWings, wow-

[@Sawgrass-TML]

ik i hate drawing the pantalan tribes! i’m so bad at the leafwings wings and the hivewings and silkwings are just weird in general lol

[@sunrayartstudio]

@@Sawgrass-TML IK I'm TERRIBLE at themmm

[@icewolfbam5548]

im bad at drawing in general tbh

[@L-ghtlessSky]

personally Mudwings are my Achilles Heel and I LOVE drawing Pantalan tribes- I can see why you’d find them hard though

[@Geofroglet]

@@L-ghtlessSky I've personally always thought of as MudWings as pretty straightforward to draw, and Pantalan tribes as quite hard, so it's interesting to see someone who's the opposite to me :)

[@KellyDugaiczyk]

this is amazing, heres more what if ideas: what if the hivewings lost the tree wars what if starflight grew up in the nightwing island what if tsunami was an animus what if sunny became queen of the sandwings instead of thorn and what if ruby lost the challenge with scarlet but peril killed her and became queen ty so much if you make a video on one of these

[@MyrtleInk]

This was such an amazing What If!! I loved the concept, and Sundew being the mind controlled dragon is such an amazing idea! Also thank you for sharing my fanart!

[@sandyfan9518]

I LOVE your pfp

[@MyrtleInk]

@@sandyfan9518 Thank you!

[@MaryDavison-bx5cn]

That is such a good Idea

[@Arracelefairy]

I noticed your name was in it also

[@MyrtleInk]

@@Arracelefairy hehehehe

[@Syd_LovesToDraw]

Oh my goodness, this is such a cool idea! I love it! And, as always, I love your artwork! You are so talented!🥰 Special Request: please do a thanksgiving themed video!

[@quessiant]

Like maybe Cyprus (the dragon) picking pumpkins in a large field 😊

[@Trench_Art]

Already Episode 10, thats crazy, it feels like season 2 started just a couple weeks ago

[@cyprusdraegon]

Same

[@SandpiperArtsofWOF]

Saaaaama

[@sudesh.khatri]

Omg fr

[@gabrielapena3063]

Yeah!😂🎉

[@The_Artists_love_doge]

It would be cool to see what would happen if the leafwings (and mabey the silkwings) won the tree war and the hivewings were sopsed to be extincd

[@Icequ4keOfPyrrhia]

I love this sm! Amazing storytelling! Here’s some future what-if ideas What if Clearsight was evil? What if Qibli had accepted Darkstalker’s offer? What if Pyrrhia and Pantala switched lore? (Pantala has a three sister war, prob hivewing sisters, and Pyrrhia has hivemind, maybe night mind and like teardrops nightwings have mind control or smth) What if Wasp/Scarlet/Morrowseer/Battlewinner were good rulers/dictators/whatever What if Cliff was raised by Peril, Scarlet, and Chameleon?

[@BethanWright-go4me]

MA BOOTIFUL SNUDOO IN A VID YAYYYYYYYY

[@Cyptprince]

What if Rainwings were actually fighters when they first appear. They have been able to live peacefully in the rainforest due to the fact they killed any dragon that went there. They put up a front of weak and lazy to other dragons when in reality that’s a way they protect their home. They simply are to wait the war out.

[@noodledoodle294]

Fun fact! Rainwings actually used to be assassins! In the guide to Wings of Fire Book, there’s a letter addressed the rainwing queen from her aunt who is outraged by the peace treaties and the shutting down of the assassin training program. So they were a threat at one point but gave it up. The changing of the rainwing queens was based on why should they kill their strongest leaders every time so that’s why they had the contests! Sorry if this isn’t what ya meant

[@dotgovee]

You should do What if Darkstalker was raised in the Ice Kingdom!! I think it would change the entire story so much, especially his personality and character arc!! :)

[@Mono_Heart]

THIS IS AMAZING! You should definitely do pt two I’m so curious!

[@orangepeel_the_great]

Yayy, new video! :D Hope everyone has a good week!

[@NightSparkWC]

Can’t wait for part 2 if there is one

[@Theteadragon864]

WHAT IF QUIBLI TOOK DARKSALKERS PROPOSAL OF ANIMUS MAGIC

[@gamerboi64729]

just starting this video, surely it will be good

[@SilverScroll]

"Ooooo cool video title" _starts watching_ "Oh okay, we get Cricket's perspective" ... "Oh. Oh no..." _mounting dread for my poor precious bean_ I'm only less than two minutes in and already the combination of intrigue/mystery and dramatic irony is both riveting and disquieting; your writing is always so good Edit: wow, what an amazing short emotional ride! Such an intriguing lore setup too. I love this AU already!! And the art is great as always, of course~

[@Idoscope.jonythanKale-wt2ko]

Do a part 2!!!!!! THIS WAS ******* AWESOME!! I LOVED IT AND THIS SERIES!

[@Gamert80]

I find it funny how blue looks like he dosen't want to be there. Are you gonna be doing more arc 3?

[@laikeree_4213]

Oooh! I do want to see a part 2 or the likes of this What if, it's so intriguing to think what the relationship or how they are formed with each character this time! However, I'm not sure if you're up to that, and we don't want to you forcing ideas out ^_^"

[@Lindseythenaturefairy]

OML she has POSTED AaAAAAA

[@SallowDraws]

Nope, I was first, ur is 6 min ago mine is 7 min ago 😏

[@NightwaveTheDragon]

YESSS EVERYTHING I WANTED! BEST DAY OF MY LIFE , I LOOK FORWARD FOR EVERY SUNDAY!❤❤❤❤

[@Tarragon-kh6ko]

Your What If episodes, or any narrative driven video, are all so creative and detailed, they're just amazing! each small story in these AUs feel like its own separately unique and well-crafted worlds in Wings of Fire, with just as unique and complicated characters to tell the stories. These short snapshots rival those of even the official books and are such high quality. Keep up the amazing works, and I'm excited as always for the next story to come! :D

[@lyaxolotl1300]

Awww that’s nice of you

[@calicohusky]

It's brilliant! I love this 'What if' concept so much! Also, the artwork is amazing!

[@LuxsRadioShow]

Great job! my friend watched this wih me. they love your vids

[@rAg1ng_RaV3n]

I want the cards so badly! The designs are beutiful!

[@janestorm5737]

PART 2, PLEASE! I LOVE THIS AU / WHAT IF

[@lyaxolotl1300]

Good idea

[@Ripple_W0F]

YAY IVE BEEN WAITING ALL DAY FOR THIS

[@Eclipse_727]

Love this video

[@Princess_of_Dragons7]

I love that idea with the cards and the beautiful art!

[@believeinthelostengine3326]

Yooooo! Okay I first found this series a few years ago and recently rediscovered it this week and bingewatched the series. And now it has a new episode! I love your stories and drawings!

[@GundamKType]

This is so cool. I love this one. And I hope there's more of it. And I hope Blue and Cricket still get together.

[@Tr4shD1eCosplay]

This is so good!! You need to make a part 2 of this one!! Its so good!!

[@Not_coraline]

AHHHHHH OH MY GOODNESSS I love your drawing so MUCH first off! The designs are MMMMM BEAUTIFUL! Everything about it is perfection! The poses make it so lifelike and the design for hazel is my favorite! I didn’t expect sundew to be the leafwing! And I think this could be EXACTLY what would happen:) Your such a great ytber and artist cyprus WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!❤❤

[@lyaxolotl1300]

Me too! Nice comment!

[@SketchiDragonWatchesVids]

THIS IS INCREDIBLE!! I loved this What If! It had me on the edge of my seat the ENTIRE TIME! I wish there were an entire book about it! Awesome stuff!

[@lyaxolotl1300]

That’s so nice of you

[@volewhisker1883]

NO NO NO NO NO I NEED A PART 2 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE im going to cry if i dont i will go iinto deppresion. And die. I litteraly gasped when you cut it off 😭😭😭😭

[@jackthedragon525]

Great art

[@ALOTalittle]

Omg pleaseeee do another one! I’ve watched all of them, and so sad it’s over! Your such a good story teller, and your CREATIVITY! OHHHh! I’m really amazed!! Keep going

[@DuskTheSpiderSilkWing]

Thank you so much for doing this! I’ve been asking for it for months! Come on y’all let’s get this girl to 50k subs or let’s go above and beyond and get her a golden plaque/ 1 million subs!!!!

[@sunrayartstudio]

OH MY GOSH I WISH THIS COULD HAPPEN IT'S SO WELL DEVELOPED GOOD JOB, CYPRUS!!!

[@justAhooman777]

Dude!!! This is solid Gold!! I'm gonna save this one to my rewatch list!! 👌

[@GoofyiiDoodler.]

That was an great what if. It made a lot of sense. I feel like this might have been a good alternative option for the books. This was written amazingly. Keep going

[@Fogclaws]

Amazing!

[@Darklordbad21]

Sounds interesting nice!!!!

[@Cardcrumble]

Amazing

[@lycheepoppingboba]

Such a good what if idea!!

[@Storm-bv7pc]

Love it as always, Cyprus! ❤ Gorgeous!

[@lyaxolotl1300]

Me too agreed!

[@CrazyCat-xc2mr]

I love how you made Sundew the dragon stuck in the tree!

[@drawingwithkinleigh8737]

THIS IS SOOO GOOD ❤❤❤❤

[@Xxwingsoffirel0verxX-nh7ne]

This is like the best idea for a "what if" and the story for makes perfect sense 😉 good job and the drawings are soooooo good hope you have a good day😘

[@Robin-s-weird]

I wish I could get the cards SO much! I don’t have the money currently, but if I did, I would TOTALLY buy them! You are SUCH an amazing artist and story teller, your drawing style is my favorite of all of the WoF artists. Your tutorials are so helpful, I am starting to develop my own drawing style, but I will probably always love yours! Your thoughts on the WoF series or very interesting. I especially love your whatsisface series! Again, you are awesome at art and a very wonderful story teller, thank you so much if you read this.

[@bratluv57]

This is amazing!!! Amazing as always

[@Bluejaylover]

AWWWWW My god this is cute. I'll be honest, I don't like Sundew all that much. I mean it's hard for me to like someone who even after meeting Cricket Bumblebee and the Librarian, and learning about Cricket's parents to still want to wipe out the Hivewings. I was deeply satisfied by Tsunami shutting her down quickly in Poison Jungle, as you could imagine. But this is great!

[@Eeveekid012]

I love this vid and i love how this story was so different and unique

[@NorahHachey]

Oh my god this is the best video I’ve ever seen on KZbin I love this way too much and now all I’m going to be able to do is make up more of it thanks for making this it is amazing!❤❤

[@junzkuang9305]

We need a part 2, instantly

[@Frost-2416]

Y'know, the only reason I didn't watch this videos is because I was scared I would start getting the feels.... and I was right. Amazing story, Cyprus. Now, if y'all excuse me, imma watch the rest of "what ifs".

[@1kik0]

i love this you are my fav youtuber im asking for x mas and i love this vid

[@HaleyAcanfrio]

This is one of my favorite what ifs and i really hope you do a part 2 to this one

[@Polarsunsets]

Amazing art and interesting what if-!

[@That1SherbertAlicorn_13]

Lil idea dump :3// What if Fierceteeth and Starflight swapped roles? What if Moonwatcher grew up on the NightWing island? What if Sunny became Queen? What if Blue and Luna swapped roles? Keep up the good work! :3

[@CheesyNuggs]

Bro this is such a cool idea and the art is amazing

[@CatsNight9]

12:10 plays, Me: WAIT WHA!???, but this What If has got to be one of my favorite what ifs along with Turtle and Anenome switching places, but still these what if’s are REALLY cool!

[@PearPlaysGames]

Big fan! Watching 1 HOUR AFTER PUBLISHED!!!!

[@GiyuuTomiokasimp427]

Cyprus I have watched all of them I love this So much I hope to see more !

[@SlimstarThePuppeteer]

I think this is a what if that needs a full read through, because this is AWESOME.

[@cyndipc]

This was beautiful and I love all your videos! They always brighten my days

[@LyssDesigns]

This is fantastic! Love it! I really like how they live in a tree, it’s super cool! If it’s okay, would you consider doing an episode where Darkstalker became king in his legends book?

[@lyaxolotl1300]

Oooooo good idea

[@BenjiDaFloof-se2em]

Looks great so far!

[@Cami-gj3pc]

Please continue the story i need a part 2 pleassseee! Your art is awsome and i love this idea!

[@Wispercloud]

AAAAAAAAAAA! that was my absolute favourite what If EVER! If you don’t do more on it, I will die💀

[@Autumnartzz]

I love your videos and your role motel. I love your videos Cyprus and cant wait for more!

[@smallcharles2254]

I'm gonna be honest. I much prefer this to the original. Just in this small part, I feel nearly every character got something to do that was meaningful. Where as in the original arc 3, one of the characters couldn't make a single meaningful decision in their own entire book. Im looking at you blue (Although its been a bit since I read it So maybe thats not entirly true). Here his personality is all there but he's also active with his choices. Also the first book being cricket in this scenario is perfect. It gives a different perspective to the segregation in the hives as she didn't see the mistreatment of the leaf wings at first but will slowly see it. Instead of it being "roll, your eyes obvious" of what the story is about. This little tid bit of a bigger story got me more invested than nearly the entire 3rd arc. Not that I'm a 3rd arc hater, I had a good time with it, I just think it could've been written better.

[@___AstridTheTherian__-.-]

Ha, I’d describe Sundew : “I am Loyal to Queen wasp!” (Also could you make a what if , What if Queen Coral got captured and Killed instead of gill)

[@Primal_aspid.]

This is my favorite artwork out of all of em yet!

[@BubbleteaNightlight]

I must see more!! A part 2 would be glorious

[@sillyswrdd]

Ouuug I LOVE this one!!! Such a great story. I think about it sometimes

[@mayaober7777]

That was super creative! I really enjoyed it. Here a some more ideas 1. What if FateSpeaker had fully developed nightwing powers 2. What if MorrowSeer could really see the future 3. What if Starflight was raised by the nightwing tribe (you’ve done a version of thsi for the other dods) 4. What if blue/ Luna was not a flamesilk (either of them works)

[@musicalthoughts109]

This was the best what if ive watched so far!!

[@Mozzyguy]

Your art is absolutly gorgeous!

[@Unazaki]

OOOO I really love this AU idea! Partly because I think it can lead to something much darker in the Arc 3 plots. X3 We free the LeafWings, and potentially bring down the old world (literally) to make way for the new one. Handled well, it could make for a very symbolic fresh start at its conclusion, with the creation of a new Pantalan order with peace between the 3 tribes.

[@mamakaroti3520]

My god, I’m so invested in this idea! If you wanted to, could you maybe make a part two for this? Another idea I have, is what if the silk wings and hive wings swapped places, or hive wings swapped places with the leaf wings! Either one works but i think they would be cool ideas😅😅😅

[@MintSkys]

Amazing artwork as always 💗

[@Wingsoffire17-r5v]

I loved it you are awesome Cyprus ❤

[@Shadow-ug8wr]

I love your art and your writing!

[@ksoup_24]

Your art is so amazing and has inspired me so much thank you!

[@lyaxolotl1300]

That’s nice of you

[@Cricket_Draws]

I wish I could've gotten these earlier! my B-day was yesterday! Im so excited for the cards! This video was SO good!

[@BumbleArtsLikesWarriors]

I had a idea for a what if! What if Morrowseer accepted Fierceteeth’s offer in assasin? To be sent to the continent after a year as a dod

[@Night_silk]

Probably my favorite video from you

[@Night_silk]

Pls do part to this is still my favorite what if that you made

[@ToToo-h1j]

Mad respect to Cyprus for keeping the community alive❤️

[@lyaxolotl1300]

Me too

[@user-bc3jr4fi5v]

I am so glad i was able to get some of those cards 🎉 i also LOVE this story!! Keep up the good work!!!!

[@squiddiot5477]

You should do an AU where Glory and Darkstalker (plus their tribes) switch places. Like, 2000 years ago an animus SkyWing (just to add a bit of irony) fell in love with a RainWing and had two hybrid dragonets, Glory and whats-his-face. Glory is the Darkstalker in this AU, with her falling in love with Deathbringer, a NightWing assassin on the run from his tribe due to the Queen trying to use his powers of foresight to manipulate the ongoing SkyWing-RainWing war to her favor. Listener is replaced by Kinkajou in this, maybe it can be Tsunami or Turtle instead of Fathom, etc. Glory turns evil, gets imprisoned, the RainWings flee to the volcanic island and become mysterious assassins able to spit venom and turn invisible (strange, though, that they only ever seem to be in various shades of gray - but surely that’s where they got their name from, right? Because of that rain-gray color?). Obviously because of chronic sun starvation the modern RainWings can’t do any of that because of the damage from the volcano or whatever. Tamarin, the blind RainWing dragonet at Jade academy, grows up ridiculed by her tribe - but it wasn’t her fault that her mother had hidden her egg in the rocky canyons of the NightWing kingdom, and it wasn’t her fault that she had been able to bask in the sun and eat fruit for her entire life. It wasn’t her fault that despite her blindness, she could turn colors she couldn’t even see, or spit venom from fangs that couldn’t aim. She came to Jade Mountain Academy to avoid her peers, to learn to keep a blank gray appearance (easier said than done when one can’t even see what color they are) and maybe make some friends. But she keeps having dreams about this strange green-blue and orange RainWing who keeps trying to talk to her, saying that they were both ‘Sunbound’ by an animus magic she created long ago to connect the RainWing tribe together, to make them stronger (to Tamarin, that sounded a lot like mind control, but whatever). Idk where it might go next, but that’s my idea 👀

[@Switch.01134]

I love how Luna is the battle scared one I was like “Nooooo, what’s the ending!!!” I am really excited for the season finale 😁

[@lyaxolotl1300]

Me too

[@dragonstalker2873]

I love this. I want to explain how I see how this alternate version of the story goes. There are powerful Leafwings that are kept hidden away in the trees to power them, while the rest are kept as a back up in case something happens to the leafwing powering the tree or for breeding to create more leaf speaking Leafwings. When young leaf-speaking Leafwings are young, they are tested by the Hivewings to see how powerful their leaf speak truly is (kind of like how the metamorphosis thing for the Silkwings was on display so they could see if they turned out to be a Flamesilk), if their leafspeak is nothing really remarkable, they are just given a job fixing the tree's wounds. But if a powerful leafspeaker is found, they are captured, fed the breath of evil, and forced to power the tree (or be kept prisoner like I said earlier). Sundew was a child of a captive leafspeaker and she had a normalish dragonethood. She one day met Hazel (or whatever Leafwing got the silkwings to help save Sundew in Cyprus' story. I forgot who exactly), and they became best friends. But on the day the test came, Sundew was found to be a very powerful leaf speaker and was taken away and put into one of the trees. Hazel (I'm just going to refer to the other Leafwing as Hazel), desperate to find her friend left her hive and accidentally discovered the Silkwings, Luna and Swordtail wanted to kill Hazel to make sure they were never discovered, but when Hazel revealed that Sundews powers could cripple the Hivewings trees (Just like how the Leafwings in book 11 really only helped Cricket, Swordtail, and Blue because they wanted help to get the Book of Clearsight. A tactical advantage against the Hivewings.) Luna, Swordtail and Blue agreed to help Hazel get Sundew back. And after a bit of work (I didn't know what to put in between this and them finding Sundew so I didn't put anything here.), they found Sundew and Cricket and the events that Cyrpus talked about happened. I hope that in Cyprus' version of the story, that Blue and Cricket still end up falling in love.

[@kraftykaty6287]

Heres some ideas: what if the silkwings fought back with the leafwings against wasp? What if silkwings/leafwings were the dominant species instead of hivewings? What if wasp attempted to kill off silkwings too? What if queen sequoia's plan worked out? What if leafwings escaped to pyrriah instead of the poison jungle?