Sorry for bugging you, but this was the highest spot on the page, and I want my theory on the paladins to be visible. Ahem. On tumblr, red stated this in response to someone asking if there were other dragon-body based ranks in the paladins: “Yes. Seven in total.” While short this implies a lot. Here I have put together a list of which body parts I think these are, starting with the ones that have already appeared.
Horns: the guy from the end of the prologue for arc two
Wings: mystery man that killed that cave crawler
Eyes: Theia
Talons/Claws: Falst
Now into the ones that that we haven seen yet.
Tail?
Scales?
Breath?
Idk “Bearer of my breath” sounds a little weird, but whatever.
The guy that the hornbearer contacts, Septrenn, is probably also one, but he might also be the champion guy.
Let me know what you guys think
I think “Septrenn” is a made-up word for this group of “seven in total.” The horn-bearer is contacting the other six. Or, in my headcanon, the other *five,* because all they know about Falst is that there’s a claw-bearer out there somewhere… but they still call themselves the Septrenn, because the word still describes their group.
Ooh good point. I also think theia aka the eyes is probably the same way, but more as like a “hidden vessel within the organization that only the lady knows who it is” type thing
Sorry, looking back on it I probably should have just posted it. But I was too exited and wanted everyone to see it. I was also pretty sleep-deprived lol
If we are mentioning theories here, I’m pretty sure that the light dragon is the sun. It explains origin, feud with voidy, and why elementals would care about stars being eaten. Plus, we know sun was here before elementals, and has a mysterious and poorly understood god who might not exist.
Dainix: Desperately trying to figure out how Falst saved his life from the Glort, while being completely confused about Falst’s weird response to him. (Also waving his hands about dramatically.)
Falst: Dying of embarrassment because he was holding Dainix’s hand while they were being pulled out of the ruins, and completely misinterpreted what the topic of conversation was. Also has no idea what happened in the ruins because he was busy passing out. (Slowly sinking deeper into his hammock as he decides he must have done something extremely humiliating.)
Confusion spirals and False backtracks,
Wishing his weakness could be hid.
‘Til Falst stops dead when Dainix yells,
“You really have NO idea what you did?!”
“If I licked you or something, just tell me
So I can die already.”
Falst says, sinking in his hammock.
“No!” Yells Dainix, for this unready.
I’d like to take this opportunity to compliment Red’s exclamation points- the looping top bit is really nice.
Falst: So… what did I do?
Dainix: You were cute and vulnerable and we need to talk about that.
Falst: I promise it will never happen again!
Dainix: No, you misunderstand. I am trying to tell you that you can be cute and vulnerable with me. You are safe, you can trust me and I’ll do my best to never hurt you.
Falst: Are you… proposing to me?
Dainix: … No. I barely know you for one day!
And of course, Falst’s thoughts are not about weird magic, “what could I have done that’s MORE embarrassing than holding his hand??” Because if Dainix isn’t upset about the hand holding, he must have done something way worse, right?
I feel like once it dawns on Falst that Dainix didn’t mind the hand holding, he’s going to be even more confused 🤣
Also, it makes sense if he used light magic, because I always thought it odd that he had such a natural talent with the lacrima magic – so he has an innate sense for using it?
Wait, is it really the first page with thought-bubbles? That’s crazy. I feel like she would have used them by now (also, tbf, there’s an image in the bubble and not text, but still)…
Actually this is the second image based thought bubble in the comic. The first was in 1-11-11, panel 5, as Kendal realises Alinua’s plant collosus form is linked to what the Collector is talking about.
I really like how they’re as much like tiny panel insets as they are thought bubbles, in line with Dainix’s full-panel flashback a few pages ago, and each bordered in a different way. Dainix’s flashback is a rare example of diagonal panel borders in Aurora, although I think they do show up in action scenes.
Loving the expression on the the second-to-last panel. You can clearly read the “oh God, I DID ONE OTHER THING AFTER THE HANDHOLDING. WHAT? WHAT DID I DO?!” in Falst’s face.
His mind going immediately to licking as a possible outcome of him being barely conscious is also wild.
Its actually a very simple process
First, you must find a sarcasm mage.
After you find one, you must kill them inorder to obsorb their sarcastic magic.
Then finally, practise using said magic untill you are an OVERLY sarcastic mage.
(is this funny? I honestly have no clue. It’s suposed to be…)
a tiny part of my brain is screaming “ANOTHER SORT OF CLIFFHANGER?!?! NO!!!” but the most of the rest of my brain is just maniacally giggling.
I honestly love this page so much.
Falst. What. You absolute goober. Also: apparently he doesn’t remember the giant glowy claw attack, after all?? I like Dainix’s (absolutely warranted) expressive exasperation too. This page is comedy gold.
WAIT A SECOND, DAINIX IS BLUSHING IN PANEL 4. I REPEAT, DAINIX IS BLUSHING.
(it’s a little hard to see in the lighting, but if you zoom in you can tell)
“It’s normal to blush in weird, embarrassing situations!”
“Yeah!”
“Just because I’m blushing right now, that doesn’t necessarily mean that I’m into you!”
“Of course!”
“I can’t believe how much these fans overreact to the tiniest, most insignificant things!”
“Me neither!”
“…”
“…ARE you into me, though?”
“Yeah, absolutely.”
*sloppy makeouts ensue*
I have full respect for the Ferinheit ship, but I do feel that, even with all this blushing, that this could be two guys, regardless of sexual orientation, who don’t like other people seeing that they’re not 100% self-sufficient, and need something from another person sometimes. Emotional needs? Mild regression under extreme trauma? Nope, that’s not tactical. Don’t know what you’re talking about.
*clears throat* Although I also support this ship, I agree with you as well? Nothing is confirmed yet, and I’m just hoping that other fans of the ship aren’t going to take it a bit far in the comments 😅
Also, this comic is usually my morning break from the MHA fandom (others involved in it know what it’s like) so I really hope that some of the comments aren’t going to jump the gun with this 🙂
He already has the teeth of a cat, so I don’t why he wouldn’t have a sandpaper tongue as well. This would allow Falst to “rasp meat from bones” and “scoop up water” when he drinks by means of papillae, which resemble backward-pointing hooks. Interestingly, it would also mean he has a smaller sensory range of taste compared to everyone else.
My follow-up question is, can we get word of Red on whether Falst has full-body fur that’s too short and fine for the “resolution” at which Red draws the comic, or if he just has floof in the visually obvious places?
IDK if Ferin work like this, but without full-body fur, there’s limited usefulness for a sandpaper tongue. Also, IIRC, not all felines, especially large ones in both genera, have a sandpaper tongue.
Someone with a Tumblr account could ask the question. I don’t have one, and I’m not quite curious enough to create an account just to ask if Falst has a cat tongue.
Way back on 1.19.17, we got a shot of Falst’s back sans shirt, and there was a really nice line of fur that went partway down his spine (which made me want to stroke it, but that’s beside the point). I haven’t seen that design aspect since then, in spite of his current shirtless state, but that might support your full-body fur theory.
Okay, I’m starting to feel like my read, that they’re *not* particularly into each other “that way,” and both feel awkward about it, is maybe actually sort of what’s going on here… but, WOW, is this all about humiliation, for Falst?
Also, I’ll take this opportunity to post my musings that Falst’s mysterious magical ability and connection to some higher being might have something to do with his vague visual similarity to how Red draws Sun Wukong…
The blush after Dainix thinks about it makes me think you might be wrong there! I think it’s a little too early to tell, honestly. I think it could develop either way
Not related to ferinhiet or this page but I just finished watching the owl house and now every time someone says ‘the collector’ I think about a small maniac child with a blue face. Cute.
Aw, that’s nice. The collector was my favorite character! (In the owl house, not aurora)
Side note: I’m pretty sure that Erin, at one point, specified that ferin don’t have a connection to the elements and they can’t use magic. (I was reading through the comic last night). If Falst is a ferin, then how did he summon the light-claw thing? I saw a comment suggesting that it might be the light counterpart of the Void dragon.
Dainix’s thought bubble looks like the page is burning and revealing the other page! Reminds me of when Tynan’s speech bubbles looked like storm clouds with lightning bolts in his dragon form.
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Sorry for bugging you, but this was the highest spot on the page, and I want my theory on the paladins to be visible. Ahem. On tumblr, red stated this in response to someone asking if there were other dragon-body based ranks in the paladins: “Yes. Seven in total.” While short this implies a lot. Here I have put together a list of which body parts I think these are, starting with the ones that have already appeared.
Horns: the guy from the end of the prologue for arc two
Wings: mystery man that killed that cave crawler
Eyes: Theia
Talons/Claws: Falst
Now into the ones that that we haven seen yet.
Tail?
Scales?
Breath?
Idk “Bearer of my breath” sounds a little weird, but whatever.
The guy that the hornbearer contacts, Septrenn, is probably also one, but he might also be the champion guy.
Let me know what you guys think
I think “Septrenn” is a made-up word for this group of “seven in total.” The horn-bearer is contacting the other six. Or, in my headcanon, the other *five,* because all they know about Falst is that there’s a claw-bearer out there somewhere… but they still call themselves the Septrenn, because the word still describes their group.
Ooh good point. I also think theia aka the eyes is probably the same way, but more as like a “hidden vessel within the organization that only the lady knows who it is” type thing
I understand why you did it, but it’s still kind of a rude thing to do dude
Sorry, looking back on it I probably should have just posted it. But I was too exited and wanted everyone to see it. I was also pretty sleep-deprived lol
If we are mentioning theories here, I’m pretty sure that the light dragon is the sun. It explains origin, feud with voidy, and why elementals would care about stars being eaten. Plus, we know sun was here before elementals, and has a mysterious and poorly understood god who might not exist.
WAH, how did I miss this that’s SUCH a good theory, WAIT that has interesting connotations with the star metal/fire, I need to go theorise NOW 🙂
Twitter Text: not a fan of mondays huh
Tumblr text: and we’re back!
So much awkwardness
But it seems he doesn’t know
He used light magic
Wait, where was that? I missed it
https://comicaurora.com/aurora/1-22-37/
Colour of the “move” and the magic look like the Void Dragon’s still technically unnamed ‘opposite’.
I vote for ‘Wanda’
Does that make the void dragon “Cosmo”?
The fandom has named her “Lucy.”
This whole page is hilarious 🤣
I’d say that you people can’t imagine the shit-eating grin I had on my face as I read this page, but I’m pretty sure most of you can imagine.
Most of us had the same shit eating grin
Our minds… they are like those of twins!
this page had me genuinely cackling, especially their back-and-forth. stars above, im almost sad that we’re moving back into plot relevant topics…
Can confirm, I’ve just been reading this page over and grinning for the last five minutes
Gotta stop reading these in class.
Hah, me too
As always, love Falsts expressions 🙂
Dainix: Desperately trying to figure out how Falst saved his life from the Glort, while being completely confused about Falst’s weird response to him. (Also waving his hands about dramatically.)
Falst: Dying of embarrassment because he was holding Dainix’s hand while they were being pulled out of the ruins, and completely misinterpreted what the topic of conversation was. Also has no idea what happened in the ruins because he was busy passing out. (Slowly sinking deeper into his hammock as he decides he must have done something extremely humiliating.)
Me: Loving every second of this.
LICKING!
RED STOP 😂😂😂😂
“If I licked you or something, just tell me so I can die already.” I’M FUCKING DYING FALST IS SUCH A CAT
Confusion spirals and False backtracks,
Wishing his weakness could be hid.
‘Til Falst stops dead when Dainix yells,
“You really have NO idea what you did?!”
“If I licked you or something, just tell me
So I can die already.”
Falst says, sinking in his hammock.
“No!” Yells Dainix, for this unready.
I’d like to take this opportunity to compliment Red’s exclamation points- the looping top bit is really nice.
Back at it again, so here follows this page and last:
And here we see great misunderstanding
With Dainix for magic an explanation demanding
While Falst is a-panick, and wonders what to do
Then finally bursts “Sorry I held hands with you!”
They talk it out with much confusion
And Falst forgot the magic, is my conclusion
This brings me so much joy 🙂
Glad to hear it!
I’m with Falst here, I have no idea what Dainix is talking about and I would very much like to know… 🤔😆
Pretty sure he’s talking about the giant magical claw swipe through the slime when Dainix was hanging off the edge
On 1.22.37 he conjured some kind of Light claws to save Dainix from the late Glort.
And fans go wild! Let the shipping begin!
Falst: So… what did I do?
Dainix: You were cute and vulnerable and we need to talk about that.
Falst: I promise it will never happen again!
Dainix: No, you misunderstand. I am trying to tell you that you can be cute and vulnerable with me. You are safe, you can trust me and I’ll do my best to never hurt you.
Falst: Are you… proposing to me?
Dainix: … No. I barely know you for one day!
And of course, Falst’s thoughts are not about weird magic, “what could I have done that’s MORE embarrassing than holding his hand??” Because if Dainix isn’t upset about the hand holding, he must have done something way worse, right?
I feel like once it dawns on Falst that Dainix didn’t mind the hand holding, he’s going to be even more confused 🤣
Also, it makes sense if he used light magic, because I always thought it odd that he had such a natural talent with the lacrima magic – so he has an innate sense for using it?
Fourth. Also this would be the first time red used thought bubles, which is a choice.
Wait, is it really the first page with thought-bubbles? That’s crazy. I feel like she would have used them by now (also, tbf, there’s an image in the bubble and not text, but still)…
Actually this is the second image based thought bubble in the comic. The first was in 1-11-11, panel 5, as Kendal realises Alinua’s plant collosus form is linked to what the Collector is talking about.
I really like how they’re as much like tiny panel insets as they are thought bubbles, in line with Dainix’s full-panel flashback a few pages ago, and each bordered in a different way. Dainix’s flashback is a rare example of diagonal panel borders in Aurora, although I think they do show up in action scenes.
falst is just on a completely different thought process to Dainix huh
this page legit had me kicking my legs and grinning so awkward i LIVE for it
The furious agreement is really selling the “Not at all into you” thing guys, I think you should keep doing it.
I can’t with these two XD I love them so goddamn much omg <3
GAY GAY GAY GAY GAY GAY GAY GAY CATTTTT
“Oh?!”
Careful Falst, your interest is showing.
Love the faces. Just love all the faces. Especially Falst’s 🤣
This page was fantastic 😂
Is Dainix blushing in the fourth panel (I am delusional)
No, I saw it too 😁
Loving the expression on the the second-to-last panel. You can clearly read the “oh God, I DID ONE OTHER THING AFTER THE HANDHOLDING. WHAT? WHAT DID I DO?!” in Falst’s face.
His mind going immediately to licking as a possible outcome of him being barely conscious is also wild.
I also love how this page kind of mirrors the last page, in which it’s DAINIX who’s trying to figure out what’s going on, in the last panel.
I have to wait two whole days to see more of these goofballs who are definitely just friends yep sure surely wow besties ?!?!
one of my favourite convos in the whole comic tbh
oh just to clarify the “just friends part” should be read in a mildly sarcastic/overly sincere tone because omg gay cat I love Falst so much
Was it an Overly Sarcastic comment?
(dumb joke, I know, go ahead and boo)
I’d like to add an overly sarcastic reply but don’t know how. Teach me your magic.
Its actually a very simple process
First, you must find a sarcasm mage.
After you find one, you must kill them inorder to obsorb their sarcastic magic.
Then finally, practise using said magic untill you are an OVERLY sarcastic mage.
(is this funny? I honestly have no clue. It’s suposed to be…)
Its not funny. (i’m still training, don,t kill me)
a tiny part of my brain is screaming “ANOTHER SORT OF CLIFFHANGER?!?! NO!!!” but the most of the rest of my brain is just maniacally giggling.
I honestly love this page so much.
The fact that Falst instantly assumed that he licked Dainix implies that he has licked other people while on the brink of unconsciousness before.
Just saying.
Oh my gods you might be right, this is now even better!
Or he’s imagined doing it with Dainix? But it’s probably too early for that
Licking, I mean
I feel Falst should have the high ground more often. It gives him more sass, which is what we all need from this by
News flash: the gay idiots are being gay and idiots. lol
Falst… The licking comment is not helping your case. Just how down bad are you buddy? XD
Awwww it’s mutual
Falst. What. You absolute goober. Also: apparently he doesn’t remember the giant glowy claw attack, after all?? I like Dainix’s (absolutely warranted) expressive exasperation too. This page is comedy gold.
It looked like Falst was spitting venom there for a sec and it definitely added to the 6th panel.
WAIT A SECOND, DAINIX IS BLUSHING IN PANEL 4. I REPEAT, DAINIX IS BLUSHING.
(it’s a little hard to see in the lighting, but if you zoom in you can tell)
“It’s normal to blush in weird, embarrassing situations!”
“Yeah!”
“Just because I’m blushing right now, that doesn’t necessarily mean that I’m into you!”
“Of course!”
“I can’t believe how much these fans overreact to the tiniest, most insignificant things!”
“Me neither!”
“…”
“…ARE you into me, though?”
“Yeah, absolutely.”
*sloppy makeouts ensue*
I have full respect for the Ferinheit ship, but I do feel that, even with all this blushing, that this could be two guys, regardless of sexual orientation, who don’t like other people seeing that they’re not 100% self-sufficient, and need something from another person sometimes. Emotional needs? Mild regression under extreme trauma? Nope, that’s not tactical. Don’t know what you’re talking about.
*clears throat* Although I also support this ship, I agree with you as well? Nothing is confirmed yet, and I’m just hoping that other fans of the ship aren’t going to take it a bit far in the comments 😅
Also, this comic is usually my morning break from the MHA fandom (others involved in it know what it’s like) so I really hope that some of the comments aren’t going to jump the gun with this 🙂
it is veeery faint but you can see dainix’s blush a teeny bit in that fourth panel. is very cute ahah XD now i wonder what he thinks about that.
also love how you did the thought bubble!!! it looks very cool :>
Okay, so maybe I’m weird, but now I’m wondering if Falst has a tongue like a cat’s. Cause that’d be kind of awesome.
oh GOSH that’s gonna make the kiss so weird—
He already has the teeth of a cat, so I don’t why he wouldn’t have a sandpaper tongue as well. This would allow Falst to “rasp meat from bones” and “scoop up water” when he drinks by means of papillae, which resemble backward-pointing hooks. Interestingly, it would also mean he has a smaller sensory range of taste compared to everyone else.
My follow-up question is, can we get word of Red on whether Falst has full-body fur that’s too short and fine for the “resolution” at which Red draws the comic, or if he just has floof in the visually obvious places?
IDK if Ferin work like this, but without full-body fur, there’s limited usefulness for a sandpaper tongue. Also, IIRC, not all felines, especially large ones in both genera, have a sandpaper tongue.
Someone with a Tumblr account could ask the question. I don’t have one, and I’m not quite curious enough to create an account just to ask if Falst has a cat tongue.
Way back on 1.19.17, we got a shot of Falst’s back sans shirt, and there was a really nice line of fur that went partway down his spine (which made me want to stroke it, but that’s beside the point). I haven’t seen that design aspect since then, in spite of his current shirtless state, but that might support your full-body fur theory.
gay gay homosexual gay ga-
Public service annoincement: Falstaff is bi, specifically “about a four” on the kinsey scale
Stupid phone. Stupid autocorrect. Why would correct “Falst” but not “annoincement”
Now it’s just a Shakespeare headcanon.
oo nice thx for letting me know :33
bi bi homosexual bi bi-
They were BOTH blushing!!!
Okay, I’m starting to feel like my read, that they’re *not* particularly into each other “that way,” and both feel awkward about it, is maybe actually sort of what’s going on here… but, WOW, is this all about humiliation, for Falst?
Also, I’ll take this opportunity to post my musings that Falst’s mysterious magical ability and connection to some higher being might have something to do with his vague visual similarity to how Red draws Sun Wukong…
I like how it looks like Danix’s thought bubble has burned onto the page!
Yeah, third visually-depicted memory, each bordered and designed in a unique manner. See the specific thread above!
The blush after Dainix thinks about it makes me think you might be wrong there! I think it’s a little too early to tell, honestly. I think it could develop either way
Comedy? In my Aurora comic? It’s been far too long’
I’d like to refer you to Tess, Tarren, and the Isometric Stretches.
Local catboy gets flustered over a miscommunication
Oh my beautiful oblivious floofy boi
TL;DR: Shouting match, go!
it was the heaaaaat of the mooooment, telling me what your heaaaart meaaaant
Just boys being boys. This is hilarious.
Not related to ferinhiet or this page but I just finished watching the owl house and now every time someone says ‘the collector’ I think about a small maniac child with a blue face. Cute.
Aw, that’s nice. The collector was my favorite character! (In the owl house, not aurora)
Side note: I’m pretty sure that Erin, at one point, specified that ferin don’t have a connection to the elements and they can’t use magic. (I was reading through the comic last night). If Falst is a ferin, then how did he summon the light-claw thing? I saw a comment suggesting that it might be the light counterpart of the Void dragon.
Dainix’s thought bubble looks like the page is burning and revealing the other page! Reminds me of when Tynan’s speech bubbles looked like storm clouds with lightning bolts in his dragon form.
Don’t you just love it when you have two characters talk to each other about a misunderstanding and they clear it up without anything messy happening
First Falst blush… now even Dainix blush… they are so cute, I ship them soo much! <3
Alright now that we’ve confirmed how super NOT GAY we both are, we can move on to our NEXT extensional crisis, AKA, FALST HOW THE FUCK-
my giggles are inhumen red…
This is so freaking cute I’m gonna SCREAM