To explain, here is a quick summary of how each protagonist developed throughout the first five books:Ĭlay’s book was first: He starts out believing that he doesn’t have what it takes to be a part of such an important prophecy and that he has an awful monster inside him, which he’s scared to let out.

While the other four original protagonists (Clay, Tsunami, Glory, and Sunny) only go through sufficient character development through just their own book, Starflight has an overarching development throughout all five books. For another thing, he’s by far the most well-rounded character in all of Arc 1 due to his incredibly polished and stretched-out character arc. If you really pay attention you’ll see that, unlike all the other Dragonets of Destiny except Sunny, not even once did Starflight ever consider giving up on stopping the war and bringing peace to Pyrrhia, which is the most majorly overlooked concept about his character throughout the fandom: that he never intended on backing out. Though at first glance he may not appear to be much of a sympathetic and righteous kind of character, in the moment of truth he always makes the moral decisions no matter how fearful he is of the consequences, as well as feel remorse and want to help anyone going through a hard time. For one thing, Starflight has an absolute heart of gold.

Both Starflight as a character and The Dark Secret as a book deserve so much more recognition for their magnificent writing. And while I’m on the topic, I might as well also talk about how his book is one of the most beautifully written entries in the Wings Of Fire franchise. Which is why I’m here to tell you that Starflight is so, SO much more than just your classic cowardly brainiac. Overall, most readers don’t see a whole lot in his character… The majority of the fandom either likes him for being an adorable harmless boy who just wants to read his scrolls in peace, or dislikes him for being a know-it-all coward who constantly needs someone else to take the risks for him. Another common opinion around the fandom is that Starflight is overall a pretty simple character a bookworm who freezes in fear when faced with danger.

If you browse around and check out the popular opinion across the Wings Of Fire fandom, you might hear that of all the books in the franchise, The Dark Secret (Book 4, Starflight’s book) is regarded as the singular least beloved due to certain events that go down at the end or introducing unlikable characters or not having as much action as the other entries.

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