Cabbage-white

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Cabbage-white is my entry for the New Beginnings contest. I'd appreciate if you didn't touch this page!
C A B B A G E - W H I T E 	C A B B A G E - W H I T E
 	
~ BACKGROUND INFORMATION ~	~ BACKGROUND INFORMATION ~
Creator 	Sapphire
Main attribute 	Determined
Elemental attribute 	Grass, cotton fields, butterflies, summer days
Theme animal 	White tiger/cabbage white butterfly
Theme color 	White/ivory/pale yellow
~ CHARACTER INFORMATION ~ 	~ CHARACTER INFORMATION ~
Age 	6
Gender 	Genderqueer (any pronouns work, but prefers they/them or she/her)
Orientation 	Lesbian
Nickname 	Cabbie
Occupation 	Artist by trade
Tribe 	SilkWing
Goal 	To escape the Othermind and start a new life; formerly, to be the very best artist in the Hive; above all, to be accepted for who they are
Residence 	Currently on the fly across the sea towards Pyrrhia; formerly Bloodworm Hive
Relatives 	Swallowtail (little sister, deceased); unnamed mother and father
Allies 	Their girlfriend, Ladybug
Enemies 	Their parents (formerly), Queen Wasp, the Othermind
Likes 	Weaving, abstract painting, heavy metal music, flying, big cats, honey drops
Dislikes 	Soft/calming music, chocolate, HiveWings, LeafWings, humidity, the cold
Powers and abilities 	Can spin silk just like any other SilkWing
Weapons 	No natural weapons
ships 	Cabbagebug (Cabbage-white + Ladybug)
quote 	"I don't care what you think. I am who I am, and I've got this."
==A P P E A R A N C E==
Cabbage-white was named for the cabbage white butterfly, and as such they have a similar colour scheme. Their main colours are cream and yellow, with ivory wings and a small grey "inkblot" marking on each wing--again, just like their namesake. They have yellow antennae--which are usually only gently furled up--and soft greyish-green eyes.
They're also somewhat short for their age, but not slight; in fact, they're quite stocky. Despite their thicker build, they're surprisingly soft on their feet.
==P E R S O N A L I T Y==
Cabbage-white may not be a flamesilk, but their personality is just as hot! They're usually energetic and upbeat, but they do have a rather short fuse. Cabbie is fiercely protective of those whom they love, and will fight tooth and nail to protect them. In their relationship, Cabbie's the more bold and outgoing dragon.
==H I S T O R Y==
===Background===
Cabbage-white was born in Bloodworm Hive to a pair of unassuming SilkWings who, growing up, hated each other but were paired together anyway. As such, Cabbage-white was constantly surrounded by quarrelling and shouting. On multiple occasions, their mother tried to run away to Tsetse Hive, but was always caught by HiveWing authorities and punished.
When their parents weren't yelling at each other, they were yelling at Cabbage-white. In their early years, it seemed like they were nothing more than a target for their parents to take their anger out on. On the occasion of their third hatching day, however, Cabbage-white made the decision to come out as a genderqueer lesbian. Big mistake. That was the day they discovered that their parents were extremely homophobic.
From that day on, Cabbage-white's parents began physically abusing her. It was also around that time when Cabbage-white met Ladybug, a friendly female HiveWing. School became a refuge for Cabbage-white from her difficult home life. For at least a few hours, the SilkWing was safe and generally accepted. 
Because of the fiasco of her initial coming-out, Cabbage-white became extremely self-conscious about her gender identity and orientation. She knew that this was who she was, yet her fear lay in not knowing how other dragons would react. Once happy and full of energy, Cabbage-white became quiet and withdrawn due to her paranoia. If it weren't for Ladybug, that's how she would still be.
From the moment they met, the HiveWing and the SilkWing were fast friends--the latter later realizing that her feelings for the former went a little deeper than mere friendship. Still, due to her crippling fear, Cabbage-white bit her tongue and pretended to be straight as an arrow. That is, until Ladybug took her aside and confessed her own feelings for her.
Cabbage-white and Ladybug immediately began dating after that, albeit in secret, as SilkWings and HiveWings are generally forbidden to be in relationships.
Three years later...
Cabbage-white was in school when someone smelled smoke. SilkWings and HiveWings alike began panicking, and the school officials sent everyone home. The smoke grew thicker and thicker as Cabbie made her way through the chaos in the streets. It wasn't until an entire chunk of the Hive structure came down that she realized that the entire Hive was on fire. She raced home and, to her great shock, was embraced by her mother. The family attempted to escape Bloodworm Hive, although they were somewhat encumbered by wingless Swallowtail. They were almost out when Swallowtail turned around--ran over to a tiny dragonet who was crying--charged inside a crumbling house--tossed a well-loved stuffed toy out the window--but never came out. Cabbage-white waited...and waited...before her father brushed her wing with his. 
The family flew far, far away from the ruins of their Hive and towards the Distant Kingdoms.
==R E L A T I O N S H I P S==
~ P A R E N T S ~
Cabbage-white's relationship with her parents has always been...strained, to say the least. They were never her biggest fans, but the real abuse began when Cabbie was 3 and decided to come out as a lesbian. Later they blamed her for Swallowtail's death during the Hive's fall. As they were fleeing Pantala, however, their attitude towards Cabbie began to soften--in fact, her mother said "I love you" for the first time in Cabbie's memory! Cabbie herself is currently re-evaluating her relationship with her parents and thinks that the crisis is, in some way, healing past wounds and patching up new ones. Formerly very negative; now almost...positive?
~ S W A L L O W T A I L ~
There are no words in Dragon to describe the relationship Cabbage-white had with their little sister, Swallowtail. Swallowtail was Cabbie's first and best friend and the first dragon they came out to. Cabbie was shattered after Swallowtail died in the Hive's collapse, but forced themself to hold back the tears. Now Cabbie is beginning to come to terms with their sister's death, although they sometimes let the tears flow at night when everyone else is asleep. Very positive!
~ L A D Y B U G ~
Cabbage-white loves Ladybug very much, and was heartbroken when Wasp overtook the entire HiveWing tribe--Ladybug included--to create an army to send to the Poison Jungle. Ladybug was the first dragon that Cabbie ever really felt safe around and was the one she went to when something was troubling her. Very positive!
== C R E D I T S==
~Background photo: Aaron Burden on Unsplash
~Infobox ref: GlamorousSneaking, coloured by me
~Bottom-right headshot: Cloud of the IceWings
~Coding on page: me!
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Category:Dragonets
Category:SilkWings
Category:LGBT+
Category:Non-binary
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Category:Occupation (Artist)
Category:Females