Nextgen Headcanons

i smell judgement from the fact that i have a nextgen au

this is kind of messy but. so is my thought process for this. it takes place at around 5,035 AS jsyk

## **What is and isn't canon here**

* Anything post arc two is not canon in this au (arc three)
* My following fanfics are canon in this au (in hopefully chronological order):
	+ *A Violet's Solace* - Daffiolet shipfic
	+ *Dragonspeaker* - L2 sequel fic
	+ *Blossoming Bells* (wip) - Sequel to AVS
	+ *Falling Fronds* (wip) - Leaf gets therapy fic (it's technically the Leafest/Mothest fic but it doesn't happen until later on so i don't count it as much)
	+ *Oscillator* (wip) - the actual nextgen stuff
* A couple of the outcomes of the canon ships didn't happen in this au, such as:
	+ The outcome of the Qinterwatcher triangle. Instead they all stayed single
	+ L\*\*vy is instead a purely platonic brotp (it's semi-canon because of that forced kiss so it counts, sigh...)
	+ Glorybringer is just. not a thing
	+ It's one-sided atm but like. Cleril is not a thing here
	+ Ripnami stays platonic
	+ Turtlejou does not become an actual thing

## **Detailed info on canon characters**

(that are relevant enough for me to note)

* Wren and Ivy eventually become a couple in an open relationship, as Ivy's also in a long distance QPR with Violet and Daffodil. They live in Sanctuary and work on human-dragon relations with Winter, and adopt several orphaned human children and dragonets
* Sky also lives with Wren and Ivy in Sanctuary, and helps out with human-dragon relations as well. He is pretty much an uncle to Wren and Ivy's adopted kids
* Rowan, Grove, Cranberry, and Thyme ended up successfully starting their new town and called it "the Haven."
	+ Some of the first residents were Rowan's other three sisters, Tadpole, and Undauntable.
	+ Cranberry is the mayor of the town, with Rowan and Grove often helping out.
	+ It is partially merged with Sanctuary due to the two being so close
	+ Grovanberry is just a very obvious thing and so is Thymellia. Grove, Rowan, and Cranberry are all actually married though and have one kid
* Undauntable left the IC for the Haven and lived with Tadpole for the longest. They did eventually get together, and upon hearing that the Invincible Lord was overthrown in the IC, the two went back to rebuild the city and rule over it together.
* Leaf lived in the Haven for a couple of years before heading to Valor, mainly so he could get therapy due to his upbringing in Talisman, his parents, etc. He stays with Forest and Moth in the meanwhile
* Daffodil and Violet eventually get married, and are also in a QPR with Ivy. Both are still Wingwatchers, though Violet is second in command of the Wingwatchers. Violet is missing an arm though, due to an accident that happened while some apprentices were skygazing. They have two kids, Sabrewing and Ixia.
* Forest and Moth live in Valor with Leaf, Mothest being a QPR. Leafest eventually does happen, but wayyyy down the road. Forest is still a Wingwatcher and Moth retired early, instead opting to work as a shopkeep like his father (that is a headcanon). Brook asked Forest if he was interested in being Valor's lord after her, to which while he was interested, he didn't think he was the best fit for the job.
* Pine retired as a Wingwatcher and trained to become a professional therapist. It's a hc of mine that he and Squirrel were dating prior to his banishment so the two finally made their relationship official
* Brook eventually retired as commander of the Wingwatchers so she could live out the rest of her life solely as Valor's lord and with Lark. She appointed Foxglove as the next commander of the Wingwatchers.
* Azalea never returned to Valor out of anger due to her banishment and due to Heath's initial punishment. She instead brought the other banished who didn't return to Valor to the Haven and stayed.
* Daisy and Chipmunk are married and have kids yes it is vanilla no i do not *care*
* Lark got a divorce with Heath and both are on semi-friendly terms for Ivy's sake. Lark's in a relationship with Brook at this point and would like to raise more kids, but is perfectly content with it being just her and Brook (and Forest and Ivy)
* Foxglove is eventually appointed the next Wingwatcher commander and is struggling to handle the workload, but gets assistance from Squirrel (and Pine). She really misses Azalea, though - Ivy picks up on this really quickly and offers to bring Azalea a message from her. Foxglove and Azalea eventually begin delivering each other letters through Ivy - Ivy doesn't mind one bit and is happy that Foxglove and Azalea are still able to talk in some form

## **Headcanons within the nextgen**

* Leaf, Ivy, and Wren all came to see Daffodil and Violet's wedding, much to Daffodil and Violet's surprise. Ivy and Daisy were the ones who cheered the loudest, let's be real here (and probably Violet's dads as well)

## **Nextgen ocs**

* Daffiolet kids
	+ Sabrewing - Human (Sky/Ice) - Non-binary - Xe/xem - 15 years
	+ Ixia - Human - Male - He/him - 12 years
* Wrenvy kids/dragonets (adopted)
	+ Chinkapin - Human - Female - She/her - 27 years
	+ Ptarmigan - Mud/Ice - Male - He/him - 5 years
	+ Rockhopper - Ice - Male - He/him - 9 years
	+ Suncup - Human - Demiboy - He/they - 13 years
	+ Kit - Sky/Sand - Lunarian - Ze/she - 7 years
* Daisymunk kids
	+ Swallow - Human - Bigender - He/she - 19 years
	+ Darnel - Human - Female - She/her - 16 years
	+ Zelkova - Human - Female - She/they - 15 years
* Grovanberry kid
	+ Wisteria - Human - Male - He/him - 17 years