Tsunami could’ve been an animus. Starflight could’ve been a 3-moon born. Sunny could’ve been both.

This is great but also terrifying. Sunny practically became Darkstalker, believing everything she did was for the better of everyone, but this time, nobody could actually stop her.

I believe that the fact that animus dragons have the ability to fix all their problems is the reason they go mad. And once they start fixing all their problems, it’s really hard to stop

This is so horrifying, actually, all the tribes kept in a coma to never wake up from, Clay, Tsunami, Glory and starflight all stuck and unable to be themselves or feel anything other than happiness, and Sunny being the one to cause it all. Its so terrifying, but i like it. Now THIS is what an 'evil au' should be like.

What a perfect demonstration of just how scary an animus who doesn't know about having powers can be - just casually rewriting Clay's emotions and intentions like that without even meaning to do it, genuinely just trying to help! Edit: oh god, what a horrifyingly plausible horror story. Nicely done!

this feels like a straight up horror story, and i love it

Gosh, imagine this horrifying paradise being suddenly disrupted, the fleeing dragons of Pantala flying overseas only to find a comatose continent. Or even just Luna, swept away in her silk parachute, coming to land on a home not unlike her own. Where dragons are being controlled to be happy instead of sad, like Luna always tried to be. Or the scavengers of Phyrria, suddenly becoming the dominant species on the continent after all the dragons mysteriously disappeared. Darkstalker lying under Agate mountain where his dreams of an impossible future suddenly became a joyful present. Kinkajou, Orchid, and every Rainwing trapped in the Nightwing kingdom suddenly free from the endless torment, even as they’re once again stripped of their home and agency. Queen Glacier having happier dreams about Nightwings rather than the scary ones that her crown was enchanted to give her. Blister dropping on the spot after collecting the two Dragonbite vipers to give to her sister, the snakes feasting on her in her sleep. Foeslayer being left confused as the Icewings suddenly collapsed during the diamond trial, feeling herself follow suit even though they had yet to stab her. Thousands of dragons falling mid-flight, plummeting to the ground; their last dreams happy before they reached the bottom. Auklet doomed to never hatch, as there was nobody left to protect her. Fatespeaker believing her dream is of the future she so desperately wanted, feeling that it’s _finally_ coming true; being foretold to her after so many nights of waiting. Stonemover being free from his self-inflicted imprisonment, finding that despite everything he believed, he’s okay with being free, and flying to see Thorn again. Moonwatcher falling asleep in the forest waiting for her mother, dreaming that she was finally here to stay. Pyrite having a warped mishmash of a dream of two realities. One filled with ice and snow, but still feeling warm on the inside. Chameleon’s scales suddenly changing colour as he dreamed, being forced to sleep and fully activate his scales. Wren left begging for Sky to wake up after getting some supplies from Undauntable, coming back to find him asleep with a snail perched happily on his nose. Her amusement turning to fear when he didn’t wake up the following morning. The dragons of Phyrria slowly succumbing to hunger and thirst. Their bodies becoming stiff and immobile as they’re left to the elements. Flower being left terrified and alone in the Sandwing Kingdom after Smolder suddenly wouldn’t wake up anymore; left to wonder about the strange structure that seemed to appear in the Sandwing kingdom overnight, and the tawny-gold dragonet who watched the last survivors with empty eyes from the throne. It’s such a horrifying dystopia with room for so much. The consequences left when the world is unknowingly subjected to living under an abused child’s perception of happiness. Incredible job on this one

God I just realized that sunny and darkstalker kinda mirror each other. Both hope for the “best” for the world at large, but what differentiates them, is the infinite power of animus power.

This is my favorite episode of What If. Sunny single handedly stop the war by sending everyone in Dragon Matrix it's just great. Really a good story.

Ideas: What if Morrowseer had lived and seen his daughter (Moonwatcher)? Edit: holy heck guys this is the most likes I've gotten thanks!

After reading the graphic novel of Moon Rising, what if Moon never revealed her secret(s)? Never told anyone she could read their minds or see the future. I think things would have been very very different in a very interesting way.

and then the scavengers slowly built their own world. it's now 2023. and legend never speaks of the mysterious cave/foundation that seems to echo with laughter. but slowly, the scavengers grew curious and decided to dig through into sunny's paradise. that was the first time sunny moved from her spot in years. *roll credits*

So dark and scary. How lovely. I wonder if sunny said "all dragons" or just said the pyrrihan tribes... Maybe someone from pantala might be able to contest her.

God damn I did not expect that, Sunny being an animus herself would have made sense (or even a dragonet of hers in future being one). But what a sad ending and for such a large spell it would make sunny snap at least not go insane but rather become delusional in this fantasy she created and it just pains to even imagine as her friends age and everywhere else across Pyrrhia (unsure if it’ll extend to Pantala) she’d be effectively killing off an entire population regardless of tribe. Unless the effects of this spell would keep them young and alive, comparison being the Miasma from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, where in the quest “Waking Nightmare” the Miasma (a gas) put those who it affected asleep, perfectly preserved and still alive even if put in a stasis. But who knows. It would be interesting for one of the DoD members to accidentally exit paradise and just suddenly realise the reality of what happened or even Pantalan dragons arriving and finding out it’s a land of sleeping individuals. Which maybe can be woken up. Who knows, it would have set up an interesting arc and story. For Sunny despite being one of the most benevolent being a effectively a villain out of something so selfish. Maybe it’s just the tism making this bigger but in general this is such an interesting plot, what if and general story scenario. 10/10 Cypress.

Sunny being an animus would be so cool! Thank you for doing this!

Man little does Sunny know she just made every Dragon on Pyhrria go extinct since the dragons are asleep that means they wouldn’t be able to eat so they’ll just slowly starve or get killed by “Scavengers”. However it does fulfill the whole “Everyone Happy” thing. It’d be cool to see this from another POV a lone dragon who didn’t get enchanted or how the Scavengers just slowly re-took over the Continent.

I have a few ideas: What if tsunami didn’t kill gill What if Cattail didn’t sell clay What if whirlpool didn’t fall into the electric eel pool What if peril didn’t set Darkstalker’s scroll on fire What if viper didn’t fall into the lava pit What if moon grew up on the volcano What if the Rainwings had parents What if the prophecy for the first arc was real What if an Icewing was in the prophecy

Wow, that was a perfect episode. I loved how accurate all of it felt.

This is why the idea of animus magic was so, SO good. It still is. This was amazing, Cyprus! Her descent is so understandable, terrifying, and dreadful.

“A Utopia can be a Dystopia, a Dystopia can’t be a Utopia.” Wait, so will dragons go extinct? I am asking because they won’t be able to have offspring because they are stuck in a dream like eternity, well… Once scavengers realize, “Where have all the dragons gone? Then several centuries later, in a era like ours, maybe 1950s - 2010s, an archeologists discovers several “stone-ified” dragon corpses, mudwings, because that’s what the ground does to a living being, turn them into fossils, as we all know and well…

This is the best one yet!!! Especially with the monotone voice acting if magicked tsunami and starflight!!! This shows a great understanding of Sunny’s character, animus insanity, and the concept of true freedom and happiness!! I sound like an English teacher but yeah this is my fav whatif

Me seeing this video: oh this is going to be a nice story 😊 Barely a few minutes in: OH NO I FORGOT ANIMUS MAGIC IS HORRIFYING SUNNY PLEASE STOP NOOOO!!!!!!!!

Sunny as a happiness optimiser AI was not what I was expecting out of this video. Deeply haunting

I’ve wondered what Sunny would be like as an animus! I’m excited to watch the video!

a neat what-if I was thinking about was what if Kestrel tried to escape with both her dragonets and only ended up dropping peril, so Sky (who would honestly probably have a different name) would've grown up with his mom in the talons of piece and maybe also the dragonets of destiny

I love the fact that there’s an alternate universe where sunny is the strongest dragon sense, dark stalker

The fact that sweet, innocent little Sunny practically replaced Darkstalker is scary and probably one of the best stories ive ever heard

Villian Animus Sunny is a fun idea but I wanna see what you think a step further would be like. Like her working with Darkstalker. By the way can the next video be What if Moon Chose Winter Instead Of Qibli? I think that could be interesting too.

This is so wholesome at the beginning, but then it turns sad/scary/oh my lord sunny is evil now. I feel like this could go one of two ways, the way its shown (the bad ending) and like, sunny making the world ACTUALLY better, like she fixed the world by making dragons realize how bad they were, and not just making them sleep.

I've got one: What if Morrowseer wrote the prophecy so that the eggs would've hatched under the moonlight? What would be different? Would Sunny be NightWing enough to also have powers? Would Morrowseer's plan work? I think that this would be a pretty cool AU

Here are a few “what if” ideas: What if Sunny had Black scales instead of gold [The guardians would be able to tell that she was a hybrid] and/or have a tail barb? [She might use it?] What if Sunny was born under the three moons? [Since Sunny is a hybrid, she might be able to read minds and see the future] What if Glory was an icewing instead of a rainwing? [Instead of a rainwing egg, Webs [somehow] got an icewing egg] What if Jerboa [The second? Third? I don’t remember] didn’t get rid of animus magic? [Idea for this one: They might be able to save Freedom]

WOW!!! I' never even realized sunny had a chance to be an animus. If she was she definitely would've gotten more respect from the other dragonets!!!

Another incredible story! Although, the last thing I expected to happen was Pyrrhia going full on Matrix?! Whoa I'd say this is a great example of what happens when the brightest soul is plunged into the darkest depths of power, a dystopian world is created Can't wait for more! P.S. Is it just me, or did I start hearing more and more of Sunny's ancestor as the story progressed?

I'd like to see, "what if hivewings lost the tree wars?"

Darkstalker is gonna be in for a surprise when the comet wakes him up After all, he did enchant himself to be immune to another Animus's spells, so Sunny couldn't do anything to him

That took a dark turn. Wow. No way I could’ve thought that up! I would love to see a What If? about Starflight being born with 3 moons.

I’ve only watched this What If series off and on, but this is definitely my favorite story. It’s so screwed up and I love it, and much less edgy than some of the many, many ways the Dragonets of Destiny could fall apart. It makes perfect sense for Sunny’s personality that her desire for everyone to just *stop fighting* would corrupt her to the point of putting the entire world into the Matrix. I wonder what the scavengers would think, seeing buzzing places like the SkyWing kingdom just fall into total silence and dragons mostly disappear from the sky. Would they rise in power again? Discover the slumbering dragons and kill them all? Just make sure Sunny doesn’t discover them and put a spell on them, too 🥴

Yepeee what if! : D Edit: that was a little more messed up than i expected, but you have some great wrighting!

O.o This was much more freaky than I had imagined it would be

This is amazing! I would love if Tui did a what-if book about what would happen if something different happened and caused the story to be different. Great video!

Never thought I'd see the day a wings o' fire character felt as disturbing sad and huggable other than DarkStalker, yet here we are. Cyprus, you beautiful mistake of nature, I don't know if the world could live without you.

That actually shook me up like sunny just obliterating every tribe by making them sleep and then making her friends just play all day and be happy all the time and her just sitting there, watching them closely thinking she did the right thing just is so unsettling

The way the tone changes at the end makes this horrifyingly awesome

Putting friends in nice spells to especially Skywings sleeping in happy dreams is very Maruki-like of Persona 5. Good intentions can go warped

This was amazing! Sunny is my favourite character so far (I've only read the first arc, getting the second in a few days). This AU is so well-written and plausible for Sunny's character, but exagerrated and twisted by the loss of her soul.

Cypress never ceases to amaze me with awesome presentation and art❤

This is a perfect “ evil au “ sunny becomes manipulative and after every thing she was emotionless and leaving every other tribe to starve to death

Oohhhh! I never imagined this happening in the series but this is going to be super cool!

I've always thought this would be such a good idea!!

Oh moons. This was terrifying. Good on you, Jerboa. You did well.

if i had a penny for every time [a fan-series what-if made a reality where an inoccent character gets horribly warped and creates a dead-inside paradise devoid of sadness but also of free will], i'd have two pennies which isn't a lot, but its weird that it happend twice

She could’ve been another Darkstalker!

this was so well done! I love all the 'What if' vids you have done, they are so fun and well thought. It's a treat every time. And hay, we get some nice art on top as a treat!

You should do a what if jerboa cast the animus spell before dark stalker was defeated so they have no animus magic

I love the roast on the guardians “dune was being extra unhelpful” and “webs doesnt do anything”

This what if was amazing my favourite one so far I loved it. It’s always so much fun to come home from church and watch what ever you post love your art keep it up😁😄

The series has returned

oh man, this is haunting! i love the way you went about this au, very interesting!

this was by far my favorite What If? episode

OKAY YOU HAVE INSPIRED ME TO LIKE MAKE A STORY OFF OF THIS AND POSSIBLY EVEN AN ANIMATION-

THIS IS AWSOME I have loved your channel for a very long time and ime so glad I found you keep up the good work

I love this vid

Nice!

A perfect utopia in one's eyes is a dystopia in another's. Darkstalker would've been proud, except for the fact that he counts as a dragon in Phyria, so his sleep is extended from 2,000 years to forever. Wonder what Sunny (Who would probably curse herself and the other DoD with immortality) would think when while they're getting huge, Jade Mountain starts to crack and crumble, revealing Darkstalker. Would she wake him and invite him to her "utopia?" (Which I think Darkstalker would agree to describe it as a Utopia, maybe making a few changes with his own magic) Or would she just let him sleep in peace?

omg i loved this one! keep up the great work! Also here are some suggestions: what if kestrel managed to get away with peril? What if the talons of peace were actually nice to the DoD? What if instead of a rainwing egg, webs brought back an icewing egg? What if peril & sky hatched on the brightest night? What if the nightwings were never stopped in their plan to takeover the rainforest?

as soon as u posted it i clicked love ur videos ❤❤ wow i was expecting that from sunny

so basically if you're hatched with animus powers, you CANNOT stop yourself from going insane. every animus dragon goes insane at some point (except maybe turtle or jerboa until the events of a future arc)

I love how people claim that "Animus dragons cannot enchant dragons!" let me prove you wrong. How did arctic die? Darkstalker and winter, anemone, peril, dod, and the most of jade mountain and the nightwings! plus the ice wing plague, of course animus dragons can enchant other dragons! I agree with cyprus on this.

Omg, thank you for your efforts I love this series sooooo much!😊

What a spooky story, I got goosebumps for days and will probably have animus Sunny nightmares for months.

I don't know if you take suggestions on "what if" videos but if you do I had a cool idea for one. What if Glory left, in the first book(not graphic novel) after they leave the Sky Palace and go to the river Glory goes invisible and acts like she leaves to see if Clay really cared. But what id she actually did leave and Tsunami couldn't tell her friends that she knew that Glory was going to leave.

What a horrific horror story, love it!

If you think about it, Sunny just doomed the race of Nightwings, the DoD most likely reached the Sandwing Kingdom way quicker than the events of book 2-4. In this context by the time Sunny puts all Pryyhia’s dragons to sleep the Nightwings are still stuck on their volcanic island, meaning the Nightwings will be real close to extinction after the eruption. The only survivors probably being Moon, Starflight, maybe Secretkeeper (if she goes to check on Moon before the eruption), Stonemover, and maybe even Deathbringer under the right circumstances.

Its always a good day when Cyprus uplods

This story is gorgeous! Sunny would definitely be a great animus, using her powers for good. Keep up the great work Cyprus!

Wow that one was really good. Here are some more ideas 1. What if Blue or Luna wasn’t a flamesilk 2.what if FateSpeaker had powers 3. What if animus magic returned to the icewings 4. What is DarkStalker and WhiteOut switched roles 5. What if the rain wings were not pacifists

very good video! personally i would have done it a little differently, but i like the idea of sunny basically playing god :D also some suggestions for more episodes What ifs (Spoilers for arc 1 and 2 (and some of the legends) -What if sunny was pure-blooded -what if one of the DoD was an animus -what would have happened if the Nightwing tribe never left the old Nightwing kingdom(or the one Clearsight/Darkstalker grew up in) -What if Tsunami and Anemone switched places? -What if kestrel "killed" peril instead of sky, and then escaped with him? -what if clay drowned while escaping -What if kestrel killed glory -What if glory and peril where swapped? (so scarlet found glory on her own as an egg in the sky kingdom, and kestrel brought her own egg, but it was still sky and peril?) -what if Qibli accepted Darkstalker's offer? -What if ClearSight and Darkstalker had Dragonets? -What if Darkstalker became king(weather through murder or good reasons can be up to you :] ) -What if Darkstalker used to take dragonets and fly off with them to a new Nightwing kingdom so that if his plan to attack the queen failed he could still lead? (meaning many dragonets went missing due to this, and potentially there was another Nightwing kingdom that had powers? and worshiped Darkstalker maybe? (this one was inspired by a M.A.P I saw a long time ago although I don't remember the name or who it was posted by) (And yes I know I’ve re-commented this probably more that I should-) (also now this has got me thinking of an au where sunny is an animus and just like- as her soul becomes more and more corrupt she slowly becomes queen of all tribes, maybe Darkstalker could wake up and see this and become her ally? only for her to kill him in the end using his own love against him? who knows ;) edit: What if sunny gave in to the urges of the Eye of Onyx and made herself queen?

Very interesting! it takes the idea of how just pople when corrupt, become controling instead of evil. I have a few ideas for What ifs: What if Pantala had animus dragons instead of Pyrrhia What if Orca Won What if Darkstalker made Clearsight immortal What if Fathom didn't stop Albatross What if the Othermind found its way to Pyrrhia What if the Rainwings weren't lazy I hope you use at least one of these! :-)

Their aren't words to describe this, great job

Omg yasssss! Just saying, you should do ‘what if Orca won the throne’ or something like that ❤

Okay but think about the deaths this caused, what if ice wings or mud wings were swimming or if dragons were flying. Would they just drop from mid air crashing to the ground or drown in the sea?? What about unborn dragonets would they ever hatch? Did sunny specifically say that they wouldn't die in this eternal sleep, like a dark stalker situation or would the dragon race as a whole die out, and that begs the question about scavengers. That with dragons permanently asleep basically dead they would easily rule the continent.? This AU just brings so many questions.

OOooO NEW WHAT IF YAYAY

Oh god this is a literal case of “the road to hell is paved with good intentions”. This reminds me of the horrific intentions of the final boss of Final Fantasy XIII-3, where the creator of the world sought to create happiness for everyone by eliminating all sources unhappiness and have everyone in what was essentially a dream world. Outstanding writing here in this episode!

Wow this was so well put together and in my mind Sunny practically, BECAME A DICTATOR. Yep thats how i saw her become. As she practically dictated the lives of her friends by using her magic to make them happy all the time and then she puts everyone to sleep and so technically she - I'll be onest I surprisingly love this word, Dictated there lives in there dreams. So yeah this was definitely a very scary version of Sunny.

dam this is so good honestly one of my favorite of this series

Thank you for finally doing this. What if

Oh god thats scary, how she doesnt even know she has corrupted, and how shes also affecting the dragons around her

Goodness, this is perfect. Doing the wrong things for the right reasons

I love ur What If videos!!!!! They're amazing!

Sunny: **Becomes Jerboa**

Sunny slowly losing herself like jerboa is amazing

I love this series, please make more!!

That would be so cool!

I hate how much I love this, well done.

I feel like this perfectly describes how Sunny would use it!

YESS I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR ANOTHER EPISODE 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉

The part where Sunny makes them forget REALLY takes a Darkstalker: I'm trying to make things better - turn

The gods with the knowledge to wield power are stronger than those without the knowledge. I love this kind of storytelling, great job on the artwork!

Love this episode!!

This was really interesting!❤❤❤❤❤