Ripnami

Ripnami is the het ship between Tsunami and Riptide from the Wings of Fire series.

Canon
Princess Tsunami was originally stolen by Webs, Riptide's father, as an egg for the Talons of Peace's dragonet prophecy. While Riptide did not have anything to do with Tsunami's kidnapping before her hatching, Queen Coral of the SeaWings, Tsunami's mother, punished Riptide instead of Webs for Webs's dirty work since his father wasn't present for her wrath. Giving him the farthest jobs away from the castle that she could, and mistreating and insulting him.

When Tsunami went to the Kingdom of the Sea, she ran into Riptide who was amazed and confused that there was SeaWing who had never been in the sea before. Riptide is even more confused when he learns that Tsunami doesn't know Aquatic, the language SeaWings used underwater when verbal speech isn't possible. As a result, Tsunami accidentally says a bunch of gibberish, which to him sounds like a very odd form of flirting, and he swims to toward her. She thinks this is an attack and slashes him across the nose. After they both fly out of the water to escape, they introduce themselves, Riptide telling that she was the missing princess. Riptide offers to bring her to the SeaWing Palace. At the SeaWing palace, Tsunami is reunited with her little sister Anemone and her mother, Queen Coral. Her mother orders that Tsunami learn Aquatic from a member of the SeaWing Council, Whirlpool, but Tsunami fails to learn anything from him since he just made her repeat what he is saying in Aquatic without explaining the meaning of the glowing stripes being flashed. On the contrary, whenever Tsunami is with Riptide, he teaches her a bit of Aquatic at a time and she learns more from him than Whirlpool. The two laugh and play together in secret numerous times before getting caught by Queen Coral.

Under the influence of Blister, Coral disciplines Riptide and tells Tsunami that Riptide was the son of Webs, her kidnapper. Although Tsunami did not have much of a relationship with Webs, she felt like it was unfair that Riptide was getting punished for his father's treason. When Queen Coral orders for Riptide to be put in the SeaWing prison with his father, she objects, yelling at Coral to think for herself for once. Coral refuses and leaves, sending the dragonets of destiny to prison as well. As Tsunami and her friends are escaping, Tsunami meets up with Riptide and lets them out from the prison, as the SeaWing Queendom is suddenly attacked by SkyWings. Tsunami tells Riptide to defend his Queendom, and they separate. He told her to be careful and that he would be close, if she needed him.

After escaping the SeaWing Queendom, Tsunami soon realizes that Riptide was actually working with the Talons of peace all along.

Tsunami considered him to be someone that she could trust, but after discovering that he had lied to her about his affiliation with the Talons of Peace, her trust was broken in him, and she wondered if she could believe anything he said. After he apologized to her, she was unsure about her forgiveness towards her, but she still wanted a chance to decide. She wanted him to survive the War of SandWing Succession, and she wanted to meet him again after it was over. They are currently in a long-distance relationship.

Throughout the series, Riptide and Tsunami usually accompany each other in many events, mostly in The Lost Heir. In Moon rising, Tsunami takes the Jade winglet hunting and meets up with Riptide to collect caught fish for the Prey centre. They brush wings and exchange longing glances. When they saw each other in The Dangerous Gift the two awkwardly tried to hug each other and clearly have feelings for one and other.

Quotes
"I stayed close to make sure you and the other dragonets were safe. I'm sorry I couldn't tell you the truth. I didn't think you'd trust me if you knew."

- Riptide to Tsunami, The Lost Heir

Fanon
They are a popular pairing in the Wings of Fire fandom, primarily because of their canonical status and often being shipped alongside other popular WoF ships, like Clayril and Glorybringer. The fans often enjoy the relationship between Tsunami, the fierce, strong, stubborn SeaWing and Riptide, the more gentle, patient, and hesitant one. Most older fans enjoy this one. Their sense of humor goes well with each other, and there is a touch of forbidden romance as well.

It is the most popular ship for both characters, with many enjoying the chemistry, although many also believe the ship was rushed and are disappointed. Some fans believe Tsunami would be better without a lover, or in a lesbian relationship, like Glornami.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Tsunami/Riptide on FanFiction.Net
 * Tsunami/Riptide tag on AO3

FORUMS
 * The Princess and the Traitor's Son (Ripnami Fanfiction) on the Scholastic Kids: Wings of Fire Community

Trivia

 * It was confirmed by Tui T. Sutherland that Riptide and Tsunami are in a long-distance relationship.
 * Tsunami likes Riptide's name and thinks it sounds fierce and scary, like hers.
 * Tsunami had brief crushes on Clay and Starflight when she was younger, but she quickly grew out of it since Starflight was too annoying and Clay treated the other dragonets of destiny like siblings.