#Finleap

[cheryxshug-designs]

Finleap!

finleap ! ! :3 always loved his design description in the books

[violetparakeetdraweroffurries]

i really like the idea that firestar and his descendants have a mutation that makes red fur way more saturated. it's really obvious when you compare a ginger firekin to a random ginger clan cat

if you're wondering why some of the names are different this is for my au that i haven't named yet

[marmosetpaw]

[harriertail]

You wanted a list of characters to draw? I got your

1.) Icewing of Riverclan (creaping up there as a favorite character)

2.) Thornclaw/Blossomfall (My favorite canon couple)

3.) Hawkwing/Plumstone (their friendship is way too over looked)

4.) Monkeystar

5.) Fang, trans Icon

6.) Honestly anyone from Warriorclan

Losing Sandynose still feels so raw, and I could never take another mate, but I'll need help with these kits—if I'm not presuming too much, would you want to help me?

[eggfeather]

finleap

[firestarishomophobic]

idk how to feel abt him yet!

[artaintfartwarriors]

Your style is fab! I love how they are all individual. Will you do Finnleap? Or... I dunno why but I've always loved Sky Clan so... any of them lol. But definately Leafstar pretty please

Thank you so much! I’ll be working on modern skyclan soon too :3c

[Leafstar]

[diaswarriorcats]

[wc-confessions]

Since it's disability pride month I am dedicating this confession to lesser known/underrated disabled WC characters!

Everyone knows and loves cats like Briarlight and Brightheart, but there's quite a few others that aren't talked about as much

First off, One-Eye and Halftail, the two first arc elders. They don't show up much due to being in the Elder's Den, but when they do, they're a delight to see. I love One-Eye's bickering with Smallear and how she helps Brightheart a bit in A Dangerous Path! They're also the parents of Mousefur and Runningwind! One of whom dies fighting Tigerclaw in the same book Halftail dies of smoke inhalation after the fire. I like to think Runningwind rushed into battle against Tigerclaw impulsively since his father had died not long ago. Mousefur, on the other hand, takes after her mom in the new prophecy and onwards as a grumpy old lady lol. Very great characters, I love them a lot!

Speaking of the 1st arc, Brokenstar. He's honestly a really entertaining and threatening villain, and people don't talk about him much or his disability. Him and other cats with damaged tails like Berrynose and Finleap aren't really talked about in conversations about disabled characters. I find Brokenstar very interesting, not because of his motivation (or lack there of lol) which is pretty generic, but because of his lasting effects on the clans. His reign directly or indirectly led to several key events in the first arc or beyond. Tigerclaw becoming the deputy of ThunderClan was caused by Brokenstar killing Lionheart (canonically, we don't know who killed Lion, but I think it was Brokenstar), him being still alive led to Nightstar not getting nine lives and dying in Rising Storm. Which led directly to Tigerstar taking power. He directly killed several cats, but his orders and actions led to many more that wouldn't have happened had he not been leader, which I will not list out because this confession would be way too long. Another thing I like about him is that he is a fantastic villain in OOTS. People often depict the main leader of the Dark Forest being Tigerstar or Mapleshade, but in reality, it's actually Brokenstar. Tigerstar is more of a secondary leader to him. Brokenstar was the first Dark Forest cat to cross into the living world, and he later seemingly detects StarClan cats at the border to the Dark Forest somehow and confronts them, so Jayfeather and Spottedleaf have to sneak in, and he leads Flametail into the Dark Forest so Ivypool can ghost kill him (but this plan was foiled by Tigerheart), and in The Darkest Hour, Ivypool refers to the plans as "What Brokenstar is plotting". So yeah, he's the leader of the DF, not Tigerstar, and Tiger wouldn't have gotten very far without him lol. Crazy how we got multiple disabled leaders and deputies in the first arc and then not ever again, unless you count Berrynose lol

Next is Volewhisper! Who has quite a few parallels with Cinderpelt! One of their back legs were both injured by a villain's scheming (Tigerclaw's trap for Bluestar and Brokenstar making kits fight rats), they were both then inspired by a senior clanmate (Yellowfang and Nightpelt), and Cinderpelt chooses to become a medicine cat while Volewhisper chooses to be a warrior instead. I find him very fun and he's one of my favourite characters in Exile From ShadowClan!

The next cat I wanna talk about is a bit controversial due to some pretty bad writing choices by the team. Finleap. I really really loved him in Darkest Night and River of Fire. He and Twigbranch had a really sweet relationship, and I love how he follows her to ThunderClan. I also hate Sandynose, but that's besides the point. They were really cute and I liked them a lot... but then The Raging Storm happened. Where instead of focusing on the actually interesting plot of Twigbranch struggling to be a mentor, they decide to make her nice, sweet, and sort of goofy boyfriend... a jerk. He's rude he gives her the cold shoulder, it's awful, and so out of character. At least he actually does apologize for it and improve his behaviour, which I admit was a sweet moment in an otherwise pretty bad plotline. Then, after that, he's sort of a background cat. He briefly stands up to The Impostor after Twiggy is punished. In Sky he has a sort of friendship with Nightheart. He and Lionblaze laugh at Nightheart after he gets bit by a Squirrel, but later in the book Nightheart thinks of him in a positive light and he's one of the first cats that Night thinks of telling about Sunbeam. Overall fun guy, nice character despite one really bad book (which is basically every warriors character lol)

Some other underrated disabled cats who I don't really have as much to say about:

Fallowfern (deaf)

Shrewtooth (PTSD)

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[dragoneyes618]

I feel like the series forgets that the younger adult generation in SkyClan did not have a normal Clan upbringing, or even a normal SkyClan-in-the-gorge upbringing. It could add and explain so much, but it's just never mentioned. Their upbringings fall into three categories: 1. raised in SkyClan as the Clan wandered around homeless, like Reedclaw and Dewspring (and Finleap, which maybe explains why he was so not bothered by the idea of switching to ThunderClan to be with Twigbranch); 2. raised as loners in SkyClan's old territory without the rest of the Clan, like Fringewhisker (which maybe explains why she so easily fell in love with Spireclaw, because she didn't grow up with the whole we-have-borders-and-cats-from-other-Clans-are-forbidden thing); and 3. Violetshine.

[mist-dancing]

Also i don’t care if he apologised and changed his opinion in the end, i thought from his introduction i was going to enjoy Finleap’s character but then he was just a fucking weirdo?! And i cannot tell if that was an actual plot they were writing or if the erins just decided that was okay?

He’s actually worse than bumblestripe like atleast he didn’t repeatedly say “have my kits or you don’t love me” “have my kits or i’m leaving” like Finleap that is manipulation i fucking hate him

[sweetriverstyxwarriorsarchive]

[shallowbreeze]

Finleap

Finleap is a small light brown tom with ginger legs and ears, yellow eyes, and part of his tail missing

[rookflower]

Finleap? Pretty please

sorry to this guy that i drew him with the most hideous colours possible previously. he can have nicer colours now

[stellaclaw]

people comparing squirrelflight dropping the subject of kits entirely after one fight which wasnt even fully about the kits and more about her feeling insecure to finleap literally fucking blackmailing his girlfriend for kits was one of those fandom takes that made me want to smash my skull clean through the nearest wall tbh

[blueblossem2]