#Freshkills

[phonemantra-blog]

Actress Jennifer Esposito bravely opened up about a dark chapter in her early Hollywood career, revealing how a "Harvey Weinstein-esque" producer nearly derailed her dreams. This incident highlights the power dynamics present in the entertainment industry and the devastating impact such abuse can have on aspiring actors. Let's delve deeper into Esposito's story, exploring the details of her experience and its lasting effects. Jennifer Esposito Recalls A Brutal Encounter: A Producer's Unjust Actions In a recent episode of the "She Pivots" podcast, Esposito detailed a harrowing experience with a powerful and ruthless producer. While she refrained from naming the individual, her description paints a clear picture of abuse: Unjustified Firing: Esposito recounted being fired from a project "for no reason" at the young age of 26. This abrupt termination suggests the producer's decision was based on personal motives rather than her performance. Blacklisting Attempts: Esposito further alleges the producer actively sabotaged her career by attempting to blacklist her. This tactic involved discouraging other studios and production companies from hiring her. False Smear Campaign: The producer allegedly resorted to spreading fabricated stories about her, labeling her a "drug addict" who locked herself in trailers. These lies were damaging to her reputation and further hampered her ability to secure jobs. Loss of Representation and a Struggling Career The producer's actions had a devastating ripple effect on Esposito's career: Loss of Agency Representation: Esposito claimed her talent agency dropped her, suggesting they were either pressured by the producer or unwilling to challenge his influence. Two and a Half Years of Unemployment: Without an agent or manager, Esposito was locked out of opportunities for an extended period. This highlights the importance of representation in the film industry, particularly for navigating challenging situations. A Painful Time and a Catalyst for Change Looking back, Esposito described the experience as a "really, really painful time." It robbed her of the momentum she had built and threatened to extinguish her dream: Dreams Crushed: Esposito emphasizes the producer's actions took away something she'd passionately pursued since childhood. This incident underscores the emotional toll of abuse in the entertainment industry. A Turning Point: However, this adversity also fueled a desire for creative control. Esposito eventually wrote, directed, and starred in her film, "Fresh Kills," which she describes as a project for the "26-year-old kid who got slaughtered." Fresh Kills: A Story of Resilience "Fresh Kills," released in June 2024, marks Esposito's directorial debut. This film can be interpreted as a powerful expression of overcoming adversity: Reclaiming the Narrative: By writing and directing "Fresh Kills," Esposito takes ownership of her story and narrative. This film can be seen as a testament to her resilience and determination. A Creative Outlet: Esposito's experience with the abusive producer fueled her creative fire, pushing her to explore new artistic endeavors beyond acting. Esposito's story sheds light on the dark side of the entertainment industry and the power imbalances that often exist. It also serves as an inspiration, demonstrating how perseverance and artistic expression can lead to personal and professional growth. The #MeToo Movement and a Call for Change Esposito's experience, while disturbing, reflects a larger pattern of abuse faced by many in Hollywood. The rise of the #MeToo movement has brought these issues to light, highlighting the need for: Increased Accountability: The entertainment industry needs to hold individuals with power accountable for their actions. Stricter enforcement of policies against harassment and abuse is crucial. Stronger Support Systems: Aspiring actors and actresses need access to resources and support systems that empower them to speak up against abuse. Shifting the Power Dynamics: A conscious effort towards creating a more equitable and transparent industry is essential. Esposito's story serves as a call to action, encouraging the entertainment industry to create a safer and more inclusive environment for everyone.

[sososunniest]

fresh stop pulling all the bitches share some with us

[mewobrute]

THIS DUDE IS SO COOL I HAD TO DOODLE EM!!!

design for THRILLER belongs to @denora

[qqweebird]

hi guys this is just a silly drawing but this is one of the founders of & the second leader of dryclan, my clangen save 👉👈 she is very friendly and was a rambunctious kid as the only apprentice-aged founder! also i drew this after watching cat genetics/wc family tree videos for hours so i wanted to think about what her genotype might be thats why thats there on the side lol. one of my favorite characters in my save, she hunts in starclan now but she had a long and prosperous reign as leader 😌

[mrkanman]

how to make the most unethical clan in clangen and how fast can i make everyone explode

[mogai-headcanons]

Death from Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is a queer aroacespec boyflux redgender deadthing deathkiss redeathic rivmorticayn freshkillic assoftmemoric decaytemasc rotfluid deathgod who uses he/him, hunt/hunts, kill/kills, death/deaths, reap/reaps, and sickle/sickles pronouns!

dni link

[eon-sway]

tagging posts isnt enough i need access to my mutual's doorsteps so i can leave mice and lizards and other such gifts for them

[fatespalm]

my most important warriorcats hc is that starclan is the dark forest for prey animals

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

POWER OF THE HUNTRESS -- FERTILIZE THE SAVANNAH WITH FRESH BLOOD.

PIC INFO: Resolution at 926x1024 -- Spotlight on a shot titled "After the Kill," featuring a lioness' mouth soaked in the blood of a fresh zebra, c. 2013? 📸: Rob Dweck (via Flickr) -- PURE HARDGORE!!

Cue "Spill the Blood" (1988) by SLAYER right about now -- fuck, yeah! "Spill your blood, let it run on to me."

Source: www.pinterest.com/pin/photography--644929609150193527.

[officialclangen]

Something is rustling in the grass...

Hello, dear furends, gather round! The breeze off the lake is cool and refreshing, and the freshkill pile is stocked full. All cats will eat well tonight— though in leaner times, harsher times, purrhaps some cats may find themselves lashing out at their Clanmates... The world is wonderful, ever-growing, but all the more dangerous fur it. It's time ClanGen expanded to match.

ClanGen v0.11.1 has released, available now via auto-updater or https://clangen.io/download

Feature: Freshkill pile & nutrition system

Feature: “Destroy accessory��� button

Content: Lakeside Forest Background

Content: Murder for the new year

Content: expanded scars: "HINDLEG", "BACK", "QUILLSIDE", "SCRATCHSIDE", "TOE", "BEAKSIDE", "CATBITETWO", "SNAKETWO", "FOUR" Expanded tortie: 'FRECKLED' white patches: 'BLAZEMASK', 'TEARS'

Content: Sibling and constrained patrols

Content: weights and mates

Content: expanded war events

Content: more patrols

QOL: Cat List UI Update

QOL: same sex setting update

QOL: update for freshkill switch

QOL: Patrol type decision enabled in classic

QOL: updated credits list

QOL: change to poetry

Plus many more bug fixes, tweaks to events and patrols, and more!

[theanoninyourinbox]

I need Moonkit to be WEIRD and that’s why she is made a medicine cat

She collects the bones of prey off the freshkill pile, picking them clean and drying them, and piling them in a secret place. Let her look over the mouse skulls and the bird legs and the squirrel tail and arrange them in dizzying patterns. This will bring us more prey, she purrs.

She collects dead bugs, placing them around camp, under nests and in high nooks and low crannies. Someone asks her why, and she says that they watch over the clan.

She takes sturdy twigs and carves and chews and claws swirling marks into them. These she puts on the borders, or begs the patrols to do, to ward off the other clans.

The clan is indulgent, to a degree. And then the little odd things start working.

Someone clears out her bones, to her wailing protests, and suddenly prey is scarce. Another cat helps her strip a mouse, to get all the meat for the hungry clan, and lets her have the bones. And suddenly prey is plentiful again.

The medicine cat is fretting about low supplies, and gingerly moves a ladybug, dead a whole season, out of their way. Suddenly the ladybug springs to life, and they follow it to a lush patch of needed herbs.

A warrior places a carved stick at the border, chuckling to themselves but also impressed by the sheer amount of work the kit put into it. A few days later, a border scuffle is stopped before it starts, when another clan’s warrior trips on the stick, and they stomp off humiliated.

And yes, Moonpaw talks to the Moonpool, yes she hears its voice. But she was always strange.

(I need moonkit to have @clangenrising Fogkit weird girl energy)

[astronomodome]

warrior cat skizzleman be like clanmate homie buddehs we need to send out the dawn patrol mmguh. We have no freshkill DANGITT❗️

[io-archival]

@horrormogai

posting the freshkillic flag I made bc I haven't been able to find a flag for it at ALL but I'm like severely attached to the label/gender lol.

definition for freshkillic is "A gender related to recent death, gore, feeling at one with nature, accepting a part in the cycle of life." <3 sadly have no clue who coined it (I've looked extensively and came up bunk) but I'm still very much in love w the term so. meh.

[thewisestdino]

Omg hi a fellow Warriors Cats fan AND my little pony gen1 enjoyer~ at the same time no less! I have no clue if your requests are still open for anthro warriors (all of which are really fun btw) but do you think you could do BrightHeart? Or BrackenFur?

Leg cast? No prob get ur brother to carry u to the freshkill pile

[shigayokagayama]

mob warriors au redesigns and such, some i barely changed and others i pretty much started from scratch lol

full canvas and explanations under the cut, theres a bunch of other characters and stuff i didnt manage to fit or didnt have the energy to draw that ill probably get around to in the coming future

so by virtue of mob psycho kind of acting as a parody of a shonen in a lot of its characters and usage of tropes i felt like it was fitting that a warriors au sort of act as a parody of warriors.

basically, pretty much every major character is either a house cat of some sort, but they all see clan cats as these sort of cool aspirational things so they give themselves warrior names and know of general clan concepts (though, since the nearby clan left a long time ago due to twoleg construction on their territory, these concepts have sort of become distorted over time. istg i came up with this before warriorclan me and erin hunter just have some odd psychic link)

saltsplash (reigen) is a declawed kittypet who loves the taste of freshkill, so he has taken on the persona of a former medicine cat who came from far away on some sort of spiritual quest to help the cats in this area (in reality his owners just moved here) in order to get cats to catch prey for him in exchange for advice. flockpaw (mob) comes to him for advice, since he can see spirits and keeps getting dreams from starclan, and saltsplash agrees to take him as an apprentice

there is a pretty significant ghost problem in the area, the destruction of the moonstone equivalent (this isnt the setting of og warriors because i find switching what region/biome theyre in to be kind of part of the fun to making warriors aus so this is still japan. cats can now encounter monkeys.) has left a lot of souls trapped in the physical plane and unable to pass on. dimple (still going back and forth on his name) is one of these cats, he was a clan cat but so long ago that he's forgotten his original life and only remembers the goal of "bring back the clans with yourself as leader", which he initially tries to posses random cats to do before meeting flockpaw and settling on him as a good potential clan leader

the actual clans, meanwhile, have gone way downhill since they moved away. their numbers were dwindling pretty badly when hawkstar (toichiro) took over his clan, renamed it clawclan, conquered the other clans in the area and marked all his dissenters with scars, and has forged forward with the goal of reconquering their old territory in the twolegplace in the hopes that it will bring the clans back to their glory days. a lot of the more sensible cats, including his mate, have left the clan, so he's resorted to recruiting outsiders as well as kidnapping young cats with warrior potential in order to fill out their numbers

other stuff i dont want to write entire paragraphs for

-teru was someones outdoor cat but his owners moved :( he named himself starpaw and everyone who knows shit about the clans tries to tell him hes not allowed to do that but are too scared to argue further with him about it because he gets really pissed when you point it out

-the telepathy clubs goal is to meet lions, which everyone thinks arent real

-the awakening lab is mitsuura (curlystar maybe?)'s attempt to start his own clan

-the student council is a gang of young kittypets who have tasked themselves with enforcing "the warrior code" among the delinquents (rivals gangs of young alley cats). all the older cats see this as a game theyre playing and dont take it seriously

-flashpaw (mezato) was part of dimple's initial play to brainwash a bunch of cats into reforming a clan and worshiping "starclan" (him) and those group of cats have shifted to seeing flockpaw as starclans prophet, so she's trying to convince HIM to start a new clan

-rainshade (serizawa) was initially a kittypet who always hid in his cat carrier out of his fear of his starclan given powers, hawkstar found him on one of his recruiting missions because his mother was worried for him and was asking around for someone with experience with starclan

-mogami (crowflight maybe? maggotsomething?) was an actual former warrior who went to twolegplace to get help for his sick mother after starclan said there was nothing that could be done for her. kittypets offered to get her help in exchange for him helping them with spirit problems and got their owners to bring her to the cutter (vet) and when they did the vets put her down so he started killing cats about it seeing them all as selfish thugs beyond redemption before his own death and transformation into a vengeful spirit

-minori (still thinking of a name bc i dont have her design down) is someones very haughty purebred show cat who gets hella possessed.

-didnt anyone ever teach you feeding downed fledglings was bad manners?

-SunClan (the rising sun union) are a gang of random housecats, some of whom have actual StarClan connections and others are just opportunistic liars, who use extremely predatory means to help cats with their ghost problems (asking for a specific share of a cat's meals permanently rather than saltsplash's ask of like. one fresh songbird)

thats all the stuff i can think of off the top of my head but if you ask questions i can probably answer them bc ive been thinking about this since like. march 2022.

[troutfur]

What if medicine cats were some sort of priesthood honoring a god(dess) of the freshkill pile? Sort of like the Roman Vestal Virgins who kept the eternal flame of Rome at her temple.

I'd add to their duties some form of haruspicy (divination by examining the entrails of dead animals), which serves a dual purpose as taking out the guts of dead animals tremendously helps cut down the number of parasites these cats may ingest. This also brings out an additional justification for not eating fresh kill before bringing it to camp: the meddie's gotta examine those guts for StarClan prophecies.

Also, the Vestal Virgin equivalence brings out the possibility that the role has an age cap at which point you're too old to remain in it, which for my purposes is very useful because in my AUs I have a tendency to overstuff the medicine den.