#MapleWhisker

[exocynraku]

[lemnnshark]

"Maplestar is a dark ginger she-cat."

There's a SkyClan deputy named Maplewhisker who Vicky Holmes believes is the same as Maplestar, so I'm choosing to count them as one character

[simbasomba]

Not MapleWhisker going to the dark forest with her massive girlfriend (FeatherFall) to find the mysterious voice in her head repeatedly telling her to kill BrambleShade and successfully letting FeatherFall kill Star-LeopardPelt, just to figure out it was her deceased uncle trying to warn her of AshFur. Because that’s normal. I think.

[eggfeather]

maplewhisker

[rowanswarriors]

Beechstar of SkyClan!

[lightningwaters]

[iknowthoughidontknow]

Maplewhisker. She’s a tortie because I’ve decided this Maple leader and Maplestar from Cloudstar’s novella are different cats, mostly because I’m not sure there’s too many tortie leaders (may be the lack of girl leaders but not the post for that)

[leviathanmousey]

@bonefall Drew bb!Maplewhisker because she was one of my favorites in cotc. Absolutely delighted by her design. Dragged me out of art block to doodle the lesbian scar herself

[bonefall]

what poison/s were used in riverstar's heir at moth's celebration and when bright and flowerstar ate together? suggestion (if you hadn't decided yet): Monkshood/Aconite/Wolfsbane (Aconitum napellus) its a VERY poisonous plant native to the uk and europe, lethal with both ingestion and body contact and has historical use in killing and murder. symptoms appear quickly and death often comes in only a few hours; its a shame it wasn't used in canon lmao

Oh symptoms don't just appear quickly-- Aconite's name is said to be ancient Greek for "Without Dust." That refers to how aconite kills SO quickly that you will not even kick up dust in your death struggle. Death coming in a few hours is from the minimum deadly dosage, any good assassin worth their salt would use more (and take care to mask its bitter taste, it's not a subtle flavor like cyanide is.)

Forget "deathberries." Yew is nothing next to aconite.

Yew's deadly compound, taxine, acts by stopping your heart. Yawn. Aconite targets your heart, liver, kidneys, AND brain all at the same time. It's so potent that handling young roots will make your hands go numb. Only 2 miligrams of the deadly compound, aconitine, is a fatal dose in a human being; a single grain of rice weighs 20 miligrams.

Anon, my friend, you undersold aconite. It's not just a very poisonous plant in Europe, aconitine is top 5 deadliest poisons period. Members of the aconite family are widespread through the northern hemisphere-- indigenous Alaskan people have used it to hunt whales for tens of thousands of years. Its toxic properties break down within 24 hours, leaving the meat completely safe to eat.

So naturally, suggestion accepted. This is going to be SICK.

Especially since no one will be able to tell what happened. It looks like every major poison because it is. You might assume it was some kind of toxic cocktail from the symptoms. Convulsions, rapid heartrate, vomiting, numbness. It looks like yew, nightshade, and bryony all at once.

It'll be very easy for Bright Whisker to survive this and shake off suspicion simply by poisoning herself with a small amount of something else. If I go with Maple Whisker being a sibling instead of a cousin, I could have her simply join their meal a little late and realize that her mouth feels numb, just as everyone else enters convulsions, so she spits it out.

(Autism win! Avoided a poisoning because texture bad! Maybe she was waiting for the food to cool down too lmao)

And LASTLY... Aconite is Wolf's Bane. I think this is a really cool place to see the earliest incarnation of the Wolf Motif that will later show up in Bluestar's family. It tickles my brain a bit to think of Flowerstar somehow having the "hood" shape of the flower, and then she loses her first life in her gambit to poison the wolf among sheep.

I also had a stroke of inspiration and had an idea for one of the BB!DOTC cats, too. Dappled Pelt gets massively neglected in canon, imo, and I could set up the wolf thing even earlier. African Wild Dog time (painted wolf.)

[marmosetpaw]

[thetrailofflames]

So what’s robin’s story in this?

Ah yes Robinwing

Slight tangent: I want to show believable nature in most of the characters. Be realistic in some places and insane in others. I’ve changed Robinwing from being a just bitch. I want to give her flaws but also make her….well…believable.

She came to the guild as a young outsider, half starved and injured from a fight with a fox. Pineheart allowed her aid and offered her a life in the guild and she accepted.

One wouldn’t be able to recognize her from those days, where she was a shy and nervous cat who was willing to prove herself to the cat she is now.

She was given Nettlewhisker as a mentor and their relationship was like a fire to a tree. Nettlewhisker didn’t want a filthy outsider in his guild and felt insulted that he was given Robinpaw as a cadet. Robinpaw was well angry, she felt herself going in circles to please her mentor but every time she tried, his standards rose, she was repeatedly denied her full name due to this. She was a full grown adult and Nettlewhisker had her running laps.

It seemed to change with Fuzzypelt, a quiet but kind-hearted cat. He had his mother Hollyclaw go to Pineheart about what was happening and the next day, Nettlewhisker was barred from mentoring ever again and she was named Robinwing by dusk.

It was a slow burn of sorts. Robinwing didn’t trust easy to begin with, it was cracked more due to Nettlewhisker but Fuzzypelt was persistent and worked his way into her affections.

They weren’t actually mates (Robin is aro) but they were more than that and it was fine for them.

Robinwing wanted to be the best and help her guild anyway she can, ready to speak her mind no matter what, she wanted to be more than just an outsider a shamed Commander took in and Fuzzypelt supported her,. They had their first kit, Maplewhisker, their pride and joy. It was calm for the family, it seemed fine.

Then, the Second Splintered famine happened. Maplewhisker seemed to follow her moms paws steps in being devoted to guild, at the cost of her health. Robinwing and Fuzzypelt like a couple of others had another litter during this time, four kits, one was dead by dawn and another died a couple days later. Against their better judgement, they had another litter shortly after, already prepared to lose some but worked their best so some would live.

She ends up repeating behaviors that Nettlewhisker used on her and passed it onto her kits.

Robinwing feels like a failure to herself and her kits, she pushes herself hard to make up for it and passes this on to her kits in varying degrees. It’s unintentional but she’s the most lenient on Cherrypaw, it’s mostly due to her resemblance to Maplewhisker.

Chestnutpaw and Thrasherpaw end up pitted against each other with Robinwing coming off as cold and critical which only fuels them.

She doesn’t hate Ravenpaw or dislike him, she just wants him to be better, to be strong, because if he isn’t, the guild will eat him alive like they did her.

[tangotekkit]

Softacorn, jesus christ. This is your third litter and its five kits plus one adopted one.

i feel like softacorn would get along with one of the w&c npcs in the server i play in.. lol

[simbasomba]

Something bad is about to happen to me

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[eggfeather]

maplestar

[gothghostiie]

Hahahaha guess who is now physically ill from stress 😭😭😭😭

If u have the time I would very much appreciate some fluff of poly!141 taking care of their partner who has a stress flu 🥺🥺

aw, make sure to pls pls pls take care of yourself, I hope you'll feel better soon 🫶🏻🫶🏻

cw: poly!141, gn!reader

Price immediately notices when you're sick. turns into a total dad, gruffly muttering something about rest and you being crazy for getting up. you don't even get to be in your own bed, you're carried into the big bed in price's quarters that you guys all occasionally share; even with it's size it's a tight fit (soap says its just right). he gently scolds you as he tucks you in, feeling your temperature as he tells you that he told you this would happen, he told you to take it easy! always listen to your captain bird, he knows best.

Gaz is the one to pop in, looking for you because you didnt come and say good morning to him, as you always do, and he's something between 'are you mad at me?? what did i do??' and 'how DARE you not come and give me my good morning kiss wtf', but both is quickly forgotten when he sees you snuggled up in the fluffy blankets with a runny nose, as much as price turns dad he turns into a mum. sitting down at the edge of your bed, pushing hair out of your face and giving you pity. "my poor, sweet baby.. made yourself sick, didn't you?" he coos, shaking his head - then glaring at soap when he barges in.

soap makes his presence known loudly, getting cussed out by John, glared at by Kyle, but he doesn't really care. he's complaining about nobody being in the mess hall, not even ghost, he doesn't realise until after he's thrown himself on the bed next to you, taking a first good look at you. he furrows his brows before frowning and pulling you in close, very upset that one of hid favourite people is sick, from stress no less. he grumbles, muttering something about some strange tricks his Ma used to use when he or his siblings were sick.

thank fuck you don't have to try any of them, because while he babbles on the door opens once again to reveal ghost's frame, pulling the black medical mask down as he steps in, raising an eyebrow at everyone around you. "they're not on their fucking deathbed. calm down." he mutters, making his way to you with a small bag from the pharmacy closeby, putting the meds he knows you'll probably need (along with a little treat) on the bedside table before turning to you. "I'll go make you a cup of tea and some soup, alright lovie?" even if he doesn't wanna show it, he wants to dote on you just as much as the others do.

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