#Warriors not so much

[bli-o]

my least favorite writing trope is solidly when a villain is presented, you get an idea of what they’re about, the author establishes scales of their power, intimidation, etc

and then the author JUST KILLS/DISCARDS THEM AND REPLACES THEM WITH SOME OTHER FUCKER WHO’S ONLY ESTABLISHED THREAT IS THAT THEY GOT RID OF/IS MORE THREATENING THAN THE OTHER GUY

and then all the fucking stakes in the story are changed so automatically that the tone whiplashes so hard you dont get time to readjust and get a feel of the new threat before they’re already defeated

EXHIBIT A: Tigerstar and Scourge from Warriors

First arc tigerstar is such a well developed villain, you actually understand whats at stake if he were to win, you have developed your view on the character, and then FUCKING SCOURGE, SOME GUY WE’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, KILLS HIM AND HES THE NEW VILLAIN NOW. SIXTH GRADE ME WAS SO SO PISSED. idfk shit about scourge’s backstory because i stopped reading after i finished dawn of the clans(the only series from warriors that I actually enjoyed) but it doesnt really matter because your average reader wont have read his backstory by the time they get to the last of the first arc. And then scourge dies after we’ve hardly met him??? I mean. ok i guess. Damn the first arc was so good and it fumbled the bag so hard

EXHIBIT B: Queen Wasp and The Breath Of Evil from Wings Of Fire

queen wasp was such a good villain. I hated her so much, the culture of the hives was so well developed within just the first book. She was so well established as a legitimate threat. They even began fighting against her.

THEN THE DAMNED BREATH OF EVIL SUDDENLY APPEARS AND ITS THE VILLAIN NOW?? Its sort of threatening I guess, because it can do mind control, but wasp already had that. She literally used it. The mind control idea would’ve been so much more intimidating with wasp backing it but tui just had to turn the car around and change the stakes from defeat dragon racism -> EVERYONE’S GOING TO BE MIND CONTROLLED

thats not to say either of these characters wouldn’t have made for threatening concepts, but they just were never fleshed out. Especially not like their predecessor, who’s potential was just entirely fucking wasted and the payoff to their defeat was just so disappointing.

if you wanna change the stakes, do it right people, please. For the love of god.

[decideroffacts]

not active in the wc fandom here but sometimes they say cool shit

[protagaster]

Penelope: I think I’m in love with Odysseus…

Ctimene: ...

Penelope: Any thoughts?

Ctimene: And prayers. You’re going to need them.

[cryptid-wc-designs]

Some quick concept sketches for the sisters based on my Fire and Sand designs! Idk if this is what I will go with but I mostly like em!

[s0ossss]

WarriorsCats x Powerpuffgirls!!!

[egg-on-a-legg]

do you think birchface stood up for her when starclan decided her fate? do you think he fought for her? i think he did.

[egophiliac]

Hello ! I positively adore the running joke of Idia unknowingly finding Lilia to be the coolest guy ever whenever he doesn't know it's him, like when Silver described his father, or obviously with muscle red. I can't say what'd be funnier, Idia finding out his online best friend is actually Lilia, resident spooky hyper fairy; or them both never finding out, and it'd become even more ridiculous as time goes on. How do you think it'll play out ? You're always so on point

(Also, though it makes sense, I'm still devastated bat boy didn't get a ticket for the Halloween skeleton train : ( does anyone mentions him at some point ? Like how he'd have fit right in with all those Halloween town little freaks, and how he'd have impressed them with his spooks and scared techniques; after all he's been every Briar Valley's children worst fear on Halloween for centuries. I'm on the eng server and I didn't wanna spoil myself by watching the whole thing on youtube)

Have a nice day !

you and me both, Idia and Lilia being oblivious online BFFs (+ Idia being incredibly intimidated any time Silver brings up his jock gamer dad) is my favorite running joke/subplot. 🤝 it's SO good, to the point where I also am unsure if I actually want it to ever be resolved or not...maybe, like, as a post-canon stinger or something? everyone's standing around covered in overblot ink, and Idia and Lilia's phones go off at the same time...

(legit I do think this is part of why Idia couldn't be present for Lilia's dream, because for some reason Lilia decided he was going to just. embody his past self online. he probably quotes his own battle strategies or whatever in the middle of boss fights. Idia didn't pick up on the whole "oh how weird that we both live on a super remote island" thing, but he would spend thirty seconds listening to General Lilia describing siege warfare and be like "w-wait")

all that aside, however it does end up happening, I do see Lilia being very blasé and all "oh! cool!" about it. y'know, taking it very much in stride! and Idia...very much not.

(can't tell if tumblr is going to chew this into illegibility or not, this will be a fun surprise ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ)

as for Lilia sadly missing out on Halloweentown shenanigans...he does get one little mention as part of an offhand reference to the light music club, but so far no one has brought up how this basically is just Lost In the Book of Liliatown (Sebek's been too busy yelling about not getting to be in the same group as Malleus). 😔 honestly though, it's probably for the best that he got left out, because he would just settle right in and refuse to ever leave. canon would shatter. we would miss out on all the delightful angst of episode 7 because Lilia is too busy eating poisonous shrubbery inbetween practicing his very best screams, and no one can pull him away from it.

(I can hope for a sequel next year though...)

[beaudesoleil]

can we please cut frostpaw some slack

[romtoss]

squilf

[demaparbat-hp]

Golden Boy (and Silver Girl) for the Kintsugi AU.

[the-owl-tree]

the pants family will conquer all!!!!!!

[stellaclaw]

boiling hot take but i literally dont give a fuck that mapleshade let the clan believe her kits were birchfaces. her clanmates can be mad but exiling a queen and her kits is fucking deranged i dont care what lie she told. “she deserved what she got” her kids deserved to die because their mom fibbed??😭 her kids deserved to die because their mom did crimes LATER???😭😭 “um but she chose to cross the river” if i was orpheus i would simply not turn around.

[maesonc-artistic-adventures]

Downtime.

Mask is still getting used to having to share his big brother with someone else.

[clanborn]

like water through my claws

[microvibing]

King of Ithaca misses his badass warrior wife a lot

Au from @gigizetz, lyrics by @somereaderinblue

[squidthusiast]

So what if I drew Marina in a bunch of Ellen Ripley outfits, what then huh??? What’cha gonna do hmm??? (Sigourney Weaver had no business serving like that)