#bones is bumbling

[watcher-bones]

Hullo! I bring Leshy rambles today!

According to Defying Fate Au! (Aka lore!)

Leshy was quite literally a baby infant when he got the crown. Baby Leshy was taken care of by the green crown before Kallamar found him.

Leshy, much like Ceali, talks to his crown. Aware that it's sentient. (Note: The green crown is essentially like Morph from Treasure planet)

Leshy is very prone to night terrors. Though these night terrors were vivid premonitions, he came to learn later as these terrors came to pass. (One of these terrors was the day the bishops betrayed Narinder. Leshy was approximately 6 when the dream occurred. Leshy thought Narinder was dead and quite literally jumped the cat that night to make sure his brother still breathed. Narinder was stuck for a few months with a terrified worm child in his bed. )

Leshy was actually the only sibling to not like Shamura. Looking up to mainly Narinder and Heket. The main reason was that the older bishop was too strict and rarely genuine with any sibling. It often made him on edge as if one wrong move would provoke the spider.

Fond of pranks, Kallamar often became a target for Leshys mischief. One too many times, Leshy made the poor squid ink himself.

First time meeting Theo (yellow cat), Leshy accidentally thought it was his brother. It led to a scuffle that was broken up by Ceali. Leshy never apologized for this, merely told Theo to change his smell.

When upset, Leshy burrows in the dirt. Only coming up to bite those who get too close. Theo was the only one to get him out, much to all the siblings' surprise.

Leshy is percisely 1 inch taller than Narinder. Yes, he does hold this over the cats head.

After losing his crown and being indoctrinated. Leshy is found sulking near where the green crown was set. Often mummbling, "cmon at least let me know you alive buddy.... I get it, I lost your favor... but... like you're not dead right?"

Theo once died on Leshy, a mission gone wrong. Leshy was beyond panicked and hounded Ceali to fix it. (This was prior to realizing he liked said cat. His excuse is that he needs a rematch with the furball)

Aside from burrowing in the dirt, leshy can also stick to walls and ceilings.

Leshy can't eat cheese. He is lactose intolerant. He will still eat it, and proceed to complain about it.

His tail once cuaght fire and he didn't notice till someone screamed.

Is prone to repeating random 'cool' sounds he hears. Got good at mimicking birds.

The exploding fish in Kallamars domain was his idea that Kallamar actually found to be genius. Even if Leshy was looking at it as a "it looks so cool" entertainment.

He hates sitting still and often needs to keep moving/busy. There are very rare moments he will sit still and watch. (Aka Theo laid on him, and now he must not move)

Little Leshy had a bell tied to his tail for Kallamars sanity. (Didn't always work)

[bb-fennelposting]

bumble....................................

[bonefall]

do you love bumble more than you despise tom or do you despise tom more than you love bumble

Never let your hatred for abusers outweigh your love for their victims. Keep kindness at the core of your anger, for it is the hilt that protects you from the cold blade you weild.

Praise the Bumble!!

[bonebabbles]

So the rest of Star leaked and I’m just gonna say, it’s very funny that Splashstar technically gives out a dishonor title

I noticed that! Have you guys also noticed they're talking about food a lot more, too? Ivypool was constantly hungry in her SE, and Harestar tries to get Frostpaw to eat before doing important things. Secret BB fan on the writing team desperately trying to add some worldbuilding LMAO

In seriousness tho, it felt like discount dishonor titles. It reminded me of how I made Tigerstar do that to Stormpaw and Featherpaw, but like... that was because of bigotry against halfclan cats and the hatred he was stoking in BB!TigerClan. Not just because he's mean.

I do hope that like, comes across. Dishonor Titles usually exist to publicly shame or even dehumanize the cats they're put on, as a method of social control both for the dishonored and for the Clan. They're not just schoolyard bully name calling LMAO

Anyway long live Mistslime and Graysludge, these names would have been laughed at almost as much as Stupidhead

[bumble-the-sun-bee]

exposed organs and bones warning !

Got bored, grabbed a random pallet and this was made

[l-art-stuff-l]

the queen bee herself, bumble (mumble)

i love her so much and i’m so so glad that she actually gets a happy ending in @bonefall’s rewrite. peace and prosperity on planet earth

[blimbo-buddy]

I'm just curious this isn't a drawing request, but if Bumble/Princess were human, would they be chubby? I can see both of them being like a bear build

Oh absolutely. Bumble because she’s canonically fat and Princess purely because of headcanon. I’ve drawn my human Princess before and I totally think that she gained a significant amount of weight after Oliver and after she got together with Hattie and Smudge

I don’t think either of them would have a bear build though because that’d require them to have a good amount of hair, which I don’t think they have much of. My human Bone design fits more in line with a Bear build

[thehecklingmouse]

in my mind alhaitham fakes not being able to cook bc he wants to eat kavehs cooking

[snowy-bones]

Honey and Hornets - Part 3 BB had thought everything would be fine. He had made it to his hive in time to tell them of the hornet, but that night. Oh it was a mess, and now he is left on his own...

[honey-claw]

BUMBLE SWEEP 2K23

(Please ignore ya girl’s slightly uneven front legs, I referenced this from a photo of my fat son and he is shaped very strangely)

[watcher-bones]

I want to draw other peeps characters

Just some sketchy draws

Anybody want their characters drawn?

(Doesn't have to be cotl but do need some sort of reference to work with)

[bb-fennelposting]

[bonefall]

Do you have a design for Bright Storm? I'm fond of the wise older figure thing you're doing with her

I do NOW

Made her, as well as a revamp of my old Thunder Storm design (I last drew him like a year ago!!) in preparation for some character summaries I plan to bang out after finishing a couple drafts, but Bright in particular gets requested so much (anon you're like the 4th person) that HERE, lady girl and her son be upon ye

I'm thinking about doing the BB!DOTC character summaries in "family" posts, so they're all grouped together the way I plan them to act in the story. Every family is telling a little mini-story of its own, in a way, from the Frost family and their inventing prowess, to the Heart family and how the kits react to Bumble's exile, to the Storm family and how they grapple with Clear Sky's influence.

I wanted to make sure Bright Storm was very large and powerful looking, but in a round, kind of "humble" way. She downplays her strength, her intelligence, and even her better judgement.

So she has these big cheeks, fluffy primordial pouch, poofy tail, keeps her head low-ish. Tends to deny compliments.

I was commiserating with my partner the other day about how intelligent characters aren't allowed to be thick-bodied. So between my fat, beloved Bumble the translator and Bright Storm the wise woman battle strategist I'm feeding us both

I needed to "finalize" their stripe pattern, because I actually plan for TIGERSTAR to have the same one. I'm probably going to update my Tawnypelt and Bramblestar designs to have it too; if they don't look better with Goldenflower's.

I just like the irony and bitterness of it. That these ancient stripes, once so associated with compassion and righteous fury, turn into a "legacy" so divorced from what Thunder Storm and Bright Storm stood for.

Becoming a symbol for the idea of modern ThunderClan and the culture of the new times, not the principles it was founded on.

Also I HAD to do the design thing where Thunder Storm's stripes look like top surgery scars lmao, my beloved transmasc boy

Anyway, I've decided that Thunder Storm was a REALLY dark orange. It bugs me a little, especially in-canon, that he looks nothing like either parent. So in BB he's not too far off color-wise from his mama.

I also removed the old "mane" and replaced it with combination white chest + his father's shoulder burls. The mane is going to become a Forest Cat trait, which is why it's going to get so prominent in ThunderClan.

Instead, Mountain Cats have a REALLY high concentration of ear tufts in their genes. They're also huge and generally hairy.

Funny enough though they're also "oily." They come from the Lake Cat population which was pretty water-resistant because of constantly dealing with the lake, and they haven't lived in the Mountains long enough for natural selection to get rid of it.

It's going to become SUPER advantageous for those who move to the River Kingdom, but become less prominent in the other populations.

But for now, Mountain Cats are kinda... well, naturally 'stinky.' That's not a BAD thing to cats who are animals who LIKE strong smells, but it is a notable trait that I'd like The Wind Runner in particular to comment on.

Thunder Storm: "Well? What did she say?"

Bumble: "Ummmmmm......"

Thunder Storm: "be honest"

Bumble: "she says she smelled you coming when you were upwind. rudely."

99% of the time when I'm changing character eye colors, it's to make them NOT blue because there's too many blue-eyed characters in WC imo. BUT.

I think it was another tiny waste to have the narrative constantly stressing Clear Sky's blue, blue eyes, almost like they're hypnotizing, and then they never really comment on what Thunder's eye color signals to other people.

So I've got an idea; instead of amber, Thunder Storm has ELECTRIC BLUE eyes. Almost green, like his mother's minty ones.

Intense as his father's, but more focused. Sharp. Shocking.

Side note: in my research I actually learned it's easier for tripod cats to RUN than it is for them to walk. They can "canter" like a horse, but when they go slow they have to hop. Taking this into consideration.

I put a splash of white on the little bit of lower limb that Thunder Storm has on the leg, so it sticks out a bit more. I don't want it to be hidden I want it to be prominent

I also figured out a hilarious trick for Bright Storm to pull on Sky's Clan at some point lmao

Thunder's crew is in conflict with Sky's cats and the attacks are getting more and more frequent. They decide they need some extra time to carry out some kind of hunt or diplomatic mission, but Bright Storm only has a small group of cats to pull off a stunt with.

She knows she can't fight them head on, but she NEEDS to buy her son more time, so she hatches a plan.

Clear Sky values his intelligence and his ferocity very much. To a fault, even. He loves to outsmart his opponents and overpower them-- so Bright Storm gets all her cats to build a very large, very tall, nearly impenetrable wall out of briar thorns. There's only one way in; the well-guarded tunnel they've constructed in the front.

It would be a challenge for a lesser cat. But Clear Sky, clever devil he is, realizes they've made a fatal flaw; they've built their camp right next to the trees. His fighters don't need to jump over the wall or push through it, the oaks are their allies!

So, while Thunder's cats are all surely sleeping, he gathers his best men and come through the canopy. In well-trained patrols, they swoop down into the camp and prepare for battle.

and no one is there.

You see, there was only one way in... and only one way out.

And Clear Sky and his best fighters watch with HORROR as the tiny crew of guards seals that entrance up like the neck of a bag. There are no trees to climb INSIDE the wall, and it's too tall to hop out of. It won't hold them forever, but it will hold them JUST LONG ENOUGH.

Bright calls this little plan "Operation Timeout."

[bonebabbles]

Snake Gets Done Dirtier

In The Blazing Star, Book 4 of DOTC, Snake turned against Clear Sky because he allowed One Eye into the camp against all warnings.

Clear Sky came to take his power and authority back after he massively fucked up, and Snake didn't want this. He didn't accept a bullshit apology, and attacked him.

Here is the passage again;

He turned against him because CLEAR SKY allowed a cat into the Clan that CARVED A TATTOO INTO SNAKE'S FLESH.

NOTHING, NOTHING about this interaction implies that Snake was upset that One Eye got killed. He was NOT loyal to One Eye. He did not WANT the mark. He's angry that Clear Sky "LET THIS HAPPEN" because he got a permanent brand cut into his paw.

Snake is the ONLY character who didn't accept Clear Sky's return. When he hears "We're all family here :) I risked my life to get my dictatorship back which is totally atonement :)" Snake calls it for the bullshit that it is, gets dog-piled by his sycophants, and leaves after refusing Clear Sky's "MY way or the HIGHWAY" ultimatum.

This is incredibly meaningful for the character of Snake, actually, because he was an extremely loyal minion for Clear Sky.

Described as "ugly" and "stinky" for the first books of his appearance sell him as one of the most eager, violent cats in Proto-SkyClan (interesting that the erins immediately attack appearance and hygiene to show a character is 'savage'), Snake eventually carries out Clear Sky's orders to murder cats indiscriminately at The First Battle. Everything he does for his leader is done without question. So, standing up against Clear Sky here is a REAL rejection of what Snake used to be.

Snake's RIGHT. Clear Sky DID let this happen! He's WHY this entire Clan suffered under a bigger, badder tyrant. Clear Sky ignored all the warnings he was given, and even got SO offended to hear them that he threw a fit and called his disabled brother (no, the OTHER disabled brother) a broken cat!

But the writers can't let anyone have a point that Clear Sky is a horrible leader who shouldn't be trusted with a goldfish, let alone an entire Clan. So it's time to throw that out the window and say that, ackshually, Snake was loyal to One Eye the whole time and that's why he didn't immediately bow down to Clear Sky.

In Book 6, Snake is a different character.

He's just evil now, serving the most evilestist character they can imagine.

Snake stood up against Clear Sky because of his BAD JUDGEMENT. He did not like One Eye. Snake was done with tyranny, and that IS a redemption moment. The start of a REAL redemption arc. Not whatever bullshit the Erins think a "redemption" arc is, where consequences are so mean because guilt is enough :(

Nope! Retcon two books later. Either intentional malice because they can't have a reasonable character STAY MAD at Clear Sky, or such utter incompetence that they can't keep the motivations of their characters consistent within their own arc.

[bumble-the-sun-bee]

Quick sketch/ study I did of my own design on Cryptid Malware

:)

He's really tall by the way- like. . . Roughly 9 foot?

When he's on fours he's roughly 5 feet at the shoulder

[meatrise]

okay so im gonna post this in honor of the bumblesweep

Evil(?) Bumble AU

au where instead of killing Bumble, Clear Sky takes her into his group.

I'm imagining that he does attack her at first and she just fucking snaps like a rubberband, and starts ranting at this asshole about what's happened because she Just Cannot Take This Anymore. and it's enough to fucking explode his brain because Hey What The Fuck.

idk why i just want to see clear sky supporting womens wrongs. hey girlie pop how do you feel about some Revenge.