#brightheart au

[residences-of-the-darkforest]

Am I the only one who finds it strange that, other than a missing eye and perhaps some damaged hearing(?), Brightheart has no lasting affects from her injuries?

She still has the SCARS, yes, but they don’t affect her in any permanent way, even if they are rather big.

I think Brightheart should have had brain damage

Her face and head were already heavily scarred. It wouldn’t be far-fetched to say that it also harmed her brain.

As for how she manages to SURVIVE that type of damage, I imagine that Cloudtail would help take her to Twolegs, which would tie in his history with them and could have extra angst potential as Cinderpelt feels guilty for not being able to heal her herself.

Though I took 1 class of neuro, it didn’t include a whole lot of injury facts, so this all comes from google searches. But some ideas:

—personality changes

—memory problems

—weakened ability to reason, judge, and make decisions

—weakened ability to consider consequences

—involuntary muscle movements

—lowered social understanding

—trouble with expressions and emotion

she most likely wouldn’t have ALL, these are just choose your pick ideas.

What should also be shown is her struggles with this aspect as well as her injuries and trauma and would realistically show how she learns to deal with it.

….but I’d we’re honest, the Erins would botch that massively

[shummthechumm]

erm i reassigned ivy and dove to be brightcloud kits because this branch of the family tree gets rlly out of control when you dont do that lol

[digitaldogpark]

contemporary human au brightheart (for the soul) 🙂‍↕️

[night-o]

Some doodles I made because honestly idk what to draw rn

Featuring my oc Maple, Brightheart, Cloudtail, Pinestar, Leopardfoot and little Tigerkit!

[dustlicious]

In this AU I don’t really have the time to go into depth about jayfeather’s apprenticeship but i always thought brightheart being his mentor would’ve been sweet. Even though she wants to get out of the medicine den as soon as possible she still make sure to train him well and even teach him plenty of battle moves just in case. I think she would give him loads of tips and things that help her with her experience of being half blind and deaf. Jaypaw of course is all sassy and doesn’t want her help but he comes around in the end and is sad to see her leaving the den after he is fully trained.

I like to think brightheart sees Jaypaw as one of her own kits and jokes to cloudtail saying that Jaypaw is their son now much to jay’s annoyance .

[t4twnyclaw]

firestars family tree for the historic AU, up to OOTS

[warrior-cats-rewritten]

I really love the "Tigerstar is Swiftpaw's dad" AU. It doesn't change that much storywise, but it just makes it really tragic with Tigerstar sending the dogs that kill him and him wanting to prove himself.

To be honest I really thought for the longest time he WAS Swiftpaw's dad.

God... Tiger spying on Gatherings and not seeing Swiftpaw there. Overhearing apprentices gossip.

"Did you hear what happened to Brightpaw? I hope she doesn't get an infection."

"Better than what happened to Swiftpaw."

But... What happened to Swiftpaw? Where was he? Was he hurt?

Tigerstar getting his 9 lives and seeing his son standing in the crowd, glaring at him with a look that chokes him. He sees the glittering scars and puts 2 and 2 together. That was his son, his baby, his precious boy so full of potential and life and so stubborn and proud. Why was he not given a name? Why did Bluestar treat his son like this? She gave a name to the bastard kittypet child, but denied his son? She's to blame of course, not him, he would have named him Swiftstrike or Swiftfang, something respectable and powerful. His son... Sitting there with his other lost child, lost so young, they both look so unhappy...

Seeing Swiftpaw amongst his own victims as he keeps dying over and over again. Begging them each time to help him. Help me Swiftpaw, please, please, you love me, I'm your father you need to do something you need to save me please Swiftpaw please don't let me die I'm your papa I love y

Watching his other sons, another child of his lost too young, Tadpole was so much like him too, fearless and strong.

Comparing Hawkfrost to Swiftpaw in the horrible way that parents do. Come on Hawkfrost that was sloppy, Swiftpaw had that technique down and never left apprenticeship, you'll avenge me and your brother, Firestar was deputy he could have said something, it would have saved your brother's life.

Seeing Swiftpaw during the Great Battle giving a blessing to Firestar. Realizing he gave Firestar a life and just... Losing it. Firestar stole his son from him, and let him die, and his perfect son still gave him a life?! Why?!

Oh it all just goes perfectly.

Although... It does give Tigerstar the widest family tree EVER.

Lynxkit, Swiftpaw, Brambleclaw, Tawnypelt, Tadpole, Mothwing and Hawkfrost. Oof, gift giving events have gotta be a nightmare.

[kudossi]

Tigerclaw and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Senior Warrior Position AU

In a world where deputies can only be named after their first apprentice has been granted their warrior name, Tigerclaw struggles to keep an apprentice alive long enough to earn their name.

or, a comedy-tragedy AU in which having an apprentice isn't enough — you have to see them to their warrior name, and Tigerclaw cannot fucking get any of his goddamn apprentices to live, damn it.

—

It starts out mostly normally, except for the fact that Tigerclaw hasn't gotten any apprentices to their warrior name, and he needs that so he can accomplish his (very noble, of course) kitty genocide goals. And also be the supreme leader of the world or something. Darkpaw died stupidly, he hasn't had a chance since, and now he's got some tiny thing that's afraid of his own shadow.

Well. It'll have to do.

So naturally this man is so protective over Ravenpaw that Ravenpaw barely even leaves his sight. Firepaw and Graypaw think that this is adorable. Look how much Tigerclaw cares about his apprentice!!

Ravenpaw, of course, is fucking terrified and also slowly losing his mind, just in a different way.

—

"Redtail assigned us to go on a patrol to Snakerocks." "OH NO HE DID NOT. WE'RE STAYING IN THE SANDY HOLLOW WHERE IT'S SAFE."

"Nothing matters more to me than making you a warrior, Ravenpaw. Nothing." And the terrible thing is that Ravenpaw is sure he's being sincere.

—

Ravenpaw disappears and Tigerclaw nearly fucking has a conniption because the timing was all RIGHT and he was going to finally get the position AND HE NEVER GOT HIS DAMN NAME FUCK.

"Do you think I could convince the elders that Fireheart was my apprentice?" "Fireheart was Bluestar's apprentice, as approved by StarClan. You're going to have to wait for the next litter to be apprenticed."

So he begs and begs and gets Cinderpaw and then she accidentally falls into the trap he'd set for a better deputy candidate at the Thunderpath. Fuck.

—

Well. Time to resort to drastic measures.

"I was thinking that Darkstripe would have been a good name. Because he had dark stripes." "Again, Tigerclaw, it's admirable that you loved your apprentice so much, but I cannot grant him a name." "Are you sure?" "Honestly, Tigerclaw, I'm not sure he ever would have gotten a name. Missing quite a few feathers from his nest, that one..." Fuck. The worst part was that she wasn't even wrong.

— Swiftpaw and Brightpaw get mauled by the dogs he set up to happen like right after he got the title and they sprang it before and he's like FUCK NOW WHAT DO I DO WITH THESE DAMN DOGS? His world domination plans literally never come to fruition because he cannot keep his apprentices alive/in the clan/his own.

— "Brightheart counts. She HAS to count." "Actually, Cloudtail took over her training…" [demented noises]

—

Turns out that Ravenpaw is alive and no one — no one — in the Harper Collins Extended Universe is happier than Tigerclaw.

"You're alive! …You deserve your warrior name!" "Actually, I've come to peace with my name and my way of life. I have no need for a—" "GET YOUR FUCKING NAME RIGHT NOW RAVENPAW OR SO HELP ME STARCLAN—" "I know you really wanted Ravenpaw to become a warrior," Barley says gently, "but he's made his decision. It's very kind of you to acknowledge that he deserves it, though. You must have been so close as mentor and apprentice." Tigerclaw's eye twitches. "Yes. Close. Very... close." —

He finally, finally retires as an elder after his plans go absolutely nowhere for years on end. And maybe StarClan is still like "Brambleclaw would be chill actually, we can forget that pesky little law" and Tigerclaw is sitting there like "excuse me what the actual fuck?" —

But at this point Tigerclaw is about as dangerous as Ashfur without a freak forest fire. Which is to say about as dangerous as using a leaf as a weapon. Which is, incidentally, how Darkpaw managed to get himself killed in the first place.

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"Is this the Dark Forest? This has to be the Dark Forest. It doesn't look like Thistleclaw described it, but it must be. This Clan is all an elaborate punishment meted down by StarClan for my sins." "Tigerclaw, sir, I'm just here to help you with your ticks. See? I have the mousebile right here." "…Yes, thank you, Alderpaw." — Graystripe joins him in the elder's den and he's like, "You know, Ravenpaw thought you were up to some… scheme, back in the day. Crazy, right? You've been a model Clanmate as long as I've been alive." [muffled screaming] "Huh, what do you think that is? It sounds almost like someone killed a rabbit, but they know not to come this close to camp…"

[cryptidclaw]

Cloudtail & Brightheart!

Ive had these guys in the drafts for a while so I am freeing them during ROC's hiatus!

[weevile-mantis]

Cinderfreckle(pelt) drawings ^_^

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[harewhiisker]

First time posting on here

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[heartshapedhooves]

badly drawn adult Snowkit for my AU(?)

His name here is Snowspeckle (in honor of his mom) and he's the deputy of ThunderClan under Brightheart (now Brightstar)

In this timeline, Speckletail succeeded while saving Snowkit from the hawk, but in the fall she used her body to shield him and ended up breaking her back. That forced her to retire (no need to kill a disabled kid!)

He was very traumatized from the incident, and tried his best to take care of his mother along with the other warriors. He became withdrawn and paranoid, scared of leaving the healer's den.

Brackenfur tried his best to train Snowpaw when the time came, but he was very shy and easily distracted. His mentor then started to use tail, paw and claw signs to help him understand the warrior code and learn how to protect himself and his Clan. This made Snowpaw open up to Brackenfur, becoming more confident and learning to use his sturdy build in battles.

He took a bit longer to become a warrior, but when he did, he requested to be named after his mother, who risked her life to able to see her kit grow up. He still a very quiet cat, but if you take your time to know him, you'll learn that he is very good at strategy and planning, specially for hunting and border patrols.

Being forced to leave his mother behind at the old territories destroyed him, and he almost chose to stay with the elders, but Speckletail managed to convince him to let go and continue living, that was the only to keep her memory alive. She fought to keep him safe, this was no longer a safe home for him to stay.

Brightstar chose him due to him being the voice of reason for the Clan, always planning ahead for battles, if they're truly necessary. He may be a strong warrior, but he does not like fighting.

I tried to make him sturdy like Lionheart, after all they're siblings! He got his tiny ears from his dad Smallear, and the markings in his fur are from his mom.

[arcticfoxfacts]

Hear me out, here.

An AU where Leafpool and her kits stay by the hollow tree, and instead of Squirrelflight saying she’s the three’s mother, she covers for Leafpool by saying her sister died while on the journey.

Leafpool raises the kits as if they were warriors (to the best of her ability) while the clan mourns their loss. Without a medicine cat, they’re forced to quickly train a new one, probably Brightheart since she already has some experience. Long term, one of Daisy’s kits would probably be forced to become a medicine cat. My vote goes to Hazeltail since she’s the least interesting of the siblings imo. Squilf makes periodic trips to visit Leafpool and the three always wonder where her aunt comes from. Their personalities probably don’t change too much from the main series, maybe Jay is a little less grumpy (at least in his early life) because the people around him don’t judge him for being blind as much. He also maybe naturally grows an interest in healing to be more like his mother.

I think the main drama would come from someone finding out, maybe one of the apprentices following Squilf on one of her trips. Now that the secret is out, everyone including Firestar and Crowfeather feel betrayed. The Crowfeather, Nightcloud, and Breezepelt stuff would probably not be that different, so hearing Leafpool is not only alive but has his kits would be an extra shock. Firestar, being the kind of guy he is, absolutely accepts Leafpool and her kits back to ThunderClan, but the clans don’t fully accept her back, less so for her kits.

Also StarClan wouldn’t really be involved here. This is a change I make to all of my AUs, but StarClan still retains their err of mystery and doesn’t interfere in clan life.

I’m just spitballing of course but I think I’m cooking here.

[clarissasbakery]

warrior cat doodles

[cuppug]

Draw your favorite warrior cat and favorite sans hanging out :3

they're hanging out!!! by taking the fattest nap ever!! They are having the best dreams ever 2.

[bonefall]

I kind of feel evil for asking this, but how does the fact that Brightheart is considered the hottest molly in the forest while Cloudtail is considered rather ugly affect their relationship? (Also the love the Better Bones Au!)

I think in other couples, it might, but for them it doesn't. Y'know? Other cats might be shallow, or insecure that they're considered so unattractive while their mate is "out of their league," but that's simply not Cloudtail and Brightheart.

You see, a short king like Cloudtail only has a certain amount of floorspace with which to store their confidence. In a tall guy, it spreads all out and gets thin. In a boy who is short? It's concentrated. Absolutely distilled to its purest essence. You cannot divide him. This man is a carbon molecule, and babey, Brightheart is 6 electrons.

He's like Danny Devito. When does Danny Devito ever stop and lament his appearance? That man is a comedic orb. That's Cloudtail.

Brightheart ironically is the one who's more insecure. The death of her cousin and Bluestar's Dishonor Title, Swifthound, really wrecked her. She has a bad habit of feeling like she doesn't deserve the good things she has.

In BB's Clan Culture, scars are desirable. She feels like she doesn't deserve to have such markers of strength. What she did in following Swiftpaw towards the dogs that night wasn't noble, it was foolish. So walking away from it with trophies that she feels she didn't earn is painful.

In a way, she feels like that with Cloudtail, too. What did she do to deserve him? He supports her in everything she does. He does everything in his power to make her feel better. When she suggests surrogating for their friends in other Clans? He thinks that's great! If she wanted to go on a trip with Cinderheart to the town? He'd cheer! She knows, deep in her heart, if she ever DID want to become a Cleric, Cloudtail loves her enough to let her go.

And that hurts, sometimes. When she struggles with self-worth. She feels like it's not fair she's loved so much.

So... basically, maybe in another couple who was more shallow. But these two have something a lot deeper going on.