#but this was really fun to do

[thunderc1an]

Common Clan lore:

There is an old tale (details forgotten due to its age), within the clans, which insinuates that the light of the sun dispels any form of ‘darkness’ (the personification of death and/or evil and/or evil spirits who were shunned from starclan). It is due to this reason that to the clans Leafbare is perceived as the worse season for survival. Daylight is cut short during Leafbare, hence the sunlight that feeds the forest (which in turn feeds the clan’s prey) and protects the clans from this supposed darkness is exponentially less.

The reasons above are used to explain why twolegs dens (and their trees) are glowing throughout the long nights of leafbare. It is understood that twolegs know of this darkness, and so to combat this, they have harvested strands of the sun to weave and adorn the outside of their dens.

It should be noted that for these clan cats the sun is the equivalent of silverpelt during the day. Silverpelt protects the clans from total darkness during the night while in turn the sun nourishes and provides to the clans during day light hours.

It is known that during leafbare there is a high rate of cats (from clans, or loners/rouges) that flee to twoleg dens to either become permanent kittypets or seek refuge (within twolegs’ yards). The brighter the twoleg den the safer it is.

Cats also understand that twolegs know when the end of leafbare is near. For there is one particular night within the dead of leafbare that symbolizes that newleaf will finally come. Some cats refer to this event as the ‘the longest night of spirits’ or ‘the coming of the sun’.

Although clan cats do not know of the exact date of this event it is still considered a celebration (and if the sun is giving during LeafFall then they will prepare in advance for this event: exchange of gifts- feathers, shiny stones, pretty snail shells, the claws of predators, the hides of rabbits, etc). The event is marked by the loud explosions of sounds and lights within the night sky. It is assumed that the strands of lights upon the twolegs’ dens break free and sprint to the sky before spreading their joy and beauty for all to see. The first explosion awakes the clan, and notifies them of the celebration. Generally after this event, it shall take (about, usually more) one more moon for leafbare to gradually come to an end and for the days to become longer.

[puppppppppy]

filipina miku!! my mom helped me with her outfit ^_^

[mangozic]

my dead goth son and his friendly neighborhood personified concept of insanity

[egophiliac]

gargoyle Mal is everything I've ever dreamed of and more. his little raincoat! his umbrella! I hope he really does have big ol' stompy rainboots to splash around in puddles in. I hope they have little faces on them.

(Twst please give me Malleus having a rainy day adventure, this is everything I need right now)

[crumb-crumblet-s-crumbington]

big bro jazz

[eatyourdamnpears]

I’ve been in such a funk since the concert. I’m not even sure I enjoyed myself that much. maybe I did. I don’t know

[kwadlayns]

talk to me in french, talk to me in spanish 🍒

[foolsocracy]

identity reveals are always fun

[verflares]

just how long is forever? // not long enough, with you

pssst. check this out on inprnt :]

[geezmarty]

anyway I started playing aai

[mysillycomics]

Bohug made of different things

[datcravat]

SCIENCE BEGETS TRUTH✨

[phaoi]

PHUMPKIN ALERT!! 🎃💀🌈

[friedunicornstudio]

We painted a new Shiranui zodiac piece this year featuring all the brush god constellations!

(Shiranui themself is in front of the Hanagami, but we did paint them. They're still there. It counts)

[lylahammar]

Randomly thinkin about Chilchuck today, and how he tries sooooo hard to self sabotage

like for example, other half foots on the island think that he's a greedy asshole who only cares about money, and he does nothing to try to disprove that

but then there's this omake at the end of book 9 that shows that people treat half foots fucking TERRIBLY and chilchuck started a union to protect them

and then in the bicorn chapter, he doesn't want Marcille to keep digging into his personal business so he tells her he CHEATED ON HIS WIFE

but he just COMPLETELY fuckin lied about that and made himself sound so much worse than he is bc he's afraid of being vulnerable with people and would rather everyone believes he's a shitty person so he can keep them at a distance

and the thing that's memed so often is that he refuses to help with fighting most of the time because it's not part of his contract

but if you take this lore into account (not gonna add those particular images to this post simply bc I've used them in so many posts already LMAO) along with this tidbit from the world guide:

then it's like. yeah he has to keep his weight low so if he gets killed or severely injured and has to be healed, that could be really dangerous for him. and even if he was healed at that point he'd end up being a burden to the party after that point, he would be too dangerously thin/sickly to be able to help.

Like, Chilchuck has so many things about him that APPEAR to be character flaws, but every single one of them has a very reasonable explanation. He just leans into the mischaracterization bc he's emotionally withholding and can handle people thinking he's an asshole more than he can handle opening up to anyone. he's such a well thought out and interesting character

[vita-divata]

Getting ready for bed~