#cydbys

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I'll start over lol, legacy naming can be fine if done well but i don't think it has. Hollytuft + Sibs appeared to us as adults so we don't get to know about them. Cinderheart was cute until we had the whole "shes actually cinderpelt lmao" moment. The two Mouses and Leafs just had no excuse to be there. And if I was Ivypool and my kid died I would NOT want some random cat immediately naming their daughter after her. Isn't that kind of traumatizing? I got rid of all legacy namings that occur -

in cats younger than Holly in my AVOS/TBC allegiances and in my rewriting exercise I'm making Sparkpaw just be really obsessed with being Firestar's kin so her eventual naming of Flamekit makes a bit more sense. At least I can excuse 4 Robinwings to the Erin's forgetting they all existing(not a valid excuse tho imo), having two Frecklewishes is just insane. Was literally nothing else an option? Frecklesong, Freckletuft, Frecklemint? I've also noticed stuff from the beginning like having a semi - prominent Ashfur in Into The Wild's ShadowClan then immediately having Ashkit/(fur) in Fire and Ice's ThunderClan. At the very least, literary-wise, it feels like too much repeating too quickly. I'm not against two Bobs existing at the same time but still…I've actually put down a good fic because they named literally everyone in TC after a dead cat and I got annoyed lol. Names were like, Ferndust Bluestorm Frostheart etc

TV Tropes has a trope relevant to this: One-Steve Limit. While it's very common for people to share names in the real world, in fiction it's avoided to make things easier on your readers/viewers and prevent repetitiveness. The point of not sharing names is for each character to stand out on their own; often when there are multiples of one name (for example, Heather in "Heathers"), there's a reason to it, usually to mock the hivemind-nature of the characters or establish a theme of putting people in boxes they can't escape from (such as in Steven Universe where every gem of one type shares the same name and remains stuck in one role for their entire existence).

In the case of Warriors, I feel that "rule" rings truest. To be entirely fair to the writers, they have hundreds of characters to name, most of them never even showing up in the books beyond being mentioned in the allegiances. A prefix or suffix is going to appear multiple times - that's just unavoidable, especially if you have rules in place for what names are allowed that limits your options. I can't blame them for that issue coming up a few times accidentally.

What I can blame them for is deliberately using names that have important characters attached to them barely a generation later. In a setting where you have to keep track of every name, even as a reader, it's going to cause nothing but trouble if Greystripe dies and in the next book there's a Greykit in the very same Clan. It creates a constant stream of Grey-, which can accidentally confuse readers, or at the very least trip them up for a few seconds - something you DO NOT want in a story, especially one aimed at kids, where things need to be clear and concise.

[coolguyalert69420]

i love gay people (best friends whenever)

[arsuns-ramblings]

«- Say something Shelby would say » « -I love you Cyd »

LIKE C’MON AND YOU ARE TRYING TO CONVINCE ME THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE STRAIGHT??

[kjxlll]

wip ask game!

i was tagged by @arokel ! figured i should hop on this one since i missed the last uhhhhh several that were going around

RULES: make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

bitb:

photo

modern 1

time displaced

lrmm/bfw:

brylar

Untitled Document

midnight love

i’m not sure who has or hasn’t been tagged in the bitb fandom but everyone should hop on! and same goes for the other two these fandoms are so small if you’re seeing this it’s fate post those wips

[xan-the-emo-trans-man]

Petition to call it “Girlfriends Whenever”

I'm totally not thinking of completely writing Best Friends Whenever just so I can make it gay.

I am

[jovenshires]

💛Smoshblr December Asks Day 21💙

What are your top 3 favourite tropes in media and/or fanfiction? (can be as general or specific as you want)

Bonus: What are 3 of your fave fanfics? (can be smosh related or from other fandoms)

oh, easy - soulmates (specifically in fic tv just doesn't understand her the way we do), friends-to-lovers, and opposites attract/rivals-to-lovers. i like enemies-to-lovers too but rivals just hits different

im so glad that didnt end with 'of all time' bc i literally could not make a top three for you BUT here are the three that popped into my head:

the world: shaking, changing, and brand new by cydbys is a girl meets world larkle fic and probably my fave fic of all time. it is so simple but so beautiful and for my fave ship that gets no love....... its everything to me

the 'dates and times' series by beloved ao3 user stackofhay aka @snelwords - literally broke me down and rebuilt me. my top reread fic series of the year for sure. if i had an ao3 wrapped it would be embarrassing.

and finally ill throw in a fic thats long as hell - black to blue by puppetmaster55 is a voltron fic (do not judge me i will end you) that is part of a thus far unfinished series but as a character study enthusiast the first part delights me so. i love and miss them <3

[havocmadden]

when i get back from my trip i AM going to find a download of bfw and start making cydby gifs. or else

[amberpriceenthusiast]

Okay okay on tiktok I saw a post talking abt how fruity best friends whenever is, so obvi I started to rewatch it

And that post is so right, I’m on episode 2 and Barry/Naldo and Cyd/Shelby are very gay and very much in love

[forget-me-nights]

do you love shipping cyd x shelby aka cydby

Had to look that one up too I'm sorry lol

But the whole "Our friendship is our superpower" WOW

That's-thats certainly .. cheesy and sweet I'm getting tooth aches

So if I'd seen it I'd probs ship them

Also Cyd is an interesting name!

Wait a second they LIVE TOGETHER ?? DAMN.. okay alright Sure

[exysapphics]

a never ending list of my favorite ships 29/?

cyd ripely & shelby marcus

[mbavs]

hey guys i'm taking fic prompts !

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I'm reading all your blog for funsies, and I have a question about how cats won't reuse a prefix until everyone who remembers the event is dead. So, does that mean that if Tawnypelt does go to ShadowClan and doesn't know about Tigerclaw at that point and randomly decides to name her kit Tiger, would she be able to do so? How about if a random cat who doesn't exist yet, let's say Whitewing decides on Tiger, how do they tell her no?

So long as there's someone alive that remembers the original prefix user, it's considered essentially banned in the native Clan. You can get grey situations where it's a single, ancient elder who will let it slide, but usually names wait a couple generations to be reused anyways. You won't get two Mouse- cats in the same Clan until the elder Mouse- has been dead for a while.

The thing to keep in mind is that the Clans very much value their children's prefixes being special and unique to them. Renaming is very rare and considered in poor taste, even if the cat being named for was a swell guy. To name someone after a very bad individual requires a specific kind of stupidity and blindness to your own culture.

Now, it's not really banned in other Clans. If you name your kit Morning-, only to find out there was a Morning- that murdered someone else in your neighboring Clan...well, how were you supposed to know that? Crimes are kept on the downlow from everyone outside of the community. You can't be held accountable for that, even if your neighbors twitch uncomfortably when you introduce your son to them.

[baywindowproductions]

Or series

the inherent homoeroticism of being best friends in a disney channel original movie

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I’m at episode 12 of season 2 of best friends whenever and are these people dense?? Like apart from the very obvious forced hetero relationships i won’t even get into that rn like if Naldo had let Cyd jump through the time rift with Shelby, they could have just left Sebastian in the 1500’s and Cyd and Shelby could have just time travelled to their time ?? Am i missing something because it sounds very easy in my mind.

[lab-trash]

So, genuinely, I feel a little odd about the BFW Fandom, because I totally understand shipping Cyd and Shelby. But at the same time, I ship Shelby with Alex (the girl who taught her how to code) and if I had to ship Cyd with anyone, it would be Daisy.

Barry and Naldo though, I ship them so hard.

[blackandblue13]

i love that barry made up the ship names cydby and barnaldo it really confirms the wlw/mlm solidarity of best friends whenever