#deadheart

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

Medicine Cats in a Dark Reign

(Not to scale of one another).

RIVER:

--Eelfoot is an elderly tom, who has a tendency towards crankiness. He retired before the start of Rainstar's Burden (likely around the time Dawnflower earned her full name).

--Rainwater is his apprentice, and Dawnflower is hers! Both of them are she-cats.

WIND:

--Coldwater is much crankier. But like all--or most--medicine cats, she has a good heart. The scars seen on her were received when she pulled a Clanmate from a fire, long after she had retired.

--Her apprentice, Houndpaw/hare, was the one to have the prophecy about Rainstar becoming leader--likely the first prophecy he had had.

SKY:

--Pumpkintail is a mollie who had died before Rainstar's Burden. Creekpaw/pond is quiet, though not shy, and Pumpkintail is very friendly, so she made most conversation between them during meetings.

--Nightpaw/bloom is much the same as his mentor, preferring silence. He is non-verbal most of the time, pretty much only speaking when he needs to.

THUNDER:

--In spite of what you would think by his name, Deadheart is very friendly. He is talkative, too, which tends to annoy Eelfoot and Coldwater.

--When Beechpaw/finch became a medicine cat apprentice, they were very worried that they wouldn't be good enough--feelings worsened by her parents believing that she should have become a warrior apprentice like her littermates. Deadheart comforted her and, when she was ten moons and her parents' feelings continued, told Beechpaw that he would gladly be the father she needs.

She first began officially calling him 'dad' the night he gave her her full name.

SHADOW:

--You know

Refs are from here!: F2U Warrior Cats Bases + ALL RANKS by StarlightTwinkleSnow on DeviantArt They are by StarlightTwinkleSnow!

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[kazuaru]

Donovan Deadheart for @acuar-io's simblr outlaws.

Donovan McConnell aka (Donovan Deadheart) was born from a one night stand his father had with a prostitute & raised by the (deadheart gang) after running away at the age of 16 from the brothel his mother worked at.

He was raised with tough "love" & was always call a "stupid drunk irish bastard" by everyone in the gang. One night when everyone was a sleep dovovan gave the deadhearts their name by murdering all of them in their sleep & stabbing all of them in the heart with their own knives. After the now known (deadheart massacre) donovon fled with all the gangs stolen money.

Now a the age of 34 he spends his days roaming from town to town killing any one who dare calls him or irish people "lazy drunk bastards"

(edit inspo) + (🔊)

bonus: edit, everyday, formal/laying low & sleep outfits.

[mrnnki]

time to play "am I developing a cold or did I destroy my voice singing alone in the house last night"

[journalofalivingcorpse]

　　╭ ⊂ [Welcome to the graveyard] ⊃◝

　　╰　he⭒ they⭒ 　≫　Adult ╯

╭┈╮. 　Blog info ◞

┊⛤ ↝ This blog will be a journal

┊⛤ ↝ I talk about more adult oriented stuff, this is your only warning

┊⛤ ↝ I'm a spirit worker and witch

┊🫀﹕The spirit of a very lovely dead shooter is my companion and obsession

╰┈╯

[filmmakerdreamst]

Eli & Oskar - Let the Right One In https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZrQfh0plYs

[lifecured]

warner tags

( study. ) ☁︎︎ warner harkness

( optic. ) ☁︎︎ warner harkness

( thread. ) ☁︎︎ warner harkness

( canon. ) ☁︎︎ warner harkness

( deadhearts. ) ☁︎︎ warner & josie

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

Deadheart would 100% assume that Myrtle was straight

"my morals aren't even straight"

[nettleclanstale]

I know this does nothing and may not even make anything happen but

‘starts shake a bottle of old ketchup over HazelStar’

You know,.. pranking and bullying a DeadHearted Un-redeemable Monster is Therapeutic. Next i will put Cicadas near her nest and find every Hazel nut i can to drop on her head every time she is being rude!!

Oh and Mod, you are doing a good job at making a Bad guy to love HATEing. Hhhaaahhaa, heres to what ever plans and future events you have

(Thanks for the compliment, by the way! <3)

[polkadotmotmot]

Madeleine Bialke - Deadheart, 2023

[neoflames]

Shadowrot in my warriors cats AU because I can’t stop thinking about the silly bisexual wives

We’re going to ignore the canon pairings in my AU (Joel/Lizzie, Etho/BDubs/Cleo) for some kitty cat Shadowrot :)

(Deadheart/Cleo on the left, Bouncewish/Lizzie on the right <3)

Other versions:

[i-cant-stop-fandoming-help]

Warrior Cats AU Characters: Owlclaw/Rei Mekaru

This is being written on mobile instead of computer lol.

Design made in Warrior cats: ultimate edition by yours truly.

Story warnings n shit; au and whatever, threw in one or my fankids. So yknow rei has a kid. (Actually a lot of the cast members do)

Since this is something i dont plan to have focus on in story, yall get a lil treat.

"Hawkpaw--! HAWKPAW!"

"Owlclaw, theres nothing we can do for her right now! We need to chase these rogues away!"

"My kit...! My baby...!"

"What are you on about..? She was FluffTuft's kit, not yours..."

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Name: Owlclaw

Role: Warrior

Clan: Skyclan

Mate: Breezefur(Teruya)

Description: Harsh and Prideful ginger tabby she-cat. She has lost everything, but still keeps going. Rumors among apprentices say that she used to be mates with Flightwing, but he left her when Flufftuft joined the clan.

Side Story:

Leaf-bare was a cursed season. If it werent for the shelter of trees above, she certainly would've been buried in snow. Next to her belly was a squirming kit, nestling away in her fur and falling into a deep slumber.

"How in starclan's name am I going to explain this..." Owlclaw hissed to herself, "Breezefur is a thunderclan cat, and if..."

She trailed off and uncurled a bit, looking at the patchy orange-furred kit at her side. The she-kit let out a frustrated mewl at the movement and tried nestling further into her fur.

"If Breezefur brought Hawkkit back to thunderclan camp, theres a risk of Icestar killing her." Her heart sunk at the thought. "But if I show up with a kit, I'll be bombarded with questions or told to leave for having relations with another clan."

She trembled from the cold and from hunger. How long had she laid in the snow now? It was nearly sundown.

Pawsteps crunched in the snow nearby. With a tense glance, she spotted a blue-gray pelt, followed by a pale yellow one. Ones that she knew belonged to her clanmates.

"Hurry up, slowpoke!" Flufftuft's meow was boisterous enough that it could probably be heard all the way back in the old territories.

"Fluffffyyyyy!" Flightwing dragged out her name, only to pause, sniff the air, and narrow his eyes. "Do... do you smell that?"

The former kittypet came to a halt. "Smell wha...? Oh."

Owlclaw. pressed her hinds paws into the ground, twisting her body to grab Hawkkit's scruff and lift her. The moment she was about to run, a better idea sprang into mind.

Hawkkit mewled from being so suddenly awoken, alarming the two warriors even moreso.

Flufftuft got there first.

"Owlclaw...?" Her meow was even softer than Hawkkit's shaky mewls.

Flightwing was just a few pawsteps behind his mate. He froze in his steps.

"Please help me."

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Story notes; her parents are pinefoot and sharpsight. She has half brothers in other clans-- deadheart(utsuro-riverclan) and dawnheart(yuki-windclan) due to her fathers infidelity. She had two stillborn littermates.

Her mentor was Daisytail(minako tomori) and she earned her warrior name for her perserverance and courage.

She met breezefur at the gathering when they were apprentices, but they would often see each other on border patrols as well.

Design notes; orange :3. Also, while it doesnt show in her WCUE design, she has really fluffy and curly fur. Like the typical overdramatic wc design fur, the fur between her ears is longer and spills over her face.

Other notes:

Shitty old drawing of owlclaw with a hawkkit/paw head ref.

[leekitobashar]

Baby Deadheart FLAVORS

[antonjesus]

NOAPOLOGY - Deadhearted (Official Music Video)

[musingsofabookworm1]

My Last 12 Reads

It’s been awhile. Over a month. Still reading! Just burnt out from the end of the school year. Legitimately burn out. But it is summer! And though I expected I’d read fewer books than the last few years, I actually read more with my total from end of last school year to this totaling 132.

So here’s a big recap!

Rainbow Black by Maggie Thrash - 5 stars

The Goodreads summary states that this book is “part murder mystery, part gay international-fugitive love story”. And it is spot on! The book moves through 20 years between Lacey’s youth and present day. Her youth was turned upside down after her parents were thrown in jail. Kids from their day care made accusations linked to the Satanic Panic in 1990. I loved this book so don’t want to divulge more. Just know that the writing is top notch. The character development is solid, and the plot will make you want to keep reading. One of the best I’ve read this year.

The Girls We Sent Away by Meagan Church -- 4 stars

This one got a little long in the middle, but it was very much worth the read. This book is set in part of the 60s known as the Baby Scoop Era. Protagonist teen Lorraine Delford lives in North Carolina with her parents. She is smart, ambitious, and has a boyfriend: who dumps her after she becomes pregnant. Ashamed, her parents send her to a maternity home. At the home, Lorraine meets girls from many walks of life and quickly becomes close with a select few. The emotions I felt for Lorraine and the girls she came to call her friends ripped my heart out. This novel is timely...which is excruciatingly sad. In related news: vote in November!

Biography of X by Catherine Lacey - 3 stars

Great concept. Mediocre execution. Even though this book is about X, X is dead. X was a writer and an artist. Her partner realizes upon X’s death, that she really knows nothing of X’s life prior to the beginning of their relationship. In the book, the United States has a portion split off after World War II known as the Southern Territory, and X's story via her partner gives us part of the history along with the history of X herself. Some parts of this novel were excellent, and I didn’t want them to end. Those were mostly parts of X’s family. Others were so drawn out and seemed to last forever. Dialog is limited which always turns me off. Average, at best, for me. 

James by Percivall Everett - 5 stars

This was the best of all the books in this post. It is Huckleberry Finn told through the eyes of Jim AKA James. It keeps the events of the original in place but brings Jim into a new light. I will keep it at that. Two thumbs way up for character development making a plot that readers know very much engaging. An absolute must read! I’ll definitely be looking into more of this author’s work over the summer.

The Book of Love by Kelly Link - 3 stars 

This three is rounded up from two and a half. At 628 pages, I should not have stuck with this one. I didn’t like it overall. The three teenage main characters open the book in a high school classroom after disappearing a year prior. Everyone has accounted for them as dead at this point. But their high school music teacher has joined them and knows something about the convoluted story about where they’ve been and why they’re back, and it has to do with magic.  Said teacher uses magic to make it seem like the three had been away at a European music camp for the last year and have simply returned. But the music teacher isn’t the only one who can use magic. Magical figures come into the teens’ lives: some good and some bad. There were some good parts. Some good relationships amongst characters. But overall, too many characters, too long, and even though the last 100 pages were enjoyable, it wasn’t a good read for me overall. 

The Gathering by C.J. Tudor - 3 stars

Easily my least favorite of Tudor’s books. Which I usually love. The book is set in Deadheart, Alaska where, for the last twenty-five years, the locals have lived alongside a community of vampyrs. Twenty-five years ago, a vampire killed a local. Now it has happened again. A detective who specializes in vampyr killings comes in to determine if this was a colony killing. If she finds it is, a cull will be called for. The former sheriff, whose life was turned upside down by the last killing, teams up with the aforementioned detective to find out if it is truly a vampyr killing or a murder. This was a quick read, and I don’t mind a vampire book. But this one, plot-wise, just didn’t do it for me despite enjoying Tudor’s writing style immensely.  I did read this one in one day mostly on my deck in the sun. It was a nice taste of summer in mid-May!

Children of Refuge and Children of Jubilee (Children of Exile Series #2 and #3) by Margaret Peterson Haddix

I started this series around spring break, and then a plethora of library holds descended on me, so I didn’t get to these as soon as I wanted to. The end of the first book in the series took a turn I did not expect: what seemed dystopian turned sci-fi. The biggest turn in these two novels: the narrator changed for both. The second is narrated by a friend of the first. The story does pick up just after the first. The third does the same regarding the timeline but is narrated by the sister of the second narrator. It was really difficult to go to the third book from the second due to the narrator switch. I kept thinking the narrator was the second one rather than the third. The first book was the best of the series, but overall a mediocre middle grade read. Very drawn out and minimal character development. But thumbs up for world-building. 

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See - 3 stars

Everyone loves this. I did not love it. I liked it. I liked the beginning. I liked the end. The middle dragged for me. We meet Lady Tan in 15th century China when she was just a child. After her mother dies in the first chapter, her father leaves her to be raised by her grandparents. Though women are of no use besides being vessels for children (male children ideally), Yunxian (title character) is lucky that her grandmother is one of the few female physicians around, and she begins to teach Yunxian about medical practices to help women. But her life takes a turn due to an arranged marriage. Her new mother-in-law forbids her from practicing medicine to help the women of her new family and household. Then a mystery crops up. Women must help other women (hence the circle) to survive. And I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the foot-binding. Despite not being blind or unaware of this, this practice just blows my mind any time I encounter it. And this was no different. This is not a historical period I love to read about, but I’m sure for readers that do, it’s a solid (not average) read. 

The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang - 4 stars

Scrolling through Facebook on spring break, I stumbled upon the fact that Kate Quinn had a new book she’d co-authored. How did I not know this? Thanks to a Target gift card in my wallet, I ordered it immediately. But, again, with library holds coming in fast and furiously, I had to set it aside. It had a bit of a slow start, but after the first 100 pages, it really picked up. It takes place around and during the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. Chapters alternate between Gemma and Suling. Gemma is a singer from the Midwest trying to make it big. She’s come to San Francisco to live with her friend who’d moved weest before her only to find her unexpectedly gone once she arrives. Suling is a Chinese immigrant seamstress. Their paths cross, of course. I’m going to leave it at that, though. The plot will be much more enjoyable as it unfolds during the reading experience. Give it some time, and it’ll get better than the slow start!

And We Rise by Erica Martin - 5 stars

This is YA book of poems touching on a number of pivotal events in the US Civil Rights Movement. Accessible. Emotional. Beyond my expectations. Fellow teachers: check this one out. You could probably use at least some of this in a lesson about poetry or history. 

Midnight on Beacon Street by Emily Ruth Verona - 2 stars

I had this one on my Kindle. I needed something short before my next hold came in. It had poor Goodreads reviews. They were deserved. The writing was not good. At times it was too simplistic, and at other times, it seemed like the author was trying too hard in this slasher-movie-esque plot set in 1993. It opens at midnight with a young boy standing in a pool of blood then goes back a few hours and works its way back to this scene.  Teenage babysitter, Amy, is watching a twelve-year-old girl and six-year-old boy. Her boyfriend shows up with his asshole brother and brother’s girlfriend who make her feel uncomfortable. This is followed by some mysterious phone calls and another uninvited guest. Lots of references and nods to the slasher film genre which was pretty much the only good part.