#does this look like a leafpool design

[things-falling-apart]

what tha heeellll here be my warriors sona i guess

bruh my fuckin,g oc lore . ok so long ago in spiderclan there existed archstripe , vulturewish and wolfpaw . (and some others but that doesnt matter)

ok a/s and w/p were medcat mentor and apprentice. and they got along pretty well. then! uh oh! v/w 'befriended' and killed w/p because he felt like it! oh well a/s won't take this lightly, so in return he kills v/w by luring a fox to the border. it kills both of them! so in cat limbo w/p and a/s meet one last time before a/s is dragged to the dark forest by v/w, as he somehow gets back into starclan. a/s is stuck in the dark forest for a good long while before w/p finds a way for him to escape (which costs w/p most of her spirit).

then blablabla a/s reincarnates w/p as tigerpool like a billion years later or something but she doesn't know that (she does have w/p's memories though so that's. fun.)

but that doesn't mean anything to anyone else but me so idk look at the funny cat

[saltsongwc]

what does squirrel & leaf designs look like? 👀

LongFire babies

Squirrelflight - How could I not make her dark red, how could I not, her markings are mostly Firestar's but with Longtail's eyes.

Leafpool Sandpool - It's impossible not to know who she's daughter of, she's all Longtail, but has her aunt Princess eyes! She's named after their dear friend Sandstorm, who left Thunderclan with Cinderpelt not long after The Darkest Hour (Firestar's Quest is now Sandstorm's Quest (i said so)).

[giita]

New and improved Purgatory AU designs!!! Haven’t talked about this AU in a while

I made Squilf look similar to my Firestar design here to make some angst for Princess. I also made Princess look a bit like Leafpool too for more angst too.

When she first arrives, Mapleshade, the de facto leader of this little group, is the first to greet Squirrelflight. She’s a little cynical. Waking up after dying and being immediately spoken to by a very old murderess throws you for a loop so Squirrelflight has barely any idea of what’s going on until the very fact settles in that she’s actually dead. Which takes a few days.

Squirrelflight does latch onto Princess on like day one because she’s the least objectionable person and the kindest. Plus she reminds her of Leafpool. Later on, she does get close with Scourge too bc they’re all kin.

[wildfire-rewrite]

oooh what does Sun Firesong look like? Sickness name btw

Sun Firesong (Fireheart)

Leader of the Fall Thunderbringer Sect

Kittypet -> Apprentice -> Messenger -> Deputy -> Leader

He/him/his Cisgender kater, bisexual panromantic

Image IDs below the cut and information.

Grandparents: Crystal, Unknown Parents: Jake, Nutmeg Siblings: Princess, Henry, Tommy

Mates: Sandstorm, Grouseflight Platonic partner: Dustdapple Kits: Squirrelflight, Leafpool, Juniperpaw, Birchfall, Foxleap, Shrewbelly Grandkits: Petalblaze, Jaypatch, Hollylarch, Poppyfrost, Fernsong, Sorrelstripe, Sparkwood, Alderheart, Dandelionpelt

Mentor: Sweetberry Former Apprentice(s): Cinderberry, Whitewing, Ivystrike

So, what a guy! He's lived a very interesting life, and actually dies at the end of the Eclipse Period. He will die at the claws of Moon Tigerchaser, like his old, and first, foe passed. He is idolized heavily in the Sky Breezemoor sect and the Fall Thundebringer sect, along with the Band of Blood, post-reconstruction. Firesong took Sandstorm as a mate a bit after they both graduated. They are basically highschool sweethearts, and sickeningly affectionate immediately outside of apprentice-hood. Eventually, Dustdapple and Firesong do become platonic partners, but not for a while. Firesong develops a crush on Grouseflight once Tigerchaser is exiled. Sandstorm was the one to court Grouseflight first, and then followed Firesong. They, all three of them, officially became a polycule once the Final Battle of the Forests is over, and upon the realization that Sandstorm is pregnant. Dustdapple is only in a QPR with Grouseflight and Sun Firesong, as he is Sandstorm's cousin.

Personal Comments:

I'm very proud of how his design turned out. I was mulling it over for the past hour before I got this ask, and it pushed me to finalize it. Thank you, I needed this lol

Because he is partially Abyssinian through Jake, he is genetically a black cat. This means all his bio-kits should be torties! Very interesting, and I'm excited to play with his genetic traits that'll show through his kittens.

I basically speedran this, the art took way less than I thought it would!

Yeah, he also will have autism and social anxiety. It will affect a lot of his adjusting period into the sects and his entire growth as a character.

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[ Image ID - An image of Sun Firesong from the Wildfire Rewrite, who in canon Warriors is known as Fireheart. He is a round and plump cat with a ruddy orange pelt and a cream underbelly. He has green eyes and thick fur. He looks at the camera, giving the viewer a clear shot of his pelt. It's pattern is distinctly similar to the cat breed Abyssinian and it's pelt. End ID ]

[ Image ID - The same image as above, but with accessories. Earrings made of painted wood are pierced into his upper ear. A thick leather and woolen coat is covering his lower back, kept on by a loop of leather that holds two brown bags. Two necklaces are wound around his neck. One has two stones, one stone gray and one stone painted green, and the other necklace has a part of his old collar. On his front left paw there are two bracelets. One is a piece of scrap vine, and the other is a bead bracelet painted in a pattern of colors. End ID ]

[warrior-cats-rewritten]

Inherited Traits

Some kitties pass on their looks! This is normal, of course. Though WCR does not follow genetics, we DO follow Inherited On Rule Of Cool.

Got some examples here!

Goldenflower - Curly mane. The fur around the sides of her neck curls like light ringlets.

Goldie's curly locks did not appear in Tawnypelt, Brambleclaw, or Lynxpetal, but they DID present in Swiftclaw, ever so slightly. If he had time to develop them more, they would have been much more distinctive. They DID however, pass on to Flametail, Flickerfall, Lightleap, Smoke (Darktail and Sleekwhisker's daughter), and Dandeliontuft.

Appledusk - Tear Marks. Marks on Appledusk's face, under his eyes, resemble tear tracks. A darker color than the rest of the cat's fur. A marker of a curse now.

Every single cat descending from Appledusk has these marks. They were inspired by designs from @rookflower! Go check them out!

Jake - The Paw. You know it.

This infamous mark passes on a bit oddly! Obviously Scourge has it, and Squirrelflight, but... What about Princess? And Leafpool? And Socks! They have white paws, but not The Paw, it needs to be a single paw. Usually white, but not always. Jayfeather has a completely dark gray paw. Juniperkit had a white paw. Darktail had a black paw.

Lilyheart - Heart marking on chest. Another Rule Of Cool, but also... Several cats have heart markings! Usually not in the middle of their chest, but they also don't really practice religions or have organized war tactics. Or cook.

Anyways, Lilyheart's cute marking passed on pretty well! It passed to Honeyfur as a little golden patch, and Shadeleaf as part of her tortie markings! Though, Shadeleaf's marking is a bit marred, as her tortoiseshell type is the "black with ginger sprinkles". It skipped Larksong, but made its way through with Finchlight as a light patch!

Tigerclaw - Long claws. His namesake! Long, particularly tough claws that are quite dark. They're very difficult to retract sometimes, so cats with this trait need to be careful when walking on stone.

Brambleclaw has this trait, as well as Mothwing. Duskfur, Cloudsnap and Reedkit, Hawkfrost's daughters, Swankit and Cloudsnap also have those long claws. Duskfur doesn't have them, and neither to her kits or grandkits. Tigerheart has them, as well as his own children, Lightstar, Shadowsight, and Rowancharm!

Tree - White pupils. When using Ghost Sight, they get round and big like the full moon!

This is a trait that all cats with Sister blood have, but... Tree's in Skyclan, so their kids have it. Needleclaw and Rootspring, and his second litter, Pebbletoe and Sweetfall! (Pebbletoe also has an extra toe!)

Graystripe - The Stripe! His big ol back stripe is a trait he passes down to his offspring to add a little more dimension to their look.

Stormfur's is thinner, but much darker than the rest of him, so as long as you can see his back, you can't miss it! Briarlight also has her darker stripe, it starts at her nose rather than the forehead. Flipclaw, Blossomfall's son, also got the stripe, though his is a bit funny looking, as he's still a tabby. His grandsons, Clinging Pine and Swimming Trout of the Tribe of Rushing Water, also have their stripes!

[nanistar]

⭐️🧬📝✅ for the wc ask game?

⭐️: Favorite leader?

already answered! bluestar.

🧬: Genetically accurate or artistic license designs?

both have their place. i love to see ppl put thought and research into genetics and how markings and colors are passed realistically, but i also love weird and unique designs. i think artistic license fits warriors a little better because the books don't really adhere to realism when it comes to coats anyway (orange firestar x cream sandstorm = brown leafpool, for example) i also love when ppl decide to hit someone with the tortoiseshell beam, it's fun. the only one i can never get behind is tort yellowfang. she's always going to be a nasty plain gray to me.

📝: If you could make one AU canon, what would it be?

transgirl nightheart who struggles with the fact that she looks so much like her father. or the original canon where brambleclaw runs away to become a kittypet -_-

✅: Best canon design?

blackstar. why does he have shoes. just classic orange dude firestar is also good. shadowsight being canonically a huge dude is good too.

[boilingrain]

Rain Draws Squirrelflight, Leafpool & Bramblestar a Few Times

Since these three won my poll on which protagonists I should draw, here they are!

They don't get as much art per character as Ashfur did, because that was one character and this is three. Trust me, this was faster and more do-able

So anyways, first up is the Squirrel herself!

I draw Squirrelpaw generally softer & bouncier looking than I draw Squirrelflight, because at this point in time she's just a kid. She has not yet witnessed the Horrors(tm)

Even when I was reading The New Prophecy for the first time as a kid, I always imagined Squirrelpaw/Squirrelflight as having little round ears. Maybe it was just the "Squirrel" prefix, but that trait has always stuck with me and I've always drawn her with small ears.

This isn't a trait unique to Squirrelflight with my designs though! In her family alone, Cloudtail, Alderheart, Lionblaze and Nutmeg also have small, rounded ears (Princess might also have them, but I haven't decided yet. I also haven't decided if any of Cloudtail or Lionblaze's kits have the rounded ears, but at least one probably does)

I wish that she had kept her telepathy thing with her sister, I honestly thought it was interesting. It's a shame that the Erins quickly ran out of uses for it and decided to pretend it never existed. This may or may not be why in my rewrite of Warriors that exists in my head (like many others in this fandom), the telepathy thing didn't stop existing as soon as it wasn't super useful the plot anymore.

Admittedly, she's always been my favorite of the cats who journeyed to the sun-drown place (though tbf, most of them didn't really get any proper development, and the other one was Brambleclaw. I do have a soft spot for Stormfur and Tawnypelt, though).

Also I... forgot to color Squirrelkit's mouth. Whoops

The lady with a somehow worse taste in men than her sister, Squirrelflight!

Please Squirrelflight, you could've done so much better than Bramblestar. You deserve so much better than Bramblestar.

That aside, Squirrelflight has been one of my favorites for a long time. I just think she's a fun and interesting character

I think I said basically all of the things I was going to say when I was talking about Squirrelpaw, tbh. Also, much like a lot of the fandom for some reason, I don't really remember much of what happened during OotS? I don't think Squilf was particularly relevant during that arc, but it's possible she was and I just genuinely do not remember.

Why is Omen of the Stars basically just a void in everyone's memory. What's going on there.

Anyways, those aren't the final designs for Lionkit, Hollykit & Jaykit in that little doodle. Those are just kind of rough concept designs for them, and when I eventually draw them they'll probably look different. Also this is tortie Hollyleaf propaganda

If Lionblaze can be golden (though I typically draw him as cream) when both of his parents are functionally black (brown = black when it comes to cats. Also Leafpool shouldn't be a brown tabby anyways, because her dad is red and her mom is cream, which is a dilute version of red. I should stop talking now, before I get too deep into rambling about cat genetics), then Hollyleaf can be a tortie. (Jayfeather's fine btw. Gray is a dilute version of black, and both of his parents carry dilute. Crowfeather from Ashfoot & Leafpool from Sandstorm)

Okay, I'll finally shut up about cat genetics now

If Squirrelstar doesn't happen, I will eat my hat. I will eat several hats.

I actually don't even know how old Squirrelflight is currently in the books. It doesn't help that the Erins are weird with ages and don't seem to know how cats work.

For my purposes, I choose to believe that the Clans have been at the lake for at least a decade, making Squilf at least 10 1/2 - 11 years old, depending on how old she was when the Clans left the forest territories. And putting her around that age would, in fact, make her a senior (for a house cat, at least. Real feral cats don't typically live that long, but tbf the clans have medicine and stuff, so their life expectancy might be longer than regular feral cats. But cats are considered seniors once they hit 10 years old)

Also all things considered, she's probably been stressed as hell for a while and experiencing the Horrors(tm). So she gets some gray on her muzzle from a combination of age and stress.

Honestly she deserves to go on a nice, relaxing vacation where she doesn't have to deal with the Erin's less than good writing choices and shitty treatment of female characters.

Anyways Squirrelstar's leader mark is her nose spot becoming star shaped, because I love it when leaders are depicted with some sort of star shaped marking. I eat it up every time.

I'll talk more about leader marks and how I do them at a later time, though.

Leafpaw! My sweet baby Leafpaw!

My version of Leafpool is big and very fluffy, and you can't stop me from drawing her that way

Right off the bat, you'll probably notice that her design has changed a bit from the original concept design that I posted, as she's now a tortie instead of a regular brown tabby. Admittedly, a big part of why she's a tortie now is that I just love torties & calicos haha

If anything, her name makes even more sense now, because the combination of brown and orange makes her look more like leaves during fall! :)

Why's Leaf a tortie but Squirrel isn't? Maybe Squirrelflight is a secret tortie, or maybe she's trans, who knows? (The actual answer is that I had already finished all the Squilf art when I randomly decided to have Leaf be a tortie, but I didn't want to go back and change Squilf's design because I love it)

I hope it's obvious that I love Leafpool a whole lot

Once again, Holly, Lion & Jay's designs in this are not their final designs and when I eventually get around to actually drawing them, they'll definitely have at least a few design changes.

Also it's really hard to draw tiny little newborn kittens on a small scale like this.

Anyways I've never actually read Leafpool's Wish, so I don't know if it proves or disproves what I'm about to say, but I think that with how much Leafpool loved her kits, I believe that she would've raised them herself if she had the ability to.

I also personally believe that if Squirrelflight hadn't decided to take in the kits, or if Leafpool had decided that she wanted to raise her kits instead of her sister doing it, Thunderclan wouldn't have done shit about it. I mean, she definitely wouldn't be as trusted as she was before, but I don't think she'd lose her job (at least at first) or be exiled. She was their only medicine cat, they literally couldn't do shit about it. Additionally, she's Firestar's daughter and also related to Sandstorm and Squirrelflight, who are both individually forces to be reckoned with.

She'd probably have to train an apprentice as soon as possible and then have to step down from her role as medicine cat, but I definitely don't think she'd be exiled or anything.

Leafpool but she sparkles

For anyone who didn't see my Ashfur post, some of the rules I have for Starclan designs is that Starclan cats are lighter in color and have sharper & more star shaped markings compared to when they were alive. They also have their appearances change over time in a way connected to their names, which is why Leafpool is starting to grow leaves out of her neck fluff.

Additionally, Starclan cats will typically have a sharper shape, to go with their sharper markings. You'll notice that while she has the sharper markings, Leafpool's fur is still soft and rounded.

I feel like Leafpool's whole thing with her trial would affect her Starclan appearance, but that's not really something that results from a trial, so her not becoming sharper in shape is the exception rather than the rule.

I didn't design a Dark Forest Leafpool, but I imagine that the changes she'd get there (because my DF cats have their appearances change based on their crimes) would be that she would still grow leaves out of her body, but she'd also grow feathers and would have particularly long and sharp claws that she wouldn't be able to sheath. Each of these things is representative of the "crime" that she was sentenced for (even though Spottedleaf, a Starclan cat, literally encouraged her to do that)

The leaves would specifically be holly leaves (representing, well... Hollyleaf), the feathers would be a mix of jay and crow (representing Jayfeather & Crowfeather) and the claws would represent Lionblaze (though for this one I went with something meant to represent his power instead of his name. With Leafpool being a medicine cat, I think it fits)

If Leafpool doesn't give Squirrelstar a life we riot

The bramble man

Honestly even as a kid Brambleclaw wasn't exactly my favorite character. I wasn't really old enough to really process how he sucks, honestly I just kind of remember thinking that he was boring. Maybe that's just the fact that I've always liked Squirrelflight & Leafpool way more than him, but I just didn't really care for his POV chapters during The New Prophecy

I did love the Hawkfrost scene, though. Because I wasn't on any warrior cats forums or anything as a kid, I didn't get spoiled about stuff like Hawkfrost's death or the Fire Scene (along with many other important scenes), so I think those scenes hit way harder for me.

When I was a kid reading Po3 for the first time, I genuinely didn't even suspect that Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw weren't Hollyleaf, Lionblaze & Jayfeather's biological parents. So you can probably imagine how shocked little elementary school me was

But anyways, yeah. While I didn't hate Brambleclaw as a kid, I just didn't really care about him.

On another note, my Brambleclaw/star design is pretty similar in shape to my Lionheart design (just with extra toes and not as big of a mane). Since Lionheart was Goldenflower's brother, I thought it would be interesting if while everyone else just saw Tigerclawstar in Bramble's appearance, Goldenflower didn't.

My Tawnypelt design has a more similar shape to Tigerclawstar, though.

Bramblestar!

Leader marks are usually an already existing marking that becomes star shaped (like how I made Squirrelstar's nose spot star shaped), but sometimes a new marking entirely will appear as the leader mark.

While I easily could've made one of the spots on the backs of his ears into a star shaped for his leader mark, I have plans relating to Bramblefake/The Imposter and Bramblestar's mark.

You'll see said plans in a moment, but what I will mention about it is that my Ashfur design has a broken heart shaped marking on his chest.

On an unrelated note, Bramblestar should have someone else name warriors for him because great Starclan is he bad at names.

There's totally nothing wrong with Bramblestar, what possibly could've made you think that

Anyways, a combination of the whole being possessed thing & Ashfur's broken heart marking have caused Bramblestar's leader mark to "break". It actually doesn't get fixed after he's no longer possessed, his leader mark stays that way.

The Imposter's fur is darker and droopier than regular Brambkestar. I don't have a real reason for the darker color (other than that it looks cool), but the fur is Ashfur's doing.

Another thing that is Ashfur's doing is the blue pupils. Bramblestar is supposed to have red pupils (due to him training in the Dark Forest in TNP), but being possessed kind of overrides that and so The Imposter's pupils are blue. They do turn red again after Bramblestar is no longer possessed, though.

Honestly, I still kind of wish that the theory that Bramblestar had rabies was canon. The possession was interesting, but I don't think rabies has even been mentioned in the series. Which is a bit surprising considering that it's basically a soap opera with cats, but then again the Erins sure do love taking the opportunity to ignore possible interesting new plots. Why do anything interesting when we could instead have a billion more badly written romances

But I will admit, it was interesting to have Ashfur come back to be awful again. I'm still mad that he got let into Starclan after trying to kill at least 4 people because he "loved too much" and that gave him more of an opportunity to pull this shit. They absolutely butchered Yellowfang after she died. Not really even recognizable as the same character as her living self.

I'm not doing more art for this post. I'm tired and I'm going to go get some sleep. Tomorrow I will get back to work on hypokit requests, but for now it is time to put away my art supplies and lay in bed.

[i-cant-stop-fandoming-help]

Warrior Cats AU characters; Blazepool/Kokoro

Sadly, it seems like the picrew i previously used(Felidaze's cool cat creator) was taken down.

I used that Picrew mainly because I Cannot Draw Cats for the life of me, and because of art burnout, but I will either find another or being using the character creator on Roblox's Warrior Cats Ultimate Edition to show character designs from here on out. (if you play that, you can often find me in-game playing as the AU characters. Flufftuft, Owlclaw, and Waterberry are my most common ones, although I also have moonchaser, strikeclaw, darkthorn, coalboulder, splashstorm, dawnheart, deadheart, and memorysplash. I also have a fox morph "Yap" and two ocs, Sparrowfall and Leopardclaw/Leopard)

(Picrew; Skelo's Cat Maker . The artstyle is really cute! there was no social media listed in the... whatever its called, so I dont know what other place you could find Skelo)

"I feel a pain in my chest, having to give up my kit... But it's my clan or my kit, and my clan needs me more. Frostclaw, I understand you and your mate have recently lost all but one kit. Despite your grieving, I must ask you to take mine. I'm sure Darkkit will become a fine warrior with you as a parent."

"Blazepool, old friend, I do not understand how you can sacrifice a kit for your job. But yes, I will take her. What does Spiderheart think?"

"Spiderheart... That foolish tom left without a word, he didn't even know I was with kit. He left for the twoleg place, and there has been no sign from him since. I have no care what he may think."

"I see."

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Name; Blazepool

Role: Medicine Cat

Clan: Skyclan

Apprentice: Splashstorm

Description; A solitary cat, this brown tabby is most known for her loyalty to her clan. Some believe that she only does her job because she has to, some believe she truly enjoys it. She is sharp-tongued and smart, and it often seems as though she can read minds with how fast she can tell why you are in her den.

Story Notes: While not originally planned for her to have too much story importance, this may change as I write. Spiderheart, her mate, is most obviously based on Sojiro Kurokawa. Her daughter, Darkthorn, is obviously based on Mikako.

Her parents were not clan cats. They were rogues whom left her for dead when she was four moons old-- putting themselves first when being chased by a fox instead of protecting their kit. If not for Cinderstorm and Crowstar, the Skyclan deputy and leader at the time, she surely would have died. She was taken back to Skyclan, and raised alongside Daisytail.

Design Notes: When making her design in the picrew, since I've only ever had rough ideas in my head, i started by exploring every option. the white chest/underbelly and muzzle felt most fitting for her character, alongside the darker fade to her upper back and forehead. And, of course, I made her a tabby since those are commonly found in canon warrior cats. I worry I made her look too much like the fandom designs for Leafpool(oh wow their names also both end in pool. maybe I should change it? hm.) and I'm wondering if I should maybe make some design changed. Fluffy brown tabby with yellow eyes whom is a med cat? hmmmmn... Jokes aside, I enjoy this design!

Other notes: While warrior cats is all fantasy-ish and stuff, with cats like Jayfeather, dovewing, and lionblaze having superpowers in canon, I've been trying to ground the AU somewhat more in reality. Due to this, I've been trying to figure out what to do with Kokoro, seeing as it doesn't seem that cats can have alexithymia. on the other hand, I don't want to erase it. aaaah im smacking myself with both hands.

I tried looking at one mental disorders and stuff that cats can have, and the most I was able to get was: FCD*(Feline Cognitive Disorder), Anxiety Disorders, and OCD(Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder).**

*Similar to Alzheimer's disease and commonly seen in elderly cats. Source; 21cats.org

**According to 21cats.org(Same as previous source), "Cats with OCD may engage in repetitive behaviors, such as excessive grooming and tail chasing."

[freshkillpile]

My Warriorcats design pet peeve is when people draw Hawkfrost as this sleek little rat boy compared to broad poofy Brambleclaw when they're basically described as reskins of each other over and over and people are always like "why does this guy (Hawkfrost) look so familiar???". They have different markings so any visual similarities would be in their build and features.

Either they're both sleek or they're both fluffy. Personally I prefer fluffy.

Mostly because then I can headcanon Mothwing as an amber Norwegian Forest Cat which looks like this

You can't tell me that's not Mothwing.

And as much as I want Hawkfrost to be a colorpoint, it's unlikely that a colorpoint would be as brown as Hawkfrost is (and colorpoint is recessive 🤬🤬) so he and Brambleclaw would probably look like this (just switch the eyes)

Bonus Tawnypelt

I like Tawnypelt as a more-red-than black torbie because she's Tigerstar's child too damn it give her stripes (her orange is the exact same color as Goldenflower though)

I know a litter can be a mix of long hair and short hair but I just prefer when they match if it's not specified that they don't (like Squirrelflight and Leafpool). Or if two siblings have the same color I might imagine them with different fur types to differentiate them.

Idk why I made this, It's 2am

[vixenday]

Why does Lionpaw have Squirrelflight’s ears and markings if she’s not his actual mother, unless she is in this AU?

okay okay hold on let me get their designs rq, and no she’s not their bio mom, it’s still crowpool

okay!! the most notable traits are that their paws all have coloring, but their left (right?? i’m bad with directions) paw is white (or a significantly lighter color), their floppy ears with the splotching on the tip, and their white/cream tipped tail. and their back and tail ig but i do that design feature with too many cats for it to count

OKAY so these designs were originally made for an animatic (hence the notes) that then turned into the crush au (i’ll put its tag down here in case you want to see it) in which lionpaw sort of kind of almost kills ashfur and thinks he did for a long while. the parallels between him and squilf were important to me because i thought it was cool that the one to almost kill ashfur for what he did to squirrelflight was the kit that looked the most like her. plus i love floppy eared lionpaw

as for why they have these traits, they actually come from princess, firestar’s sister, hence why leafpool was able to pass those traits down to the three. also, i wanted to drive in how the three really are squirrelflight’s kits, because she was the one to raise them. leafpool, on the other hand, has the most similarities to hollypaw, and crowfeather with jaypaw. idk i thought that was cool.

[rosefictoqueer]

idk if i ever explained it here; i think i did in a server but i cant remember which one but im really tempted to cut the whole territory destruction bit out of my ashfur x honeybee lore because. look we've been in the new territories for so long that we've actually been in them longer than we have the forest ones. but no matter how many years its been since ive started reading wc and got to the lake territories i can never remember the layout in my head and constantly have to refer back to the map in the beginning. meanwhile, i know the forest territory like the back of my paw. does it render all of TNP technically unnecessary? absolutely yes, in fact most of TNP just would not happen if the territory never got fucked up by twolegs. but also i dont care, even if TNP happens to be one of my favorite old team arcs

since i have to be a thorough little shit about everything, i actually think it would be cool to rewrite even if brief summaries about events of TNP and future arcs (except DOTC) if they were still in the forest. leafpool would have a different name... i could give her some other important thing to do that gives her a cool name because i love leafpools name but since she doesnt find the moonpool in this au itd have to be like. something else. the chosen four can be a different set of cats and its leafpaw whos chosen to go alongside them wherever despite not being a full medicine cat because firestar is just like that ok.

and you might think well why do you need all this is it really that important and the answer is because 1. im autistic and warrior cats is my special interest 2. i can do whatever i want as long as im not hurting another living being which im not 3. i actually do have to do this because i need one specific buildup and scene to make sense

also it means i get to design new designs for the jayfeather lionclaw and the last one.

[shegananigans]

yeah i think i'm over warrior cats for good..

anyway, tigerstar family tree open to see better

some design notes under the cut!

flipclaw looks like his greant grandma leafpool! i like to think this is why they appointed him medcat for a hot second

pinestar's dark muzzle mark skips a couple generations but keeps consistently showing up in the tigerlines

same with leopardfoot's ear spots!

spark does look mostly like a really jacked version of her grandpa but she's still got some tabby stripes

pointing spiderman meme- same cheek stripes!

[groobedbones]

good god its done here!!! have this, ive see people doing family trees an it took me a few weeks! but I finished one! i also really like it! its pretty small, not complete but these are all the cats i really wanted to draw and put my own spin on jayfeather especially! here is another jay version that i drew before i decided i wanted ti base mine off a steller’s jay:     

so yeah. fun, some other notes also cuz why not: -firestar is a miniscule man -goldenflower is pissed because she needs to be next to her husband! kill him girl! -lionblaze isnt based on crowfeather at all but is meant to be a red haring- he does have similar patterns to leafpool. he also doesnt look like i want him- i have a way different design for him -jayfs ornaments are lilac that i got a bit lazy with -bramble is supposed to look like tigerstar. i did not forget that. i just didnt wanna do it :/ -sparkpelt DOES look a lot like a more yellow version of her grandpa! -alderheart is purple sue me, his ornaments are juniper berries and a dandelion :(

[afalconfromalcyoneus]

1) Love your Alderheart design

2) This idea is so interesting! I don't think we've ever seen a male Medicine Cat have a forbidden relationship, which sucks.

I think the Alderheart and Velvet situation would happen when Velvet temporarily joins Thunderclan. They hit it off, and Alderheart has a crush immediately.

Jayfeather knows, of course he does, so he goes off on Alderheart like "This relationship will never work unless Velvet joins Thunderclan, and even if she does you're a medicine cat so it's doomed from the start!" He's obviously thinking of how Leafpool and Crowfeather didn't work out, so he doesn't want Alderheart to go through the same thing.

Alderheart doesn't listen though, as he's too much of a love sick puppy. Velvet leaves, as she does in canon, but 2 or so moons later she goes to Thunderclan territory again. Alderheart finds her and notices a small, black tomkit in her jaws. He's shocked, and asks if this kit is hers. She looks at him solemnly and says, "He's ours, Alderheart."

Alderheart is flabbergasted. But he takes the little tomkit back to Thunderclan and says he found it alone in a bush while he was collecting herbs. Sparkpelt, after loosing all but one of her kits (Finchlight) says she'll take care of the kit (parallel to Squrrielflight).

I'm not sure how much the story would change. When would Nightheart find out? I have no idea. Maybe he can go full Hollyleaf once he does find out and have a mental break?

Au where Nightheart is the secret son of Alderheart and velvet (leafpool parallels)

[bonefall]

i would love to see more about bb!crowfeather, if you haven’t done a post about him already? (i tried digging but couldn’t find one, dunno if that’s just tumblr search being broken tho)

I'll make him a big summary post once I've settled on a design I like for him, I'm stuck up on if I want him to be smooth or spiky. So here's a little doodle page + some casual notes

Me: "I'm not a fan of projecting real world culture onto BB redux cats,and if I ever was giving a character an in universe accent it would specifically be to give the smartest character on screen a very thick northern english one to stick it in the face of the way southern english accents are associated with intelligence"

Also me: "but crowfeather is italian"

BB!Crow is pretty different from canon

My Crow is a very passionate guy, it's never lost from his young warrior days. Many of the late Po3/early OotS moments where Leafpool is confessing her love in front of his wife and children are from him to her instead

Mudclaw and Torear are some of the best cooks in WindClan during the late Thistle Period. Crowpaw was super close with his mentor Mudclaw, and picked this up from him

For the Great Journey, Crow mashed up his personal collection of mealworms to make tunnelbun rations for everyone

And SPEAKING of the Great Journey, he was already a warrior at the time. His name was Crowfoot, for his mom and dad

Both Dead and Ash were old friends of Bluestar, members of the forget-me-nots.

Ashfoot shared this with him when he was young, and also that Tigerstar was responsible for killing his dad

This feeds into some changes I'm making to have Crow be slightly less frustrating during the Journey. He's still angry, short tempered, and dramatic, but MUCH less openly antagonistic

Squilf and him are usually involved in food related escapades, youll see when I finish the notes of TNP

Feathertail's death changes everyone. Crow most of all.

Crow is an impulsive young warrior. He throws himself headfirst into things, often forgetting that he isn't the only person in the world who matters. Feathertail felt like cool water, reminding him how to slow down and take a breath

The romantic affection was mutual, but imo I don't think it would have lasted.

But no one will ever know if it will, least of all Crowfoot, who is convinced that they both died that day in the mountain

Tallstar’s final name is Crow's honor title; Crowfeather.

And then Leafpooooooool

When she ultimately isn't willing to, like, throw away everyone she's ever loved and go live in the wildnerness with him, Crowfeather loses his marbles, convinced now that Actually He is Unlovable

And still he gets with Nightcloud, thinking that he can't possibly be hurt any more, he must re-prove his loyalty after he vanished for a week... it really was a pretty knee-jerk choice he didn't think through and rationalized post-hoc

No consideration for Nightcloud here.

This post isn't about Nightcloud btw but she is actually pretty reduxed too. The fact she was involved in the raid to kill Onewhisker is politically relevant to Breezepelt later

And Breezy, poor fucking Breeze

Crow is a garbage dad. Breeze is really not in a good environment with him and Nightcloud.

Through points in Po3, before Breeze becomes the villain who kills Firestar and sees a redemption in AVoS, I am planning several moments to establish that Breezepaw is perfectly capable of being a loving cat if he was in a better life situation

To Crowfeather's benefit, age will do wonders on mellowing him out.

He does tend to struggle with compassion though, and remains a pretty harsh character for most of his life.

Crow wanted to be a Light in the Mist to even begin to apologize to Breeze, but Breeze knocks him out lmao no more Crowf worship thanks erins

Anyway. Onto design stuff

Hollyleaf and Breezepelt look a LOT like grandpa Deadfoot, but I'm not sure if I want Crowfeather to look a lot like him

I'm leaning towards him looking like Ashfoot detail-wise but have Deadfoot’s face.

Btw you can observe, here, the WindClan Tail Tuft.

Most WindClan cats have a lighter-colored tail tuft to help them be seen in tall grass, it's a feature like the ThunderClan Mane you may have noticed in a lot of my TC cats.

Ashfoot and Morningflower have a cloudy swirl on their tails, and a "whispy" sort of vibe. Deadfoot and his dad Chicorynose have a dragon-arrow.

Holly got the dragon arrow because She Deserves It

I'm fond of this redux lmao, let men be dramatic

[boilingrain]

Okay so I decided to make a new post about hypokits so that I could add some art examples. Additionally, I'll also be doing hypoparents!

Hypokits: Open

Hypoparents: Open

I don't have many rules for these, but the rules that I do have apply to both

The Rules:

Don't send in a ship that is closely related, I will not do it. I'll probably give you the benefit of the doubt though, because the Erins do love to retcon in random familial relationships. Probably. But if you knowingly send in a closely related ship I will eat your bone marrow.

You can send in as many ships as you want, as many times as you want. Do be aware that I might not do all of them, though

Don't spam request. If you send in the same ship a ton of times, I'm not going to do it. Yes, the reason will at least partially be out of spite.

Rarepairs are okay! As long as you're not breaking any other rules, you don't have to justify to me why you ship two characters who have rarely, if ever, interacted. I'm encouraging you to get creative and also I'm giving you a little kiss on the forehead

I will not do OC x OC (at least right now). I might do Canon x OC, but don't get your hopes up too high

You're free to keep/use the designs if you want, but if you use my actual art you need to credit me

And that's it for rules!

Again, there's not many, so go nuts.

If there's anyone reading this who doesn't know what hypokits/hypoparents are, or doesn't know what the difference between them is, I'll try to explain

Hypokits - "What if [Character A] and [Character B] had kits?"

Hypoparents - "What would [Character C] look like if their parents were [Character A] and [Character B] instead of [Character D] and [Character E]?"

Does that make sense? I hope it does, because I'm admittedly not the best at explaining stuff

I'll be looking up family trees for ships to make sure they're not super closely related because I also sometimes miss when the Erins randomly retcon in families. With as many cats as there are in these books, it's basically impossible to remember off the top of my head exactly who is related to who.

Do be warned that I'll be using my own personal designs for any canon characters being shipped, so they might not be entirely accurate to what a kit from their canon designs might look like (for example, my Leafpool design is a tortoiseshell tabby even though she's canonically just a brown tabby)

I'm going to put some art examples under a cut so that nobody has to scroll super far to pass this post if they're not interested in it.

I've only done one hypoparent ship so far, so here's a Firestar x Sandstorm version of Tawnypelt

I've done several hypokits at this point (& still have a few requests in my inbox as of writing this... if you're one of the people who sent me a request I haven't done yet I promise I'm working on it), so here's a few of those

Have fun requesting stuff, and Rarepair shippers please remember that I'm giving you a nice warm beverage, tucking you into bed and giving you a little forehead kiss