#i have some shadowsight stuff i’m working on

[skuffypaw]

waiter waiter more black mold please

[barrenclan]

I can't remember if I've sent this before, so sorry if i did, but for a song suggestion, muck and mire by brown bird as a general song for the old leaders dealing w their dying clans n stuff

MUSIC SUGGESTION BIG POST PT. 1:

Over the past few months I have gotten a lot of song suggestions that I haven't answered, and as I suspect I've been shadowbanned by Tumblr for posting too many asks (or some other esoteric reason; I'm working on it), I'm gonna answer them all in one fell swoop. So if you've suggested a song, it's prolly gonna be in here.

A folksy song like this does sound like it would be for a story set in the countryside of the Great Plains, so that works well. And it being about the old Clans and leaders is an interesting one, nice call.

"I must drag my body through the muck and mire/ Gather branches for its funeral pyre/ Twigs I would rather twist into nests/ Or whittle wooden wings and fly"

"I'd call on my lord but he can't help me now"

I agree, this is a good song for that last issue. Pinepaw wondering why he ever looked up to Cootstorm as a mentor, and Blacknose's view of her being tarnished as well.

"With a sorrow in our hearts we can play And I look up to you When we hear different sounds that the heartless do Wakeful at night looking everywhere for You Why do I look up to you?"

Aw, this is that Shadowsight AMV song! I love that video. Yeah, this fits Hush Puppy well, poor lady.

"I’m unprepared And so unrelaxed But he calms me down I’m thankful for that"

You're right, it does have uneasy vibes as a song, very PATFW core. I like these lyrics in particular lining up with the two generations we have in the story.

"First we were babies, we're birthing and dying Then we were children, we're playing and crying And then we're teenagers and smoking and fucking But now we're all grown up and we're sadly sighing"

I can basically staple the entirety of the Crane Wives discography to Slugpelt's forehead.

"If you woke and I was gone From the house that we made our home Would it bend you, break you, overtake your heart Like it did my own?" <- That is literally so accurate

"The only peace I have ever known Is the peace I made with you I won't move, but I can't stay here"

"I try to keep it in my head The need to leave this empty bed And be nobody instead"

[sunset-embers-warriors-designs]

I have several ideas about how I would have written Starclan’s function in warriors and I MUST write them down I must express them. I have two different ideas, one in which I maintain the canon fact that Starclan cats can fade/be killed, and another in which I do away with the fading thing.

First, a few things I would want for Starclan regardless of whether or not the spirits can fade: 

- All cats, regardless of the age they die at, are given a full warrior name. Kits or apprentices who die early are either named by their leaders at their vigil and carry that name to Starclan, or they’re named by Starclan spirits. 

- After a leader dies, the -star suffix is removed and they return to using their warrior suffix as a Starclan spirit. Perhaps the -star suffix is given up right at the moment of death, or the -star suffix is given up after the leader ceremony of the succeeding leader to indicate an official transfer of leadership.

- The point behind everyone having a warrior name in Starclan as opposed to any of the “determined by status” suffixes (kit/apprentice/leader) is to further express that all cats are equal in Starclan. There aren’t any clan borders in Starclan’s hunting grounds, and neither should there be different ranks.

No Fading Starclan:

- Cats in No Fading Starclan are given otherworldly wisdom upon entering Starclan, regardless of the age of the cat. All of Starclan shares the same knowledge of the past/present/future.

- However, this knowledge takes a form such that Starclan aren’t able to express it to the living in clear and understandable ways, which is why they speak in riddles when delivering prophecies. Like Starclan is trying to translate some kind of language of the universe into meows and at most it does like a google translate quality.

- Individual Starclan cats each have a limited amount of spiritual/magical energy which they can use to interact with the living world. The longer the clans all exist, the more manpower Starclan has, which explains why their abilities from arc 1 to arc 4 grow from “clouding over the moon during gatherings” to “entering the living realm to fight a ghost battle.” 

- Similarly, the Dark Forest spirits have their own kind of energy that grows the more cats they have in their realm. However, as a punishment for their sins, they don’t get their godly wisdom, and their ability to reach out to the living is a little foggy. They ARE, however, able to latch on to cats who have negative energy surrounding them, and will try to bring troubled souls into their ranks prior to their deaths so they can gain more energy when those cats DO die.

- In this AU, spirits can’t be killed, so the Starclan/Dark Forest battle ghost casualties (Tigerstar, Hawkfrost, Spottedleaf) will not have died. Instead, the buildup to the battle is the Dark Forest attempting to take power from Starclan by reaching out en masse to the troubled living cats with the end goal of “replacing” or at least being on par with Starclan in terms of power, in order to maybe fight their way into the good afterlife or continue reeking havoc as revenge on Starclan/the living. The battle itself is then the Dark Forest’s attempt to overthrow Starclan and gain control over the living clans to ensure they stay in power. Ivypool’s role of convincing her fellow Dark Forest trainees to fight for their clans/Starclan instead then takes away the power the Dark Forest had built up for itself, and having this rejection of the Dark Forest’s influence become a part of the clan’s history/culture keeps the Dark Forest from rising back up. Not to mention, the Dark Forest having used to much energy to manifest and do battle will have left them drained, especially after their defeat, and even if Dark Forest cats have the ability to replenish their individual powers somehow, it would take a long time to do it.

- Spottedleaf continues to exist, as previously mentioned, but as a general rule in every single one of my AUs she and Firestar aren’t romantically interested in one another at all. The only interest Spottedleaf would ever have had in Firestar was because the “Fire Alone Will Save Our Clan” prophecy was Her prophecy, she was the one to interpret it, and she felt responsible to see it through even after her death. When Firestar dies in the battle, Spottedleaf feels that her role in that prophecy is finally through and she just does regular Starclan cat things like climbing starry trees and eating ghost mice.

- In the case of the great battle, spirits who have manifested on the physical plane I think should still have the ability to kill the living, so the deaths in the great battle still happen just for the sake of being consistent with who’s alive in what arc.

- Also regarding the great battle, perhaps Tigerstar’s spirit can kill Firestar’s mortal form, gloat about it, but then Firestar’s spirit rises up and with his Starclan Spirit Powers he takes Tigerstar down. I just think that would have been cool.

Fading Starclan:

- In Fading Starclan, there are actually two levels of Starclan, but the living clans only KNOW about one. The living clans know Lower Starclan, the Starclan made up of recently dead/not-faded spirits who impart the prophecies onto the living. Lower Starclan are Also recipients of the prophecies they then translate to the clans, but they don’t fully understand them and believe these premonitions to be coming from some essence of the universe. 

- In fact, the prophecies are first foretold by Upper Starclan, which is made up of the energies of the faded spirits. Upper Starclan spirits, since they’re faded, lack the identities they had in life and are more accurately interpreted as a hivemind. Like a God with a million faces. Upper Starclan are the ones who block the moon with clouds, control the weather, and do stuff like set fires in the living world to impart prophecy.

- Lower Starclan functions more like a transitional spiritual plane. It’s a place for the spirits to rest from their mortal lives, and then eventually shed their previous personalities and ascend. Lower Starclan being given the prophecies first to then give to the living gives the living cats more reason to listen, because these messages are coming from spirits who are still personable and likely cats who the living interpreters knew and respected in life.

- The Dark Forest is a place to hide away the spirits of cats who would impede on the goals of Upper Starclan. They eventually fade away too and are permitted into Upper Starclan because they’re no longer a threat without their mortal memories/personalities getting in the way of their roles as God(s). 

- The Tribe of Endless Hunting’s spirits also fade away into Upper Starclan because the two groups have the same origin. Like Endless Hunting and Lower Starclan manifested because of the split in the groups and Upper Starclan just said “Okay We can work with this”

- True Reincarnations only occur when an Upper Starclan spirit returns to a mortal form. Jay’s Wing, Lion’s Roar, and Dove’s Wing’s spirits had all faded into Upper Starclan but were reborn as new mortals in order to fulfill the Power of Three Prophecy. This also explains why they have “the power of the stars”, they were part of the Cat God Collective prior. Cinderpelt/Cinderheart was a “reincarnation” that was NOT sanctioned by Upper Starclan, which is why Cinderpelt and Cinderheart have separate souls. 

- The reason the Power of Three thing happened was because Upper Starclan saw their Dark Forest Timeout corner spirits being naughty and worried that those spirits weren’t as out of the way and not hurting their goals as previously presumed. The battle was orchestrated to reinstate faith in Starclan and have some of the more troublesome Dark Forest Spirits fade so they would stop causing trouble. Technically, Tigerstar, Brokenstar, and Hawkfrost are all part of Upper Starclan after the great battle, but none of them have those identities anymore, or at the very least, those identities are not “in use.”

- The only spirits that can walk in Both Upper and Lower Starclan are legendary/historical figures like the clan founders and probably other significant cats who have legends made of their life experiences. 

- Goosefeather, by some mistake or intention(?) was granted a mental connection to Upper Starclan instead of just Lower Starclan like other medicine cats, which is why his visions were so intense and so far into the future, and just the sheer number of them. He could see Lower Starclan spirits as well like Beetail because I guess if you can connect to Upper Starclan than Lower Starclan is just a side effect. 

- Spiresight and Shadowsight might also have this connection to Upper Starclan? Idk I can’t decide. Shadowsight did as a kit at least, but perhaps Upper Starclan decided to chill after seeing how poorly Goosefeather’s connection turned out for him.

- Upper Starclan’s concept otherwise is very vague. Their goals seem to be to ensure the continuation of the clans, which ensures their growth and power, but power for what reason? idk what to do with that

Since the Broken Code arc isn’t complete at this time I’m not sure what direction I wanna take for either Fading or Not Fading Starclan to explain Starclan’s disappearance or Ashfur’s ability to mess with other spirits... perhaps in the Fading version, Ashfur is the one Lower Starclan cat to discover Upper Starclan and figures out how to tap into his full spiritual ability before shedding his mortal personality and uses this to cause chaos. idk what to say for Not Fading rn tho

[stickstone]

Warrior Cats D&D Classes

Just gonna be doing the protagonists and a few others, might do some more later! I am skipping over Brambleclaw because I do not respect him and don’t want to devote too much energy to him.

Firestar: Fighter, it’s commonly seen as the beginner class and I think that fits Firestar well. For subclass I’d probably say Eldritch Knight because I like the idea of Firestar utilizing both physical attacks and magical ones.

Leafpool: Life Domain Cleric. It’s a pretty standard medicine cat one but, with Leafpool being the first medicine cat protagonist we got I feel like it fits her.

Squirrelflight: Big Ranger energy! I’d probably say Horizon Walker. I see Squirrelflight as being very mobile and constantly moving, so Horizon Walker fits her a lot for me!

Mothwing: Ok here me out: Bard Mothwing. It’s a support class, and also it’s just very fun I love this one a lot! For subclass, I think College of Lore suits her best.

Jayfeather: Circle of Stars Druid. Ok I’ve actually thought about this one a lot, so buckle up. Circle of Stars Druids have something called a star map, something they use to chart out the stars and harness their magic. I was thinking it would be cool if the stick was Jayfeather’s star map. Furthermore, Rock was the previous owner of this star map and his soul is attached to it, serving as a very disgruntled mentor figure (always a fun thing to have in d&d).

Lionblaze: I feel like I don’t even need to explain why Lionblaze would be a Barbarian. Path of the Zealot seems like a fun choice, what with the refusing to die and favored by the heavens stuff.

Hollyleaf: Oathbreaker Paladin. Everything about this has Hollyleaf vibes.

Dovewing: I really love Wild Magic Sorcerer Dovewing. It fits her so well while also being a fun take on the character!

Ivypool: To go along with Dovewing, I was initially thinking Ivypool could be a Warlock. Since Sorcerers are born with their magic, I thought it would be interesting if Ivypool sought her magic from a different and darker source. But then I realized that I’d have to make all the Dark Forest trainees be Warlocks and something about that bored me a little bit? So I had an epiphany. The Dark Forest doesn’t grant anyone any magical abilities, but it teaches them how to hone those abilities. And Ivypool is training as a Wizard. For subclass I think Bladesinger would be really fun.

Gray Wing: Wizard, probably Order of Scribes.

Clear Sky: Oh boy that’s an interesting one! Honestly I think a Rogue would work, and specifically a Scout would suit him well.

Thunder: Barbarian, probably a Storm Herald because uh. Haha storm.

Star Flower: Arcane Trickster Rogue. I like the idea of Clear Sky and Star Flower both being rogues but of different subclasses, it suits their general energy.

Alderheart: Way of Mercy Monk, I just think it would be neat.

Sparkpelt: Cavalier Fighter, thought it would be fun to give her the same base class as Firestar but with a different subclass

Needletail: Warlock, her patron is Darktail (a strange water elemental guy who’s formed a cult, patron type is a Fathomless)

Violetshine: Starts off as one of Darktail’s Warlocks, but breaks her pact with him. For awhile, she’s powerless and without a patron. However, Darktail’s victims end up merging to form a new Fathomless patron. Needletail is the one who appears to Violetshine the most, though.

Tree: Circle of Land Druid. It fits almost too well!

Twigbranch: I feel bad because I can’t really think of anything interesting for Twigbranch? I’m so sorry but I genuinely don’t know. Maybe Ranger? Hunter subclass ig.

Bristlefrost: Bard College of Whispers, it suits her really well and I love it a lot.

Rootspring: Phantom Rogue, which is a favorite class (and subclass) of mine. It just fits? Phantom Rogues have the ability to see and communicate with ghosts, just like Rootspring, and they fit Rootspring way better than any of the other ghost related classes I can think of.

Shadowsight: Now, this is a really fun one. I was torn between Warlock and Cleric when I realized that not only did multiclassing exist, it was also a really cool idea to combine two very different classes into one! I think he’d be Order Domain and Pact of the Fiend. It really is just a fun dichotomy that suits Shadowsight really well.

[aquatic-batt]

hey so I guess I never made an announcement saying that I was leaving Tumblr which I guess is kind of a good thing because right now I don’t plan on truly leaving?

I’m definitely going to continue taking a break from posting full art pieces. if you want to see me posting those, take a look at my carrd to see my other socials that I am active on

that being said, I think I’m going to be coming back solely for the purpose of continuing the Warriors Files au. I can’t promise how active I will be because I’m busy with school as well, but I’d hate to just leave this au behind because whenever I do work on it I have a lot of fun with it. I’ll be answering asks I get about it (even if infrequently) as well as discussing other ideas regarding it. so I hope you guys are interested in seeing that au continue!

(incoming spoilers for the Broken Code!)

additionally I mayyyy make an au for wc as well surrounding Shadowsight’s inability to contact StarClan and Bristlefrost’s death. I don’t have many ideas rn so I won’t go into detail but I’ll add some stuff here as I brainstorm

[twilights-800-cats]

Rewriting The Broken Code

I know it’s a little premature, what with there only being 4 of the 6 books out yet, but I wanted to jot down my thoughts on how I would improve The Broken Code.

Personally, I don’t think it’s a bad arc - the plot is the most unique by far and has a lot of potential to go into interesting places and it really feels like the Erins are pushing into those interesting directions - but there are things I would like to change about it.

No, this isn’t a promise that I will be rewriting tBC in the future, lol. These thoughts are put down without the need to change much from previous arcs.

The Protagonists

Bristlefrost - I feel like her role in the story would be more improved, and interesting, if she were to spend the first half of the arc as Bramblefake’s willing comrade. She wants what’s best for ThunderClan, like any other loyal warrior, and she wants to bring back StarClan by punishing the Codebreakers. That’s what her leader has ordered, and a Clan leader’s word is law.

I want her to be Bramblefake’s most loyal lackey, and then see the cracks in his façade and slowly realize the wrongs she’s committing. I want her to really work hard to put things right - and realize that loyalty doesn’t mean sacrificing one’s free will. Perhaps her relationship with Rootspring can help her come to see this, see that the warrior code needs changing and that the Clans need changing, too.

Perhaps Flipclaw or Thriftear could die and help push this? idk, but I really like the idea of “evil” Bristlefrost, who slowly begins to realize that she’s been the bad guy all along, and that Bramblefake was playing with her emotions after she was rejected by Stemleaf.

Shadowsight - not many changes for Shadowsight. Personally, I do like the idea of a medicine cat tricked by a malevolent spirit into delivering false signs - it has a lot of potential.

However, one major thing I would change about Shadowsight’s arc is that he is an only kit - Lightleap and Pouncestep? Nonexistent. This would intensify the isolation that Shadowsight feels when it’s revealed that he has been delivering false signs, and heighten the overprotectiveness of Tigerheartstar and Dovewing, who treat Shadowsight with no small amount of favoritism (to the chagrin of his Clanmates).

This would very easily push Shadowsight to a point where he seeks to befriend just about anyone - cats from other Clans, rogues, loners, and even a spirit that seems to be whispering prophecies in only HIS ears... 

Rootspring - not too many changes for Rootspring, either. I do like his character and how he grows from a petulant child to a rather mature, emotionally sound adult. I would do a lot more with his connection to the Sisters and his powers, and add in more conflicts with Tree and more bonding moments with Violetshine and Hawkwing.

Perhaps he’s trained as a medicine cat from the start? His little stint as a medicine cat was an interesting idea but it came far too late to really mean anything imo - plus, it might give him some cute interactions with Shadowsight.

The Villain(s)

Ashfur - I’ve been over this before, but I’m not in love with the idea of Ashfur being the villain - but if he has to be...

I want him to play on Bristlefrost’s feelings of rejection and court her to his side. After all, this is a pain they share! It would give Ashfur and Bristlefrost some interesting interactions, and definitely open up a lot of opportunities for him to be, y’know, creepy ass Ashfur.

I want Ashfur to bring up how abusive Bramblestar has been to Squirrelflight. I enjoy how frightening their dynamic is in the books, so I would want to keep that.

I want him to really screw with ThunderClan. Exile cats. Kill cats! Who are all these strangers to him, anyway? What do they matter? I want him to surround himself with loyalists and make it really, really hard for him to be deposed.

Other Ideas - I pointed out that a character could be made from wholecloth to take Ashfur’s place, and in some ways I really think that this is how it should go... but thinking more, I don’t think I want to get rid of Ashfur completely.

Hear me out - multiple imposters. Multiple spirits who have possessed the recently-dead and are manipulating the Clans from within, turning them against Codebreakers and the other Clans. Ashfur takes ThunderClan all for himself, and perhaps gets a little too single-minded in his pursuit of Squirrelflight.

This would get the other Clans in the picture. More Clan-on-Clan battles, more deaths - more spirits for this Grand Schemer to use. More chaos. Rather than spending two chapters of a book doing nothing but trying to figure out what to do with one spirit, there’s an infestation to try and figure out!

And when they finally reveal the true architect behind it all, it really doesn’t matter who they are or why they did it - the flaws have been revealed. The warrior code has been smashed, and it needs to be remade, or destroyed.

Other Stuff I’d Do

I want Bramblestar to DIE. Not just because I don’t like his character, but because I think it would be a great way to pit ThunderClan against the other Clans even more, for even MORE conflict - they killed Bramblestar, but this problem is still escalating. They thought removing him was the key, but it’s not, and Squirrelflight and ThunderClan are pissed. Take Mistystar too while I’m at it...

I want more cats to leave the Clans. It’s only natural! Things are going haywire, and not just in ThunderClan. Cats move off and form their own groups, or maybe just leave to become kittypets. Most that left don’t want to return. A good way to cull the Clan numbers without too many deaths, and maybe those that come back don’t always come back alone.

Each Clan copes with losing StarClan in their own way. Some still hold violently to their beliefs (WindClan or RiverClan). Others might seek different solutions (SkyClan or ShadowClan). Some might be lost (ThunderClan), and some might just fall apart. Either way, it would make Clan-to-Clan conflict have more depth, and show more insight into the other Clans’ problems... and maybe make RiverClan relevant again.

Rewrite the Code. Obviously, this would all end with the warrior code being rewritten and, possibly, the Clans themselves changing. Perhaps they become more open, more willing to accept one another while still doing what makes them unique. 

[fan-clan-fun]

Canon Clans Suffixes (with name changes)

Because I find it fun to scrutinize “The Sacred Texts” with a scalpel and a magnifying glass, I like to revamp little things like naming. So here’s my attempt at giving some iota of consistency to this messy world we love. My goals here are to stick to traditionalism, but also throw in some suffixes I personally love and give them meanings. I’ll also include some canon cats whose names I’ve changed to fit this system.

Lovely! Its always helpful to see personal interpretations and preferences for suffixes, everybody has a few they really like!

-claw: a skilled fighter. Classic pick. Cats who get this include Tigerclaw, Hornetclaw (Bramble-), Lionclaw (-blaze), Shrikeclaw (Ivypool), and Juniperclaw.

I see you are changing a lot of the prefixes as well! I do admit I like Shrike and Hornet as prefixes, and Shrikeclaw does seem to fit her quite well.

-cloud: a calm, easygoing cat. Also a classic. Whitestorm has been renamed Whitecloud to fit this and Tree’s clan name is Ashcloud.

-face: a particularly handsome or beautiful cat. I gave this name to Amberface (Berrynose), Tipface (Stemleaf), and Mothface (-wing)

Honestly giving Berrynose a name with the -face suffix would help to explain a lot of the stuff involving him lol. 

-fang: good fighter and good hunter. From what I heard, Sparkpelt seemed to need this suffix, so she’s renamed Sparkfang. I don’t know who else would earn this though.

-feather: a medicine cat skilled at reading omens. This is my standard pick. It also lets me keep names like Goosefeather and lets Jayfeather keep his suffix (but he’s renamed to Juniperfeather). Shadowsight also gets this suffix, becoming Shadefeather.

An interesting choice, though I am curious as to why this one was chosen (besides name consistency), what is the reasoning behind it? Do omens often come in the shape of birds? What connects -feather to spirituality?

-flower: a nurturing cat. Many cats get this name. Cloudflower (Moon-), Snowflower (-fur), Willowflower (-breeze) Goldenflower, Aspenflower (Ferncloud), Whiteflower (-wing), Daisyflower, and the one notable tom case, Rockflower (Fernsong).

Pretty standard, although I do like that you give Fernsong a -flower name. I may not have read the arcs past Omen of the Stars but he does have that reputation of being a nurturer.

-foot: a fast cat, also a classic. Spiderleg becomes Spiderfoot and Harespring becomes Harefoot.

-fur/pelt: a cat with nothing really notable about them. Alderheart, Tigerheart, and Kestrelflight become Alderpelt, Adderpelt, and Kestrelfur respectively. Bluestar’s warrior name is still Bluefur.

-heart: a cat with strong morals. Rookheart (Hollyleaf), Rimeheart (Bristlefrost), Mudheart (Hawkfrost), and Smokeheart (Cinder-) all get this suffix, as does Fireboy over here.

I am so glad that you have given both Holly and Hawk the -heart suffix, I think it really does fit them quite well. I will probably fiddle with names a bit when the times come as well for my own writing and giving these two the -heart suffix is one of my plans.

-leaf: a medicine cat skilled in the healing aspect of their job. Spottedleaf got this one, as did Speckledleaf (Brambleberry), Fireleaf (Flametail), and Willowleaf (-shine). I think they may shake things up a little with -root and/or -berry and/or -bark.

Out of curiosity, why would only medicine cats shake it up a little with suffixes? It seems like none of the other suffixes have any of the same meaning.

-nose: an intuitive cat skilled in tracking. Only two notable characters get this, Dovenose and Maplenose (Leafpool).

I actually think these name changes work quite well, and do fit Dove’s power and her abilities.

-path: a cat with an affinity for mentoring. I noticed Rosepetal had five apprentices, so I gave her the name Rosepath.

I’ve heard whispers that -path was used by some people as a mentoring suffix, which is really cool!

-storm: a cat with a turbulent disposition, also classic. Crowstorm (-feather) and Beetlestorm (Breezepelt) get this, as does Dapplestorm (Blossomfall).

I mean the suffix sure does fit those cats.

-stream: a strong swimmer. Silverstream gets this obviously. Not sure who else would get it though because I’m only including it for traditionalism’s sake. It’s not one I’m particularly fond of.

Thats interesting, Im curious as to why? Maybe another suffix like -creek or -leg would be preferable if you dont like the sound?

-stripe: a tabby with distinct stripes. Graystripe gets this and so does Honeystripe (-fern). There’s also -speck and -spots for the other tabby types

-tail: an agile cat, very classic. A lot of cats get this. Cherrytail (Squirrelflight), Birchtail (-fall), Wisteriatail (Twigbranch), Honeytail (Heather-), and a bunch of bg characters with -spring, -leap, or -flight in their names.

-throat: a skilled orator, linguist, bard, storyteller, or just a well-spoken cat. This is a very rare suffix and no notable characters get this.

So I am actually very curious about this, because if a suffix is so rare, that you cant name a cat in the series at all to have it, why is it on the list? Would any cat even remember it if isnt in use? What kind of requirements would you have to have for this suffix, since I cant imagine that there would be many (if any) teenagers/young adults who could be considered masters of speech or storytelling at the 12 moons most cats get their warrior names at. I would suggest if you want to keep a suffix on the list, it should have at least one usage in the clans, else they would forget about it. 

-whisker: a prudent hunter. I can’t think of anyone I changed to -whisker on the spot.

And here are some other suffixes I’m indecisive on.

-pad or -shade could be a stealthy cat. Even if I accepted one or the other, it’d be hard to pin down who would get this.

Personally I do think that having a stealth suffix is a pretty good way to expand a more traditional system, because its also a very useful skill. While it can be used in hunting (and some might say a whisker cat is by nature stealthy), a stealthy cat has a separate but partially overlapping set of skills. It does seem like you havent gone through all the names in the many many books so far, so I am sure there are a few cats somewhere who could have qualified for this suffix if you choose to keep it. 

Considering -ear or -eye to mean a skilled scout, but that’s overlapping a lot with -nose’s territory, so I’m hesitant in including it.

I agree with you when it comes to -nose, and since -nose already seems to be uncommon, I would think sticking with nose is sufficient. 

I considered -stone for the meaning of “a very loyal and dedicated cat”. Not sure about it.

I do like -stone as well, but unless you have a specific cat in mind I probably wouldnt include it. 

I’m thinking -pool could be for a wise cat, but I’m not sure about that.

-shine is a cute suffix, but it’s rather hard to work with because it doesn’t mesh well with a lot of prefixes. I could use it to mean “upbeat and cheerful” and give it to Briarlight, but it’s not exactly easy to work with.

-frost is an amazing suffix, but it’s sort of the opposite of -shine. It sounds good with a lot of prefixes, but it’s hard to pin down a meaning for it.

I really like -light as a suffix but dang if it isn’t a monster to work with. It has -shine and -frost’s problems, but I really like it and don’t want to give up on it.

-breeze is a pretty solid suffix, but I’m afraid it’ll be redundant. -foot is pretty solid and I can’t really change that because traditionalism. Maybe it’s like -fang? I’m not sure.

Similarly, I like -thorn and -blaze as suffixes, but they’re pretty hard to work with when you already have names that fill their niches and have the “one suffix per meaning” rule that stricter traditionalism has.

Yeah I see your concern for most these last suffixes. As lovely as they are, unless they have a good solid place in you writing, and cats you can immediately think of using for their names, I wouldnt be too worried about incorporating them into your clans.

Anyway, there’s my suffix list! I hope you enjoyed! And if you have any suggestions, please let me know because I am not bright. Thank you!

[puppypaw-wc]

Please... wtf is happening to Warriors rn?

okay so basically tbc starts with the moonpool being frozen over so the clans can’t contact starclan. shadowpaw (dovewing’s son) starts getting messages from “starclan”, however, especially after bramblestar gets very sick. oh and also rootpaw (violeshine’s son) and bristlepaw (ivypool’s daughter) exist.

his messages say that in order to help bramblestar recover, they need to like. bury him in snow or some shit? idr. so they do that but he dies and everyone blames shadowpaw.

but at his vigil he wakes up and everyone just accepts this i guess? but then, back in skyclan, where tree wants to leave alongside violetshine, needlepaw and rootpaw, rootpaw sees bramblestar’s ghost and is scared (rightfully).

so next book, shadowpaw gets his full name of shadowsight and rootpaw tries to help bramblestar’s ghost. meanwhile in thunderclan, bramblefake’s trying to outroot codebreakers. sparkpelt speaks out against him and gets exiled for a day and has to find some herbs and gets attacked in twolegplace. anyways by the end of that book squilf’s exiled and goes to shadowclan and rootpaw shows bramblestar’s ghost to her before the ghost vanishes cuz his powers aren’t strong enough or smth. oh and did i mention berrynose was deputy while squilf was exiled, at least for the first bit? yeah. anyways, while on the way to the moonpool so they can show the medicine cats bramble’s ghost, shadowsight gets attacked and rootpaw’s sad (his reaction’s probably roughly “oh noooo my boyfriend :ccc”) but he and tree still go to the moonpool and show them bramble’s ghost but bramble’s ghost then disappears. for the entirety of the book. oh and did i mention that silent thaw ends with shadow getting attacked and we had to wait several months for the aftermath of that? cuz it was dumb.

anyways, rootpaw ends up getting his warrior name of rootspring after training under frecklewish and fidgetflake for a bit because of his ability to see ghosts but he’s not good at it so he becomes a warrior again. needlepaw also gets her warrior name of needleclaw. uh, rootspring, skyclan’s medicine cats, violetshine and tree try to perform some weird summoning ritual the sisters (tree’s former group) did to see ghosts in an attempt to get bramble’s ghost back? it doesn’t work but rootspring soon ends up seeing spiresight’s ghost who guides him to shadowsight’s body. also, this whole entire book we got povs of shadowsight having ghost adventures and he sees bramblefake’s spirit... all we know about him at this point in time is that he has blue eyes and came back for squilf. it’s already pretty obvious who he is.

shadowsight gets brought back but he does dumb shit and basically kills himself so he can go to the dark forest, where he sees bramblestar’s ghost trapped. he doesn’t try to help him though and just fucks off cuz of puddleshine helping him or smth.

ANYWAYS the book ends with a battle against the impostor where lots of cats die. berrynose is eviscerated killed by tawnypelt, rosepetal dies somehow, stemleaf (blossomfall’s son) died earlier in the book after a failed attack on the impostor, uh. other cats die. i’m mostly just sad about berrynose tho. :/

the exiled cats go back to their clans and bramblefake is kept in shadowclan as prisoner and at a gathering, squilf reveals that she thinks he’s ashfur. as if we didn’t guess during veil of shadows. thank you darkness within. also darkness within consistently spells “ThunderClan” as “Thunderclan” and i don’t know why because the other clan names are capitalized right, it’s JUST thunderclan’s.

um i didn’t read very much of darkness within but shadowsight abuse won’t stop mothwing please. also at the end of the book squilf gets dragged to the dark forest through the moonpool by ashfur and this happened like right around the supernatural finale stuff so the fandom’s just started joking that she was dragged to superhell.

uh yeah. place of no stars is coming out soon and the shadowsight abuse doesn’t stop it seems.

[discoverytwo-archive]

I started watching Mianite s0 and I’ve been reading a lot of stuff online and so now I present... the oddly-working Warrior Cats: The Broken Code/Mianite Season None AU!

Bramblestar is Ianite. The fandom’s pretty hyped up on dark!Ianite right now so with Bramblestar being possessed, this fits! Ashfur is then the shadows, cracking down on ‘codebreaking’ (or in this case, doing anything that upsets the balance) through Bramblestar.

Bristlefrost is CaptainSparklez, a loyal follower of Bramblestar/Ianite, determined that nothing is wrong and willing to spy on her own Clanmates for her leader. When her Clanmates start to rebel, she turns a blind eye, but won’t help them either. Perhaps she’s beginning to realize that she needs to do something... but after seeing Bramblestar send Sparkpelt to her near-death, she’s terrified.

Rootspring is Syndicate. He can communicate with ghosts due to his father being Tree, but he hates being associated with Tree and so when Bramblestar’s ghost appears to him, at first he ignores it. Then he realizes that Bramblestar’s ghost is telling the truth and that there’s something very wrong in ThunderClan/on Ianite’s side. In canon, he pretends that he has a crush on Bristlefrost in order to pass secret messages into ThunderClan, which would be absolutely hilarious in this scenario, so I’m keeping it. (They’re both fully aware that it’s a gag, but nobody else is.)

Squirrelflight is also Syndicate. There are two followers of Dianite in this AU because I decided that both of these characters kind of fit the role. Squirrelflight would be the follower of Dianite that switches over to Ianite, echoing how she decided to exile herself temporarily from ThunderClan to ‘repent’ but was actually going to the other Clans and telling them about how Bramblestar is possessed. Bramblestar finds out and is furious, so she’s exiled properly. Squirrelflight just doesn’t have a good time.

Tree is the priest. He has a close connection to the spirit world and can see ghosts. He’s also a bit weird, his hunting techniques and philosophies putting his son Rootspring off hanging out with him. However, when Rootspring is having ghost trouble, he realizes that he needs Tree’s help. Tree doesn’t notice the seriousness of the situation at first, taking it as a father-son bonding opportunity, but then helps Rootspring to get the attention of the other Clans. Not only does Tree have a connection to the powers that be like the priest does, he’s Rootspring’s father, which was a weird lore tidbit that I wasn’t looking for but am not disappointed with.

Shadowsight is Karl. He was tricked by the shadows into using an experimental treatment on Bramblestar, which allowed Ashfur to take over his body. At first he doesn’t realize he’s done anything wrong, grateful that Bramblestar has come back to life, but when Bramblestar starts to act weird and Squirrelflight comes to their Clan and tells them that he’s not the real Bramblestar, he realizes that his dreams have been lying to him. The absence of StarClan (or Mianite) concerns him and he spends most of his time trying to get in contact with them and ask for help. He also gets struck by lightning and almost died, then proceeding to almost die again and again. Dude needs someone to stop him from reaching StarClan the old-fashioned way.

Y’all, let me know what you think! I was just starting to realize some similarities between TBC and Mianite and decided that I needed to put my ideas down somewhere, so here’s a coherent version instead of whatever nonsense I was spewing yesterday over Discord.

[mysterywhiteboyy]

1.) StarClan

2.) Fireheart

3.) Either works. When I RP, I usually use mollie, but I’m chill with she-cat

4.) When I make OC’s, the prefix is usually an appearance trait or a personality trait. And the suffix is usually whatever I think sounds cool LOL

5.) Most of the Dark Forest v StarClan v Clans battle in OotS. That shit is so stupid and it was never explained how it worked.

6.) (most of these were either made in Middle School or are mock-clans😭) BeachClan, ThistleClan, DawnClan, ButtClan (mock-clan, you can laugh), and ShootingClan (another joke clan) BeachClan is my personal favorite, because as their name suggests, they live by the beach and I think that’s cool :) some of my OC’s in that clan are Pondstep and Eelthorn. Really proud of their names.

7.) I’ve got a tortie tom named Robin in WindClan (I just used the traditional clans before I made my own with a friend)

8.) I headcanon a lot of the characters as LGBTQ+, but my favorite ones are queer Ravenpaw, aro/ace Hawkfrost, bisexual Sandstorm, lesbian Mousefur, and trans ftm Rowanstar :)

9.) Mmm, I don’t think that cats nearing “elders den age” should be appointment deputy, but if they were appointed at a young age and still are deputy, I think it’s fine

10.) I hate Ashfur being the imposter. Honestly, I never even got to the book where he was revealed because I already knew it was him and it was going to be boring. The love triangle thing with him, Squirrel, and Bramble was interesting at first, but now it’s just been milked wayyy too much. Ashfur’s just annoying now instead of being an interesting character (debatable that he ever was in the first place)

11.) No. But do I enjoy them? Yes

12.) Hmm, I really like Squirrelflight and Shadowsight’s names! I despise whatever the hell Heavystep has going on

13.) They’re “insults” are more funny rather than, I don’t know, insulting? I wish the books were more adult/teen-directed (arguably, they are, with some of the themes they have) and I wish they could actually swear😭

14.) I think it was Hazelfur, I don’t remember if I rolled more than once

15.) I’ve read everything up until Darkness Within + a few super editions and novella’s. Other than that, I’ve just heard from others abt what’s happening

16.) Mmm, I strongly prefer original names to avoid confusion, but I don’t mind them, I s’pose

17.) I personally like semi-realism, in the way that they behave physically like cats, but there can be stuff like male torties and calicos. I don’t mind purple eyes, either. Nothing about the series is realistic (well, you know what I mean-), so I say just have fun with it, who cars if it’s not genetically accurate or whatnot? Now, bright green fur and rainbow eyes I draw the line at💀

I’m curious so please tell me. Reblog in the tags (or in a straight-up reblog, do what you want) with answers to the following:

Starclan or StarClan?

Fireheart or FireHeart?

Are female cats called mollies or she-cats?

Is your preferred naming style traditional (as in prefix refers to appearance and is restricted to locale and suffix refers to the individual’s traits)? Lyrical (anything goes)? Canon only (only uses prefixes and suffixes canon has used)? Some hybrid of them? Something else entirely?

Name one thing you consider not canon. Explaining why is optional. It can be a book, an event, whatever.

Do you have any fanclans? Gush about them if you’d like.

If you’ve answered yes to the above, how many tortie/calico toms are in them? I’m not judging; I’ve got a tortie tom in my own fanclans.

How many canon characters do you interpret as LGBT+? No need to go over who exactly, just “this is the amount of characters” is all I want to know, but if you want to go over who you think is LGBT+, go right on ahead.

Is age a deterrent for choosing a cat as leader? Example, Squirrelflight, Crowfeather, and Reedwhisker are nearly old enough for the elders’ den.

How pleased are you with revelation of the Imposter’s identity? As in, are you pleased with who it is? If not, who would you have preferred instead?

Would you consider the Warriors books good in terms of overall quality?

What’s one warrior name you really love? What warrior name do you really hate?

Do you find clan expletives/insults charming, weird, fitting, or something else I can’t think of? Words like foxdung, mousebrain, etc.

Do you have a government-assigned warrior name? What is it? Did you “cheat” to get it or did you roll with the first thing you got?

Do you actually still read the books or do you just get the synopses from second-hand sources like the wiki or a friend?

When you make Warriors OCs, are you okay with using a name that belongs to a canon cat? Is importance a factor? (Such as you’ll use Appledawn, but not Jayfeather)

How much does realism matter to you? Do your battlecat OCs follow realistic cat behaviors with a slightly more intelligent mind, or are they human minds in fuzzy coats? Are your designs realistic, stylized realistic, semi-realistic, semi-fanciful, or entirely fanciful (note that if a fanclan setting’s gimmick is “warriors, but they’re also monsters!” this doesn’t really count)? Do they age realistically? Are real-life genetic quirks treated with the same weight as they are in real life (tortoiseshell toms, vitilago, blue-eyed white cats, albinism, etc)? Are disabilities (either born with or gained) realistically handled with your cats?

I am so curious for the outcome of this thing.

Also this should be a no-brainer, but I feel I need to say this outright. DON’T MOCK OTHER PEOPLE FOR THEIR PREFERENCES OR SAY THEY’RE LESS VALID BECAUSE OF ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. This is so I can gather data, not for people laugh at others for not having the right opinion.