#if she doesn't tawnypelt probably will

[the-owl-tree]

changing skies predictions but im overdramatic and mean about them:

avos rehash of the ugh kids these days dont respect anything plotline but even worse, now with tawnypelt instead of her cringe husband

this will be the only allusion to avos. twigbranch and violetshine will sink deeper into background character hell. sorry avos protagonist enjoyers, the authors genuinely dont seem to gaf about them

the authors getting really mad that people like tigerheartstar so theyre going to make him an unreasonable antagonistic figure again.

probably squirrelstar too because she is now being subjected to the Leaders Curse

shadowsight is going to be alluded to but despite having such clear parallels to the main character he probably won't play a main part apart from someone calling him a dumb fuck for being manipulated

someone dies from being caught in the dynamite explosion that will hopefully blow up the moonpool forever. this cool death should go to some character that is old and that i like. however, i wish death upon those i dont like

leafstar going blind and it tying into her clan questioning her capacity to lead........is anyone else kind of bracing themselves for the worst here?

man. is this a tbc rehash but worse? guys tbc was great, you fixed the ashfur problem! you don't have anyone else to do that with unless you're about to do some bizarre retconning.

tbc but with moonpaw and uh mapleshade because we need fifty more mapleshade appearances before we even consider making another prominent female villain that doesn't die immediately

honestly. something really catholic is probably gonna happen considering how asc is going.

[redux-iterum]

Rereading over the epilogue of BH and got curious— how much attention do you and Lynx pay to genetics when it comes to colors/patterns of the cats? Like, if a cat in the story is said to be the daughter of another cat, do you ensure their appearance is genetically possible? Or are you more concerned about them being similar enough to be related and focusing more on individual appearances?

I’m always very curious since the community has such a wide range of approaches to cat appearances— from talented artists making whimsical stylized patterns to equally talented ones who can tell you exactly which gene corresponds to different aspects of the designs!

I'm the one in charge of tracking genetics! Part of Quartz Heart's groundedness is about maintaining the genetic accuracy of its characters, which can—and do—play a role in shaping the characters and plot as you've seen with Bramble and Cloud!

So have a grab-bag of information about genetic particulars, my treat:

Firestar is a heterozygous ginger ticked tabby, Rosy is a heterozygous black tortoiseshell ticked tabby, Sparks was a Ruddy Somali (thus a homozygous black ticked tabby), and Nutmeg was a lynx tortie point of humble moggy origins (the type of tabby she was isn't important, but it sure wasn't ticked). Making Cloudpaw a flame point was to give an in-narrative excuse for bringing up the "kittypets and their funny colors" thing.

Goldenflower is actually a cryptic tortie! For whatever reason, her black-based fur doesn't have a huge presence on her body, so everyone thought she was just a regular ol cream tabby. That's how she was able to pass on the black-based X to Bramblekit and make the Tigerclone. If you were to ask me what kind of tort Tawnypelt is, I'd probably say a cinnamon tort (cinnamon does strongly resembles the color of the tawny owl for which she is named), but I'm pretty uncertain about having cinnamon crop up too often in the Clans. Finding a chocolate moggy out in the wild or in someone's house is already a rarity, cinnamon is pretty much only found in pedigree cats—I'm getting off-topic.

Speaking of chocolate, both Teaselfoot and Mousefur are chocolate! Teasel a tabby, Mousey solid.

Silverstream was a black silver tabby, Graystripe is a blue tabby, Mintpaw is a blue silver tabby, and Stormpaw is a black smoke.

Sometimes a character's design has had to change for the sake of genetics. Thankfully, not many have needed this. Sometimes we do change em to fit their name better (Brindleface and Brightflower) or for the sake of a coolass character design (Cloudpaw and Stormpaw).

[bramblewhisker]

Tigerstar: Dovewing says we need a sex education program because the clan doesn't understand how kits are made. What do you think?

Tawnypelt, who received 0 questions about how she had kits with her AFAB mate Rowanclaw: Probably not the worst idea.

[mothdapple]

I was struck with a strong, inexplicable urge to share the fur colors I picture for TNP gang (and this would be what I consider "canon" for my rewrite Shaken Roots.)

Starting strong with darling Feathertail. She's a silver classic tabby with thick black stripes.

Stormfur is a blue smoke. I think adding the smoke makes him look more "silver-ish," which helps explain why the Tribe picked him as the "silver cat" over Feathertail— she's got a lot of black fur, while Stormfur is a bit more uniformly "silver."

Crowpaw is also a smoke! A black smoke, though, and short-furred, so his smokey coloring isn't as obvious.

My Squirrelpaw is pretty close to canon. She's a classic ginger tabby with low white spotting. She has thick stripes, leading to her "dark ginger" description. (And she has one white forepaw, of course! That's sadly missing from this image.)

Leafpaw is a chocolate mackerel tabby with mid-range white spotting, including her chest, belly, and paws. But unlike her sister, Leafpaw has few and narrow stripes so she looks mostly light brown. (This image is actually of a black tabby because I was having trouble finding a good photo of a chocolate tabby, so just imagine her stripes a dark brown instead of black.)

Moving on to the Tiger kids, Brambleclaw is a standard issue cat— AKA a black mackerel tabby. He's a dark brown with lots of black striping.

Tawnypelt is a black tortoiseshell-tabby :) Like her brothers (and dad) she also has mackerel stripes. I imagine her with a bit more ginger fur than the cat in this image, though— more of a 50-50 split between ginger and black tabby.

Hawkfrost! While I love designs that make him a colorpoint like his mom (and I've even designed him that way myself a few times,) I think in my head, he'll always be a black mackerel tabby with low white. His tabby bits have the same dark brown hue with lots of black striping as Brambleclaw and Tigerstar.

Finally my sweet baby Mothwing is a black-based amber classic tabby (breaking the mackerel tabby trend with the Tiger kids!) Her canon appearance of "golden" is one of those indeterminate descriptions for which a few different real-life colors could apply (ginger, wide-band, amber...) I went for amber here since I think it gives her a really pretty blend between gold and black, so she doesn't look too out of place among her siblings.

(And in reality, you'd probably never find an amber cat in a feral colony. But this is my list of colors for fictional cats, so I've decided it's allowed lol.)

[a-kinda-boring-writer]

🟧🟨⬜️🟦🟪Hey, there!🟧🟨⬜️🟦🟪

I'm not pro-ship nor anti or whatever. Both sides sound very silly to me. I frankly care very little about any of that discourse. May throw out some takes for shit and giggles, but I won't debate people on anything related to that. I just don't care enough. I'm only here for the funnies.

I can be a bit of a negative-nancy sometimes? So, like, expect me to have very critical takes about stuff on occasions. Oh and I'm a bit trigger happy when it comes to blocking. Just so you know <3.

Anyways... look at this cat! :D Not fully sure what to do with her character yet, but isn't she precious :3 (ignore what she has on her mouth 😉 don't worry about it 🙌)

(This is a commission I got from Sparklehounds. Go check her out!)

Also, I'm an adult (You should probably be one too if you're planning to keep reading any further 👇👇👇).

I write fanfics sometimes.

📖🐈Warrior cats fics!🐈📖

Rated between T-ish to M. Editing and spell-checking are against my religion lmao. And I think mildly suggestive humor is hilarious, so you'll find plenty of that in there, but no outright smut. They're still kinda boring, tho. And unnecessarily long. On the flip-side, there are lots of gay kitties in them too.

So... yeah. You'll find them here, if you wanna check them out, for whatever reason. Mind the tags, tho. PLEASE mind the tags.

[-----------]

Getting into specifics, my main thing is a Power of Three in RiverClan AU/Rewrite. This includes:

-the Three being Feathertail/Crowfether kits, raised in RiverClan (duh) -Med cat Hollyleaf, Warrior Jayfeather, and Lionblaze... well, he's there too, doing his best. -a bunch of headcanons (both personal and popular fandom stuff) -community jokes taken seriously (exactly what it says on the tin) -complete lack of interest in making a "better" arc than the original, just the desire to have fun and explore whatever theme is in my head at the time. -actually, I kinda take the canon and make it worse tbh.

Here is the link to the series. Again, please, mind the tags. It gets heavy at times.

[-----------]

Some one-shots I've written:

-And tender was the flesh: Hollyleaf being a cryptid and also a cannibal, but Cinderheart is into that. -Vamos a punguearle a esta vida amarreta un ramo de sueños: An AU of the RiverAU, in which Jayfeather and Pouncetail get their happily ever after. -Mercy is ruthlessness upon ourselves: Stonefur x Blackfoot. Sad and doomed old man yaoi 😔 -Heathertail's Harem: Pretty self-explanatory. The princess of WindClan gets her well-deserved harem 🙌. Not serious at all. -Why should we try to rebuild our broken bridge, if all we have is rotten wood?: This one is hard to explain. The jest of it is that Holly and Squilf try to reconnect after the former returns from the tunnels, but their relationship soon turns quite unhealthy. What I mean is Squilf x Holly. Sorry 😔😔😔.

[-----------]

Also participating on the Year of the OTP 2025. I'm writing 12 one-shots featuring Frostdawn x Whistlebreeze! It's one per month and all of them will be here. Ratings and themes will vary substantially.

[-----------]

And some WIP one-shots that I'm currently workshopping and/or working on include:

-Squirrelflight x Mothwing x Leafpool. (A soldier and a nun abandon their religion and become Farm Girls for pu-... for love, of course) -Lionblaze (PPD, yay!) -An epilogue for Ravensight (oc. He just keeps getting worse) -Mothwing x Icestar (Very old woman yuri) -Jayfeather x Kestrelflight (Bird bois deserve to be happy) -Leafstar x Firestar >>> Leafstar x Squirrelflight (bit unhealthy) -Tawnypelt x Nightcloud (fuck it) -Ivypool x Hollytuft (Complicated doesn't even begin to describe this) -There's a Ashfur Mpreg one too (that one is hard to explain...) - Something with Spottedleaf (it`s the ciiiiiircllleeee of... abuse...)

[-----------]

That's all for now.

<3

[bonefall]

Have you thought about in-universe explanations for why Crowfeather (infected king!) was the only member of the Sundrown patrol to receive an Honor Title? Especially Tawnypelt, because I recall you mentioning she was leading the patrol at one point! In a perfect world I imagine they'd probably all get one, but I figure you can't just go around changing major character's names willy nilly like that.

In a perfect world the names would all become Honor Titles but yeah I try to avoid renames. I COULD be convinced to giving Tawnypelt an Honor Title though.

If I gave her an honor title it would be something like Tawnytreader, Sunsetchaser, or Sunsetter. It's in reference to how she eventually leads the Great Journey west through the mountain, towards the setting sun INSTEAD of directly North to the Lake, so that the Clans could meet with and get supplies from the Tribe of Rushing Water. Her leadership of the Sundrown Patrol and leading the Clans during the Great Journey makes her an immediate hero.

Brambleclaw probably gave up his Honor Title purposefully. He hesitated when Firestar was in the snare, and Mothwing leapt out of a bush to free the dying leader. He's ashamed of his inaction, so I think it's actually very poignant of him to say;

"I understand why you're taking away my deputyship... may I also ask for you to take this title from me?"

"But why, Northheart? You want to become Brambleclaw again?"

"...I was happy to have broken from his legacy, at first. But now I don't think I ever will. I think I need to be reminded of where I came from, or else I'll put it too far behind me."

Like, really drive home that what I'm doing here with Bramble is a tragedy. Everyone WANTS him to get better, to be good at self-reflecting and make good choices. They want so badly for him to break free of his father's association and be a positive representation of his powerful bloodline. Be he never does.

It doesn't bring him joy to be the way he is. And there's times he's so, so close to realizing that he should stay away from power. But time and time again, GIVING him that power is a mistake, and on his end, he always takes it.

"Northheart" isn't as punchy as it could be though. I have to think about it...

(Especially since I like how in canon, the "bramble claws protect the camp" prophecy could have applied to Thornclaw just as well. Maybe I'll change it so it could have applied to Brackenfur somehow)

Small recap: after their deaths, every member of the patrol is exalted and will become Directional Patrons. The two tagalongs also get associations.

Tawnypelt: West, towards the Ocean

Crowfeather: East, towards the Wilderness

Brambleclaw: North, towards the Lake

Feathertail: South, towards the Tribe

Stormfur: Patron of those who Leave (he is not joining StarClan though, these prayers go, symbolically, unanswered.)

Squirrelflight: Patron of Missions, most often invoked for Salt Patrols.

Stormfur didn't get a title because the leader at the time was Leopardstar. She wasn't very reverant of the mission to begin with, and Stormfur never returns to RiverClan after she let him be exiled by the False Sign.

Squilf actually does have an Honor Title-esque name in Clanmew! It's Pishkafsheek; "Red Squirrel Soars (like a bird of prey)." "Sheek" isn't regularly used to describe prey movements.

[transnightleaf]

why do people dislike tigerheartstar..? /genq

Ough... I feel like there's a lot of things to dislike him for, IF YOU'RE WRONG AND CLOSE-MINDED!!!

Most of all, people reallyy don't like Omen of the Stars Tigerheartstar, even some of my fellow Tigerheart fans don't like him in there, and you know what? I'm not gonna argue but. I genuinely don't think he's that bad, he's just shown to be young and kind of silly. I don't blame him for things he did, because pobody's nerfect. He made some mistakes, but he wasn't being Malicious. I feel like people either misremember stuff, or just headcanon things that did not happen.

A lot of people say he "groomed Dovepaw" or whatever and thats WRONG. and a horrible thing to say. People are literally just throwing words around without knowing how serious what they say is and that makes my blood boil ngl.

Second: People get all pissy over the Flametail/Jayfeather situation with him. and Dawnpelt, of course, gets more hate because She's a Woman, but Tigerheart has his share of haters for that situation too, saying he "betrayed Dovewing" and he's a "bad boyfriend" (They were not dating at the time) and yes, maybe his reasoning is somewhat flawed, but I think it just makes him more inchresting, personally... Anyway, you can not agree with, or actively dislike friends of your friends, it's great.

And then there is the "literally making stuff up" allegations where, for example, some people say Tigerheart "stalked Dovepaw" and that makes me feel like they didn't read or skim through a single romance book, or anything romance related Ever. What you'll discover, is that in Romance Books/Movies there are 10 people in New York, and the two love interests will always find each other, no matter how unlikely it is for them to suddenly meet again, and again. Tigerheart "stalking" Dovepaw is NOT CANON, it is never said, it is never implied, it is a fabrication. They randomly stumble onto each other because The Plot.

There is also the Ivypaw + catmint situation, where people claim he specifically started talking to Dove to manipulate her, and that is Untrue, Dovepaw accidentally talks about the catmint when he's Genuinely venting, he did not ask. She literally SAYS to him she's gonna steal it for him, and he says NO because he doesn't want to get her in trouble. Ultimately, he does tell ShadowClan about trading Ivy for Catmint, but the point is; He never wanted to get Dovepaw in trouble, or hurt her in Any of this. Ultimately, he still did, but my point is; He's way more nuanced than people give him credit for.

And all of that was just OotS. In AVoS, people mainly hate the Tigerheart Super Edition, could not tell you why. Probably the big reason being, that people don't like Tigerheart from OotS. Tigerheart's Shadow is a very pleasant read to me, and very cute. He's not perfect, but he is trying his best, and I love him for that.

in The Broken Code, it's mostly just nitpicking. He's the best he's ever been in this arc, and people will Still find a way to hate on him for the smallest things like "coddling Shadowsight" or whatever... bro get out of here... Oh man, I sure do wish fathers in warrior cats went back to not ever thinking about their kids, that was PEAK writing!! /sarcasm

and then... There's ASC... My heart dropped when the arc started, not because I was proven wrong in any way, but because I KNEW the haters would use the RiverClan conflict to their advantage. Those were the super dark days, with people speaking before thinking, and possibly the time when I blocked the most amount of people. Again, I'm gonna say Tigerheartstar makes mistakes, he's not perfect, but he's not EVIL either. And while I understand RiverClan... sort of. I'm glad the arc ended with Tigerheartstar being praised, not demonised

Now, Changing Skies barely started but I already see hate on my boy... Whether it's because of Tawnypelt having to be the biggest victim this arc, so everyone is Super Mean to her suddenly, OR the Birchfeather situation. And while the writing decisions perplex me, he's not being evil or anything, people acting like he is, is odd.

Most of the dislike/hate on him comes from OotS. That's what I can say. People don't remember the arc well, and don't go into detail on it, because Who Cares, and then that hatred goes on forever. But, like some of my mutuals pointed out before, Some, if not Most Tigerheart hate stems from early fandom Dovewing hate. Some people want to pretend they care soooo much about Dovewing, and Tigerheart is sooo evil and manipulative, but they do not actually care about her as a character and think she's just being Unreasonable for 'leaving her family' (Ivypool) and joining the enemy (ShadowClan).

Overall, I am aware he's not a perfect good boy character, but some people really overdo it on mischaracterising him, or hating him. And thus I do not accept anyone hating on him, the only person able to hate on him is Me, and even I don't wanna do that, because StarClan forbid someone might actually think I'm being serious.

Generally, I do not care if you like or dislike Tigerheart, just don't make it your personality trait how much you hate him. Or else, as much as it pains me, we cannot be friends. Peace and Love on Planet Earth. Tigerheart isn't a real person but if you can't accept him, you clearly cannot accept me.

Whoops, you activated my Tigerheart Talk button, oh no... I'm sorry for rambling about Tigerheart, it might happen againnn :( Have a Tigerheart doodle if you survived.

[snailchasers-den]

What about Tigerclaw x Spottedleaf has made you like the ship so much? I don't dislike it but I don't quite understand it either.

Well, the thing that kicked off my initial interest was the scene they had together in the first book, which I read as some type of flirty banter as a kid, and it later on snowballed from there the more I thought about it nowadays, I think LMAO Since then it's been like, my all time biggest ship in warriors, and I think about them all the time, even if I can't post about them a ton, I check the tag regularly and kinda just rotate them in my brain LMAO

It's customary at this point to mention I'm writing this while extremely tired, as I do most of my asks, so fair warning if any of this is kinda clunky. Other people have explained it WAY more eloquently than me, so if you're curious, I recommend looking in the SpottedTiger tag, cause others explain it in way more concise and understandable ways. I write most shit like I'm a madman at a whiteboard, but if that's your jam, you've asked the perfect person.

It's really a mixed bag why I started liking it-? A whole lot of things added up and got me hooked.

The difference in demeanors is fun, with Tigerclaw being threatening and ambitious and dramatic, while Spottedleaf is sweet and compassionate, yet extremely sassy, I feel like they'd play off of eachother nicely even in just comedic, non-romantic scenes.

Depending on how you want things to play out, you can basically sway how they effect eachother in however many different ways you want- Want an evil Spottedleaf AU? Tiger manages to convince her to join his side and we have a fun evil medicine cat. Want a however good Tigerclaw and a fluffier AU? Spotted is what he needs to soften him up just enough to not go feral and try taking over the clans. Want to tear them apart and have it be super tragic and kinda fucked up? Tiger still gets Clawface to kill her because he knows he can't bring himself to do it and knows she's his weak point. Something more canon-compliant? They were had a secret relationship before she died, and he sees her in Tawnypelt (I have a fic based on that idea, I love it. Obsessed with Tawnypelt resembling Spottedleaf by coincidence.) They're super flexible in that you can basically tweak and twist their story in so many different ways depending on how much you adjust the scenarios or their actions.

Make them mushy and sweet! Make them a badass medic/leader villain couple! Make them divorce eachother 3 different times and be bitter exes who throw snark and cold one liners! Make them be a tragic failed love story! Make them somehow make it work? Make them gay toms! Make them lesbians! Make them polyamorous with a cat of your choice! They're so versatile, and I love seeing anything people do with them.

I also like to throw a lot of religious/Starclan related things into the mix personally, because in different ways they both have connections with it in ways a lot of cats don't, and it can be both a good connecting point, and make it have an extra air of tragedy which I play VERY hard into in my False Prophecy AU. LMAO Spoilers for the AU that aren't really spoilers since I've drawn it before, but Tigerclaw doesn't actually commit a lot of his atrocities in that AU (Hence why I don't call him Tigerstar) and still goes to the Dark forest primarily due to literally lying about Starclan's word when they already wanted him dead from the moment he was born and 'corrupting a medicine cat', (And whatever else they could get him on, probably him being a bad mentor or having bad thoughts. They just wanted him in hell.) meanwhile, Spottedleaf, the golden girl of Starclan, despite being the one who ACTUALLY directly lied about their word and broke the code, is given a second chance and let in because 'She only loved too much'. (Because if they're going to say that line for someone like ASHFUR, I can twist it and use it for my AU in a more sinister manner, since Starclan is morally questionable here.) The ending of the AU's story also heavily relies on the afterlives, and though I won't go into it here since that's not what this ask is about and I genuinely do want to write it someday, I think it's a really fun way to twist things for them. It has such a poignant, vivid energy it carries with it, and I don't think it would feel the same with really any other pairing.

They're closer in age than most ships with them seperately, which is super nice, and makes it really fun to imagine them interacting as apprentices and their feelings building from those times into adulthood-

If you want to consider Spottedleaf's Heart, that could actually add to it too, seeing as they were both victims of Thistleclaw, likely even around the same time, and could seek solace in eachother over it- They're the only ones that truly understand, and that could drive them to want to protect eachother from other threats because they know they've been hurt in similar ways and don't want that to happen again.

I tend to imagine Tigerclaw to be a big ass Maine Coon while Spottedleaf is fairly small, and that just adds to it for me, since I think it makes the fluff between them 10 times better. My favorite warriors ship dynamic is when one of them is very, very fluffy and the other can basically just. Sink into their fur like a pillow. Hence why I also like MothCrow. I'm both unpredictable and incredibly predictable.

I also just don't really like a lot of Spottedleaf ships? She's one of my favorite characters, but I don't like basically any of the other pairings I've ever seen for her. Definitely don't like SpottedFire and never did, I see Mousefur as very very aromantic and relate to that, so SpottedMouse is very much not my jam- Anything else tends to be a rarepair or just something I don't really vibe with- She's not shipped with as many people as you'd expect. SpottedTiger was like striking gold for me- (Though Spottedleaf/Runningnose is also a nice one I think about from time to time, and is where I got Snailchaser as a character from LMAO)

Tigerclaw has always stood out to me and registered in my mind as being a romantic in a way too? It's a unique trait for a villain, especially in warriors, so I love emphasizing it, since god knows the Erins don't and won't. I know a lot of people like to joke about him kinda sleeping around or being a womanizer with him having two mates, but I love taking his multiple mates and interpreting it in more of a romantic sense- (And also I headcanon him as Polyamorous, but that's just me) He wasn't a good partner at all in canon, but something about imagining if he was makes him 10 times more compelling to me. He's a romantic! He's a family man! And he's a sadistic wanna-be dictator with the ambition needed to wreak havok and take over Shadowclan! Those traits 100% clash and that's the point. Putting him with Spottedleaf further complicates that by pairing him with a compassionate medic who does not at all share his lust for power. (Or might deep down, who knows! It's up to the writer!) I think it'd be fun to see internal battles and how the actual good traits he has fuck with his plans.

Though, if you know me at all, I'm also just really weird and love rarepairs and crack ships for Warriors. Hell, I basically made up the MothCrow tag on here by cautiously posting about Mothwing x Crowfeather- Even if my stuff's not completely canon accurate, I write in much more 'what if' scenarios and heavy AU usage. It's more fun and interesting to me to write in a more speculative "I love the version of this character that exists only in my brain" way, and out comes the stuff I make.

[firestorm09890]

I changed my mind here are Elder's Quest spoilers discussing some of the leaks and how they actually are, not what rumors say they are

TawnyCrow: well. Crowfeather doesn't even know about Tawny's crush yet. and as someone with intrusive thoughts... Tawnypelt's having intrusive thoughts lmao she doesn't like this either. I don't know how romance works but based on mythological depictions of it as someone being shot with an arrow that makes them fall in love, I guess it just... happens? I think this is funnier. Fingers crossed Tawny's being blinded by her emotions running high (no one taking her worries about the Twolegs seriously) and only latching onto Crowfeather since he seems to be the only one who "gets" it as the only cat on the clan-wide patrol to remember the destruction of the old forest, and if she spends more time with Crow his uglier behaviors start to wear away at the intrusive romance thoughts. probably not going to happen but the rest of this arc isn't out yet so I can dream

Unwilling Medicine Cat: NOT EVEN TRUE ACTUALLY. Moonpaw was curious about medicine cat stuff because of the voice in her head maybe being visions (no one forced her to do it, they even discouraged her), and yes once she confirmed the voice wasn't connected to StarClan she went back to training to be a warrior but Jayfeather and Alderheart really wanted her to be sure she thought it was the right path before she committed (which she didn't even get to) and she actually really enjoyed the herb-sorting and healing part! When she was there Jayfeather was as proud of her skills as Jayfeather can possibly be and when she left the medcat den she missed both the medicine cats. ily moonpaw

Tigerheartstar and Dovewing about their son: yeah man. idk how Tigerheartstar's supposed to be acting because I didn't read the past 3 arcs but Dovewing seems to have only acted out of grief and probably wants to reach out to Birchfeather and only isn't because Tigerstar's in a... mood. at least Tawnypelt's being a good grandma.

Moonpaw's voice: not exactly part of the leaks I guess but unless Moonpaw's parents and the voice itself are lying for some fucking reason, she is NOT the voice of an embryo! thank god! can you imagine the pro-life rhetoric! which also means Moonpaw's entire deal is completely vague at this point. why is she a chimera if her sister made it to birth? why is her sister's spirit bound to her? is she even a spirit at all? there was one part that has me scared they're still going to do the classic "good half evil half bad representation of DID" shit, where a kit says Moonpaw told her to go somewhere when she has no recollection of doing so, BUT Alderheart's testimony was that Moonpaw was in the medicine cat den the entire night so I'm cautiously optimistic that it's some other weird illusion and haunting nonsense going on and not... that.

[vitalvulture]

This one's a ridiculously long read so strap in

Skyclan Firestar AU where instead of being ThunderClan's leader, he rebuilds Skyclan as a warrior and becomes Skyclan's leader with Leafdapple as his deputy, he brings them back to the forest territories and Skyclan's territory is the space around Mothermouth/Highstones

I really wanna write a fanfic with this premise so idk maybe i'll write a few oneshots with it to warm up for it (i don't typically write so idk if it'll be any good lmao but can't know til it's written)

Also it'll have a cross clan ship with Morningflower (i like MorningFire sue me) so if you don't like that ship or forbidden ships in general sorry; it'll probably have SandFire and RavenFire moments too (no FireGray bc it sucks)

⚠⚠ Major spoilers under the cut (literally the plot lmao)⚠⚠

Essentially the premise is that after Fireheart brought Windclan back and ousted Tigerclaw, Cloudstar comes to him in a dream and reveals it was him that laid out the 'Fire alone' prophecy, but that it wasn't meant to save ThunderClan, it was meant for Skyclan

He confronts Bluestar about it and he leaves to rebuild SkC like in Firestar's Quest except he's a warrior and Sandstorm doesn't go with him, instead she is made TC deputy and is the one to deal with Bluestar's increasing madness, (she's close to Bluestar in this as she was with him and Bluestar alot before he left)

Morningflower catches him on the outskirts of Windclan territory and when he tells her what's happened, she insists that she's going with him (they're also alot closer in this, also closer in age), they go through the plot of Firestar's Quest and bring back SkC who live either in the wooded area near Highstones , Fireheart becomes Firestar, he tries to help after hearing about the dogs, Bluestar insists that it's him and SkC killing and stealing their prey, Sandstorm takes his place in the espionage, and he ends up trying to help when they save TC from the dogs and Bluestar still sacrifices herself to save him and Sandstorm knowing that they didn't try to betray her they only wanted to do what they thought was right, Gorsepaw is killed by Tigerclaw like in canon and Morningflower decides to join him in SkC bc of it (they still aren't officially mates yet tho just slow burning), by this point it's following book 6's plot with him in SkC and instead of just Graystripe, Ravenpaw and him going to save the halfclan cats Sandstorm (Sandstar now, with Brackenfur as her deputy and Whitestorm as an adviser, Longtail is gonna end up her mate) joins in and allows the halfclan cats shelter in TC

Firestar still ends up witnessing Scourge take Tigerstar's 9 lives bc idc how weird it was, it was awesome, Still kills Scourge and saves the forest

Arc 1 done, pretty much everything is changed and swapped around with characters, this one probably has the most changes simply bc the most Firestar plot is here, if you're wondering about Cloudtail, he stays in TC with Brightheart and greets Fire at gatherings, showing off his children (Whitewing and later Snowbush) and grandchildren, and Spottedleaf was never in love with him and he gets over his crush quickly after she dies

Squirrelflight and Leafpool are LongSand kits, no ties to Firestar other than him being a loyal family friend, MorningFire kits are Alderheart (looks like Morningflower instead) and Sparkpelt (litter born in between PoT and OotS), and Holly, Lion and Jay are still LeafCrow kits, SquilfRain bio kits are Ambermoon and Dewnose

In TNP, Tinycloud is sent as the Skyclan representative on the midnight journey, Feathercrow is not romantic only friends Tallstar names him Crowfeather unrelated to her (Brambleclaw dies instead of Feathertail bc idk how the hell to write sunset with him in a way that makes sense so instead Hawkfrost tries to tempt Tawnypelt who doesn't fall for it and doesn't visit the DF and simply kills him to save Blackstar from the fox trap), Feathertail is distraught that Hawk did such terrible things and becomes closer to Mothwing as her older sister figure), Squirrelflight becomes mates with Rainwhisker (he doesn't die) since Brambleclaw is dead and SquilfRain is cute, Ashfur is not only pissy about Squilf not wanting to be with him but also that she's with his half brother

Arc 2 done (not much change but the changes have massive impacts)

In PoT, the three are just Sandstar's kin instead of Fire's too, before this Sol still becomes Leafdapple's (who is Fire's deputy btw) 'apprentice' and he still steals her kits to trick SkC into making him a warrior, getting exiled bc of it and tricking Shadowclan with the eclipse into abandoning Starclan, major difference in how they deal with Sol from in canon tho ( Tw// "witchhunt" (not exactly but they hunt him down, horror elements and character death ) Sol tries to escape ShC but instead of being sheltered by TC he's caught on his way to the Moonpool and is killed by a lot of ShC warriors who tailed him, they're....less than merciful, he endangered 3 helpless kits when he took them and hid them and he tricked ShC to forget what even makes them warriors, they aren't letting him leave alive; the fire scene, Ashfur's death and the resulting breakdown happens same as in canon, nothing to change bc it's perfect how it is, Sandstar isn't ready to get rid of her only fully trained healer but Leafpool steps down anyway so the other clans don't target her or TC, Morningflower lays Crowfeather out for how he treats his TC kits, he still has all his kits alive, how dare he treat them so poorly! Hollyleaf still does the deathberry thing and 'dies' in the tunnels

Arc 3 done, only truly major change is Sol isn't gonna be in Arc 4's plot bc bro got destroyed

OotS, Alderheart, here we find out that despite him being a healer, he is lured in by the dark forest, he wanted to be a warrior and yet only his sister was good at it so he was coerced, he meets Ivypaw/pool in the DF and they bond over their jealousy of their sisters, eventually both realizing through each other that they shouldn't be training there and both becoming spies, Dovewing pretty much doesn't change except that she's got more agency and doesn't humor Bumblestripe at all, Tigerheart is just a friend at first and their romance is more gradual, she will still leave TC in Dovewing's Silence, Lionblaze and Jayfeather realize how stupid it is that they hate Squilf over being their adoptive mom and get over it and reconcile (SquilfRain are still together, he is supportive as he acknowledges he would've done the same for his sister), when Leopardstar Dies, Mistystar chooses Feathertail to be the deputy, Reedwhisker is simply an advisor; Hollyleaf comes back, same as in canon except she saves Dove and Ivy from the tunnels collapsing instead of revealing herself to Sol (bro's dead af), she rejoins TC and Fallen Leaves is her silly ghost boyfriend; The great battle happens but the three actually do something (insane right?) Dovewing senses the location of the DF cats as they cross over so they're ambushed, Jayfeather uses his power to force empathy on the DF cats (this works on some but not all and they switch teams), and Lionblaze gets to be the one cat army he was meant to be - just whole groups of DF cats getting hurled away by the He-man cat (there would be like a hundred some DF cats to actually make the clans "outnumbered"; Brokenstar is killed by not ONLY Yellowfang and Ferncloud, but also all the kits and parents of the kits he killed, he stood no chance against his victims, Ferncloud is then killed saving Jayfeather and Dovewing who are focusing their powers, Thornclaw dies against some DF warrior bc he really doesn't need to keep going i'm giving his kids to someone else, Millie dies bc Briarlight shouldn't have to deal with her shit anymore (but fr get Millie away from her, Briar doesn't need that), Bumblestripe dies while fighting beside Briar too bc he's also a waste of cat space, Birchfall gets gravely injured - but doesn't die - protecting Ivypool from Hawkfrost (Hollyleaf finishes HF off and isn't killed bc that was stupid), Mousefur still dies, Sandstar dies taking down as many DF cats as she can, Longtail (who i forgot to mention is still blind and alive) kills Darkstripe and dies of his wounds later, Sorreltail still dies of her wounds like in canon, Firestar still kills Tiger like in canon and dies (no "ily spottedleaf 🥺" speech here, he mourns her death as a dear friend and guide but that's it), Morningflower dies a bit after his death but misses him dearly

Arc 4 done, i changed alot of the deaths bc it pissed me off who died in the battle in canon, Foxleap, Hazeltail and Toadstep aren't dying yet

Brackenfur -> Brackenstar, Rainwhisker is now his deputy (yes ik but squilf still needs to have a leader hubby in tbc)

Brackenstar's Storm is now instead of Bramble being pissed at his wife, Bracken is sad that his wife is dead, the kittypets join the clan for a bit, Jessy and Bracken kind of hit it off but he feels guilty about moving on, she realizes she really wants to stay a kittypet and leaves, the other events of BS still happen just without the BrambleSquirrel stuff

Arc 5 is getting skipped bc obviously it has nothing to do with the modern day clans

AVoS, SkC is already at the Lake so what's gonna happen?? Well... Alderheart goes on a wander bc he's doubting whether or not he should step down as one of SkC's healers - he did train in the Dark Forest after all - Sparkpelt joins him bc she sees him slipping out, he can't hunt for himself very well or fight so he'll need her help and they've both lost both of their parents so they're all they have left, on their wander, Needlepaw still tags along bc she's just like that, they meet Darktail and his Kin at the Gorge, they try to go back after they realize they actually do like being clan cats but Darktail tracks them without their knowledge, Twigkit and Violetkit are just a rouge's kits, ShC has it's massive fallout and Darktail still takes the opportunity to destroy ShC but only after messing with SkC's warriors a bit and killing quite a few cats (so Hawkwing's Journey kinda has stuff put in here), Needletail has more of a redemption arc and realizes everything is wrong but still dies saving Violet in Shattered Sky, Onestar still dies the same way as in canon, Brackenstar is killed by Darktail when he catches him out near the lake, leaving Rainwhisker to have to become TC leader and Squilf becomes his deputy, Twig still ends up in TC, the last book has mostly just the SkC stuff changed to focus more on the struggles in ShC after Tigerheartstar is made leader and Juniperclaw does his evil stuff and Violetshine's relationship with Tree, Alderheart joins TC after Leafpool dies bc Fidgetflake is able to take his place

Arc 6 done, main changes had to happen bc of SkC already being there in this AU, Darktail still is his evil self

TBC, has very few changes except obviously Sparkpelt isn't the one sent to be mauled by the dogs bc she's not even in TC in this, instead it's Ambermoon (remember she's a SquilfRain kid) and it kills her, Rainstar steps down as leader and Squilf is made leader at the very end

Arc 7 done, honestly probably the least changes lol

I haven't read ASC so i'm not even gonna attempt to change anything lmao except obviously Flamepaw would be Skyclan instead of Thunderclan

Tldr; Everything is fixed (at least to how I'd do it lol) jkjk

Essentially Firestar becomes Skyclan's savior instead of Thunderclan's bc he sees how fucked up it is that the clans would damn an entire clan just bc of some trees *everything after oots you can just ignore bc honestly i'm probably not even gonna write that far*

[cryptidclaw]

Is your Tawnypelt(star) a mate of FeatherTail or still with RowanStar? What was his/her life like?👀

Tawnyclaw is mates with Rowantooth (claw)! They r butch 4 butch lesbians with Rowan being a trans masc he/him lesbian!!

Main plot changes for them: Rowan treats his wife well (idk if he does in cannon but knowing how the erins write relationships... he probably doesn't LOL); i like the idea of Rowan being cringe fail just his whole life,, like he is badass but just so bad at leadership and NOBODY knows why his dad (Blackstar is his dad) made him his successor lmao; Rowan makes Tawny his Second and she becomes leader after he stepps down, tawny was basically leader even before this bec she needed to make up for her wife's terrible leadership skills... she still loves him tho adfggh

...

Also speaking of Feathertail, she also has a wife!!

Willowfeather (Feathertail) is mates with Brook from the Mountain Colony (the tribe), she kinda takes her brother's place in the story!

[the-owl-tree]

I think if Brambleclaw were to still become deputy at the end of the arc, it would be more interesting if the attempted Firestar assasination/Hawkfrost death was moved earlier, and Sunset would be him dealing with consequences/distrust as a result of that. It creates narrative consequences for him while also allowing for room to create self-improvement (depends on whether you're making him better or worse). It creates some interesting conflict with BrambleSquirrel, perhaps dealing with her still having feelings for him despite her initial suspicions of him being kind of confirmed?

Oooh, I like that! I'm torn at the idea of moving it, I think the brotherly showdown is a very good climactic ending for the book, but I think it fits more with some of the other changes I'm thinking. I think the narrative depends on a few things:

Brambleclaw steps down as deputy at the end of Sunset. I think the fact he hesitated should've disqualified him entirely and it's a sobering moment for him where he realizes his actions have consequences (even if this doesn't last).

I do not like how deputy is treated as a "reward" for learning to be nicies in the books, especially when there are more qualified individuals (looks at crowfeather's trial with disdain). So, for personal preference, and because I think it makes a way more satisfying narrative for Brambleclaw, he's gonna step down.

Like in canon, I don't think Squirrelflight learns the full truth until later, to Maximize Drama.

Leafpool knows, she saw him training in the Dark Forest. I also want Mothwing to be the one to deal the final blow to Hawkfrost and she later confides in Leafpool about it.

Honestly....kind of tempted to have it be a four way Tigerkin face off, but I think four's a crowd with Tawnypelt having her arc relatively finished by firmly rejecting Tigerstar.

I am gonna keep Bramble closer to canon, AKA make him worse and worse the moment he gets into power. Their relationship takes a downhill turn when Brambleclaw becomes Deputy again, probably named after whoever is picked instead after Sunset either dies or steps down.

Something else I'm flip flopping between is LeafCrow or LeafHawk, which definitely impacts whether or not the confrontation gets moved up. If it's LeafHawk, exploring that aftermath would be too tasty to pass up...

Aaah lots to decide. I wanna read the latter half and see what sort of crumbs canon gives me, that will definitely impact my decision!!

[cherryishl]

my very own human!warriors headcanons based on my very own human!modern!warriors AU

alright yall i've been on tumblr for like ten or more years and that sounds crazy but i've never had like sort of blog there. i was only reading and looking for sum stuff but never actually wrote smth. in tiktok they said 2024 is the new 2014 so i gotta try having a nice tumblr blog about warrior cats lol 1. you remember that moment in the books when pinestar left his clan because he was scared of some difficulties in his clan life, right? and oh i know he had to kill tigerkit cuz he received a prophecy about him he had this he had that and he couldn't handle all this but let's stop for a minute and think of what: what if pinestar had some sort of mental illness such as schizophrenia and the voices in his head made him leaving the clan? so that makes this illness some family issue. u know schizophrenia can be easily inherited. so, in human!modern!AU pinestar left his family and the country because of some voices in his head or he could've even gone crazy for the same reason. tigerstar could've probably had this too. and pinestar's greatgranddaughter dawnpelt could too. flametail's death had affected her so much as we remember from the books and this could've worsen her mental illnesses. my mentally unstable queen

2. sandstorm has a 'lady' title, actually. not only because her husband is firestar which makes her a 'first lady'. sandy has both 'lady' and 'first lady'. she was born into wealthy aristocratic family. her father, redtail, comes from well-known family too, and he was also some sort of trustee or even a vice president for bluestar. her mother's (brindleface) ancestors were first people on a new land and oh well she comes from a wealthy family too. daumn sandy is THAT girl & knows her worth p.s. i know right it allegedly states that brindleface and redtail are not her parents and it's unofficial info but then who? so let that headcanon be lol 3. comes from a second one. sandstorm, as a lady herself, was raised in a lady-like way. perfect posture, elegant clothes, good manners... she's a royalty and she can't behave other way (her sharp tongue doesn't suit with this fact but let it be) and ofc she tried to raise her daughters the same way. and while leaf is modest and obedient enough, squirrel... isn't the definition of 'roalty'. you get it right, she IS a troublemaker. she lives for 4am parties at clubs, cigs, half-naked outfits and promiscuity sort of things. at younger age she had that 'kate moss in the 90s' lifestyle FOR SURE 4. despite that wild lifestyle that makes sand & fire grey hairs grow intensively, squirrel is sandy's favorite daughter. theyr're actually so much alike (sand isn't a saint virgin mary herself, she has manners and aristocratic origin but oh she was a wild thing at young age). you know, squirrel is mommy's daughter and leaf is daddy's daughter. squirrel is also the youngest in the family 5. tawnypelt is TALL. around 6'1 + wearing heels regularly. ofc cuz she has tall as hell parents (both of them tho). tawny is also way taller than her husband rowanstar. who also lives for the 'tall tawnypelt' headcanon? let me know hehe!

that's all for today xoxo

[blimbo-buddy]

If you had your way with arcs: who would you have as the single pov character for them?

See, I think that some arcs could benefit from bigger casts, such as TNP. But that's only if they actually stuck with the idea of multiple povs from different clans and wrote it actually good. Though I can still give my own choices of protagonists from each arc, if I was given the chance to.

These are just rough ideas so not everything is gonna stick, y'know. Dunno if this will all be apart of a rewrite so don't take this as a solid idea of my rewrite

The Prophecies Begin

Main pov: FireStar

This one has the least amount of changes done to it. I feel like FireStar being the main pov, the main protagonist is what works best for this arc. I'd really go into detail about how alone he feels in this new world he chose for himself, make it seem like that everything and everyone is working against him because of his heritage. All building up to his victory in the battle against Bloodclan, where he loses all of his freedom, his humanity, and finally becomes the leader of Thunderclan. It's horrible, tragic, beautiful.

The New Prophecy

Main pov(s): BrambleClaw, SquirrelFlight, CrowFeather, TawnyPelt, FeatherTail, StormFur, LeafPool

I'd probably go the first arc of Wings of Fire route for TNP, each book is from the pov of a different protagonist. As much as we've all dread the idea of CrowFeather having a book, we still got a super edition of him (Which, in this version would go to BreezePelt). I don't know which books would be about which characters though, but BrambleClaw and SquirrelFlight will probably share the Thunderclan book together, or I might switch that to SquirrelFlight and LeafPool sharing the Thunderclan book. HawkFrost and MothWing would fill the roles as the major supporting cast for sure.

The Power of Three

Main pov(s): LionBlaze, HollyLeaf, JayFeather

Also generally stays the same, it's called the power of three. Characters like CinderHeart, FlameTail (Who is far, far younger in this version), HeatherTail and BreezePelt would have more of a presence in the books, filling in the role of major supporting characters. Not much to say here honestly.

Omen of the Stars

Main pov(s): LionBlaze, JayFeather, DoveWing, IvyPool

Excluding HollyLeaf from the main cast because she would show up generally around the same time as she does in the books (Maybe earlier though). She does, however, fill the role as a major supporting character. Some of the other major supporting characters: TigerHeart, HollowFlight, CinderHeart, BreezePelt, HeatherTail

Dawn of the Clans

Main pov(s): GreyWing, TurtleTail, Thunder, TallShadow, probably some other cats

Okay this is where it's becoming obvious that I'm making this up from the top of my head. I got no real explanation for my choices I hope these characters all die (Except TurtleTail, Thunder, and TallShadow)

A Vision of Shadows

Main pov(s): SparkPelt, TwigBranch, VioletShine, someone else I dunno

So here's the thing: I want AlderHeart and NeedleTail to still be super involved with the plot, so they might become major supporting characters. But I'm struggling with the choices of making them povs or major supporting characters. But AlderHeart and NeedleTail would fall into different roles, especially AlderHeart, who would become apart of The Kin. That's all I got though I really don't care for this arc, just some of the characters, can you guys tell I want to get to TBC already.

The Broken Code

Main pov: ShadowSight

Yep, BristleFrost and RootSpring have now been slapped down to the major supporting character rank, joining this rank with NeedleClaw. Same thought process with FireStar being the only pov, I want to make ShadowSight seem alone, even if he has the support of his family, he doesn't even have the trust of his Clan, even his mentor flinches whenever he moves a little too fast or aggressively. Although I really want BristleFrost and RootSpring to be povs, I really do and I have no idea what route I want to go for. But I feel like if I had the choice, making ShadowSight the only pov really adds onto the hopelessness of the situation that he himself had caused because of heavy manipulation by an angel.

A Starless Clan

Main pov: FrostPaw

Double whammy with these singular pov characters. I explain my thought process with both her and ShadowSight better in this post, but basically I want her situation of all her support slowly fading away to really have an impact. You read the first book and think "Wow I'm so glad FrostPaw has all of her support from her family, mentor, and Clan!", until the end of the first book and beginning of the second book comes around, and it just hits you in the face like a brick that FrostPaw is going to be in for the worst time of her life

In the supporting cast department, we got: SunBeam, WhistlePaw, ShadowSight, LightLeap, FinchLight, SparkPelt, NightHeart, TigerHeartStar, and DoveWing

[warrior-cats-rewritten]

I really like Moonpaw’s design! And I’m hoping she is secretly a NightSun kit, with like a callback to the Three, which I think would be really cool. Probably not, but she is in my heart.

I quite like it as well! I actually have multiple au versions of her because nothing is even set in clay yet, let alone stone.

I personally love the versions of her where her absorbed twin is the "scary evil voice" (or just a bit more... "Mean", not afraid to call someone a dumbass), but also the version where she is the reincarnation of Bristlefrost. Sadly, that doesn't work with WCR...

I have the Meta Commentary/Cosmic Horror/Fandom heavy version of her as a NightSun baby, at the cost of Sunbeam's life. She wants to do lots of different things, and gets more into crafting than anything, but... She wants her dad to back off. Then the Moonpool gets involved... (This version is more canon compliant, no Bramble Strike happened and Crowfeather is closer to canon, that is to say a jackass) Meta Arc 9 AU

I've got the Continuation of ASC version of her as a FringeSpire baby, coming off the heels of the Skyclan Split and Gray Wing War. She's got a lot of pressure on her, and wants to one day be Leader. She has a fascination with the Moonpool when Waspstar takes her there. (She would be protags with Brightheart, who is oraganizing a way to fight the encroaching Twolegs with Cranberrynose and Skybranch) (this one is even funnier because I already had kits planned for them named Moonkit and Poolkit, born at the Moonpool) Moon + Bright Arc 9 AU

I've got the other version of that where she's a ShellFern baby. It's much more simple, where her big desire is to be a Mediator. (She is protag with Tawnypelt, but also with Breezepelt struggling with his chronic pain and new role) ShellFern Arc 9 AU

I've got a StormCherry version, where there's pressure from being Daisykin, which has been developing quite the legacy. She's a little Poppyfrost clone! She would be the little sister of Silverspots, Flywhisker and Snaptooth, and they are already CherryStorm babies. The other protags are Leafkit, daughter of Featherpelt and Toadstep, who is hard of hearing, and Daisy, who is determined to get to the bottom of why Twolegs have begun to get closer, leading to a very... Strange discovery. Daisykin Arc 9 AU.

And then, I think my favorite little version of her, is the most WCR compliant. A WhistleFrost child found at the Moonpool the day after it was purified. The voice she hears in her head is her Nana Curlfeather arguing with other Dark Forest spirits. Is this Moonpaw going to be a hero? Maybe, maybe not. Multi-Med Cat Arc 9 AU.

Any more canon compliance and I'd make her a corrupted Ashfur/Bristlefrost fusion through Thriftear calling Queen's Rights after her journey during Thriftear's Heart. The Bristlefrost reincarnation absorbed the Ashfur reincarnation to create Moonpaw! She would carry pieces of their memories/personalities inside her, struggling with that, and with her deep connection to the Moonpool that she is growing more and more obsessed with... Reincarnation Arc 9 AU

But... All in all, I'm glad we have such a unique looking Protagonist. I still don't trust the writers, but I'm gonna give them a single point for going absolutely BONKERS with her design in ways that would make 2011 fans whine and scream. Keep going, give these kitties weird features!

[cathumanwarriors]

Cat or Dog Person?

Aka: BC is too familiar with dog breeds due to her occupation.

Firestar: Totally a cat person, would definitely own Abyssinians.

Brambleclaw: Definitely a German Shepherd owner. I can see him having a service dog in his geriatric age as well.

Squirrelstar: A dog person, but she would feed the wild cats outside kibble. Owned several Cocker Spaniels.

Hollyleaf: Had a Siberian Husky while in exile and two cats named Nutmeg and Tinsel. Her husky was named Noelle.

Lionblaze: Definitely a dog person. He would rescue strays of indeterminate breed. Currently has an American Boxer mix named Hercules.

Jayfeather: Has used seeing eye dogs for mobility, most of them being Border Collies or retrievers. He also has a cat at the moment named Ozymandias.

Dovewing: A cat person and small dog person, probably has owned a lot of yorkies and dachshunds over the years. She currently has a poodle named Sylvie.

Ivypool: Definitely a cat person, but after Bristlefrost's death, she came into care of Bristlefrost's Australian Shepherd, Tommy. She also has a farm in the Washington countryside and keeps horses.

Tall Shadow: had a mutual relationship with owls in the area, and used them to track down deer. Would be a cat person, especially so given how she is vilified in history with outsiders (cats - particularly black cats - were considered bad omens in the medieval ages).

Clear Sky: He very likely had a hunting dog of some type, given I don't know what 10th century dogs were like. Maybe a Greyhound?

Gray Wing: Horse. He's a horse guy.

River Ripple: Absolutely a cat guy. Although again, unsure if cats were a Thing in 10th century England. However, when he lived in Alexandria, Egypt, he definitely had cats.

Wind Runner: She was a noble in China, so it tickles me to think of her bringing the ancient version of a Chow Chow with her across the globe.

Alderheart: I think he could be a cat guy or dog guy. I also think he'd keep bugs of some type, like hissing cockroaches.

Twigbranch: A cat person, and owns Sphynxes. If she were to have a dog it would be a truly ugly looking dog, because she finds ugly animals to be super cute.

Violetshine: Mmmm….vibes are telling me a dog person. She strikes me as a poodle girl.

Shadowsight: A cat guy. I can see him with a truly crotchety Persian who only lets him pet her. Congratulations Shadowsight, you live with Yellowfang. I can also see him housing bugs and spiders.

Rootspring: A dog guy, but also has a soft spot for cats. For some reason I see him with a Great Pyrenees that takes up half the space of his bed.

Bristlefrost: She had an Australian Shepherd named Tommy. After her death, he came into Ivypool's care. She also had a "pet" deer in the woods she named Prince for his impressive antlers. He was protected status in the area because he was albino.

Sunbeam: A cat person. She has a fat lazy ginger cat named Porky and a pet corn snake named Pancake.

Nightheart: A cat person, absolutely cannot stand dogs. He has an asshole of a cat named Midnight who is incredibly independent and only lets Sunbeam pet her.

Frostdawn: As a child, she had a small kitten her mother got rid of because it was distracting her from Frostpaw's (Curlfeather's) studies. However, she was told the kitten ran away to find his family. Now that she's older, she knows the truth. What she doesn't know is that the cat she has, Winter, is the kitten of her previous kitten, now grown up.

Leafstar: Leafstar is a bird person. She has had the same grey parrot since 1965 (animals also live longer in this AU).

Tawnypelt: A cat and dog person. However, I think Tawnypelt is a little materialistic so her animals are high caliber and purebreds. She definitely has Norwegian Forest Cats and Bloodhounds.

Moonpaw: TBD. She might be a dog girl. Or maybe there are two wolves inside her, telling her she is a dog girl and cat girl.