#lynxkit lives au

[theanoninyourinbox]

hhhhh enjoy TigerfamAU I worked on during a work training...everyone lives and gets mostly happy or at least better endings except Tigerclawstar, he gets a worse one...was good cats-with-hair and pretty-boys-with-eyelashes practice...ask me questions about the lore...or more pretty families...

[warrior-cats-rewritten]

I really love the "Tigerstar is Swiftpaw's dad" AU. It doesn't change that much storywise, but it just makes it really tragic with Tigerstar sending the dogs that kill him and him wanting to prove himself.

To be honest I really thought for the longest time he WAS Swiftpaw's dad.

God... Tiger spying on Gatherings and not seeing Swiftpaw there. Overhearing apprentices gossip.

"Did you hear what happened to Brightpaw? I hope she doesn't get an infection."

"Better than what happened to Swiftpaw."

But... What happened to Swiftpaw? Where was he? Was he hurt?

Tigerstar getting his 9 lives and seeing his son standing in the crowd, glaring at him with a look that chokes him. He sees the glittering scars and puts 2 and 2 together. That was his son, his baby, his precious boy so full of potential and life and so stubborn and proud. Why was he not given a name? Why did Bluestar treat his son like this? She gave a name to the bastard kittypet child, but denied his son? She's to blame of course, not him, he would have named him Swiftstrike or Swiftfang, something respectable and powerful. His son... Sitting there with his other lost child, lost so young, they both look so unhappy...

Seeing Swiftpaw amongst his own victims as he keeps dying over and over again. Begging them each time to help him. Help me Swiftpaw, please, please, you love me, I'm your father you need to do something you need to save me please Swiftpaw please don't let me die I'm your papa I love y

Watching his other sons, another child of his lost too young, Tadpole was so much like him too, fearless and strong.

Comparing Hawkfrost to Swiftpaw in the horrible way that parents do. Come on Hawkfrost that was sloppy, Swiftpaw had that technique down and never left apprenticeship, you'll avenge me and your brother, Firestar was deputy he could have said something, it would have saved your brother's life.

Seeing Swiftpaw during the Great Battle giving a blessing to Firestar. Realizing he gave Firestar a life and just... Losing it. Firestar stole his son from him, and let him die, and his perfect son still gave him a life?! Why?!

Oh it all just goes perfectly.

Although... It does give Tigerstar the widest family tree EVER.

Lynxkit, Swiftpaw, Brambleclaw, Tawnypelt, Tadpole, Mothwing and Hawkfrost. Oof, gift giving events have gotta be a nightmare.

[yuridovewing]

The Prophecies Begin: Changes

Last edited: 11/29/2023

I wanna start making posts about what I'd change in each arc for this au (I wanna start making art soon) so here we go: Tweaks I would make to TPB. This will be updated overtime and isn't expected to be complete when first posted.

Family Tree Changes:

-Longtail and Sandstorm are Tallstar's nephew and niece from Finchsong (saved kit) and Smokemask (filler oc). They're from different litters, with Longtail being a singlet, but Sandstorm's siblings were unfortunately stillborn, and Finchsong didn't survive the kitting. Because there were no nursing queens in WindClan, she was temporarily sent to ThunderClan and nursed by Nightdapple alongside Dustkit and Ravenkit. When she was weaned, she wanted to stay where she grew up, and Longtail left WindClan to be with her.

-Tigerstar's sisters live(d)! Mistpaw left the clans to live with her father, but Nightdapple became an archivist, keeping track of the clan's history. She's the mother to Dustpelt and Ravenpaw, who's father is an unnamed ThunderClan cat who died before they were born. She dies of greencough either before TPB alongside their mother, or sometime after Tigerclaw is exiled.

-Sandkit did view Nightdapple as her mother, but the Thunderstar dynasty explicitly does not claim her because of her heritage. Tigerclaw especially did not accept her as a niece, so she never knew him as an uncle or anything.

-Spottedleaf and Redtail were Rosetail's halfclan kits, and were extremely close. Spottedleaf is especially torn about her brother's death.

-Firestar and Scourge are full brothers through Jake and Quince, from separate litters.

-Firestar and Sandstorm get together earlier in the story, and Squirrelkit and Leafkit are born during "A Dangerous Path".

-Lionheart and Goldenflower are twins through Speckletail and their litters are close cousins who grew up alongside each other. Cinderkit and Brackenkit are from a slightly older litter than Brightkit and Thornkit. Swiftkit and Brightkit were especially close.

-Swiftpaw and Lynxkit are Tigerstar's kits from an older litter with Goldenflower.

-Graystripe and Darkstripe are full brothers from separate litters, and Willowpelt is their mother. (Willowpelt's parentage is undecided as of now, but she is no longer an Adderswift baby) Their father is undecided, but he is not in his sons' lives, and Willowpelt eventually moves on with her childhood friend, Whitestorm.

-Snowkit lives to become Snowtail and gets together with Ferncloud.

-Brindleface's litter was sired by a loner.

Storyline changes:

-Dustpaw is now Longtail's apprentice, and the both of them jeer at Rusty when he first arrives. Dustpaw is the one who fights Rusty and tears off his collar.

-Both Spottedleaf and Redtail give omens to Fireheart. StarClan's connection to the earth is very limited, and they cannot speak to Warriors very well, so they can't outright tell him how Redtail died.

-Spottedleaf is a morally gray character after she dies and until OotS, she becomes a spokesperson for StarClan and sees their visions as instruction. She believes she died early, so soon after delivering the "fire alone" prophecy, so that she could fulfill this role. She sees it as a personal slight when StarClan is "disobeyed". She isn't like this as much in TPB when she's recently dead and Fireheart doesn't have much of a reason to disobey her/StarClan, but we see this most with TNP and Po3 where she tries to force cats along a set path, IE Jaypaw.

-Whitestorm, Sandpaw and Longtail go with Fireheart and Graystripe to find WindClan. Bluestar isn't sending out fresh warriors to find a new clan on a whim. Sandpaw runs away so she can come along, and this is where she and Fireheart really start to build a genuine relationship.

-Squirrelkit gets poisoned by Darkstripe, not Sorrelkit. This is what breaks Firestar during The Darkest Hour.

-BloodClan is built up to throughout the series: in Fire and Ice for example, Fireheart will meet one of them at the border, though they are unnamed. BloodClan is the result of the clans' violent xenophobia, made up of cats who were brutalized by the clans and driven from the forest. Scourge's relationship to Firestar is also foreshadowed, as Firestar remembers his mother Quince mourning her older kit, Tiny. Firestar realizes their relationship and realizes that all this time, he's been the exception to the clans, not the rule. And even that's a stretch. The clans created BloodClan- this is what Thistleclaw and Tigerstar's ideology did. So when the battle comes, he defeats Scourge yet spares him, gaining his respect. While the clans all heal from the battle, they set up negotiations with the group and start to move forwards and start challenging the xenophobia in their system. Firestar offers Scourge a place in ThunderClan, but he denies. When the clans leave the forest, BloodClan remains a trade spot, similar to SkyClan.

[bonefall]

Tigerstar's Fire AU Masterpost

Here is a masterpost so that newcomers can know what the hell has just possessed my dash in the last few days. As always, my AUs are open source and free for anyone else to take and run with!

You can find all posts related to this topic by searching the tags #Tigerstar's Fire AU

What is the Tigerstar's Fire AU?

The basic premise is that Firekit was born to Tigerstar and Goldenflower, in the same litter as Swiftkit and Lynxkit.

This creates a situation where no one was there to stop Tigerclaw from assassinating Bluestar, and The Villain Wins. He creates TigerClan and Firestar watches its rise and inherits its legacy.

This AU focuses heavily on Fireclaw trying to do what's right in a violent world, struggling with the pressures of succession and family dynamics, and a Warrior Cats series based on the idea that TigerClan didn't disband in TPB.

How is it told?

Completely through asks. It's taking on a very 'choose your own adventure' flavor because of it.

(If anyone else wants to run with the idea btw message me and I'll toss you in this section)

ASK COMPILATION (in rough chronological order)

Links to Tumblr posts below the cut!

Section last updated: 11/27/2022

(EXPOSITION SECTION! START WITH THESE!!) "How different would Warriors be if Firestar was Tigerstar's Son?" Lynxkit/WindClan/The RiverClan Execution/Brief Intro to Bramble and Tawny (Contains writing!) What does Firestar look like? Why was he named that? Why were Fireclaw, Swiftstrike, Tawnyshade, and Brambleblaze named this way?

(Early TPB) Choices to make in this section 1. Is there a dog incident which kills Swiftstrike? What happens to Ravenpaw? (Also mentions Ashpaw, Firepaw's new best friend) WHAT IF dogs kill Swiftstrike? + The forest fire + Who mentors Firepaw after Blue's death

(Late TPB) Choices to make in this section 1. Does Fireclaw kill Tigerstar? 2. Does Fireclaw join BloodClan for a while? 3. Who is the parent of Hawk/Moth/Tadpole; Swiftstrike, Fireclaw, or Tigerstar? Hawk, Moth, and Tadpole as Fireclaw's children with a BloodClan queen

What Hawk/Moth/Tadpole would look like as Fireclaw’s children Is Tigerstar Proud of Fireclaw? + WHAT IF Firestar does NOT kill Tigerstar?

What if Swiftstrike and Fireclaw tried to kill Tigerstar’s new mate? + Rusty creates SkyClan

(Early TNP) Choices to make in this section 1. Does Swiftstrike reconcile with Firestar? 2. Is Swiftstrike in a position to rebel against TigerClan? Leaving Goldenflower Behind (Contains writing!) Could Tawnyshade be a threat if Swiftstrike is dead? + What happened to Deputyship? + Cats chosen for the Journey + What if Tigerstar brought Sasha into BloodClan as a mate?

How would TNP play out if Hawk/Moth/Tad were Swiftstrike’s kits? Firestar's Lives + The Lake (If Swiftstrike is alive to rebel and split TigerClan)

[wc-wild-rewrite]

Into The Wild Reread!

Its actually been like 6 years since i last fully read this series, so it was fun going back through! Overall i give it a 9/10, one point removed for slightly clunky writing and scene changes.

HOWEVER, Every single sentence that includes Spottedleaf is awful and uncomfortable, so it's actually getting an 8.5/10

Please note that i wrote the notes as i read it and have not edited them

My chapter by chapter thoughts and notes are under the cut!

Prolouge

Iconic opening prologue, but we're really stretching the definition of bracken-colored for mr reddish-brown oakheart here.

When did the clans meet otters

I wonder how Mousefur feels about the last fight alongside redtail being the one where tigerclaw saved her

"Fewer kits than normal" bluestar theres 5 of them i'd say thats a decent number, 6 if we're counting Lynxkit

I dont remember many of the prophecies but i hope they use more star ones, the shooting star is a cool one

Chapter 1

They really love their full stops huh, its slightly jarring, as someone who writes with so many commas

I still love their descriptions of the enviroment

I like how they show Rusty's ignorance towards the necesscity of prey by having his first scene be him toying a live mouse, and that being why he lost it

Rusty, collars are not supposed to pinch, your being mistreated

I dont think ive ever seen anyone remember to add the 'lightly raining' part into an animatic or comic or anything

I like to think he spotted Bluestar in the trees when he says it feels like something's in the woods

I like that rusty's sorta mean, real tween energy

They better bring this fox back

This is painfully lore-dumpy but i love greypaw's total disregard for rusty's anger. And for his disregard for clan code, talking to a kittypet when he shouldn't be. Sets up his later code breaking.

I'm always really concerned about rusty's "just sit there and look hungry" comment, like buddy why do you know that??

Lionheart is canonically handsome

I really like how majestic and respectable bluestar is shown to be in this scene, i can feel her power

Bluestar has been keeping an eye on rusty for a while, spurred by the prophecy, i'd imagine

Chapter 2

I cant tell if bluestar snapping at him so fast is because of how despserate thunderclan is in that moment, or if its a hint to how fast she can turn against people.

Rusty's willignness to look a wildcat in the eye and argue is very interesting, i see where squilf gets it from

'Young kit' i love lionheart

Chapter 3

I like to think the yellow eyes in his dream are yellowfang's

Kittypets know what hours are, i wonder if the clans do

I love smudge, poor guy

They have pine trees on thunderclan territory

I kinda like asshole longtail, hes fun

Great job longtail, you got your ass kicked by a fresh apprentice

Only finished his training two moons ago means longtail is 14 moons, and was probably a solo apprentice. I can see why Bluestar is afraid of not having enough, if the last batch of apprentices only had one.

Interesting that they were so quick to accept Firepaw, but only after he proved himself in a battle. Very telling of their culture.

Graypaw never describe Spottedleaf ever again, its very uncomfortable, "not bad looking either" you are a child

"Neither young nor pretty" this line is especially funny now that grey and dark are brothers, like yeah, thats peak little brother energy

Chapter 4

Ok whos this ginger queen, shes been mentioned twice now

Firepaw stop asking for lore a cat just died

Now i wanna see a redstar au

I like how sassy spottedleaf is with tigerclaw

Tigerclaw in this scene feels so much like Scar, i wish they kept this

I like the lore of the leader's den being carved from a river, wonder if DOTC is consistent with that

Love the sharing tongues and eating lore, the idea of older warriors inviting younger ones to eat with them being an honor

I like that the elders are perfectly fine with firepaw

Interesting that sandpaw isn't actually described as cream or sand colored, but 'pale ginger'

Again, loving the eat rituals with the apprentices eating by the stump

Sandpaw's such a bitch i love her, such a tween mean girl, i can only imagine her with a high, bratty voice

Chapter 5

Two toms sitting in a hollow a few tail lengths away cuz their not gay

Birch, ash, and oak trees are added to the 'trees thunderclan has' list

"Thats treachous talk, kittypet" says the guy who tried to take over all the clans, thus sharing a territory

I like that lionheart supports firepaw's thinking

Thunderclan smells warm, Shadowclan smells sour, Riverclan is...pungent, i guess?

Dust and Sand are such brat siblings

Love the implication that windclan and thunderclan have different stalking types due to their difference in prey, light footed for thunderclan, and maybe heavy on the back legs to make a better kick-off for a run for windclan?

Ravenpaw has been an apprentice for 2 moons, meaning hes 8 moons old, and he probably became an apprentice on the tail-end of longtail's apprenticeship, or just after his warrior ceremony

Chapter 6

Two moons passed, 8 moons old, Raven should be 10 moons

Firepaw can scale ash trees with ease

One of lionheart's favourite phrases is "surprise is the warrior's greatest weapon"

Ok good, the fox was relevant

Thunderclan cats apparently climb trees often, given that halftail apparently used to

Chapter 7

"Easy prey for yellowfang" girl why are you in third person

2 moons in and he already doesnt want to feel pity towards a clearly unwell cat, i can totally see an au where he becomes one of tigerclaw's followers

"You seem in an awful hurry to die" is one of my favourite lines

Arch-cat of stench

Chapter 8

Patrol of tigerclaw, willowpelt, darkstripe, lionheart, and bluestar. One hell of a combo

Yellowfang was spoken of for her bravery and wisdom as a medicine cat, interesting

I like the respect Spottedleaf gives Yellowfang, aware that shes another medicine cat. They've no doubt met before this.

Sympathetic eye narrowing

"We found no bodies from either clan" i call bullshit

"Usually she only trains the kits of her deputies" again, bullshit, but interesting concept

Leaders talking with all their senior warriors and not just their deputy for advice

Cultural respect for healers and elders

Chapter 9

They know the word breakfast

Little grey-and-white kit and a tabby kit, probably swift and one of the frost brothers

"Certainly no hardship being around spottedleaf again" you've exchanged about 3 sentences with her

Willowpelt in patrol with her son again

The double mouse eating scene is always so funny to me

Chapter 10

Queens line their nests with balls of down, which are apparently duck underfeathers

Wow, two-ish moons and firepaw doesnt remember smudge at all

I like the parallel between rusty & greypaw and smudge & firepaw

Its actually kind of unsettling how fast he's forgotten his old life, like wow the cult indoctronation really worked huh

Chapter 11

Ravenpaw tripping over his snake, baby boy

Fluffy gray kit, likely cinderkit, no more than 2 moons, meaning they were newborn when rusty joined

Also a tiny black kit and a tortieshell, mystery kits

Rusty's been there for almost 3 moons

Bluestar has serious trust issues huh

"I think i could grow fond of her" ok yeah i see why bluestar x yellowfang exists

Clawface and Stonefur are considered great warriors, at least to Greystripe

Chapter 12

I forget at this point in the book tigerclaw isn't actually known as a bad guy, hes just grumpy and mildly suspicious

Crookedstar is bigger than Lionheart, which means hes fuckin massive

Brokenstar has been leader for 4 moons as of this chapter, meaning he probably became leader around the time spottedleaf got her prophecy. Causation, perhaps?

Eugh can we stop describing spottedleaf as sweet scented

Ough, littlepaw was definitely lying about his age there

Lionheart banter!

Ravenpaw being a good storyteller is my favourite thing

Ah, brokenstar, you mangy bastard

I like that he paused for dramatic effect though, drama queen

I cant tell if Smallear really is deaf or if hes playing it up so he gets left alone

Chapter 13

"But even he will obey bluestar" only for 3 more books

I like that travelling to the moonstone is one of the apprentice milestones

Spottedleaf get your nose off that apprentice

Chapter 14

Leaders cannot eat before the moonstone journey, interesting

Wow, what a dickhead twoleg, also possibly drunk driving

Chapter 15

Love the idea that tigerclaw is just fucking terrified of the moonstone

So bluestar just implied tigerclaw is spiritually weak, interesting

I love the description of the moonstone, it makes it sound so ethereal

Chapter 16

Barley is short and knows Bluestar

"You are tied to your clan like a queen to her kits" oh you have no idea barley

Barley i love you and your inexplicable rat fighting skills

Firepaw knows how to put cobwebs on

This chapter implies coming back from losing a life can take hours

Chapter 17

Blackfoot you asshole put those kits down!!

Yellowfang i adore you

R.I.P rosetail, we didnt know you existed until this chapter

Nooo grandpa lionheart, poor guy

I think its this point that starts the beginning of bluestar's fall, honestly

Chapter 18

Ah, here's tigerclaw's beginning of evil, starting with appointing his cronies as bluestar's bodyguards

Ooo yellowfang still has pain from that leg injury

Wow Yellowfang just called Blackfoot a stupid tank

Darkstripe really just got call shitstripe, huh?

Oh shit, i always thought darkstripe and longtail were aware of tigerclaw's actions from the start, but hes playing them too

Chapter 19

Spottedleaf you cant just tell apprentices about prophies and not give any context

The authors really dont know how to do a scene change, huh?

Firepaw fights light-pawed

Chapter 20

I cant tell if its clunky writing or intentional but the way ravenpaw describes redtail's death is very storyteller-y

Never use the word suppleness again

Brindle really just had her kits silently huh

Elders wash their ears when their expecting rain, more lore thats never mentioned again

Really cute that whitestorm is sitting guard for his mate and kits

Its been like 4 minutes since firepaw stepped out of the nursery, brindle's in there, how the fuck did the kits get stolen

Firepaw you shared 7 sentences with her, why are you so furious

Chapter 21

Can these grown adults stop sending minors on dangerous missions

"Goodbye, my sweet spottedleaf" EW. EUGH. AUGH.

"One of brindleface's kits has a cough" considering tulipkit dies, yeah, she wasnt lying

Something something clawface being a warrior greypaw respected only for him to kill the med cat and kidnap kits

Frostfur's kits are three moons old

Chapter 22

Brokenstar makes them apprentices at three moons and warriors at five

Marigold and Mint were four moons old

Chapter 23

Third time Willowpelt and Darkstripe are in a patrol together

Oh Whitestorm, your not the smartest tom in the clan, are you

Chapter 24

Brokenstar nearly got scar-at-the-end-of-lion-kinged there

It'd be cool if mr lil tabby kit kept the ear scar, i know he doesnt tho

Chapter 25

Tigerclaw really putting on the sad dramatics there

Fireheart and Greystripe, iconic and fitting names!

My thoughts

Solid 9/10, not perfect, bit clunky, but iconic and nostalgic. Im shocked i remembered basically all of it, even tho last time i read the whole thing was about 6 years ago

I think the chapters are too short in places and cut in weird parts, and the authors cant do a scene change for the life of them, but this was 2009, so its fair. Lets just hope they improve (said the fool, foolishly)

Oh, and the spottedleaf thing was terrible and uncomfortable.

[rookflower]

For the opinion ask challenge How Do you feel about Swiftpaw?

sexuality/gender headcanon: never thought about it before. first thing to pop into my head is transmasc and aro/ace and i like that for him, so uh, that I guess?

rating out of 10: 7/10, there's not that much there but i gotta give it to him the guy makes for some great animations so that definitely factors in

fav thing about them: concise but incredibly impactful character arc for what is basically a background character to whom things happen offscreen. congrats of having one of the coolest deaths in the series, pal

least fav thing about them: i don't think there is anything to Actively Dislike about swiftpaw if i'm being honest, so again probably the fact that he's inherently not a very deep character. not necessarily a fault mind you, just limits my attachment a bit.

when i first started liking them: when he died LOL

favourite moment: i feel like this is self-explanatory

fav ship: n/a, don't think he ever really interacts with any unrelated cats in his age group. besides cloudtail i suppose, but uh, i don't ship them.

fav platonic relationship: brightheart! his apprentice/mentor relationship with longtail is also great, at least fanon-wise.

ship i hate: swiftbright.... they are cousins, sorry. i normally wouldn't feel to mention obviously gross non-canon stuff here but feel like this is a weirdly understated fact considering it's probably the most common instance i see of people accidentally shipping closely related cats.

prefer canon or fanon?: fanon! people have gotten some really cool things out of swiftpaw.

random headcanon: i like to think he grew up very close with his cousins cinderpelt/brackenfur/brightheart/thornclaw, due to being a similar age and not having any littermates of his own besides the deceased and dubiously-canon lynxkit. i also like to think he is named after the bird rather than the adjective, but doesn't tell people that because your prefix being a compliment is cool.

unpopular opinion: he shouldn't "have lived". listen, it feels mean to say that about any character who dies prematurely (just as a young adult in swift's case actually, since his ceremony was overdue), and i've seen swiftpaw lives aus that are really cool, but speaking canon-wise? swiftpaw's death IS swiftpaw's character, and if he'd survived happily he'd most likely be a boring background character who dies between books, or something. swiftpaw died for conflict and tragedy thank u swiftpaw

song i associate with them: neighbourhood ii (laika) by arcade fire

favourite map/amv/pmv: these feel like wildly easy picks and i know everyone's seen them already so im sorry. but come onnnn

my cat walked on my keyboard and added this: ff6666666666666666 , so that's her input

[moss-path]

I’m starting to wrap up posting the last of the early ThunderClan tree. This one shows Frostfur and Lionheart’s family. 

As stated before you can check out more of my family tree at my au tag. Check out below for my notes.

Deerdapple and Mumblefoot are the parents of Sparrowstone (Sparrowpelt/Halftail).

Flowerpaw (Birchface’s apprentice) and Harepounce are sisters.

Mistpelt has Smallsnarl (Smallear) and Rockfall with an unknown cat.

I’ve renamed Whiteeye/Oneeye to Whitemist.

Fuzzypelt is a single father to Brindle, Frost, Cherry, and Chestnut. He brings his children to ThunderClan when they are kits.

Redtail and Runningwind are the parents of Sandstorm.

I’ve renamed Mousefur to Mousefang.

Brindleface has her kits with a loner.

Frostfur and Lionheart’s kits are Brackenfur and Cinderlight (Cinderpelt). Frostfur takes in Brightheart and Thornclaw when they are young but they are not blood related. Maybe from ShadowClan?

Snowkit lives! He becomes Snowspark.

Goldenflower has Swiftpaw and Lynxkit with a loner before she gets together with Tigerclaw.

Tawnypelt is now Tawnyclaw, she is Russetstar’s deputy and becomes leader after she dies when the kin take over ShadowClan.

And Brambleclaw is now Brambleflower. He’s chill and is more brotherly towards Squirrel and Leaf. When Squirrel brings five kits back to ThunderClan (Alder, Spark, Jay, Holly, and Lion) he becomes a pseudo fatherly figure to them. While Squirrel never discloses a father to the kits, some of the clan assume things. (Check out my original AU post here)

[troutfur]

Goldenflower AU where she is the mom of Fire (her firstborn, Around Grey/Sand/Raven/Dust/Ect) where he becomes Firestar and She fights God because why Starclan, why would you put her baby through that? And she's the one who kills Tigerstar, because he killed her second born, has attempted to kill her firstborn multiple times, and has traumatized Bramblekit, Twanykit, and Lynxpaw. (Letting Lynxkit, Swiftpaw's sister live.) Although I think Goldenflower would be very proud that Firekit is chosen as Bluestar's apprentice. (Because I think Frostfur was her last one, so going by that it should have been one of Frostfur's as her next one's or Sandkit since Redtail is her deputy.) But instead it's Goldenflower's boy! And she doesn't realize it's because of a prophecy. That it's not because of her precious son's merit, but because it's Starclan's will.

GO OFF GOLDENFLOWER! HELL YEAH, YOU DESERVE THAT!

[voidcats-0ne5ive]

Swap au family post!

Swapped au explained

Early first series family’s below

Snowstar and Moss-storm (snowfur and mosskit)

Same relationship that bluestar and whitestorm have in cannon!

Snowstar was the one to break it to misty and stone about their mum bluefur but moss is also there this time.

Moss was obviously upset at first but still stood by her side.

Goldenclaw, Tigerflower + kits (goldenflower and tigerclaw)

Tiger is den dad in this au and take on the role of golden with bramble and tawny

Swiftkit and lynxkit still being golden and patchpelts kits

Swiftkit dies instead of lynx

Tiger took on role of step dad to lynxpaw (I headcannon that in cannon swiftpaw saw tigerclaw as a father figure before his betrayal)

Was heartbroken when they found out

Tigerflower defending bramble, tawny and lynx

Emberheart and Rusty (Princess and fireheart)

Ok so this ones complicated I want Rusty to give her Squirrelflight and Leafpool the same time they were born in cannon and then cloudtail be born same time he was born but I don’t think I want to put his siblings in this au, I think I’ll save that for another au.

But other then that, same relationship as in cannon just swapped

Ravenpelt and dustpaw (ravenpaw and dust pelt)

Not very close

Dustpaw is the one who gets traumatised by goldenclaw and ravenpaw is the jerk that slowly becomes not a jerk.

Dust paw run of to the barn a lives the rest of his days with Violet as mates

Ravenpelt becomes mates with ashcloud (ashfur)

I think that it for now, I’ll post more later and stuff questions are welcomed

[cryptidclaw]

Do Mistkekit or Lynxkit live in your au? Or Elderkit or Tulipkit?

As for Spider’s dame, maybe a kittypet lover to make it all come full circle or a forbidden relationship with another clan cat, maybe someone like Runningbrook.

sadly, no none of those kits live, I dont want too many cats to keep track of heh.

oh but kittypet lover is so fun tho.

[theanoninyourinbox]

If requests are still open, can I request an AU where Lynxkit is an actual baby lynx that Goldenflower found and adopted? Maybe a family pic of them and their siblings once they're all grown (with Lynx obviously towering over all their family members)? Your recent pic of them, Swiftpaw, Tawny, and Bramble reminded me of how much I love this baby that everyone forgets about

ANON YOU BIG BRAIN PERSON YOU!!!!!! Absolute slaps! Such a good idea! Have a whole page AND some short notes!

No one knows where Lynxkit came from, she was found on the edge of the Thunderpath in some trash. Goldenflower literally threatened to tear up Bluestar for trying to take The Baby.

Lynxpaw and Swiftpaw love their younger siblings - and you better believe Lynx gives the best Badger Rides.

Rosetail volunteers to mentor the now enormous apprentice, and does her best to teach Lynx. Rose does amazing, and Lynx considers her a second mom.

Thornpaw tells Lynxpaw - who sleeps in a different spot because BIG - about Bright and Swift sneaking out. She tracks them and sees the dog grab Swift by the tail. She absolutely WRECKS the dog, her screams of rage scaring off the other dogs. She drags them and the now dead dog back to camp and drops the corpse in front of Bluestar.

The Bloodclan battle doesn’t even happen, because Lynxheart loses her temper and snaps. Tigerstar is abruptly very dead, and Scourge is suddenly very aware how attractive Tall Lethal Ladies are. The rest of Bloodclan wisely leaves. I’ll leave it up to you if Scourge joins Thunderclan and courts Lynx ;)

Lynxheart finds Smoke wailing over Onewhisker leaving her and nearly literally carries the queen and kitten home.

And that’s all I have for now! This -was- my last request but I abruptly got a few more! However I’m taking a little break - but my inbox is still open!

[everybody-loves-purdy]

Kit Guardian Mapleshade AU Anon! This time with the focus on Sorreltail since I’m mapping out AVoS and TBC, plus some families getting shuffled about. First up, families.

Ambermoon, Dewnose, and Snowbush aren’t siblings in this and only Snowbush is born at the correct time and is a BrightCloud kit.

Dewnose is the son of Petalfoot (Cloudtail’s sister Nami) and Swiftspirit (Swiftpaw) and is born at the same time as Whitewing. He and Millie become mates since Graystripe stayed in RC and they have Stormcloud and Drizzlefeather (Benny).

Ambermoon is the daughter of Foxleap and Rosepetal and is born around the same time as Sorrelstripe, Brooktuft (Hollytuft but Hollyleaf survives the battle due to being a med cat so she gets renamed after Brookshine, aka Princess) and Fernsong.

Speaking of Rosepetal, she and Toadfoot are the children of Ravenfoot and Barleyheart, with Daisy as a surrogate.

Daisy and Thornclaw wind up as mates, eventually having Eaglewing, Stemleaf, Plumstone, and Shellfur.

Since their canon parents never became mates, Blossomfall, Bumblestripe, and Briarlight are the kits of Lynxlight (Lynxkit) and Breezefur (Cloudtail’s brother Zack)

Since Mapleshade kills the snake that bites Honeyfern before anything happens, Honeyfern lives, giving birth to Juniperleaf (Juniperkit) and Dandelionbloom (Dandelionkit). They’re born at the same time as Poppyfrost and Jayflight’s (warrior Jayfeather) kits, Molewhisker and Cherryfall.

As Dewnose is much too old for Sorrelstripe, he’s only the sire to her and Seedtail’s kits.

Breezepelt is still Crowfeather’s child, but Crowfeather was never mates with Nightcloud, as Nightcloud and Crowfeather’s sister Hillwhisker are Breeze’s parents. Breeze eventually gets two new half-siblings. Slightfoot through Nightcloud who is sired by Crowfeather’s brother Downfoot and Fernstripe who is a LeafCrow kit born at the same time as in canon.

Minnowtail and Mousewhisker end up having Heronwing and Perchwing.

Minnowtail is the daughter of Dawnflower and Quietsong (Quietkit from ShadowClan), as are Pebblefoot, Tumbleleaf (Tumblekit), Havenpelt, Shimmerpelt, and Pikepaw.

Dawnflower has one brother in Woodshine, two adoptive brothers in Stormsong and Mintfur (found on the boarder), and five half-siblings in Willowshine, Rainstorm, Rushtail, Troutstream, and Lakeheart, all from Graystripe and Mosspelt.

Blossomsong (Blossomkit) and Brownstep (Brownpaw) both formerly from ShadowClan have Harestar and Antpelt.

Badgerfang and Swamplight (Swampkit) have Cloverfoot, Berryheart, and Rippletail/Buster with Snowbird as a surrogate.

Dawncloud and Wetfoot have Crowfrost and Spidertail/Eclipse (random shadowclan warrior who hid during the eclipse battle in Battle of the Clans. He runs and gets found that very day during the eclipse, hence his name)

Mosstooth (Mosspaw) and Tallpoppy have Marshheart, (Marshkit), Applefur, Toadfoot, and Shrewfoot.

A few leadership changes end up happening, starting with Russetfur becomes Russetstar as Stonefur kills Blackfoot, and she has Flintfang and later Badgerfang who becomes Badgerstar after Fading Echoes. He dies in the flood and we get Rowanstar.

Instead of Onewhisker becoming leader, Tallstar chooses Ashfoot who dies in the great battle as Ashstar. She appoints Blossomsong as deputy and she dies in place of Onestar as Blossomstar, after choosing Harespring as a deputy.

Since Stonefur doesn’t die, he gets to become Stonestar. That’s it. Reedwhisker stays deputy.

With Graystripe in RiverClan, Firestar chooses Longtail as deputy and Longtail stays deputy until he dies in Fading Echoes, despite his blindness. He actually mentors Jayflight. Following this, Shrewpelt gets appointed deputy and becomes Shrewstar. Brambleflower just kinda dies.

Also he’s mates with Cinderpelt.

Skipping over to plot stuff, with Darktail in WindClan, the new leader of the kin is Sol. Sol is an awful leader, but convinces everyone he’s right and eventually dies at Blossomstar’s paws.

Since she’s not gross and awful, Blossomstar doesn’t refuse the yellowcough cure, but it is a hell of a lot harder to find in this AU and a lot of cats still die. Violetpaw is brought to ShadowClan during this.

Shrewstar is very against having Twigkit and Violetkit separated, but even then, Sorreltail making herself visible and verbally clawing Rowanstar to shreds makes the agreement end up being that ThunderClan raises them to apprenticehood before Violetpaw is moved to ShadowClan. Needletail still becomes an important figure in her life, as she is in ThunderClan multiple times a moon to make sure Violetkit is being cared for properly.

The Broken Code actually ends up staying mostly the same as in canon, with Ashfur possessing Shrewstar instead of Bramblestar since even Mapleshade slapping him didn’t get rid of his incel behavior. The only big difference is Sorreltail can also be seen by Rootpaw and helps him with everything and when the clans all blame Shadowsight, she calls down lightning to strike in front of him before telling the clans off like an absolute girlboss.

This is excellent

[yuridovewing]

Now I think Tigerclaw was actually a family man to some extent in this au... I think he genuinely loved Goldenflower and all of their kits together, they were childhood friends, I think he mourned Swiftpaw and Lynxkit's deaths, I think he was overjoyed when Tawnypaw came to ShadowClan because he was glad to know one of his kits would be safe. He cared deeply for his mother and sister and originally doted on his sister's kits before Ravenpaw saw him murder Redtail.

Granted, is he a GOOD dad? ... No not really. He got his own son killed (albeit as collateral damage), Tawnypelt has ptsd from what she witnessed in TigerClan, Bramblestar has a complex, and tbh he just treats Mothwing and Hawkfrost like dogshit. But there's some conflict there, they all have fond memories of him and he tries to appeal to that to get them to join him and conform to his ideology. Tawnypelt has this worst of all because she's now the only living kit who spent the most time with him and saw him at his best and his worst.

He also easily turns on them, his love comes with conditions.

[bonefall]

Fire is Tigerclawstar's son au questions: If Fire survives Swift's rebellion, and if the destruction of the forest still happens will they still move to the lake? Would Lynx give Fire a life in his nine lives ceremony? Actually who gives him his lives this go round? And once they reach the lake, would the clans sort of separate again? Maybe they see tge destructionof the forest as punishment for turning 3 clans into 1? Maybe Swift and Twany recreate Shadowclan? And of course, Misty leaves with whatever is left of Riverclan? Swiftstar and Mistystar and Firestar. How would the lake territories be split with Windclan gone?

Firestar's Lives

I think the whole ceremony would be a very strange one, because the clans have been changed forever. StarClan WANTS the separation of Clans, but I think if they DID split, it would end up leading to such infighting that it would threaten to destroy them all.

So, the lives they give are mostly diplomacy-based, begging him to bring peace to the inherited TigerClan.

Bluestar; Mercy, what she taught him as an apprentice

Graystripe; Justice, for saving his kits and preventing Mistyfoot's death.

Lynxkit; Love, for love's sake, to never think you can waste kindness.

Spottedleaf; Consideration. She appears with every cat who dies to illness and infection while ThunderClan had no medicine cat. To remember that his actions affect everyone, never catch innocents in the crossfire.

Cinderpaw, who was probably one of those who died; Trust. Because she knows he will need it after all he's been through.

Deerfoot; I'm going to take a leaflet from my rewrite and use him as one of the rebels that Fire can work with. He died refusing to rat out his accomplices. For resistance, to always do what you can.

Leopardstar, who Tigerstar definitely offed at some point to consolidate power; Wisdom. Never be fooled by sweet lies.

A BloodClan cat that Firestar got close to; Curiosity. To remember that there's always more to learn.

I think it would be really cool if Tigerstar himself was the last one, honestly, though I can't see him NOT getting Dark Forested... but he IS the new founder of TigerClan LMAO It would be very funny. His.... is Ruthlessness. To do what must be done, carving a path into the future... even if it's through the ones you love.

The Lake

I think if the Clans were consolidated, it would be less likely that TigerClan leaves. There's probably a small amount of cats that stay behind and form WarriorClan.

Swift's Coup probably happens AT the lake, replacing Mudclaw's Rebellion but successfully breaking TigerClan into two groups.

Following the name scheme, they'd become FireClan and SwiftClan. Or, they could become LionClan and LeopardClan.

The territories would probably end up divided with RiverClan and ShadowClan's territory going to FireClan, and WindClan and ThunderClan territory going to SwiftClan. But there would be a LOT more fighting between the groups and more shifting borders.

It makes sense that Tawny joins Swift, and Bramble joins Fire. There would probably be succession problems, though, if Fire or Swift had heirs who could get in the way of Tawny or Bramble's ambitions...

or god if Hawk and Moth showed up to complicate things.

[warriorsbutnotreally]

Sandstorm Is Tigerstar's Daughter AU

So, to preface this

a lot of changes had to be made to canon

but in the end it came to a result that made me happy

and to add - this isn't super long

I don't even span the full first arc

Self edit before this is even posted; I got carried away and this is longer than I expected

this was a fun idea and [admittedly] I almost ignored it - cause I was worried I would have no ideas - until a bunch of cool ideas hit me at once and then I got excited about it

There's also changes to some relationships for very obvious reasons!

Sandkit is born alongside her brothers Swiftkit and Lynxkit [who are not Patchpelt's kits. You cannot convince me they're Patchpelt's. I have a lot of negative emotions towards the retconned family relationships in Warriors]. They are born about six moons before Rusty / Firepaw joins, meaning Swift and Lynx are older than they are in canon.

Sandkit is very proud of her heritage, as is her brothers and the three are close. Lynxkit is the most level-headed as his brother and sister can be stubborn and hot-headed.

When they're apprenticed, Tigerclaw goes out of his way to have his kits apprenticed to cats he considers his friends by convincing Bluestar and Redtail that it's a good idea. Sandpaw goes to Whitestorm, Swiftpaw goes to Longtail, and Lynxpaw goes to Darkstripe.

When Firepaw joins ThunderClan, Tigerclaw is quick to make sure his kits do not like and do not trust this kittypet and allows them to openly antagonize Firepaw. This gets so bad that apprentices den is split into two factions; the group who likes Firepaw; Firepaw, Graypaw, and Ravenpaw and the group who wants him gone; Sandpaw, Swiftpaw, Dustpaw, and Lynxpaw.

However, after their first patrol together, Lynxpaw is the first to change his mind about Firepaw. He becomes more welcoming, but expresses to Firepaw in private that he doesn't want his siblings to turn against him. Firepaw and Lynxpaw bond quietly behind Sandpaw and Swiftpaw's backs.

Sandpaw sticks close to her father or her mentor most days and as Bluestar's mental health starts to slowly decline, Tigerclaw is planting the seeds of disloyalty into her head. This only gets worse when she learns that Lynxpaw and Firepaw are friends and she lashes out at her brother

Swiftpaw is still on Sandpaw's side, however, and refuses to budge, though he's unsure about being angry at their brother.

When Fireheart and Graystripe become warriors, Sandpaw is even more outraged and - with some prompting from her father - starts making plans to make Fireheart's life just a little worse every day

Sandpaw sticks with Tigerclaw and it's thank to him that Bluestar finally gives her and her brothers their warrior names while Fireheart and Graystripe are out saving WindClan; Sandstorm, Swiftfang, and Lynxclaw.

When Tigerclaw tries to clear Bluestar on the Thunderpath, Sandstorm does manage to stop Cinderpaw from going as she knows the apprentice isn't the target.

After Bluestar fails to show, however, Sandstorm and Tigerclaw start up a different plan. Sandstorm openly blames Fireheart for the fact she didn't show, despite her being sick with greencough.

They do try to drag Swiftfang into their plans, but he expresses concern. He only agrees after Sandstorm peerpressures him into it, but it's clear that he believe they're going too far.

When Bramblekit and Tawnykit are born, Sandstorm becomes like a guardian older sister who spends time with them. This has her thinking of starting a family, but she wants to wait until she finds a proper mate - she is considering Dustpelt - and when her father is finally Tigerstar

Swiftfang does eventually tattle on them before the rogues attack and turns Sandstorm and Tigerclaw in as traitors, as he finds himself unable to just sit back and let them kill Bluestar and Fireheart, especially as he believes Lynxclaw loves the former kittypet.

Sandstorm is outraged as she and her father are exiled from the Clan. She tries to get Dustpelt to join, and for a moment she thinks he will until he reveals he'll never be able to stand beside someone who willingly walked with Redtail's killer.

After joining ShadowClan, Sandstorm assists her father in working hard, though she dislikes ShadowClan's territory. She starts considering having kits, not for a family, but for strong warriors that are loyal to her and her father.

When he becomes Tigerstar, he makes Blackfoot his deputy and Sandstorm is irritated but decides that gives her time to work out her own plan.

She starts carefully deciding which cat is the strongest in ShadowClan and, after being rejected by Blackfoot, settles on Boulder to sire her kits.

While she's courting Boulder, she learns of BloodClan and tells Tigerstar. The three go and meet Scourge and her plans change as she starts talking with Bone.

She's early into expecting Bone's kits when Scourge kills Tigerstar and she lashes out at the BloodClan cats. She isn't killed and ShadowClan ends up exiling her after she refuses to renounce her father's crimes.

When Scourge and Bone are killed, Sandstorm sneaks into the ranks and quickly earns favor with BloodClan as they know who she is and she reveals that the kits she's close to having are the proper heirs of BloodClan.

Cats try to challenge her, but Sandstorm allows herself to be brutal and relentless, which soon catches the eye of a certain one-eyed molly.

Fury becomes co-leader as she teaches Sandstorm the shaky customs of BloodClan and the two become close by the time the kits are born.

There are four kits born to Sandstorm; a dark calico tabby she-cat named Omen, a pale ginger and white tom named Talon, a mostly black tom named Bane, and a dark tabby with white patches named Tiger

Sandstorm instantly favors Tiger more than any other of her kits and is determined that he'll take over BloodClan when the time comes.

As the kits grow older, Fury and Sandstorm grow closer and eventually the two becomes mates and work together to help BloodClan grow better and stronger.

Sandstorm starts spying on the Clans again and learns, angrily, that Firestar and Lynxclaw are mates now and that the two have had a litter of kits together; Squrrielkit, Leafkit, and Spottedkit [Squirrel is dark ginger, Leaf and Spotted are both tortoiseshells] [how is also up for interpretation]

Sandstorm starts making plans again to take down ThunderClan and Fury is more than happy to help.

This comes together in an idea to steal the kits and hold them hostage until Firestar comes to get them.

The first attempt doesn't go well and many BloodClan cats are wounded in trying, but that doesn't stop either leader and they try once more. This time they manage to steal two of the kits; Squirrelkit and her brother Spottedkit.

While watching the two kits, Sandstorm is overtaken by rage at her brother becoming mates with 'the enemy' and for a brief moment she actually considers killing one of the kits. She actually almost kills Squirrelkit before she is stopped by Bane [he and the others being the age of older apprentices].

Bane becomes the watcher of the kits and he bonds well with his cousins and feels pity for them. When he learns his mothers' plans, he convinces Omen to help him carry them back home before any needless death happens. Omen is hesitant at first, but agrees and the two carry the kits back to ThunderClan.

When she learns about this, Sandstorm is outraged and she considers a regular punishment until Fury insists that Bane needs to be made an example of.

Sandstorm allows Fury to publicly kill their son and Omen feels like she's the only one truly horrified at this. Talon seems openly interested in the violence and Tiger was never easy for her to understand, as they are rather withdrawn and never talked to her or their brothers as they were being trained to take over BloodClan.

Sandstorm goes on to not allow Omen to be alone and Omen has a guard with her at all times.

Eventually Omen escapes her guard and flees to the Clans, being taken in by ThunderClan, who promise to protect her.

There she meets her cousins again, plus Leafkit, and gets to know her uncles, Lynxclaw and Brambleheart. She is treated with love and welcoming for the first time in her life and she finds herself about to cry.

She chooses to join ThunderClan after a moon of thought as well, as she fears what will happen if she ever encounters her mothers again. She is given the name Lightpaw.

Eventually Sandstorm does attack again and Lightpaw tries to hide, only to be found by her brother Talon and attacked. He almost kills her only to be killed by Firestar.

This outrages Sandstorm even more.

She attacks Firestar and takes away one of his lives, but before she can do more harm, she is attacked by Lightpaw.

Lightpaw fights her mother off and Sandstorm swears that she'll have her revenge and that ThunderClan will never be forgiven

Lightpaw tries to reason with her sibling, Tiger, but they push her away and lash out, angry that she let their brother die She tries to reason more, but it's useless

She watches as they leave

.

BloodClan does return in the form of Tiger, eventually, but my brain didn't plan that far, but Sandstorm eventually does pass away and Tiger kills Fury in a silent retaliation against her as they never forgive her for killing Bane.

She and Fury do also end up with another litter; a ginger tabby she-cat named Wrath, and an albino tom named Wisp.

Lightpaw eventually earns the name Lightstep and she's the one chosen to represent ThunderClan in the Great Journey.

Spottedkit/paw ends up being killed by BloodClan in a random, aggravated attack and Squirrelflight almost dies in the same attack, but survives, unlike her brother

Squirrelflight eventually becomes mates with Shrewpaw/heart, who survives in this AU and they have a very happy and healthy relationship

Lightstep originally is crushing on Feathertail, but she passes away. Later she actually becomes mates with Daisy and the two are very happy and comfortable wives to help take care of kits who need help raising.

Swiftfang leaves ThunderClan and ends up joining WindClan to get away from all the drama involving his family. He never takes a mate or has kits and he's perfectly happy just living a nice life.

[warriors-but-cats-die]

thunderclan — year one — newleaf

unlike the rest, i actually have to make very few assumptions and interpretations about this one.

i am about to make one key one, but i think everyone is going to love it.

leadership

leader: bluestar (24 seasons, 3 lives). first leader who i have clear life info.

deputy: redtail (18 seasons). (apprentice: dustpaw.)

seer: spottedleaf (18 seasons).

warriors

rosetail (23 seasons). okay, so she's super young, and usually what i do with this is put them back in the warriors' den. so here you go: (apprentice: firepaw.) it's my au and i do what i want and you cannot stop me.

lionheart (23 seasons). (apprentice: greypaw.)

tigerclaw (19 seasons).

whitestorm (19 seasons). (apprentice: sandpaw.)

willowpelt (18 seasons).

darkstripe (16 seasons). he's longtail's mentor, and longtail mentors swiftpaw, making longtail two years old, and darkstripe four.

runningwind (14 seasons).

mousefur (14 seasons).

longtail (8 seasons). two years older than swiftpaw, to make him a viable mentor.

apprentices

sandpaw (3 seasons). (mentor: whitestorm.) her age is never confirmed, and it gives brindleface an extra season between litters.

dustpaw (2 seasons). (mentor: redtail.)

greypaw (2 seasons). (mentor: lionheart.)

ravenpaw (2 seasons). (mentor: tigerclaw.)

firepaw (2 seasons). (mentor: rosetail.) technically, i wouldn't usually include an apprentice who joined during newleaf, but firepaw is both included in the official allegiances, and it's just pointless recordkeeping.

queens and kits

speckletail (37 seasons). nursery queen.

goldenflower (23 seasons). swiftkit and lynxkit don't have a birth season, but swiftkit becomes longtail's apprentice in fire and ice, so they're born this season/early last season.

frostfur (19 seasons). cinderkit, brackenkit, thornkit, and brightkit are thunderclan's newest arrivals!

brindleface (19 seasons). while usually, a queen wouldn't move into the nursery until much closer to her kitting, frostfur and brindleface are kin, and perhaps her pregnancy is uncertain.

elders

smallear (45 seasons). one-eye's mentor.

dappletail (37 seasons).

one-eye (37 seasons). yeah, this causes bluestar's prophecy problems. gosh dang it, goosefeather's curse.

halftail (32 seasons). snowfur's mentor. usually, i'd keep his name as sparrowpelt, but i'm trying for consistency here.

patchpelt (26 seasons). why does he retire? heck if i know.

in conclusion, thunderclan might eventually have too many cats, they don't yet, and i've never been so happy to have thunderclan pov.