#point longtail!!!!!

[sprout-battlecats]

longtail

[peteytheparrot]

I love the warrior cats graphic novel with all of my heart but this Crookedstar design is NOT it, where is his crooked jaw?? I didn’t even know this was him at first ☠️

could we actually make the clearly shown disabled cats look disabled please idk just a thought 👍

[sleepyspots-wc-designs]

would be interested in making a longtail and sasha hypokit? i'd love to see how their lankiness (and also chocolate and cinnamon genes) work together :)

Oh I have no idea how their genetics might match with each other irl… Though if anyone has any insight there, I’d love to hear it 👀

MEET: Bottlebrush

Shortly after TigerClan rose to rule the forest, the original four Clans were dismantled and made to join under Tigerstar’s banner. ThunderClan had the most difficult time adjusting, leading to Tigerstar’s most loyal taking residence in their camp to survey them and ensure their obedience… With only a few exceptions in the form of Sasha, Tigerstar’s chosen (latest) mate, who he moved to his original camp for the birth of his youngest litter, and Longtail, who swore false loyalty once again to Tigerstar in the desperate hope of better treatment.

Their relationship was strictly professional in the beginning, and friendship it tentatively blossomed into throughout the young lives of Sasha’s litter… But as her kits outgrew her, and Tigerstar moved on, Sasha sought her former freedom, away from the empire her now-former mate had crafted… And Longtail, too, craved what he knew was now lost. So why not leave together?

Solidarity grew into companionship that grew into something akin to love, though neither were comfortable enough to call it as such…

And Bottlebrush was born shortly afterward.

Beloved by their parents and raised as many loner kits would have, Bottlebrush was bottle-fed tales of the sea by their mother and tales of the Clans by their father, Bottlebrush grew into a cat that thirsted only for adventure and the thrill it would bring, while also wishing desperately to find a link back into their heritage - and ultimately finding it in the faraway SkyClan, after many moons spent searching. Deeply charismatic and kind, though with a significant nervous streak, even after finding their new Clan with their parents long past them, Bottlebrush chose to keep the name gifted to them at birth…

Though… They always did like the sound of “Bottlebrushtail”, even if it was a bit of a mouthful!

Please read the rules when requesting future hypokits!

This character may be up for grabs, for their design, storytelling, or any other personal use! Keep an eye on the status below if you're interested! :)

Status: CLAIMED by @yatgb

[taking-it-paperback]

Firestar giving Fernpaw to Longtail not because of the guilt of Swiftpaw's death but because he knew how well Longtail did with him and knew Fernpaw would be taken care of.

[amber-tortoiseshell]

thoughts on longtail? people always interpret him in so many different ways..brown tabby, silver tabby, people with less knowledge of cat genetics often draw him as this light cream color with black stripes which could be seen as golden maybe but isn't realistic generally lol. canonically he's described as "pale brown tabby with black stripes" but is portrayed in the manga as looking almost blue.

Even the books don't seem to be able to agree on him:

"Longtail is a lean, pale brown tabby tom with black stripes and green eyes. [...] Although called silver in Rising Storm, he is called brown less than fifty pages later. [...] In addition, Longtail is depicted as a brown tabby in A Thief in ThunderClan, on his profile on the Warrior Cats website, and on his mini, though he is depicted as a silver tabby on the family tree."

I've said once that i'm with the figurine in this question, and I still am: I headcanon him as black tabby point - kinda brown, kinda grey, definitely pale.

He has illustrations like these:

Seems pretty close.

(warrior cats genetics ask game)

[titanofthedepths]

Everything about both Longtail and Swiftpaw, and Cinderpelt and Brightheart gets a LOT sadder when you realize that they’re family

[autisticstarscream]

I always get so confused when I see art of Swiftpaw either just before or after his death and hes.... kitten sized. they draw him like the stereotypical apprentice size.

Like... Y'all do realize he's older than Cinderpelt and Brackenfur in the first series, right? He was well within his rights to be pissed at not being a warrior. Hell, CINDERPELT got her full name before him, and even that took longer than Brackenfur getting his name. This is especially ironic considering Cinderpelt and Brackenfur were apprenticed /before they even reached 6 moons/. So he was even older than them, at least by a moon or so.

Swiftpaw was a full ass adult but trapped in the apprentice den. Hell, Ashfur and Ferncloud, two cats also in the apprentice den with him when he died, were BORN in Into The Wild, while he was apprenticed in early Fire and Ice, which takes place literally right after Into the Wild.

Swiftpaw was approximately only four moons away from being /2 years old/. Most warriors these days are made such around 1 year old. Brightheart and Thornclaw also were practically adults when in the apprentice den. All three should've been made Warriors a whole lot sooner, and were right for being mad about it.

Hell, taking into account as well that it almost feels like Thornclaw and Brightheart were apprenticed LATE. We have to go by the assumption that Bluestar wouldn't immediately brand herself a hypocrit and apprentice kits at 3 moons, because SEVERAL moons pass in Fire and Ice, between the times of Cinder and Bracken being apprenticed and the end. Meanwhile, Thorn and Bright are apprenticed in the next book, during which Cinder has ALREADY had her leg injured, healed, and "decided" to be a medicine cat.

EDIT: not saying no one can draw swift small thats perfectly fine!!!! just saying it feels like we're infantalizing him a little bit...

[waffultaim]

Well I'm not so dumbfounded on Longtail as a character tbh but I think him being the mentor of Bramblepaw instead of Fireheart could have been a good add to his character development.

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Imagine that when Bluestar is about to speak of who will be Bramblepaw mentor, a voice rises in the crowd interrupting the ceremony, surprised Fireheart looks at the origin of the voice just to find that is Longtail the cause of it and not so far away Goldenflower is also there as well, looking at both leader and deputy...

do you see my vision?

[werewolfcave]

tags by @bumblebeerror

"Cinderpelt should've been a warrior, cats can function perfectly fine with 3 legs" "Jayfeather could've been a warrior, blind cats navigate well with their other senses" "Briarlight could've gone on patrols, have you seen how well cats with paralyzed legs get around?" OK but that's not the point at all. Let's stop talking about that. It doesn't matter if it's technically true. The books present us with these situations where we, as readers, are meant to understand that these characters are unable to fulfill the same duties that their able bodied Clanmates can, regardless of the accuracy to real cat biology. The lens we need to use to examine disability in Warriors isn't "can they function like abled cats?" It's "If they can't function like abled cats, what are their choices and what does their quality of life look like? How are they treated?" Because that's where the real issues are.

[kiwianacat]

Was thinking of how the infamous itw fight scene would translate into a medieval setting, then got distracted thinking about Longtail and ended up making Longfire canon to the au whoops.

Their relationship would be incredibly slow-burn, in the background to Fireheart's relationships with Greystripe (unrequited) and Sandstorm (temporary) to the point where I don't even think they'd be "courting" until about Firestar's Prophecy.

I wrote them a background, which was meant to be brief context but ended up being really long whoops. I think i've missed writing rip

Young Rusty meets third-season squire Longpaw during the ceremonial event young pages attend to prove their ability and be chosen as squires by Warrior knights. Rusty was controversially allowed to compete by Bluestar, using his blacksmith apprenticeship experience in place of the required service as a page and Longpaw mocked him for his low-born status prompting their duel. Rusty’s win cement’s his worth to Bluestar and he becomes her squire; meanwhile Longpaw’s loss was an insult to his knight Darkstripe as well as causing a nameless, low-born to become squired to King Bluestar, earning him great dishonour. He became a bitter rival to Firepaw, even after he was knighted, frequently antagonising him as in canon.

They form a tentative partnership when Longtail rescues him from Tigerclaw dropping him in the river, as even he sees this as suspicious, although he’s afraid to directly confront his peers and hesitates to think of him as disloyal. He has gained Swiftpaw as a squire by this point, unknowingly transferring the same pressures and beliefs onto him. During Tigerclaw’s raid on camp, Fireheart turns to him for help, which helps result in Tigerclaw’s capture; Longtail is shocked and sickened when it’s revealed that he killed Redtail (his dad in the au) and offended that he wasn’t told (Fireheart, rightfully, couldn’t be sure of his loyalties). When Bluestar, turning against the stars and traditions in the wake of Tigerclaw’s escape (he was set to be executed, but escaped with the help of an unknown ally (Darkstripe obviously)) makes Fireheart the heir to the throne Longtail feels doubly betrayed. As if he’d been manipulated against his friends in a play for power; maybe Tigerclaw was right to have his doubts about Bluestar if she’s willing to break traditions as it suits her. 

Big fallout, rough time for Fireheart, as he also loses Greystripe around this time. He’s courting Sandstorm around this time and their relationship is also beginning to crack, although I’m not sure who ends it; they started courting largely due to social pressures (and to Spite Greystripe) and come to realise they have a stronger alliance platonically. Longtail also thinks that Fireheart’s helping delay Swiftpaw’s knighthood to spite him and he backslides into bitter, insecure thought patterns. 

It’s Swiftpaw’s horrific death to Tigerclaw’s hounds that’s a wake up call and Longtail finally can see the transfer of Tigerclaw’s destructive beliefs to Darkstripe, through him, taking his squire’s life. He begins to investigate the hounds and has a larger role than in canon in uncovering the plot, taking the evidence to Fireheart (who doesn’t believe him at first), which ends up being an olive branch of sorts, re-establishing their alliance. It’d take a long while to get over their shared history to the point of romance after this point, but I think Longtail sees his own feelings first as his crush would’ve been amplifying his bitterness. 

Eventually they marry, Sandstorm remains important as Firestar’s principal advisor and heir to the throne. She surrogates kits, which the three co-parent together. Longtail never takes on another squire but becomes the head of the education of young pages instead; after being blinded he maintains the role but gains a co-head (maybe Bracken, Thorn or Bright) who helps with combat/weapons instruction and has a reduced role during his recovery.

[mud-castle]

I love the short Firestar headcanons, but I raise you this:

The clans thinking he was short for like a year because he was actually a kit when he joined. He's average height.

Like no one asked his age at any point, he could've easily been like four or five moons old. I'm guessing they assumed he was six moons because he was on his own.

By the time they mention that part of the Warrior Code he's just hit six moons so he keeps it to himself.

That would explain how he's able to beat cats like Tigerstar multiple times. Poor guy was fighting for his life everyday as an apprentice.

The queens would probably recognize that he looks too young, but due to stereotypes they'd just assume that's how kittypets are. Of course he looks small and soft, he's a kittypet, they're just like that. They'd probably warm up to him quicker though.

Lol, Longtail getting beaten up by a baby. Better yet, Longtail finding out he tried to beat up a baby.

[nanistar]

i thought i uploaded this already but i guess I didn't! anyway April's patreon sticker is Longtail! join the sticker tier of my patreon at any point during april to get him mailed to you along with a doodle!

[airoarts]

Some cute cats

[ID: a drawing of several disabled Warrior Cats characters. Leafstar is a brown and cream tabby with cataracts, sitting down. Crookedstar is a big brown mackerel tabby with his jaw twisted to one side, with some teeth and his tongue sticking out. His nose is also twisted upwards and his eye is squinted. Cinderpelt is a gray cat with a few white spots, with a twisted hind leg she is keeping off the ground. Brightheart is an orange-and-white cat with significant scarring on one side of her face, without an eye, ear, or lip on that side, and scarring over the rest of her body, in a sitting position. Deadfoot is a black cat with a twisted front foot, which he keeps off the ground as he runs. Briarlight is a dark brown colorpoint cat with paralyzed back legs. Her front legs are fairly buff and she appears to be talking to Jayfeather, who is a silver cat with markings like a blue jay on his face and blue eyes, blind from birth. He is sitting and his large ear is pointed towards Briarlight. Longtail is also a silver tabby with scratched blind eyes, which are slightly open with the third eyelid showing. He is relaxed and smiling. end ID]

[amber-tortoiseshell]

what's your color headcanons for cinderpelt and longtail?

Cinderpelt

Blue tortie! She has three red siblings, and most importantly a red sister, so I had to choose between tortie Cinderpelt or tortie Brightheart. I chose Cinderpelt, because I like the paralell of the smoldering ashes imagery of her name vs the grey-orange tortie coloration.

In my head she has little cream on her, maybe even less then the cat above.

This makes Frostfur genetically tortoiseshell too, and since she isn't full white for me (she doesn't have white parents nor kits, it's easier this way), I chose a very light color: blue tortie tabby point with white.

Longtail

I have to admit Longtail isn't included in my family tree (yet); he just doesn't have any canon family up to point I've read the books. However I like the tabby point mini that came out recently, so I'll probably keep that. (And the wiki says he's also Robinwing's child, like Frostfur, which means I already put the allele into the family.)

[redux-iterum]

I'm kinda curious now- if Lynx had it her way... how would she rework the original apprentice group? Would Dustpaw and Sandpaw be siblings? Or Graypaw and Ravenpaw?

Hmm.

I made a joke a while ago that it'd be funny if Willowpelt was the mother of Darkstripe (with a dead sibling or two), then Graystripe (also with dead siblings), then the WillowWhite litter, and Thunderclan would put her on thin ice for having three litters. But her excuse while nursing Graykit would be, "No one in their right mind would choose Darkstripe as a sire." Then her excuse after having the WillowWhite litter is, "My other son's reputation is in the ground, no one's gonna want him as a mate." So she gets by with three litters because only one of her kittens bred into the Clan.

I've entertained the notion of making Longtail as Dustpelt's brother. Yes, from the same litter. Perhaps Dustpaw suffered an injury that halted his training for a while like Sorreltail did in canon? Who knows.

Another change is either adding another molly or making one of the pre-existing characters mollies. Did anyone else get the impression when they were first reading TPB that Sandstorm had pivoted from being Dustpelt's friend and prospective mate to Fireheart's during the arc? Like. Presuming everyone who shared the apprentice den at that point in time was straight, who are the other three toms gonna pair up with?? In Quartz Heart, Graystripe's sullied reputation will likely take him out of the matriarch's ledgers and Ravenwing being the last of his line makes being gay uh. Interesting. For his predicament. I know this is kind of a mess of thoughts, but forgive me please, I'm tired and scatterbrained.

[muzzable]

Honestly Sandpaw was pretty funny in Fire and Ice. Basically half of the time when she showed up it was to flirt with oblivious Fireheart who hasn't realized due to being focused on his own problems like Graystripe spending all his time with Miss RiverClan, Cinderpaw's injury, and spending time with Princess to alleviate feeling like an outsider in the Clan. The other half of the time she's leaving Dustpaw hanging when he tries to set up a mean joke at Fireheart's expense and Sandpaw is too busy staring into Fireheart's eyes to notice or respond I guess. And then it gets to the point Dustpaw has to settle for hanging out with Longtail.