#pricklesky

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Character Profile: Bluepaw (Toya)

it's him! the silly little guy! he's here! [the live studio audience cheers at an unreasonable volume]

if you can believe it i discovered that color combo on Complete Accident. half of him was gonna be purple before i fucked around with the filters. you are spared from the sparklecats for now /j

i wanted him to be a chimera-patterned tortie since. y'know. His Hair. and i fully forgot that almost all tortoiseshells are female. so naturally i trans'd his gender lol

summary:

Clan: Thunderclan

Family: Pricklesky (mother/dam), Graycall (sort-of-estranged father, sire), 2 unnamed fading kittens

story notes + trivia under the cut!

apparently canon toya has brothers. i didn't realize this until i was halfway through designing the Thunderclan family tree. oops! they're dead now lol

fading kittens are an actual phenomenon in the real world; sometimes kittens just. die with no apparent cause. sorta like SIDS.

in clan culture, fading kits are seen as Starclan messengers; they bring the litter down and then head back up once they're delivered. Bluepaw's parents, being sticklers for tradition, saw this as a sign.

after all, a kit with two Starclan guides must be destined for greatness, no?

of course, Graycall took this inch and ran a mile. even before Bluekit was an apprentice, he'd often take him out of the nursery for training sessions. unfortunately, no one told Graycall that babies Cannot Handle daily training sessions that lasted upwards of an entire afternoon.

as great of a deputy as Pricklesky is...she's a bit lacking in the empathy department. at some point, she convinced herself that Graycall was doing this for the good of their child.

so whenever the young kit wept over bleeding paw pads, tiny chest heaving with exhaustion, Pricklesky would hold him close, whispering and cooing into his ears.

"It's okay, Bluebell. This is for the best, you'll see."

that's what they both convinced themselves, no matter how much their hearts ached.

fast forward a few moons, and Bluepaw's apprenticed to his father, upon Graycall's request. This Does Not End Well!

eventually, Bluepaw runs into someone on the Skyclan border. an orange tabby, just across the river, half-tail swishing on occasion.

he introduces himself as Sunpaw.

and everything spirals from there.

at the time the story starts, Bluepaw's somewhere between "if i don't follow Every Single Rule set by my clan and father i Will Die" and "oh this isn't normal actually. huh". it fluctuates from book to book.

surprisingly, he has a decent relationship with his mom! they're both just Really Bad At Emotions! (graycall's tomfuckery isn't helping matters either lmao)

he is in fact autistic! he can't be around loud things for too long lest he Explode and Die (start scratching the ground and covering his ears) (or scratching his ears) (or scratching anything in the vicinity)

because of this, he struggles to express his feelings explicitly, especially with putting a name to them. like Wow, my chest feels really tight for some reason, I Wonder Why (he is about to have a meltdown)

but like, if you know him well enough...he's surprisingly easy to read.

his ears are arguably the most expressive part of him. they'll droop slightly if you say something that bothers him, they'll twitch if he hears something strange, they'll perk up if he sees someone he likes, etc etc

speaking of. akitoya canon. bluesun, if you wanna get technical about it

him and Finchpaw (emu) are also pretty close, surprisingly. traumatic circumstances bringing people together n all that.

his warrior name will be either Blueflame or Bluewillow. i haven't he hasn't decided yet.

as for his relationship with his father. well. uh. oh goodness would you look at the time i have to Go Now (it's a surprise tool that will help us later!)

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so i was talking to my friend about pricklesky

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alright campers!

it's allegiances time !!

i may or may not have. gone a bit overboard on the amount of NPCs :,) . just know that all of the main characters will have their canon PJSK name next to them!

as i post more info about the characters, i'll link some relevant posts next to their name! think of it like a masterlist of sorts :D please god ask me about random npcs before i force facts abt them upon you

i've padded long enough, though: here's the list! (some things are subject to change)

LAST UPDATED 12/22/23 ( ;) )